Hey everyone,
I just want to share something that happened recently, and I’d really appreciate your thoughts on it.

So, there’s this girl in my class who kept looking at me several times. I noticed it, and mentioned it casually to my friend. But before I knew it, he rushed to her and told her that I had feelings for her—which I never said! Then he, along with another classmate, kept pushing me to message her on WhatsApp and just say “hi.”

At first, I was totally against it. I’m an introvert, and I’ve never had a female friend or chatted with a girl before. But they insisted, saying that even the girl had told them I should message her. I didn’t really believe that part, but I gave in and sent her a “hi” after school.

She replied asking, “What happened?”
I said, “Nothing, just trying to communicate.”
Then she said, “What are you doing? You should study instead of chatting.”

I got really anxious after that and panicked. I deleted the entire chat and blocked her. I honestly don’t even remember what my exact last message was, but it didn’t feel good.

Later that night, my friend told me I should apologize to her. So I unblocked her and messaged again, saying sorry and clarifying that I had no wrong intentions.
She replied, “What happened now?” and “I never said that,” (meaning she never asked them to tell me to message her).

From my point of view, she’s always been one of the calmest and nicest girls in class, so this whole thing just made me feel even worse.

Now I’m stuck feeling embarrassed and confused.
Did I mess up?
Were my friends wrong to interfere like that?
Should I have just ignored the whole thing from the beginning?
What would you have done?