I have no doubt she has extremely high interest and attracted to you Dw3, no doubt about it. I never doubted it.
And it sounds mutual so again it's all good.
I also can relate to her brother being protective, I have (had) five (one recently passed

) and they were all very protective, if any of my boyfriends got outta line and I mentioned it, they would be hearing from them in some form or fashion.
I didn't mean to suggest she shouldn't trust you or that you didn't give off the right "vibe." It's just for me personally, I never played that "waiting game" when there was mutual high interest and attraction and it was clear it was heading somewhere "substantial."
Which was made obvious usually on the first date. High chemistry, great vibe between us, we just clicked.
Like I said in a previous post, it didn't happen often. Although I dated a lot but it never went anywhere because I simply was not interested enough.
But when I was, it was mutual and we just went with it. None of that "waiting game" BS.