Hello everyone and thank you in advance for your time. This is the first time I've written here, so I'll try to be clear.
My situation is as follows: I started college this year, and since it's not near my hometown, I'm living in a community college. A friend of mine is also here, but he is staying in a residence.
The other day I went to his dorm, and when I arrived, a girl came up to us and started talking to me. A little later she invited me to play pool and we hit it off very well from the beginning. I should clarify that my experience with women is nil, so I have never been involved in a similar situation.
The straw that broke the camel's back was the other day when I was leaving class. She goes to the same university but in another group, and my friend and I were waiting for everyone from his residence to leave. When she saw me she waved at me from afar, ran up to me and hugged me. I have nothing that makes me suspect she is trying to take advantage of me: she barely knows anything about me, and from what she told my friend, she is very reserved about relationships. In addition, every time I see her from afar in the halls, she greets me effusively, even shouting my name.
I couldn't say, although it seems a bit hurried to me, that we like each other, but I would like, even if it wasn't asking her out, to at least try to relate more with her, but we hardly ever meet and never alone. I know her Instagram because my friend is in a group with her and others, but I don't know if she'll think it's a little weird that I'm asking to follow her when she didn't give it to me and, I repeat, we've barely spoken since the day we played pool. What would be the right way to deal with this situation?
Again, thank you very much for your answers!