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"  &amp;quot;I became his super-fan!&amp;quot; &amp;quot;My crush plays football and at the start of the season, he said that he liked having support in the stands. I went to every game, even when it was freezing! One night after a game, he grabbed my hand and said, &amp;#039;Will you go out with me?&amp;#039; He said he never realized I cared for him &amp;#039;that way&amp;#039; until I came to all his games. I was just having fun, but I&amp;#039;m so glad it worked!&amp;quot; \u2014 Maria, 16 &amp;quot;I slipped my nurse a note!&amp;quot; &amp;quot;Last year I had surgery, so I was in the hospital for four days \u2014 and in a lot of pain. When I pushed the nurse call button, the hottest guy nurse walked into my room! He had to start a new IV, and I&amp;#039;m petrified of needle, so he talked to me for 20 minutes to calm me down. After that, he would check on me every day, and on the day I was being discharged, he made a point to come to my room and say goodbye. After I was released, I couldn&amp;#039;t stop thinking about him! So when I went in for my follow-up visit, I put my phone number on a sticky note and left it in his mailbox. He called a few days later. We&amp;#039;ve been inseparable ever since!&amp;quot; \u2014 Karlee, 20 &amp;quot;I wished for my BF \u2014 and found him!&amp;quot; &amp;quot;I used to go to sleep making a list of everything I wanted in a boyfriend: smart, plays piano, loves to read, and British. I didn&amp;#039;t really think I&amp;#039;d find a guy who&amp;#039;d meet the criteria \u2014 but it couldn&amp;#039;t hurt to dream. Then in my senior year economics class, I sat next to a guy I&amp;#039;d never met before who seemed like the complete opposite of my list. He was from Texas, wore cowboy boots, and he&amp;#039;d been in a farming club! But as we kept talking in class, I found out he actually met almost all my qualifications: He played piano, loved to read, and was really smart. We started hanging out more and more, and one day he took me to meet his parents. Imagine my surprise when my very Texan BF introduced me to his British mother! Now I joke with my friends that they should make a list too.&amp;quot; \u2014 Danielle, 19 &amp;quot;I flew to a foreign country!&amp;quot; &amp;quot;My parents grew up in the Dominican Republic, and every few years we&amp;#039;d go back to visit their closest friends. Over the years, I started falling for their son, Raulin. We became really close \u2014 talking all the time over video chat and the phone. One night over the summer, I realized I had to see him to know if our love was real. For the next two days, I emptied my savings, sold off jewelry, and worked as a stand-in cashier to raise the $1,000 I needed to buy a plane ticket. Then I woke my parents up at 2 a.m. to say I was going to the DR \u2014 and needed to be at the airport in two hours. They were furious. But because they knew I&amp;#039;d have a safe place to stay, they decided to let me go. It turned into the best month of my life. Raulin and I went to dinner or walked on the beach, or just stayed home with his family and watched movies. But more important, we realized how in love we really were. The best love gives you the strength to do things that seem impossible.&amp;quot;\u2014 Jaely, 18 Feeling inspired? Try these crazy love dares: *Next time you&amp;#039;re tempted to text your crush, get gutsy and call him! It&amp;#039;s 10 times for gratifying! *Write a flirty &amp;quot;Hey qt!&amp;quot; note on a Post-It and cutely slap it on your guy&amp;#039;s textbook as you leave class. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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