Long story short. Went out with friends and a girl a female friend invited. Had to pay to leave and she didn't have money so i paid for her and said for her to pay it back. I was thinking she was cute so i tried sending her s casual message the next day. No response. Sent a message a week later (this time about the money) asking her when she'll have it. No response. So now I'm pretty pissed. I talked to my friend about it for like 3 days then didn't care anymore. I got a message today, almost a week after i sent her the message, saying she'll have my money amd can meet me whenever. I also got a message from my buddy (who's not be friend) saying she's gonna give it to me. Turns out he messaged her and told her to give me my money.

Now any other time id take the money and go but where i am there are no girls i find attractive and there's a shortage of girls at all. So should i somehow try to flip this or just take the money?