When I was in high school, I struggled to fit in. After transferring back to the part of the school system I had gone through elementary school in, I didn't really have many friends because the ones I had missed had filled my place with new people. I was sort of an outsider. I made a few new friends, but I couldn't help feeling like I had lost something in the process.

High school made things a lot better as most everyone was split from their friends at one time or another. I still found myself being the one walking behind or in front of the group if the hallway was too narrow, or sitting somewhere else when there wasn't room. I was still the extra person.

I kept a few friends, one I'd had since the first day of Kindergarten (we're still really close). I found a few places to plug into, such as helping create a theatre department at school and focusing on college. I had this idea that when I went to college, I would magically have a million friends that needed me like I needed them. So I sat in classes, not having a friend to talk to like everyone around me did, and counted down the days until I could leave the small town I was in.

Before I even moved on campus, I had friends that I knew were what I was looking for. When I finally got there, I was surrounded by people that loved what I loved and were going through the same thing. Now, I have 72 sisters, and friends everywhere. I still have a few close ones, but I can walk through campus and almost always see someone I know.

High school wasn't my place. That's okay.