is it okay

It is okay to fall in love with and and to admire a person regardless of age doing so does not make you a freak, strange or unusual. but you do need to keep in mind that this is a very young CHILD that you're referring to and it's NOT okay to act in any way on your emotions. It may be necessary to distance yourself from her untill she is of the age of concent and old enough to understand her own feelings. You are only seventeen and are only beginning to realize who you are and what you want, the last thing you want is to end up in jail