Is this a date?

I met a girl at a party and we got along great. She is a friend of a friend and we flirted, joked around and laughed the whole night. She came to the party with another friend of hers and after a while her friend wanted to leave. She asked to see my phone and put her number in it.

I thought this was a great sign and my hard work that night had paid off. I called her a few days later and left her a message. She texted me back, and eventually I asked her to dinner. Well, when I told my mutual friend about her, I was told that this girl had a boyfriend. That’s weird to me because I don’t think a girl with a boyfriend would or should be putting her number (unprovoked mind you) into a guy’s phone.

Well, I decided I would go to dinner and try to figure it out. We showed up and I tried to make some subtle references to make it sound like we were on a date. I thought she did the same, but then when we ordered wine I said “cheers” and she said something weird like “to new friends,” but then immediately thought that was a weird thing to say and we laughed about it, but now I was again unsure what the dynamic was. Dinner continued, and we did have a really nice time and I did like her a lot. She went to use the restroom, and I tried to pay the bill before she got back. She must have only gone #1 because she got back before I could sign the bill. She thanked me and thought it was sweet that I did that.

We talked a little more, and eventually (in what seemed like an appropriate time) I in a cute but awkwardly charming way said something like "Can I be awkward for a second, but then we can move past it and enjoy our desert?” She laughed and agreed, so I continued “Well I have to say that I’m not sure if this is a date or not because I thought it was, but then (Insert name here) told me you had a boyfriend, so I wasn’t sure." She said that she did not have a boyfriend but that happened recently. I thought that was good, and at another point she said something like "I'm
sure we will get to that on another dinner date."

We did not kiss goodnight or anything but she said she had fun and we said we should hang out again. Later that night she texted me saying "Thank you so much again for a wonderful evening!" I responded, "It was my pleasure. I had a great time and would love to see you again
(texting while driving is what I'm doing and its dangerous)."

She didn't respond.

SO HOW WAS LAST NIGHT? I think it was a date, so I called her today. I guess now I’ll wait to see if she calls me back.