<human>: Can you condense the text into three sentences or less?

i've become pretty close friends with someone I started working with over that last year.  We got along very well from the get-go, but recently it seems as if the underlying connection has changed (hopefully for the better).  When we met, we were both in relationships, albeit rocky ones, and we were pretty good about being there for each other for advice.

Recently (last few months), I got out of mine and she got out of hers and it seems as if we've been talking and flirting more. Let me stop there to explain the problem: we work for a company for which its employees are scattered around the country. So we actually met at our orientation/training at our company's headquarters. She lives in a different state, not terribly far but also definitely not close.

So back to the situation: when I say we've been flirting more lately i mean she texts me a lot telling me to come down to "hang"; she'll drunk dial me when she's out with her friends; when her friends are on the phone, they tell me they keep hearing so much about me.  Now, I'm not an idiot, these signs are outstanding, and something I would normally capitalize on, but then there are times where we talk about visiting the other for the weekend and she will tell me to stay with her because she has an extra bedroom.

Now with the distance and relative freshness of the friendship/relationship I don't want to ruin things just yet. If I were to say something now and she didn't feel the same way, then the relationship that makes me happy will be gone, even if it's just a friendship.

I should also mention looks-wise, she's out of my league...hands down.
<bot>: New friend that I would love to date has been sending signals that I don't want to misinterpret for fear of ruining the friendship.