Hard Questions

How bad would it be to ask the boy that I like where our relationship is going?

I think I'm too chicken to bring anything up. I tell him things that dance around the subject but I have never discussed our relationship with him directly. Is there even a reason to broach the subject when things are going well?

I just hate when people ask me if he's my boyfriend, then argue with me when I say he's not. Are we getting serious? I guess, but I don't really know what he's thinking. I suppose that the solution to my problem would be to become a mind reader. This could potentially help other aspects of my life as well, I suspect.