Friend request troubles?

[Emily]

Okay, sooo a while back, I was scrolling down my Facebook page and I accidentally added someone as a friend. I knew who the guy was but not enough to add him. So, I went back about five minutes later and cancelled the request. In those five minutes, this guy must've seen that I sent a request and denied it since he didn't know me. Well now, I actually got to know him at camp and I'd like to catch up with him and send him a request for real. However, when I go to send the request, it says I've already sent a request to this user. I know he wouldn't deny it and for some reason it won't send for him to see. He was on Facebook since I sent the request again so he must not have gotten it. Is there anyway I can properly resend a request so that he'll see it? HELP!

Also, I tried to cancel the request and resend it an it still said that I already sent a request to the user