Sorry for the long post. If anybody would take a moment to read it and help out that would be greatly appreciated. Anyway, this is my first post here. I have been reading around, great community, let me cut to the chase here..

I am a college freshman in a small university. Seeing as how I don't have a car, I am effectively trapped on the small campus. Here is the problem, I did not look for game early on and feel like it is too late now (wait for me to explain). I came into college with the mindset of just forgetting about girls and just study, but now I am so depressed that I have no one to care about. So I laid out my two options, both of which are problematic and I need help on achieving...

Option 1: Date My Closest Friend
I became pretty good friends with one girl but I am 99% sure she is currently into this other dude and although she has given some IOI, I feel like she is just LJBFing me and this is going no where.

Just a little background...we eat breakfast together every other day and she occasionally reveals small personal things to me (although she is a pretty open person in general). We don't have too much in common and I think she realizes that, but we have a good friendship based on care for one another. She is calm around me while generally more lively around other people. I have already told her that I am not looking for a girlfriend (which was true when i told her) and she has openly expressed her attraction to some other guys. Though recently, she has been secretively fond of this other dude for almost a month now, and she has been hanging around his friends a lot lately (neglecting to invite me to such activities). All of those friends drink and smoke, something she knows I do not do which might explain her not inviting me. Though she seems to be neglecting me for those friends a lot sometimes.

Anyways, I honestly have no idea how to approach this option. I see it as an extreme risk as if she rejects me, it could destroy our relationship which I truly value. On the other hand, I don't know how much longer I can keep my feelings for her bottled up.

Option 2: Dating Another Girl on Campus
Although Option 1 is my #1 option, there are other girls on campus that I would gladly take. The problem here is that they are very hard to approach at this point. I realize I was not social enough during the first couple weeks and now that everyone has their own group of friends, it would be extremely hard to get any time with a girl that isn't in my immediate social circle. I've already unsuccessfully attempted to get close to a couple girls but they are so entrenched with the friendship they share with people that they already know that it is very hard to get a nice relationship going on.

I feel like I should definitely exhaust Option 2 unless someone here can offer some insight on Option 1.

Again, I am newbie here just looking for advice. Please be gentle.
I will appreciate any help offered, thank you!

okay mate, no offense, but youve got yourself into trouble.

but no worries! no problem. i started as a shy guy first off, sticking with my mates over the girls, but eventually you just need to throw youself out there.

here is some advice on what youve said.

1. girl seems okay, but i get the hint that she is feeling like you could drrag her down, she wants to be more social and mix in with some losers that think they are cool cos they drink and smoke. too bad, you cant touch her. she wont be into you... YET! we can fix that in time.

2. best option, but as i said, youve got yourself into trouble with this one.

now im going to give you a third option. you need to find a cute girl that doesnt go to your school. either on a weekend or holiday, just meet some cute girl. when people here you have a hot girlfriend it will help you in two ways. firstly people will think you were with her the whole time which is why you never really went out and met many people at school. secondly, it will build your confidence,and you will no doubt find it easier to jsut talk to random girls on campus about shit, they wont think you wanna fuck them and vice versa. then if your not digging having a gf off campus after a month or so (thats right, and thats rushing it really, but it all takes time), then dump her. you will find that you now have more friends amongst the girls at school, you will be more confident and relaxed around them, and they will be around you too. thats when you start flirting like youve been in prison for your life, and evetually youll shag some slut, then another, then your friend at school (from opion 1) will start to notice you a bit more. shes yours.

thats my advice, id be pretty certain it would work, although if it doesnt then at least youd have some fun. anyway, do what you want, but in a long run its really quite sad being by yourself at shool, i wasnt, but i never had a gf at school and it made me feel crap.

have fun, let me know how you go!