Hi Hon, Just wanted to add my 2 cents here. I was 16. We had dated for a year before we had sex. We broke up 6mo later but we got back together after 3 yrs apart and have been married/together for 15 years since then. I don't regret it. What I regret is that we were rushed and not prepared so i worried afterward. I have had 2 parts in my life and I married the first one. You have to do what feels right to YOU. If you want to, go ahead, just be prepared. USE PROTECTION. I truly don't see it as out of the ordinary that you want to and you really like him. Is he the kind of man/boy that you can be proud to have been involved with? I think that's a big question, if he is someone that you would be embarrassed to acknowledge then you shouldn't be with him.
Good luck with whatever you choose.