Disclaimer: I don't own Glee or Blue Bloods, if I did instead of a Reagan family dinner it would be a musical or a mash-up of some kind and New Directions will solve crimes and eat more.

A/N: I won't update every chapter so soon but I couldn't wait to upload this one

Chapter 2: Keep Holding On

After she calmed down a little Danny stood up and tried to help the girl to do the same, but her legs where so shaky that she fell on his arms still trembling but with a small smile she said "-Thank you for catching me-" he just shook his head and reply "-Do you mind if I carry you?-" but he didn't wait for an answer and just picked her up like she weighted the same as a feather; while he carried her to the ambulance she keep mumbling something under her breath that sounded like **When you're smiling, when you're smiling, the whole world smiles with you** then they reach the ambulance and he put her down but Rachel held his hand and refused to let it go point blank "-No please if you let go of me I'll lose it again and I'll start screaming, I know it-" she said desperately "-but we need to check if you're alright-"said one of the paramedics in a very soothing tone, Danny forcibly removed his hand from between Rachel's almost frozen fingers and went to stand behind her "-Go ahead-" he said to the paramedic squeezing a little, one of Rachel's shoulders as he say "-I'll stay here with you-" she was crying silent tears now; the paramedic worked fast at checking all her vitals and even though she was trembling and almost frozen, her body temperature was normal there was nothing wrong with her, except perhaps the fact that her whole world would be forever changed after this night and the prove laid on the look of shear shock on the young girl's face.

When the paramedic finished Danny shouted to the cops in the street "-We need clothes for this girl and somebody get me another jacket!-" Another detective came by with some clothes and a bag that he gave to Rachel and said "-We need your clothes for the investigation -"She almost had a nervous meltdown just thinking about letting the chivalrous detective out of sight, but Danny reassured her "-I'll be right outside the ambulance doors, you'll be safe-" She just nodded and change as fast as she could, when she saw her previously light blue dress and white fake fur wrapper all red, she started to sob a little bit harder, she put on the NYPD uniform that was much to big for her petite frame and put her formerly dressy clothes in the evidence bag they gave her, she then change her light crème high heel shoes for some industrial black boots and she hurry to the door, her overly dramatic head had her convinced that the nice detective had left her and that outside was the mob man waiting for her, as soon as she opened the ambulance door she saw an awaiting detective who had changed into a NYPD short jacket and was looking at his trench coat with disgust, she throw herself into his arms and started sobbing even more but this time in relief that he was still there.

Danny had to wait a few minutes before she returned to her previously semi-calm state before asking her questions "-What's your name?-" he asked trying to pat her head but it was all covered in blood and he wasn't going to mention that, so he pated her on the back, the young girl seemed to be hanging to her sanity by a thread and he didn't want to be the one cutting it, to his surprise she took a step back and said "-Rachel-"then added fast "-Rachel Barbara Berry, I'm from Lima Ohio and I'm in town for the national show choir championship-" Danny looked slightly amused, all he had asked was the name of the girl and found out where she was from and what she was doing in town "-Well Rachel, we need to take you to the precinct to ask you a couple more questions, is that ok with you?-" instead of getting a yes or a no he got a question "-Will you be there detective…-" she finish unsure until he added "-Detective Reagan, Danny Reagan-" she squared her shoulders and stood straight and shook his hand while saying "-Detective Reagan is my pleasure to meet you, I just wish it was under different conditions and of course I'll do anything to help you in the course of this investigation-" and in a much smaller and insecure voice she said "-Just don't leave me alone, please-" this last request move something deep within Danny who did something he hadn't done in a very long time "-I won't, I promise I'll keep you save-" he made a promise that he'll try his hardest to fulfill.

Rachel felt reassured by his promise, and she was going to respond in a kind manner but she choked a little bit, she realized her throat was dry and her tongue felt like sandpaper, Danny took this as a dangerous sign, he knew that something as shocking as the experience Rachel had just gone trough could lead to mayor medical complications he got worried "-Are you ok? Do you want me to call the paramedic?-" Rachel just shook her head and told him "-I'm just thirsty -" she said in a hoarse voice, Danny tried to walk towards one of the patrol cars but Rachel still wasn't ready to let him go, so he smiled at her and half carried half drag her to get some water, she drank the whole bottle and then said "-Well make that really thirsty, sorry-" Danny just keep looking at her, wondering why was she doing alone, at night, in this part of the city but his question had to wait until the precinct instead he asked her "-Do you want more?-" she nodded before downing another bottle.

Danny had some work to do before heading back to the precinct with the now clingy Rachel, so he went from here to there shouting orders and asking questions and making sure the evidence was properly label, the whole time Rachel was holding his hand like a child holds a security blanket and keep drinking form her third bottle of water, or was it her fourth? Danny wasn't sure, her eyes where slightly glassed over; either she was really tired or her mind was somewhere else trying to cope with everything around her, he keep a close eye on her, in case she fainted or throw up but neither happen, he tried to not take her near the bodies, she didn't need further emotional trauma, instead he tried to stay where the CSI's were picking gun cases. He didn't go to the place he found her, in her state she would start screaming again and if he was being honest, he neither needed nor wanted to recreate the image of her in a pool of someone else's blood trembling and shivering white as a ghost squeezing her fists so tight that her fingernails left marks on her palms, no need to recreate that, that image was forever burned in his brain, he almost laugh when the thought of how to face his father and telling him he had ruined, yet again, another relationship was the thing that had him worried to death mere hours ago, now his foremost worry was how to keep this girl safe cause the poker deck assassin was not going to stop until he kill her and that was something Danny Reagan knew very well.

Rachel was on auto-pilot, she wasn't allowing herself to think only to feel and react, to feel the hand of the detective tightly wrapped in her left hand and to react to his pull on whatever direction he took her, she also feel the desert-like dryness of her throat and keep drinking small sips of water knowing that in case she needed the bathroom detective Reagan would not follow her, in her mind the minute Danny left her alone the mob guy would come back to kill her, after all he knew exactly how she looked and if Danny wasn't there to protect her she would end up with two bullets and a joker card on her forehead like that… no, no, no, that counted as thinking; so to keep herself busy and not paying attention to what happened that night, and also to not see what was going on around her, she tried to find the perfect song to describe her emotions at the moment but found none, perhaps she should write one about this whole night and sing it at nationals, she almost laugh right there, NATIONALS! That was the thing she was most worried about mere hours ago, now all she thought about was how not to fall sleep and not letting go Danny's hand, cause if she showed up at nationals maybe the mob guy could see her and killed her in front of everyone, of course it will be a dramatic death but she didn't want to die not now, not like that, not with two bullets and a joker card on her…. Damn it! Rachel, stop thinking!

While they both got into the back of a police car, Rachel still hadn't let go of Danny's hand and wasn't planning to do so anytime soon, a man in a dark suit and matching trench coat and fedora hat, watched them from a far, cursing himself for not making sure that the young girl was indeed dead but at the time it seem like such a shame to destroy the girl's face; after all she had and extraordinary kind of beauty about herself to bad that wasn't going to last, he would have to kill her before she could open her mouth, even if she hadn't seen anything at all, it was a chance he could not afford to take, she would have to go, leaving loose ends wasn't his style, he got into his car and follow the police car where the young girl and the cop, who had been close to catch him once or twice where in, maybe this was somewhat a lucky break for him he could kill to birds with one stone and be done with the whole ordeal.

I know you're probably waiting for the singing to start but Rachel is still too shocked to do so and in case you were wondering yes I'm gonna make Danny sing but that be farther away in the story

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