<human>: Can you condense the text into a few key points?

I never understood how to do this. I've known this person for a while but I wouldn't call us super close friends. We knew each other in HS and have kept up a bit since high school. I am unsure she feels the same but I am willing to find out.  How do I even begin to start that conversation? I'm not asking how you would "get out of the friend zone" because obviously there's no clear cut answer for how to turn a platonic relationship into a sexual one, but what could you do/say (as a man to a woman) to let them know "hey i didn't want to fuck you before and now I do. Also, I don't want it to turn into anything" 

To be perfectly honest, I guess I don't really know how to flirt. I've only ever had committed relationships and then again not many (3) and with those I just told the person how I felt about them. I just don't know how to tell someone I just want to fuck them without sounding like what think is a douche.

I know guy friends of mine who tell me about how they've hooked up with chicks at parties. Although I've never done this, I can understand how I would do it (if it were a stranger). I guess you just go up and start talking to them with confidence, make them laugh, compliment them, and eventually just be blunt about what you want. But with someone I've known for a while and haven't shown any romantic feelings for before, I feel like they would be totally caught off guard if i suddenly started flirting with them the same way. Is there a special way of doing it in this situation? Am i overthinking this? Do I have a clue? Will u/ihatecondoms1 ever learn?
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<bot>: How do i begin to tell a friend that I've known for a while that I want to get in their pants but I don't want to be their man?