Hi Ranger07,
Welcome to the site. I'm one of the readers and will be happy to give you a reading in the next day or two, if no other reader can get to you. We have a number of excellent, caring readers here. Tonight I had a long psychic healing to perform and I'm drained
What I can give you is some old fashioned advice. One of the reasons you are afraid is you use the word confront ( her ). That word subconsciously conjurs up an image of a confrontation, fear, conflict. I would recommend you think of it as having a conversation to explore her feelings. Also be a bit of a salesman. You can begin by asking her in general terms how she feels about friends eventually becoming more... If she's a bit negative, tell her you understand how she feels, since many people have felt that way- but what they found was a relationship with someone you know can be more comfortable and lasting than just dating a complete stranger. Something along those lines..You can use a soft approach and go slow- giving her time to get over her last relationship.
Also, it's human nature to develop feelings for people we interact with regularly, sometimes developing affection and other times romance.
Even people who have never physically met develop friendly affectionate feelings for each other, as you'll find by the friends you'll make at this site.
While you're waiting for a reading, look around the site- you'll find a number of interesting sections and maybe make some new friends here
Joe