My friend told my crush i like him!!

So I found out I like a close friend of mine, so I told my friend. She was smirking so much and she was also squealing, she told me she thought it was 'cute'. So she told my friend Olivia, I was a little upset, she didn't ask, but she apologized. Then she told my other friend (by my permission,) all of them thought it was cute! So they told him when I said I didn't care, but he said he wouldn't date me, so they told him it was a joke, and he replied: "I know," But it's so awkward, he still acts the same. He still laughs at my stupid jokes, and we make eye contact across the room sometimes. He seems to always be so foolish all the time! I mean, He stuck up for me even though it was his best friend that was picking on me, and he was trying to sought the whole thing out, I wasn't even trying to do anything, he was telling them to shut up. But... I'm just confused, and though I won't admit it, a little heart broken.