Well, for one remember that love is, chemically, quite similar to obsessive compulsive disorder, so watch yourself that you don't end up bothering her. Apart from that, the key is just to learn to sense whether there is a probability that she likes you too. If you think there is any chance, ask. Actually... ask no matter what, otherwise, your mind will keep torturing you about it
Feel free to spend an hour or so thinking up how you want to say it, because it'll probably take you that long
Otherwise, you can play the slow process of steadily dropping each other more and more hints, until one of you gets the courage to ask; that may take as much as weeks, depending on how timid you and she are.
Eventually, one person just ends up with the courage to ask
It's better to get it out of the way sooner rather than later.
khuda hafiz
(Ed: I'm assuming that you already know her; if you don't, I agree with the below message - get to know her first)
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"Illuminant light,
illuminate me."
[This message has been edited by Rei, 12-18-2003]