So the situation is as follows:

I recently asked out a girl I was attracted to and I have been friends with for a while. She said yes to going on a date with me the following day.

I told two of my friends that she had said yes to dating me, these two friends went to highschool with her and are also friends with her. I told them because they are in my inner circle and I trust them. Unfortunately the very same night, one of them asked her (not me) what her and I were going to do tomorrow, and asked her out of the blue. The other friend told his brother, who also knows her (though not very well) and the brother saw her at school the following day (where we were to meet up before we went on our date) and full on congratulated her for dating me, and asked what was going on between us. She said nothing was, we were just "talking".

Following this she confronted me about it. She wasn't hostile or angry or anything, she just brought it up and asked me why they would be asking her this. I realize this isn't the greatest response, but I said "I had told them earlier that I was planning on asking you out and they asked me what was going on." we sat together, talked a little, and I asked her if she wanted to go with me to (blank place), she said she needed to do some homework, and would let me know later, so we sat together and did some homework and had some conversation.

After a bit she went to a comp to print something, so I took the opportunity to leave for a bit. Later that day we ran into eachother again at school and we talked a little more, so I once again asked her if she wanted to go with me to (blank). She said she had too much homework and didn't feel up to it.

I haven't talked to her since, which was on Friday.

So I'm wondering what I can do in this situation. Maybe Im just being insecure, but I seem to think what my friends did made me seem needy or desperate, or that I'm bragging about her too much, which in reality isn't the case.

So, what should my next steps be? Im sort of at a loss. I was thinking of just not talking to her for a week to counter any thoughts that I might be needy, but Im not sure this is the best approach. Any advice would be very much appreciated. Thanks!