Tracey "Folly," this "rejection" had nothing to do with you. It was the ramifications of teachers having relationships with students that scares the hell out of them. For a number of teachers, they have lost their jobs at the hint of impropriety. Under any other circumstance, he would not have had such a response. I assure you. I am very sorry, you had to experience that. The point is, you liked him. There is nothing wrong with that. Maybe he is an introvert under his seeming extroverted skin, and, if so, the event affected him emotionally. Call him back. Let him know, you felt embarrassed. You did nothing wrong.