Guy Problem progressed

So, Remember that my guy friend from before…if not, here is a little bit… I have a crush on my one guy friend. You can say we are close, he takes me places and spends money on me, and is always telling me that he is there for me and how close he feels to me. He even traveled 2 and half hours to see me and a football game and he hates football. He just recently told me that he is interested in this girl and she is interested back but as along with every other girl, they get weird on him, because he thinks that he is too striaght forward. WELL… I finally told him that I like him. He said that it wouldn’t work out because we are so far apart and wouldn’t give me anything else. His apparently talks about me to his friends, because some of them know who I am, and they shouldn’t. One of his friends on a phone conversation was like is that that girl you are always talking about… are you goingto ask her out. etc… Reminding you I was just standing there when he was on the phone with his friend that left a bit earlier. So I definitely didn’t hear anything, just what my guy friend was saying. He ended up calling me 3 days later, and told me he needed to clear something up. It was about the phone conversation that I never heard. The only reason I know is because he told me right there. He didn’t call me for about a week after I told him I had feelings for him…but then he started to call more frequently. He is still flirty and everything…and I am so confused on what is going on. It seems like he is still trying to hold on or something… I am just so confused!