Crush trouble

So I had just found out about this boy who went to my school who was friends with my good friend they have both moved now and I haven’t seen him but I love him and I’m pretty sure he doesn’t know who I am and now I’m hearing all these stories about ppl knowing that I like him and I really want to say to him I want to go out but I’m not sure how he’s going to react and he is really hot but kinda a dick but all I want is to like get to know him a bit more and talk to him but I don’t know how to start a conversation because I can’t talk to him face to face it’s really hard I know we r never going to be together but I don’t know how to get over him 😭 so plz help me out