Is it normal to still like her
I've liked some girl since elementary school, and at the time i think she knew i liked her, we would talk and tease eachother often. A couple years later, in middle school, the first day of the new year, i was surprised to see she wasn't in a class i knew she would be in. I later found out that she had skipped a grade and was going to a different school. I thought about her almost every day for a really long time, probably too long. I had a ton of dreams about her, but all of them were us just talking and hanging out, nothing more. This year i finally mustered up the courage to contact her, and we've been sending each other a message every week or so. One week i told her about all the stuff i was going through with her and she told me she didn't want a relationship but still wanted to talk. So even after that we've been talking, but i can't stop thinking about her and i feel like its been way to long for me to still like her. I would really like to just ask her out but i already know what her answer would be. It doesn't help that she's way out of my league, my looks are hardly average if that, i can barely get B's in school, and my sense of humor would only impress a twelve year old. Is it normal to still like this girl, after all these years and knowing that nothing will likely come from our weekly messages?