Hey guys,
So recently i have started to like a girl in my group of friends. I've known her for a couple years now and i just recently started to like her. So what she does occasionally is when we are laughing at something (A YouTube video for example), she'll rest her head on me for a second and lift it back up. I once tried to put my head on hers, but she lifted it back up like she would normally do. She has also hugged me for not much of a reason (like once or twice) and she has also leaned on me occasionally too. Other "signals" she gives me is that we both initiate the conversation, she almost always looks at me in the eyes when talking, and we always are each others "partners" for playing a card game called Gumpsh whenever we play it. She also looks at me directly in the eyes (most of the time) when i talk to her, and i think i see her look at me in the corner of my eye during class (Or that might just be me staring at her or imagining things). So i decided to begin my quest to ask her out. I devised a plan to give her a fortune cookie with a fortune saying something "I like you, would you like to be my girlfriend?" Or something like that. She is usually pretty outgoing with her friends like me. I also took it to the measure by asking her closer girl-friends and others like that if they knew what her feelings were towards me were. Then, i found out that she had previously said multiple times that if she were to date someone, it wouldn't be someone in the group of friends. According to her friends, they said she last said it on Saturday. So, with that in mind, i have no idea what to do now as i am within the group. I was planning on telling her how i feel during a party for my school club we are having in a couple of days. Its going to be a pool party, so i would be able to hide the cookie in a towel or in a bag. But now after hearing the no dating in the friend group thing, I'm beginning to second guess myself.
Please give me advice on what to do!! I'm so lost. Thanks you very much!
(And regarding the no dating in the friend group thing... Does that mean i just got Friendzoned? :/ )