What would be a proper answer?

[dante22]

Long story short...
There was a girl at Uni and we had a class togheter a year ago. That time I had a relationship so i didnt asked her out for a date.
She looks a really prerry and cute girl so i didnt forget her.

2 days ago I saw her post in a University fb group that she was looking for a book.
Obviously i dont have that book but it seemed to be a good opportunity to start a conversation with her.
So i wrote her a message.

I asked her some personal question but she didnt show so much interest maybe she think that I wrote her only because of that book.

(Forget about about the book i just used to startba conversation)

After all i remind her that we had the same marketing lesson a year ago and i remember her cute smile and her presentation in class.

Now our conversation looking like this:

She:"Oh yes😃 That was a long time ago"😅

Me: Yes, a year ago😅 Seems my memory still working. Otherwise you are so likeable.😊 Do you mind to go out for a coffee with me?

She: I dont think this is the best idea during this covid outbreak.


So what should be a proper answer for this to continue?
I know it could be a nicely packed get away from me. But maybe not.
What you think? What would be a proper answer to do the best with this situation?

Should answer sg like, then lets just talk to know each other little more and we can go for that coffee after the covid settle down a little more.

Whats your opinion guys? Somehow my brain totally freezed in this situation😒
So what should i reply?

Im really thankful for your answers and helping and sorry for any grammatically mistakes.

[Kartel]

1st) girls/women you never interacted with, when deciding to engage, always engage as if it was the very first time in your entire life that you see her - only if she then says something implying that you two probably already know each-other (like "aren't you the guy in my class at university?" in this case) then acknowledge that you too probably met. why? because otherwise she may process this as "oh, he already noticed me back then and didn't have the courage to approach me; he lacks self-confidence. friend zone is all that i can offer him"

2nd) is not about the covid thing - unless her fear levels about covid is already at paranoid levels. is about the fact that YOU didn't give her any reason why she should be interested in investing some of her (precious) time in your interaction more than just politely answering to your message. i emphasize: her answer was not because she is interested in you but because she wants to be always polite. you are not in front of her to read your (maybe) confidence in your body language by asking her out now, you didn't talk about yourself to trigger any potential attraction switches in her brain, why should she want to dedicate her time to this interaction by going for a coffee with you (unless she is truly depressed, sad and lonely - but in this case would you want a girl/woman with problems of this type?)? this is the point.

3rd) continuing from this point in your interaction would highly likely appear almost as trying hard. to me it already appears as trying hard.
however, if you really want to invest more energy into this, you can go with something like "you say this because you know that once getting to know me you would feel terribly attracted to me and you would always want to spend time around me "

[dante22]

Thank you so much Kartel for your help.
You are totally rigth, now i see the situation more clear. Kinda look like i wanna draw a card that isnt in my deck. So if there will be date that would be a magic trick i think. Otherwise what to reply.
This message you recommend to answer wouldnt sounds like some awkward pick up line that we should avoid?

[Kartel]

if you write her what i suggested, that is more like teasing her than a pickup line. it sets the frame that: 1) you are an interesting person 2) you say that likely because on other girls/women that is the effect you had after they got to know you, which leads to 3) you already have women in your life otherwise you wouldn't have been able to come to this conclusion (which implies preselection until a certain degree, which is one of the attraction triggers genetically hardwired in women's brains). the last part makes it also appropriate because it is built on the fact that during covid is recommended not to get out of own house as much as possible in order to prevent getting infected or spreading it to other people - at least where i live.

if you send her something like this, not necessary this one but something similar, expect her to reply with a shit-test. because this type of message looks very much like a shit-test that YOU are doing to her. so likely she will fire back with a shit-test to test if you really are this cool or not. and if she replies with a shit-test then you hooked her to continue the conversation, because shit-tests are IOI, but if she does fire back with a shit-test and you fail it, then you are done. the message can be awkward only if it doesn't fit your personality type. this type of message fits my personality type and for me to tell a woman something like that is perfectly okay. write something to tease her that fits your personality type and that sets the frame that YOU are cooler than she thinks you are