Suggestions?

[Keepin It Classy]

okay well this is kinda embaressing, but hey, none of you personally know me so whatevs. I am 17 and idk i like going out with my friends and stuff but i really don't have guy friends and my girl friends are kinda immature. as i get older and want to hang out with guys all the time and go out they are like "no i wanna play video games." or "that is lame." (Side note: how is wanting to go out and socialize lame?) so anyway i've been helping at school preparing for our homecoming dance this saturday and i met this kid, we will call him James. so he is super nice and funny and cute and nice to me which for some reason i didn't expect. (for some reason i tend to think of the worst in every situation, its a habit i'm trying to break). well we were texting friday night (i had his # bc he is a leader in the project.) asking him a question about setting up for the dance and then we starting getting off track and teasing/being playful. then we found out he knows all these people i used to go to middle school with and lives like a minute away from me. then i said i wonder why we didn't know each other before and he said ikr, whats with that? and so i made a joke about "only talking to cool kids" and whatnot and then said we should hang out if he is on my street (cuz his friends live a few houses down) and then he said yeah we should go to lunch one day (our school lets seniors go off campus) and stuff.
wow thats super long, my bad. but I really don't want to mess this up, whether we just be friends (which i am totally content with) or something more so any advice?
and i can't really ask my friends because they can be mean, judgemental and look down on people who drink/smoke (not that i do but i know/hang out with people that do) and i feel i need a much more mature and accepting input.

i realize this is suuuuper long but pleeeaaaase help!

 

[thenamelessbeast]

(ignoring you posted this on a Disney forum haha) I see your friends are pretty unsocial but that doesnt mean you have to be! My friends are like that so i just have to manage what time i spend with them to what time i spend with girls. Or in your case guys. What id do is talk to this guy a little more and see what happens. You dont know him that well yet so get to know him and if you start feeling attracted just go for it! And if it turns out bad just say we're not meant to be more than friends (in a nicer way than that of course haha) but when it comes to social issues like this you have to kinda way whats best for you and others.

P.S. I know it sounds sexist but usually guys make the first move so dont feel so nervous about having to make a choice to be friends or more now. If he feels it then he'll send signals