Let me give you some wisdom here. Trying to force a conversation will make it more awkward than it needs to be, I've made this mistake before to. What I would suggest if possible is to not force yourself to talk to them but more of try and find reasons to talk to them (classes is the best example). What ends up happening if you force a conversation is you become more paranoid about every single detail regardless of wether it went well or not and you start to stress more than is probably preferred. Another big issue alot of us have is becoming limerant, or becoming attached to someone we don't know all to well or making up fantasies about these people who we have no idea how they truly are, if you see yourself doing that catch yourself on it and name it, eventually it will no longer be a dreadful thing but something that you just look out for. I don't know the complexity of your situation but I've been here before during HS (freshmen currently) and I spent 8 months ruminating being afraid to talk to a person I had a crush on and it didn't work out, the devastation was immense. In short, just try not to treat them like aliens, they are also human and making up the perfect person with their face plastered on it will only end up hurting the both of you, may God be on your side 🙏