"Good Morning Ohio! It's 7am"

-SMACK-

"Stupid alarm" I say as I hit the off button. I lay in bed staring up at the ceiling not wanting to start my day. I usually love the first day of school but this year is different. My dads and I moved over the summer. Not far but my old school is now two hours away and even though I begged and pleaded with them they said I had to transfer. So here I am starting my senior year at McKinley High.

"Sweetie are you up?" I hear my dad say from behind my bedroom door.

"Yes daddy I'm up" I yell back at him.

"Okay good you don't want to be late for your first day" I roll my eyes. I don't want to go to this new school. I'm sure it's not too bad but none of my friends are there and most of all Sara isn't there. Sara has been my best friends since first grade and my girlfriend for a year and a half now. I turn over in bed and see a picture of us on my nightstand. I still remember the day we realized there might be a little more than just a friendship between us. It was the last day of freshman year. We were at my house watching scary movies because Sara is addicted to them. I jumped and curled into her. She laughed and called me a baby and then she just gave me this look like she wanted to tell me something but instead of saying anything she just lean forward and kissed me. Not going to lie I did freak out a bit. I mean common if your best friend who happens to be a girl kissed you wouldn't you freak? Thinking about it now I feel bad for doing that. It was wrong but we did talk and now I couldn't be any happier. She's mine and I'm hers.

"Rachel breakfast is ready" I hear my dad yell. I let out a big sigh as I throw the blankets off of me and sit up in my bed. I reach for my phone checking it like I do every morning and smile when I see Sara's already left me a message.

Sara: "Morning babe. Have a good day at your new school. Love you :)" I love when she sends me good morning texts. They make my day.

Rachel: "Have a good day too. I miss you" I set the phone down and start getting ready. Once I'm done I make my way downstairs where both my dads are sitting around the kitchen table drinking their coffee and reading the paper.

"Morning" I said with a big smile.

"Morning sweetie, hurry up and eat and I'll drive you to school" I nodded and take a seat. After I finish eating I hurry back upstairs to grab my things and then come back downstairs.

"I'll be in the car" I yell as I open the front door and head to the car. I get in and I feel my phone vibrate so I pull it out of my pocket and check it.

Sara: "I miss you too and stop pouting. Smile :)" I roll my eyes and smile.

Rachel: "I wasn't pouting" I send the message just as my dad gets in the car. He starts it up and then proceeds to back out the driveway.

Sara: "Uh huh sure ;) just smile. For me please"

Rachel: ":)" I look up and see my dad pulling up to the curb of my new school. I knew I lived close but I didn't think I lived that close.

Rachel: "I'm here. This place looks awful :/"

Sara: "Stop being a baby I'm sure it's not that bad. Now go make new friends. I love you"

Rachel: "I love you too" I put my phone away and look over at my dad.

"Do I really have to go?"

"I'm afraid so sweetie" I exhale and open the car door. "It won't be that bad" I hear him say as I get out of the car. I wait for him to drive away before I start to make my way into the school. This place isn't all that different from my old school. Everything is pretty much the same except instead of green and white everything is red and white. I hug my binder tightly as I continue looking around. I need to find my locker.

"Hi. You look a little lost can I help you?" I hear a voice say. I turn and see a girl dressed in all black with a beanie on her head smiling at me.

"Hi…yeah I'm new and trying to find my locker"

"What's the number?"

"211"

"Hey you have the locker right next to me. I'm locker 210 come on it's this way" I follow her down the hall and it isn't long before we get to our lockers. "I'm Tina by the way"

"Rachel" I say with a smile.

"Nice to meet you Rachel" And that's when it happened. Something cold and wet hits my face.

"Welcome back losers" I hear as I wipe whatever this stuff is off my face.

"Tina, Tina" I hear a girl's voice say but as I squint to try and see I realize it's a boy that's next to us. "Animals" He yells down the hall. "Come on you two let's get you cleaned up" I feel myself being pulled and before I know I'm in the bathroom.

"I can't believe even as a senior I still got slushied on the first day"

"David's a jerk"

"That…that was a slushie?" I ask confused as I continue to clean myself up. I'm still not sure what just happened. I've never known anyone to throw a slushie at someone.

"Oh my god you're new aren't you?" I nod my head yes.

"Her name is Rachel" I hear Tina say. "I was just showing her, her locker when bam slushie facial"

"Please ignore the giant ape head jocks. They think throwing slushies at people makes them powerful. Kurt Hummel" Kurt extends his hand and I shake it. "I would start bringing an extra pair of clothes to school though. These animals do this whenever they feel like it. It's better to be prepared" Kurt continues to help Tina and I get cleaned up when the door opens and I see three cheerleaders walk in. Great! If the jocks throw slushies I wonder what the cheerleaders throw.

"What the hell are you doing in here princess?" I watch Kurt roll his eyes.

"Oh how I didn't miss you over the summer Santana"

"Oh come on you know you did" I watch this Santana girl look over at Tina and then she looks directly at me and I see her eyebrows narrow in.

"You're…" She starts to say but the blonde cheerleader to her left finishes her sentence.

"Rachel Berry. A transfer student from West Hill"

"How did you know that?" I ask really confused.

"I'm caption of the Cheerios meaning I run this school so it's my job to know everything and everyone including the losers that walk around this place"

"Oh" I say. Wait did she just call me a loser?

"Come on girls let's go" She turns around and starts walking out the door but Santana kind of stands there and stares at me.

"San let's go" I watch Santana shake out of whatever thoughts she was having and walk out the door with the other two cheerleaders.

"Can someone tell me who those girls were?" I ask.

"Well the smart ass was Santana Lopez. Co-Caption of the Cheerios" Kurt says.

"What are Cheerios?" Both Kurt and Tina laugh.

"They're our cheerleaders" Tina says.

"Oh"

"The quite taller blonde with blue eyes was Brittany Pierce. She's the nicest one of the three but is sort of a little... out there"

"Out there?"

"You'll see. Just one piece of advice, do not call her stupid or make her feel stupid. Santana will kill you" I nod my head. Note to self be extra nice to Brittany.

"And lastly there's Quinn Fabray. Caption of the Cheerios and girlfriend of Finn Hudson our "star" quarterback" Kurt says in quotations.

"Is he not good?"

"Girl our whole team isn't good" Tina says with a smile. The three of us exit the bathroom and lucky for me Tina is in my first two classes. During break Tina introduces me to her other two friends Artie and Mercedes. I have Mercedes in my 3rd period and both Kurt and Artie in my 4th. As lunch rolls around I find myself sitting with all the new kids I've met throughout the day. I'm not really sure what they are talking about so I take this opportunity to pull out my phone and send a quick message to Sara since I know she should be at lunch too.

Rachel: "This place is hell"

Sara: "Aww baby I'm sorry. Did you at least make some new friends?" I look up at the group of kids talking around me and shrug.

Rachel: "Yeah I guess"

"Rachel" I hear someone say so I look up. It's Kurt. "What are you doing?" He says in a teasing tone.

"Texting someone" I say with a big smile.

"Is this someone maybe a special someone from your old school?" Kurt says as he wiggles his eyebrows. I laugh.

"Maybe" He smiles and continues his conversation with the other kids. My phone vibrates again but before I go to answer it I lock eyes with Santana. She keeps staring at me with this confused face like she's trying to figure me out. A part of me thinks she wants to beat me later and seeing how she's on the popular side I'm pretty sure that's what's going to happen.

Sara: "Kristi and Mark say Hi"

Rachel: "I really miss you guys"

Rachel: "This cheerleader keeps staring at me :/"

Sara: "Damn babe already getting the girls attention and a CHEERLEADER? Lol"

Rachel: "Doubtful. I think she wants to beat me"

Sara: "WHAT?! Really? I'll be right there"

Rachel: "No. No. I might be wrong. The bell just rang. I'll call you later. I love you"

Sara: "I love you too. Stay out of trouble ;)" I close my phone and get up. Everyone walks me to my class since I don't really know where I'm going and that's when I realized none of them have this class. I'm not going to lie I'm a little nervous. I see there's an open seat in the back and I quickly take it and wait patiently for the rest of my classmates to come in. So far two make that three football players come in at the same time and one of them is coming towards me.

"That's my seat there princess" He tells me with a wink.

"I…umm...okay" I stand up not knowing what else to do.

"Sit down short stack" The football player turns around and I just freeze in place. It's Santana. "I said sit" I immediately sit back down. "Go sit somewhere else Puck"

"No that's my seat"

"I don't see your name on it"

"Well I didn't get a chance to put my name on it yet since princess here is sitting in it"

"I can move it's...it's fine"

"You're not moving" Santana says to me and then looks back at Puck. "Go" The football player just rolls his eyes and walks away, taking a sit with the rest of his friends.

"Thank you" I say softly looking up at Santana who happens to take a seat next to me.

"It took me a while to wrap my head around that fact that it's actually you" She tells me and I give her a confused look. "First grade? Mrs. Harrison's class? Does it ring a bell?" She asks and I just look at her and shake my head no. "I sat with you and Sara" I'm really confused. I mean I remember that class but the girl that sat with us was named Ana. "I went by a different name then?"

"Ana?" I say a little unsure.

"Santana now, no one's called me Ana since first grade other than my mom" She says with a smile. I give her one more look before I realize it is her.

"Oh my god it is you! Where have you been?"

"Here. There."

"Sara told me you died and that I should forget all about you" She just laughs and shakes her head.

"She probably did. How is Sara by the way?"

"Great. A pain sometimes but I've gotten used to it" I say with a smile. I see Santana eyebrows narrow in and then she smiles.

"You two are together aren't you?" My smile fades. How in the world does she know that? I mean it's not a secret. I'm pretty open about it but this is my first day here. I didn't want everyone to know me as the new lesbian girl. "Relax might mouse. I'm not going to tell the school or anything"

"How did you know?" I see her smirk.

"Honestly?" I nod yes. "When we were younger Sara and I used fight about whose wife you were going to be. Looks like she showed me" The teacher walks in and class starts. After listening to a really boring introduction to this class the bell rings and Santana quickly gets up.

"Later Tiny"

"Santana" I call out to her. She turns and nods her head at me. "Sara is coming down this weekend. You should come over so we can all catch up"

"I'll think about it" She says before leaving the classroom. I hurry and grab my stuff. One more class to go I tell myself as I exit the classroom only to be hit with something wet and cold AGAIN. Slushied twice in one day, I don't think I'm ever going to get used to this.