I can really relate to how this girl feels as I have had a similar situation with a boy in my halls. We have got on well from freshers week and spent loads of time together but mainly watching films, talking, making food, but not "dating". I have got feelings for him and we have cuddled and held hands and texted loads for quite a few weeks and then he asked me to be his girlfriend. Now he would be surprised to know that this is what I want, and but somehow when he asked it made me back away and say I just wanted to be friends. Although I'm 18 I have never had a serious boyfriend before, I've just gone out with groups of friends (male/female) and I've never met anyone I've wanted to date exclusively. Anyway we parted from uni as friends and I'm already missing him much more than I thought I would, and can't stop thinking about him. Anyway, to get back to your problem, I just wanted to say that she might be feeling like me and if you really like her then don't give up. I'd say keep in contact over the uni break and you might find that she is feeling that same way I do - however, whether she will admit to it is another story! It does sound to me that she likes you from what you say, so it all depends on whether you think she is worth waiting for. If she replies to your texts/e-mails then I think you can read something into that, because if she was trying to distance herself from you then ignoring messages is the easy way to do it when you are away from each other. Good luck!