Whelp, don't you just hate when someone you like, actually turns out to be straight? Smh.

Prelude- So for a few weeks (I'm in high school), I've been talking to this guy that I've previously seen in a class that I interned for (teacher's aide) last year. Last year, I didn't really take notice of him, since I've only seen his name on rosters and assignments I graded. I never knew this person in my life; although, I may have seen him during Power Hour last year (a period, where you roam around and do whatever during lunch time, for an hour), when I usually returned to finish grading whatever I had started earlier. This year, he's not on any of the rosters, but I do see him and have talked to him, and over the summer requested me on Facebook. I thought he was kinda cute and we started talking, but not in the "I kinda like you" aspect, but more of the "hey, you're a cool guy, lets be friends" kinda way. I saw on his Facebook page, it didn't say he liked any specific gender.Now- Well, today, we were talking before first period on the way to get breakfast and we started talking about something, and he said he's waiting to get with some girl he's wanted to date for a while for whatever reasons he said (I pretty much stopped listening after he spoke of said girl, obviously without his knowledge). Since I've been "friends" or "acquaintances," which ever term you prefer to use, I've been telling myself that more than likely he is straight like the rest and that I shouldn't get too close in that manner to avoid being hurt, like previously. I've done that and it doesn't really hurt too much, because I haven't gotten the chance to be really close to him, although we do have a LOT in common. But I guess, I feel mostly just kind of let down. Obviously, I was hoping for something to work, but I guess it just wasn't in the cards for me and him. Is it normal to feel this way?