Its senior year of high school, and i have a crush on my best friend :( advice!?

Its pathetic and cliche, I know, but see, I have been best friends with this guy for about 5 years now- since 8th grade. And during freshman year, i developed a huge crush on his personality, but never acted upon it because i treasured our friendship too much and did not want to ruin it in any way. So the crush faded sophomore and junior year, but now its senior year, and the crush is back- and this time, its his looks AND personality- this kiddo has gotten hot over the years! haha. anyway, i still don't want to mess with our friendship, but i just cant help crushing on him :( what should i do? A further dilemma is whats going to happen when we graduate: I am going to Chicago and he is going to NYU for college.... if we date, leaving is only going to be that much harder :(Its senior year of high school, and i have a crush on my best friend :( advice!?
You're wasting time. He could be the love of your life. Don't worry about what's going to happen in the near future. I think you should date him. Cell phones have helped deal with long distance relationships.