<human>: So there's this hot girl Alice and my good friend Mike.

Mike knows Alice from college but she isn't really in his social circle, but we all recently met at a mutual friend's party. Mike expressed some interested in the girl but is not confident enough to go out and ask her on a date because her education and career is more successful than his. They went on a few dinners together with other friends but never in private setting. I asked him why he mentioned he's actually not entirely interested in starting a relationship at the moment, but I can tell he did not kill off the idea of going after her, maybe just not now.

However, I am also attracted to Alice and I'm pondering how I should approach this? For one Mike isn't proactively courting her so I feel like he's not serious about Alice. But I'm not sure how to ask him about this since I don't want to ruin our friendship. I just want to find out if he's interested or not, if not I will give it a shot, but not sure how to open the line.

I know this might sound silly since they're not even together, but I really don't want to incept the idea into him that I'm trying to snatch her, like taking away his buffalo wing after he has already licked it... 

Can someone explain international dibs protocol and how it applies in this case?

Can you condense the text into a few key points?
<bot>: My friend called dibs on a girl but doesn't seem to be 100% serious. I want to date her but don't want to be a dick. How should I talk to my friend about this?