stretching feelings

After having caught feelings for someone but not telling them thereby keeping yourself in an awkward and miserable state. You go through the stages of anxiety, sadness, and butterfly belly. It's terrible.

Jaimie: "Hey! What's up with Jackson? Is he okay?"
Jill: "I can't tell you the whole story, but he's in a bad way. He's beyond smitten for someone unavailable for months."
Jaime: "Yikes! So he's just stretching feelings? He needs to do something and do it fast!"

Jill: "I know. If he don't he'll soon be pisserable. He's such a sweetheart. I really feel for him."