Is it normal to have feelings for your best friend?
I'm a 17 yr old girl, I live in a very religiously strict community, the kind where boys and girls are segregated in most aspects of society.
Despite that, my best friend is a guy, we've known each other for 2 years now. But our relationship is sort of different; we flirt a lot, we have pet names for each other, he even introduces me as his wife (jokingly) to people I don't know.
But recently, we did something really stupid (we took his dad's car for a joy ride and got a little drunk), and we got caught. My parents being really strict and all banned me from seeing him or even going out of the house, and took my phone away.
And now it's been 2 weeks since we've talked (we usually talk every day and call each other before we sleep) and I feel this terrible void inside, like I can't stand being away from him. Is it normal?
p.s: He has a girlfriend but they're not serious