So this girl I've been ignoring for the past couple of weeks and I got stuck carpooling together. Woo hoo! Car position: Window: Me -Middle: Her -Window: Her friend) Anyway I'm just there beasting it and suddenly she asks her friend for her number. Then after she turns to me asking me for mine.
Now we had already exchanged numbers before and texted it up and all, so anyway, confusion is written all over my face. Then she says "I lost my sim card why do you think I havent bothered you in a while?" Me "Oh"
Yep so now I am stuck whether to let her text me first or me text her first.

So what should i do and why?

If she has her phone ask to put it in yourself and put he number is yours, since you carpool together its not a big deal to let her text first since if she doesn't you can remind her in the car (just dont be annoying about it)

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Ah thanks anyways dude but this carpool was a one time thing and I already texted her.
Me: "Surprise!"
Her: "Well Hello there"
Me: "Hey I got to go at 7:55"
Her: "Ok for school?"
Me: "Im gonna be really busy at 7:56!"
Her: "Ok ill hit you up later "
Me: "Actually I'll text you later "
Her: "Ok "

Aaaannd I have not texted this girl. lol payback feels good.

So... is this a good idea or should i follow up tomorrow and say something along the lines of "Hey I could not text you last night I was way too busy" or just wait til she texts back or we see each other in person?

I think your conversation should consist of something more than telling her you cannot talk to her

I never tell a girl i cant text her, its better to make her deal with me not texting her back and her worrying than her going "sweet i can forget about him for the rest of the day"

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Great work if your objective is NOT to get laid! Awesome stuff Captain Dingus!

Surprise (5:00)
Well hello there (7:20)
I got to my phone at 7:40
her initial response came two hours after my first text and i was genuinely busy so I just told her.
my main question is should I follow up on this text or just not text back?

I doubt she waited up for me to text but who knows? lol yeah right

Text back or it just looks like you're obviously playing games, the longer you wait the worse it looks. Honestly you're being a bit of a lil bitch about it; you like her, you texted her, she responded...who cares if it was 2 hours later she's not obligated to respond right away, life happens, she may have been busy, or just didn't feel hardpressed to reply asap. Making her wait, at this point has no affect on her because it's likely there isn't much attraction on her end to begin with anyway - you gotta do the work.