Here's Chapter 7. Enjoy!

Chapter 7

As we continued down the road in the Daimler-Benz taxi, everyone was having their own conversation, and I sat quietly and nervously. Then Luna, who was sitting next to me, says, "Hi, you're gonna love Kadic. It's a good school."

I responded, "Hi, I hope I do." Maybe it won't be so bad, now that I have friends and someone I already know, I thought.

Then the car came to a screeching halt, and then the driver said in his native language, "Nous sommes ici. maintenant sortir de mon taxi, et de ne jamais me parler!" (We're here. Now get out, and never talk to me again!)

I then ask Ulrich, "What did you say to that man to make him angry?"

He then answers, "Ummm, he owed me favor." He then looks at the driver angrily after we removed my bags from the car, then he tore off.

"Here we are! Our home away from home," Odd said loudly.

Aelita then whispers to me, "He's always like that."

I laughed while saying, "I was just about to ask." We walked through a park with a bunch of trees and bushes. Scared, I say, "I'm getting a weird feeling about being in this forest, guys. Are you sure this is the right way to the school?"

Then Jeremy says, "Of course, and if you look over there, there is a manhole cover that will take you to the sewers and… You know what, we'll show you when the time comes."

Then the group smiled at me. Why are they smiling at me? I chuckled and thought. We continued the path to the school, and then we heard a loud ringing. "Umm, what is that?" I asked.

"Hmm, must be a fire drill," Jeremy said.

We made haste to the school and were met by one of the teachers. "Hey! Who is this! Tell me who you are, or you'll be running laps!" the teacher demanded.

"He's a new student. We were actually on our way to Delmas' office to tell him of his arrival," Aelita said.

"Oh…um. Where are you from? What's your name?" he asked.

"Denver, Colorado, and I'm Blaze," I answered.

"Nice to meet you. I'm Jim. I will be your gym teacher. Really? America… I remember when I went to America…but, uhh…I'd rather not talk about it," Jim said.

We continued with our business to find Delmas. After a while of wading through the lake of people, we found him. "Mr. Delmas!" Ulrich yelled to a person. He then turned around and waved to the group. We ran up to him and I introduced myself.

"I'm Blaze, and I will be a student here."

"Who?" he asked and waited a minute. "Oh, the American. After the drill, I'll show you to your room."

I answered back saying, "Okay, thank you."

After a few minutes of waiting and talking to my newly met friends, Jim says on a megaphone, "Okay, now that the drill is over, you will now go back to your classes. And if you're in my class, get running!"

A few students groan and start jogging into the wooded area. Delmas approaches me and says. "First, I'll introduce you to your room, and then get your classes printed up."

"Thank you," I said to him, and then followed him to my room.

Jim yelled to the group and said, "Come on, go to your classes!"

I then stopped and said to Delmas, "I would feel comfortable if my friends came with me."

He mumbled, and then said, "Fine."

I waved to them to follow, and they ran to me. I followed Delmas up a staircase and through a door, as did the group. "Umm, we're full, so you will have to share with someone, actually," Delmas said sadly.

"Oh, I'm fine with that," I said happily. "Who wants me?" I yelled. Everyone raised their hand. Delmas groans. "Since Ulrich and Odd are roomies, and also Yumi, Aelita, and Luna are obviously female, I'll join Jeremy, if he's okay with that?"

Jeremy approved. "Sure, I would be honored."

Delmas said, "Okay, put your stuff in the room and meet me at my office."

"Awesome!" Jeremy and I said together and high-fived.

I followed the group to Delmas' office and knocked at the door to enter. He answered, "Ahh, Blaze, come in, I just got your grades printed off." He hands me the paper with my grades and I was glad with what I saw. "Your first hour will be Biology, second will be French history, and third will be trigonometry, due to your good grades in mathematics. Forth will be English, which should be very easy for you. Fifth will be political science…of France and the European Union. Next will be of your choice, so what'll it be?"

I thought it over. "How 'bout an independent study class?"

Delmas accepted. "Yeah, that will work."

I cheered loudly, and Delmas gave me a scowl. "Sorry," I said as I took my paper and left the office, thanking him. When I closed the door, everyone, including me, cheered in a silent, quiet voice.

"Okay, since you will be in our group, you need to find our hiding place," Aelita said as I listened.

We all went to the park with the high population of trees. "Here it is." Jeremy pointed to a manhole cover.

"Umm, in the sewer?" I asked as everyone went down the ladder.

"Yup, come on. Unless you're scared!" Luna smiled, and then winked.

I instantly blushed and covered my face, hoping she wouldn't see. "N-no, I'm not." I followed her into the sewer, unaware of what would happen next.

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