I have a (to my previous inclination) dinner date with an 8 tonight. I haven't seen said 8 in a few months (had met for lunch once before), met through mutual friends in the area.

Texted her three days prior and she insisted on us going to lunch again and that she missed me. Along the conversation, I end up making a date for dinner with a "Be ready by 7". She seemed into it.

Didn't speak until today, sent a text "Still on for tonight?". She asks where we are going, and I asked if she has any problems with food. Joking back and forth I figure out she doesn't care at all and I decide to just 'surprise' her.

Hanging out at home after class, get a text at 5pm telling me that she is "kind of talking to someone at the moment", that she wasn't sure what I classified dinner as tonight, but just wanted to give me a "heads up". Also saying that she didn't mean for it to make anything awkward, she was sure we 'were going just as friends'.

Knife in the gut on the last sentence, makes me not want to even go, but I'd like to follow through. Regardless, I need help to come up with something to say back (was thinking of just ignoring the text all together and just continuing with dinner). Also need help on how to frame said dinner.

Edit: It seems she beat me to the punch. Now she is asking to reschedule later this week.