Search Results: do past rejections matter

My crush rejected me in the past because she likes someone else and she's TOTALLY set on him, so the rejection wasn't personal! However she knows that I still like her... which isin't always a bad thing, she's still very responsive and flirts back a little(since she's still single technically) We're both in HS btw

So anyway I texted her to meet me on her break at work so we could have that "Where do we stand?" talk she tried to get outa me over a text message(I remember she begged me to text her what I wanted to talk about, but I said I rather do it in person. Also she said "Please don't assume anything, you never know. just tell me" (which I would assume is a good sign) when I said I had an idea of what I knew her response would be)

Anyway she approaches me on her break, her and I were both nervous, and I simply started with

Me: "You know that gut feeling you sometimes get?"

her: "gut feeling about... what? (nervous giggle)

Me: "Sometimes I think there's some mutual attraction between us... so where do we stand?"

Her: "As friends"

Me: "Always as friends?"

Her: "Yeah"

Then I just said "ok" cooly and changed the conversation, real smooth and easy. Then she had to go back inside cause it was cold out

BUT I decided to approach her a second time, like 5 min later. So I ask again

Me: "Just to clarify... is there any future between us?"

Her: "I'll get back to you on that" (and she did look real nervous, deep in thought, walking slow and nervously and deep in thought)

Me: (Jokingly) "As long as you don't forget like last time haha" (She forgot to get back to me about something minor a week ago)

I know from asking anonymously on her tumblr(yeah, creepy I know :p) that she mainly looks for guys with a lot of mutual interests, which YES both me and her have. So I decided it would be BRILLIANT and would make me look great to text her

"No matter what your final answer is I'll always stay your friend. We have WAY too much in common, and ironically that's what I look for in a girl ;P take your time tho!"

So yeah, thoughts on the situation, and was my text idea good at getting me a future shot and cause her to re-evaluate me? My only fear is that because I said I'd willingly be her friend, she might say "We'll always be friends" because I sorta agreed to, as a way to let me down easier. Idk?

ALSO if she does say "no, there's no future", is it appropiate to ask why?