I'd say tak a chance; you are both grown into matured adults and I think you will see that what happened in middle school isn't as important as now. You don't just shut off from someone you cared about, and though I understand your concern of the past, you just have to take a chance on things if you want to see them work.

Don't use her as a support person, think of this as reigniting a friendship that probably shoulld never have been in hitaus..but so that you could both grow into the people you are now, it needed to happen...

Rhiannon