<human>: Can you provide a brief overview of the text?

We've known each other for a few years and I always had a little crush on her but not anything big. But recently we've hung out more and have also talked a lot more than we used to. It used to be kind of awkward between us. There would be a "hello" and we'd barely talk for the rest of the time we hung out. 

But we just started talking one night we hung out and since then we talk a lot whenever we hang out. Since we have started to develop some chemistry, my crush has somewhat strengthened and I have thought about asking her out. 

I'm just not sure about a few things. 

First: I can never get her alone whenever we hang out. I don't want to do something like this in front of everyone because that puts her on the spot and could make things awkward for her. How can I get her alone or, better yet, am I going about this the wrong way?

Second: I don't want to ruin our friendship or make things weird between us. Should I even go through with asking her out? I've actually thrown it out to a few others in our group of friends and they seem to have no problem with me asking her out. Someone even said they thought I would be a good match for her. What should I do?
<bot>: Friends with girl for a few years. Always had a crush on her. Gotten to know her much better recently and don't know whether or not to act on my crush.