can we patch things up? start over again?

So long story short, I like this girl a lot, she doesn't feel the same way. Apparently. She's been avoiding me lately because of it, as she apparently "isn't interested that way" and "isn't sure what to do", according to a mutual friend who told me that's what the case it after talking to her. We used to be super close and it's confusing to me because she definitely SEEMED interested. I mean there were a lot of good signs. (Texting all the time, calling me "amazing", "cute", "hilarious", "one of her favorite people" etc, also telling me she's glad we met). Also, she told me two different times that she slept every night with the stuffed animal I got her for her birthday and that it was the best present she ever received. ...And I thought I made it pretty clear early on how I felt. Maybe I just waited too long, I dunno. but she's still ignoring me and I dunno what to say. She means a ton to me and even if she doesn't want to date I'd still like to remain good friends. I really wanna have a talk with her about it and figure something out too. But I don't wanna be pushy either. And on top of all this, she liked a guy a while ago but he ended up turning her down. So maybe that had something to do with this. I don't know. Nothing bad happened or was said between us, we just drifted apart and haven't been talking. So there's no real bad feelings or whatever between us. so what do I do? I really wanna talk to her about all this soon and let her know that I'm not mad at her about any of this. I just need to talk. And we, like I said, haven't been talking at all. The weird part is though, a couple days ago she was replying to posts I made on Tumblr (where we both follow each other), the first of which was just an off hand comment I made that she replied to and then wrote in my ask box about. And she was laughing about it too so it was odd having her suddenly talking to me (albeit very briefly) out of nowhere like that after all the silence. And I was wanting to ask her to hang out so we could just talk this weekend, but idk. I'm in her town this weekend, and we're both on break, so...yeah. I get too nervous and feel too awkward to say hi any time I see her online. Am I over-thinking it and making this to be more awkward than it really is? Why won't she just tell me herself she doesn't want anything to do with me? I want her to know I'm not mad or uncomfortable talking to her about anything. I just hope I'm not making her feel uncomfortable, you know? I dunno. anyway, thanks.