[ Singles & Dating ] Open Question : Can I love somebody I've never been with?

[ Singles & Dating ] Open Question : Can I love somebody I've never been
with?

Well I guess I shouldn't be talking about love since I don't really know
what it is. I have been with a couple girls but I have never felt this
feeling I have right now with them. In 9th grade after my girlfriend broke
up with me, I didn't really feel anything like with every girl I'm with,
and then this girl started talking to me. I didn't get it, I didnt even
know this girl but i always have the same blank expression on my face yet
when she talked to me I knew I was smiling. I never asked her out, even
when she made this small little paper heart for me that had her name and
mine on it. Never did. Before 9th grade ended she stopped talking to me
completely ignored me actually. I Have had her for classes over the years
and I acted like I didn't care but I feel like I do care. Every time she
entered the room I had that bored expression but my heart skipped a beat
and I smiled inside. And now in 12th grade when I thought it be the same
she sat right next to me when she could have sat anywhere else I know that
dosent mean anything but she had talked to me and mind was a mess, I didnt
know what to say to her, I studered words. I don't know about the
situation but I know I was smiling inside. And it's weird even till this
day I kept that paper heart with me all this time and I hope I can tell
her that one day... Just wondering if that was love ...probably not.