This may seem small compared to some of the doozies I've read on here, but here goes:

I've been seeing this girl, we've been on like three dates and tonight we were going to do a group thing with some of her friends - and up to this point we've been meeting up at locations - But tonight she asked if I would pick her up.

She lives with her folks, which is totally cool with me - she's back in school after working in the nursing field for a bit, so she's got a head on her shoulders. But I'm really not comfortable with meeting her folks yet. Especially since she told me he ran my background and I really don't know how I feel about that.

So we're texting and I ask her "Uh will I be meeting anybody when I pick you up tonight? lol" I'm being strategic as possible with my lol's and smiley emojis to really keep it light.
But she apparently thinks I'm referring to her friends, to which I reply "haha, that's not what I meant."

Between the response time I just suck it up and figure "Well, if I meet the folks, I meet the folks - worse thing it can be is awkward." and I decide I don't want to divulge I was nervous, because I don't want her to feel uncomfortable about anything.

But she keeps pressing "what did you mean?" and I'm responding, playfully "Nuffin" "no, what did you mean" "Nufffiiinnnnn" with smiley emojis and the tongue out smiley and all that shit. I'm really trying to play it off as nothing here, guys.

Well about an hour before we're going to meet up with her friends (and about a half hour before I need to leave to pick her up) she sends "Just forget it. It doesn't seem like you want to go" 

At first I ask what gave her that idea -- but then just follow it with a fess up text that I was nervous and didn't want to admit it, but got over my nerves and just didn't want to bring it up.

"Well you should have just said that. Beating around the bush and being coy is no way to communicate. I would have understood if you just told me but you decided to play games."

from there I'm in a state of wtfffuuuhhh? And basically tell her I'm sorry I made her feel that way -- but AITactualA here?