First, some background: I'm currently a Sophomore in high school in Alaska. I'm on my school's Rifle Team and there's this French foreign exchange student who is also on the team. I never really noticed her much until a few weeks ago when we were basically stuck alone together for two hours with nothing to do. We talked and talked and it really felt like we were connecting somehow. Since then I've found myself thinking about her more and more.

I feel stupid for asking some random people on the internet for personal advice, but I want to know whether she likes me the way I like her. We talk a lot when I see her at school and she always seems to open up to me right away. When we're alone it seems like we can talk and talk for hours, but if some of my other friends are also around there's always this awkward silence, like no one is sure of what to say.

I'm not sure if she's amiable towards me because she's new here or because she actually likes me... help?

More details:

She's pretty shy around most people and doesn't speak unless spoken to.

She seems to smile a lot around me, like when we run into each other or I make a joke.

She always seems like she's happy to see me and we laugh a lot together.

That's all I can think of, but I'll add more later if I happen to think of anything....