1) 3 days, 7 hours, and 28 minutes (lol)
2) Flaking means "to bail out of a situation at the last minute." Like, if you ask a girl to the movies and she calls you an hour before the movie and says she can't make it due to <insert DOG ATE MY HOMEWORK excuse here>.
3) Avoiding flaking? That's tough. You have make the girl value YOU, not the other way around. She better fvcking feel HONORED to go out with you. If Angelina Jolie asked you out on a date, would you cancel? Didn't think so.
4) Ah, the friendzone. This, my friend, is a fate worse then Purgatory. My gut tells me that in order to avoid the FZ, you need to continue to give IOIs to her and make her KNOW that you're interested in her. Kino and mild flirting helps a lot with this.
5) - Find target
- Check if your nuts are still there [nutcheck]
- Approach: There are many ways to strike up a conversation. Such as, "Hi, how are you? My name is [NAME]. I noticed you noticing me and wanted to talk to you. What's your name?"
Best of luck.
-cF