I feel as if I'm at a crossroads and I don't know what to do...friend issues please help?

[Just A Girl]

(This is kind of long and I'm really really sorry but I really need help I promise you this is not boring just please read and tell me what you think)

I'm a sophomore in high school and I've been really close friends with a lot of different people ever since freshman year. The thing is I started high school as a total loser: no friends, no people skills, no nothing. So on the first day of freshman year in a whole different school I sort of pulled my life together and boosted my confidence and in a few months I had more friends than I had ever had in my life and I was really happy.

But I was friends with different groups of people. I was really close friends with different people from all sorts of different groups, like the popular crowd, the stoners, the band geeks, the crazy artists, and a bunch of other people. And the group I hung out with the most was the artsy nerds, who were pretty cool people save for the fact that most of them were obsessed with videogames and anime, which I didn't care much for. But we were all incredibly close friends, and we were honestly kind of one big happy family.

Then this new girl came, let's call her D. D was a crazy and fun-loving person, and she didn't care about videogames or anime and she loved just doing random things with random people. We kind of became really really close friends, but all of my friends in the group I hung out with hated her because they thought she was annoying. So whenever I talked to her my friends kind of hung back and would give me looks. (I learned later that a lot of them were jealous of her because she had so many friends and was so happy and energetic all the time)

So anyway this sophomore year I came back and a lot of things had changed. D is now really popular with a lot of close friends, and all of my friends seem to be turning into weird, strange people that make me wonder why I was ever friends with them. Almost all of them are constantly badgering me over where I'm going since I have so many other friends, and they all seem to have some sort of anxiety issue, which they sometimes take out on me. And whenever they post something on Facebook they tag like all of their friends, including me, and it could just be a random post like "It's raining" and tag like ten people, most likely because they're worried they won't get any likes otherwise. And they aren't good at talking to people so instead they just hug and act crazy all the time, which I'm getting sick of, and the rest of the time they're talking about anime and videogames which unfortunately, as hard as I've tried, I still kind of hate.

I kind of want to just leave that group and move over to D's group except I've been so close to those people for so long and we've gone through so much together and done so much stuff. And maybe things will settle down as the year progresses but right now I'm starting to wonder if I should just find new friends where I can be truly happy.

I don't know. What should I do?

[Dragonheartstring]

You should definitely do what makes you happy.. You shouldnt have to feel obligated to stay with them. Yes, its just you feel like you have to be loyal to them which I understand, but for the most part its okay to be a little selfish. Especially your high school years they are the most memorable and so you should spend them being around people who make you happy