[quote=Nightrunner]
Just for some background, I'm a teenage Mexican boy who lives in America, is fifteen years old, highly analytical and sarcastic, technically a genius, allegedly rebellious, apparently suave, something of a 'hipster', and an introvert.What's bothering me is assorted girl troubles. On the one hand, I met a girl who is absolutely extraordinary. She is smart, gorgeous, fun, shares a similar background, musical taste, and social position with me. Plus, in an odd twist of fate, she and I share a name. But, I found out that she had a boyfriend after we'd been talking/flirting for two days straight 'til bed. And on top of that, she may be dying. So... there's that.And, another girl I know is smart and pretty, though she is in no way a consolation for the aforementioned girl, I do actually like her. Her friends have been trying to set me up with her for the majority of the school year and, because I'm kinda shy about genuine affection, I've never taken a chance and asked her out. After basically being cornered in class on Friday, I was pressured to 'make a move'. Apparently someone thought I already had because I heard a rumor that had went around that we had just become a couple, when ironically I was planning on asking her in the very class period I'd heard the rumor. So I held off on actually asking her for the weekend. But now I'm unsure of what my next move should be.
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I could respond with the typical "Follow your heart", but I know from experience just going on your emotions alone get's you stuck in terrible situations and causes people to make mistakes far too often.

So instead I'll say "Do what you feel is right, where both your head and heart agree".
If you do something you're not happy with doing, it's going to haunt you, eat away at you and you won't be happy.
If you do something you know is entirely illogical, you're going to get in a terrible mess for not thinking thing's through clearly.

You might need to take some time to truly reflect and think about what to do.
That's fine, take your time. If the person really care's for you they'll be willing to wait.

In the end though, any choice/decision that's not your own decision is one you're going to regret doing.
So the best you can do is to think it through and evaluate the situation well enough to come to the best decision both logically and emotionally you can make for yourself.