How will it affect our relationship?

[Williamjw]

Hi all,

I have a really close relationship with a girl. We are best mates and share everything with each other.

For about 3-4 years we have know each other now and i feel there has always been sexual tension, and think we both find each other attractive.

The problem is that i feel like i've hurt her before as when it looked like a sexual relationship could happen before and i got a girlfriend, i know this hurt her as we lost touch and she didn't communicate with me as much.

This has happened before a few times for no reason though. But we are very close and i feel at the moment that we could have a great sexual relationship with each other.

Now though i ask the question i don't know how this will affect our friendship? Is there a reason nothing ever happened before?

I would call it sort of in the friend zone but for both of us as i'm indecisive about what to do as i find her attractive but don't want to ruin our firnedship becuase it's something i really hold close to my heart.

I'm not the sort to share my feelings with people i have the feelings for, so that isn't the best suggestion, i don't so much want advice on what to do, just how it will affect our friendship if it doesn't work out etc.

I've never been really close to someone before a relationship so this is foreign territory for me so need advice please...