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

So I have a friend that's been hinting for ages (at least three months) that she wants me to make a move (ask her out, take her home etc. It varies depending on social situation), and I'm really just not interested in her.

Any time she starts hinting I try to deflect but it's unfortunately not getting through to her, and I feel really bad because I feel like I'm inadvertantly leading her on. I'm pretty sure if she was more direct with conveying her intentions (asking me out for instance) I could easily shut it down, but because she's really pushing for the traditional "man to make the first move" situation I'm stuck in a constant loop where I deflect and she persists the next time I see her.

I feel as though I'm accidentally leading her on because I'm friendly every time I see her, which is getting worse as I get the feeling she's intentionally attending things I'm going to just so she can see me (a few of our mutual friends have pointed this out to me).

I've been in her position before and I understand how much it fucking sucks and I definitely would have wanted the person I was pursuing to just be direct with me, so I guess what I'm asking is how do I instigate a situation where I can directly and definitively shut it down, without crushing her.
<bot>: I want to know the best way to instigate a situation in which I can tell her I'm not interested in a way that won't crush her