Love

I feel love is a thing that needs to be cherished. Like the saying goes: people say hate is a strong word and shouldn't be used but people throw around love like its nothing. Love is something, it's something that grows. It is something that has to be adored. It is something that doesn't just happen. Love takes time to happen. You cant just look at someone and it happens. I know I am only 15 years old but I feel that I have learned a great amount just by observing the mistakes a normal teenager makes. Getting married too young, getting pregnant, saying "I love you" to every single one of your boyfriends/girlfriend's and getting so attached that you get you re heart broken. I think that's why I've stayed away for so long. I never wanted to experience my "first love" until I was old enough to actually understand what that meant.
I'm in a relationship at the moment (my first one ever) and I told myself from the beginning that I wouldn't "fall in love" because I knew I was too young. I've been dating hm for 2 1/2 months and haven't conjured up enough feelings to get close to love. But I'm starting to wonder, what happens if I do start feeling greatly for him? Do I call it love? Puppy love? A great desire for him? Or what?