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See, the problem is, I'm not really sure how to approach her. Should I just act like how I do around my other friends (because I'm defiantly not nervous around them), maybe a little more polite... Plus, ZEROdarkness, I with I was in the same lunch period, but unfortunately, I'm not (that would provide plenty of chances to talk). And on that, please note that I have very limited amount of time to talk. Thanks, nevertheless.

Ok. My first topic was mistakenly placed under flirting, so I figured I might get better advice here. There is this shy girl in my 8th period class who rarely talks at all. I gathered enough courage to talk to her about a test that we took. Since the teacher doesn't like any talking in class, I had to retreat to my desk when the bell rang. Anyway, as you can see, I have a very limited amount of time to talk to her because the only other time I can talk is while we're walking to our lockers, which aren't anywhere near each other. I got her to laugh a tiny bit and she tends to smile when I talk to her, in a friendly way, but I just can't seem to think of a good conversation. I have read many things that advise me to talk about music that we're interested in, but I find it odd walking up to a girl and asking her a random quesiton. After talking to her, and discovering this forum, I found out that many people think that in your first conversation you should introduce yourself (like name). I never did this and I know her name by just listening to her friends say her name. Last of all, I feel nervous when I walk up to her and ......... I just need help on how to get her to talk to me more. I don't really care about asking her out at this time but I just want her to perhaps walk up to me and talk. Any advice would be very helpful.

long legs... buns... I don't really understand how men are extremely attracted to them. I, on the other hand, love a nice smile.

See, I am not planning on asking her out anytime soon at all. I just want us to be able to talk to each other with confidence. In fact, I want to wait maybe even a year+ to ask her out. As I said, I'm not in a rush for a date, just as friends.

That helps pretty well. I have been thinking about asking what middle school she went to because she surely didn't go to mine. Plus, on Tuesday, I asked if she went to this school adventure camp. (there's paintball and a high ropes thing but it cost $50!) She said she didn't because she didn't have the money. I reassured her by telling her that it isn't that great. I believe I heard a laugh but I'm not sure. Anyway, today, I didn't really go talk to her because of two reason. First, I didn't want to sound desperate, talking to her every day at the same time. (before and after class, I can't in the middle) Plus, I did feel a little to shy today.

The problem is, I'm so shy that I find it odd to talk to her for no particular reason. It takes me a while to decide on what I should say. I keep on going over how a conversation should go and by the time I decide, it's to late and I need to sit back down or I have to hurry onto the bus. I just need to overcome my "inablility" (being shy) but I just don't know how!! Please... help me.

There is a shy girl I like very much at this timel. Plus, I'm shy myself, Anyway, the only problem is that it is harder for a shy person to talk to another shy person because they don't know what each other are interested in. Hence the problem I have at this time.

Just last Thursday, (we had Friday off), I gathered up enough courage to talk to this girl at school. The only class I have with her is in History at the end of the day, but in Lang. Arts, she stayed to finish her test. I guessed that she was in honors and I planned to talk to her later that day. I constantly ran over what I'd say. When 8th period came, I approached her and I said her name. First it was too quiet, becuase I'm shy around girls and all around a quiet person. The second time, I said it lounder and she looked at me and smiled. I asked her if she was in honors and she said she was. I asked her how hard the class was because I was thinking about taking it. (I already take honors Geometry and Spanish one year early) She said the test was pretty hard but she didn't really read the book well enough. Now that I have finally said something to her, I feel a little more confident. However, I still need new things to talk to her. The problem is, I don't know much about her, and since she's quiet too, I won't really hear about what she likes to talk about. Any suggestions would be very helpful. P.S. The smile really surprised me.