THE CONCRETE BUILDING

Chapter One

Santana Lopez was an average girl. She had thick black hair and dark brown eyes. People looked at her as the bad-ass type of girl. She was always insulting people or pulling mean pranks and jokes on some of the not-so popular girls.

Santana's best friend, Brittany Pierce, was also one of the popular girls. They were in the Cheerios together which was the school's cheerleading team. They were inseperable and did everything together.

Brittany wasn't the smartest teenager on the planet. She was blond with turquois eyes. She was always saying things that didn't make sense. Santana didn't care though, oposites make the best friends right?

One day when Santana and Brittany had gotten done with Cheerios Practice they had decided to stop for ice cream at their local ice cream shop. It was their favorite hang out, other than Breadstix of course.

When they got there they ordered their ice creams and sat down at a picnic table to eat. Suddenly a police officer approached them. He looked serious and not in a kidding-around kind of mood.

"Hello girls. I need to talk to talk to Santana Lopez for a moment. Which of you is her?" the police officer asked.

Santana stepped forward. "I am."

"We'll be right back BrittBritt," Santana whispered, handing Brittany her ice cream so she could go talk to the officer.

The police officer led Santana to a shady spot under an oak tree.

"I don't know how to tell you, but, earlier the police were investigating a murder case when we came across some very 'distinct' evidence."

Santana looked confused. "Why are you telling me this?"

"Well, it turns out that the evidence was another murder victem of the same killer. It has come to my attention that this small girl went by the name of Maggie Lopez. We called her mother and she told me that you were here big sister and I could find you here. She showed me a picture of you from her wallet so I could find you. I'm very sorry I had to break it to you this way. Your mom is down at the Police Station waiting for you. I have been assigned to give you a ride down there.

Santana couldn't answer. Maggie couldn't have been murdered. She was only 10 years old. Tears welled up in her eyes as she started to cry.

"I understand you're upset. Your mom is the same way, but we need you down at the police station soon. I'll give you ten more minutes and then I need you to get in the car to go."

The officer walked back to his car, getting in and sitting in the driver's seat, waiting. Santana couldn't understand why he was so calm. Her world had just gone crashing down. He probably dealt with stuff like this a lot, but he seemed overly peaceful for a murder case.

Santana couldn't help it. She wanted to die. Her sister meant everything to her. She collapsed on the ground in a fit of tears, not caring what the people around her thought.

Brittany could see Santana on the ground. She could tell that something was definitely wrong.

"San? Is everything okay?"

Santana sniffled and then replied, "No Brittany, everything is definitely not okay!"

Brittany sighed. "What did that cop tell you?"

"Brittany, Maggie is dead."