<human>: Hey dating advice, I wanted some input as what I should do next, if I should at all. (m18, and she's 17 onto 18 soon)

We've known each other for almost a year now, but it feels way longer.

Thing is, I've never asked anyone out in my life, much less in a long distance relationship. We both have common interests, and we both have similar career paths, and tbh, the only reason why I feel like waking up in the morning. She's lively, intelligent (more than I am), and 

I think we have a pretty strong relationship, we usually text each other (moreso I to her than the opposite), but I'm afraid it won't work out due to distance and because the physical aspect of actually being next to her absent. I kinda wan to trust my paranoid instinct that "It's too early right now, Bry, don't do it right now". I want to wait until I can actually afford to move closer (mainly due to the college of choice being coincidental to hers, didn't know that until I started talking to her), but I feel it might be in vain. Is it worth the risk of losing someone who would otherwise be a great friend just to try and advance with a relationship with her? Or am I going to be forever floating in space with nothing in my arms?

Can you provide a brief rundown of the text in within 3 sentences?
<bot>: I want to date someone who is 45 states away from me but I am afraid I might be just too hopeful and rushing it. What should I do?