<human>: I go to high school/am in the same extracurriculars as this guy. He's a sophomore and I'm a senior. Against everything I thought I was attracted to, I've had a crush on him basically this whole year. We're on friendly terms but I don't know him very well, but he seems like a very genuine, sweet guy.

Anyway I kind of think he might be interested; he always gets really smiley around me and says honestly pretty dorky things to me that he doesn't seem to around other people. I've never had a boyfriend and I have pretty low self-confidence in this area so I really have no idea what to look for or how to act. We talk about our extracurriculars and stuff fairly often but I'd really like to get to know him better, like get his phone number or go get lunch or something.

I'd rather not make the first move because I'm not forward at all, but this guy is almost 2 years younger and it'd take some balls for him to ask me out at our age. I doubt he realizes I'm interested even though I try to flirt as much as my reserve will let me, which isn't much. I've been told I'm intimidating by at least one guy who was too scared to tell me he liked me. People who don't know me well tend to think I'm some distant genius or whatever, when really I'm kind of a goober.

So anyway, if I asked this dude for his number or on a date it would probably surprise him and, if I'm wrong about him being interested, possibly come off as weird or creepy (since I'm older). As I said, I've never had a boyfriend so I hardly even know what is and isn't acceptable. Someone give me advice or even just tell me how dating works because I really have no idea haha. I'm going to regret posting this when it's not 3:30 in the morning anymore.

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<bot>: I want to get to know a guy that's 2 years younger than me but I'm afraid of being a creepy lonely cat lady creeper.