Hey there

Context, me 20m, her 20f. We used to be really good friends from about 15-17 years old and we just grew apart and she went a bit off.

Anyway, now, I'm newly single. A few weeks ago I bit the bullet and sent her a DM on instagram and she seemed really chatty and happy to talk to me etc. I was probably a bit too quick in my advances, asking her where she was going that night trying to meet up etc etc. We stayed talking but she eventually stopped responding to my messages, so I left it until the next weekend and messaged her again (pretty late at night, I was not very sober) and she had a small chat and then stopped responding again when I asked her how the club she was at was.

Given how close we used to be I think there is some chance I could take this somewhere but have obviously been going about it in the wrong way. I've just come out of a pretty long term relationship and am currently hopeless at talking to girls and judging their behaviour from messages, so that doesn't help. I'm just hoping for a way to re-kindle this and come across as normal and not just wanting to smash.