I am 15 years old, but it seems dopamine has the same effect on me as every other member of humanity, because I seem to be in love with a 16 year old girl on my school bus. I thought I would somehow be exempt from the leashes of affection as I am an introvert and do not like socializing or people, but even though I dedicated myself to the pursuit of knowledge, she keeps distracting me. My poetry has metamorphosized from being about humanity to being solely about her. Moreover, my English Creative Writing Coursework included a character based on her. I managed to gain the courage to sit next to her on two occassions, asking her questions I was genuinly interested in such as 'what GCSEs are you doing?', 'what is classical civilisation like?', 'Do you have a favourite artist?' et cetera. This was 6 months ago and I have not been able to talk to her since then, but she is leaving for GCSE study leave in 2 weeks and I want to talk to her again. She will probably be back next year. I was also wondering if it is a good idea to giver her a poem I wrote for her. I realized that I differ from my peers greatly in this matter, since I do not actively pursue relationships for the sake of it, but this has startled me over the school year. If anyone has any advice then I would be grateful.