I'm in the same boat basically but I only see him around school I would say to first try to build up your confident with exercising talking to other ppl you may not know we are scared to ask people this first because we are afraid of rejection that is why before you have the guts to ask him learn how to love yourself more then him also Do Not ask him in front of his friends or try not to because he's only going to get scared and not give you the correct answer.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.