OK, Roulettedares, I think it's time you hear from a girl's point of view here (albeit a grownup girl). SmokingPlatypus was giving you good advice there when he recommended you not leap off the cliff and profess your love for her right away. If, as you said in your next post, you fear she might be likely to avoid you if you just try and talk to her, you'd really be blindsiding her with the "I love you" declaration. You have to go slow at saying that sort of thing so you don't jump the gun and say something prematurely affectionate before you've even developed a close friendship/early romance. Seriously, it might help you blow off some tension to get the "I love you" off your chest, but if she's the least bit awkward around you now and y'all aren't sure how you feel and respond around each other, I guarantee that telling her "I love you" is just going to make things more awkward.
Just go talk to her. As you begin to strike up friendship by talking regularly, do something sweet and romantic like write her a note. Or bring her a flower. Make her a CD. Do some other little gesture. She's not going to feel any doubt that you like her if you show her friendship and begin gradually making little romantic gestures. I know you guys these days tend to move a lot faster and straight into the hookup part of things, but if you could slow down a bit and start with friendship then build to romance/courtship, the relationship will benefit in the long run. It'll be more satisfying for both of you, and you won't scare her away before you've even stepped up to the first rung of the ladder. You know?
Think about it, OK? And good luck!
