<human>: Can you condense the text into three sentences or less?

As the post title implies, there is a 17 year old girl who I like. It's been a running gag for a while among our friends that I want to have sex with her, and that we should, though most of them don't know I actually have feelings for her. In this vein, I have sent her poems and comically cheesy pickup lines (in facebook messages with other people) that she and others just saw as part of the joke. Then, last night, I was texting her. Just about random stuff. Then I sent her another poem, (if you can call it that-- it was just a rhyming quatrain), and she responds with "I'm going to be blunt here, do you actually like me?" I was with one of her best friends, and I asked her what I should do. The friend said that she tends to "push away" people if she knows they have feelings for her. Not deliberately, but it happens. I didn't want things to be awkward, and I would rather we be friends than not, so I told her I don't. Then we continued the conversation. I just don't know if I made the right choice and, If I didn't, what I would do.
<bot>: A girl I'm into asked me if I like her, under the advice of her friend I lied and told her I don't.