Parks, I feel for you dude, I hate that stage where everything is completely ambiguous and you cant read your hottie's mind. And you dont know if they are just being friendly or really really friendly, because you are just so overcome with... well, them. But if you give them subtle hints, ie, throw the puppy a treat, if they wag their tail, give them the whole steak, they might show or tell you what you've been trying to figure out.
I found a really helpful guide years back, where you can read about unconscious things people do while they are flirting, so you can read almost anybody's body language.
https://www.sirc.org/publik/flirt.html The first part of this is just a boring introduction but it gets into body language and other fun stuff near the bottom. Good luck.
And AMEN MY BROTHER!!