I'm afraid of confrontation...?

I have this guy friend and we were smsing one day when he suddenly asked if i loved him! I was so afraid to tell him that i did... so i tried changing topic, but he kept on asking. So i asked him if he loved a friend of mine(totally off topic but worked)... he said she was cute but he really didn't know her... When he said she was cute i said that the two of them would make a great pair... Then he asked me if i really do think that they would make a great pair... I said yes of course... Several days later i found out that they were together! My heart fell into pieces... My girl friend told me how happy she was... now i cant stop crying! And everytime the guy would try talking to me i'd just runaway w/ no excuse... He smses me from time to time asking if im avoiding him.... well, i cant exactly tell him the truth now can i?..... HeLp!