Taking r'ship one step further with friend/acquaintance sort of within inner circle

[fastnfurious]

Hey guys,

 

I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this but here goes. Hopefully someone can point me in the right direction:

 

Recently (bout 5 months ago now), my ex fiancee walked out on me coz I found out she cheated on me (I have posted this before). I went thru therapy and everything to get over her and our situation.

 

5 months on, I'm a new man, happily going out and trying to meet new girls. But lately I've found myself SO attracted to a friend that is just outside of my inner circle of friends. She used to know my ex but not on a deep level. So that's part one of my dilemma. They don't talk much now that me and the ex have parted ways.

 

A month or 2 ago I was seriously ready to let pursuing her go because she told me in a long email conversation that she would rather protect friendships between friends and NOT cross that line. When we had that email conversation, I was like ok, I gotta let this go.

 

Only in the last few weeks, I get texts from her as well as emails; not directed to the group but to me. This perked my interest again as she started coming out with my crew on nites out and this was when EVERYONE saw the similarities between us. All my friends have already said to me DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, the energy is there.

 

I have no idea how to approach this as I consider her a good friend (even though my friends say she is NOT directly linked) but at the same time I dont want to live life wondering as she, to me is the perfect woman FOR ME. Showed me how little I had in common with my ex.

 

Any help suggestions would be looked into

[fastnfurious]

No one has any ideas as to how to play this?