Hell to the Uh Oh

Sam

Sam had never been around death. His mother's parents and his father's parents were still alive in Tennessee. His four cousins were alive and well. His aunts and uncles were alive and well. He didn't even bury a pet. His dog ran away. Death was not something he was used to or even introduced to. His parents never had that talk with him.

He wished they had now. He didn't know what he'd do if Marcy wasn't okay. She was one of his best friend's (much to her chagrin). He had Mike and Puck of course and he was close to Finn and Artie but he felt closer to Marcy. He didn't know why. She teased him all the time and never said anything nice to him but he felt as if she understood him better than all those guys. She was his Batman buddy. They were in so many clubs together.

The Comic Geeks with him, Mercedes, Artie and her. Art Club with him, Karofsky, Tina and her. The Movie Lovers Club with him, Ellen, Mercedes, Mike and her. The Glee Sophomore Club with him, Artie, Blaine, Tina and her. Glee Club.

They were super close in his opinion. They were best friends. What was he going to do without her? He felt slightly guilty thinking of himself in this but he couldn't help it. He did think of his other friends briefly but mostly her siblings; especially his girlfriend. The love of his life could be down one sister and how could he comfort her? What could he possibly say to make it better? Nothing. Nothing could make it better.

During the break between fourth and fifth period, he called his parents. He knew they were working so he left messages. He knew it was probably a bad idea to leave that as a message but he didn't want to interrupt their workday when they could do nothing.

Too bad the forces that be had them check their messages soon after he left them. His phone was buzzing in seconds.

"Hello?"

"Sam!" His mother's voice was high with concern. "Did you leave me a message saying Marcy died?!"

He winced. He'd jumped the gun on that one. "Yes. We don't know if she's dead or not but she's in the hospital."

"What happened?!"

There was a beep. "Hold on, Mom. That's probably Dad." He clicked over. "Dad?"

"Sammy? I got your message. What's going on?"

"I have Mom on the other line. Marcy had an accident at Cheerios practice. I don't know what happened exactly but she fell and the girls were freaking out and she's at the hospital but we can't go because we're not family and people are talking about it here. They're saying she fell 100 feet and blood was everywhere. Some cheerleaders are saying she has to die because of the way she fell and how much blood was everywhere and-"

"Son, take a breath!"

Sam did as told. "I'm sorry. We don't know anything and it's killing us." He winced again. Wrong choice of words. "We don't even know if she's okay."

"When can we visit?"

"I don't know. Nobody who knows what's going on is saying anything. The school hasn't said anything."

At that moment, the intercom went off. "Glee Club members, Ellen Majors, David Karofsky, Azimio Adams and Shauna White; please report to the choir room."

"Dad, I have to go. They want us in the choir room."

"Okay. I'll call your mother. You just go see what's going on." Dwight promised.

Sam hung up and ran to the choir room, praying everything would be okay.