Umm, I dunno if this is what you want to hear, but here goes. Why can't you be friends? I know it won't happen right away, or even for a couple years. But seriously, if you really love her as much as you claim to, there's no reason to dismiss her from your life entirely.
I remember the first (and only, I guess) time that I got dumped. It was also the first time I'd 'fallen' for someone that hard. It hurt like hell, and we worked together (in a bar, no less) so I got to watch him flirt with everyone but me. We had some titanic, glass hurling, punch throwing fights after that. Classic, legendary spectacles.
Fast forward five years, and he's still a really good freind. I know now that the break up was really for the best (although ita never felt like that at the time, and took me years to see the value in anyone else), and I don't even want to go back there. The 'Dawson montage' as you described it is still there, as those moments were real and won't go away. But hey, I've got some special stuff for my internal photo album so it was all worth it. We still laugh at some of the stupid shit.
Bottom line is, call her. Not today, or next week...but do call her. There's a reason you love her so much, and that is never going to go away. You have to let it transform into something else, or it'll just keep coming back to haunt you mate...and that's no fun.
