<human>: I'm 26[M], she's 21.
A girl I had just started dating told me she "decided not to date right now." (I had been too pushy in moving toward dating, retrospectively. It's a recurring flaw of mine. Not super pushy, but saying stupid stuff that sounded like I didn't want her to see anyone else). She said that she still wanted to hang out. I told her that, at the time, I didn't want to just hang out because it would be hard for me emotionally.

We would still see each other around (lived nearby, overlapping social circles) and were still friendly. Very little conversation for about a month, until around her birthday when my "happy birthday" text led to polite conversation.

We probably hung out once or twice (maybe not just us, I don't recall). A week and a half ago, she brought over cookies for my roommate and me, but only I was there. We talked for a good while, and then I walked her home.

She has been generally very friendly and open, and even said she "would have loved to" about an invite to go out (she was out of town, it turned out).

She came to a movie with a couple people two nights ago. She seemed flirty. Or just friendly, and I'm thinking wishfully. She was fairly touchy-feely though. She said yes to another date, next week, if she can get work off.

I don't want to pursue this if it won't go anywhere. I've been there before and it sucks. So I'm asking for the girl opinion: Am I chasing this over nothing? It's now been about 2 months since she first said she wasn't ready to be dating anyone.

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<bot>: 2 months ago I was pushy and she said she wasn't ready to be dating anyone.  Now it seems like it could be going the right direction, but is that just my wishful thinking?