You just have to tell her you like her in a non obtrusive - cheesy - weirdo - scary - surprising - unconfident way
When I was 20ish there was a italian restaurant round the corner at the bottom of my road. A small yet 'proper' authentic family run place with great food
The owners daughter, also my age, would pass my house 2-3 times a day. Presumably she lived in the opposite direction. I'd often be outside talking to friends or cleaning my car (lol, my iPhone just suggested 'axe' instead of 'car')
Anyway we'd say hello, smile and sometimes I'd eat at the restaurant or get take away pizza and see her in there also
The girl was stunning. Think of every classic italian associated feminine sexually powered cliche you can and it applied to this girl. Visually and physically she was a 'ten' and the little personality I got to see of her was equally good
For months I planned (read panicked) on methods to ask her out. I had some pretty dodgy ideas looking back. Eventually I settled on going in there one day I knew her to be working and asking for a new menu, with the aim being to break conversation to ultimately ask if she'd like to go out after work
I put off this 'plan' of mine for weeks. Then I stopped seeing her walk past, to then discover the restaurant had closed down. I never saw her again
Neeedless to say I was pretty gutted and felt foolish
Later that year a new girl started appearing at my local. I learned she'd moved to a village on the outskirts. My mates all fancied her (by that I mean the "I'd give er one" approach rather than romantic overtures)
One friend offered to buy her a drink one night, she declined. I thought of doing the same a bit later but backed out, the signs were hardly encouraging
The following week I saw her again, this time I was alone waiting for friends to turn up
She was with just the one friend herself (I can't deny that did help my cause) and thinking back to italian girl aforementioned, I just went for it. I walked straight up to her, introduced myself, whilst also asking her name, then saying I heard she was new to the area and asked her out on the spot
She looked stunned (terrified?!
), her friend, who was nattering away, continued to move her mouth but someone had pressed the mute button and 'my' girl agreed to meeting the following evening
We dated for almost 2 years and over a decade later she remains one of the finest women I have been fortunate to meet
I have written far too much which could have been summarised in a handful of words; Just do it. You have little to lose with hopefully much to gain