One thing.

Would you sacrifice a good friendship for a relationship?

What I mean is, that if it doesn't work, you probally don't go back to friends.

Only if you're ready to take the step further, then do so.

I wouldnt jeopardize a good friendship with a girl, but we'd end up having sex anyways.
She became my girlfriend, we break up and still are good friends.
Sometimes, you are lucky. XD

My words for you, try to analyze if she is giving some vibes to you.
If you cant find any vibes, dont risk it and just stay friends.

"There are a lot suffering from that problem... most of them stayed there, and very few came out from there and those were the people who were brave enough to make the next step which helped them out from the trap of the devil, aka the friendzone" that applies here as well I think. Only you can decide whether to do it or not...

Life is about taking risks and friendships come and go, so if you really care about her you should just go for it. if things dont work out there is the possibility that you can still stay friends. honestly im still good friends with all of my exes, so that just shows it does happen. I hope things work out!

If you really love her then you should try noting to lose at all.
Like Mignonne said friendships come and go so take your chance when you are ready

I think you should go for it since you love her.

I mean my best friend and I stepped onto the next level, even though we are far apart...we dated no matter what but it only lasted for 5 months.
We took the risk to do this but it was probably the best relationship I ever had.

He promised that we would get back in the future.
We are still friends so that's why I think you should just give it a go.

You won't regret it

By my experience, I would ask. If you never ask about how she feels about you, you will never know and I see that as a much worse thing than get friendzoned.

If this was too up too forward for your liking, just see if she is giving the "signs" for you

Hopefully you will be successful

well, if she is a true friend then i would go for it, the only way to go is up, and let me tell you why. if you like her and she likes you then thats great. but if you like her and she doesn't like you, but she is still a good friend, then she will let you down lightly and will still genuinely still want to be friends. if she does not want to be your friend afterwards, she probably was not worth having a relationship with. it is truly a great test to see how much of a friend she is... or if she wants to be more.