Issues i guess you could say

Lets see how to start this

I met this girl through a friend of mine a while back, we hit it off pretty well and whatnot. Then we start talking more through AIM and become pretty good friends. As you all can figure for it being posted in this forum that i started to fall for her... go figure. I guess the feelings between us eventually become mutual. So I keep asking her to do things together. It seems that everytime i ask to do something though, she is always busy.
Some of you that may know me outside of HS I didnt think much of it. Just went on my merry way. Then i finally get the nerve to ask her to my high school christmas dance/social thingy. She says yes and everything is okey dokey. Then last night when i called her she said that her mom wouldent let her go, because I'm 16 and have a car. So right now I'm sitting here thinking well **** now i gotta find a new date. Plus her mom wont let us go out on dates or anything like that.

As i posted in the why guys dont call thread, I'm not a real big phone person. I actually hate calling people unless it is to say something that needs to be said or to make plans. For some reason, who knows why I just feel the need to call her. I cant get her off my mind, and it's driving me insane.

Her parents are separated, and her dad is cool with me (dosent that seem odd, its normally the other way around). But she dosent live with her dad most of the time and only goes over there every other weekend.

So here is the question, should i go for it and just wait for every other weekend to come when we MIGHT be able to do something together, or just cut off "pursuit". I know the common answer will be "well its up to you and just follow what you think is right." But I want to hear what you guys would do if you were in my situation.