𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗡𝗘𝗫𝗧 𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗣 [𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗷𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀]

𝟬𝟭𝟮.

*Five years later*

Mercedes lived in the apartment that used to be hers and Quinn's.

She raised Tia and Tamera on her own, with a little help from Kurt when he came to her house on weekends.

She did weekly singing gigs and her career slowly started to take off on YouTube.

She wrote a song about Quinn, which got many views and many comments asking who the song was about.

After this, she took a break from songwriting to take care of the twins.

Tia and Tamera were now five years old and very curious about everything.

"Mama, where is our daddy?" Tia asked one day.

Mercedes bent down to meet the little girl's eyes.

"I'll tell you when you're older," she said with a small smile.

"No!" Tamera yelled, knocking over the blocks she was playing with.

"I wanna know now."

"Later," Mercedes said.

"Why?!" the toddler screeched, stomping her foot in a very Rachel Berry-like way.

"Because I don't want to talk about it!" Mercedes snapped.

Just then, her phone rang.

She shuffled to the kitchen to answer it.

It was Quinn.

"Ugh!" Mercedes snarled, hitting decline and tossing the phone on the counter.

The phone fell into the sink full of water and dirty dishes, sinking to the bottom.

Mercedes groaned.

Her day could not get any worse.