<human>: So we met about 5 years ago when we woke up spooning on a mutual friend's couch after a drunken party. She's a 9.5/10, I'm maybe a 6 (7 on a good day). I had just broken up with my ex-GF and so was in rebound mode and developed an instant crush. Since we both had lots of mutual friends and I knew she was out of my league, I hid my feelings and deliberately avoided her at parties and basically just acted like a dick towards her. Eventually she called me out on it, asking me why I hated her so much. I shrugged it off and spent the next few months trying to get over her.

A few years later, we randomly met again at a party and for some reason we just hit it off, laughed a lot and generally enjoyed each others' company. We exchanged numbers and started texting back and forth a lot. During parties where we would normally avoid each other, all of a sudden we would find ourselves taking shots and dancing together a lot. Texts became more flirtatious, and I noticed she never played any games (she would never wait hours or days to respond).

Now I find myself having feelings for her again. I'm scared because we have lots of mutual friends, and I mostly date girls outside our social circle to avoid awkwardness. Also, I don't have many other girl "friends" to talk to, so I really do appreciate her as a friend.

I think there may be something there, but also I could just be misreading the whole situation. She can basically get any guy she wants, so why would she date me? I don't wanna ruin our friendship and I don't want to create any awkwardness in our social group. Also, we've never hung out one-on-one before, always with a group of people. So I guess what I'm asking is, what's the best way to ask her out without making it awkward? Is the risk worth the reward? Anyone out there been in a similar situation?  Did it work out, or did it backfire?

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<bot>: Become friends with super-hot girl I had a crush on, want to ask her out but don't want to ruin the friendship. Any advice?