On June 25, 2009 Michael Jackson died.
On January 14, 2010 Finn Hudson found out about it.
"How come no one told me" the tall teen slammed his locker door and seemed hurt when he realized he was yet again the last person on the planet to know something.
"Because it's one of those things that a normal functioning human being would know." Mercedes was calmly rolling her eyes; Finn Hudson's lack of awareness was nothing new to her.
"Mercedes I keep telling you; just because we're dating doesn't mean I'm going to suddenly follow black news."
Mercedes slapped him on the back of the head, Finn just rubbed the wound and pouted, Mercedes' abuse was nothing new to him.
"This was global news Finn! Everyone in the world knew about it. Brittany knew about it…Brittany knew!"
"Wow that is bad." Finn expected himself to at least be more informed than Brittany.
"I wonder about you sometimes. You can't expect that cute face to get you everything you want in life."
"Oh is that so?" Finn draped an arm around his girlfriend as they walked down the hall together. "It got me you."
"Please, I choose you." She put on a tough front but she knew she was lucky to have him. The whole school was shocked when they started dating, even the teachers, but people seemed to get over it as the months went by.
"I know and I'm glad you did." Finn bent down to kiss her forehead. He liked having a Mercedes as his girlfriend; he could depend on her just as much as she could depend on him. They were equals and they didn't have to fight with each other over who was in control (Mercedes always had the final say, but she would at least listen to him.)
"What else don't you know? Do you know who Obama is?" Mercedes raised an inquisitive eyebrow.
"Yeah Matt's cousin from Chicago." Finn answered assured of himself.
Mercedes was raising her hand to hit him again when Finn pulled back and held his hands up in surrender.
"I was just joking!"