When I learned that the Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas had a teen club, I thought it would be a great opportunity to meet new people and have fun. Since none of them would know me I could be whoever I wanted to be, because how would they know otherwise? I remember picking out my best "clubbing outfit" the first night a really pretty dress, and curling my hair, hoping to magically transform into the outgoing, bubbly, fun girl that everybody wanted to be around.

I received my membership card, and was kind of nervous because I felt like this was really happening. I was left with this blue, plastic cross body which held my photocopied passport picture and information, room key, and membership card. I walked into this big room with booths against the wall with teen magazines on the table, including some of my favorite ones, a counter in the corner which sold drinks, clusters of computers, touch screens on tabletops where you could play games if you wanted to, and private rooms to play video games. The dance floor was in a separate room, but it wasn't open yet, so people either hadn't arrived yet or were killing time in this room.

Knowing no one, I went with my safest bet first, heading for a computer so I could check Facebook. When I was done, I went to one of the booths with the magazines on the table, figuring I could just read some and head up to my room later, as I wasn't going to get that fantasy I'd had of partying it up in the middle of the dance floor surrounded by really fun people who I'd become instant friends with. My booth was next to one of those giant touch screens on the table, which a group of kids sat around playing a game.

As I started to open my magazine, one of the girls around the table called out to me, saying hi and asking if I wanted to join them. I remember saying "Yeah, sure," pulling up a chair and thinking "Thank God!" The girl introduced herself as Christina and said that the other kids around her were people she had just met.

To this day, I'm so grateful Christina had took me in. Had she not, I probably would have spent my nights in my room watching TV instead of living it up with her plus new friends that we made, together. By the end of my week there, I found myself introducing two new girls to people I already knew.

If you ever feel too nervous to approach a group of people or disappointed because you feel you lack qualities you wish you had, just know that you're not alone, and we've all experienced that at some point.