She wants to "take a break" - I really need help!!!!!

Ok so I've been dating this girl for 8 months now and everything was going fine, our relationship has been going fine and we were starting to talk about sex. With this been her first time I was making sure she was comfortable with it and she said she was, however over the last couple of days I've been ill so I've tried to keep my distance so she doesn't catch what I have (also I can't think properly with a bad head and I often sound more grumpy than I am). Then she sent me texts saying we both seem happier when the others not there which I replied that I wasn't happy when she wasn't there so she said she was over thinking. Then today when I said maybe we need to spend some more time together she replied with "what? so you can shag me? I don't want that to be all we're about" she quickly apologized and said forget about it. Now she wants to take a break and I think she wants to distance her self so she can dump me, this is our first bump in our relationship and I don't know what to do. Please help because I really want this to work!

Hi there :) the only advice I can give is, talk to her. Not via text, things in text can come across completely wrong. Try to meet if you can, or if not, call her and talk things through. You will find out what each of you wants and from there you can both. Help each other to your ultimate goals. It sounds to me as if she feels very uptight and pressured, although you haven't pressured her into anything, and the main thing to do is make her feel as comfortable as possible, as you have been doing :) good luck and let us know how you get on x