Don't judge me from this, I didn't even think this was possible, but I think I fell in love with a character from a book. Yeah, a book character.

I'd rather not say which book because it's an often controversial book and there's been people who have told me that that's what I get for reading a book filled with the evils of magic. I'm a 13 year old guy and I have very few friends because I'm homeschooled. When my first girlfriend broke up with me, I was hurt pretty bad (I suppose that's a given) and I was left yearning for love again. I started reading this book series and I started feeling more and more in love with one character. Quite frankly, the author had engineered a girl who was everything that I wanted. When the book became a movie, that didn't help because it only confirmed that she was beautiful (applause to the actor.) When I finished the series and I had to zap myself back into reality, I felt the exact same way I did when my ex-girlfriend broke up with me.

Did I really fall in love with a book character or am I just even more lonely now that I've figured out exactly what I'm looking for?

I can't go to my parents because when I told them I had a girlfriend they laughed at me and then told me I was too young to understand what love is. The fact that I had a girlfriend became part of many jokes at the dinner table and I was often the butt of them, and though I tried to laugh it off and I finally got through it, I don't want to do it again. I'm afraid that now I'm a year older and they're going to do it all over again, and then this time they're going to give me "The Talk," which I honestly don't want. I already understand and I'm not interested in...that stuff...anyways.