Valerie's got me kinda confused again... With a little help from Emily, my friend and self-appointed relationship advisor.
She called me yesterday and spoke to me until her credit ran out. Then when I called back we spoke for a minute or so and she said she'd text me later on because she was having her dinner.
She did text me later on, but Emily told me I shouldn't reply. So I didn't. I got another message a bit later on saying "Quiet?" Emily still wouldn't let me reply to it. Apparently I shouldn't be so quick to reply to her, and have a chat...
I don't really do the whole mind-game trick-playing thing if I can avoid it--usually I can--so I'm in new waters with this. I just think it's a bit rude not to reply to a message. Especially since I was just being friendly. The first message said "Biggest hang over to date Hehe i'm surprised i made it home... And not to somewhere else o_O" That sounds like she was expecting to end up at my house, to me... But I might be interpreting it incorrectly.
I was chatting to Emily for a good hour or so about her boyfriend. She said she's not interested in him any more because all the things she used to like him for are now the things she dislikes about him. The last week or so spent with Emily (almost every day) has made me suspect she kinda likes me. I might just be mistaking long-standing friendship and comfortableness though. I did ask her out once, about 7 years ago, but she said we were just friends back then.
She went away to university and I went to California, so we didn't speak for a very long time. Perhaps she sees things differently now. She's definitely very flirtatious. She keeps raising her eyebrows when she looks at me and making suggestive comments... But that doesn't really mean much.
The thing that has me thinking the most is her advice about Valerie. She keeps telling me to do things that I would say hinder my chances of anything normal taking place--even just being friends. It seems almost kind of like a sabotage. I don't know what to think though. Perhaps my ego is just running away with me.
Any sage-like advice would be greatly appreciated. 
