help me
14F. so basically, I have some friends in my class, S N L H K A. But S, N, L, H, K all collectively hate A. In my school, all classrooms have seats in rows like:
[seat][seat]____________[seat][seat]
[seat][seat]____________[seat][seat]
and in my class, I'm the only friend of A. so she always sits with me. but if she sits with me, my other friends won't talk to me, not because they're mad but because they do not physically want to be close with A and they don't want A to hear their conversations. I don't hate A, but I prefer S N H over her.
I am a more empathetic type of person, so I don't think i could unfriend A (because the only way to unfriend A is if I directly say it to her, because she's super bad at social clues so distancing myself from her wouldn't work). and plus, A is also friends with one of my closest friends, R; and often hangs out in R's friend group; so it would make it awkward.
HELP ME 😭. I want to talk to my other friends in class, but A always sits with me.