How do I correct the situation after upsetting a coworker?

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I upset a coworker today by suggesting that she do her own work and suggesting that one of the administrators suggest she do her own work instead of me doing it when really they had only agreed with my sentiment. I didn't realize she'd get upset and think they thought she wasn't doing her job (which she kind of isn't since I'm doing alot of what she is paid to do and I'm not paid to do) but she's got alot of stuff on her plate personally which is why I've been helping her out at work. I'm all for teamwork but I feel like I'm being taken advantage of and I need to learn to say no to people. She was rather pissed off so I asked her to call me after work to discuss it further but I have not yet received the call so I wrote her an e-mail politely and professionally explaining that we need to clarify job responsibilities because although we may function as a team we are not paid as a team and so on and so forth. She has not responded to the e-mail either. We were friends before coworkers.
If it helps any, we're both PMSing pretty severely which is probably why we're both so oddly emotionally invested in the issue.
 
i hv been in ur situation and my friend totally ignored me. finally i requested to be transferred to a different department. but after a while, we are getting better "professionally". i like to keep it that way. it's better if u treat ur coleague that way rather than personally in contact. maybe u should give some space to her n to urself too for like a few months...
 
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