My crush is now dating a girl he never speaks to and basically ignores, is this normal for young teens?

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My crush is pretty flirty with me - I’m the only girl he talks to in class, he stares at me, tries to get really close to me, smiles a lot when we’re talking likes he’s so happy to be around me, tries to make me laugh.

About a month ago he mentioned liking this girl, but I thought it was so weird because he rarely speaks to her and they sit right next to each other in a class where we can talk a lot. He even moves his chair farther away from her in class (we have assigned seats) and closer to me. I don’t think he knew that I liked him at this point, but I’ve tried to give him subtle signs since.

We went on a field trip last week and he was always trying to be with me, talking to me, standing close to me while walking everywhere (like arms touching at times), making me laugh, it felt like we were “together” the entire time. If I had seen two people like us I would have thought they were together. He maybe spoke to her 3 times the entire day and we were in the same small group. After this I thought for sure any feelings he may have had for her had passed if they ever existed and same for hers.

Today in class, they didn’t speak at all, but he spoke to me happily as usual. They didn’t walk into class together or out together, nothing, no interaction. So I was shocked when I found out from a friend after school that they’re now dating and have been for a few days!

Why do you think this is? Is this typical behavior for young teenage relationships right now, to not speak at all, but date anyway?

My crush is now dating a girl he never speaks to and basically ignores, is this normal for young teens?
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