Crush Help!!

Okay so this going to sound very cliche and I know it but I’m so lost and I need help so here it is. (Sorry if the story is a little confusing. Ask questions and I’ll verify information) At the beginning of the school year in my English class I was put into a group in which I was the only girl. I’m very shy so I didn’t really talk much and just did the work at hand. I worked with one other boy in the group who seemed just as determined to do the work as me while the other three boys in the group talking about irrelevant things. I worked with this boy and started realizing that I actually liked him which was cool. We kept talking back and forth and everyone I told that I liked him told me to tell him. I thought that seemed logical and I planned a day I was going to tell him. We were walking down the hallway and I tried to tell him but ended up becoming a stuttering mess and no matter how I tried I couldn’t say “I like you.” I know it sounds dumb but I suffer from really bad anxiety problems in which I get constant panic attacks so I decided after a minute of stuttering that I should give up. I could tell him his face that he knew what I was going to say because of how bright red it was. After that I told my friends how much I failed and one of friends volunteered to tell him. I kind of dared her to do it but that was only because I thought she wouldn’t. Unfortunately she told him but for some reason she did wait for his reaction since she got distracted and left. (Weird I know) The following week he didn’t talk to me at all and even when we were paired again he distanced himself from me. I took that as a message that he didn’t like me back and kept my distance since he seemed like he wanted that. The following week though he was sweet and flirty again. He would call my name and try to get my attention about the weirdest things that had nothing to do with me but he wanted me to know. This made it a little harder to get over him if he was always catching my attention and being confusing. This happens for a month or so leading up to now. Last week his friend in class asked me for my snapchat and I didn’t think anything strange about it. We talked a bit and I started to realize that maybe his friend could help me with my crush since his friend had been paired with us since the beginning. The plan was working until two days ago when I was going to ask for his help his friend called me Cute. It didn’t seem like a friend thing tho but more of a thing someone says to someone they like. I flipped out and just told his thanks than changed the subject. Now I don’t think I can ask his friend to help me because he may like me but I still like my crush even if it’s been like 3 months. I don’t know what to do and no one I know has any ideas either. If you have any suggestions please tell me. I feel so lost I don’t usually try to get the attention of my crush but I like him so much.