When you're little you get silly; you whisper to your friends you "like" this boy or girl and tell them not to tell anyone-- later, when one of your friends inevitably tells the class, you blush and try to deny it.

When you're in your teens it's much the same, except now you're too embarrassed to be silly and you really do get angry with your friend for telling.

But crushes are a playful thing; they are supposed to be silly. Don't take them too seriously.

Together, junior high and high school give you a good six (or seven) years to start getting to know yourself. It is a time where you can experiment with who you are, what you like, and what you do. You have a lot of freedoms, one being you can like whoever you want-- and, if you're like most of us, you'll have quite a few crushes before your schooling ends. After all, crushing on different people is part of growing up. You're learning what you like (and don't). It's natural to have feelings for all sorts of characters.

However, just because you have feeling doesn't mean you should act on it. We have many feelings in life that shouldn't be acted on. If you're angry and you feel like killing someone, we all know we shouldn't really kill them. Of course, love isn't murder-- usually, we hope :) Sometimes, though, we forget that just because you get really horny, or really lonely, you don't actually need someone-- and having that someone will not necessarily cure your problem.