Yes, I know it's pathetic, but I've liked this guy for 3 years without telling him how I feel. I just started going to school in the 7th grade (previously I was home schooled) and he was pretty much the first person I met- On the first day he met, he started teasing me. Just about stupid stuff, but it got to me, since no one had ever dared to tease me, lest they be left on the floor with black eyes and bruises all over them. But he didn't seem to care at all, and just kept teasing me. But, as the years went on, I started to like him despite his teasing me, even though he had now taken to teasing me about my developing body (which I promptly responded to with a kick in the gut 
) Then, in my first year in high school, I tried making civil contact with him. Unfortunately, I am not a very social person, and was only able to muster enough courage to talk to him on facebook and texting. We talked constantly over the summer, but as the school year went on, he started fading away- Instead of talking on a day-to-day or week-to-week basis, it became month-to-month conversations. (But very long month to month ones <3) And every time we pass in the hallways, he doesn't tease me nearly as much, and we just stare at each other for a few seconds until we pass each other. It wouldn't have bothered me at the beginning, but now my heart starts to go mad when I know that we're going to pass each other and I started relishing having his gaze on me. And when I know that our paths will cross on the walk home, my heart starts pounding so roughly that I think I'm going to be sick.
Here's the problem now. I absolutely do NOT want to confess to him. I have tried confessing in the past, and I am terrified that he'll turn me down as all the other guys have. I don't want to lose the delicate friendship that I took years to build up, and I want to be able to have the wonderful feeling of having him near me. How do I get the courage to either:
Confess to him
Start flirting with him and dropping drastic hints
Or make him fall in love with me and confess himself?
Please answer soon!
) Then, in my first year in high school, I tried making civil contact with him. Unfortunately, I am not a very social person, and was only able to muster enough courage to talk to him on facebook and texting. We talked constantly over the summer, but as the school year went on, he started fading away- Instead of talking on a day-to-day or week-to-week basis, it became month-to-month conversations. (But very long month to month ones <3) And every time we pass in the hallways, he doesn't tease me nearly as much, and we just stare at each other for a few seconds until we pass each other. It wouldn't have bothered me at the beginning, but now my heart starts to go mad when I know that we're going to pass each other and I started relishing having his gaze on me. And when I know that our paths will cross on the walk home, my heart starts pounding so roughly that I think I'm going to be sick. Here's the problem now. I absolutely do NOT want to confess to him. I have tried confessing in the past, and I am terrified that he'll turn me down as all the other guys have. I don't want to lose the delicate friendship that I took years to build up, and I want to be able to have the wonderful feeling of having him near me. How do I get the courage to either:
Confess to him
Start flirting with him and dropping drastic hints
Or make him fall in love with me and confess himself?
Please answer soon!