Help here please!?

B J · Yahoo User

So theres this girl i been liking her for 9 months now but the thing is i never had a girlfriend i em now 17 and in the Marines... and um i used to weight 260 i em now at 152 so i was a fatass backthen i really lost confidence bout my self so um yeah i want to ask her out but im afraid she might turn me down because i also have braces? she now has a bf wich treats her like crap, and cheats on her!... shes aware of this but is still with him????...... i told her how i felt about her but does not believe me since i only been talking to her for 3 months.1.Her bday cooming up and i want to give her roses, teddy bear, balloons, and a gift card good idea?2.Shes been with her crappy bf for a month!, and now when i get back there in ca, they would be 4 months together? still hope for me im in az!? 3.What can i do in the meantime?