. So now I'll start, I'm 17 years old just thought I would establish that so no one out there can ask how old I am and say I shouldn't be thinking to hard into this because I to young will I'm 17 so I think I'm quite capable of a relationship, now I with the question, there's this girl, that iv known for over a year now, and Iv always had a crush on her, she's so free spirted and her eyes make me feel like jello, she just recently got done out of a relationship that lasted for 2 years and I'm debating on wether or not I should ask her out after I give her time, I mean I asked my dad for advice and he thinks she likes me, she used to always give me a playful smile when we passed each other in the halls and she punched my arm I pushed her back you know flirting, and she recently has started calling me sweetheart. I don't really understand it I mean that's a question in it's self, now she didn't always call me sweetheart either, and I never heard her call anyone else sweetheart and I honestly don't see her saying it to anyone else, she started saying it recently like 3 days ago she broke up with her boyfriend almost a week ago, and as she called me sweetheart for the first time she told me I made her cry like happy tears because at the time I was saying allot of good things about her to cheer her up and telling her I'm there for her, she has also told me that she loves me, I mean I never took it more then you know she loves me as a friend but it makes me wonder. Now I really need to know wether or not I should ask her out because I want to give her a reason to stay around, she's saying that she's sick of people talking advantage of his kindness so she's going off the grid for awhile and deleting her facebook..and by then it'll be to late, I want to show her how much she means to me..I'm also afraid of losing her she's so special to me.. I can't describe it...iv never felt this way about anyone, and iv liked a few girls, the last week I hadn't had one dream without her in it, it's driving me crazy, can someone out there help me...I want to know if I should ask her out but I afraid if I did it would ruin are friendship at the same time if I didn't I would lose her anyways if she decided to go...please I need help