It's a provocation shit-test because your starting to walk away and stand up for yourself. Friend-zone is all about being her emotional support, she feels she can control you with your emotions. Keep this in mind, the more you support her, the lower her standards are for other guys. Your a backup plan, an failsafe option. Don't be!
She's gonna try everything to emotionally beat you to keep you in check. Lookout for her to actively seek out your attention. She'll even resort to negative-attention seeking, anything to keep HER on YOUR mind. Remember she thinks she owns your emotions, use it to your advantage here. No one can offer what you bring to the table, your unique. No other man has what you do.
Remember she wants an emotional response from you (positive OR negative, both indicate you CARE which is what she HAS TO HAVE, in friend-zone she's dependent on you always being there). So, deliberate attempts of jealousy are her way to test how strong her hold on your emotions is.
Next time she trys that, smirk like a badass
