text: I could understand your urge to meet him, but it may not be a good idea. Guessing you met online, it's quite risky going thousands of miles away to some place alone. Now, if you were visiting with your own folks to IL, ask him to visit and meet your family. Never alone! Just to scare you a li'l more: there are plenty of people (older) who'd assume the fake identity of a 15 year old boy, to allure some 16 year old girl from somewhere else to have her visit him. Kidnapping, rape even murders may occur following that. Well, you get the picture. I know this is awful, but this happens, and many a times unfortunately.