<human>: Can you give me a shortened version of the text?

Was convinced this girl liked me, Im a HS junior, shes a sophomore. I told her how I felt last Wednesday. she didn't want to "ruin our friendship" by being in a relationship. I've accepted that; I still care about her, but I've ruined our friendship. We were REALLY close friends. She's ignoring my texts, and barely interacts with me at school unless I approach her. How can I go back to how it used to be? Should I just directly ask her? Or write a letter? Help, PLEASE. losing a friend is horrifying to me :/ especially one as close as she is. 

Also, I was thinking "I need to give it time" but WHY? we didnt technically BREAK UP
<bot>: Told friend I liked her, now we're barely talking. What do I do to fix this? Because we were VERY close before I ruined it.