So this girl and I have been best friends for 8 years. I havent exactly been extremely quiet about the fact that I would like to date her, but for one reason or another, we have never dated. 

In the past 6 months, there have probably gone a total of 25 days without seeing each other, if that. We hang out literally every night most weeks, and usually for hours at a time. Last night, after being out of town for two days, she had driven 13 hours home to arrive home at 130am. She text me asking me to come over, which i did, and we hung out for two hours, even though she was exhausted. 

Recently, she agreed to let me take her on a date. Now I am freaking out, cause I have a shot, and I am afraid I might screw it up. I am not sure if I should go just kind of relaxed and chill, or if I should try to go the romantic route. I am leaning towards the romantic route, since the chill route has been how our relationship has been for 8 years, and if I am going to have any hope of breaking out of being just friends, I feel like I have to break out of the norm, if you will. 

So, please, I would really like this to work out if at all possible, so any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
user
finally have a chance to date
assistant
So this girl and I have been best friends for 8 years. I havent exactly been extremely quiet about the fact that I would like to date her, but for one reason or another, we have never dated. 

In the past 6 months, there have probably gone a total of 25 days without seeing each other, if that. We hang out literally every night most weeks, and usually for hours at a time. Last night, after being out of town for two days, she had driven 13 hours home to arrive home at 130am. She text me asking me to come over, which i did, and we hung out for two hours, even though she was exhausted. 

Recently, she agreed to let me take her on a date. Now I am freaking out, cause I have a shot, and I am afraid I might screw it up. I am not sure if I should go just kind of relaxed and chill, or if I should try to go the romantic route. I am leaning towards the romantic route, since the chill route has been how our relationship has been for 8 years, and if I am going to have any hope of breaking out of being just friends, I feel like I have to break out of the norm, if you will. 

So, please, I would really like this to work out if at all possible, so any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
user
finally getting on a date with
assistant