Complications., rantrantrant; stupid boy. Options

[fairytale-magic]

Okay. Let's use fake names.

Boyfriend: Sam.
Best friend: Casey.
Close friend: Mel.
Boy: Jake.

Sam and I broke up over the summer. I developed minuscule feelings for a friend, Jake, but it was really more the fact that he could make me laugh and forget I was sad, than anything.

I told Jake so, and he told me he didn't feel anything except friendship for me, which I was hoping for (I only told him because it was bothering me).

Jake and I don't hang out often or talk all that much, but he and Mel do. They like each other, but they aren't going out.

I got over these tiny feelings for Jake. I crushed them, ate them, digested them and they exited like all garbage is thrown out of your body.

Jake knows that Sam and I are back together. Though as of late, we've been talking more and more, but that's all him. I basically ignore him on my instant messenger list, since we haven't really got anything to talk about, anymore.

We had a get together at Mel's house, me, him, Casey and a couple of other friends.

Jake was playing the guitar, but he kept looking up at me, to check if I was watching him. I'd notice that if I glanced over at Casey or Mel, who were sitting near him.

When we were sitting around, Jake would always be tickling me more than he would be Casey. o_o

And when we walked outside for a bit, he basically threw me into the snow and and did nothing about his friend carry Mel, the girl he supposedly has great feelings for, down the street.

When I left, he asked me "Hey, where's my hug?" and demanded one.

Am I being conceited/paranoid for noting all these things?

This guy is hard for me to read, and I don't want to be accidentally doing things to make any situation worse, because I like him as a friend, and no more than that.

Sigh.

Help? \:

[datass]

maybe he just like the attention you would give him. he's an attention seeker, and really an ***hole. if he knows that you're back together with sam, then he needs to get his hands off of you, for reals. he obviously does not care about how this makes you feel awkward or uneasy, and not respecting your choice of choosing sam.