Sharing Our Innermost Thoughts

I’m afraid of saying no. There’s this girl who confessed to be last year, and I didn’t like her back so I never said anything. I think now she knows I don’t like her because I’ve given her little signs but she still likes me and I feel bad. I guess I used to like her but my feeling just faded quickly. She still holds my hand and is affectionate to me at times but she does that to everyone. But the fact that she still likes me makes me feel weird. Now we’re one different teams in school for the entire year so i never see her anymore besides lunch. That’s good but she still likes me. There’s this other girl who I think likes me too because she planned out are marriage when where older and got us rings. She hugs me a lot and is affectionate. I might like her back idk. She used to like me, because she told me that, but she said she didn’t now, but I think she is starting to like me again. I’m afraid my best friend likes me too, because she faked proposed to me. I really like her only as a friend so I really hope she doesn’t. This happens to me every year for some reason. I know it’s not that bad of a problem, everyone liking you, and god I sound like a pick me but really sometimes I just want to stay friends with people but I’m afraid of rejecting them will ruin our bond. What do I do?