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I have a crush on my female best friend, how can I make things not awkward?

• To clarify, I am male, and in high school, and a couple weeks ago, I haven't been listening to her problems as much as I have usually been, and I would just shrug them off just to say what I had to say. And a couple weeks prior to this, I broke up with my girlfriend, but we maintained our friendship. On that night that my best friend told me (over Facebook messaging) I was being insensitive and just like all the other immature people at our school, so that same night, I wanted to be honest, so I told my ex-girlfriend the real reason why I broke up with her, then she got extremely pissed off, and declared our friendship over, and how karma was going to get me back. So anyway, my ex decided to become good friends with my best friend so she could tell her a lot of bad stuff about me (to add to the bad stuff she already knows) and so they both became like best friends, then I told my ex, despite the fact that we are no longer friends, I would keep all her secrets to myself, whether she told mine or not, and all I really asked was that she didn't let my best friend know I have a crush on her, and she responded with "She already knows" so a few days later, my ex apologized about how mad she got, and she's now trying to help me get my friend back, because now me and my best friend only hardly talk, and she's now hanging out with another male-friend. So my ex told me that my best friend felt awkward around me, and that she "doesn't think" she has the same feelings for me. My ex then told me all the reasons my best friend went off on me, and I was so shocked at how big of a butt-hole I was being, and shocked that I would be so insensitive around my best friend, that I broke down into tears right there on the phone. So I was going through the week with a depressing look on my face. Then I decided to apologize to my best friend over everything I did, and she said she doesn't hold grudges long, but I feel the main problem is that she thinks I have a HUGE crush on her. I used to have a huge crush on her, but now it's a minor crush, now, I don't care if we are a couple or not, I just want my best friend. And like my friend said to me once to perfectly describe it, I love her, but I'm not in love with her, I would pass up a chance to be her boyfriend to keep my best friend for as long as possible. How can I make things not awkward, and somehow let her know that I would prefer her as my best friend than a girlfriend? P.S. If you took the time to read all of this, thank you for taking the time out of your day to help me. :)

• Answer:

  Sit her down,,,and tell her everything you just told me. Just be open and honest, She'll respect you for that dude. I have a friend just like this, and i absolutly love her to death, and as much as i had a crush on her, i accepted that i wanted a bestfriend and not ruin anything we had. But yeah dude, just tell her how you feel, but tell her you love her, and that your not in love with her, tell her that you want your bestfriend back, "A guy and a girl can be just friends, but at one point or another, they will fall for each other...Maybe temporarily, maybe at the wrong time, maybe too late, or maybe forever." Don't loose your friend dude, go get her!