I think he likes me, but he is too worried of his reputation at school.. Help?

Question

He teases me all the time about my name, he'll call me my nickname that him and and his sister (my b.f.f.) made up out of boredom and I hate it, he'll also just playfully tease me about my height. I'm in the 9th grade and I'm only 4'11" lol, he is like 5'6". Also you know that thing that people do like if you ask them a question or something they say "Your mom." in return just to be annoying. Well someone did that to me today and he was like I know your mom! She's cool! I said you've only seen her you've never talked to her, cuz I go to his house a lot because I'm best friends with his twin sis. and he said yea but I've still seen her so it counts! Why did it matter? Also, today he had a red sucker and he threw it away in the trash cuz we aren't aloud to have candy in a class from other classes and he looked at me for second and then asked me "Are my lips red?" I smiled kinda cuz I thought it was funny, I told him no that they weren't, but why did he ask me that when he had his other friends around him, why did he ask me in particular? Maybe just because but are these signs he likes me? Oh and one more thing, this guy was being really rude to me and made me cry so the boy I like asked me why I was crying but I couldn't tell him cuz I couldn't catch my breathe to talk to him so I walked on and he tried to get the answer a.s.a.p, so since I couldn't tell him he asked his sister! So are these any signs? But see when he is around his friends he sorta acts the same, like he doesn't talk to me as much, but we have little conversations and when he asks me for answers to worksheets we have thats about it.

Answer 1

this guy is a jerk get away from his rude behind...n  hes pretty short himself :O i was 6ft in 9th grade  

Answer 2

Whew!  Sounds like a complicated piece of work!  I don't know.  Sounds like he wants to get to know you better, but doesn't want his friends to think there's some type of loving relationship between you two.  You might be becoming closer friends.

Answer 3

At your age a lot of guys tease you if they like you. Either he likes you or since you are his sisters best friend he looks at you like a sister so he wants to make sure you are ok. My bff all through grade school and high school had an older brother that would pick on me all the time but if someone hurt me he was on their butt. Well once I turned 21 and I ran into him at a bar and he tried hitting on me saying he's liked me since we were little. Just as him even in a joking manner the next time he goes to pick on you when you are over at their house. Be like why does it matter to you do you like me or something? If he gets all defensive and walks away most likely he does because thats how young guys act. Dont let him know you like him though because those kind of guys will bug you about it forever if they aren't into you. If he does that then I would ask him alone why he got so defensive? Be like if you like me just tell me.