<human>: So here's the deal. Me and this girl, just about my best friend, end up both magically liking each other at the end of last spring/early summer and have a little fling for a bit. This is also just after her pretty drawn out break-up with a guy she was in a relationship with for about 3 years. As I go home for the summer (college love, so nice) we make plans to visit etc etc. She ends things with me, gets back together with old boyfriend.
    
 Go back to school, I don't really want to talk to her, it's just hard. We talk for a bit, awkwardly hang out when our friend groups collide, she comes over to try and talk things out every now and then. She's in an open relationship and is bisexual and confused about what she wants in general and still likes me. I still have feelings for her, but pretty much just nod along and get her to stop talking. 

I go home for xmas break, realize that I at least want to be friends with her, tell her via drunken messaging. She wants to be friends as well, lovely. However, I am a bit head over heels for this one, and she also reciprocates feeling but also wants to 'experience being single' and whatnot, not being sure if she can commit to relationshippy thing that I want. She seems interested in something with me but acts tentative about the whole thing. Should I press her more or let her come to a decision in her own time? Her reasoning for not is that she doesn't want to hurt me.

Also, i'm not the best at communicating feelings, and I really don't know how to handle this or what to say to get my feelings for her across.

Can you give me the gist of the text in a nutshell?
<bot>: girl and i were together for a hot minute, now we're not and some trepidation on her end on what she wants to do. What would you do if you were in my shoes?