Help! Does my female best friend like me?

[DangerousDeadpool]

Okay, so a little background. I've known my best female friend for about a year and a half now. I've seen her go through a couple relationships (the most recent one she got out of a couple months ago) now and she's seen me go through my fair share as well. We've hung out quite a bit since we met and I'd be lying if I said I didn't have feelings for her, but even though I didn't want to admit it to myself, I didn't think she felt the same way. But over the past month, I've noticed her behavior around me has changed quite significantly and I'm worried I'm reading too much into it.

What I mean by this is that suddenly she seems to be wanting to be around me more and we've seem to grow a lot closer. To be more specific, I used to only see her once or twice a week or more depending on whether or not we've agreed to hang out somewhere, but now I feel like I see or talk to her almost every day of the week. For starters, we've recently started working out together and developing a routine that way, but she's also invited me to visit her at her job on campus (we're both college students), and she's invited me up to her apartment much more in the past two months than in the year and a half I've known her. I also seem to run into her more than I used to, this one I'm more inclined to chock up to coincidence though.

She also starts the conversations through text and social media much more than she used to. I usually had to start most of the conversations before, but recently that's changed to about 50/50 and it's usually not about anything important either. This morning, she texted me a picture of something that references a conversation we had a few weeks ago. And her texts also have gotten a bit more flirtatious as well.

She's actually just gotten a bit more flirtatious in general. We went out for a drink or two the other night and she mentioned that she kind of liked a bit of scruff on a guy (which I happened to have at the time, she's mentioned it before though so I'm not reading too much into that) and I jokingly said "So do you think this is sexy then?" and she quickly replied yes with a smile and turn of the head. Shortly during that same night she made a bit of a whispered comment about how I was a wonderful guy, and when I asked her about it, she blamed the beer. She's also shown more physical contact too, nothing too obvious, but definitely more than she used to. She was also leaning in really close to me when we were out and I was leaning in closely too.

I've also noticed she's been wearing more make-up lately and dressing a bit nicer too, although I'm not sure if that's on my account, but rather if she just feels like it because I'm fairly certain she's done stuff like that whether or not she knows she's gonna see me so I don't know what to think. There's also the fact that when we're around other people, she seems more distant, but I THINK I've caught her sneaking a peek at me a few times, but I'm worried that's me reading into things.

In fact, I'm worried ALL of this is me reading too much into things. Am I? Am I going crazy? Or is there something there? And if there is, what do I do about it? She's my best friend, even though I have feelings for her, I'm terrified that if I'm wrong, it's going to destroy everything we've formed. Does anyone have any good advice on this?

[me]

Well from a girl's perspective, i'd say that maybe she's "testing" you. And what I mean is that she might be doing these things to see how you would act and react around her to see if there is a possibility she might like you. Now, I may not be right, but it's possible. It may seem scary, but just go along with it and let her do what she wants (but make sure it isnt anything crazy). Dont be afraid to flirt with her too! And see where life takes you from there. Good luck