Out to some, homophobic friends and starting a gay relationship, what do I do?

[Dino]

I’m 17 years old and recently came out as gay to four best friends and my parents.
The support has been unbelievable. But I have some other worries.

Two other best friends are homophobic. One is a guy and is religious. He says that he accepts gay people, but not people who “act upon it” and that they will go to hell. The other has been my friend since primary school, and she says that she doesn’t agree with gay people and they should be locked up.

Also there is someone I like. He was in the year above at my high school. I don’t know him very well though. But he is exactly the type of guy I’d want to be in a relationship with. He’s not in your face and from facebook pics, he seems a really nice guy. He's the first gay guy, real or a celebrity, that I have fallen for. I also follow him on twitter and he tweeted a couple of months ago “I want a relationship.” My four best friends who know said that I should go for it. I’m in my last year of high school and he works at my local supermarket. But there is another problem. My mum works with him. She thinks he’s really nice and agrees with me that he is not in your face. TBH I’ve been hinting my feelings to her but she hasn’t caught on at all. Plus I’ve only ever spoken to him briefly once and my friends are telling me to try and get to know him as friends first before I ask him out.

How should I do that as I only see him at work?

I’m really low at the moment, as my two best friends don’t know and I feel a relationship with this guy would make me more happy but there are major complications.

I know this is a bit of a broad question and I apologise for that, but what should I do?