A/N: Here's chapter 2 guys! A little Kurtcedes for you guys since we're lacking so much in the show. If there are things that you really want to see in the story, message me or something and let me know! No promises, but I'll see what I can do :) Read and Review!

"There's something up with you Mercedes!"

"I'm fine. I told you before, it's nothing! Can we please just get to this sale before all the good stuff is gone?"

"Not until you tell me what's up with you."

Mercedes stopped at the entrance to the mall and sighed. She loved Kurt to death and was glad they were still talking even though she was in Shelby's club, but damn the boy was persistent! She hated keeping things from him but there was no way she could tell him this. Then again, there was always the possibility that he'd figure it out anyway.

"We are not going in until you tell me what's going on with you woman," and he stood between her and the door with his arms crossed in front of his chest and raised an eyebrow. Mercedes knew a lost battle when she saw one and finally relented to him.

"Fine," she huffed and rolled her eyes. "But we need to be sitting down with some kind of hot beverage," and with that she turned on her heel and started back towards her car. Behind her back, her best friend gave a celebratory smirk and followed her.

They drove over to the Lima Bean in a comfortable silence; Kurt knew better than to press the girl for more details until she was ready to tell him. He loved Mercedes to death but damn was she stubborn!

Mercedes got them a table while Kurt went and got their drinks; he got his usual Grande Non-Fat Mocha and Mercedes got a Caramel Macchiato with whipped cream. As he approached the table, he couldn't help noticing how anxious she looked sitting there. The last time he'd seen her so anxious was over a guy… but she was dating Shane now. Unless…

"So," he began as he set the drinks down on the table, "Are you going to tell me? Or are you going to keep it inside until you explode?" he chuckled with a knowing smile and took a sip of his coffee. That earned him another eye roll and a sigh.

Mercedes took a pause before starting, "Ok, so yesterday I went to the auditorium to get in some extra practice and there was already someone there," she stopped and took a long drink from her coffee.

"Is that seriously it? You made us miss a sale because you didn't get the auditorium to yourself?" he joked and leaned back in his chair.

"You know that's not the end, will you let me finish boy?" Mercedes exclaimed in an exasperated voice. She took a deep breath and continued, "Like I said, there was someone already in there. A guy actually…," she trailed off quietly.

Now we're getting down to it, thought Kurt as he studied his friend. It must be some guy if this was the reaction he was causing in Mercedes. He knew how much she cared about Shane and that she wasn't the type to get taken with a guy when she had a perfectly good one.

"Ok so you met this guy and…," he trailed off meaningfully and waved his hand, motioning for her to continue.

"And he was singing. The Beatles actually. He sounded really good," and a smile unwittingly crossed her face at the memory of it.

"Was he by any chance good looking?" Kurt suggested with a knowing smile.

"Yes he was good looking but that's not the point," Mercedes replied a little flustered, "The thing is… I dunno I felt something when I heard him sing and we talked and now I'm all confused." At this she stopped and looked down at her hands; she liked Shane a lot and would never do anything to hurt him, but there was no way she could deny that she had felt something for Isaiah. What that something was… she wasn't exactly sure yet.

Kurt gave his friend a sympathetic and understanding look; he knew how it felt to have those conflicting feelings.

He thought carefully before answering her, "It happens. Sometimes there are people that you connect with right away, nothing wrong with that."

"I know it's just- Remember what you told me? How you felt when you first met Blaine? You said there was this spark, this connection there. And that's what I felt with this guy… but that's crazy right? How can you feel that for someone you barely know?"

"Mercedes, you like Shane right?"

"Of course I do!"

"And you want to be with him? Only him?"

Mercedes gave a slight pause (not unnoticed by Kurt), before enthusiastically agreeing, "Yeah, of course I wanna be with him."

"Then… you'll just have to avoid this other guy. Because I know you. And the last thing you want to do is hurt Shane by getting mixed up with some other guy."

Just avoid him. That should be easy enough, Mercedes thought to herself as she gave an inward sigh. After all, he was just a guy. And she had a great boyfriend who really cared for her.

What more could she ask for?