Alright, this is prolly gonna seem like a n00b question, but here it is. So theres this girl I'm starting to be interested in with whom i have same classes with. But first let me tell you a bit about her
1) she has a long distance BF
2) shes a touchy-feely girl- very comfortable around guys
3)we're good friends

as for the situation, i'm having a bit difficulty on the read. There are things that that i think suggest she sees me as a friend, and there are things that suggest something more. So please shed some light

Friend
1) she asks me for help/favours (with school)
2) she once told me im the closest to her in her classes (once)
3) she asked me what kind of woman I'm interested in (once)
4) a while ago (only this is before i was interested in her), she said " I miss you, where have you been, my good *friend*"
5) she says im very sweet (but shes not into bad boys tho)

Not Friend
1) She touches me...alot (not in private places as i would wish obviously, haha. But then again, shes the touchy feely kind of girl...but im pretty sure she touches me alot more than she touches other guys)
2) she grabs my arms/hand when we walk alone
3) She hypothizes on things we should do together in the future- ie: "shopping", hit the ski slopes together
4) laughs at my jokes, and shows alot of interest towards me/my life. (often asks questions about me- but I generally try to be a little mysterious)
5) once or twice told me... "omg, I love smart guys... we should get
Married!" (yah.. im the smart guy shes talking about
-- also she often tells everyone and me how I'm the smartest guy she knows (at same time she tells me she digs smart guys)
-- also compliments me sometimes on other things
6) told her mom on the phone while i was there that she doesn't "feel" like shes got a bf, but "knows" she has one.
7) she likes to sit Close to me when we study ("Let's sit closer-- *moves towards me*)


and things im unsure of
1) she IMs me Alot (comparing to vice versa)
2) she sometimes tells me when she has arguments with her bf on the phone
3) she asks who i have a crush on (and shes EAGER to find out..but obviously im not giving that in that easily)
4) she told me about how she had an argument with her bf cuz she told him about her dream about her cheating on his bf (i didn't ask who she cheated with- didn't come across my mind at the time)
5) she often calls me by nicknames. "ie: goosy, tomato, Love"
6) tells me how she loves me...but not as in "Oh... I love you so much"...but a little more affectionate than how a girl would tell a guyfriend how she loves him.
7) shes VERY nice to me. Buys me food and such (no im not a hobo on the street, and no, i didn't ask her to). But probably shes just trying to reciprocate my niceness.
she says "sorry" to me *ALOT*. Even for things that aren't her fault. ie: "shits, i forgot to hand in my assignment"
"OH. IM SO SORRY"
"Why are you sorry -__-; "
"Cause i should have reminded you! omg its ALL my fault"
9) We have gone out to eat by ourselves a few times (first time i suggested, 2nd time it was her... both times after studying together by ourselves)...but i haven't pulled any moves on her yet.

Last thing- she has broken up with one of her Ex-boyfriends before because she fell for another guy....but the current BF right now is her longest (a bit over 1 year...haha...not THAT long)

that's as many as many things as i can think of right now. For me this is kind of a big mix!
ANYONE HELP WITH A READ?

As for what im doing... I'm being nice, but I don't let everything have it her way. I make myself available to her, but at same time often make myself unavailable to her (she doesn't always get my attention). I tease her sometimes, also compliment her (but less than I tease her). Also when she tells me how she loves me (or things that show her affection for me), I generally don't reciprocate too much. ie: she writes "I <3 ____(my name)" on her notebook during class, and i would just smile at her when i see it.
Anything I should change to avoid getting into/stay out of There-is-no-way-ill-go-out-with-you-FRIEND-zone?

SORRY FOR THE FIRST POST to be SO BIG!

Dude, it's simple. Everything here points to you being her BEST FRIEND. Good friends, like good girl friends, are hard to find. I would not spoil this and cut out any romantic interest. What I advise you to do though, is to leverage off your position of having a nice looking girl as a best friend and use it to score other chicks. She must have other girl friends right? Try and get in on them. She'll put the best word in for you no doubt!

haha, righto. But SHIT, her BEST friend whos like, HB15 if such things existed has a bf. But thanks for the reply.

I dissagree. There's some ambiguous stuff in there, so she might just consider you a friend, but some of those things are definite IOIs if they are happening like you describe them. If you accept that she's just your friend, then that's all she'll be, so if you want more, you have to go for more, but just be sure not to destroy any hopes of a friendship if it doesn't work, cause she'll make a good pivot otherwise.

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I agree with Rye Lee. I think she's sending a lot of IOI's. If she's such good friends with you, you can discuss things like that, right?

Find some time to be alone with her and just be blunt. Tell her you are okay with being friends, but you don't know where she is in the relationship, and you're fine taking it to the next level. DON'T make her choose between her boyfriend and you, but present yourself as an option to date. Let her decide.

You'll get respect for being honest, and if she doesn't want to go for you, you will still be friends. It's win-win.

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true, true, thanks for the input guys