Trying to understand the situation

[Fred25]

Hello,
My story is a bit long. In school I used to like this girl, however she was the prettiest girl in the grade and to be honest I was quite overweight and a bit of a social mess, however we were friends not close but quite good friends. She started dating this guy around 8 years ago just before school ended and I was happy for her, she seemed happy.
After school she moved abroad and we lost touch till last year when I realised I was also going to move to the same country to study and got in touch with her and have been talking once every 2 months ( I had lost weight and am no longer a social mess). A few months later I heard she broke up with her bf, later I found out that he was cheating on her with payed escorts. I am not sure what our relationship is like now, we talk a lot though it usually just us giving advice to each other or taking the piss out of each other.There a few things to add:

Before I arrived she come to our home country for a wedding and it was also my birthday. On my birthday she got drunk and called me 4 times to wish me happy birthday ( phone was off).
From the time i came( 1 week) she called me 3 times just to talk. I haven't called her once , only a few messages. This friday we are going for dinner with another friend.

I really like this girl but know she's healing after recent times . I really want to be there and don't mind just playing the long game and giving a space and support. Just like to know everyones thoughts on this .
Thank you !

[melancholia]

Do what you are doing. Be a supportive friend to her and see how that works out for you. If you develop stronger feelings for her, you may want to admit them to her and see how she feels about you. But it's perfectly fine to take your time and feel things out a bit more.

[Fred25]

Thank you for your reply. We went for dinner yesterday night with another 2 friends. I guess she considers me a friend , probably see how it goes. She offered to set me up with a old friend of ours, I politely said No. I guess that struck me, maybe in time this will develop into something more, who knows, maybe just overthinking this.

[ankit chandwani]

answer that i m about to give here you will find it a bit negative but the thing is that man never fall for a girl's sweetness believe me every girl do that sweet talk bullshit to 50 guys at the same time, best thing to do is be there for her in her hard time and do not expect anything i mean anything in return if you expect something in return you are going to be disappointed, and never ever think your being a nice guy make her fall for you that never happens and you will end in friendzone, when she start to get normal just tell her about ur feelings and demand for love not beg for it, i am telling you this by huge experience