College relationship Long Distance Break
I have recently gone to a college that is 2 hours away from my girlfriend. We just met before college but have never clicked and felt this way about each other before. We tried the long distance thing but it was too hard. I know I love her a lot and she feels the same so we decided to take a "break" until summer. We are free to do whatever until then, and we are still talking everyday over texts. I believe this will give us a good idea that this is real as we didn't have much time to figure that out before I left. She is a very honest girl and would tell me anything if it was wrong and would tell me she liked someone else if she did. She really thinks this will work in the summer, and when I come home we will start over like I never left and nothing that happened before matters. I think this will work, but it was her who requested the break and I'm not sure if I should hold on or let go. I do not want to get hurt because this hurts very much even though I still have the hope of getting back together. I am wondering if I should just let it go or try to move on without truly letting go.
To note, she hung out with her ex boyfriend about 3 weeks into the "break". Her best friend, who doesn't agree with my girlfriend because she knows she has never liked anyone as much as me and has seen her with guys since the 4th grade, told me that it just kind of happened it wasn't planned and my girlfriend really doesn't want to hurt me. My girlfriend also said she feels really really bad about hanging out with this guy. I want to stay and believe her and that this will work but I'm not 100% sure. This is really hard to let her go like this. Any help is appreciated.
Also I would like to know if I should act like I am fine without her and not talk about my feelings fully unless she asks, or tell her every now and then I miss her, and that I want to be with her and want this to work. Neither of us say I love you as we aren't dating. I don't to see too clingy and insecure. Any advice on how to make this work if I should stay would be great and ill be glad to follow it.
Andy