I've known this friend(girl) for a couple of years now but never made the move to actually go on dates with her. I'm not sure if she has any feelings for me but I thought I'd take a shot.
We've been on several date-like activities such as going to movies, lunch, beach etc but they were more of us just hanging out as friends. We went for a couple of months with no contact, but recently met up today at a cafe to catch up, but again, it was to catch up.
My question is, how do I go about asking her out? Should I explicitly say the word "date" because I feel like it could be misleading if I just ask her out for dinner, considering that it could be taken as just us hanging out.
Has anyone had a similar experience and mind sharing some tips?