I think I may had subconsciously liked a girl in my cl? Can anyone help me make sure? Details inside.?

No rude answers please. Well me and this girl named Erika in my cl last year used to talk to each other in our table and some people said stuff like "You like her" and "You two love each other" and I sort of ignored these comments because I thought I valued her as a friend and I liked someone else back then. And then at the last day of school I stopped liking the person I liked and then over the summer I talked to Erika over AIM and then I started liking her during this conversation. This year we are still in the same cl but we don't really talk to each other and she knows I like her. Could it be that I subconsciously liked her back last year and I manifested my affection of her into the form of a friend because I liked someone else back then? Right now when I think of the reasons why I like back then I always think of the time in which we talked to each other. Any other intepretations or theories?