highschool drama!

Originally, I posted this on 4chan's /b/ about some dude that I liked but I am too pussy to ask him out.

Brief description: I'm an introverted non socialible person. So is the guy I like (his name is Devon). We've been friends for about a year or so, and we've always had this tension, I guess. I've had a huge crush on him ever since I met him. But I'm too pussy to tell him how I feel. I just wish he would tell me how he feels about me, but I don't think that will happen. I have his cell number, because one time he just randomly gave it to me and also wanted mine. But I'm too shy to talk to him on the phone. I'm okay friends with his close friends, though they don't know I like him. Yesterday was the last day of school (I haven't graduated yet, I'm only 16.) and final exams are next week. I only have a few more chances to see him until next year, or if I see him over the summer. It's very akward for me though, and hard for me to talk to him and tell him how I feel. What should I do?

Okay, so get to know him better.

Unless a guy is looking for sex alone (which is not what you want), guys will not go out with someone they don't already care about. And they won't care about someone if they're not friends.

So establish a real friendship with him. That way, you can not only learn what he's like as a person and find out what he's really like, but you will be able to establish a relationship based on mutual interests and you will already be on the same wavelength.

If he's as shy as you say he is, he probably won't be looking for any other relationships for a while, so use this time you have to get to know him. Start out small: don't go with the going-and-hanging-out deal so early, start out by talking with him, finding out what he likes and dislikes, and establish a common ground. If you can't function together as merely friends, there is absolutely no way that you can function together as boyfriend and girlfriend.

The best relationships you could ever have are those where you're friends, and yet you're even closer than that. Best friends. But that won't happen until you're friends first; so put all your emotions aside and don't let them sway you. You have the advantage here because you want to become closer to him, so use it as your motivation to talk to him about just anything.

And for God's sake don't start with the "I like you" stuff for a while, until you know that he enjoys being around you a lot and you like being around him a lot.