<human>: Can you condense the text into three sentences or less?

So, when I was 17 I met this girl, and we've been spending a lot of time together, especially recently. It was always kind of awkward with us, but we got used to one another and we talk every day on Facebook and see each other for a few hours every week at uni or when she go get coffee or whatever. I told her I was interested in her, she said she doesn't see me that way (which I kinda expected), but after that our relationship is almost better. We talk even more often, I see her more frequently, and we're happier around one another. What do you think has happened here? I'm hardly complaining: she's kind of fantastic to be around; it's more just me wondering why it got better after I said I liked her and not worse. Thoughts?
<bot>: Relationship gets better with girl after I express my unrequited ~~love~~ desire to go out on a date.