The day after meeting Brittany, Quinn walked into the school and made her way to her locker where she had planned to meet Santana and Brittany. The Latina girl was already there, leaning against the wall and filing her nails.

"Hi. Where's Britt?" Quinn asked, dumping her bag into her locker. Santana shrugged and put the nail file in her pocket. None of them had their Cheerios uniform yet so they were still wearing ordinary clothes.

"I don't know. I last saw her yesterday. She was walking home from school. I tried calling her last night but she didn't answer. It was pretty late though so she could have been asleep." she said, sounding bored. She was exactly sure why Quinn had let the girl be part of their group. She wasn't anything special, in fact, she was actually a bit stupid. The two girls shrugged it off and headed to first period, pinkie fingers linked; a thing the three girls had decided they would always do when they were together.

About halfway through class, a scared looking freshman knocked on the door. Mr Schuester, the teacher went to the door where he had a hushed conversation with the student. He smiled at the student and told them they could go before heading over to where Quinn and Santana were working on their Spanish.

"Principal Figgins wants you two girls in his office now. " he told them. They looked up in surprise. They hadn't done anything wrong that would require them to be sent to the Principal's office.

"Do you know what for sir?" Quinn asked, sweetly, playing the perfect teacher's pet. The other students rolled their eyes behind her back. The Spanish teacher shook his head.

"No. But apparently it's urgent. I wouldn't keep him waiting if I were you, girls." he said.

"Okay. Should we take our books with us?" Santana asked, smiling sweetly. She also knew how to play at teacher's pet and both girls could do it well. Mr Schuester smiled back at the girls.

"I would. I don't know how long you'll be." The two girls quickly packed up their belongings and walked out of the room, knowing that everyone was watching them. As soon as they were out of the room, they bust into giggles at how taken Mr Schuester had been with their act. They made their way to the principal's office where they found a middle-aged couple sitting on the couch and the principal sitting across the room from them with a young police officer.

"Ah. Miss Fabray, Miss Lopez. Take a seat, please." the principal instructed them. Nervously, the two girls sat in the chairs that he indicated.

"Now, I'm sure you're wondering in why you've been called here." the police officer said. Both girls nodded.

"First of all, these are Mr and Mrs Pierce, Brittany's parents. We know you two are Brittany's friends, yes?" the principal asked.

"Yes. But only since yesterday." Quinn said, smiling uncertainly at him.

"We were wondering if you knew anything about young Miss Pierce's whereabouts. It seems she did not come home last night." the police officer informed the girls, who gasped.

"You-you mean she's missing?" Santana asked.

"Yes. After Brittany did not arrive home, Mr and Mrs Pierce called the police. The area between the school and her house has been thoroughly searched with no sign of her." the officer explained.

"The last time I saw her was just after I left school. She was walking along the road, I guess she was walking home." Santana said, a tear escaping from her eye. She quickly wiped it away, not wanting to seem weak.

"I haven't seen her since the end of the day yesterday." Quinn said.

"And you've had no contact with her since then?" Both girls looked at the police officer in surprise.

"No. Well, I tried to call her but she didn't answer. I figured she might be sleeping because it was fairly late." Santana replied.

"And I don't even know her number. She never gave it to me." Quinn noticed that Brittany's parents were now crying.

"Okay. Thank-you girls. We will do our best to find her and we will let you know if we find out anything, okay? You can head back to class now, if you feel up to it, otherwise, you can go to study hall for a while." the principal told the girls. They picked up their things and left the office, deciding not to go to class.

"What do you think's happened?" Quinn asked, genuinely worried for the blonde girl.

"I don't know. I just hope she's okay." Santana said, giving her friend a hug.