Okay I am a 23 year old male. Till the age of 18, I was painfully shy around women and still am, to an extent, though it is only initial shyness now and then I'm totally fine. When I was 16, I joined a new school and there was this girl in class who I instantly liked. She was going out with someone else at the time but towards the end of school, we started talking quite a bit(ONLY ONLINE) since I was too shy to carry out a conversation in person. Anyway, we talked so much and discovered that we had a lot in common and well I started to like her even more. However, i did not ask her out because I was shy/scared of rejection and ultimately we drifted out of touch once we went to university.
In the 5 years since then and now, I have had 2 girlfriends, but am single at the moment, having broken up with the second girl about 8 months ago. When I was dating the first girl, I just happened to talk to this crush of mine on Facebook and I confessed that I had liked her in school. Her reply was 'Well so did I, but I'm happy you're dating and happy now'. That was it.
I've recently added her on Facebook again(she is in Australia now but is moving back in a couple of months), she looks so beautiful now. I've realised I still do love her, she was the first girl I loved and I want to be with her. Do I just confess it all to her? From what I can tell, she is single. We have talked a bit since I added her but it's all been a bit 'hello what have you been doing all these years?' kind of chat and she doesn't come online much.