In short: She shows signs of liking me - touching me on the arm, elbow, laughing at my stupid jokes, when I went to work she went the same time as me and took the same train (I took central line, she normally takes District). She stares at me and when I stare back, her glance diverts. She sends me "VIP" voice notes of her singing which she doesn't to anyone else (cringe? Maybe shes being friendly? ) I'm not clingy as I only message her once a day, and that is to see if shes coming into Uni etc, and do the majority of the talking at University. So I asked her out before and she reacted enthusiastically by saying "YES" and she had to cancel due to the abundance of assignments (which is the truth). That was the first strike. Then I asked her to study with me, she also said "sure", then had to cancel because her mum told her to go home early - she hung out with our internal group of friends and left shortly after telling everyone that "her mum told her to go home early" - second strike (do these two count as strikes?). Ok I asked her out yesterday and this is how the conversation went:
Me: Haha Ill try! And also, after I return from Morocco we should go out for a bite
(she read the message and replied an hour later, was she thinking? She normally reads messages and replies later - shes very different in real life)
Her: Indeed
Her: When do you return
Me: December 29th
Her: Hmmmm
Her: I shall see
Her: When I am free
Me: Okayyy
I left it there, didn't talk about "scheduling a date" in case.
Now, am I being played with and should I just forget about her and catch another fish? Or, after I come back from holiday, ask her when she is available?
Just some extra info: She was doing her assignments while I asked these questions
Thank you very much all!