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

This girl and I have been friends since the beginning of high school (4 years ago). I did have a (huge) crush on her back when i first met her, but got over it and ended up becoming best friends with her. We recently have started working together and our coworkers, as well as a mutual friend, say that we should go out (the friend has been known to do this often as he both has nothing better to do and gets a kick out of that sort of thing). I don't know how exactly she feels about me, but she keeps talking about this one guy who works in her department. On top of that, it seems like she is getting people to think that we are secretly dating. Everything kind of exploded for me when one particular coworker said that we should "totally kiss to see if it's super awkward." Now I am developing feelings for her and i am really unsure how to proceed. I am totally cool with maintaining status quo, but ay the same time i want to be more than friends with her. I'm also worried about how she is going to take it if I start making any advances on her. I am super awkward and don't really have any experience with dating. This whole thing is eating at me and i don't know what to do.
<bot>: I am super awkward and want to date my best friend, who may or may not feel the same. Wat do?