Handling feelings for friends (who may be straight)

Okay, so if any of you read my thread last month, I wasn't completely over my ex. A month has passed, I feel a lot better about the situation. However, in overcoming that situation, I have found myself in yet another one. In case some of you haven't noticed in my posts, my feelings emotionally and for people can be rather erratic. It's not because I'm bi, it's more the bipolar coming out in me (so technically because I'm bi, yeah yeah).

Basically, I've started to find myself finding attraction to a best friend. I haven't actually noticed it before, but I can't tell if I've been suppressing it or not, so for the time being, we'll call it a three week crush.

I often makes jokes with her and she always joins in, and I can't tell if she has any form of feelings for me, I don't want to kid myself but I have doubts. She's really touchy with me and likes being with and around me a lot. I'm the only person she's really comfortable with at college. The big thing that makes me doubt is she's Arabic and comes from a Muslim family (she is not Muslim herself, but her little sister is, who is also in college). It's just, everytime I get her to talk about stuff like that, she's like "Oh yeah, I'm not allowed to be with girls", "I've never liked any boy ever", "girls are so attractive..." etc etc.

I am hoping it's a passing crush, but I dunno. The thing is, even if she was bi or lesbian, we couldn't even have anything because her parents would probably murder her. Plus I'm the only person she really trusts, and in past experience, dating your best friend does not end well - At all!

Any suggestions are more than welcome!! I'm not quite sure what to do/how to handle it.

Thanks

 

She knows I'm bi, she's pretty fine with it. A lot better to tell them imo. If they can't accept you they're not worth your time!

 

Update: 3 weeks is now 4 months, still not grown a pair and bit the bullet as too scared to lose her as a mate.