I name strangers too. Josh, by the first picture I saw of him, looked like a Ryan. I have a cousin who could easily be Josh's brother and he's called Raihaan, so Ryan sprung to mind.

Anywhoo. I thought you were a guy aswell, in which case I was gonna say the same as what Josh originally said.

Two years isn't that big a difference, so I guess you could just do what Sleepy suggested. That way, you'd have an excuse to add him on MySpace. It could come up in your conversation and as you're [or he's [whoever goes first]] about to get off, smile and say 'Talk to you on MySpace?'.

You seem really mature for an 8th/9th grader. I think he'll see your personality and not your age. But try not to do the whole talking really loud to see if he notices thing. Some people find that really annoying after a while and it clouds their judgement of you before they get to know you.