<human>: Can you give me a shortened version of the text?

So I've had a crush on this one girl for awhile now, and we've been good friends for awhile (Third year in High school, but only this year did we actually start to converse with each other).

One of my friends recently told me that he and a 'group' of friends have been trying to push me and this girl together for awhile now, but they never really took any action... He also told me that the girl may also be aware of this "scheming" of his.

Idk, maybe this post is pointless, and I've given you guys no real substance to go off of... yeah, that's probably it, but whatever.

I sort of want to express my feelings toward her without being awkward or out-of-place creepy, since it's the classic situation of "does she like me as a friend or something more?"

My "ace in the hole" i guess you could say is my friend and the 'groups' view on the situation, which supports the notion of us getting together. Not exactly sure how to approach, thought you guys might impart some w-w-wisdom.
<bot>: Friend and an unknown number of others think I should get together with my crush, with whom I am good friends, yet I am unsure how she feels - pretty ordinary situation.