i need help figuring out if this girl was into me or not

so i’m a girl and last year i had this friend in one of my classes and she was really sweet like we connected instantly and she sought me out a couple of times and we would laugh and talk so much and she called me hot and cute a few times but we’ve only been friends for a couple weeks and idk she would look into my eyes and i couldn’t stop looking at them. it’s the first time a girl has ever acted this way towards me and honestly i really liked it. she was the reason i realized i was bi. but during the time we were friends she brought up her boyfriend a few times but he didn’t go to the same school. was she genuinely into me or just being like friendly?