Sort of long story/any help?

[arepo1190]

Well, uh, first of all, hey everyone....newbie here...

So, I would start with the same story I tell everyone, it's kinda long, sorry... that I ended a 3 year long relationship with a girl, and well, I met some other girl in high school, and we were friends for a couple of months, and the relationship improved, and one day she asked me ''who do you like?'' and i told her that it was her, and she didn't want to be anything but my friend, this was because she liked someone else who ''gave her a shot'' but left her days later. I felt hurt, because i had lost my...game, well, something like that, my ability to talk to girls, so i stopped hanging out with her.
After doing this, i started to look around, not exactly for a potential girl, but for a friend, someone i could really hang out with...okay, something like a potential, but without the urge to date her... one of the girls i go to school with has a beautiful sister, i'm a year older than her (i think), she's so beautiful...i noticed the way she would talk to her friends about anything, and it was...amazing. I could relate to her.
At one point, some guy i also happen to know really well (some 'pimp' wannabe) tried to hit on her, and the guy failed (he normally doesn't) because she wasn't into the things he said he was into... i decided i'd try and talk to her because i really wanted to be her friend, and well, i tried.
One morning, in the bus, I was drawing some stuff for an assignment, and she was sitting next to me for like the 6th time in a row, so i went up to her and asked her if she could tell me what she thought of my drawings. She was really nice, and said she liked them, that they were good, I was nervous and thought ''you gotta be kidding me'' and even asked her ''are you serious?'' and she answered ''yes i am, they're good'' i left that area in peace. At least temporal...
I tried to talk to her for a second time. This time, I tried to talk to her, saying ''hi, how's it going?'' and normal things, yeah, but she was kinda mad... so, she asked me ''what do you want to say?'' and I asked her some sort of dumb question, which she answered with a ''hmmm...i don't know, you gotta figure that out'' but with a sort of ''please shut the f*ck up and leave me alone'' look. I did, i left her alone, and then i felt really bummed, even told her sister ''I think she hates me'' and stuff, she wouldn't really answer, but somehow i know they didn't really care about me... one day, she stopped sitting next to me, even though the seat was available, she would go straight to the backseat, and would avoid me there.
Oh, and yeah, I think i like her...but i'd prefer to be a friend first. Lately, i've been recovering my dating abilities, sort of, but realized i hadn't done things that would make it easier. I haven't seen her in almost three months, and I'm sure she doesn't even remember me, but i do wanna talk to her. A friend of mine is also a friend of hers, and he's got her msn address, her phone number...he could give me her msn, but i'm scared to death that i'll add her and things could go wrong... I've asked for a bit of advice before, and I remember someone mentioning that this friend should invite both of us to a party and get us to meet each other... and well, he's throwing a party next weekend...and I don't know, but i hope she's there. What i do doubt is that he'll introduce us to each other...

I don't know, what should I really do? As much as I like her, i know the perfect thing is to be her friend first....but i'm scared about anything going wrong...any advice?

Oh, almost forgot.... well, the other girl, the one I stopped talking to, lately she's been talking to me and asking if i was mad at her, i've told her that i'm not mad at her, but that i felt sort of hurt, lonely and ignored...we've been talking about how boring the summer has been, and stuff like that... i know this is just a friendly thing, but i don't know if the possibilities of being a lot more than just a friend are still there...

(sorry, heh. I told you guys it was kinda long!)