Hello people, I would like to tell you my short back story ( if you don't mind, if you do then just skip it.) my name is mauricio I am 14 years old and even though my name sounds Mexican, I'm not. :)

So for maybe a couple of months now I've been feeling awkward around this one girl in my 6th period. (and for times sake I'm just going to use peoples actual names.) her name is Alexis and for some reason, even when I'm feeling upset, seeing her smile cheers me up a bit. I know I might be young still and have plenty of time to experience dating and all that, I thin want to know if I'm in love or not.
When I try to ask her out but I don't have the nerve to. I really just feel like we have much in common and don't get me wrong, we are good friends but I want to take it farther than that. I think she knows it to because for a while I've been kind of akward around her. I feel like she is so beautiful when we went camping and the stars were in her eyes.
I want to ask her out so bad but I feel like she might not want to ruin our friend ship with going out. In a way she is right, she's my best friend and we've known each other so long. I think she is just perfect. She means the world to me and I mean the world to her and I want to show her a good time. Please help! How do I ask her out right? If she rejects me than that will spoil our friends ship forever, and I don't want that to happen.

Hope this wasn't to boring :P hope to hear some comments back

I'de like to answer the love question with a saying my dad use to tell me. He always said "If you are thinking or wondering if you are in love and questioning it, then your not in love. There is ether a definite yes and no that you are or are not in love." And from what I read up top I do not believe you are.

No you aren't in love. Being in love comes from knowing a person very well and how you interact together.

What you have is called infatuation. It could blossom into love if you and this girl enter into a relationship. But it isn't love until then.

I'm sorry about my title I put I just read it over and thought a more appropriate one would be "how do I ask my best friend out"

But thanks for the advise and I think I am going to listen to some more comments and see how it goes

Do you think the comments will change? If you want to ask her out, then go ahead. Its simple:

I like you and want to know you better, would you like to go out with me?

Maybe love will blossom.

Do you have a group of friends that both of you know? You could always start with a few of the friends all going out together. Meeting at the movies, for example. This could be a small step in getting to know her more outside of school. Any school dances or activities coming up that you could see if she wants to go to?

If you wanted to ask her just on your own, you could mention a movie coming out soon that you have been looking forward to seeing. Start a conversation about it. If she comments about wanting to see it too, suggest that you'll see it with her if she is interested. That way it is more as friends hanging out, instead of a "date".

If it doesn't go well, it doesn't have to ruin the friendship.

I liked a boy from junior high school through part of high school. We had become good friends by that time, and people often said we would make a good couple, but when we tried dating, it just felt uncomfortable. I still thought he was cute, but it turned out we were better off as just good friends and later would talk to each other about the people we were dating.

If you are good friends, you will remain good friends... whether you are dating or not. And if the dating works out well, all the better!

Scott what I meant was like suggestions like DoulaLC's and thanks Doula that's a good idea I'll ask her 2moro

I just don't want to ruin our friendship if we do go out and it doesn't work out between us.

I just don't want to ruin our friendship if we do go out and it doesn't work out between us.

Well that's the chance you have to take. That's life!

Yes, you never ask her out, she starts dating a friend of yours, where is things then.

This is a risk, yes if you want a friendship to go further, you have to take a risk, and you take a chance of losing friendship when you do.

Im planning to ask her out in after 6th period :)

:D she said shed love to go see a movie 2moro night. It seemed that she couldn't say yes fast enough to me. :)

Congrats. Have a good time.

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Did u ask her ? What did she say :P hope everything worked out for you two !

Thanks for tip scott and marshmallowpeng I did ask her and she said shed love to go see the movie we saw last Saturday night and every things been going really well.

Good for you! :D

Thanks and yes the post helped scott