<human>: Could you distill the essence of the text into 1-3 sentences?

So, why am I asking this question? Well, I am a freshman in highschool and when I was in 6th grade, there was a girl in my computer/art class that I thought was amazing since the moment I saw her. I still remember, it was like in the movies when the nerdy guy meets the girl of his dreams. Time got really slow and I remember asking a kid I met that day, "Who is that?". But I didn't speak to her until I was in 8th grade because I was a geek (still am) and she was a really popular girl that goes to parties and such (still is). And I didn't want to get hurt. I told myself over and over that she is a bad person so I wouldn't be tempted to talk to her. I told myself that so much that I believed it. Well, in 8th grade, she sat in front of me in gym and since she is such a good person, instead of sitting there the whole year talking to her other friends, she talked to me. I was an ass, I pretty much just told her how little I liked her and who she appears to be, so in other words I lied. I love who she is. I love how blunt she is. But most importantly I love how she manages to find joy in everything she does. This year, I decided to not act like an asshole because I had some dreams about her and I thought that was my subconscious's way of telling me it is ok to go for it. I see her twice a day in the halls and she never said anything to me for the first nine weeks. Then she started noticing me and would say hi. At first it was hard for me to say anything back so I would just nod or wave. So I want to go out with her but I don't know how to tell her how much I like her without creeping her out. So I decided to ask this question to get the general idea of what to do.
<bot>: I love a girl and decided to ask this question to get some ideas on what to say/ how to tell her.