I'm 16, and in the 11th grade, and I now have a crush on a 17 year old girl who is in the 11th grade... problem is, her religious parents won't let her talk to boys..... although, I don't think she follows that rule, because when I say "Hi, how are you?" to her, she always responds with, "I'm good, how are you," and talks a little bit, but if I try talking more than a little bit she ends up avoiding me, like when I asked if I could play catch with her and her friend, and she pretended she was leaving the Istanbul center (but she actually stayed for hours), and when she made up the lame excuse that she can't talk to me because im a boy and shes religious, just because i made an awkward joke about my beard, after talking to her friend for awhile..... what should I do? should I just continue to talk to her only a little bit, suppress my feelings for her and wait until we're in college and she actually starts courting, or try to fight my awkwardness as best i can? even if i did the latter, im usually not even sure what im doing wrong..... also, i rarely see her, since we go to different schools.... i only see her at my mosque/turkish cultural center, so distance is another issue...what should I do?