first of all ....try to do frndship with her........and then proceed further...........direct proposal is not a nice idea if she is a decent girl
Worst advice... If you get into the "friend zone", it's almost impossible to get out. She'll just see you as a friend and when you want more she'll most likely say something like "But I thought we were just friends!". It's hard to turn a friendship into a romantic/sexual relationship.