Its irrelevant.
If you are a friend of someone you are not always in the "friend zone"
I think you're going to have to experience it before you actually understand what i'm trying to say.
Relationship consisting of friendship =/= boyfriend/girlfriend relationship - without meaning this in a richard way, you might have to actually go out with a girl to see the difference
But what if you are not in it for it physically, just to have an emotional relationship?
You are male, if you're after 'Just an emotional relationship', you're doing something wrong or haven't gone through puberty yet.