recently ive been in the same situation and this is how ive successfully avoided the friend zone
1.trust-let her trust you to an extent because if she has issues, you don't want to be her therapist=friend zone. but also tell her not too get too trustworthy with you because too much trust leads to friend zone.
2. Kino!-try to playfully touch her such as a lite shrug to the shoulder,etc. use an excuse as a way to touch her like looking at her nails and then grabbing her hand or if she does something smart,flirty, or impressive jokingly put your arms around her and be like "way too go or something like that. but dont overdo it if not shell be creeped out. if she responds well to your kino like if she shrugs you back or something she is interested/ioi. also teasing litely is good too.
3.eye contact-when she is talking make eye contact. if she looks at you make sure you dont brake it. but dont look at her like you just saw a ufo, be cool and make sure to have a good smile and see through her.
4.dominance-their are several ways to do this. if you are taking her out to lunch, park, party, etc. you dont ask for her opinion like "are you free later?". you say something like "hey im taking you out for pizza (or any other thing)" or a suggestion like"(somebody) is having a party later, you should come by." also, since you said there are alot of other guys around her talking dirty to her, you should dlv them like for example mick says blah blah blah to HB, you respond somewhere along the lines of "ok that was lovely" sarcastically and if you can isolate her, do it. and probably respond like "haha wow i have my share of dirty thoughts but he surely has some issues haha." also dont be all up in her face every moment because it just shows your desperate. try to look busy and hang around other people and also if you can bring her into your circle of people then do it. also be cocky funny, it really shows you stand out and expresses your confidence.
i also tried this this role playing method in the forum like if she does a number of cool things that are impressive you say something like " wow, if you do one more cool thing you get to be my gf for 2 minutes with the one the only almighty(your name)" in a cocky funny way.
i hope this advice helps. keep it up homie.
