Wow, so I thank you guys for the support on this story. It's only been posted a little longer than a day and it's doing really well, much better in the review department than my other story. *BACKLASH* THANKS! (also, I am not actually from Cali, so please forgive me if I am way off with any descriptions; I am using maps and crime statistics to help further the story)

(Edit: I was half-asleep when i wrote this so i totally forgot i sent Beth to Judy's house to visit and then killed her this chapter so i took that part out. Judy is still alive haha thanks to the person who pointed it out!)

Chapter 2

Quinn and Brittany spent close to two hours at the Ground Zero Coffee House getting to know each other. Brittany had learned that Quinn had spent most of her life living in California with her mother. Her father had cheated on his wife and once Judy had found out, she had taken a four year old Quinn out of the house and filed for divorce. She moved out to California from Arizona and had gotten a job at a law firm. Quinn beamed whenever she spoke of her mother. She was her rock.

She also learned that when Quinn was only nineteen, she had a child with her now ex-boyfriend, Puck. Quinn mentioned that she should meet Beth one day, that her daughter loved meeting new people. Brittany smiled at the thought. She thought Quinn was a very nice person and looked forward to seeing more of the girl.

In return, Quinn learned that Brittany spent most of her childhood living in Lima, Ohio with her parents and younger sister, Melanie. Brittany told her about high school and how she had been part of the nationally acclaimed cheerleading squad, the Cheerios, and a member of their high school glee club. When Quinn asked what brought her to California, Brittany told her about her two best friends, Rachel and Sam getting great scholarships to come to USC and how she couldn't bear going to school without them.

Quinn had received a phone call from her best friend, and excused herself to take the call. Brittany responded to a text that Rachel had sent twenty minutes ago about meeting for a lunch with Sam. She told them she'd meet them in twenty minutes.

Quinn came back and apologized to Brittany, telling her that she had to go, but wrote down her number before she left. Brittany waved goodbye and headed to the Pizza Hut down the road from Park Campus. She noticed Sam and Rachel sitting down at a booth in the corner, so she made her way towards them.

"Hey guys," Brittany greeted.

Sam shifted to the end of the booth for Brittany to sit. "So Brittany how was your first class?" He asked as she sat down.

"Well class let out really early, so it went pretty well," she answered. "I have another class at 2. What about you guys, when are your first classes?"

"I don't start until tomorrow," Rachel told her. "Sam?"

"I have two classes this afternoon before football practice," he told them. "I've heard my teachers are pretty nice, which is good considering I'll find out soon if I'm starting at quarterback." He took a sip of his coke.

"I hope you start, that would be awesome!" Brittany smiled. She was proud of her friend.

Sam had competed for three years for the quarterback position at McKinley High School. Rachel's ex-boyfriend, Finn Hudson was the starting quarterback their freshman year, but Sam had taken over the reins early in the season when Finn got hurt. After a few winning games, Sam was officially named starter, even after Finn healed. Every season after, the fight for starter had gotten worse. Sam always won out and eventually received a scholarship to play at USC while Finn decided to stay in Lima to play in junior college.

"Rachel, have you heard about the auditions for the fall theater festival?" Sam asked. Rachel nodded.

"Of course, I cannot wait to display my talents. I've decided this year I would audition with a tribute to West Side Story and my lifelong inspiration, Maria," she said smiling. Brittany rolled her eyes at her best friend. She was definitely star crazy.

She had met Rachel in the second grade. Rachel, Sam and Finn were in her class and immediately their group came together. Rachel not only loved the arts, Rachel was the arts. She would spend every moment she could singing, dancing, acting; you name it she does it. When high school rolled around, Rachel had gotten Brittany to join glee club. She knew that Brittany loved to dance and they needed some talent on the team. Brittany forced Sam to join after she heard him singing one day after a football game. With Sam joining, Finn followed in his footsteps to basically try to prove he was better than Sam at something.

"You are going to audition, right Sam?" Brittany asked.

"I don't know, I have to see how much time I will have, I may not be able to."

"There's plenty of time," Rachel assured him. "So Brittany, since you are in a totally different field, how are you liking Criminal Justice so far?"

"It seems interesting. My teacher is so cool," Brittany explained. "She's like really young, and a cop. And she's not making us read the book the whole semester. She wants to do a bunch of stuff outside of the classroom with us."

"That sounds awesome," Sam smiled. "Any of your classmates seem cool?"

"Yeah, Quinn, she was awesome," Brittany told them. "She and I clicked right away. She seems to be a really nice girl. It's definitely a change from all of those snobby dancers."

"Great!" Rachel smiled. She was glad that Brittany had changed her major. She was so unhappy with studying dance that she had almost decided to quit school altogether. Rachel convinced her that there were plenty of other programs she could study and after two hours of searching through the academic catalogs, Brittany decided to switch over to Criminal Justice.

"Yeah, I think it'll be awesome." Brittany smiled biting into a slice of pizza the waitress had set down on the table.

After hanging out with Brittany, Quinn met up with Santana and Beth at the museum. She only had one class that day, so she was free to spend the rest of the day doing what she loved best- spending time with her daughter.

"Hey San," Quinn greeted as she strolled up to the irritated Latina and her daughter. "And hello to my perfect little angel!"

"Mommy!" Beth cried out and jumped into Quinn's awaiting arms. "Tana and I are having so much fun!"

Quinn kissed her daughter's forehead and glanced back up at Santana. "What are you wearing Santana?" she asked observing the girl's appearance. She was clad in a pink tutu over her jeans, beads around her neck and a weird set of sunglasses framing her face.

"Ask your perfect little angel," Santana groaned, picking at the material around her waist.

"I think she looks pretty," Beth simply told her. Santana rolled her eyes even though neither of the blondes could see it.

"She looks very pretty," Quinn agreed. Santana scoffed at her friend.

"I feel like a clown," Santana pouted.

"Mommy, let's go watch Lion King now!" Beth suggested, dragging her mother away from the entrance of the museum. "You too Tana!"

Santana weakly followed the girls to the parking lot when she received a phone call. She looked at the screen and saw Puck's picture. "Hey, tell me there's SOMETHING to do! You're daughter is driving me insane."

"Well, Sergeant Matthews wants you to come in for a meeting. He said be here by 12." Puck informed her.

Santana looked at her watch, noting she had an hour. "Ok, I'll get changed and head there."

Quinn had gotten Beth buckled in the car when Santana walked over. "You gotta go?" Quinn asked.

"Yeah, I have a meeting with Matthews. Hopefully I'll be off desk work now!"

"Ok, well you get to break it to Beth," Quinn challenged. Santana huffed and opened the door so she could talk to Beth.

"Hey darlin' as much as I would love to go with you and Mommy to see Simba, I have to go to work," Santana told her. "Can we hang out later?"

Beth pursed her lips and looked to the side as if she were thinking about it. "Sure, you owe me buddy."

Santana and Quinn laughed. "I sure do," Santana told her as she gave her a kiss on the cheek. "I'll bring you a present, ok?"

Beth nodded and Santana smiled at her. Telling Quinn they'd talk after, she got into her car and headed back to her apartment.

She took a quick shower, changed into more presentable clothes and drove to the station. After being shot six months ago, Santana had been assigned to work at a desk correcting paperwork and basically being the office bitch. She couldn't wait to get back into her car.

Santana had attended Carmel High School in Ohio. She was head cheerleader as well as an honor student. She was a lead vocalist for the school's glee club, bringing them to a Nationals championship twice before she graduated. Graduating with honors, Santana had finished many of the prerequisite courses needed to obtain her two-year degree. She chose to attend UCLA and finished her Bachelor's in Criminal Justice as a junior. After graduating, Santana chose to join the Los Angeles Police Department. She joined with a few friends from her classes, but they didn't make it past the academy. When she finished the academy, she was assigned to her own squad car in West L.A, but due to some budget cuts, she was forced to share her car with Noah Puckerman, who had previously worked his way up into the drug and crime unit.

They became great friends right away. He had hit on her, until she finally told him that she was into women, which only made him suggest threesomes. She loved his personality. He reminded her of her older brother who was killed in the war in Afghanistan her sophomore year of high school. She missed her brother deeply and when she had finished high school she begged her parents to let her attend school in California. She wanted to get a fresh start away from her hometown in Ohio. She was constantly reminded of her brother and she felt that wherever she was, people asked about him and how she was coping.

When she arrived at the station, Santana found Puck sitting outside of the Sergeant's office.

"So, do you think I'm getting my car back?" Santana excitedly asked as they waited.

"I sure hope so, I've been miserable on the streets by myself. I need someone to mess with," he joked.

"Lopez, Puckerman, get in here," a voice called from the office. They quickly obeyed and stepped into the office. "I'm sure you are wondering why I asked you here?" Sergeant Matthews asked. They nodded and he continued. "The board has cleared you, Lopez to go back to normal patrol procedures." Santana smiled, grateful to have her life back.

"Thank you sir."

"However, Puckerman, we are letting you keep your car. Lope will be getting her own," Matthews informed.

"Although you have healed, Santana, we still want you to take it easy for a little bit longer." Santana's smile shifted. "So, we are assigning you to specific ride-along duties for four months. Officer Robertson has informed me that she will be assigning projects requiring students to participate in at least one full shift ride until December."

"Will I be the only officer providing them?" Santana asked. She knew Alexis had expected forty or so students to enroll in the class.

"We have 2 other officers that are part of this, one on shift one and one on shift six. Unfortunately being shift three, you may get a large majority of the students," he informed. "You both are free to go."

Santana groaned inwardly, stealing a glance at Puck who looked amused. She kicked his shin when the Sergeant looked down at his paperwork.

"Thank you, I cannot wait to get back on the streets," Santana muttered monotonously as she walked out of the office.

"It won't be so bad San, you may enjoy it," Puck told her. "Look on the bright side, you get your own car and will be back on the streets. And we work the same shift, so you can hang out on our downtime."

"What about the student?" Santana asked, already dreading this "special assignment."

"Bring them with you, they'll have fun."

"Whatever, it's my off day. I'm going to hang out with Quinn and Beth." Santana walked away and called Alexis.

"Hello?"

"Alexis, please tell me why you chose to teach a class. And please, inform me of why you are making all of your students perform ride-alongs," she demanded sarcastically.

"I don't want my students bored. You know how bad those classes were in college. I want them to learn something from me."

"Well, they will learn alright, I will be driving most of them. Sergeant Matthews assigned me to this because he thinks I will get shot up again if I drive on my own," Santana huffed. This day was shit.

"At least you got your car back!" Alexis laughed.

"You and Puck belong together, he said the same thing. Make sure I get the cool students. Bye bitch." Santana hung up and decided on some coffee before heading back to her apartment.

Ok, so the shifts (11.5 hours) I mentioned when Santana has a meeting with her Sergeant:

Shift 1- 430am-4pm Shift 2- 730am-7pm Shift 3- 1030am-10pm Shift 4- 130pm-1am

Shift 5- 430p-4am Shift 6- 730pm-7am

Basically to give you an idea of the hours they will be working. Also keep in mind, many officers work a system where they will work 2 or 3 days and then have 1 or 2 days off again.