AN: So, I don't usually post these here on the same day they get put up on facebook but as I posted the Mike/Mercedes drabble yesterday and this is based off that one, I decided to go ahead and post this one today. Enjoy!

Prompt: Inara - "No one likes the idea of hearing what you're thinking." - 'Firefly'

Heading to her car, Mercedes could feel the panic set in. This wasn't just a 'let's get dinner and hang out cause we're friends' dinner. This was an actual date. A first date. With someone she had never thought she would have a shot with. Yes, she had checked him out more than once, but other than being friendly, Mike Chang had never paid her any special attention. Then he and Tina had started dating and she had pushed any feelings aside out of respect for Tina but Tina had clearly moved on to finding someone else, though the search didn't seem to be going to well. Mercedes was willing to take this chance and see what happened.

And she had to look good for it!

Stepping though the main entrance of McKinley, Mercedes took out her cell phone and placed a call to the only person she trusted for fashion advice.

"Hey, Mercedes. What's up?"

"Kurt, I need your help," Mercedes said, forgoing any semblance of a greeting.

"Is something wrong?" Kurt asked, concern clear in his voice.

"No, don't worry," Mercedes said calmly. After the scare he had been through with his father she hadn't meant to worry him. "It's just that Mike just asked me out on a date and I don't know what to wear."

"Mike Chang asked you out on a date?" Kurt asked.

"Yes. Is that so surprising?"

"Unexpected not surprising," Kurt told her.

"So, will you help me figure out what to wear?"

"Blaine and I were going to get coffee."

"So grab your coffee and the two of you get your butts over to my house."

"You want Blaine's opinion on fashion. Giving the combinations he's come up with that isn't always a good idea."

"Hey!" came Blaine's voice from the background.

"I know. The thought is scary but I do want your fashion sense. So please!" Mercedes begged.

"Okay," Kurt relented. "Let us grab our coffee and then we'll me you at your parents' house. You're going to blow Mike away tonight, I promise!"

"Thanks, Kurt," Mercedes replied, feeling the panic subside as she reached her car. With Kurt on the job, she had nothing to fear.