I don't own these characters, just a fan wanting to tell a story!

Sean checked his phone during lunch.

Dad: Rough case, won't be home in time for supper, order pizza?

Sean sighed, he felt after his mother's death, his dad had thrown himself into his work, and now that Jack was away at school he felt even more alone.

He ignored the text and went back to his meal. He was sitting alone today, but he didn't mind. He was used to it, and somedays he liked it. Today was one of those days.

"Hey, do you mind if I sit here?" A voice asked?

"Um, sure," Sean said, reluctantly but then was happy he said yes. A girl stood beside the table

She had dark hair and blue eyes, a bright smile and rosy red cheeks. She had caught Sean's eye in the first class, the way she tossed her hair without realizing it.

"Sam Peterson," She said setting her tray down,

"Sean Reagan," Sean replied, sitting a little straighter.

"You are new aren't you?" Sean questioned.

"Yeah, My dad and I just moved to New York from Ohio, my dad got a job with the DA's office," Sam said, taking a bite of her food.

"My aunt works for the Manhattan DA's office," Sean said,

"Oh really!" Sam exclaimed, "That's must be fascinating,"

"Yeah, but it makes family dinner's kinda stressful, she's the only lawyer in a family of cops."

"You are from a family of cops?" Sam inquired.

"Yeah, my great-grandpa, grandpa, my dad, and my uncle," Sean explained.

"my mom used to be a detective back in Ohio," Sam said, but Sean noticed that her eyes were darkened.

"What happened?" Sean asked,

"She died last year on duty, bullet under her vest," Sam remarked stirring her food on her plate as if it no longer interested her.

"I understand that," Sean said, kindly. He knew her pain, he knew it more then he cared to admit.

"you don't really know unless you lose a parent," Sam said, looking up from her plate.

"Yeah, I lost my mom two years ago." Sean agreed.

"Oh, what happened?" Sam questioned.

"Helicopter crash, she was a nurse and was transferring a patient," Sean replied, keeping the fact that it had been a hit secret. He didn't' like talking about it.

"So what do you Dad do as a cop?" Sam asked, changing the subject.

"He's a detective, I don't really know what he does, he keeps his work pretty quiet around me and my brother." Sean remarked, "He didn't even really talk to my mom about what he saw."

"Yeah, mom didn't talk about work much either, but she was narcotics." Same added, "Wait so you said you come from a family of cops, and your last name is Reagan are you related to the police commissioner?"

"Yeah," Sean said, he didn't like through his name around but he didn't think she would recognize. It

"That is AWESOME!" She exclaimed.

"I can't believe she's gone!" Donnie Shepard said, he sat on the edge of the sofa.

"Do have any idea, who would want to do this to your girl-friend," Danny asked,

"No, she was the sweetest girl ever, I was planning on marrying her," Donnie said, his eye filled with tears.

"I'm so sorry for your loss," Maria said, softly.

"Can you tell us where she was when she went missing?" Danny questioned.

"She said she going to drop the trash off in the dumpster, but she never came back." Donnie explained, "I should have gone with her."

"We are going to find who did this to your girlfriend," Danny promised. "And once again we are so sorry for your loss."

Danny and Maria saw themselves out of the apartment.

"I hate this part of the job most." Maria sighed,

"Yeah, you and me both." Danny agreed.

Maria felt her phone vibrate, she checked the message.

Sean: Hey, Dad said you guys have a tough case, can you still come and help with math?

Maria bit her lip, as she thought, she was having a really bad day today, but she wanted to help Sean.

Maria: I'll try but I'm not sure.

Sean: Okay, just let me know.

"Who's that?" Danny asked,

"Sean," Maria said, without thinking that it might be weird that she was messaging her partner's son.

"Sean? My Sean?" Danny questioned, surprised.

"I told him I would help him with Algebra tonight and he was wondering if we were still on," Maria replied, setting her phone down.

Danny was quiet, Maria's blood pressure was going through the roof, was he mad at her for helping sean, did he think she was overstepping.

"Is that okay with you?" Maira inquired, trying to catch Danny's eye but they stayed fixed on the road.

He didn't answer.

"Danny," Maria said sharply, she had seen he look like that before, he was thinking about Linda, calling his name loudly was the only way to get his attention she had learned that a long time ago.

"What?" Danny said coming back to reality.

"Do you mind that I'm helping Sean with school?" Maria asked, secretly hoping he was, she personally thought she was better to help Sean than some random tutor.

"If you don't mind helping him, I don't want it to seem like a burden," Danny responded.

"I don't mind, Sean is a good kid and I like him," Maria said, with a smile.

"Linda knew how to handle him better than I do," Danny said grimly.

"You will learn, you know how to do things better now then you used to." Maria encouraged.

"Thanks," Danny said with a slight smile, her encouragement met a lot to him.

I hoped you guys liked that chapter, and I hoped you liked Sam, I have plans for her. Thank you for all the support it really means the world to me! Love you guys! (Also did I write this chapter when I should have been writing an essay and studying for an exam...maybe...but you guys mean more to me then my GPA,)