Dear Auntie Kate:

Dear GT,

Fourteen is such a lovely age to be. And a crush at fourteen is just the most delicious thing to experience. GT, if I were you I would just hang out with your cousin until his desires and hormones got the better of him and he couldn't resist your charms.

You seem to be quite articulate and well spoken for fourteen. It's nice  that literacy, sensitivity and intelligence haven't disappeared.

Don't you worry dear, if you continue to be around with each other sooner or  later your mutual affection will leak out despite his reluctance. It's just a little inhibition to get over. Trust me dear, if you are as lovely as you write he will get over it.

Oh yes, if you would like to encourage him without being too forward or openly inviting, do physical things together. Sports, dances, long walks and hikes, an evening at the beach would be good. He knows you like him, his instincts will sooner or later (I bet sooner) let him know that you are ready for more intimate physical things. Choose activities where you have some privacy, but the focus of the activity is physical. That would be a lovely finesse dear, a much more subtle and clean seduction than using typical feminine wiles. Nothing like a health physical glow to reel in the catch.

Don't worry love, you have a long life ahead and a permanent relationship with this young fellow. A little tiff over a kiss or two could spoil a week, maybe even a month, but not a lifelong relationship.
 

Bon chance cherie!
 

Aunt Kate