I need your help

ok here is whats going on. there is this girl i like that works at this store near my house. we graduated high school together, and were friends. me and like 6 other people and her ate lunch together everyday, so i know her well (as a friend). we never hung out after school or anything like that or ever went on a date. and i never asked her before if she ever wanted to go to a movie or anything. so i dont think that she knows that i like her. i mean i didnt feel right trying to flirt or anything with 6 other people around. but she had a free set at the end of the day and sometimes i would skip class and we would watch a movie on my ipod for a hour. and then we would go our different ways at the end of the day. well now high school is over and so is summer and i have been a scared little bitch the whole time.i i used to see her at the store, and i have never asked her out. and well college is coming up and she is staying local and so am i. but the last 3 or 4 weeks i have not seen her at the store so i thought she quit and she had told me that she was. but yesterday i went to the frint desk and asked if i could have a work schedule. and i saw she was off for a while. but she will be working 9am-3pm on 9/3/2008. so yeah im still most likely going ask her but i just got to get the courage. should i ask her out right there in the checkout line? and i cant ask her for her cell number because she doesnt have one, and i think she is living in a dorm room. so how am i going to ask her out if there are people behind me in lin that want to pay and leave. also if i did ask her out on 9/3 then i would have to get the date to work with her college schedule and mine. its alot to go through but i cant get this girl off of my mind, and its eating me alive. please help. sorry about the essay:) if anything is unclear just ask. thanks

oh also she let me borrow her calculator to finish a test on the last day of school and i forgot to give it to her. and she know i have it and she said that i can give it to her whenever. so maybe that could be used somehow

anyone have any ideas?

LI, you might want to try breaking up your posts into paragraphs, since a big block of text is hard to read. Could help you get a faster response here since people might skip over what they can't read. Just a suggestion.

Second, I don't know if asking her out in line is a good idea. She's at work and may feel like it's an intrusion.

Since you had mutual friends, maybe you could organize some kind of get together with all of them and invite her? It might be a more relaxed setting than her workplace.

ok u say u kno this girl very well, thats a great start, and i think having said nothing yet will work well for u. have a house party then it will be more comfortable for u, people will appreciate the party and its a good opportunity to ask her finally....other people will be too busy to notice...if u cant have a party then go to her workplace as planned and be relaxed and cool and ask her when her break is...and come back later whn she is on her break and u can ask her privately