crushing on someone but they are a player HELPPPPPPPP

im a freshman in high school. i been talking to this guy that i really like since 7th grade .. as friends though, and he’s been having a lot of girlfriends and stuff like that and i get sad when he does because i like him but i don’t want to tell him.. he always talks to me about girl problems and to tell his girlfriend (which is my “friend “ ) to meet him at the park after school.. i didnt think he liked me just as friends.. well i’m a year older than him so he’s still in 8th grade and i’m in 9th grade freshman and i guess he doesn’t like anyone esle anymore so he’s been talking to me A LOt lately and texting me , i get butterflies and super shy , he said that we should go out when he’s a freshman this year . and i don’t know what to do because alll of a sudden he wants to go out with me? like why??? i thought i was just a friend and all the other girls he went out with are prettier than me.. Im ugly..(i think ). why is he choosing now to go out with me ? since i was friends with him for 2 years in junior high and watched him with other girls while i was feeling down that he would never go out with me ... he’s a player but he’s a shy player tho ,, Cuz he barely talks and gets nervous quick in person