<human>: Can you summarize the given text in a few sentences?

So I've been friends with the girl I like for the past year, I didn't realize I had feelings until recently. We were just good friends, and I never thought of it more, until i started talking to her everyday. She really does make me happy and I enjoy talking to her, so I told her one day that I liked her and she said she did as well. 

When she told me this, I wasn't sure what to say, I was happy but didn't really know where to go from that. So we hung out a lot more and it felt just the usual just we spent a lot more time together more that usual. I asked her if she wanted to be my girlfriend and she was really happy when I asked. 

Things were great, but I also thought what if it doesn't work out and we break up and then not talk anymore that's what i feared the most. I've had friends who get along really well together so they try out a relationship, and it doesnt work out and they never talk again. I don't want that to happen. 

So I told her we should just stay friends, that I didn't want anything bad to happen between the two of us. But deep inside I really want her to be my girlfriend. Things don't feel different besides the fact that the label bf gf is not being labeled. What should I do?
<bot>: Like my friend, want her to be my girlfriend, but don't want anything bad to happen and us never talk again. What should I do?