All right...need some help here!, Trying to get a new woman! Options

[Yota]

Ok, since the fiasco with my ex...I've been talking to this girl that I was acquaintances with in high school on AIM.. She helped me through ALOT of my problems with my ex...and lately, it seems that everytime I talk to her, I like her more and more and think about her more often.

Heres some things you should know first though:
She has this "boyfriend" whom she's pretty infatuated with. Except for the fact that she just told him they need to have a break because she's too stressed out with him and other stuff going on in her life. And now they argue a lot because he's not so understanding about the situation.. whatever..

When we talk on the internet, she's been known to say some things that I perceive as 'signals'.. some are a little more pronounced than others, but still...I see them. And I understand that it could just be me trying to make something of nothing..

Now, because I'm really afraid that things would be ruined between us if I told her how I felt, I tried to send some 'signals' back.... I know, it was cheesy, you don't need to tell me that!

Usually, her 'signals' would be in her AIM profile...They'd be some poem or some ryhme that I would be able to connect to our conversations and stuff... But today, she had this poem stanza thing about being out of time before committing to something new. And I remember one of the lines said "is it too late to start, or should I move on?" (something like that..) So I replyed in my away message "Its never too late to start something new" Basically all day today, our away messages traded back and forth...And now she's asleep so I couldn't talk to her about it even if I wanted to!

My question is this...Should I take the chance and just confess to her how I feel and risk being as close as I am to her?

And for you ladies out there...Am I completely off by what I'm sensing here, or is she trying to tell me something as well?

[acenova]

Hey man, just be straight with her. Games are for kids, and "signals" can be very confusing. Just ask her something like "hey, is there something going on between us or am I imagining things?" If its an honest question, you'll receive an honest answer. Don't come out w/ feelings until you guys have been talking for a lil while. But yea, she'll respect the question, but it shouldn't make things akward between you two at all. Seems like things might be right, but at the same time her poems may be talking about something completely different. They have multiple meanings. So yea, just ask if there's something there, you'll be fine w/ that, its the safer thing if you plan to pursue.