<human>: This girl and I are both college freshmen. We have a few classes together but met through a sports team, which is mostly comprised of males (this is significant, see below).

I've had a crush on her since a little after I met her, but we've gotten especially close lately. Within the past 1-2 weeks she has regularly come into my room (I have a single) so we can work on homework together and sometimes just to hang out.

She always seems excited to see me and we talk about a lot of stuff, and I think she may like me back but I can't tell because she has a lot of male friends (from the sports team) who she spends time with (sometimes alone) and compliments. I don't accuse her of playing games, but I can't read when she is just being nice or a friend or when she's interested.

I want to tell her how I feel, but I have almost no experience in this and every time I've tried to do this to another girl things wound up becoming awkward. I'd rather have this girl as a friend then make things awkward, especially since we're both in this sport and I know I'll be working with her closely and can't afford for things to get awkward between us if she doesn't share my feelings. I know if we did actually go out I'd be able to put it aside while we work, but I don't know how she and our relationship would react in this situation.

I guess I also have a tendency to overthink things, so these may not be real issues. Should I tell her how I feel and if so, how can I best do it?

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<bot>: Like a girl who may or may not like me back, but am worried about making things awkward by telling her how I feel if she doesn't like me back. Should and if so how should I tell her?