Um, yeah, so in this chapter, I know it's probably not feasible for someone to drive from Washington to Ohio, but let's just say that the Washington State Prison (if there even is one) is situated in Ohio anyway, as I'm from England, and have never visited America, maybe never will, even though I would love to, but yeah... anyway, thank you for the reviews, not only for chapter 3, but also chapter 2, please do keep reviewing, as it motivates me to continue.

Chapter 4

Rachel slowly lowered herself onto the sofa, where Quinn was sitting with her head resting on her hand, her elbow resting on the arm rest, her legs were pulled up to the side, and she was staring into space, contemplating her thoughts. Rachel hadn't complained when Quinn hadn't said anything on the way back to their home in Lima, (well Rachel's dads') because she knew Quinn would need time to process her thoughts, but it had now been 6 hours since she had seen Santana, and Rachel was starting to get worried over the lack of her girlfriends verbal communication.

"Listen, Quinn, I know that you probably need time to adjust and to comprehend whatever you and Santana may have discussed today, and I completely understand and respect that. I mean, if I were in your position, I would do that to, but baby, it's been 6 hours, and I'm starting to get a little worried" Rachel rambled on, her concern for the blonde bubbling over, Quinn looked over with a goofy smile on her face,

"I love you too" Quinn smiled, leaning over and pecking the small brunette on the lips.

"I know you do, with my amazing personality and overall all round talent as a performer and singer" Rachel grinned, happy that her girlfriend seemed to be back with them on planet Earth,

"Sure Rach, sure, but go on, ask me what I know you've been waiting to hear all night" Quinn sighed, and leaned back on the sofa, pulling her knee's up to her chest, looking round at her girlfriend,

"How's Santana"? Quinn raised an eyebrow, that definitely wasn't the question that she had been expecting to hear,

"Um, she's Santana, on the outside she doesn't appear any different, older looking maybe. She's still just as bitchy, but, and she lacked that venom that made Santana, Santana you know, that streak she had that made us all think maybe her mother named her wrong, and should have called her Satan instead" Rachel smiled slightly at that,

"She's trying to stay strong, for fear of people walking all over her" Rachel nodded, she had read about it before, as well as seeing it on TV, when in prison, sometimes people act as though they don't care, when all they really want to do is break down and cry,

"Exactly, but it was her eye's Rach, they were so dull and clouded with hurt and pain," Quinn tried to rid the look she had seen in Santana's eyes when she had snapped and brought up the words Brittany, and, Abandonment in the same sentence.

"So, what happened"? Rachel asked,

"She knew why I was there right from the start, not to see her, but to get answers, to find out what happened that night. Just like high school, she knew me better than I knew myself. But when she asked me how that made me any different from her, I couldn't answer, because she was right" Rachel opened her mouth to talk, but Quinn shook her head and kept talking, "I know you disagree Rach, but it's true, I'm meant to be her friend, and it took me 6 years to go and visit her, and even when I did, it's not for her, sure, she did a terrible thing, but she's paying for her guilt everyday"

"No, listen to me Quinn. Santana murdered someone, and we don't know why, she lost the right to your friendship on that night. When she did it, she knew the repercussions of her actions. You never killed someone; you simply didn't want to see her. Who else has been to visit her since she was locked up, Brittany? You were brave Quinn, you are the only one who has been to see her, even if it wasn't for what she wanted it to be, but it isn't a crime to be curious, what Santana did is a crime, so don't blame yourself" Rachel explained, staring into Quinn's eyes the whole time.

"That's the thing Rach, she's still Santana, I've known her for years, and I still can't manage to get my head around the whole thing, I don't believe that Santana would kill someone, I really don't" Quinn reasoned, grasping one of Rachel's hands. "Sure Santana was a bitch, but she's never been evil, not purely evil"

"What else happened"? Rachel inquired, trying to get her head around everything. It had been 6 years, and she had thought that everyone had moved on in their lives, apart from maybe Brittany. That day had changed all of them. They had all been 17 and 18, there was only 3 months left until they graduated High School as seniors. Rachel thought back to the day where they had received the news.

'They were all sitting in Glee Club, Mike was dancing with Quinn, Sam and Puck were playing guitar, Rachel, Finn, Tina and Artie were deep in conversation, Mercedes and Kurt were discussing how they were going shopping that night, but there were no sign of the other two cheerio's or Mr Schue.

They all looked up when Brittany came walking in, and were about to return to what they were doing, but then they registered Brittany's look. Her uniform was on backwards and her hair and makeup was messed. Rachel's first thought had been that her and Santana had been off in the Janitor's closet again. Despite their best attempts at concealing it - their obvious feelings for each other were clear- But when they looked again Brittany had clear red rings under her eyes, and tear stains in her face, as well as tears in her eyes.

"Brittany, are you OK? Where's Santana"? Quinn asked, walking away from Mike, and towards the taller blonde. At the mention of Santana, the blonde crumpled into Quinn, who rubbed the blonde's back and just looked over at the others in confusion. She managed to get Brittany into a sitting position, but was unable to get a coherent word out of Brittany's mouth, as every time she tried, she just teared up again.

"Sorry I'm late everyone" Mr Schue announced in a somewhat subdued way, "But I'm glad you're all here, I need to talk to you, it's serious guys" he pulled up a stall in front off all of the members of glee.

"What's the matter Mr Schue"? Rachel asked, sensing the vibes of fear and worry in the teacher's voice, as did Kurt and Quinn, who immediately knew Brittany already knew what Mr Schue was going to say.

"I'm afraid that, well, there's no easy way to say this, but, uh, Santana," He stopped as he heard Brittany crying more at the mention of Santana's name, and glanced at the blonde sobbing into Quinn once again, his face full of pain and sympathy for the blonde, "Yes, uh, Santana was arrested last night"

"Wow, I always thought I'd be the first one in juvie" Puck exclaimed, causing the rest of the glee club to smile, despite the seriousness of the situation,

"Puck" Mr Schue looked at him, and Puck immediately quietened down, "You'll probably all hear about it on the news tonight anyway, but Santana has been arrested, for murder"

"What"! At least 5 members of the glee club announced simultaneously. Quinn immediately started crying, Puck just went extremely silent, and everyone else looked shocked. Rachel looked around at the rest of the club.

"This has to be some sort of mistake Mr Schue, Santana's a bitch, but there's no way that she's actually capable of killing another human being"

"Unfortunately Rachel, it's true, I've spent a lot of the morning down at the station with Principal Figgins, we even went to visit her at the prison with Coach Sylvester. Guys, this is happening, and I'm sorry, but until the trial, Santana has been imprisoned at the State of Washington Prison. She's not allowed any visitors" Mr Schue had tears in his eyes, and Rachel just remembers thinking that this couldn't be happening, and wondering what was going to happen to Brittany'

Rachel shook her head from the memory, back to the present, this was about Quinn.

"So, yeah, anyway, after we were done talking about everything, and had blamed each other, I pointed out that she was I prison for murder, and even though mistakes are made, that was something else entirely" Quinn continued, "But, when I was about to leave, Rachel, she told me she doesn't regret what she did, she didn't regret killing someone Rach"

Rachel gasped at this, even though Santana was a bitch, and OK, maybe she was cruel, she never thought she should be so evil. "So, Santana killed him and doesn't regret it, didn't you find out anything that happened that night"

"No, I didn't" Quinn sighed, "But you know what Rach, I honestly don't think it's all that clear. I don't think things that happened that night are exactly what people say they were" Quinn frowned, she was a lawyer, but was she really good enough to find out a 6 year secret.

"So, what are you going to do now"? Rachel asked,

"I'm going to find out what happened, with or without Santana's help" Quinn stood up off the sofa, gazing down at Rachel.

"How, Santana won't talk" Rachel pointed out,

"I'm going to go and talk to Brittany."

I enjoyed this chapter, it's not so long, but I still really like it.