NOTE: SO I HAVEN'T UPDATED THIS IN OVER A YEAR… YEAH I KNOW I SAID THAT LAST TIME I UPDATED IT TOO =)… WHICH MEANS ITLL PROBABLY TAKE ME AWHILE TO GET MY VOICE BACK A BIT BUT ILL TRY TO STAY AS CLOSE TO THE OLD STORYLINE AS POSSIBLE. AT LEAST AS CLOSE TO WHATEVER I CAN REMEMBER FROM THE STORYLINE… ANYWAYS!

Chapter 4

"Come on Billie! We're all leaving, the party started like half an hour ago. Can't you call him back later?" Billie's roommate, Jess, continued to pull on her arm.

Putting up a finger, Billie let out a breath, "Okay, okay, just give me like literally fifteen seconds, I'll meet you outside." And, with that, Jess left her and BJ went back to the phone conversation she was having with her brother's partner. "Remember what I said Doug. Please take care of him. I've gotta go but I'll be coming down there soon and I'll look forward to meeting you."

"Later Hanson's sister."

Billie rolled her eyes, "Billie. Call me Billie."

"Okay. Later Billie." Doug heard the familiar "clink" of a phone hanging up and looked back to his partner who looked more than a little pissed.

When he saw Doug put down the phone, Tommy's scowl turned into a hurt puppy face, "You hung up on her?"

"No Hanson, quit you're whining. She had some party to go to so she hung up. She seemed pretty confident that she said everything that she needed to." He patted Tommy's shoulder, "Don't worry, I promised I'd look after your sorry ass."

Again, Tommy's facial expression changed, this time to embarrassed and his cheeks flushed. "Yeah, okay. So did I hear Fuller tell Hoffs we have a new case?"

If only for a second, Penhall dropped the goofster routine and looked at Tommy seriously. "You sure you're okay buddy? Like, do you wannna talk about it?"

"Um yeah, maybe later. Thanks… Let's just go see what's up with this case first." He looked down. "Okay?"

Almost about to question him, Doug decided to drop it, at least temporarily. "Yeah, okay, let's go talk to Fuller."

Walking to Fuller's office where Hoff's and Ioki were already located, Tommy could feel eye's around the station boring into his skull. The more he thought about his past, the more scared he got. He doubted anything would happen with Fuj, at least not for awhile, but sometimes it's hard to focus on the logical part of your brain when your nerves are eating you up. What Tommy needed was a distraction and a new case seemed like the easiest way to get one.

Penhall and Hanson stood once they got into the office since the other two officers were taking the only two seats besides the captain's. Fuller didn't seem s angry anymore but his voice was still firm, only because he has that natural intimidation thing going for him. "
Penhall, Hanson, nice of you to join us. Penhall, you and Ioki actually don't need to be here. It sounds like the two of you are close to making an arrest at Jefferson. You still like the gym coach for the murders?"

"Probably, sir, but I'd still like to check out that English teacher." Penhall turned to Ioki who nodded.

He responded, "Yeah, we shouldn't have to be there for much longer."

Fuller started to swing his finger toward the doorway, "Alright then, keep me updated. Now get out of my office." He paused. "And close the door behind you.

Once the other two were gone and Tommy sat down in Ioki's vacant spot, Fuller focused his attention of Hanson and Hoffs. "The mayor has a special assignment he wants to keep as low profile as possible. He wants us to infiltrate a juvenile drug rehab center. It's an election year and before he affiliates himself with any programs he wants to make sure they're one hundred percent clean cut. I haven't heard of any funny business connected to Forman's so it should be a quick in and out." He handed both officers case files.

Hoffs looked down at hers quickly and then back at Fuller. "Forman's?"

"Yup Hoffs. You're going in as a volunteer and Hanson's gonna be our patient. You shouldn't be there for more than a few days. Look over the files, you start tomorrow."