<human>: Typical unrequited love story. She's been one of my best friends for the best part of 2 1/2 years or so, and been a romantic interest for 9 months give or take. For all of that time she had been in a 6 year relationship - one that has now suddenly come to an abrupt ending, one supposedly ended by her.

She has been my one and only interest for a while now. We've been mistaken for a couple on more than a few occasions, beaten actual couples at 'Who knows their partner best?'-style quizzes, and in the past she's been told by friends that her & I would inevitably get together, and asked by others 'Would you date *[OP]* if you weren't in a relationship?' At Xmas it sadly came became public knowledge that I liked her as more than a friend, but our relationship actually grew stronger as a result. Recently we wound up kissing after a drunken evening, though the last thing she said to me that evening, *"tomorrow we need to talk"*, was never recalled. Most recently she was accused by a friend of ours that she would wind up leaving her boyfriend of 6 years for me due to our time at university ending, leaving her missing me - her response was negative, saying she was happy with her then boyfriend. That was three weeks ago, and now she has left him.

University ended a month ago, and next week our group of friends are meeting up for the first time since then to celebrate a birthday. To a certain extent I'm being egged on to make some sort of move - male friends are telling me to be careful and not get my hopes up, female friends feel like we're very well suited to each other.

Obviously I was not born yesterday, she only broke up with this guy in the last fortnight. Do I dare even approach the topic? I don't want to lose any sort of chance with her - but so soon and I risk hurting her.

Can you succinctly summarize the text in 1-3 sentences?
<bot>: Strong love interest of 9 months is now recently single from a long relationship - am being pushed by others to make a move. Should I, so soon from her break-up, go for it?