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So I've had a crush on this girl for a long while from class and now I want to tell her that I like her. Unfortunately, whats keeping me from asking her is the people she hangs out with. These guys are kind of like the "bad boy" kind of group but not really. I don't know how to explain this, but what I do know that if I do ask her in front of them, they will poke fun at me for asking her or tease me about it for the entire year.

These guys also have a habit of making things seem more dramatic than it already is so I can already picture them embarrassing me in class. Also, please don't answer back telling me to "man up", I just don't want to deal with these guys. I'm somewhat confident of a guy but these guys are the main problem I would have to deal with. There are like 6 people that talk to her so any one of them are close to her at anytime of day. (also don't tell me to just say "Hey can I talk to you for a sec?", the guy will already know what I'm going after) and Lastly, I can't ask her after school because she has to be picked up quickly.

Now the two choices I really have are:
Option 1:
• Ask a close friend for her number
• Proceed to call her and tell her my feelings for her
• Advantage by calling: I can tell her everything that I feel about her with upmost detail

Option 2:
• Tell her in person
• Disadvantage: Risk getting publicly embarrassed by peers. (I also have a super small high school less than 600 total students, I hate these guys also)
• Advantage (?): Telling her in person might impress her

I don't know guys. Just tell me the pros and cons of each and tell me which you would choose. If you have any experience with this, that would be super helpful. I'm just super conflicted right now and I could use some advice. Thanks!