Should I keep musing about him?

I live in Africa (I’m an african) and I met this american white guy when I was 14. He was only visiting the school I was at then. I really liked this guy but then, one of his african friends became interested in me. I really hated it because I wasn’t interested in him at all.
It was obvious the african guy made it known to his pals that he was interested in me because they would tease him whenever I was around(my crush inclusive)!
I think the guy I liked acted nervous when I was around however – he giggled in weird ways for example. Apparently, he seemed to be in such a hurry to make his friend and I a ‘couple’ because whenever he saw me, he’d edge his friend to approach me – it was obvious.
The white guy left after a while and we never ever got to say a word to each other. His african friend, who I rebuffed (politely) got to be just a friend thereafter.
There were times when I caught him staring at me and that, some people say, shows that a guy likes you. The problem is, he never talked to me. It is also said that white guys usually assume black girls wouldn’t be interested so maybe that’s what happened. Still, even if he liked me, there wasn’t much he could really do coz his childhood friend (he had been living in Africa before) was ‘eyeing’ me.
I’m very shy and hardly spend time socialising so I mostly avoided being around these guys.
I’ve googled him and found out a couple of facts about him – he’s about a year older than me and he’s on facebook but I won’t contact him myself coz I don’t know what he thinks/thought of me.
I’m not challenged anyhow – I often get compliments of how beautiful I am. I’m only 5’2” though (he’s 5’10” – if height has got anything to do with this)... I just need to be sure that I’m not wasting my time.
I just turned seventeen and still think of him as my “soulmate” for the sole reason that my heart told me he was the `one` when I first saw him. We’ve never had any form of contact since he left and it hit me that I might just be thinking and fantasizing about someone who has never cared.
Maybe, he speculates that his friend and I got into a relationship and that he has no chance…
I know there are bigger questions like if there’s a possibility that we will ever meet again.
Thanks all