How to become friends with a girl you like?

there is this girl i like at school but i can never work up the nerve to talk to her, and whats annoying is the fact that she is close friends with most of my closest friends, so she comes around every day, and its killing me seeing everyone talk to her, when im to nervous to talk to her. my friends know i like her and one said he likes her too, and a couple days after he told me he and her are the best of friends, (and ive never seen them even look at each other before) and im jealous. normally im not that jealous when one friends is interested in a girl i like or starts dating a girl i like but, he thinks most of the girls in our school are hot and i don't think he'll see her as anything more than another hot girl. i want to at least become friends with her so it might be easier for me to one day ask her out. How do i work up the nerve to talk to her before i lose her?How to become friends with a girl you like?
I know this is tough to believe when you're younger, but everyone is as crazy over this stuff as you are at that age. You just have to sell confidence. You sound like you just want to start by being her friend, so go up to her and say ';Hi ______, how are you today?';



If she knows who you are by name, great. If not, introduce yourself. Make a comment about something you know she likes (did you see the new Twilight movie, for example), and let that be a springboard.



Avoid awkward pauses, have a few things to talk about, and YOU end the conversation with ';Ok, so I'll see you around';. Next time you see her, talk about something else you have in common (maybe a class?).





The bottom line is that people like interacting with other people, and most likely she'll be friendly and receptive. If not, then she's probably stuck up and you didn't realize it.