Some girls avoid going on dates when asked due to being shy, and this speaks to the meekness of their shy nature.

To tell this is the case, observe how she behaves after the fact.

A girl who continues looking your way, even though she is being sly by avoiding simultaneous eye contact, wanted to go on that date with you.

When she is constantly in your physical area, within eyeshot of you, but hiding inside the safety net of friends, she is sending the message that she wanted to go on the date with you.

Listen, there are a number of ways by which this can all be misleading, which leaves you at the receiving end of the wrong cues.

In other words, are you entirely certain this is a shy girl?

Even though she doesn’t speak that frequently, she is relatively introverted.

It doesn’t necessarily mean that she is shy.

You do have to be fully aware of this.

A good way to read on this is by how many friends she tends to have around.

A girl who is with a variety of friends every time you see her, isn’t that shy.

In which case, her denial of the date was how she demonstrated she didn’t like you, as opposed to having done it on account of shyness.

You should be very aware of this before deciding that she is the shy type.

Some girls can be very quiet around you but extremely extemporaneous when they are around people they are comfortable with or acquainted with.

If you continue to believe that she is shy, you should watch for the cues that I mentioned earlier.

Is she looking in your direction whenever you are not looking?

Is she attempting to be around you physically, while hiding within the company of a few friends?

Is she talking about you to friends and colleagues?

When she is regularly talking about you to friends and colleagues, she likes you.

To find out whether she is doing this, become acquainted with her friends and colleagues.

Sooner or later, you get one or more of them to tell you about who and what this girl talks about.

If you are in that mix, she does like you.

Also watch for how frequently you see her at social events that you are going to.

She shows up to these events acting as though she is merely there to be social, but you observe her looking in your direction throughout the event.

She doesn’t come up to you and talk to you, but she is observing you.

These are all cues that she avoided the date due to her shyness, but she does like you.

Ask yourself whether this is a person you can be patient with.

Once you have an answer, you know what to do.