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

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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?