crushing
"After all, unrequited crushing is like batting a piñata at a child's birthday party, to get the sweet stuff, you have to be willing to spin around blindfolded and look like an idiot."
"Relationships require hard work, but crushing is like sending your mind on spring break. #2: You Get A Tingly Feeling When You See Him: You know the way you get when your crush sits so close to you during the school assembly that you can practically see every single sexy blink of his eyes and every cute criggle of his mouth as he talks?"
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