How can I show I fancy him?

LegacyUser

Hi,
I really like this guy in my dancing class. I'm going to call him Sam. During the year I thought he may of fancied me from a few things, but now I feel like time is running out for that to happen. He's a bit younger than me, so when we finish up classes at the end of April and do the show in May, I won't see Sam until September. And even then, my friends and I don't know if we'll be allowed to stay in that group, because we'll be old enough for the next one.
I'm so shy around people I don't know well, and boys usually - especially boys that I don't know well and fancy! I don't know how to catch his eye and see how he reacts [I've heard that eye contact is meant to show you fancy them or something]. My best friends find the boys in the class quite immature [what can you do? :rolleyes::p] and when I was between the boys and my best friends today [we were waiting for our dance] they actually asked why I was so quiet. It was just because I shy and intimidated and stuff because I was beside the boys like, I'm not that quiet once you get to know me, believe me!

In January, it was one of the boys in the classes birthday, so the next week I asked how his birthday was and we got talking and stuff. We were beside each other in the dance though, and were waiting to start it, so it was easy to talk to him. I didn't have to walk over or anything, I just turned around to face him. I wanted to be friendly towards him, that was all, because nobody seems to talk to him much. It was Sams birthday over this weekend, so because I became alright friends with the boy I talked to first, I figured this might be a great way to start talking to Sam. Only thing is, we aren't beside each other in any of the dances anymore and I'd be too shy and nervous to go upto him. We don't get breaks now, except for when we're doing a dance we're not in. So if someone gets up to walk over to someone they don't usually talk to, its quite "omg"ish. One of the boys sisters is in the class, so she'd be like "eh, what is she doing?" too.
One of my close friends have known one of Sam's friends [I'll name him Aidan] all his life. Literally, they're family friends and she knew his mam when she was pregnant with him. She also knows his other two friends really well [she talks on MSN to them]. It just so happens she doesn't know Sam well, typical! I was thinking that maybe she could mention it to one of his friends, but my friends might think it's a bit out-of-character for me, and how do you bring that up in a conversation? Does anyone have any advice please? I was too shy to tell it to my closest friends I fancied Sam even - I told one who I knew really well and asked her to tell them while I was there.
Sorry, I'm quite an over-explainer. I got 69% in my HL English mocks though.

Go raibh mile maith agat

LegacyUser

Hi Op. Don't worry its perfectly normal to feel shy like that when you're young. I bet that Sam likes you too and he's also too shy to admit it. I was like that too when I was younger. The good news is you grow out of it. I'll probably be castigated for advising a youngster on their love lives but I think you should tell a mutual friend to arrange the hookup. Whats the worst that can happen. If he says no thats no big deal - it happens to everyone eventually and if he says yes its win win. Anyway you'll get such an unbelievable buzz from just asking. I say go for it. Good luck :-)

Victor

Boys are human too.

Consider an end of term "party" where you all (anyone who wants to go) get something to eat and catch a film. The change in atmosphere might break down some of the boundaries.