Well, that was how it was for me and Austin. We were best friends since we were 8 but I always liked him a little more than a friend. He ended up going out with one of my best friends, Brianda, when we were all 11. Now we are 13. Last year in sixth grade, Austin asked me out 4 TIMES! I ended up saying no EVERY TIME because Brianda still liked him and I didn't want to hurt her. She always said that she was going to need my help to get them back together. Earlier this year, I tryed to but he said he didn't like her, he liked someone else he had known for over 5 years. I asked him who it was and he wrote me a note. The note had 1 word. You. I was shocked because after 5 years of liking him, he liked me, too. I went out with him twice. The first time (this year) we broke up because his Brianda still liked him. We went out for 3 days (wow!) and his Brianda made him break up with me and me break up with him by telling us all kinds of lies about the one to the other. This all happened on my birthday. At the Christmas Dance we talked about what had happened and decided we would think about it and maybe go out some other time. Two months later, my friends found out that he still liked me and told him that if he asked me out, I would mist likely say yes. They asked me if I liked him and I said yes. One day at lunch they asked both of us at around the same time. I told them I would cover my ears and not listen. I did but he said it so loud I yanked my head up, yelled what, and looked at him like he was crazy for going out with me again. That was on February 10, 2008. On February 15, we went to the Valentine Dance together. I didn't get to dance with him because the Brianda followed him around and would't leave him alone during all the slow songs. Her and her best friend, Caitlin, played the same thing again like they did on my birthday with the lies. I realized I should go up and talk to him when I saw him sitting down crying with Brianda and Caitlin standing beside him. I asked him what was wrong and he said that I should know. I said is it about us breaking up and he said yes. We talked about it and found out we had been played again. After the dance, we just said bye and hugged before we left. Yesterday, our school had a couples walk-a-thon to support breast cancer. At first I was walking with a big group of people, including my boyfriend. Then slowly they started leaving. We spent the whole time talking about what we were going to where to the Formal Spring Dance. We walked, hugged, and he put his arm around me. We are about to celebrate our 1 month anniversery and his birthday on the same day.
So my advice for you would be to make sure your best friend wasn't in love with him and to not rush things. You should also not always believe everything somebody tells you. I would have a friend that he was also friends with go out and ask him who he likes. If you haven't known him for a long time, you could set up things like study dates and sit with him at lunch to get to know him better.