Chapter 3

The Morgue

"So Woody, what have you got for us?" The Chief asked as she, Lassiter and O'Hara walked into the morgue.

"Well, I haven't got a cause of death yet but I did a tox screen on the two victims. It turned out the teacher , Kyle Brenner-" he said pointing to the attractive young , blonde haired man lying on the cold silver slab next to the teenage girl with long black wavy hair. "- had a various small amounts of drugs in him at the time of his death, Viagra and penicillin."

"What about the girl Kira Harrison?"

Woody moved to the girl's body and picked up the clipboard which was next to her head. "Well, she had large amounts of drugs in her system and a 0.6 alcohol level."

"What drugs?" Lassiter asked.

He flicked over the sheet and looked down the list and read them out one by one. "Ummm… Cocaine, Marijuana, Aspirins and large amounts of Ketamine. But in both victims there is another substance which I have yet to identify."

"That's curious. Thanks Woody." The three left the room and as they walked away, the Chief said to the detectives, "Go down to the school and talk to the girl's sister, Daryl."

"Sure thing Chief." Lassiter said.

"Oh and detectives remember, Mister Spencer and Miss Dee are working in the school. Don't blow their cover or we won't get them to talk at all."

"Then why are we going to talk to the girl's sister?" O'Hara asked.

"Because we need an official statement for the books and the mayor wants this done properly considering his daughter goes to the school and he wants this case done quickly and efficiently."

"Okay Chief … let's go Carlton" O'Hara said as she started to drag him away by the wrist.

Millicent's High Achievers School

12:45pm

Shawn and Alexis sat down next to each other on a brick wall behind the school eating their lunch and talking of their findings.

"So Shawn, what did you get?" Alexis asked.

He reached into his trouser pocket and pulled out six slips of paper with writing on them. "Phone numbers."

Alexis giggled. "Why do you sound upset? Doesn't this prove to Gus that you actually have some game?"

"Well yeah, but I'm with Juliet."

"They don't know that."

"Whatever, what did you find out?" he asked as he shoved half of a sandwich into his mouth.

"Well, I'm pretty sure I've made friends with Kira's sister Daryl and I think I may have just pissed off the Mayor's daughter."

"Busy girl."

"Yeah, I'm going over to Daryl's after school to study for a test, which I have to do because it's tomorrow … thanks for that"

"Ha ha. What do you have after lunch?"

"You."

"Yey!"

"Don't cheer too much. I overheard Shelby talking and she and her mini posse are in that class as well and they like you… and I quote He's like totally lush!" They both laughed for a while as they ate their dinners. When the bell went at two o'clock they headed to the Alternate Studies classroom together.

Alexis walked over and sat with Daryl at the back of the classroom and after five minutes the class was filled with chatty teenage girls. Shawn felt kind of intimidated by the amount of girls in the room compared to him. He gulped and began the class; "Hello, my name is Mister Spencer and I'm your substitute teacher for this class and for the rest of the week. Now before I begin are there any questions?"

"Yes." Shelby (who was sat at the front of the class) put up her hand. "Do you have a girlfriend ?" Most girls in the class burst into laughter.

"Excuse me!"

"Do you have a girlfriend?"

"Yes and you need to know this because?"

"Just curious."

Shawn sighed and continued, "Right, there are textbooks on your desk. Turn to page one three seven please."

As the girls did this Shawn looked around the room. On the front two desks sat Shelby, Ella and Nina (the fourth seat was empty, presumably where the victim Kira sat) ; Nina had jagged edged nails – she was nervous about something , Ella was holding her stomach and her face was pale – she was either very sick or she was pregnant and Shelby had crow's feet -she obviously hadn't been sleeping and from the intensity of them it looked as if she hadn't slept properly in two days.

The second row contained four girls: two of which were the class nerds – tweedy cardigans and huge glasses; the other girls were the resident Goths – one of which was covered in piercings and she had very broad shoulders for a girl of her age and the other girl was small and thin with jet black short hair and deep green nail polish.

And finally the back row consisted of two more nerds, Alexis and Daryl – Kira's sister. Shawn observed her ; she had small cuts on her hands and wrists , her eye shadow was shakily put on and the entire time he was watching her he noticed that she kept looking over Alexis and smiling as if she had achieved something. She was a defo lesbian, Shawn thought.

3:45pm

The bell finally rang and as the students left Shawn's classroom, Alexis walked over to him. "That was good!" she said.

"Really?" he asked, actually surprised at the complement.

"Yeah, you did fine."

"Hey Lexxie, you coming?" Daryl called from the back of the classroom.

"Yeah, just a sec." She replied.

"Lexxie, you do know that she's a lesbian right?" Shawn asked.

"Yes, I'm not an idiot Shawn." She turned and walked away from Shawn and joined Daryl in the corridor and to her surprise she was talking to Lassiter and Juliet. She walked up to them and asked, "Hey Daryl, who are these?"

"Oh, these are detectives." She replied.

"Cool"

"Whatever." Lassiter added. "As I was saying … had you and your sister had any arguments lately?"

"Yeah, we did have one argument. But it wasn't that serious."

"What about?" Juliet asked.

"She stole something that was mine." She said with an angry tone. "Anyway, can we go? We have to study for a test."

"Yeah, you're fine but we may call you again."

"Okay." Alexis and Daryl said simultaneously and they trotted down the corridor and out the school building.

"That was creepy!" Lassiter pointed out.

"You think, anyway I'm going to talk to Shawn. Will you wait in the car for me?" Juliet asked.

"Sure, just hurry up." Lassiter walked off down the corridor and Juliet walked into Shawn's classroom and sat down at the back of the class.

"So, . Are we going out tonight or am I in detention?" she asked with a smile on her face.

Shawn walked up to her and leant close to her and gave her a peck on the lips. "Well …that depends what you've done." He said with a smile on his face.

Daryl's house

4:30pm

Daryl and Alexis were in Daryl's room sat on her bed going through notes for the exam when Alexis asked, "Why were those detectives asking about your sister?"

"My sister was found dead at school a few days ago."

Alexis put on a surprised face and said, "Oh my god, I'm so sorry!"

"It's fine. It's not like you did it." There was a long pause.

"So what did she steal from you?"

"Oh, she took my money. Straight from my college fund."

"That's harsh!"

"Yeah, she only took it so she could buy more drugs."

"Dear god… do your parents know?"

"No! I don't know how they couldn't tell but they just didn't notice her moods because that was just the way she was." Daryl shifted uncomfortably.

"Sorry. I'm kind of nosy and curious about things. Most people find it annoying."

"I don't." she said.

Daryl put her hand on Alexis', she leant in and kissed Alexis softly on the lips. Alexis felt like pulling away but she psychically couldn't, she just sat there. This went on for about a minute until there was a knock at the door.

They quickly pulled apart and Alexis freaked out. She grabbed for her bag and stood up, "I'm sorry. I've gotta' go." Alexis said as she was running out of the house. She ran the entire way home, running over the last five minutes in her head because that was a beautiful kiss but it would never compare to her first.