Hi, I'm new to here and I'm just looking for some comfort and advice from anyone. I'm a 19 year old girl, and I'm gay. I've known forever, but have just recently began admitting it to myself and I'm slowly coming out. I just don't care anymore if anyone knows or who knows, I'd rather be out than miserable in the closet! I wear rainbow stuff sometimes and [some] people probably suspect it, but I could care less.
So anyway, I really REALLY like this girl. A lot. She works in the same mall as me, in a different store. I'm pretty sure she's a new employee of theirs. I went into the store a few weeks ago and when I first saw her, I immediately liked her. I have bought things and been through her till a couple of times, and we've talked, but nothing more than things like, "Hi, how are you?" or "How's your day going?" But the thing is...I can't tell if she's gay/bi or not! I'm only going by looks...and I know that looks can't always tell, but I could definitely see it though. She's definitely not girly, wears her hair back in a ponytail all the time, lip's pierced, and has a fairly large tribal tattoo on her arm. She makes a lot of eye contact as well...I noticed she does that with other customers as well, but people say that there are different kinds of eye contact so who knows. I know a guy who works at the same store as her, only he works graveyard shifts, so he doesn't even know her yet and I don't think many people know much about her yet, since she's new. He's going back to working days soon so hopefully he'll be able to figure something out for me. A couple of friends of mine have looked at her and they say it's hard to tell. I'm pretty sure she's seen my rainbow bracelets that I wear, and she kinda looks at me but I'm not sure if she's noticing them or just looking at me like a any other customer. I don't think she knows that I work in the same mall as her, so if I could [somehow] bring it up and let her know, if she were to walk by my workplace, then that may be some sort of sign or something.
Anyway, If anyone has any thoughts or ideas on what I could do/say/ask or if you think she could be gay/bi or anything, I'd love it and appreciate it a ton. Thankyou!