Hey, I just want to say that it's never too late to start a friendship. And friendships are the building blocks to relationships. I so glad to hear you guys talked for the first time in a while. You're totally right. That's the first step. If she seemed friendly enough, you've got a green light to go on with things.

I had a pretty close guy friend whom I fell in love with. We grew apart for about a year, simply cause I couldn't take the torture of being around him without him realizing I loved him. I know how you feel, and I can tell you, that, being a girl (albeit a very quiet one) I wish I had had the courage to tell him how I felt, and I wish even more that he could have told me how he felt. I am pretty sure that he liked me a lot, and I liked him a lot, but we were both stupid and nothing ever happened.

BUT there is good news to this. This guy and I are ridiculously close now. We went through a huge rough patch, but we made it through and we're better than ever. If you are serious about this friendship/relationship thing, you can make it work!