[TheNewGirl]

You're a teenager? Do you have a job? If not what you need to do is get out there and get a retail sales job in a mall, somewhere where you make commission. This is important because you have to be under pressure to hone your selling (and thus social) skills. These jobs are soul killing, I know but they are also a fantastic machine for taking shy awkward kids and turning them into comfortable and confident extroverts.

And comfortable and confident teenage guys? They're rare. They get chicks.

If you're having one of those conversations that's mostly "Yeahhh" long pause "I know... right" Long pause while she texts her friend who's more interesting then you are cause she is actually participating in that conversation with her while you're standing right there "Oh okay" ... then she's not that into you.

And you're not doing anything to engage her or captivate her attention. You need to get comfortable with yourself, be able to look a girl in the eyes while you're talking to her and not blush when you do it. You need to learn to ask the right questions, draw someone in, not just hold but demand their attention (without being pushy). You need to learn to direct and sustain a conversation. You need to learn to walk up to someone regardless of how nervous or uneasy you feel and say 'Hey. We have X, Y & Z in common. Wanna go get some coffee and talk about them?'

Seriously. High pressure, commission based Retail sales. It will give you a playground to learn all these things and give you some money to take the next chick that comes along out. It'll just cost you a bit of your soul... but you're young you have it to spare. :P