Yes, there is hope for you and with your passion, I'm sure you'll do great :)

Lyrical is a fusion of jazz and ballet and is very similar to contemporary, but contemporary is more movement through your body and not necessarily steps. Lyrical may be a bit challenging to learn without a class or two in ballet and jazz, so if you don't take those classes then just work very hard and ask questions in your class, then practice at home as well.

Contemporary would no be too hard to learn without a class in ballet or jazz because it is movement and not really steps and jumps and turns. Just movement that flows with the music and has a story behind the dance.

It's truely best to take a year of ballet and jazz before lyrical or contemporary or modern for technique purposes, but now-days it's really not required at most studios. Lyricals more ballet-like, whereas contemporary's more jazz-like but there really isn't a right and a wrong in contemporary...so choreographers can do whatever they want, making it harder to learn since some movements may feel awkward since you're not used to dancing really. Modern can swing either way, but typically there's a little bit of African dance thrown into the mix. I would take lyrical before I took contemporary or modern. If you're 17, I would just start with the begining lyrical and maybe take a ballet class at the same time. You may struggle a little bit in the beginning just because of technique and terminology, but you should catch on relatively easily as long as you practice and aren't afraid to ask questions in class.

Good luck and happy dancing :)