how do you tell a long time friend that you care for her

ok ive known this girl for around 8 years and about 2 years ago i started caring for her in more than a friendship way now i like her alot and she is the nicest person in the world to me just the other day she came over to my house for 3 hours and helped me right a whole position paper, and she like acted flirty she was like taking out her hair tie and whipping her hair around and shit and she was sitting right beside me with her legs like wide open so i know shes comfortable with being by me, and 2 days ago i got my wisdom teeth out and she was the first one to come and visit me she just like came over unexpected.

the only other person to check up on me was my best friend haha and we jsut played madden 2005 on x-box all day haha but yeah how should i tell her how i feel cause i think she may like me to but im not sure and i really dont want to screw our relationship totally becuase i love being around her so much. and another thing is our parents knwo eachother she lives pretty much on the same street so like everyone would know somehtings up if we just stopped talking to eachother

 

I was reading your post and seeing SO much of myself in this girl.
By all means, tell her that you'd like to date her, that you care for her in a more than friendship kind of way. BUT --- If she doesn't have the same feeling, then by all means continue being friends with her. It might be hard at times, but it will be worth it in the end.
I can say that because someone I met in the 7th grade and I have recently taken that friendship to a more intimate level. Between the first time he told me he was interested and the time I finally admitted I was interested in him too --- only about 14 years. We're taking things very very slowly because we value our friendship so much, but I can tell you this, because we've been such good friends for so long, and because of all the little things, like helping each other with homework and visiting each other when we were sick etc. it's not difficult for me to envision spending my life with him --- whether or not that works out is an entirely different scenario ---
And I'm going on and on about this because it's very very cool when friends can "date" or whatever --- it gives that relationship a very stable start.

Good Luck !!!!

Gina.

 

Just tell her how you feel. My boyfriend and I knew eachother all through highschool. I dated his friend, and he dated my friend.
We all hung out together for a long time, and I never knew how strongly he felt twards me till 3 years after I got out of school, and we ran into eachother. If you don't speak up now, you might not have a chance later.
You will feel like crap more if you never ask, than if you do and she turns you down. Don't live in that whole what might have been crap!
Sounds to me like she likes you anyway.
Just go for it!
Good luck!