What? No bricks to the head, Becky?
To coach... believe it or not, I favour Tom's approach. Get in there now and ask her out, before you lose your chance. If things don't work out... well, make sure you avoid a messy break-up and it'll be by no means the end.
Or you could remember that I have virtually no experience in this area and thus anything I say is purely theoretical. But then, I sincerely doubt most other people posting here have much more experience to their names.
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