ugh.....help!

ok so i told my friend my crush cause it her ex-boyfriend and i wanted to tell her that i just like him....i had no intentions of dating him i just want to hang out with him and just talk....she completly took it the wrong way i think..i don't want to loose her as a friend but at the same time i can't help that i like him i just do....ugh i don't need another thing to worry about i have too much to worry about now......i've been asking around to my friends on what i should do or think or say and most of them just tell me its dumb expecially since they have been broken up for over a year....ugh i just don't know what to do....help?!?!?!