A/N: This is my first fanfic of Fiercedes so hopefully I did an okay job, it was a difficult process writing this since I was on writers block. I really liked Adele's song 'Set Fire The Rain' and I wanted to use it as a title to this story. As always I don't own Glee or anyone associated with them, I only own my OC's and that's about it! Reviews would be so helpful if you have any ideas or anything I could add to the story :)


She sat there.

Just staring at the letter she had just written two in the morning, describing to her mom how she was running away and not coming home. Ever since her parents got divorce, Mercedes just doesn't know what to do anymore with her life on strain. She feels like crying and sometimes blaming her self for not looking like any other skinny girl, it was horrible. There were things that been bothering her for awhile- for instants, the Glee club. Ever since last year everything has change, everyone just seemed too busy on themselves. Now since they won regional the entire spotlight has been on Rachel- the thought of her almost made her cringe, when was the last time someone asked her to sing a solo?

It's didn't make sense and everyone just congratulated each other and leave out Mercedes except two people- Santana and Finn. She always like Santana even through her bitchy attitude, she couldn't help but be brutally honest to people. She and Santana always got along ever since they did a duet together, even though people didn't see there friendship to be real because they were two different people, in reality they were very much alike.

However, Finn, he was different- Mercedes actually liked him. It all began once Finn's mom and him moved into Kurt's house and she started to sleepover there, a lot. During that time, she and Finn became good friends. Mercedes ran her hands over her face as she tried to cover the tears that were streaming down, memories were flashing back to her as she tried to ignore them.


Few months ago...

"Jones"

"Hudson," Mercedes said as she and Finn were eye-to-eye playing against each other in Call of Duty.

"Mercedes," Finn said stretching. "Do you really want to mess with this? I will use thunder on your game play!"

She scoffed. "Please, I will use a hail storm on your ass."

"Well then!" Finn rolled his eyes as he gave a quick glace at her before turning his head back at the TV.

The duo began to mess with the controllers they had on their hands and pressed every button they possibly can to win the level.

"Go Cedes, Go!" Kurt shouted from the back as he cheered her on.

"Kurttttt….I thought you were going on my team!" Finn pouted as his eyes were still on the TV and Mercedes killing his character.

Then all of a sudden, blood splashed against the screen as Finn character died leaving him in defeat and Mercedes in pure happiness.

"I won," she jumps off the couch and did a little dance around Finn. "You loss!"

"Yay Mercedes!" Kurt said running over to her, embracing into a big hug. "This is the 5th time in a row, you've beaten Finn."

"Kurt, did you really have to say that?" Finn got up the couch and walked over to the two best friends. "You know how much I always wanted to beat Mercedes, no offense."

She slightly nodded at him as Kurt walked away from them. Mercedes nudged Finn. "Oh cheer up Finn, I'll let you win next time, how does that sound?"

He shrugged his shoulders then turns his head to her. "I guess…its okay, thanks Cedes."

He gave her a little hug and kissed her cheek then walked away to the kitchen. She gape at him as it was the first time he has ever done that to her, especially since he's with Rachel- if she found out, she would have broke up with Finn if she knew that he just gave a little kiss to Mercedes on her cheek.

In that very instant, is when she started liking Finn but knew that she didn't have a chance with him. After that moment, they hardly even talked anymore for the problems that were in their way.


She sighed as she slowly tried to get up from the chair but she couldn't for all the emotions that were weighting her down. She felt so distances from everyone to her mom- who was coping with the divorce from her father, who moved out of the house a few weeks ago. She wanted someone to hear her out, someone to understand what she has been feeling lately, someone to feel what she's feel, or at least hug her and tell her that everything is going to okay. No, there was no one like that she thought repeatedly inside her head, maybe there won't be anyone like that.

She quietly got up from the chair and grabbed her bags, the two letters she had written in the past hour and walked out of her room. Outside in the hallway she was making sure that her feet didn't squeak against the hardwood floor- hoping not to wake up her mother. Mercedes slowly step-by-step walked down the stairs until she reached to the front door, she silently dropped her bags on the floor and walked over to the kitchen and put down the two letters on the counter for her mother to see. She then, walked back to the front door and grabbed her bags again slowly and carefully opening the door to the night sky outside. The cold air hit her face as she walked out of her house and onto the street.

She walked down the path until she spotted her car from far view- she parked it away from her house so when she turned the engine on, her mother wouldn't know if it came outside of their driveway. Yes, she planned this for awhile now but she didn't think it was actually going to happen, she felt her heart throbbing in anticipation and this apprehensive feeling on her, she wasn't really looking forward to it but all she wanted to do was get the hell out of this town.

She sat inside her car and breath in the air that was surrounding her, she was going to miss all her friends back in glee club, but she was going to miss Finn too, even though she sounded kind of weird saying that. She was going to miss his weird and spontaneous ideas, miss the way how he played the drums, she'll miss how he will sometimes go against Rachel's boundaries, she'll miss...everything about him.

"I love Finn…" Mercedes said as she looked upon to the night sky and with a confused expression on her face. "I love Finn?"

"No…" she playfully shrugged the thought out of her head and turned the engine on, then typing down the address on the GPS where she was going to go: California. She drives off the street, pass by her house, and pass by the store she used to go to, pass by the park she used to play in the sandbox as a kid. When she passes by Finn's house, she stops the car and looks at the window to his bedroom. The only words that slipped out of her mouth were covered with tears drops that fell inside the car and that screeching noise she press on the pedal to go faster.

"I'm sorry for loving you, Finn."