I feel like context may be required on this one. So, 2ish weeks ago, a former acquaintance of mine who I met at a convention (does not go to my school or live near me) started to contact me again, and we instantly started chatting over the course of the next couple of days. Over time, I felt like the conversation was getting a tad more flirty (keep in mind, I could totally be misinterpreting signals here), and she started asking me if I wanted to meet her to go to a movie some time or hang out at her house. I started talking with my close friends about it, and they all agreed with the possibility she could be hitting on me. I declined most of the invites she sent me due to extenuating (and real) circumstances, and she kept on chatting with me or trying to reschedule. I talked about this with my friends some more, and one of them brought up the idea of asking her from her account if she was hitting on me. She did, and the girl flat out denied it, saying she was just trying to “hang out because that’s what friends do”. Ever since then, she hasn’t responded to my casual messages from a previous conversation we had, and I feel very guilty for putting her and my friend into that situation. What’s the verdict?