Pretty much. Go for guys your age. Because the problem with the first two years of high school is all the girls want older guys, and all the guys go for the girls their age (although not all the time).
I made it sound like a had this amazing life, and I decided I couldn't play that card anymore so I told him the truth, about my mom, about being beat, running away, he told me I should have been honest from the start when things were going so well, but then now I've been dropped Its driving me crazy!