You've gotten such good advice already! I just want to say it sounds great that you were able to be mysterious (and taking care of your car by yourself-- that would be a 180 for *me*), and H showed that he cared by fixing problems so quickly! I'm with everyone else, just say thank you for helping me out. I mean, he makes contact, and then, he's in your house fixing things?! That sounds like a big change.
I think I have the same conundrum with understanding the difference between pursuing and just being friendly. I'm just realizing that I wasn't really taking B's feelings into account when I put so much distance between us so fast for so long. But I probably needed to get to this point in myself before I could have this realization!!!
Thank you so much for all of your support and advice, Essie!!