Why do I have to get crushes so quick???šŸ˜‚

Meredith • She/her/hers 16 LG(B)TQ+

There’s this kid in my grade (I’m gonna call him Aiden so I don’t have to use his real name), and I’m friends with one if his friends (I’ll call him Alex). I sit with Alex in study hall, and Aiden always sat alone, so we let him come sit with us so he wouldn’t be lonely.

Now we sit with him everyday, and I’ve realized how fucking cute he is, and he’s really goddamn funny. He’s also pretty nice.

I’ve really started to develop a crush on him, but I barely know him, so I don’t think I want to ask him out and risk embarrassing myself. He knows that I think he’s attractive because I admitted it last summer, but I still don’t know.

Some people might be like, ā€œJust ask him, what’s the worst that could happen?ā€ The worst that could happen it that when I get embarrassed, I feel horrible.

I’m thinking about telling him I think he’s attractive, but I get nervous about that kind of stuff.