Finn held on to Gabby, while her tears left a wet stain on his right shoulder and her nails almost clench onto his back, as she held on to him more- he didn't mind since he was feeling the exact same way as she felt once she told him that Mercedes had run away. He didn't know what to think about this whole situation- he really didn't know how to handle it besides Mercedes mom grabbing a hold onto him, he didn't know that this dilemma was going to take control on his life. He could feel his face turning red as he started to look back onto memories that he had with Mercedes- he just couldn't believe this was happening to him, right now in this moment. Gabby slowly let go of Finn as she stared back at him, rubbing her eyes that were full of tears and turning back to the counter behind her and quickly took the two envelopes, that were just sitting there…waiting.

"S-she…left letters…I think you should read it, Finn." she pulled out the envelopes that were in her hands and pulled out her arm and gave it to Finn. He stared at her hands as they were soft and smooth, not like any other older women he had seen that their hands were old and wrinkly, ew.

He took the lefts off of her hand and decided to read the open one, he was guessing it was mainly for her mom but he wasn't sure of the other one. He quickly pulled out the white letter out of the envelope and opened up the paper.

Dear Mom,

If you had woken up by my presences not being around in the house anymore, I decided to run away. I'm sorry if this had made you upset but I couldn't stand being around everyone that would make me feel unwelcome around them. I don't mean to be a disturbance to anyone- I mean, me and Kurt hardly talk anymore since he got a new boyfriend and me and Santana…she's just so caught up in her own troubles, I know she doesn't need me to make it worse. I just feel…not me, when I'm at school or the glee club- which I thought would make some of my feeling betters since I sing- but it doesn't. And what's worse of everything here is that you and dad are divorcing and I'm in the middle of it. Being pulled side by side and not knowing who to turn to when I need goddamn help and you aren't there to help me anymore, Mom. Your not there anymore. Please, don't bother searching for me…I might return to Ohio some day, but maybe not until I sort out all my problems somewhere else. Tell dad that I love him and that I'm still his little girl, and tell the glee club that I love them all.

I'm so sorry Mom, I love you.

From your loving daughter,

Mercedes

He finishes staring at the letter as his eyes widen and his jaw slightly dropped, why did she have to do this? She could have said something to Kurt about him not paying attention to her most of the time since Blaine came along in his life or at least…she could have to him if she needed a helping hand with her problems- but he understand why could do that either, all because of his problem with Rachel and Quinn.

"Please read the other one, I think it for you…" Gabby pointed towards the other envelope underneath the letter he was reading. He was shock to know that Mercedes decided to write a letter to him. He pulled the envelope out and ripped on of the sides so he can easily pull the letter out, he then opened it.

Dear Finn,

I know it's probably not me to write a letter to you, but hear me out if my mom decides to give you this letter. For the past year, you been such a great friend to me and I just wanted to say thank you for being there and all those times you were being a great sport whenever you lost in Call Of Duty and I win. But …I know I feel something for you but I just can't put myself together to tell you. Its hard to even look at you at times because you are so caught up in problems that I thought it would be best just to stay away and let you be happy with someone else that's perfect and make you feel great about yourself…and I'm not that girl. I know you don't understand what I'm trying to say but I think you'll figure it out soon on your own once time passes by. But if your wondering why I left, I decided to leave for a reason and maybe a not so good one- I left because I felt unappreciated by everyone surrounding me, I just felt that I was in everyone's way and that they didn't need me anymore. I know they mean to do realize what they have been doing but it's not their faults, I guess it was mine. So, by any chance tell everyone not to bother looking for me because I'm not worth anyone's time and tell them that I miss them all. And Finn, to leave it all in a good note- I miss you and I always will.

From,

Mercedes

P.S: Finn, try to learn from your mistakes.

He ruffled his hair back and closed the paper into halves like it was and put it inside the envelope. He couldn't believe it, but he understood what she was trying to say to him and he knew it so perfectly that he could finally realize that he felt the same way about her too. He looked back at Gabby and slowly put the two letters on top of the kitchen counter and looked at her.

"I don't know what to say Ms. Jones…I'm in shock."

Gabby looked at him as she heart felt fractured since her daughter ran away, she decided to step closer to the boy and understand his sympathy. "I was sadder than shock honestly. It was just out of nowhere that she decided to do this stunt of hers, I don't understand."

"Ms. Jones, I just think Mercedes needed someone to be by her side and stick with her and I think that person could have been me," Finn stopped talking and suddenly felt guilt for not being there for Mercedes when she needed someone, like him. "I wish…I could have done something."

Gabby put her hand on his shoulder. "It's not your fault sweetheart, its no bodies, I think she just needed to get away…from here." she took her hand off of his shoulder and crossed her arms.

"Yeah, maybe so, Ms. Jones." Finn's eyes swift across the room before laying his eyes on the stairs, which led up to the second floor, onto Mercedes room. Maybe, if he got permission from Mercedes mom to look around her room, maybe then just maybe…she probably left something indicating where she was going. "Ms. Jones, is it okay if I look around Mercedes room, you know just to remember what it looks like?"

"Oh, sure, just go right ahead. I had to go in there at least a few times just to remember all the memories I had when I used to read her bed time stories."

Finn chuckled quietly before he walked towards the stairs and walked up to the second floor, where he quickly pointed out Mercedes room, since it's the one with small stars around the edges. He slowly walked towards it, making sure that the floor didn't creek. He stood in front of her door; his hand struggled to touch the doorknob as he felt hesitant about doing this. He wanted to open the door to Mercedes just laying on her bed like she usually does and talking with Kurt on her side about clothing and handbags, but he knew he would just see an empty room with everything except her. He twisted the knob and pushes the door forward and walked inside. The room was lighten by small and tiny little blue and purple bulbs that look like hedges on the top part of walls just underneath the ceiling, the walls were painted lavender and white and her bed was simply white with purple pillows just the way she likes it. She had a big mirror filled with many pictures on the side and a cabinet near her bed where on it had some lettering written in script, it was probably one of her quotes that she would make up and write them down on the cabinet so that it. He walked over to the big mirror and smiled as he looked at many pictures of Mercedes and some of family members and then some with Kurt and Rachel, then some with the glee club, but there was one that made him pulled out one of the pictures out of the mirror.

It was a strip picture of him and Mercedes and Kurt when he was forced to drive them to the mall last year and basically dragged him to whatever store they wanted to go because Kurt was blackmailing him about lying to his mom about going to sleepover at Puck's house over the weekend, when really he was invited to go to some college party. He thought that with all the nagging and holding their bags would be horrible, but really he thought that day was really fun and he saw another side of Mercedes that he thought he would never see, before she started coming over to his and Kurt's house to sleepover and play Call Of Duty.

She was acting like her casual self when she was around him- she was playful, funny and she liked everything that he liked, which they thought it was weird at first because they would never thought they would have the same interests. Throughout the day, the three of them enjoy everything and when it came to leave, Kurt and Mercedes thought it would be best to take a picture- all three of them together.

"C'mon Finn, it will be fun!" Mercedes exclaim as she sat next to Kurt inside the picture booth in the mall and Finn watching them as he held their bags.

"Oh no. I think it should be you two, since your all best friends and stuff…"

"We can use another-"

"Mercedes, the machine is ready to take the picture in a few second! Let's take our poses!" Kurt quickly interrupted the two as he held close to his friend.

"I'm just going to sit down." Finn said as he was ready to walked away until he felt someone put force on his shoulder and pulled him inside the booth. Once he was inside he stared at Mercedes as she quickly smiled at him then back the camera.

"Say Cheese!" the machine said as the three felt a sudden light hit their eyes a couple of times as they did different poses, in weird and backwards ways.

Once the machine stopped, they all stepped out of the booth and walked over to the side to see their pictures. Kurt grabbed the pictures and handed one to Mercedes and one to Finn and they all laughed at the results. The first box of the picture was them just smiling at the camera, then the second one was them acting sexy. Then the third one was them doing weird faces at the camera and finally the last one was Mercedes putting up the bunny ears behind Finn head as he stick his tongue out and Kurt doing a fierce look on his face.

"Oh my god, look at Kurt's face!" Mercedes laughed as she pointed out Kurt's face when he was trying to act sexy- which was a difficult process for him because from all the poses they took, his face was priceless.

"Hey…It's not that bad." Kurt said.

"Well," Finn scanned through the photo until he pointed one with him and Mercedes doing awkward faces. "At least you don't look like me and Mercedes here. We look so funny!"

They all agreed and laughed all the way to Finn's car and drove the two best friends back to his and Kurt's house, where Kurt and Mercedes tried on all their clothes at the mall and Mercedes looking at the picture over of all three of them.

She sat down on her bed as his hand moved slowly over her soft blankets, he sighed as he smell the sweet lavender aroma sweeping across her room as it made his nose tickled. He quickly got off her bed as he remembers to look around the room to see if there was anything indicating where she was going. He look over some cabinets of hers, that he knew didn't have any lingerie of hers- which he didn't want to check for his safety. He looked and looked but he couldn't just find anything to give him a clue to where Mercedes could have gone- that is until he decided to think any memories of him and Mercedes talking any place they would like to go.

"Oh my god, Finn….that's hilarious!" Mercedes giggled as she was sitting next Finn in the living room floor as he was lying next to her and Kurt was busy taking his nap upstairs in his room.

"Well, I was only two when I ran around naked in the park!" he sat up and leaned against the couch behind him. "So, tell me a secret of yours, Cedes?"

"Okay, it's not really a secret…"

"So tell me." Finn said anxiously

"Well, I always wanted to go to…California." she said as she looked at the wall, as she thought about the sun lighting beaming at her and her fame rising.

"Why, you wanna be a diva?" Finn said grinning.

"Yes! It's always been a dream of mine to one since I was little."

"Wait, you even didn't want to be a star?" he questioned her as he became interested in what she had to say.

"Hell no! I wanted to be a diva, like Beyonce." she said as she got up from the floor and brushed her self off.

"Well, I think you'll make someday, Cedes." Finn said as he got off the floor as well and he stood right in front of her, smiling as his dimples showed. She obviously felt like she was going to melt like every time he smiled, so she smiled back at him. But her smiled made Finn happy- Mercedes smile was like whiten sparky pearls in her mouth, as they light up the room even though it sounded a bit corny to Finn but it was the best way to express it.

"You really think so, Finn?" she asked.

"Of course, and I'll be your biggest fan and when I say that...I mean it." he could see the happiness in her eyes once he said that too her. He was pretty sure that knew she left home very happy and probably fell asleep with a smile on her face.

"California!" he yelled out as he felt a light bulb lighten on top of his head just like those cartoon character when ever they have a great idea. He started to look around her room again but this time he kept on saying "California" for about at least 5 times before he found nothing to know if she was actually going to California.

What was he supposed to do now? The girl that he has feelings for just ran away to what he thinks is to California. He had a strange feeling in his stomach- it wasn't like butterflies were in there but more like bees buzzing around and stinging him as he felt pain, he already could feel the affect her disappearance going on to him. He wanted to just stop time and rewind it to where she was ready to leave and tell her to not do, that he was here to help her and tell her what he feels about her. Now he felt the guilt again and this time it bothered him a lot more than the first time. He had to get out. He ran out of her room and onto downstairs to the front door where he greeted Ms. Jones.

"Oh Finn, did you get a chance to look at her room?"

"Oh, yes…yes," he said as his hand went to the doorknob. "But, I have to go…m-my mom called me for Dinner. So, it was nice seeing you Ms. Jones and I'm sorry for what happen to Mercedes. I hope she comes back."

Gabby sighed and sadly smiled at him. "Me too, and goodbye Finn."

He twisted the knob and quickly walked over to his car, where he went inside and turned on the engine and stepped on it. While he drove, he was thinking what he needed to do in order to get Mercedes back home and tell her that he loves her. He needed to do something that would make this situation better. But what was he suppose to do? All he knew was that wasn't just going to just sit around and do nothing, but he was going to do something- that was going to beyond him and maybe others in any other way...He was going to find her.

But in order to do that, he needed to learn his mistakes.

He couldn't sleep last night, as he twist and turned around in his bed- he was thinking about her and what if she got hurt or something. No. He didn't even wanted to even think about her getting hurt, or if someone laid their hands on her face and just pulling it close to their ready to kiss her with poison. He didn't want to think about what she was going if the situation turned out to be bad, all he wanted to think about was if she was okay and if she was safe. When he got up this morning, he needed to do the first steps of what he had planned to do in order to learn what he has done- Break up with Quinn. It was going to be a simple thing, as he felt it was going to be since he finally figure out all she wanted was to be prom queen. He especially didn't her bullshit every time she asked him to do something that he didn't wanted to do, but now he was ready to just get through so he can be a step closer to leave Lima and be with Mercedes. The second thing he had planned to do was tell Rachel that he doesn't love anymore- he figured out that he didn't need her anymore to make him feel better and he figured out that she doesn't need him if she wanted to achieve her dream of becoming a Broadway star and he didn't want to be in a way.

He stood in front of her locker as the hallway cleared out and he was suppose to go glee club, he saw her blond hair curls bounced off her shoulders and her dress moved along with her legs as she walked closer to him with a small smile. She finally stood in front of him, just below a few feet where he stood.

"What are you doing here, Finn?" she asked as she opened her locker and pulled out a small note out of her sweater pocket. "I got your note, what did you needed to talk to me about?"

"Quinn," he said as she kept him hands in his jean pockets. "I'm breaking up with you."

"E-excuse me, what?" her eyes narrowed at him as she soon as heard the words 'Break up'. "But your suppose to be with me, not Rachel!"

"I'm not going back to Rachel, either."

"What! So why are you breaking up with me?" he could hear her echoes in the hallway as she yelled a bit louder.

"You only wanted me to be prom queen and I figured out that I'm not in love with you, I'm sorry." he slowly walked from her as he grabbed his book bag off the floor and ignore all her comments.

"You can't break up with me!" she blurted out at him.

He made a right turn as he heard small singing inside the choir room, he knew that glee club had started and he needed to tell Rachel what he needed to tell her and he'll be off his way. But what Finn didn't realize that there was a certain someone hearing the conversation he was having with Quinn, but from the look on her face, Santana was pretty happy but now concern if she thinks that Blond bitch in gonna get with her Sam. Over the few weeks of them dating, the two actually were good for each other, even though people were seeing at first but now the results were showing because Sam made Santana happy in the best way that he can because he actually likes her. And Santana even though didn't want to admit it but, he was happy as well- since the whole incident with Brittany, which she finally come to terms with her as Santana realized that she's into guys again, aka Sam.

"He finally broke up with her and won't get back with Rachel, I wonder why?" she stand behind the wall as she saw Quinn wipe her tears away and walked inside the choir room, after a few second she walked to the choir room as well. As soon as she walked in, she saw Finn and Quinn were not sitting next to each other and he wasn't sitting next Rachel either but Quinn miraculously decided to sit next Sam. Santana walked over and sat next to him and held his hand on hers as she smile to her and she watch Quinn glare at her as she simply look back at Mr. Schuster and smile.

"Okay guys, I decided to bring back a certain someone that may be a surprise to all of you..." Mr. Schue trailed off as he continued about that certain someone who was coming tomorrow, which honestly some of the members didn't even care.

Right after class Finn pulled Rachel into a corner and she quickly smile at him as he look like he was ready to ask her back out again, since she heard that he broke up with Quinn from Tina, who talked to Quinn after she finished crying. "Rachel, we need to talk."

"Oh, well what would you like to talk about Finn?" she asked. "Are you going to ask me something? Just out of curiously..."

"You heard that I broke up with Quinn didn't you?"

"Yes, I did." she said sweetly as she finally wanted to hear the exact words that she wanted to hear from Finn. "I'm glad you did, Finn. Now, you have other things to do now..."

"Like what, being with you?" he scoffed as he playfully rolled his eyes. Even though he didn't want to hurt Rachel that was a funny thing to say knowing that it wasn't going to happen.

"Yes, Finn. I love you and I need you in my life, so take me back."

'Rachel," he took her hand rub his thumb over her skin. "I'm not in love with you anymore. I think it's best for us if you work on your future, because you don't need me anymore and I don't need you. I'm sorry, but I fallen in love with someone else and I know she feels they same way as I do."

"What the hell!" she yelled at him. "I thought you were going to take me back! And who is this girl that you supposedly Love?"

He chucked at her as he began to walk away once the bell to go home ring. "I can't tell you all I can say it, I finally learn my mistakes." He walked away from her and disappear to the right until the hallways became clear in the matter of a few minutes. He began to walk down stairs to the first floor to leave he heard a voice, very familiar to him.

"Finn!" he turned around to see Santana losing her breath running towards him as her hair bounced back to the wind and finally she slowed down to him.

"What's wrong Santana?"

"When you see Mercedes, tell her I said I miss her." she said

Finn looked at her speechless, not knowing what to say to her know that she knows what he was doing but how the hell did she find out. "W-who did you find-"

"I saw you coming out of Mercedes house when I was walking home from Brittany's house and I saw the break up between you and Quinn, then I saw the whole conversation between you and Rachel and I took a guess that maybe you love Mercedes."

'But how did you know that I was going to look for her?" he asked her.

"Out of all people, I know you'll be the one to look for her and since I saw you looking over Mercedes seat a couple of time in glee club, I took a guess at it too."

His eyebrows arched to hairline as he stepped one-step closer to her. "Will you tell anyone?"

"Nope and anyone finally realizes that your gone, I'll stay shut for the two of you." she smiled at him as Finn finally saw a smile come out of her for the longest the whole Brittany thing way back a few weeks ago. "Just make you find her Frankteen and make sure you give her the message, alright?"

"Of course San and I'll try to call you if anything happens."

"Okay, bye Finn." she stand there in the middle of hallways waving at him as she saw him walking towards the doors to the outside. Finn opened the doors causing the wind getting inside the building making her shiver.

He turned back to her and smiled. "Bye, San."

A/N: I'm sorry for the late update but I had so many school related things to do and plus I'm not comfortable when I write when my sister is around me, so I couldn't write at that moment. Yes, I decided to do a little Fantana moment between them since I like so much. I'm sorry if there are any mistakes in here since this chapter was locked up in my computer for awhile and I update it fully today so, Read & Review!