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

So I met this girl 3 years ago in an online game (World of Warcraft) and we used to do quests/raids/pvp together and we talked with each other through teamspeak. During these 3 years I always considered her as a friend and I was never in love with her, I also stopped playing this game twice, each time for about 6 months and we only had contact through the game (no facebook or the like). 

3 weeks ago I started playing again after a ~6/7 months break from the game and ever since I chatted and talked to her again, I have this feeling that I love her. I mean I think about her everyday, I have butterflies in my stomach and I think how it would be if we were together.

The problem is that on the one hand, I'm too shy to tell her how I feel and on the other hand, I'm afraid that our friendship wouldn't be the same if I told her how I feel (for example: she doesn't feel the same and stops talking to me.. or .. I don't know). I'm feeling like i really love her but at the same time I kinda know that she doesn't feel the same, for example last week she asked this guy in teamspeak how old he is and he answered that he is 30 years old and she was like "i like older guys" (she is 21 and I'm 20 btw. -okayface.jpg-). 
The other thing is that, even if it turns out that she has the same feelings I have, we still live like 6-7 hours away from each other.  

So should I try to overcome my feelings for her and just try to be friends or should I take the risk and tell her how I really feel?
<bot>: I'm too shy to tell a girl I met online that I love her, because I have the feeling that she doesn't feel the same way.