Kilroy stumbles around, is probably in love

Well, I guess a little history is in order.
I've never had a girlfriend. Yes, it's as pathetic as it sounds. Half the time my friends have had heart aches, I've wondered what the point was. I haven't actually had any thoughts about 'dating' or anything else, except for the natural teenage hormone induced dreams.

Now, at high school I got to know this cute girl. After high school we stayed in contact, mostly via email. We've been at the movies several times and I actually thought I knew her pretty well. I've actually wondered if I were in love with her. And how to tell her so. I hadn't though, because I wouldn't destroy the friendship-thing we had. Hell, she's fun and intelligent to watch movies with, and to destroy it with a bad comment? Well...

So today I wrote her a email, asking her about things. Apropos nothing at all, she said she had been seeing some guy since february and that "it's probably over now" and then she continues with the usual update about how her life's been shaping up. University, her appartment, that sort of thing.

I feel... confused by this. First of all because I thought I knew her, and that she was having a boyfriend... Well, I get jaloux. And disappointed, perhaps, because I didn't know and haboured these thoughts. Second, I started thinking the obvious "I might have a chance".

So... anyone got a piece of advice?

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