Hi, my name is Jake ***** edited out last name for their protection *** and I'm a fifteen year old high school student. I have deep feelings for a girl in my class and I don't know if I should try ignoring my feelings or follow them and tell her how I feel.But even if I should tell her how I feel, I don't know how. We've been friends for around two years now but that's what makes it so difficult. We rarely ever talk to each other unless it's a 30 second conversation about exams and that sort of thing. She is always with her friends with whom I'm acquainted but never speak to. My friends are also always near my side as I am at theirs but most of my friends seem to dislike and one even seems to hate her because she's "weird" or ,as one of them said, "b****y":confused: . I'm also very nervous when talking about or expressing personal feelings towards an individual (as most people are) and if I were to tell her my feelings, not only is there the chance that she will decline them but I would also have to confess to her in front of her friends, my friends and anyone else nearby. I've always had trouble when speaking about such matters in a crowded area and I can't help but think that either my words would get stuck in my throat and never reach her or that my feelings for her would spread around the students in my year like wildfire, thus making me the centre of their irritatingly nosy attentions like I was all the way through primary school. Whenever I think about her and even as I'm typing this my heart starts to burn and I can't get her out of my head. Please tell me if I should confess to her or not and if I should, could you also put suggestions as to how I should go about doing it. Thank you for taking the time to read this. She is also the best friend of a girl whom I had a crush on and confessed to 3 years ago. This just adds to the problems:( .

