<human>: There's this girl that I tried to befriend for a while. We aren't very close but she's the closest thing I have to a friend. By chance I came across her today and I'm really lonely. I want to ask her to hang out (as friends). I'm trying REALLY HARD to make friends and have been failing at it for months.

Now what complicates the matter is that I also had a crush on her and I admitted it to her, three months back. She declined and I was very polite about the whole matter so we remained on friendly terms.

Now to be clear we aren't close friends. This is sort of the problem. I don't have any such friends and am trying really hard to make them. I also pretty much admitted to her that I am lonely in this college town and she did say she didn't have much to do but she didn't hint at any sort of hanging out.

Now my question is, should I tell her that I just want to hangout as friends or do I simply not mention it. Up till this point I never brought up my crush on her after she declined.

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<bot>: Had crush on girl. She declined. We are on friendish terms. I want to hang out cause I'm lonely. Should I mention to her that I just want to hang out as friends or not?