Awww Vale.
I have that same problem, with meeting new friends and all of that. I don't have many friends either. And the AMAZING friends that I do have live so far away from me...
I think that sometimes everyone feels lonely at one point of their lives, I know that I have felt lonely a lot of times before. And it's hard sometimes knowing if your friends that you do have, really are true friends. I know that with some of my friends at school, sometimes I feel awkward with them, or feel like they'll think I'm stupid if I say this or that. And it's like...the friendships that I do have in school, are more casual than anything. I think it's ironic how my friends who live near me don't really know how I feel about things, or what troubles I do have at home or whereever, but the friends I have who don't live near me do. It's like I'm more open to the friends who don't live near me than the ones who do.
Idk why...I guess I just feel awkward expressing my feelings out to other people, I tend to keep all my problems hiden inside. It's like the friends I have don't really know the true me sometimes. We joke around about stuff at school, but never really have serious conversations.
But the thing is, is that we all feel like we're alone sometimes and I remember this one time in eighth grade I "dated" this boy named Danny, but we felt so awkward near each other, and we barely talked to each other at all...it was just...really weird. It only lasted about a week, because I "broke up with him" xD I really don't consider him my first boyfriend. I've never had a boyfriend.
Anyway....I hope that you feel better and that your friendships work out. =)