Based on what you've already written in this thread, it sounds more like you want the second of these two.
And the way you've written it is rather timid. "Maybe if she ..."
It also sounded like she wasn't that interested in this (e.g., exclusivity, dating, etc.), otherwise she would have taken you up on your prior attempts to go out on dates in the recent past. Perhaps that has changed though, given her recent
texts to you.
I agree with the others whom say you should be more direct or walk. This limbo land where she is a plate doesn't seem to be congruent with what you want.