<human>: Can you succinctly summarize the text in 1-3 sentences?

As in the title: I am 17M, she's 16F. We have been dating since about the beginning of the Summer, in an actual relationship for a little over a month.

Various factors are currently getting me down I guess, but the post title covers the main one. She tends to not be very communicative, except in a one on one environment, which I am fully willing to believe is at least partially due to my awkwardness (although, I'm not sure how I'm being awkward, despite analyzing myself). In addition, her phone rarely has money on it, and she tends to have fairly limited computer access.

My natural tendency is to want to be connected with her -- whether through text, or by just general physicality (such as hand holding, not even more than that). However, I do worry that with this natural tendency to want to be in her company, I will accidentally end up smothering her and fucking things up.

So, I guess I'm looking for general ideas on how to approach the current situation -- and if that advice is "just fucking talk to her, you idiot", I would appreciate advice on how to bring such a thing up (and context for such things). Any help is appreciated.
<bot>: now that the school year has started up, I'm worried about how to balance my interactions with my girlfriend, so I don't end up being too needy.