Yes, you can get out of the friend zone.
The key is to avoid becoming too close of a friend to a girl that you are already attracted to and romantically interested in.
The trap that guys often put themselves in is when they become too good of a friend to a girl that they like romantically.
He may have been trying to gauge your response to him saying that he thinks about you a lot.
He may not quite know how you feel about him.
By telling you that he thinks about you a lot, he may have wanted to hear what you would say or watch how you would physically react to that.
This may be how he figures out where you stand as far as the possibility of romance is concerned.
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Indeed, a guy could do this.
The fact that you were looking at him may have taken him by surprise.
Perhaps he isn’t used to girls looking at him.
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Your close friend has probably had feelings for you for a while but never let you know about them.
He may be dating somebody else at the moment but that doesn’t necessarily mean that this is the person that he actually wants to be with.
Oftentimes in friendships, one party likes the other in a romantic sense but they never let the other know out of fear of how the friend will react.
In your case, he may have liked you for a while but was too worried or afraid to let you know. Hence, he started dating someone else because he felt that you probably didn’t like him romantically or that he just didn’t have much of a chance with you.
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They find him attractive.
Girls are visual too.
When they see an attractive guy, they can get excited as well.