Any advice?

Me and my gf have been super awkward. We've been together for a bit now but we're too scared to talk to eachother.We we're best friends before we started dating and we used to be so comfortable talking to eachother like super comfortable.Everyday at school I try to talk to her but I get so nervous and I think shes nervous too.Shes taken a break from me already because we didn't talk enough and we just recently got back together.I feel like I have to talk to her soon or else my relationship will be over.I just want things to stop being so awkward and I want us to talk to eachother like we used to but these days were too nervous to even look at eachother.I feel like im a bad bf for not talking to her.I just find it so hard to get over my nervousness.Things have gotten a bit better and we even hugged for the first time recently but after that we both went back to not talking.She texts me on snap but its always the same cycle.For example she would say she misses me and I would say I miss her too she would say I love you and I would say I love you too.She would say how are you and I would say im doing good.Its always that same cycle on repeat and I feel like our relationship is slowly dying this way. My friends arent really helping this situation for example a couple days ago one of my friends came up to me and asked me if I wanted to break up with her I said I didnt but he still went up to her and told her that I wanted to break up with her.She beleived him and said she wanted to break up as well.My friend went up to me with a big smile on his face and told me he broke us up.I was pretty sad abt this cuz I really liked her and I didnt want to break up with her.Thankfully she forgave me that same day and we got back together.School for me is ending soon so I dont have much time to fix all of this and idk if our relationship can survive on texts alone.I hope we can make this a healthy relationship for the both of us.I hate that im constantly ignoring her because I'm too nervous to talk to her.Shes in love with me and im not really showing it back even though deep down I really do love her.When she talks to me or when we sit together I just get so nervous and I blush like crazy.Any advice on how to help the situation?I'm hoping to get my first kiss from her at the end of the school year 😏