<human>: (17/m) Let's call my crush Lucy

1. So Lucy considers me her 3rd best friend. I am perfectly fine with this. The weird thing is, although she always tells me we need to talk more in person (I'm an awkward person, we'll get to that), every time I see her she is with other guy friends, who I have nothing in common with and wouldn't be able to hold a conversation with. She also never initiates the conversation, forcing me to have to walk over to her and strike a conversation if I see her in the hallway (which I can't and rarely have the balls to do). How can I talk to her more in person?

2. I'm having trouble with my "friends". Although we are friends, some of them tend to pick on me a little bit and just be general assholes to me sometimes. I believe this is because I am kind of scrawny and don't really have a presence, just going along with their teasing and name-calling. They're not bad friends, they just get annoying sometimes. Is there a way I can maybe toughen up or something and get them to stop teasing me? It's just a general annoyance, also potentially making me look weak in front of Lucy.

3. I asked Lucy to homecoming a few months ago and we went and had a blast. That's when we really became "friends" (although we don't really talk in person, just text quite a bit). I know that she thinks of me as a friend but she has been talking to another one of her friends that's also my friend about how she wants a boyfriend. What should I do, just wait it out until she wants to date? I don't think I would be able to handle the rejection, seeing as it would be awkward with her after that and I would rather stay a good friend than get rejected and lost contact with her.

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<bot>: I'm a scrawny bitch who got friendzoned, is teased by his friends, and can't handle rejection...