what can I say, bite the bullet! look, I've had more girl trouble in my life then I care to mention. and I'm only 16.. all I can say is, you just gotta tell her. could it ruin the friendship? probably not, but possibly.. but hey, though it seems like there could be no better girl out there, I can guarentee that there are, and that you'll find another (probably sooner then you'd think) after my last girl broke up with me, I thought there'd never be anyone else (see the longest thread in GT history for further details.. if you care to read that much.. it would probably take like 12 hous to read the whole thing) and what can I say? I have a date this weekend. in fact.. I actually had to think really long and hard about which girl I wanted to ask out for valentines day.. I think I could list about 5 different girls, that either I liked, or that liked me, or both.. so who says there aren't better girls out there? there are.. plenty of them.. trust me.

so, in conclusion, you just gotta tell her. whatever happens, happens, that's the way the cookie crumbles.. think of it this way, best case scenario, she says she likes you back, you fall in love, and go have rough passionate sex with each other forevermore... worst case scenario, she says she doesn't like you back, and now feels uncomfortable around you, and she never wants to talk to you again, you sit around your house feeling depressed, not eating or sleeping much, for several weeks, then you get better, get over it, and move on without the burden on your shoulders anymore.. and the "not the best, but not the worst" case scenario, she says she doesn't like you back romantically, but she does still like you as a friend, and wants to still be friends, and you can move past your romantic feelings for her, just appreciate her as a friend, and move on without the burden over your shoulders.

but, the really really absolute worst case scenario is: you don't tell her at all, she is totally oblivious, and you carry out your life letting these feelings eat you from the inside out until the depression worsens and worsens until it drives you to do something stupid like commit suicide.. and then she'll be going through your stuff after you're dead, come across journals, notebooks, songs and poems written about her, she'll realize what drove you to suicide, and then she'll wish you had just told her instead of bottling it up inside you.