Ok, Thanks for the posts. Here is an update.
so we went out last saturday, and it went pretty well, if we were just friends. I was overly accommodating, and nice to her and all we did was have a great conversation. the conversation was great, but that was about it.
But I thought to myself, "yeah, I'm winning her over with my conversation and such. she's totally into me". the date ended, she said she had a good time and would call me when she's free. I thought i was pretty golden.
the girl I dated - GIRL A
her best friend - GIRL B
GIRL B's boyfriend - BOY
Ok, so girl A, girl B, and boy all hang out with each other a lot. boy is upset by that because he wants more alone time with girl B, so he has secretly been helping me try to hook up with girl A.
boy gave me a call last tuesday and filled me in on the situation. he basically told me I was drifting into the friend zone, but wasn't completely there yet, so I had to make a move. So my suspicions were correct (read the OP). he then basically told me that I needed to flirt more, which is also something I also suspected (read the OP).
Still not sure how to go about doing that though. Although, because she considers me as a friend now, it sort of like, I have nothing to lose, which can make things a lot easier for me. Don't know where things are going, but I'm hoping for the best. will keep you all updated