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

Just a bit of background. We met at the beginning of last semester. I was rushing a professional fraternity of which she is the president. We were always kind of close back then, talking somewhat frequently, but I never really read that much into any signs.

Then over winter break we were in contact every day. We texted/snapchatted each other daily about a wide range of things and it felt to me at least like we were actually dating. Because we were long distance, nothing ever came to fruition even though we had sort of hinted at doing things together like seeing a movie etc when we got back to campus.

Then we both came back to school and kind of lost that high level of contact. Any sort of thought I had that maybe we would be able to date is starting to slip and I don't like it. I'm pretty sure my passivity and negligence to ask her out earlier was a big turn-off. I'm thinking of being bold and saying this via text:

"XXXXX I'm going to open up and be honest with you. I like you. You're a motivated, determined, passionate individual and I find that incredibly attractive. You're also overwhelmingly cool and stunningly beautiful. Yet I value your friendship in a way I would hate to jeopardize*. But I can't keep holding back just casually waiting for something more. I'm done waiting for a perfect moment and I at the very least want you to know how I feel."

*Note, I actually do value this girl's friendship. Plus our positions within the professional fraternity mean we do meet in a professional environment often.

I typed that last night on a 4AM depressive swing. Almost sent it too. I've never asked a girl out at all before, let alone like this. Thoughts would be highly appreciated.
<bot>: Feel like I'm losing this girl who I really dig. Sick of being discreet. Want to tell her how I feel.