Now she’s annoyed at me. I hadn’t shown her I cared in the slightest, and I don’t know how to go back on what’s been

Mrs. Sefson’s halfway through explaining the activity when she notices me on my own.
“Ashira, you don’t have a partner? Never mind, just join a group.”
Oh, joy.
I stand up, trying to look confident and nonchalant, but like hello, Mrs. Just-Join-a-Group Teacher, can’t you just make things even more awkward by pointing out to everyone that I’m friendless? And now what, march up to a pair and ask them to let me join?
I’m not joining Tammy and Fraida, that’s for sure.
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