I've been out of high school for over five years (OMG I just realized that) When I went in I had a completely different group of friends than when I left. There are so many more people and it's natural for some friends to grow apart. I remember freshman year being really hard social wise. It might be a blessing in disguise that your friends went to another school. It will force you to make new friends without the safety netting of an existing group.

Here is a little bit of wisdom I took with me though. I'm not bragging (I'm a little bit older now and social groups are way different) but I was part of the conventionally popular group. I wasn't at first. I spent most of my freshman and sophomore years with my boyfriend (yes the same one I have now ) Then Junior and Senior year I became part of the social elite of high school life. At the time it was great and I remember one of the girls telling me, "Diana, people try years to be part of this group and you just walked in and everyone loves you." At the time I thought it was great, but now looking back that is really crappy. The truth is I never tried to be part of that group and still talked to everyone I was friends with despite social groups. I took from that memory pride. Just be yourself and you will make friends. And the ones that make comments like that ^, even though she was a really nice person to me, are not worth the time in the long run.

BTW, of all those "popular" people I knew in high school I only talk to the guys still. The girls ended up being to superficial and petty, but like I said weren’t bad people all in all. Out of junior high, high school, and college the best friends were the ones I made in high school.