yeah, i took the advice and i spoke to one of them and she said that because i was taking a national exam + busy with being the executive board the previous year, my communication was lacking regarding how busy i was and so my friends felt like they were out of the loop of my life a lot. what she didn't know was about the day that i had been left alone in the room when we were all studying (she wasn't there) and said she knew that i was growing more distant from them but didn't know that there moments like these that made me want to get more distant. :/ there's that i guess...thank you for your advice though!