When I was that age and in the 8th grade, I was much more interested in baseball and hanging out at the soda fountain with the guys after the 25-cent Friday Night movie starring John Wayne or Alan Ladd. The thought of a nekid girl wasn't even appealing, much less taking one hostage with a shotgun. What on earth would I have done with such a woman? If she was like most other girls to a 13 year old, she was just another pest to endure until you got out of school.
But in those days, Ike had just been re-elected President, the Soviets had butchered the Hungarian Freedom Fighters, and I was looking forward to getting my Small Game Hunting License the very next year.
It was a different world, in every respect. And dare I say it?... it was a better one in so many ways, and this is not just some reminiscent old codger talking and wishing he had the "chance" way back when...
Guess you were a "late bloomer" :-P