HI ALL! First off i would like to thank you for taking the time to read this and hopefully you have some good advice because I sure do need it. Here is my story im 16 (i know it says that this is really intended for people over 18 but my parents and I dont exactly get along and their the last people I want to go too for advice). Im going to put it plainly, The vibes I get from most people are that im pretty ugly in the face and ive come to terms with that when I finally realised that i started working out like a madman and now im in pretty good shape. Anyhow about 8 months ago i received an email from a girl that I have had my eye on for quite some time. Lets put it this way she is beyond being just shy i went to school with her for three years in middle school with around 40 kids in my grade. I swear to you it wasnt untill the 3rd year their that i heard her even say one word! Thats how shy she is! I then left the school for my 9th grade year and she stayed there. Out of the blue she sent me an email im not even really sure how she got my email address because i dont really tell that many people what it is anyhow here is what the message saidHey, Charles I hope this is the right email address ^__^;What's up? How's your summer been? We haven't talked in a long time.Right now I'm really bored, to be honest. I just got out of summer school yesterday; I'm really happy but I have nothing to do. I could start my summer assignments, but...well...I'm not. I'm going to put that off for as long as possible.So... what are you doing this summer?Unfortunately I was only able to keep up and email/ IM communication with her because I am now attending a boarding school well over 500 miles from my house (im not their because i got in trouble =0 ). Anyhow while at school I called her up and over one of my breaks back home i went out to the movies with her. This has continued over the past months. Recently I have gone to the movies with her on several occasions as well as some concerts I have looked on the internet at things about how to read a womans body language to tell if they can like you but for some reason I feel that in her case because she is so shy that most of that dosent really correlate to her. Im not really sure if im just deciving myself because I wish it was the case or if my belief is in some way based in truth. For example it says that she will maintain eye contact, touch you during regular talk or when you say put your arm around her in the movies will for lack of better words cuddle. Now here is where im not sure if these are just me denying reality or if she is just an exception to the rule. (1) She very rarely makes eye contact with anyone at all period because she is so shy (2) She never touches me except for when we hug at the end of going out somewhere and we have never kissed (3) She has no problem with me putting my arm around her but she does not "cuddle". Here is my problem, i dont have a problem with asking her out to her face its not the guts i need. But i really just dont want to put her into a position where she feels like she is almost obligated to say yes to me because i want anything that happens to be sincere. What can i do so as to read her body language properly and how can i ask her out in a way that wont put her into that kind of position. Thank you for reading this and hopefully you can make some sense out of this garbled post. Sorry for my grammar and spelling. Engrish aint me goodest subjekt.Thank YouCharlesPs -- if you have any questions feel free to ask and ill answer them to the best of my ability