A girl says we need to be friends first before we can date?

Anonymous
Ok so I met this girl about 2 years ago. We tried dating a couple times but both times she quit on it. The first time she got back with her ex and the second time she got talked out of it by "friends" who told her she wasn't good enough for me. After that second time I got quite angry and we didn't speak for about 9 months.

Well not long ago we began speaking again. And on Valentine's day she asked me if I wanted to go drink with her since we were both bitter singles. I agreed and we had a really good time talking. We talked about the past and how we were both sorry for how things had gone down.

2 days later she asks me if we could have a fresh starts. I told her I didn't know if I could be just friends with her Because my feelings for her had never left. She said she didn't want us to stay "just friends" but that it was a starting point. I said I wanted to talk in person face to face. The next night I went over to her house and we hashed it out. My concerns, her concerns. And in the end we both agreed we wanted to be together and that we would take it very slow. We ended up making out for quite a while and I stayed the night (no sex).

Then last night I asked her what exactly "this" was and she said she didn't know. But she thought that before we could be anything real we needed to be friends first. And that the next guy she's in a relationship would have to have been a friend before anything. I told her I was OK with that and wasn't going anywhere and she said she was really glad.

Today has been awkward. We haven't really talked, after talking non stop the last week. I'm not really sure what to think... I don't know if this girl is setting me up to get burnt for the third time or what. I think it's worth the risk Because I've always been in love with her. But what do you guys think?
A girl says we need to be friends first before we can date?
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