Friendship Found in an Unexpected Place

As I look around the room at my friends happily participating in the game, I am overwhelmed by a sense of loneliness and longing for someone to notice me

As soon as I have thought this, the new girl I haven’t paid attention to all that much walks up and asks my name and starts a conversation with me.

From then we have continued to talk and I have learned things about her I never would have guessed, like she enjoys horseback riding and has her own horse.

I am very grateful to her for brightening my night and making me feel accepted and welcome, regardless of the fact that I had been going there for ten years longer than her.