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

I've known her for going on about 6 or 7 years and I've had really serious feelings for her for over a year now. I'm currently doing an internship abroad in Spain and since I've been away from our hometown I've been doing a lot of thinking and realised that whether or not I told her how I felt wouldn't change the way I felt so I decided to be direct and honest and I told her exactly how I felt. Obviously she didn't feel the same way otherwise I wouldn't be looking for advice, but I just don't know what to do now.

It seems as if I've now got a choice between just being her friend or we have no contact at all, there's no real middle ground. She's been very understanding about the whole thing and I know that she does care about me. I'm just very lost about what to do now because I don't want to lose her completely but right now I can't just be her friend with the way that I feel about her.

It's also a massive knock to my self esteem because I was pretty sure she had some feelings for me, in the past we have flirted and kissed but I didn't think it was as easy as she doesn't feel anything for me. I'm just a bit lost and confused at the moment and could really use some help.
<bot>: told my friend I have serious feelings for her, doesn't feel the same way. Don't want to lose her but can't just be her friend with the way that I feel.