So There's This Girl...

Hey,

There's this girl I've been considering for a while that is in one of my classes. She seems to be a year younger than me and seems to be one of those very innocent girls. Not the most attractive, but she is very cute and I must say I am attracted. Interestingly, she seems very quiet and shy and hangs around a lot of the quiet "nerds."-almost like I am/used to.
The thing is, I don't really know how to talk to her. The most I have done was add her as a friend on Facebook a while ago and in the class she is in with me...yeah, let me just say it is the class I am most socially confident in because the majority of the class is nerds including the teacher I guess and I feel like I am a part of the class that provides entertainment for the class. You're probably thinking, that it is a great situation for me-well, not so much. You see, there are a few other things. For one, this girl usually sits on the other side of this girl I am friends with and talk and screw around with during the entire class. Then on the other side of the girl, there is another girl I know that I occasionally talk to. On top of that, I have been in the class with this girl for probably six months now and have like never talked to her. The most I've seen her do as far as communicating is smile when I and this other girl are joking around. I've also seen her look at me a bunch as if checking me out, but given my past history with girls, I am most likely imagining it.
I think I really want to go for this girl, but she is always really quiet, it's been a long time-probably too long for me to make an approach, and looking at myself talk and think about her, I've probably got oneitus now. This is the type of girl my friends think I should go for and strangely, I want to go for her, but I just don't know what to do. Prom is coming up in the beginning of April and Spring Break doesn't end for a bit and yesterday, my friends were suggesting to hurry up and just message her on Facebook and ask her out over that. I'm more of an in-person kind-of guy, but even if Facebook would be the best method, I fear it would be weird never talking to her before and randomly messaging her. I mean, she seems like the kind of innocent girl who...gosh, I don't know what she would do.
And tips or suggestions?

Thanks.

Aha classroom **** I love man.So easy to perfect man try these tips

1.As soon as you see her in the class lets say when it starts,start it off by a simple "Hey whats up" or "Hows it going,did you do the homework?".If you cant do this then you need some help man.Why dont you make casual friends with her?In HS thats what you do man dont worry about this friend zone stuff you hear HS is a different ballgame in some aspects.Continue this stuff for a bit until she gets comfortable then next time you see her push her a little bit then say "Whats up goof/loser?".If you didnt already realize,physical contact like that is a good thing.

2.Engage her in the convos!Why not as your talking to your friend beside her,just slide over for a minute or two and chat it up with the girl.Stick to school subjects at first if your still uncomfortable.

Thats about all you need to know to get it started with her.Just make her comfortable with YOU.She already seems to like you enough for you to approach her.Trust me man you think shes innocent and too shy but once you break the shield you will get her to open up buddy

619joe said:

Aha classroom **** I love man.So easy to perfect man try these tips

1.As soon as you see her in the class lets say when it starts,start it off by a simple "Hey whats up" or "Hows it going,did you do the homework?".If you cant do this then you need some help man.Why dont you make casual friends with her?In HS thats what you do man dont worry about this friend zone stuff you hear HS is a different ballgame in some aspects.Continue this stuff for a bit until she gets comfortable then next time you see her push her a little bit then say "Whats up goof/loser?".If you didnt already realize,physical contact like that is a good thing.

2.Engage her in the convos!Why not as your talking to your friend beside her,just slide over for a minute or two and chat it up with the girl.Stick to school subjects at first if your still uncomfortable.

Thats about all you need to know to get it started with her.Just make her comfortable with YOU.She already seems to like you enough for you to approach her.Trust me man you think shes innocent and too shy but once you break the shield you will get her to open up buddy

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Hmm....Thanks for the advice. I got to say, it is kind of challenging to just randomly say, "Hey, what's up?" Yeah, I know I need some help, but that's why I am here.

Anyways, the reasoning behind it is that I know my face turns really red (obvious sign of interest-perhaps to obvious) and I have like "known" her for like six months now. Wouldn't it be awkward if someone you think might have interest or something like that suddenly said, "Hey, what's up?" to you? I'd be worried that if I did make it past that hump that the conversation would fall flat on it's face. She's a quiet girl, I can see her giving a short, conversation ending statement, not necessarily because of lack of interest, but I think she is almost like me/what I use to be. If it doesn't, than I can see myself having lack of stuff to say.

You suggested to lean over and talk to her in class. What would I say? "Hey, you never talk-what's up?" The thing I worry there (even if that is a good line), is the other girls around her I know could jump on that line as if I was joking in a mean way.

Thanks a lot for the advice, I think I can put it to use after I figure the above out. Also, though, one other thing is how can I make the "going out stage" come fast since Prom is in the beginning of April?

Thanks.