This is really long so sorry but please help? Everyone in my grade has a big science final project due in a couple months that's 10% of our grade and it's really stressful. We can work in groups of 2 or 3 or alone. My friend and I already planned to do it together a few weeks ago and I forgot so I told 2 friends that we would be in a group together. The first friend reminded me about it so I told the other 2 friends I was really sorry and that I totally forgot that I already promised another person. (I thought it wasn't a huge deal because they still have 2 people and we hadn't even started yet). Apparently the 2 friends were talking about how I totally ditched them just because I didn't want to work with them (isn't true at all) and that I'm making up a lie about having already promised the other friend. I don't want them to be mad but I hate confrontation if its bad. What do I do? These 2 also are horrible to work with because all they do is mess around and do everything last minute.
You might want to try talking to them again. You might want your friend to stay out of this. If firmly telling them the truth doesn't help, just ignore them. If it gets completely out of hand, tell an adult, such as a parent, teacher, the principal, etc.
Talk to them