I would say that I "yearned" to be back in his presence, except that I couldn't really say how strong my feelings were for this boy who I had just met some nine weeks ago, and that "yearn" is a word both stupid and inappropriate for describing my stupid, inappropriate, girlish crush.

I'm not really an advocate of young love. I've never really experienced that, and I can't say that I really have a desire to change that (at least not for the sake of changing it). Yet- there's always that stupid "yet"- when I saw him so upset yesterday, I wanted to do something to help him out. He opened up to me, and I struggled to offer anything substantial. I don't think he's really one for advice.