Kurt dropped the scissors he had in his hands when Mercedes walked into his salon. Blaine, Kurt and Unique were standing in front of the TV with worried expressions.
"Mercedes are you ok?" he asked.
"Uh…yeah…why?" she said.
"You…you didn't hear?" asked Blaine.
"Hear what…" she asked, now worrying for her friends and family in the community, especially Sam and Quinn.
"A teacher was stabbed to death today at the elementary school." He responded. "We were worried that it might be you." Then they heard the news anchor, Ryder Lynn, announce that the teacher stabbed was Eryn Luft. Mercedes felt bad that she was slightly relieved…not because it was Eryn herself that got killed, but because it wasn't someone she loved.
"I've got to run for a bit…" she said. She went across the road to Prom-a-rama. As she expected, Emmeline was looking somber, because Eryn was her great aunt. She had practically given Emmeline any and everything her heart desired, and Emmeline loved her dearly even though they disagreed with a lot of things. Kitty was comforting her best friend.
Mercedes was going to the back office to see Quinn. She heard a stressed Quinn half yelling, half growling into the phone. "I CAN'T GET THEM IN 2 WEEKS, I HAVE A BUSSINESS TRIP! I NEED THEM BY THURSDAY!" after a few seconds, she heard Quinn slam the phone onto the receiver and growl in frustration. She decided that this situation was best left alone for now, because when Quinn was angry, she took it out on anyone in the line of fire.
She walked back home. The porch light was on and Sam's van was in the driveway. He never turned the porch light on. She went inside and went to the bedroom. Mercedes saw Sam putting on some sweats. His hair was wet and the shower was steamy, so she guessed that he had just come out of the shower.
"You operated on Luft…didn't you?" she asked, noticing the look on his face. He solemnly nodded, walked past her and into the kitchen. He opened the refrigerator door and retrieved a bud light. He sat on the couch, not looking at his wife.
"I…need to go grocery shopping." She said. He didn't respond. She walked out the door. She arrived at "berry good goods" whole foods store 3 hours before it closed. She needed nothing from the store, she just couldn't handle the tension in the house.
As she slowly strolled down the aisle with the asparagus, she bumped into something that was as hard as a rock. She looked up to see Noah Puckerman, Quinn's fiancée and a police officer. "Cedes!" he said lifting her in a big bear hug. Like Quinn, Mercedes had known Puck since high school. "Hey Puck," she said looking somber. He noticed her look and took a guess as to why she was sad. "Look, were gonna catch the guy…or girl…who killed your teacher friend." He said. She just smiled and said thanks. He smiled back and continued shopping.
She saw a red headed lady with 2 twin boys that were crying, screaming and running around her. They were tearing down racks and opening things from the shelves. The lady just acted like she didn't hear them and kept picking out ripe tomatoes. Mercedes wanted to tell this lady to get her kids, but with everything that had gone on today, she just didn't have the energy.
She walked to the spices aisle. She was looking for cumin. She was getting frustrated because she saw onion powder, garlic powder, salt, but no cumin. Just as she was about to ask for help, she heard a small cry. It wasn't a normal cry, it was an I need help cry from a toddler. She was a teacher so, she knew this. She slowly walked around the aisle to see what happened. She saw one of the boys from before sitting on the floor with his bottom lip poking out. There was blood on his knee. "Aw, sweetie did you hurt yourself?" she asked. He shook his head no.
She got out a band aid and checked it out. She saw the blood but there was no scrape or cut or…anything. Then she felt something warm drip on her…it was red. She looked behind her to see a bloody body hanging from the shelf that held the fresh bread. There was an old man with a pick axe in his head hanging from a little girl's jump rope. She was in utter shock. Just then Puck came around the corner and saw what she saw, as did everyone else. Everyone was rushing around in a commotion around her. She just sat there, shocked, with blood on her blouse.
A/N: I know I haven't updated pretty wings in a while, but before April 14th it should be up.