First I want to say thanks I really appreciate you giving me your advice. I'm unfortunately stuck with people I know having biased opinions on the subject. So getting advice from someone that isn't helps. 
LB did suspect that Pat had feelings for me. He started asking me about it a while ago, from the emails that I would get from Pat. Though these emails were just friendly, they did get more frequent. I do think that, in part, this is why he started getting suspicious as Pat rarely emailed me before. Though, he(Pat) had other people to email before... since things have turned out badly for him currently, he's had a lot less friends to chat with.
LB's question was just this:
email wrote:On a more serious note, I would like to thankyou for being Julie's only real friend in real life right now. Thanks Pat.  It's nice to see that at least some people treat her well (you and her sis mostly). It sucks that most people acted like assholes towards her when she hasn't done anything wrong.
 It's nice to see that at least some people treat her well (you and her sis mostly). It sucks that most people acted like assholes towards her when she hasn't done anything wrong.  Makes me feel helpless. It's one of the hardest things about an online relationship.
 Makes me feel helpless. It's one of the hardest things about an online relationship.
Which brings me to my next point, we're both going through shit in our lives right now, and we've been having a bit of trouble with our relationship.  It sucks.
 It sucks.  Anyway, I was wondering if you can sort something out for me. I'd like to get everything resolved and one of these things involves you.
 Anyway, I was wondering if you can sort something out for me. I'd like to get everything resolved and one of these things involves you.
Do you have any feelings whatsoever towards Julie that isn't just friendship? Please be honest. 
I would have omitted some of this stuff but I thought it pertained to the question. On both accounts, your questions and his.