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Look, I'm a sophomore in highschool (yes it states im like 18 but i can't change it back to my real age soo), but haven't made any friends my age yet. The only people I've hung out with are seniors. Is that weird? Should i try making more friends my age? Why are they even hanging out with me XD I feel special hahaha

We're both seniors in high school, FYI. He's Middle-Eastern and I'm African.

Without going into too much detail, we had one class freshman year and everything has gone downhill since. I can't move on. I've tried so hard to just forget him and progress with high school but it's pretty hard when I see him almost every day and his friends/acquaintances had/have classes with me over the years. Every time I say the next time I see him I'll just ignore him but I end up staring at him and my heart beats twice as fast and my head turns to mush and I either act clumsy as hell or overdo things and after he's gone I wonder why I acted like such an idiot.
He's arrogant, annoying, conceited and can be an asshole at times. He (and I) has a sense of dark humor. He doesn't have a lot of redeeming qualities (as far as I know anyway, who knows? We aren't 14/15 anymore) but I do like the ones he has... he can be kind, respectful, helpful and sweet (in a weird kind of way).
I care about him so much it hurts. Every time I look into his eyes and he looks back I can't help but look away because it's so intense. Last year we would cross paths at least once everyday and we would always look at each other. This year, we drive to school and even though I arrive before him he still parks around me.
I'm in like, 3 after school events/activities (since sophomore year) to get my mind off him. I'm glad I joined them, I have a lot of fun. We cross paths. Neither of us say anything (me because I'm scared and him because he "doesn't care"). I know everyone reading this is thinking, "You have your whole life ahead of you!", "You're 17..." , "It's just a high school crush," and "You're going off to college next year and you'll forget about him." I know but should I really leave it off like this? My last moments of him at graduation after taking my diploma pretending he doesn't exist, like always? I want to try, I really do. But I'm so scared of rejection. I think he knows but I'm not 100%. Any ideas?

I'm a sophomore in high school. There's a senior I have a bit of a crush on and am thinking of asking out, although after I get to know him a bit more, as I don't know him too well right now. Is that age gap bad? Is it not a good idea to possibly start something when after this school year he'll be starting college, meanwhile I'll have two years of high school left?