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Beta-ed by: Debraelq

Timeline: Thursday

-Chapter: 28: Two Girls Are Better Than One-

Hate on me hater
Now or later
Cause I'm gonna do me
You'll be mad baby

(Go head and hate)
Go head and hate on me hater
I'm not afraid of
What I got I paid for
You can hate on me

The song finished, and Kurt smiled happily. He had nothing against Mr. Schue but just singing like this was relaxing.

As he was packing up his stuff to leave, a hand touched him on the shoulder.

"M-may I help you?" he turned to see Mercedes smiling nervously at him.

"Hey Kurt." She smiled at him - her smile was nothing like Rachel's lecherous one- and sat down on the chair next to his bag. "Um, I know this sounds strange but..." She glanced around before looking back to him. "Would it be alright if we, you know, like, pretended to go out? I mean, I kind of was mad at Rachel and may have or may not have told her we were dating, so... Will you be my fake boyfriend?"

Kurt gazed up at her, mouth hanging open slightly. "Y-you... y-you did what?"

She shrugged, blushing slightly.

"She was being an annoying bitch, and so I told her what I knew would make her the maddest."

He forced his mouth closed. "But I told her I was gay," he hissed out, looking around warily.

"So? I'm sure Rachel's had lots of guys pretend they're gay to avoid her." She smirked, and Kurt mentally sighed.

"Yeah, su-sure, whatever." She nodded and stood up to leave.

"B-but 'Cedes?" She raised an eyebrow in his direction. "Just, don't get too attached. I already have one crazy woman to get rid of."

She snorted. "Yeah, sure Kurt. I'm sure you'll have a whole following of desperate fan girls trailing behind you tomorrow morning."

She waved to him as she left the room, and Kurt bit his lip before resuming putting his things away.