right now I am in this situtation and I am well on my way out of the Friend Zone.
I knew a girl from 2 years ago, we were best of friends, even though she knew I liked her. We stopped talking because of alot of issues, mainly her new boyfriend at the time.
She contacted me around 1 month ago and we have been talking ever since. At first I was still in the friendzone, but right now, even though she still has the same BF, I would say I am more of a "BF in training" stage then her "Best Friend".
First, I don't think she ever wanted to put me in the friend catorgory in the first place, I did that myself becuase I was petrified to even think about touching her 2 years ago. However with that said, getting out isn't as hard as many people make it sound.
What did I do?
Simple. I devised a plan, and so far it has worked to complete perfetion. Instead of just guessing at what to do, or letting the wrong thing come out of my mouth at the wrong time because I don't know what to say, every move I make is calculated.
Your "plan" might be different from mine, but in my case, the first thing I had to do was to make sure that she wasn't calling me to be her emotional tampon. She has had some issues come up that were pretty serious, and honeslty needed someone to talk to so I did, and the other day MY name came up with her BF so she had to tell me what was going on, but besides that she honesltly does not call me and talk about her "problems" with her BF.
Next, I had to make her see me as someone who is fun to be around. This wasn't very hard because I AM a fun person to be around. The only thing I had to really do was to cut down on the amount we talked on the phone, because if you are on the phone with someone alot and it gets to the point where there is nothing to say, you come off as boring, even if you have been talking for 4hours about everything.
I do have an execption to this rule. I wanted to get her to the point where I am the last person she talks to before she goes to bed at night on most nights. This is now the case. She usually calls me while she is getting ready for bed, and talks to me until she gets ready to go to sleep. I let her sit on the phone then because again I want to be the last thing on her mind when she is going to bed.
The biggest hurdle I had was that this girl is a very, very good friend of mine, and she is very, very good looking, espically if you are attracted to hispanic woman. I had to stop being scared of her looks and make some moves, and not be scared to loose our friendship in the process. At first this was a big problem, but she always even 2 years ago did give me hugs everytime I saw her, but now I have no problem putting my arm around her, or putting my hands on her waist and she doesn't mind the least bit either.
A great advantage I have that most men don't is that I know alot about a persons body language... More than your aveage "if he is sitting back in his chair he is disinstreted"... AlOT. Because of this, when we meet, and I can see her in person I can tell how she is feeling towards me. 2 years ago she was a good friend who I actually was attracted to me and I blew it because of my AFCness. Now by her body language, I can not only tell that she is interested in me, but that she is nevous when she is around me, which is a huge leap from where I was.
Anyway, also "new rumors" (oh, I wonderd how these started) are going around that I have been sleeping with her and we have a child... humm, now how could someone get that impression.
Anyway, my point is, make a plan and stick to it. More times than not if you follow it, it will work out for you.