I think she mist be walking around with the same questions. I wouldnt move too fast but definitly hold her attention and let your relationship grow stronger naturally. Its always easyer to ask out new people instead of good friends.
You don't want things to get awkward. But at some point it tips from friendly to loverly and thats more complicated. So keep all your antennas out and try to move with her like your dancing.
Gently lead and don't step on her toe. She likes you She hasnt made up her mind how she likes you. Boyfriend or youthfriend.
She is attracted to you but she is unsure of how to behave. There might be a reason why she has reached collage age and doesn't have developed boy girl interaction skills. You get immediate warning signals to your subconcious because her behaviour falls into the she could be mentally unstable range.
If your interested tell her but be real specific some girls tend to add things that are not there...if not...well, I don't know.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.