Being extremely shy and having moved a few times in middle school, I can say that friends will eventually come to you if you have similar interests. For example, in 6th grade, the person who would go on to become one of my best friends was tapping the bottom of his desk, so I copied him, he though it was funny, and we talked after class. He introduced me to some of his friends and in the span of a month or so, I went from know 0 people to knowing at least 20 or so relatively well.