My Own Edward

Well I am going to start off saying that this guy has become one of the best friends a girl can ask for. He is so sweet and is always looking out for me. My feelings started out being just purely an attraction to his looks. But as I got to know him I realized it was so much more than that. I decided that I was going to ask him to our schools rendition of a Sadie Hawkins dance. I was so nervous and it turned out that he already knew I was going to ask him and that he had already turned down some other girls so that he could go with me. Of course I did not know that at the time. We went to the dance, he made me feel so special. I could npt have asked for a better date. I was also so worried that afterwards our relationship would end there, but I was dead wrong. The dance ended up moving us closer together and now we talk all the time and sometimes joke around with each other. The other day while in one of our classes, I was not feeling very good and he wanted to cheer me up. He loves to draw and asked me what I should have him draw. I told him that he should draw me and he said that whatever drawing he did could not do me justice. I thought it was extremely cute. So instead I told him he could draw me a picture of a vampire, by the way I love the Twilight books and Edward is the main Vampire in the story. So he drew a vampire while sitting in class, the bubble to the side of his face said, "Jessica let me be your Edward." I went completely red and had to show it to my best friend. I don't know if he meant it literally but I sure hope he did. I really like him, but like other things we are separated by the religion we choose. I am Catholic while he is LDS. I hate the fact that even though we like each other that we can never actually date because of our religions. It is also sad that once I have actually found a guy that shares the same moral values as I do, that I cannot be with him. Do I have to settle for someone that doesn't care about his beliefs or can I go for someone I know has a strong belief in what is right?