HELP!!! What should I do about my Leo crush?

First: I've been on this site for almost a month now taking bits n pieces of what people talk about on here and if I can relate it to situations in my life but now its come to the point where I need desperate help.

(I'm a libra by the way...)

The breakdown: Ok so my Leo crush and I have been "communicating" for maybe 4 months or so. The first couple of months he had a girlfriend but they broke up maybe a month n a half ago. When he was with her we would message eachother now and then on myspace but nothing too major. Then after a long myspace conversation i mustered up the courage to give him my number and told him to call or text me if you wanted. The next day he text me and since then we've been ONLY texting. Its really sad, all my close girl friends make fun of me cuz we haven't talked on the phone or hung out in person, just text conversation.

What I know of Leos: So i did some research and read that Leos are the biggest on trust and loyalty and he has specifically told me this too. That they need to get to know somoeone first and feel them out before they get any close. Thats fine, I get that. But I feel he's gotten to know me a good amount. He doesnt really flirt back when i say lil cute things here n there like call him cutie or whatever but one time he's asked me.. "why dont you have a boyfriend?". I answered, "I guess i haven't found someone i'm compatable with who has their sh*t together, why do u ask?". He then said, "you just seem like you would have a boyfriend, your independent, easy to talk to, drama free, and seem easy to deal with." This are all things I would think all guys want in a girlfriend so is he trying to tell me something? Is this his way of flirting? He doesnt give compliments but does he think i'm trying to hard if i give him any. I know Leo are supposed to be the chaser but I dont get that vibe from him that he does any chasing.The closest thing to flirting or complimenting me is when he told me he thought it was "cute" when i was drunk the first time i met him and i told him about how i had a crush on his really good friend in highschool. I was soooo embarrased that night but he said he thought it was cute. What does THAT mean?

HELP!!! What should my next move be? Or should I wait for him to make a move? I'm not good with the whole patience thing so this entire time has been reeeaaally big for me cuz I feel i've been very patient. I can be the initiater if I want but I dont think thats the best route with him.

About the liking his friend part, he has mentioned something like, "oh i thought you were trying to get to Johnny..." My reply to that was, NOOO!! That was highschool. So I definitely have made it clear that I'm not interested in the friend. I told him in this same little conversation that when I first met him I thought he was really cute and that somehow I got his number that night but I was too embarrassed to call him, being the stupid drunk girl I was that night. But thats when he said, "you dont have to feel embarrassed... It was actually cute..."

He knows I'm single because he's asked me before why I don't have a boyfriend. For like 2 weeks straight we would TEXT at the end of the day, stuff like how your day was or I'd ask him stuff that I didn't know about him.

Ok so here's my question, I've been getting some guy friend advice and one said I should just put my cards in and tell him how I feel but I'm suuuper scared to do that. The thing you mentioned if he's trying to figure out if I'm just friendly, that makes sense so what should I do to get the point across that yea I'm friendly but I just want to be "friendly" with him?

We had a break thru last night though.. I text him last night asking how his week has been but he was slow to respond to some of the texts and I was falling asleep so I just wrote goodnight. He later wrote back, "Good night baby girl, have sweet dreams!" He has never called me baby girl before, or any kind of name besides my real name. I've called him baby boy before... ((lol its so sad how i can get so happy off him just calling me baby girl hahaha))

>> He then said, "you just seem like you would have a boyfriend, your independent, easy to talk to, drama free, and seem easy to deal with."

Well its the next day now so it would be kinda random out of the blue if I was to send him a text saying.. "I like that you called me baby girl." So how should I start it off or should I wait for him to contact me first. I've been the first to initiate the last 2 text convo's, I don't want to be the first so much cuz then it seems like I'm ALL ON HIM (aka bugaboo)...

Ok, I'll wait for him to text me next then I'll slide it in somewhere. We haven't gotten that far to ACTUALLY TALK on the phone. GEEZ WE'RE PATHETIC!! lol...

Thanks Prring!

UPDATE: So I just kinda laid it out there and flat out asked him, why havent we ever talked on the phone.. He said, "I have no clue." So I pretty much just said, I like you and would like to talk cuz texing it very different from talking so if he's interested back to call me, if he doesnt then I'm fine with just being texting friends and I'll know he doesnt feel the same way about me.

((what a weight lifted off my shoulders))