[FONT=""][COLOR=""][SIZE=""]At the beginning of the year I confessed my feelings to one of my close friends. I have liked her for a long time and I like her more everyday that passes by. I gathered the courage to do so since I suspected would reciprocate feelings since she gave me signals. However, things didn't turn out well and she rejected me saying she wasn't "emotionally available" and didn't want to hurt my feelings or our friendship.

I told her it was okay and after a while awkwardness, we continued our friendship as always. I see her in school everyday and we're in the same friend group, so I had to ignore the elephant in the room. However, I feel awful. I can't ignore my feelings and the rejection still hurts a lot. I wish I could hug and kiss her, be with her when she needs it most and be someone special to her. I've tried to move on but everything I try leads to step 1 all over again, I just can't.

I don't know what the best decision is, but I want to be happy and carefree again. I want to move on but at the same time I don't. What should I do?

Thank you <3[/size][/color][/font]