uh...ha ha....help?

Hi Summer,

well...I have a problem. lol. See, I've known this guy for nine years straight, and I've always had this thing for him. At first, I really was going stupid for him; and then a few years later he was head-over-heels for me. I cooled things down with us, but now we're both at the age where we like each other...alot. We're always talking to each other, but we're just flirting. He's showing that he likes me, just not actually saying it. How do step from flirters, to boyfriend-girlfriend? Thanks a ton Summer!

~Echo