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And so it was that the New Directions gathered that day at the Pierce household, with Kurt plopped on the floor right in front of the sofa, in front of the TV, with Blaine next to him. Finn and Rachel had occupied the arm chair, Mercedes, Brittany, Santana and Puck had taken the sofa in that seating order, and finally Quinn, Mike, Tina, Artie, and Sam sat on the side, on the floor.
Every single one of them was wearing rainbows of all shapes and sizes. Every single one of them today was waiting for the news they knew five people in that room desperately wanted.
As the clock ticked closer to the news time, Rachel gave a small squeak and reached out quickly, grabbing Finn's hand on her right and Mercedes's on her left. Mercedes turned to Brittany and held out her hand, and the blonde grasped it. Santana took Brittany's, Puck took Santana's, and the whole room suddenly erupted into a daisy chain as everybody groped for everybody else's hand.
With bated breath, Brittany switched the television on, and they all stared as the news reported listed off the headlines of the evening.
The first story that came up was the one they had all been waiting for.
"…Homosexual marriage has been declared legal in the State of New York."
"Yes!" Puck shouted out, standing up and grinning, his smile splitting his face from ear to ear. Artie and Sam slapped palms, Sam screaming out "Awesome!" as he did; Quinn, Mike and Tina engulfed each other in hugs, Tina saying something that sounded like "Finally…". Rachel's eyes filled with tears as she hugged Finn to her tightly, and Finn looked down at her lovingly, stroking her hair, kissing the crown of her head.
"My Dads are going to be so happy…" she murmured into his chest, the tears spilling freely now.
Santana and Brittany looked at each other, Santana's mascara running down her face in little black lines. Brittany reached a hand up and ran her thumb over the lines, crooning softly. "Don't cry, Santana…"
"They're happy tears, Britt…" she explained, bumping their foreheads together and kissing the tip of the blonde's nose. Puck stared on at the two of them protectively, leaning against the sofa and sipping at his can of beer.
On the floor, Kurt and Blaine were already tearing up, and Kurt was aimlessly clutching at air, trying to find his boyfriend's hands. "B-b-b-Blaine!" he cried out, and Blaine turned to look at him lovingly, bringing up a hand to cup the boy's cheeks.
"I love you…" Blaine mumbled into his boyfriend's lips, and they leaned into a kiss, both smiling into it.
"Seriously, this is the best day, ever!" he heard Brittany call out as she held up her glass. Everybody cheered with her, and Blaine laughed, clapping along with everybody else.
They were slowly seeing equality merge into their world…one step at a time…