<human>: *To clarify the title should read "19F asked me 21M to be her date to an event after ignoring me and then not talking to me for months."

I was unable to go because I'm out of town, but I would have said yes. That's not my problem. I'm having an issue understanding how she feels towards me. 

I met her over the summer when we worked together and we would hang out occasionally always having a good time, but I kept asking her to go out with me and she would always decline. I left that job before the summer was over and tried so see her one more time before I went back to school because she had promised we would, but she never responded. Normally that wouldn't be a big deal to me, but I went through a similar situation with the first person I loved and it really traumatized me. One day she just walked out of my life and never talked to me again and that was the worst feeling I've ever experienced. So when it happened in this scenario I didn't know how to handle it and decided to just forget about her. 

So what is she doing asking me to be her date now? I'm inclined to just be happy she asked and forget about her again rather than get my hopes up only to be crushed again. Should I try and contact her when I'm back in town or should I just wait and see what she does?

Can you give me the gist of the text in a nutshell?
<bot>: I'm fucked up from my past experiences and don't know whether being asked to be someone's date means anything at all.