@ mickey, I think it's about time that you go for the confrontation.
She can't avoid you for a lifetime, and if it was a really good friend, she doesn't want to avoid you forever.
and about the gossip: It might look stupid, but it does happen: If you hear thjat a really close friend has said something stupid about you, your first reaction is an angry one.
At last, all the girls I know tend to get quite pissed when something like that happens to them, and most of the time they won't even bother asking in the first place...
@ all the females: This is no offence to woman in general, I am just saying that it could be <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/kissyou.gif" alt="" />
