Becoming a Nashville Predator

Chapter 10

Rachael's POV
"There you go sweetie." The receptionist says to me
"Thank you, can you tell me where my first class is?" I ask. Just then, a girl with brown hair and green eyes walk out of the guidance office.
"Hey Mrs. Adkins. How are you?" The girl says
"Hello Juli, I'm doing fantastic. How about yourself?" Mrs. Adkins says back
"Well, I just got my first block changed to AP History. So, I'm doing awesome!" The girl says cheerfully
"Well isn't that just wonderful. You have the same first block as this young lady. She just moved here from Sweden, do you think you can show her where her locker and all of her classes are for me?" Mrs. Adkins' asks the girl
"No problem. Hello, my name is Juliann. Everyone calls me Juli, what's your name?" Juli asks
"My name is Rachael. It's nice to meet you." I say with a smile as I shake her hand
"It's nice to meet you too." She returns the smile
"Well, let me show you where your locker and all of your classes are." She says happily. We walk out of the office.
"Thank you for being so nice, I didn't think anyone would like me because they would think I was weird." I say nervously
"Well, you don't have to worry about that with me. I'm weird too hah, or at least that's what people say about me. So I don't judge people like others." She says sincerely
"Well, thank you anyways." I say to her
"No problem. So, what are your other classes?" She asks me
"AP History, then honors biology, then honors English 2, then honors geometry." I say to her
"You have all of the same classes as me!" She exclaims
"That's awesome." I say
We walk down a hallway and then take a right.
"Well, this is your locker." She said pointing to it. I open up my backpack to get my combination and my books out.
"Here let me help you." She says
"Thank you so much." I say. Juli takes the books out of my hands so I can put my combination in. I couldn't open it at first so Juli opens it for me. We put my books in my locker and I make sure to grab my book for first block.
"While we wait for class, we usually go hang out in the cafeteria or the gym. I'm gonna go ahead and show you where all of your classes are, then I'm gonna take you to our first block so you can meet the teacher." She says
"Okay, sounds good to me." I say with a smile
We walk to my biology class, then English, then geometry. After that we walked to our first block to meet the teacher before the rest of my classmates get there.
"Hey Mrs. Tanner, how are you?" Juli says
"Hello Juli, I'm doing just fine. How are you?" The teacher replies
"I'm doing even better now. I just got switched into your class, and I am introducing you to Rachael. She just moved here from Sweden and this is her first block too." Juli says as she looks at me
"Well hello, Rachael. I am Mrs. Tanner, I am very glad to have you in my class." Mrs. Tanner says
"I am very glad to be here. But can I ask you something in private?" I say to Mrs. Tanner
"Yes of course." Mrs. Tanner gestures for Juli to step out in the hallway for a moment
"Is there something you want to talk about Rachael?" Mrs. Tanner asks
"Yes. When you introduce me to the class, would it be to much to ask if you don't tell them my last name?" I ask nervously
"Not at all, but may I ask why?" She asks
"Well the reason I moved here is because my brother, Filip Forsberg, just got accepted into the NHL. I don't want people just to hang out with me because my brother is on the predators hockey team." I say shyly
"Oh, then your secret is safe with me." Mrs. Tanner says to me as she winks
"Thank you." I say gratefully
"I'm going to go get Juli now hah." I laugh. I walk outside of the classroom and tell Juli that we were done.
"What did you ask her?" She asks curiously
"Oh, it was nothing." I say nervously
"Alright then. Well, I guess we can just walk around the school until class starts." She says
"Alright, let's do it." I reply. The next ten minutes is us walking around the hallway, and her telling me who everyone is.
"That's Katie, she is a cheerleader here, I really don't like her. Then again, I really don't like any of the cheerleaders here." Juli says
"Yeah, they are all really preppy hah." I laugh
"Well, we have two minutes until class starts, so let's go ahead and start heading back." She says
"Okay." I say back. We arrive in the classroom a minute later and the bell rings as we sit down.
"Okay kids, before we get started, I wanted to introduce you to our new classmate. Everyone, this is Rachael." She says with a smile. No
one really says 'hi' but they all kind of smile at me. Man, I really hope they like me.