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Is it better to be alone or with friends that don't really help you or lead you into trouble. That's where I am in high school and my friends lowkey don't care that much about me. But if I stop hanging out with them, I'll literally have nobody to chill with.

I get good grades and they couldn'tcare less about theirs, they try to get me into troublesome things, but they are still cool people to chill with.

I enjoy chilling with them though and I dont wanna go look for other "smart, hard working kids" because they are lowkey boring and weird lol, always talking about games and crap and overachieving (no hate for them).

Here's a shortened version of the story.

Basically, in my city there's a high school facebook page for love letters, mainly for shitposting or actual love letters to people, as well as some self-advertisements and looking for> posts (basically high school tinder). I made a (anonymous for obvious reason) submission, posting about myself and what I was looking for. I got quite a few responses (comments/react if you're seriously interested) but there was only 1 girl who actually caught my attention. I have very little mutual friends with her (only 1 mutual friend who I actually properly know irl), but I thought she was beautiful (honestly is, won't leak her insta but quite popular as hell from what is seems). I went on her profile and we do have some common interests, but I also realize she's usually only hanging out with girls. I haven't messaged her yet because I was still thinking about it and I don't exactly have much to lose, but I want to know the best approach. Any tips on this? (I'm 17, she's turning 17 soon)

Personally, I'm "popular" but only to some extent (lots of people know me because I'm in a lot of social groups but they don't exactly know me very well). I think I'm a solid 7-8/10 in terms of looks and financially stable (for a high school student). What're your opinions on this, should I even bother trying?