Disclaimer: I own Glee (on DVD) and Blue Bloods (on DVD) I believe this gives me the right to cross them over but make no mistake I'm not making any profit from this story (which is a shame because I think is really good and the longest I have ever written)

Huge thanks to everyone reading this story and sorry for keeping you waiting.

Enjoy!

Chapter 14: Smile

Danny shoot up from his improvised bed on the floor and hurried to the bed where Rachel was "-She's been whimpering for twenty minutes, I can't wake her!-" said a very disrupt Kurt, Danny picked her off the bed while saying "-Rachel, Rachel wake up!-" but found no answer, he assumed she was having a night terror and did not know what to do and opted to keep shaking her and calling her name with no avail from the young girl who's whimpers had turn into sobs, Santana got up from her bed and threw a glass of water on Rachel's face which received a glare form Danny but Santana just shrugged; Rachel wake up with a startle and upon seeing Danny's face she threw herself at him now fully howling and trembling, Danny kept saying soothing words to her until her howls turned into silent tears and her trembling into a barely perceptible quiver; Kurt was the first to ask "-What happened?-" Rachel lift her head from Danny's neck to gaze at Kurt but otherwise kept quiet, the absent look on her face was too scary for Kurt who just said "-Oh honey-" while reaching to touch her hair Rachel just backed away from his touch and Kurt dropped his hand to his side.

When Rachel was calmed enough Danny tried to put her in the bed but Rachel grabbed his shirt with her fists and shook her head Danny asked "-What's wrong?-" Rachel just shook her head again Danny forcefully pulled her from him until she let go of his shirt but instead she just wrapped her arms around him, Danny sighed but at the same time held her tighter, he realized that Rachel wasn't going to let go of him any time soon, so he just got up from her (and Kurt's) bed and went to his improvised bed on the floor with a clingy Rachel, he sat down with his back on the wall and started to doze off pretty soon, Rachel was too afraid of falling asleep again but couldn't fight sleep off, she just hold Detective Reagan tighter like he was her own personal teddy bear and hoped the nightmares wouldn't found her again.

Rachel woke up two more times but her state was calmer and the only person who noticed was Detective Reagan, who kept asking "-What's wrong?-" finding no answer from the young girl, she only shook her head and hold him tighter yet again, by four am Danny felt as if an anaconda was slowly strangling him but as the brave man he was he didn't say anything. By six o'clock it was pretty obvious neither one of them was going to slept anymore as Rachel once more woke up in a state of slight panic and Danny could not bare being hugged any tighter. He asked again "-What's wrong?-" in a tired voice expecting no answer from the teen girl but she said in a really small voice "-I kept dreaming the mob man shot you-" Danny shook his head and say "-Don't worry about me, I can defend myself worry about your…-" he was interrupted by a knock on the door and the voice of Mr. Schuester saying "-Time to wake up guys we need to be at the theater by nine-thirty-" he knock a couple more times though no one seemed to notice cause there was complete silence again. Danny said "-As I was saying worry about your singing competition-" "-It's show choir-" said Rachel getting up from his lap.

"-So, you need to be at the theater by nine thirty, right?-" asked Danny, Rachel nodded so he kept on saying "-I could really use a shower, do you mind if I go to my place and…-" Rachel quickly interrupted him by saying "-You can leave me alone!-" Danny got up from the floor and putting his hand on her shoulders said "-I wasn't planning to I was going to call my brother so he can keep an eye on you-" Rachel was already shaking her head by the middle of his sentence, an exasperated Danny said "-The other option is taking you with me and you need to get ready-" Rachel seemed to be considering her options and say "-So take me, I can get ready at your place and then you take me to the theater-" she said in a matter-of-fact voice, Detective Reagan sensed no point in arguing with her so he just said "-Go get your things-" Rachel hurried up and got her dress, make up and wrote a quick note for her teammates saying she'll meet them at the theater.

When they left the hotel Rachel keep looking nervously around and Danny seemed to tense a little but nothing out of the ordinary happened on their way to his apartment and Rachel managed to relax a little until they got to his apartment Danny saw someone sleeping on his front door, he reached for his gun and put Rachel behind him getting ready to protect her until he recognized the very familiar man and considerably relaxed, he shook the guy lightly and asked "-What are you doing here?-" the young man blinked a couple of times, stood up and answer "-Dad heard you were involved in a shooting, he got worried when we couldn't reach you-" he ended up eying the young girl Danny said "-I have a cellphone, you know?-" shook his head and added "-Rachel this is my brother Jaime, Jaime this is Rachel-" "-Nice to meet you" said Rachel reaching for Jaime's hand he nodded and shook hers while eyeing Danny who kept on an annoyed look on his face.

Detective Reagan opened he door and pushed Rachel in then let Jaime in before making sure no one was on the hallway, he locked the door and turned around to see Rachel already sitting on he couch making small talk with Jaime who looked lost at the speed of Rachel's speech. When Jaime locked eyes with his brother he saw deep concern, exhaustion and something resembling hope, something Danny Reagan hadn't had in a long time, he also knew by the look in Danny's eyes that something was wrong. Rachel saw the frown in Jaime's face and decided to give

them time alone "-I'm sorry but I need to get ready-" She said in a small voice to Jaime and he shouted "-Danny?! Could you please tell me where your shower is?-" Danny took her to the shower and as soon as he went back to the living room Jamie was firing up questions "-What happened? Where were you? Why didn't you call us? Dad and gramps are worried sick about you-" Danny ignored his questions/statement and just kept going to the kitchen, he needed coffee and he needed it ASAP.

"-If you don't answer me I'm gonna call dad" were he first words out of Jaime's mouth after Danny finished setting the coffee maker, Danny sighed and said "-No need to do that. We have a killer on the loose and Rachel is key witness, he has tried to kill her twice so I'm protecting her-" Jaime knew his brother too well to know he as hiding something so he asked before bringing out the big guns "-Is that all?-" Danny knew he couldn't hide this from his family so he shook his head and said "-She saw the latest hit of the pocket deck assassin, we've been in the precinct all night, we put an APB and ATL on him, but he showed up at the precinct and tried to kill her he escaped I chased him and he threaten her, now I'm protecting her" he said all this with a voice so detached that scared Jaime to the very core.

Jaime didn't know what to say, he just stared at his big brother he felt like someone had thrown a bucket of ice water at him, his mind was reeling he couldn't comprehend the fact that after three very long , very tiring years Linda's killer finally had a face, they finally could hunt and catch someone who had put them through hell and back and had sent Danny to the darkest of places, but it had come with a high price a new prey, an innocent girl by the looks of it, she seemed way too immature to be involved in such a dark and messy situation. He remembered all too well that fateful night that happened so many days ago but still was so fresh in his memory that you could have sworn it had happened yesterday, he could still see in his mind's eye the worn look on his father's face and he could still hear Danny shouting and bawling when Frank told him the worst news of his life, that had been the first time Jaime had seen Danny cry since they were little, after that Danny just shut down he never show emotions either bad or good he just limited himself to survive, yes he still went to family dinners but he was never fully there eventually the whole family grew used to him being that way but now Jaime saw life in Danny's eyes but he also look seething and a seething Danny never thought of the consequences of his actions.

"-I'm calling dad and Erin!-" said Jaime Danny grab his arm, shook his head and said "-Not yet, Rachel has a singing competition and she is very determined to go-" Jaime tried to protest "-She doesn't know the complete story, it's better that way-" They both froze when they heard her coming out of the bathroom she smiled sweetly at Danny and asked "-Do you happen to have a curling iron?-" Jaime said in a fake cheerful voice "-Nope, he doesn't but I bet Erin does and she could be here in ten minutes, fifteen tops-" and he went to the living room dialing on his cellphone Rachel turned to a very displeased Danny and asked "-Who's Erin?-" He sighed "-My sister, what do you want for breakfast?-" Danny said very fast "-Surprise me!-" answered Rachel with a huge smile, showering with appropriate soap and shampoo had put her in a very good mood. Danny didn't have the energy to do much in the kitchen so he just prepared scrambled eggs and served them to Rachel and them proceeded to the shower saying "-I won't be long-" when he closed the door Rachel looked at Jaime who tried to smile at her if it was meant to be reassuring it hadn't worked at all but she smiled back anyway.

Rachel ate her eggs very slowly after all she wasn't used to eating them but it had seemed rude to say it to Danny, she could only stomached half the plate, Jaime was pacing in the living room apparently this was a family trait but still it was very annoying to break the tension she asked in her most nonchalant voice "-So…how deep in trouble am I?-" Jaime looked at her and instead of answering he asked "-How much do you know?-" Rachel shrugged and said "-There's a mob man, he's dangerous and he wants to kill me-" Jaime sat down in front of her and said "-He's very dangerous but we won't let him kill you, we will do everything to keep you safe, ok?-" Rachel nodded, Jaime was about to say something else when they heard the doorbell, Jaime stood up to answer the door when Danny went out the bathroom wearing only a towel and his gun he pushed Jaime back to the kitchen and said in a low tone "-Are you crazy? He knows where I live-" Rachel went pale she understood who the he was, Danny added "- get under the table and be quiet-" she nodded and did what she was told while Danny gave instructions to Jaime "-If he passes me, protect her-"Jaime knew that when his brother used that tone he meant it.

He went to the door and looked through the peephole, with a sigh of relief he opened the door saying "-It's just you-" Erin walked into the apartment looking around and saying "-Jaime said you needed a curling iron immediately, are you going undercover again?-" she finished with a hint of a smile, she missed joking with his brother Danny turned around and said "-He's in the kitchen I'm sure he'll explain-" Jaime and Rachel went out he kitchen as Danny went back to the bathroom, Erin looked at his younger brother and asked "-What was that about?-" Jamie shook his head and said "-I'll explain, do you want coffee?-" as they headed to the kitchen, Rachel clear her throat and Jaime said "-Oh right!-" he looked at Erin and said "-Curling iron?- " she reach inside her purse took it out and said "-here-" extending it to him with a questioning look on her face "-There you go-" said Jaime to Rachel then added "-Rachel this is Erin mine and Danny's…-" Rachel interrupted "-Sister yes I know…I'm sorry but I have to get ready-" she went out of the kitchen grabbed her bag and headed to what she assumed was the bedroom.

Erin looked at Jaime he sighed and explained to her the little information he had "-Danny found the poker deck assassin, Rachel saw his latest crime, he saw her and he wants her out of his way, Danny is protecting her -" she looked shocked but finally her Assistant District Attorney part kick in and said "-She's a witness, to my knowledge the only one we have on him, we need to call witness protection and take her to a safe house and…-" a fully dress Danny interrupted her "-Not yet-" Erin looked at him but he put his hand up in a stop sign "-She doesn't know the whole story, she knows she is in danger but she doesn't know to what extent and I want to keep it like this at least for today-" He sounded so very tired, Erin said "-Why today? She needs to be put under protective custody immediately!-" "-What do you think I'm doing?-" said a very irate Danny "-I don't know what you think you're doing but if this goes to trial it could be consider as witness tampering and the defense will have reason to file for a dismiss-" Danny took deep breaths and said "-She is a minor, she needs protection and I'm the detective in charge, no one has to know she was in my apartment-"

Erin was about to refuse when she was interrupted by Rachel's "-I'm ready!-" she had on a black party dress, black ankle boots and her hair was loose with curls on the tips, Erin had absolutely no idea why she was so dress up at seven-forty-five in the morning, Danny sensed Erin's confusion and said "-She has a singing competition to attend to-" Rachel immediately said "-It's show choir-" the Reagans had no clue as to what the difference was but kept quiet, she added looking only at Danny "-You do know where the theater is, right?-" he nodded and said "-Erin can take us, right?-" he smiled at his sister but his smile never reach his eyes, "-Take you where exactly?-" she said in a cold tone "-To the National Theater, for her sing…thing-" he answer her then added "-Go get your stuff so we can leave-" Rachel went back to the bedroom to gather her stuff but she left the door ajar to hear them "-You're not seriously planning taking her there, are you?-" said Erin "-Yeah I am-" answered Danny "-No it's too dangerous, there's no way to protect her in such a crowded place-" Erin refuted "-She has to go, Jaime will you stay close?-" said Danny "-Of course… but I think we have to tell dad what we're doing-" "-No-" said Danny and Erin at the same time.

Rachel had finished gathering her stuff but she kept listening "-If he doesn't know the eventual defense can't use it in the case-" said Erin "-The thing is he kinda already knows-" said Jaime "-It doesn't matter-" Danny said in a deep voice "-What do you mean it doesn't matter? We need to play all this by the book so it sticks, you know how easily cases can be dismiss-" Said Erin in a concerned voice "-It doesn't matter because this is no going to trial, Rachel let's go!-" Erin was trying to process the words spoken by her brother * It doesn't matter because this is no going to trial…doesn't matter…this is no going to trial…is no going to trial * Danny was planning on killing the poker deck assassin. Rachel jumped when Danny shouted at her se composed herself and went to meet them Jaime and Danny were already by the door but Erin was still in the kitchen looking horrified Rachel went over the entire conversation in her head but found nothing to be as horrified as Erin, Danny went to his sister, took the keys from her pocket and said "-Are you coming? I'm driving-" Erin nodded and followed them out the door.

The drive to the theater was short and quiet only interrupted by Rachel making noises like *Bah-bah-bah* and *Brrr-brrr-brr* if this was weird for the Reagans they didn't say anything, each one of them was caught in their own thoughts Erin was making plans to contact her father as soon as possible and let him know about Danny's plans, Jaime was considering all the possible escape plans he was a little familiar with the theater and knew it had many exits and Danny was imagining killing the poker deck assassin with his bare hands. When they finally arrived and pull over Rachel was in a little bit of panic when she saw the amount of people there, not because she was afraid of performing but because she could see many ways for the mob man to blend in, get close and shot her, she immediately grabbed Danny's hand and started to look around to see if she could see the mob man or smell him; Danny sensed her discomfort lean in and said "-Are you ok? Is he here? Can you see him?-" Rachel shook her head and said "-It could be so easy for him to kill me in this crowd, right?-" Danny said "-He won't kill you, I'll make sure of it-" he gave her a reassuring smile but she could see worry in his eyes "-You'll stay with me all the time, won't you?-" Rachel asked, Danny smile a little more and said "-I'll even do that horrible choreography in the stage with you-" Rachel laugh and they went inside to find her glee club closely followed by the other two Reagans unbeknownst to them that a handsome blue-eyed man was watching with a smirk on his face.

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Meanwhile back at the hotel getting ready to go to the theatre was pure chaos between the girls getting their hair done, the boys losing their ties and Mr. Schue trying to get at least a glass of milk in his charges bodies, no one noticed Rachel was missing or the note she left on the bed until it was time to go and Mr. Schue counted the gleeks only to notice one wasn't there he asked "-Where's Rachel?-" Everyone looked around almost expecting her to appear out of nowhere , then they all shook their heads, Kurt shrugged and said "-She's probably with Detective Regan-" Mr. Schue sighed and said "-We can't wait for them, let's go!-" the note Rachel left flew from the bed to the floor with the air from the door.

Author's note: Hey I'm back! After a year and a half, oh my God I'm so, so very sorry for keeping you waiting that long but last year was oh so very hectic that I never got to sit down and just write I have like 5 stories pending but here it is a more or less long chapter. The first time we see the Reagans (Jaime and Erin) I hope I had portrayed them well. Next chapter is the Nationals performance (at last). My New Years Resolution is to update at least once a week and I'm still planning on finishing this story.

Thanks for taking the time to read this and as always leave a review if you feel like it.