Female advice need, seems complicated but maybe it is simple?

To make an extremely long story short I will just give an abridged version of my current dilemma. I am open for advice on the matter (why else would I be here?) :-)So there is this girl (obviously) started out as good friends for awhile and then things became a little complicated. She tells me I am a good person, nice, attractive, etc and even tells me I would be the perfect boyfriend for her and I am the logical choice for her to date.BUTRight now she claims she needs to be alone for awhile.That was the last I heard from her. We definitely have a very strong connection and she realizes it too. We never dated but always talked about it. I have no problem at all giving her the space she requests (I try to be as understanding as possible). I am just looking for any female advice on what she means when she says she needs to be alone for awhile. We are at the point now where the connection between us is so strong we are either in a relationship or do not want to see each other at all. I know that may sound harsh but when we are around each other we can't be"just"friends. So... any thoughts?Thanks a lot.If it helps I do know that she just ended her relationship with her best friend (male) whom she was close with for many years. Before she met me she claimed she was going to spend the rest of her life with this guy. All of a sudden I came into her life and things changed. Its weird though, what bugs me is the fact that we should never have met. What I mean by that is we were raised on different sides of the country. Somehow ended up at the same school (she was dating her best friend at the time which lead her to come to the school). Met her in a summer class that neither of us planned on taking. In fact I should have graduated in the Spring semester but due to a credit problem I had to stay over the Summer semester. It just bugs me to see so many things which should have never happened happen. It just throws me a major curve ball.Another update: Now I am getting text messages from her like everything is ok, I am so lost.

I don't understand why people do this. She told you she likes you and even went so far as to say you're the perfect guy for her. YET she wants to explore what else is out there before she settles down. If you don't mind being her second choice, stick around. Otherwise, be smart and keep your own eyes open for a girl who wouldn't jeopardize a relationship with you because of her own selfish needs.