Reminds me of a girl I met at my martial arts gym. Her name was Cass. She was obviously shorter than me and she was def a tomboy.
I thought she was super cute! And pretty.
But I didn't learn she was 20 years old until after I had just begun trying to make small talk with her. Where I mentioned how I lived far away from the gym and she just up and asked if I needed a ride and to only just ask her if I ever needed one.
Which I thought was a really nice thing for her to do, especially since this was our first time meeting one another.
And so next time I did need a ride back I remember I asked her and she obliged. It's worth noting that it almost seemed like she would do that thing some girls do where they almost, make their voice higher pitch? When they talk to someone they like.
And when I was getting into her car I remember she said I was almost like her "unofficial son" and I jokingly called her "mama cass" afterwards because that's what my parents called her when I mentioned her to them after first meeting her.
And to my surprise, she liked that nickname, lol.
I actually hit it off with her on the ride home. We were just talking about what music she liked and stuff.
But the issue is that; A few days later, I remember I had forgotten to ask for her Instagram or Snapchat, so I asked a mutual friend of ours (this dude name Ryland) if he had her Instagram.
And for some weird ass reason Ryland got all defensive and strange about it. Being like "I'm not just gonna give it out for anything". I'm assuming it has something to do with some sorta "girl code" (because Ryland had transitioned to a male a couple years back, but obviously had still lived life as a girl)
So I told him the reason was that I had a crush on Cass, and then he immediately started saying she was too old for me, saying she was 21 (which was weird since the first time I spoke to her wasn't that long ago before this. She must've had her birthday pass in that time) and the age gap was too much. To which I responded by telling him the age of consent in our country is 16 and I'm 17.
But then he said something I obviously couldn't do shit about. Which was that Cass was already in a relationship. And my response at this point was to just say 'Oh Alr' 'Mb' 'Didnt know'
And although all of that IS true since I had no idea she was already taken, I still felt kinda stupid and embarrassed. Because I genuinely thought she liked me back, but she probably just thought of me as a lil jit or something.