<human>: Summarize the given text in a few sentences.

I'm a student at a small rural college. I'm a junior, but I transferred here so I'm still in my first year on campus. I've fallen in with a group of people who are part of a club on campus, and more specifically with a group of sophomores that is usually me and three girls. I see these people on a very regular basis, we eat dinner as a group basically every day of the week, and lunch together a few days a week, as well as club activities and other things.

Last semester, I realized I had feeling for one of the girls I hang around with. At the time I was still new to the group and wanted to know her better before I asked her out (I'm very shy). As I've gotten to know her more, my feelings for her have strengthened and we've become closer (I would consider us friends), though I've never openly flirted with her because I'm shy. I'm a very sensitive person and feel very strongly towards her. I feel now like I've reached the point where I feel like I should ask her out if I want to have a relationship with her. 

But the problem is that I'm worried about the repercussions if she says no. I'm very sensitive and have basically no experience, no previous relationships, never even held hands with a girl. I don't think that my friends or her friends would all hate me, but it would be very awkward and painful for me to see her if she says no. I'm also somewhat socially insecure. I've worked to combat my insecurities and have come along way simply hanging around with them like I do now, but I'm worried that I'll fall back into the way I used to be if she said no, like I'd start to think I was boring and unattractive. And my friends in this group are literally my only friends at college, so it's not like I could leave the group. 

I want to be realistic and realize that she's probably not going to suddenly fall in love with me. I'm usually the sort of person who prefers being safe to sorry, and I'm trying to overcome that but I'm worried about what might happen.
<bot>: I want to ask a friend out, but I'm worried about losing her and my other friends if she says no.