Girls, does it ever work both ways?

My boyfriend tells me that I'm the first girl he's ever dated who liked him before he liked her. I liked him before we became friends - he was cute, and I could tell from the occasions when we chatted that he was a great guy, and my type. After we became friends, it took him about a week to fall for me and another week to ask me out. We were pretty equal in making the moves, though.