Will she ever be ready to not be “just friends” after saying she wants to for life? How do you know and how can you get out of the zone? I am sorry to bother you, but I am hopeless and this is the first time I have really really liked a girl in a while and I love talking to her.
She said she wants to be friends for life? It’s very uncertain since no one knows what changes in the future. I would suggest that you don’t continue talking to her like normal friends would, keep distance, and build up some flirty signs, so maybe it would create the attraction she might find in you.
You should focus on your own life, and ignore her for a while. Build up sucess, go to the gym, and hang out with orther girls. Then she know you wanted her to be more than just friends.