Restarted after the interaction went cold; positive start but stuck now. Conversation is below.

Asked her out around afternoon yesterday; she did not respond to plans but other text banter flowed

Her: blabla story about kids making adults sick 9:15 PM

Her: I have new empathy for people with ear infections! 9:15 PM

Me: Good story! Can totally relate to the pain of an ear infection. her-name, I asked you out yesterday, are you going to be an adult and respond? 11:35 AM

Her: Hey! I feel like that 'good story' maybe a little less than sincere... And then I found 5! You're right, you did. Apologies, I got side tracked with the small people sickness story. I would be happy to get together and have dinner as friends. 1:52 PM

I am contemplating A- Me: K. go cold over the weekend and setup plans next week; ignoring the friend zone question. B- Me: That is an acceptable "Start". meet me at yyy on xxx

C- Me: Waste of my time, See ya.