Welcome to the forum Hopeless Romantic! May I ask what your real name is? I feel goofy referring to you by your screen name. (James maybe, as in the song?)

I have to admit I started listening with the expectation that I probably wouldn't like it. Not sure why, probably just because I don't know you yet.

But about halfway in I started thinking "WOW you've got some good stuff happening here!"

First of all, I love that your whole premise is a hypothetical question. What better theme for a song than "WHAT IF...?" You could have said most of what you said by coming at it from a variety of directions, but I think this was particularly effective.

Then I love that you answered your own question with a variety of hypothetical possibilities, and how they might play out. Everything about this is consistent with a very young and innocently unbridled perspective, and that lets you off the hook from having to make it more refined.

It totally works as an energetic exercise in youthful imagination.

You took some rhyming liberties, but I don't think you went too far given the theme of a high school kid who I might imagine getting Ds in English on his last report card.

Rhymes I liked:
restaurant - nonchalant
alone - home

favorite line:
"And honk the horn in such a fashion that you’d know was me"

Your use of BIAB to accomplish the song is quite good I think. The production became invisible to me as I focused on your lyrics.

The only nit I would point out is your vocal intonation. You asked about software to help that. Depends on how much money you want to spend. GSNAP is a free plugin that pitch corrects pretty well if you're already pretty close

MELODYNE is the best in my opinion, but its expensive.

Somewhere in between is this: AUTO TUNE PLUGIN

All in all, a very impressive early offering. I look forward to hearing more from you!

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ey71h8ep047758h/AAC12jNM0Hz9Q8zsh5iDeqNHa?dl=0