The Mystery Man

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Bold equals Mercedes
Underlined equals Sam
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Quinn smiled faintly and sighed with reverence. The entire glee club club watched her from across the room as she stared out the window, daydreaming.

"Quinn? Honey? You alright there?" Brittany asked, leaning forward a bit to touch her. Santana grabbed her before she could.

"Watch out Britts, you could catch it." Santana warned, the blond looked confused.

"Catch what?" Santana shrugged and Quinn smiled deeper and let out another sigh as she twirled a pencil around her fingers.

"Maybe she's on crack?" Puck suggested.

"Oh please you really think Cinderella over her would get high at school?" Mercedes pointed out.

"Even I think that ridiculous, and I'm wearing a bow in my hair." Kurt added.

"I think it's cute." Blaine kissed Kurt's lips, and Kurt sighed deeply.

"She's in love!" Rachel yelled standing up. Everyone turned around to look at her and she slowly sat down awkwardly. At this point the aforementioned Quinn turned back into the conversation.

"What? No I'm not!" She denied and Santana eyes grew wide.

"She is! Quinn's in love!" Santana yelled.

"Well, I'm flattered Quinn." Puck said pulling out his signature smirk and rubbing his Mohawk. Her cheeks turned a bright shade of red and she looked at the board.

"Hello class! Sorry I'm late! We have a new week lesson for today that everyone's been requesting for awhile." Mr. Shuester said walking in. He grabbed a marker and began writing on the board. "Disney!" Kurt and Rachel high fived and Quinn let out a cheer. Everyone stared again.
"Sing your favorite childhood songs or the ones that mean the most to you now. And have fun! We have a competition soon and we should relax, there's too much stress right now." He released them and they ran into the hallway talking and laughing.

"Hey Kurt? Can I borrow Blaine?"

"But we're planning for the assignment, were singing kiss the girl, but with kiss the guy instead." Brittany raised and eyebrow.

"That's an awful idea, I'm sure whatever Brittany's got planned is better." Santana said walking past. Brittany pulled Blaine aside. Kurt looking slightly heartbroken.

"We'll sing kiss the guy! Don't worry Kurt!" Blaine called as Brittany pulled him away, he then gave her his full attention.

"Okay so you know what we have to do now right?" Blaine nodded.

"Totally. Let's try to go last." They shook on it and went their separate ways.
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"I am not a stereotype." Mercedes announced. "I am singing this song, because despite what everyone thinks I'm not lazy. I work hard each and every day, and I'm going to achieve my dreams." She took a deep breath then began belting it out

Mama! I don't have time for dancing!

That's just gonna have to wait a while
Ain't got time for messing around
And it's not my style
This old town can slow you down
People taking the easy way
But I know exactly where I'm going
Getting closer and closer every day." The glee club began to clap along and Mercedes stomped her foot to the music, commanding their attention.

And I'm almost there, I'm almost there
People down here think I'm crazy, but I don't care
Trials and tribulations, I've had my share
There ain't nothing gonna stop me now 'cause I'm almost there." Everyone got up and clapped, swaying to the jazzy music.

I remember Shuester told me: "Fairy tales can come true
You gotta make 'em happen, it all depends on you" She winked at the teacher who have her a wide smile. There was a Spanish test coming up.
"So I work real hard each and every day
Now things for sure are going my way
Just doing what I do
Look out boys, I'm coming through" She walked up to where Puck and Sam were clapping and pushed them away as she walked through the stands to Kurt and danced with him.

"And I'm almost there, I'm almost there
People gonna come here from everywhere
And I'm almost there"

I'm almost there

There's been trials and tribulations
You know I've had my share
But I've climbed the mountain, I've crossed the river
And I'm almost there, I'm almost there
I'm almost there!" She held out the long note, and everyone clapped.

"Fantastic Mercedes! That's what I'm looking for! Do something personal and fun guys!" He said giving her a high five as she gasped for breath. "Sam? I think you had a song too?" The blond boy nodded, and grabbed his guitar.

"This is for Quinn." The blond blushed and quirked an eyebrow at him. "Cause well, she knows why." Mercedes and Kurt grinned at each other, Sam was top on their list of suspects because their relationship ended so abruptly. He began to strum the guitar, in a twangy way.

"You've got a friend in me
You've got a friend in me
When the road looks rough ahead
And you're miles and miles from your nice warm bed
You just remember what your old pal said
Girl you've got a friend in me
Yeah you've got a friend in me." Mercedes sighed an shrugged at Kurt. Well, there went one theory.

"You've got a friend in me
You've got a friend in me
You got troubles and I got 'em too," Quinn huffed at this.
"There isn't anything I wouldn't do for you
We stick together, we can see it through
'Cause you've got a friend in me
You've got a friend in me

Some other folks might be a little bit smarter than I am
Bigger and stronger too
Maybe
But none of them
Will ever love you the way I do
It's me and you girl

And as the years go by
Our friendship will never die
You're gonna see it's our destiny
You've got a friend in me
You've got a friend in me
You've got a friend in me." He finished and the glee club clapped. Quinn, who had begun crying through the song, when no one had noticed, but they noticed now when she walked up to give Sam a hug. She held on a bit longer then someone normally would and Mercedes and Kurt made eye contact.

They rewrote Sam on their mental list of people Quinn could be in love with.