<human>: Can you summarize the given text in a few sentences?

I'm 23 m, and she's 19 f. We met through a mutual friend 2 weeks ago and have hung out 4 times, once with the mutual friend and 3 times alone watching movies and stuff. We've been texting every day for a couple of hours for over a week. We've held hands for hours, we've cuddled and so forth. This is my first time doing this stuff with any girl. I haven't kissed her but I plan to the next time we meet up, probably early this week. I really like her a lot and I'm developing feelings for her. The problem is that I've never had a girlfriend so I have no idea how to move this forward. Another problem is she is going back to school at the end of next month (1.5 hours away from us) so I can't wait too long.

I've read through a lot of other people's advice and most people say the guy should not be open about their feelings, however I really don't want to get burned and lead myself down the path of getting hurt. I've been toying with having a serious conservation with her the next time we hang out where I would tell her that I really like her and basically ask her what she wants out of this (not sure the exact wording here). Is this a bad idea? Is it too soon for this talk after only hanging out 5 times? I'm guessing this should be said in person, not via text?

I've expressed my feelings to her physically (i.e. initiating hand holding, putting my arm around her) but my main question is should I express my feelings to her verbally and how do I communicate to her that I would like a relationship (bf/gf) with her?
<bot>: like a girl, hung out 4 times, want to become her boyfriend, novice at this and don't know how to proceed