Sure. Fuck Xanth.
I never was a victim of friend-zoning too hard to be honest. There was obvious occasions where I liked the girl I was close to and she didn't feel the same way, but I was never tortured with it. I put that down to always being confident enough to say "Look, are we going to ever be an item?", and if she said no, then it's all good. If she says yes, then you obviously go on from there. If you think she is leading you on then just be honest and tell her. Being in the friend zone says more about the person in it than the girl you're chasing, in my opinion.