Ok so I'm in a little of a predicament. I met this girl online, and we texted a couple times, every time was flirty and I was smooth as hell with my C&F. She's a little younger than me, and I like to think I'm pretty good looking. So I think the initial attraction is there.

My sister is kind of friends with her, and they talked about me a few days ago. Turns out this girl has a thing going with one of my sort of friends (only hang out at parties and shit.) But she did say she would definitely consider the idea of a relationship with me if she didn't "really like him." Which I'm kind of surprised at since at that point we didn't even met face to face. Thank god my sister told her I'm not looking for a relationship, just friends. this combined with some mixed signals I've given have hopefully kept my intentions unpredictable.

Now last night we finally met, where my band was playing a concert. Right from the start I started teasing her and getting her to laugh. I pulled the new york handshake routine, and kept telling her it wasn't good enough (of course she kept trying). I took control in the group conversation we were in and had her and her friends laughing so overall I think we "hit it off"

So all this leads up to a few questions.

-She never officially told me about my friend, and up until this morning her relationship status on facebook read single. He's my boy so I'm not trying to take her out or make a move. However, although I will pursue other women, I do want to keep her interested and stay out of the friendzone. How can I do this? I've fucked this up before, but it's because I had no game and no idea what I was doing.
-I think we would be a way better couple, just because we have more in common and all of our friends would mix together well. Do girls pursue other men who they think are more interesting and fun (which I am) while starting a relationship?
-If I keep doing what I'm doing, keeping contact to a minimum, would I be considered like a friend (with romantic possibilities when the time is right) or like a friend (who would never have any chance)?