<human>: Can you provide a brief rundown of the text in within 3 sentences?

Hi everyone,

about one and a half months ago I met this woman through a group of friends at university and we ended up all alone having a serious conversation for about 3-4 hours late at night.

Since then we have been hanging out with our mutual friends at least once a week and I'm starting to develop feelings for her. She mentioned that she is single once when we were cooking together with two of our friends and seems to like me (she even invited me to her birthday party at her place), but I'm not sure if she is interested in more than friendship (I feel like she is sending mixed signals).

As one of the topics we discussed in our first conversation was what we value in interpersonal communication, and we agreed that most problems arise when there is missunderstanding due to a lack of clear communication, I have wanted to ask her out for about two weeks now. However, after that first conversation we never ended up in private and I'd rather not ask via text or phone. 

I am unsure if this is just a coincidence or if she actively tries to avoid a private conversation in order to hint I should not ask. E.g. just last Saturday I asked her if she could pick me up on her way to university on Sunday and she promptly replied that she'd be happy to, but she picked up another friend on the way and we ended up with 3 people in the car.

I really value her as a person and the friendship we have, so on the one hand I don't want to push her off by asking her out, but on the other hand I'd really regret to miss out on the chance to date her because I didn't ask.

What should I do?
<bot>: Getting mixed signals (possibly misinterpratations by me) from friend, should I ask her on a date?