little one

she hemmed and hawed, but finally let it out.
she has a boyfriend. this fellow has been in school with her since age 2, and for a while was the bane of her existence.
teasing, twisting the truth, one-upping, schoolyard ignoring or bragging, more teasing.
turns out it was all because he was sweet on her.
she says her heart was all "bouncy" as he was finally telling her how he felt, and she's feeling pretty good about this.
she looked so shy telling me all this.
she's been saying for weeks now that she thought he had a crush on her, and i would ask her what she thought about that.
it seemed to please her.
now she knows, and i told her to take things slow and to play it cool.
this is true dad stuff, and i have some clues. but lots to be nervous about.

i mean, she is 9 and all that.