Another "What should I do?" Thread

Okay so making absolutely no break from tradition whatsoever, I need advice.

Alright so here's how it is:

I have had the biggest crush on one of my best friends since I met her. She is the only girl that I have ever been seriously attracted to. She's overall just a really great person. I've never told any of my friends that I'm totally open to any kind of relationship, not just female/male, though I've never denied it either, it's just never really came up.

I'm almost positive that she's gay or bi leaning more towards the gay end of the scale, but she's never said anything solid either way. But I think she might really be interested in me already.

Here's one reason (of many) why:

Me, Emma, and two other friends of ours went camping. We decided to make one huge bed out of all our sleeping bags because it was pretty cold and it'd e warmer that way. So the first night I was sleeping second to the end on one side and she was sleeping at the end of the other side. Anyway the next morning I woke up and I was practically on top of my other friend, Alex. She's kinda extreme about keeping her personal space so she wasn't all that happy. So I explained that I tend to be a close sleeper and that I usually roll towards the east (she just happened to be to the east of me).

Anyway that night my two other friends decide they want to go and stalk the boys from the campsite down the path. I wasn't in any mood to go and Emma didn't want to. So we're sitting around doing campish stuff when Emma says she's sick of the bugs and do I want to move into the tent for the night. I say sure and follow her in but when I get in I find that she and Alex have switched places. So I ask her more jokingly then anything "Oh so Alex doesn't want me on top of her again?" and she says. "No I just wanted to sleep overhere beside you. Alex didn't say anything to me." I was kinda taken aback by that so I just said "Ah, okay."

So we sleep blah blah blah, the next morning I woke up first and I happened to notice that once again I had rolled over on top of the person next to me more or less. I had my head on their shoulder and my arms pretty much around them and you guessed it, it was Emma. I didn't want to wake her up or anything so I just kinda layed there with my eyes closed. At some point I realized that she was awake but I didn't move I still just lied there, I wanted to see how'd she react. Eventually she must have figured that I was asleep still and she put her arm over mine and just sort of held it. It was nice and was soon totally ruined when Alex jumped on me trying to get out to go to the bathroom.

The other incident that really sticks out in my mind is when she was giving me a back massage and she was working her way up my back and then just under the arms she started working down my sides a bit, just at that place where your breasts attach to the rest of ya, she did that general area a bit longer then what one would consider "normal" if you ask me.

Reading that all over would probably indicate to any normal person that yeah she is in to me but the thing is sometimes she can just be a really touchy and affectionate person. I don't want to ask her out right if she's got a thing for me but I'm not exactly Miss. Sly Signals either. So what do you think?

 

Actually, I think I would simply give it a little more time. Don't rush into anything. I once was in a situation pretty close to your own, and I made the mistake of asking the dude what he wanted from me: Friendship? Sex? Both? Anyway, he sorta freaked out, and ended up avoiding me after that. Sadly, I think we could have become good friends. But because I was so direct with him (too soon) I lost my chance. So that's why I say maybe you should wait awhile, and just sorta see what happens? If this friend of yours is really into you sexually, I am pretty sure she will eventually let you know. So just give it a little more time, and then see how it goes....

Peace,

PD

 

That's what I'm worried about. I really like her but I don't want to scare her off. At the very least we could be really great friends.