Then you get a dance with a cute boy anyways since this is a party and he's not likely to turn you down, then we can comfort each other about our respective unrequited crushes.

[She begins adding in directional movement, slowly turning them around like a chessboard.]

...something like this... it's an illusion that only becomes real when both sides believe in it. Until then, and until you know the other person believes, it's just an illusion.

So if you want to turn your feelings into more than an illusion, something that you can touch and feel... you need to take a risk and see. See if he can see the same illusion as you. Until then, it'll forever remain insubstantial.