fail

It has come to my attention that despite whatever mandates I dictated on our first day of formal acquaintance, my suite mate and I are not best friends. I had my suspicions that this might be the case but she is just so friendly and nice I wasn't able to face the truth. Nevertheless, I attempted to forge a path of friendship today when I asked her if she wanted to go get dinner at the dining hall later tonight yet she told me she had other plans. That's when I realized two things:
A. I am not her best friend
and
B. She already has more friends than I do

Honestly, I can come to terms with not being her best friend. We come from such different worlds, how can I expect our mere shared living space to be a catalyst for best-friendship? What I can't come to terms with is the fact that I have been here 15 days and she has only really been here 5, and she has already gone out to dinner (off campus) with two different friends.

What gives? Should I have brought culturally specific treats from Massachusetts to pass out to people to gain friendships? Is that even why she has all these friends already? Maybe she has secret friend gaining powers. Regardless, if this was a competition (which it just became) I would be losing.