Girl Ive been seeing for a while has been kind of hot and cold every time I see her. Seems genuinely interested, then backs off. I always have to text first. And I am usually the one who is the last to text in the convo. Which yes I know is a red flag. And it feel likes pulling teeth everytime I text her to finally meet up. Her responses are very bland for a girl no emojis or lols. But when we actually do meet up she seems fine and actually interested. And every time I see her she asking about which girls i've been sleeping with. And all these weird questions that a friend who is a girl wouldn't ask. Im so confused idk what to do. So i just outright tell her that "i like you." (Yes I know its bad, but shes giving me so many mixed signals and I was tired of all this implied or not implied bs. I wanted to be direct.) She has a huge smile on her face and looks away and thinks about it and then says. "We should be friends first and well see where it goes. Although I don't want a relationship right now." Its been a week since we last saw each other and she hasn't texted (as usual).

So, I am wondering if she friend zoned me and I should just next her? Or is this legit and I should keep pursuing? Mind you I'm obviously not going to stop dating other women until she proves something more.