<human>: *Just a little background info: This post is coming from someone who has zero experience with intimate relationships. I have never managed to make it this far with a member of the opposite sex and on a personal level. I am rather shy.*

Okay, here's the deal. I (20) switched majors at my university and so now there is this girl (19) in my class who I am quite attracted to. I have been throwing every available ounce of my rather lacking charm into this uphill battle. 

It is my believe that I have now made it to "friend status". We now eat lunch together and choose to sit next to each other in class. 
Thanks some pleasent conversations I have found out that much of it is pretty compatible with my own tastes. As opposed to sitting next to other friends of the same gender. (In our culture this is a pretty big deal, there is alot of gender separation where I'm from.)

And thanks to the wonders of modern technology, aka facebook, I have looked up some relevent information including relationship status aka is she single.

Difference in appearance. I know about my self that I am not the best looking human being to ever walk the Earth. I am not ugly by any stretch of the imagination but the the discrepancy between us is above average couples. In other words, I am suffering from the possibility of "out of my league" fear.

What's also bothering me is that if I mess this up I wont only suffer standard broken heart type deal, but might even lose a friend.

Can you condense the text into three sentences or less?
<bot>: Dear Reddit, how do I find out if the feeling is the same from both sides and if so how do I go from friendship to a intimate relationship?