Trying to recruit

So I'm the president of my college newspaper and I for a little while now had the biggest crush on my VP. I just think she awesome, so I ask her on a bookstore date this week just before spring break. And she said to me "sorry I don't date".

Which is fine I understand and we are cool and all. Sure it's disappointing and it hurts, but I live. I been getting messages from people like this for the last week leading up to asked her out, and now after my rejection I'm getting this stuff as well.