Marrek

Ok, about three years ago I ended a year and a half long relationship with a girl I'll call Maria. We were good friends before we started dating, and stayed good friends afterwards. We've gone through our share of relationships since then, but we both agree that we miss being together.

She's been in a relationship for a little over a year with a guy named Michael. Michael and I went to high school together and are friends, to an extent. Early in their relationship he was rather abusive to Maria, to the point that I got involved and was threatening him to leave her alone. He's changed his ways drastically since then, and we're on good terms now, but I still watch him rather closely.

Now recenetly, Maria had a lot of money stolen from her, and has been forced into getting a second job. Her parents won't help her financially at all. She's taking upwards of 20 hours of classes, and works two full time jobs. Mike works midnight shifts, and also has around 16 hours of classes. The only free time Maria has is when she gets off work at around 11 at night, which is right when Mike is going into work. In the past month I think they've seen each other a total of three times, which (in my experience) does not work at ALL for a relationship.

So they've been talking about it a lot lately. And I have, of course, heard stories from both of them. Maria confides everything in me, and Mike talks to me because of that. So last week, Maria calls me and tells me that they've broken up. She calls me more over the next couple days and we have talks about it, and I'm just generally supporting her and being a good friend through it all. We talked about how things were when we were dating, and how much she misses being with me. I, being single for the past year or so, take this to heart, and think that maybe we could try and start dating again. I haven't mentioned this to her yet.

Now since they "broke up," Mike hasn't mentioned it, or Maria, until just an hour or so ago. He got off of work and we talked a bit online before he went to his classes. He tells me that he and Maria decided to just take a break, and that after he talks to her some more, he's sure they're going to stay together until their schedules smooth out and they have more time. He says he's "positive she doesn't want to see other people, and wants to work things out." I find this quite odd too, considering what her and I talked about last week.

Now, I loved this girl, and still do. The only problem is that one of them isn't telling me the truth about them. I don't want to mention what one says to the other, cause I'm not sure who's telling the truth (whether they're broken up like she says, or taking a break like he says). I would love to get back together with her, but I have no idea if I should even mention this to her, let alone try it.

So I guess what I'm asking is, does anyone here have any advice for me in this situation? I really don't want to just walk up to her and say "I love you, let's be together again" if they're trying to work things out. But on the other hand, I don't want her to think I don't care for her and have her think I'm not interested in her, if they actually are broken up. Should I just let things progess normally and base my actions off of that? Should I tell her I love her? Should I tell him she said they're broken up? Ahhhhhhhh, I don't know what to do.