Looking for Alaska

The main characters in Looking for Alaska are Miles "Pudge" Halter and Alaska Young. Alaska is a charismatic, young, eccentric individual who doesn`t seem to have a worry in the world. Miles however is a shy teenage boy who is stuck in an awkward phase where he doesn`t have many friends and can`t seem to make any. He makes the rash decision to follow in his father`s footsteps and attend Culver Creek boarding school right outside Birmingham, Alabama. The setting for this novel is in Alabama at a boarding school where Miles meets the intimidating Alaska, who intrigues him. There`s conflict in this story that involves Pudge and Alaska. Pudge is madly in love with Alaska and doesn`t know what to do about his feelings for her since she has a boyfriend. Throughout the book they struggle with their sexual tension. When I was reading this story it reminded me of one of my friends and a boy she liked but didn`t know what to do about it. They would always hang out and liked each other but neither of them wanted to admit it. Nothing ended up happening just like Alaska and Pudge but they both had regrets in the end of the "relationship". Some questions I have are why didn`t Pudge just tell Alaska what his true feelings were?