(17M) gonna confess my feelings for my crush (16F)

this is actually my first post so sorry if I make a mistake or piss anybody off haha.

so anyway basically I have this crush on a girl that is in my youth group for church. the youth group and I all grew up together, but since the past year, we have gotten really close. we all hang out together and talk with one another. sometimes we go camping together. we are basically a big family. the thing is...some love has been goin around with 2 people liking each other or 2 people dating each other. like I said, I have a crush on this really cute girl who I talk to occasionally. at first i thought she was annoying, but now i just think she is really cute and very outgoing. i think what sparked my crush for her was when my mom kept telling me how cute she is and that I should marry a girl like her. before all this, she had a thing with my best friend which everyone knew about...EVEN MY MOM. she would say stuff like "you should ask her on a date, but wait nvmd she's John's girl." but I guess "John" ended it a while ago. so she got all depressed which pretty much showed she had feelings for him but now shes ok.

so ya that is the backstory. now I know she doesnt like me back because my good friend who is really close to her told me she has a crush on a guy at school. ive been texting her about once or twice a week asking how her weeks have been goin. she responds (sometimes fast sometimes slow) but i always start the convo. we are pretty good friends but not super good friends. we talk, but its about random stuff like school and home. however one time I did talk to her about my personal problems at home which I thought would get us even closer but...our relationship is still the same. sometimes when i sit next to her, she move away a minute or two after we exchange a few words. she considers me as a friend. she hugs me like a friend, highfives me like a friend, and even says "hi friend!!"

I honestly really care about this girl and think about her every day. I MEAN FOR GOD SAKES MY MOM SAYS I SHOULD BE WITH HER. shes really cute, very sweet, and very outgoing. she is going through a hard time and I wanna be there for her. I tell her id pray for her (cause I am kind of a christian) and her family. the thing is i just dont know if she will ever like me. so I decided to tell her about my feelings tomorrow in private. I already asked if i can talk to her personally about "something" but idk if I really want to anymore. I guess im just nervous. it could either go really good (she actually likes me), ok (she takes it well and is flattered), or really bad (I scare her away and make it awkward). so any thoughts on all this? what should I do? just stop liking her and never tell her?

oh and i only see her twice on a weekend (fridays and sundays). we go to different schools and in fact live like 45 min away from each other

TL;DR; girl at church I have a crush on. we are friends but not really close. gonna confess to her about my feelings.

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