SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: I [18M] want to ask out my close friend [18F], but I'm afraid I'll make it awkward
POST: Hello Reddit,

I'm very close friends with this girl I really like and I really want to ask her out. The thing is that we are close friends and if she rejects me if might make things awkward later on. I really like being friends with her and don't want to mess that up, but if she rejects me it might be hard to keep the friendship going with her and all our mutual friends knowing I like her. Is there anyway that I could ask her out without it destroying our friendship? Is there any way I could find out if she would be interested in dating me?
TL;DR: 
I'm close friends with a girl I like. How do I ask her out without it destroying our friendship if she rejects me?