I see your point Moose, but it's different for me. Where I live, there's NO social hangout place or any place in general to go to meet friends. You'll need to drive to get anywhere, so that's why people date instead of friendship, because we get to see our friends very little. (a MAJOR reason why drugs are so bad here, there's nothing else to do!).
Moose, if I were you, I'd be soiling my pants to "come into contact" with your female friend. Of course I have some female friends, but none I'd consider dating. Well... maybe a few

. *thinks about female friend that sits in front of Warren in math class, knows that he does not get nervous when talking to her...and that she's DAMN sexy, but her IQ is a little low... and she's a year older than him... and... naw, no chance, she's good enough to get any guy she wants, but drooling continues*
OH!! I almost forgot!! In biology class today, we had a substitute, and he passed around a sheet to sign for attendence, and when I got it, a girl I know somewhat well, said, "oh Warren, can you sign my name on it, I missed it!", so I did, I put her first name, which I knew how to spell, but the last name was way too hard, so I guessed sounding out the letters and kind of getting it. She giggled and said "ah, how sweet, I love you Warren." I just smiled. The way she said it was like, she was trying to make it sound funny, but she knows deep down that she meant it, but that's just how it sounded, and what I
hope it meant. The other day, I was walking down the hall with some other people, and this girl (who I know) came up to me and said "Warren, you're so sexy!", but then she fell on the ground, obviously stoned, so I don't think that one counted, darn!