I met a girl two weeks ago. We hit it off. When we met I could feel the physical warm sensation pulsing between us as we walked to class. Got her number, texted her later on. Was perfect. We got to texting; found out we had the same music taste, same attitude towards life, similar calm. Both laidback. Set up a coffee date. We met, perfect again. Talked and walked for an hour. Same values and beliefs. All is good. She goes to class, I go my way.

We text later. Spring break becomes the subject. "I'm looking forward to it too, and not just cause it's spring break. Lol." She says. Awesome. I don't respond, figured I'd leave it there. She's away for the weekend with family. I don't text her the day after. I text her Sunday. "I want to see you on Monday, are you busy?" long time to answer. Could feel something was off.

'Busy Monday, how about Wednesday evening.' Sure, Wednesday it is. 'I'll pick you up around 6:30 and we'll go to the middle school poetry slam." Figured I'd take her to the school I substitute teach at, let the kids say how awesome I am. She says "Sounds good." No smilies. Something is up.

I ask my sister, she says I sound pushy. Gears confirmed. I apologize to the girl for sounding pushy (I didn't mean to sound pushy, wasn't asking for sex and I was letting the feeling of before culminate into that text). She says she had indeed taken it that way. Says 'Wednesday will be interesting.' No smilies. Still weird.

Text her the next day, asking what's up. Sort of anxious casual conversation. I'm spiraling. She doesn't respond for a while. Then she does saying she was taking a nap. Text her later on. Asl her if she smoked. She says yes. Funny chat. Can sense something off here. Say goodbye, go to bed.

Dinner with mom, sister, and female cousin. Tell them my story. They bawk at my plans for the middle school poetry slam, say that's a girlfriend date. I agree. Send her text saying the plans changed. We'd do something more fun instead. No reply. Cutting contact till Wednesday. Might call her Wednesday evening. If no reply might blow off our date.

I fucked up. Went paranoid, stupid. Beta. For no reason. Was alpha till I didn't understand what she was feeling. When I saw she got the wrong vibe I blew it.

How do I save this. Do I? Can I?

Tl;dr: had an awesome dynamic with a girl. Effortless alpha. Said something she thought was pushy. I apologized. Commence alpha breakdown and beta Backslide. Date Wednesday, been neurotic about it. WTF do I do.