I have dilemma with this girl I really like!

So there's this girl I go to college with, we're good friends but I have liked her a lot for a few months now. We were seeing each other for about a month then decided to call it off, then a few weeks ago we decided to have a friends with benefits thing but since we've agreed to this she's always turned me down if I've asked to meet up with her. I've always said that when I ask to meet up with her, it's not just to have sex cos I do love hanging out with her so I'm never saying that we'll definitely have sex. So even though she keeps saying she has other plans, at the same time she says to me that she wants it to happen and that she likes hanging out with me too. I've held back from telling her I like her because firstly I don't want her to feel awkward around me. And even if she did like me and it progressed into a relationship, I'll be going to university in about 4 months time which is more than 200 miles away so it wouldn't be fair really to keep things going long distance. So my questions are firstly, should I tell her I like her and see what happens? And also would you say she is leading me on? And if so how do I confront her about this without it turning into an argument? A lot of questions there I know but I've never been in a situation like this so I'm really confused! p.s. I should stress that I do REALLY REALLY like her (I would say I love her, but it is early stages plus I'm only 17 so it's hard to say that really) I love hanging out with her and I think about all the time!

She's leading you on. But tell her that you like her and see how she takes it, you will regret it if you don't. Also. Confront her about leading you on... Don't do that. If she takes you liking her badly, then just ask to be friends. It's best to be on good terms when you leave then bad

I think that the best bet would be to tell her that u like her and u wanna see how things go at the minute if she doesnt take that well or still does not seem untreated then stop wasting ur time she's using you to make herself feel good find itself some one that would feel the same way towards you I'm sure even if u don't know it there's some one that rally wants to spend time with you and make u feel good. On the other side u are still young and I'm sure this is probably not the last time that you will have this problem girls are hard to figure out play her at her own game when u find out what she's after and I'm sure she will regret treating u the way she has