Telling close friend who once liked me that I like her, but would stay friends if she prefers that?

She can either be playing games for her own amusement and convenience or she is just as scared as you and doesn't know how to respond to whatever you will say.

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.