Does I maybe have a chance with him?

I’m usually into the more popular guys, and they all turn out to be huge jerks that only care about themselves,but now I like this one boy, hes a smart guy, , he is so cute and I really like him. He is friends with one of my best friends, and I’ve hung out around him at lunch, he laughs at my jokes even when there not funny and no one else is laughing, and stuff like that , (: He seems to get a smile on his face when I talk to him. He is very sweet. He is kind of shy, and so am I. We’ve talked a little, but I mean very little. I was wondering what you guys think, do I even have a chance, should I tell him I like him, have my friend tell him, forget it, or get to know him a little more first…

oh yesterday at lunch we were like looking at eachother and then id see him looking at me and id look away and then like once we just like looked at eachother for like 3 seconds, like right at eachother. annd then today he like did something funny, and I saw him and like I wasnt part of it and he was like laughing but the whole time he was looking at me lol just thought id at that(:

oh and I try to talk to my friend that knows him about it and she dosent seem to care so I cant really get her help, but she did tell me he is allowed to date and dose not have a girlfriend

oh im a freshman in highschool, so is he