Hi Laura
I have to say that you are so young to be worrying about things like this. You have the rest of your life in front of you and really should be concentrating on having fun and enjoying yourself, maybe even career or work opportunities. I know that's never what a teenager will want to hear (I have two of my own so have heard my share of teenage wisdom and moans) but please be very careful if you do search online for friends. Not everyone is who or what they say they are. Never arrange to meet anyone unless you take sensible precautions and meet in a public place, tell someone you are going and arrange to ring them or get them to ring you to make sure you are ok. Better still get them to go with you. So many people are cruising for young girls just like you and it is not a nice fact that many of them are only after one thing or worse.
Try and take it slow, think about other things, find a new hobby or take up a sport and forget about romance and love for a while and instead develop yourself and your interests and I bet before long someone will turn up

Sometimes when we want something so bad we make ourselves look desperate and put people off by making them scared that we are too after a steady relationship rather than letting things take their natural course. Smile and make friends and soon everyone will be smiling with you
