Okay, I'm a junior in high-school and there is this girl i really like, Megan.

School has only been in session for about a month and a half, but her and I talk sometimes, and she laughs at things i do (not mockingly) and she waves at me sometimes. She even pats me on the shoulder every once in a while. I want to ask her out, but I am really nervous about it.

One of the things holding me back is the fact that I don't want Megan to tell her friend that I asked her out. They're not best friends, but they're a little more than acquaintances. I asked Megan's friend out in freshman year, and I shouldn't have, because I hardly knew her, and consequently she rejected me. If Megan tells the girl I asked out during freshman year that I asked, it will seem like I'm desperate.

Another problem I am encountering is her understanding what I mean if I ask her out. Once, when I asked a girl out, she said sure, and texted me back later saying that she didn't understand the terms of the question and just thought I wanted to be friends. I don't want something like this to happen again. I hate having a girl say yes to me only to continue and tell me that she doesn't like me "in that way".

Part of me feels like I know she likes me, even though I have no proof, and can thus go up to her and ask her out without any fear. Another part of me knows she doesn't like me, only because I have never been so lucky as to have the girl I like like me back, let alone one as beautiful and smart as she is.

I really REALLY like this girl, but I'm so nervous about asking her out, and I don't want her to say no because I have such strong feelings for her.

Sometimes I'll see her talking to this guy, and I'm not sure if she likes him, but I can tell he REALLY likes her. I want to get to her before he does, provided he even wants to ask her out, but I'm so inconceivably nervous.

This is tearing me apart. What should i do?

Thanks..