Coming back to McKinley... I thought I would have it all. The guy I liked, liked me back and I had great friends. Now the guy I like is an asshole and my friends keep secrets from me. It hurt. What Sam said. It hurt a lot and it still hurts but now that I know how he really feels I think it might be easier to move on.


Walking down the hall seeing Sam and Quinn at her locker (which just happens to be right across from mine) kissing, laughing, smiling, makes me wish I had that with Sam. I didn't even realize that I was staring at them until a red letter man jacket appeared in front of my eye line. I look up and see that it's Shane. Shane is a football player and one of the few who actually isn't a complete asshole and I have no idea why he's talking to me.

"Hi, I don't think we've met. I'm Shane."

I smile and say "Mercedes."

Ok so I might have had a crush on Shane before I liked Sam but it quickly ended when I realized that jocks only date cheerleaders.

"Yeah I know. I've been watching you" he says. I raise my eyebrows and give him a weird look he must have caught on to what i was thinking because he starts laughing and shaking his head.

"No I don't mean it like that. I just mean... I've noticed you."

My lips curve up in a smile "Me?" I ask pointing to my self.

He nods and says "Of course."

I look into his eyes for what feels like hours but I know it's probably only a few seconds.

"Would you like to go out sometime? With me I mean?"

I look over at Sam and see that he is staring at me and Shane but I really don't care because he's with Quinn so I can be with whoever the hell I want. When I look back at Shane I realize how I have backed up against the lockers now and how close he is to me.

I smile real big and say "I would love to."

He smiles real big and honestly it is the cutest thing ever.

I give him my address and we exchange phone numbers then he grabs my hand stroke it a few times and says

"I'll see you tonight at 7"

He lets my hand go and walks down the hall. So much confidence and passion. So. Damn. Sexy.

I smile real big, hug my book closer to my chest and walk to Glee Club. I might be a little upset with Kurt but he's still my best friend and I need his opinion for my outfit tonight.


"Shane asked you out?!" He almost screamed.

We are sitting in my room, on my bed now. I told him everything, about Sam and Shane. This is all so much and having Kurt to talk to makes it so much easier.

"I know. I can hardly believe it myself!" I say with a huge smile.

"Mercedes... you're glowing."

"I feel like I'm glowing! I don't know, I feel like this could be the start of something great!" I say still smiling and with a sigh of relief.

"So this isn't about making Sam jealous?"

"No. It's not. And I really don't wanna talk about Sam right now."

"Ok we won't." He puts his hands up in defeat

"Now show me what your outfit choices are!"


"What is going on with you?" Finn asked Sam as they walked into his house.

"What do you mean?" Sam asks looking down at his phone. Finn takes his back pack off and tosses it to the ground before sitting on his couch and propping his feet up on the coffee table.

"C'mon man I saw your face when Shane asked her out and don't tell me you're not reading your old text messages right now."

He looked up at Finn and gave a defeated sigh then tossed his bag beside Finns and took a seat next to him

"It doesn't matter." he said still reading the messages.

"You still love her."

"It doesn't matter if I do or not ok?! It doesn't matter if I think about her every minute of every day and play that stupid Dean Lewis 'Be Alright' song because it reminds me of her! It doesn't matter because I'm with Quinn and Mercedes hates me now!" Sam yells out in frustration now locking his phone and putting it down.

"Why don't you just tell her? She'll understand all the pressure and crap the football team was giving you and she'll-" Finn was saying but then got cut off by Sam.

"She'll what? Forgive me? No, Finn she won't! What I said... she'll never believe anything I

say again." He finishes off with a low tone and looks down at the floor.

"Forget I said anything. Let's just play some video games" Finn says turning on his Xbox.

Sam sighs and says "Thank you."


Sorry for not updating for a while, both of us kept forgetting to write a new chapter lol. This chapter was written by brittanasdiary! Don't forget to follow us both on insta brittanasdiary and brittanastanxx and please review :)