<human>: I've (21M) known this girl (23F) for a few years and have gradually gotten closer to her as time has gone on. Let me give the full backstory.
I met her through some other friends around my freshman year of college. That group of friends have known each other for years so I'm technically the new guy of the group. Keep that in mind as I feel its a reason for my dilemma.

When I met this girl, we wouldn't really speak too much at first. It wasn't really awkward but rather more of an unfamiliarity between us that made talking seem kind of awkward. Conversations would sometimes go nowhere.

But as we started to hang out more, we obviously started to get to know each other a lot more. We would go to the movies together as a group or go to get a bite to eat and started to talk more. I wouldn't necessarily do it on purpose but I would sometimes end up sitting next to her. We started to find out each other's interests and got past that awkward stage I spoke about before.

Now we're pretty much good friends but I started to develop feelings for her recently. I want to tell her how I feel but I have a little bit of a dilemma. I really don't know how the rest of the group will feel about it. They're not by any means judgmental but like I said before, I am sort of the new guy in the group. I get this feeling that if I try to make a move on this girl they might feel different about me. I have no idea why I think this to be honest. Not tooting my own horn but they all think highly of me Nothing negative has ever come up involving me with them in the time I've known them so I really shouldn't feel this nervous but I still do.

How should I go about this?

Could you distill the essence of the text into 1-3 sentences?
<bot>: Known girl for a few years through group of friends, gradually knew each other better/got closer, kind of nervous about group dynamic in asking her out