So this story takes place in 2010. We had a cafe/pool/dance room on the campus of the college I was studying at. A lot of students used to hang out there. And since there was no alcohol, it was a nice place to hang out with your friends and to have nice conversations, sometimes with people you’ve never talked to.
Second week of my junior year. I’m there with a friend of mine, we’re drinking coffees, talking casually. And there is a girl that sat next to us, she joined our conversation naturally. She presented herself, she said she just arrived, she was a freshman, etc. And she really is hitting on us: smiling, laughing to things we say, even if it’s not really funny. She even asked us questions about our relationship status, etc. But it’s not clear which one of us she seems to be interested in.
So I just decided to invite her to eat something at a restaurant. The logic being that if she agreed, then she was more interested in me. And if she preferred my friend, she’d stay with him. A nice way to let her pick whom she preferred without asking her directly.