Steps...

How does a stranger become a crush and a crush become a “like” and a “like” become your love? Well I think it goes something like this…
When you meet someone there is either an initial attraction or there isn’t…I think it’s pretty rare that if you aren’t attracted to someone in the beginning that you later build an attraction…it’s pretty much there in the beginning or it’s not.  You know nothing about this other person but you think you might like to get to know them better.  There is something in their appearance or in your first snap shot of the personality that makes you think they might have something going for them.  They have a spark about them that draws you.
So…a little time goes on, maybe only minutes, maybe days, or weeks, sometimes you don’t see it for much longer but the spark in this person becomes something that just drives it home for you.  You start getting little school girl giggles when the person around, and while you could have a couple crushes at one time, there is generally one that sticks out in your head as the front runner…the one that if you had your way, you’d have that one… 
When you are crushing on someone you are pretty giddy generally, but unless you are around them a lot for them to see it, they might not know you are THAT into them…but by the time you really like them, they probably get the picture (and so do people around you).  When you like someone you start doing stuff for them and with them.  You start dropping their name a lot more.  You find yourself laughing a lot more and others find you smiling a lot more.  You are generally going to be a happier person and people will see it.
When you realize you’re in love with them, it’s probably something that has crept in and spread over the relationship over time… It’s pretty rare that it was a singular moment in time that just snapped someone into love and they were just "in love all of a sudden"…but more often, just days and nights of the other person just being them…that spark continually twinkling while the rest of the world raged on around the two of you.  You find yourself thinking of them as you nod off to sleep and they fill your dreams, and there they are again when your eyes open…and all through the day they tip toe in your thoughts as you work and play.  The time spent and things done are now solely to make them happy.  Their happiness is your happiness.  Yea…that about covers it…His happiness is my happiness.
Have GOODloe Day!