ok guys so basically i just graduated high school a week ago... lol and me and this girl who i went to school with for 4 years have recently been talking. Now we kinda formally met during sophmore year on a retreat, and kinda had this liking for each other throughout high school, though we never dated and rarely spoke. It was just one of those things that we both knew by the looks and smiles we gave each other.
Ok so now school is over. We have been talking on AIM almost every night for 1-3 hrs...(late at night, not during the day cuse i have better things to be doing

) Anyways we obviously have this very strong emotional connection and have extremely similar traits. She always used to leave poetry as her away messages, and i commented on it one time sayin that i liked it bla bla bla (and that she's a bit of a nerd

) cuse everyone elses is just so boring. After this her away messages seem to be messages to me... For example today she said she was out at the barn (she loves horses) on a date with "tall dark and handsome" (her horse) and left her number on there saying Please Text me! (she knows i read away messages now)
So here is the golden question: IF the girl is really into you u and vis versa, should you follow up on requests, like her really wanting you to text her? I can see this as being needy if i do so, but also a let down to her if i dont. Should i keep up the tension of not talking to her for a certain period of time, to make her compete for my time or no? If i comply with her requests (that are ernest) do i come off as just submissive dude? I know in most cases it does, but when two people have a very strong mutual connection, does it still fly? Let me know guys! =)