A/N: This is my first fanfic. I would really appreciate it if you would review my story. I grappled with putting chapter one and chapter two together but I decided to just leave chapter one as it was and add chapter two shortly after I publish one. But anyway, please feel free to give me all the constructive criticism you have, I thrive on it.

Bear with my story it starts a little slow but it should pick up soon enough and if you have any ideas on where you might think the story needs to go or if my characters are too far off please let me know.

Disclaimer: I do not own glee or any other thing in my story that i could be sued for.

It's open mic night at Café Lorno, and Mercedes and Tina are seated at their regular table in the center of the coffeehouse facing the stage. They have been coming here since both began at Ohio State nearly three years ago. This was the type of place that most artists flocked to and Mercedes and Tina were no exceptions. Although Mercedes was quite the diva in high school, she had put all of her divatude on the back burner and was really focusing on school. She hadn't even joined any of the patrons on stage to grace them with her unbelievable voice.

After a poet she notices as a regular exits the stage, an old but familiar face enters.

"Tina is that-"

"Puck?"

"Wow! This is new."

"I know. I thought that after high school he would definitely be in prison by now."

"Definitely." Mercedes sounds bewildered as she looks at Puck preparing to begin whatever it is that he's about to do. For the life of her, she could not wrap her head around Puck's presence in the coffeehouse. Not that it really mattered. It had been nearly five years since she had actually spoken to Puck, and didn't think that would change now. Not that she wanted it to.

Ignoring what is happening on stage, Mercedes turns to Tina to inquire of her weekend plans.

"So are you going to Artie's tonight?"

"Yeah," a sly smile growing across her face, "Don't wait up for me. I won't be back until Monday."

They chucked; both knowing the latter didn't need to be said. For as long as Mercedes and Tina had been roommates and Tina and Artie had been dating, which was going on three years since graduation, Tina had spent nearly every other weekend at Artie's apartment. Just as Mercedes was about to make a lewd comment, her attention is stolen by the sound coming from Puck's mouth.

The opening bars from Savage Garden's I Knew I Loved You stops Mercedes in mid thought. She had heard Puck sing before, and he was all right, but now his voice wafted over the melodies like ribbon dancing in the wind, and she couldn't believe her ears.

"Mercedes?"

"Huh?"

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah. Yeah. I'm fine. Just wondering how long I have to listen to this pitiful noise Puck's trying to pass off as music."

"I don't know. It sounds pretty good to me."

"Yeah, well, I'm the music major, and I say that it's not music honey."

Mercedes sees a confused look on Tina's face and hopes she didn't come off too obvious. Quickly changing the subject before Tina has time to think about what just happened, Mercedes begins a conversation about the new Harry Potter movie that's coming out. Tina, being an uber fan, eagerly welcomes the subject change. While Tina rambles on about Harry and his comrades, Mercedes holds a close ear to Puck, amazed at his musical growth. Before she knows it, he has finished and is walking off stage. Becoming aware of Tina, she realizes that her friend hasn't stopped her ramble about the wizarding world of Harry Potter. Ignorantly lost in wonderment of Puck's performance, Mercedes is brought back to reality by the abrupt ending of Tina's conversation with herself and her Ke$ha ringtone. It is Artie telling Tina that he is outside. She tells Mercedes goodbye and leaves to partake in her bi-weekly escapade with Artie. Discovering that Puck was the last act to go on, Mercedes orders a white chocolate macadamia nut to go and leaves Café Lorno.

A/N Next is the first encounter it is mostly in dialogue.