Chapter 4 :

When Mercedes entered the choir room she was still devastated by Kurt's absence. She had always thought he would rather fight than give up. And here she was alone with no best friend by her side. She knew she was being selfish, Kurt had always lived a hell and it was normal for him to leave.

But still, she was now alone.

She sat down on her usual chair, knowing that the one beside hers would be empty. Everyone entered the room and sat down too before Mr Schue started to talk.

"Right guys, we really need to focus on Sectionals from now on. I'd like you to pair up and there will be a group of three since we're only eleven." Everyone moved to pair up and Mercedes made her way to Tina.

"Right, so who's in the group of three ?" He asked. Everyone looked around but there were only pairs.

"There are only pairs Mr Schue. Someone might be missing." Mercedes said. She looked around to find who it was.

"Where is Puckerman ?" Rachel asked. They all scanned the room to find the mohawk boy but he was nowhere to be seen.

"Great ! Everyone said juvie had made him crazy but I didn't believe them." Santana stated.

"Has someone heard of him since he stormed out yesterday ?" Mr Schue asked everyone.

"He called me after glee club to ask me why has Kurt left and that's all." Mercedes explained.

"What did you tell him ?" Finn inquired. Mercedes frowned at him.

"The truth Finn, I told him that he had left because you were such a moron." She told him coldly.

"Hey guys, calm down, I don't want any fight in my class !" Mr Schue said.

"He didn't leave because of me ! I jut wanted to help him !" Finn defended himself.

"And you thought you would help him in forbidding him of talking to Sam ? All you did was hurt him even more than what you had already done !" Quinn said angrily.

Everybody started to shout from every corner of the room. Just like two days ago. Mr Schue whistled with his fingers to make them calm down.

"Hey guys ! Calm down I'm not going to say that again !" He said. "So has anyone else heard of Puck after glee club ?"

"Mom told me he went home to give the letter from Kurt back." Finn said. "Oh and she also said that he had asked if Kurt had taken stuff with him before leaving." He added.

"That's it. Puck has turned gay in juvie. He was such a good fuck I'm gonna miss him." Santana stated evenly.

" I could try to call him" Mercedes said. "If he's just sick he'll answer." Mr Schue nodded and Mercedes went out of the room to stand alone in the corridor. She took her mobile and called Puck. Yet, she was received by a voice mail.

"Hi Puck it's Mercedes. We were wondering where you are. Some say you're sick and others say you've turned gay. I don't believe in the last one don't worry. I hope you didn't do anything stupid like running after Kurt. So can you please give us news when you hear it. Bye"

She hung up and went back into the room shaking her head at the expectant looks everyone gave her.

" I'm sure he's just sick don't worry guys. Let's work on the assignment now."

They spent entire hour working on what Will told them. However at the end of the class everyone was worried again.

"I'm certain there's a link between their two disappearing. Everyone saw how Puck has reacted when he learned Kurt was gone." Artie stated.

"But they never talked to each other except when Puck threw Kurt in the dumpsters, why would Puck go after him ?" Tina asked.

"Tina's right, they've always hated each other I don't get why Puck would try to find him." Rachel said.

" I'm going to go to his house to see if he's there and ask his mother." Mercedes said.

" I come with you." Tina said. They walked to the parking lot and entered Mercedes' car.

" I have no idea what to think of it. First Kurt leaves without telling anyone, then Puck disappears after asking about Kurt." Mercedes said, shewas totally lost. When they reached the Puckermans' house they headed to the door and knocked. After a few seconds a little girl opened the door.

"Hi I'm Sarah" she said.

"Hi I'm Mercedes and this is Tina" Mercedes smiled at the little girl. "We came to see Noah is he here ?" The little girl shook her head.

"No he's gone for a few days he told me. You wanna talk to my mom ?" She asked.

"Yes please" Mercedes said. They entered and found Mrs Puckerman on the couch. "Hi Mrs Puckerman we are some friends of Noah's" Mercedes started.

The woman turned her head to see them, she looked really sad.

"If you came to see him you're wasting your time he's gone." She said without even bothering to stand up.

"Yes Sarah told us. That's why we came he wasn't in class and we got worried, do you know something about where he left ?" The black girl inquired. The woman shook her head.

"All I know is that yesterday when he came back from school he wasn't looking well, I asked him what was wrong and he told me about some gay kid who's gone. That's all he told me, he then told Sarah he was leaving and here we are." She said.

"We think he's gone to find Kurt but we don't know why since they weren't even friends." Tina explained.

"Is my son gay ?" The woman asked. Both girls shook their heads.

"No he's not gay at all, that's why we don't understand anything. Actually they used to hate each other." Mercedes explained. "could you please let us know if you have news from him ? We're really worried."

In reality Mercedes was more worried for Kurt but it seemed like Puck had really gone after him so if she had news from Puck she would somehow have some from Kurt.

"Sure" The woman said sadly.

"Goodbye Mrs Puckerman, I'm sorry for your son." Tina said. And they both went out of the house.