I've known this girl for a few years now and we were both in relationships, so we were just casual friends as we got to know each other. Well, she just went through a breakup 2 months ago and I also just went through a breakup too. I started texting her and found out her situation and did the text thing back and forth to get a feel for things. I asked her to lunch, but that wasn't panning out because she was so busy, so I went for broke and asked her to dinner and she accepted! We had a great dinner and we talked for about 2.5 hours as we enjoyed our meal. We talked about all sorts of things, traveling, dreams, work, relationships, jokes. It was all good. We ended with a hug and she said she might be able to do lunch the following week, but that never happened.
When I texted her about lunch she didn't get back to me right away, I know she was busy, but then I saw her at work and had a chance to talk to her and she said she was busy with work and errands during lunch and she had a bad day at work the day before (but she didn't want to talk about it) and after work she had to pick up her dog. I feel like I'm on the outs. Can I turn this around? Should I text her and ask her out to lunch this weekend? I don't want to sound desperate, but I want her to keep thinking about me. It started off really good! What should I do?

Should I wait until next week and say:
"Sorry I didn't text you like I promised, I was pretty busy. Maybe we can try again next weekend."

Or how about this? I invite her out to brunch on Sunday morning like this:
"Hey, I'm in the area, let's have brunch."

Ok, I posted a reply to her last text basically saying, "sorry, I was too busy to chat. I was out bunjee jumping and wrestling bears for some extra cash." Anbody, and I mean 'anybody' would know I was joking with my text, and I was trying to invoke a humorous response.

Here's her reply: "Yeah, sounds like you're staying busy."

THAT'S IT! Is this a shit test??? What should I do now? At least she replied back, so I feel like I got her on a hook, but I don't see any real opening!

Please help guys!!

doesn't sound good at all dude

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Ok, she finally replied back (remember she's really busy--3 jobs and a full time student!) and we chatted back and forth for a bit and she accepted an invite to lunch! I'm just waiting for a reply back on the day she's free.

Or she's really really to busy, or she's playing hard to get... anywayz, always remember that there are millions of other chicks out there who do have a lot of time Never bet on one horse only