OK i saw a review that this story was similar to Love's Cure by xxDharmagrlxx. I will admit that our summaries are similar but i haven't read this story (yet it is going on my to read list). It's possible that i read the summary and liked the idea but i don't know for sure. I'm sorry if there is any similarities - it wasn't on purpose and i'm not try to steal her idea. (I just sent a PM to the author and i'll see if she reply's at all)
Present
For the most part Kurt and Blaine didn't do much wedding planning after they set a date and venue. They concentrated on Jeff and Nicks wedding and being happy for their friends. They might say a thing to two here and there while helping Jeff and Nick but they didn't make any major decisions or really sit down and discuss what their plans were.
Well they didn't make any plans until they got an email from Sarah after Jeff and Nicks wedding. She wanted to set up a meeting so they could make a few more decisions about the wedding. It was about seven months until the Klaine wedding so in theory Kurt and Blaine knew they needed to really start planning but they were having too much fun being engaged.
It was odd at first for Kurt. He remembered being so excited to plan his wedding when he was younger but now he was just excited to spend the rest of his life with Blaine. He didn't care about having a big fancy wedding, or so he did care some but it wasn't so extremely important.
Kurt had some ideas for the wedding but, unlike when he was younger, he was more open to what Blaine wanted to do. He wanted their wedding to be about them and he didn't care if that meant standing in a courthouse.
With Sarah's email though the two of them sat down in their living room to make a few decisions. They gathered a few wedding magazines and a few printouts from the internet about what they wanted. They agreed to each find some things and ideas that they, personally, wanted or would like for the wedding. They would then present their ideas to the other and they would makes some decisions.
They also decided that if they couldn't agree they would skip it and discuss it with Sarah or visit again later so they wouldn't be arguing today. They gave each other two days to find, collect, and print their ideas before presenting them to the other.
It was Saturday morning after they ate their breakfast that they met in the living room. They each set a stack of papers down on the coffee table and faced each other on their couch. They shared a quick kiss before starting on the decision making.
"OK so first wedding colors."
Kurt started the conversation with a smile and pulled a few papers from his pile. Blaine did the same so they both had papers in their hands.
"I was thinking gold and brown because it is a fall wedding and they go pretty well together."
Blaine spoke a little hesitantly and with a questioning tone. Kurt smiled at his fiancé and nodded.
"I like those colors together and they are defiantly fall colors. Maybe we could accent with a blue or turquoise color?'
Blaine nodded instantly. The fact the Kurt liked his color choices was a little amazing so having an accent color that Kurt chose made him feel better and they Kurt was defiantly taking part in the planning, not that Blaine was worried about that but he wanted both of them to be involved with everything.
Kurt grabbed his IPad from the coffee table and opened the google doc they had started for their wedding plans. Sarah had access to it as well so she knew their plans. In the document right now was only their date and venue.
Kurt typed into the document their colors with the accent listed. Then without closing the document he set the IPad to the side. They both put their papers on the ground and Blaine pulled his next few pages from his stack.
"OK so next on my pile is photographers if you're OK with doing that next?"
Kurt nodded and sorted through his papers to find the information he had on photographers.
"So I was thinking that we just needed a simple photographer to take pictures of the wedding party and to film the entire wedding."
Blaine nodded to this but also added what he wanted.
"I kind of want to have someone taking pictures during the reception as well as having some disposable cameras for the guests to take pictures."
Kurt thought about if for a moment before nodding.
"OK I'm ok with that as long as it stays in our price range and they are willing to do that. Did you have a photographer in mind or do we need to do some more research?"
Blaine showed Kurt some of the photographers he found and lists of what they offered and their prices. Kurt nodded at them but said he wanted to look at their other jobs before deciding on any of them. Blaine agreed and they listed a few things that they wanted the photographer to do on the google doc, just in case Sarah had some ideas and so they didn't forget.
Next they moved on to florists which was a major issue for them. Kurt argued that they didn't' need any because there would be flowers and plants all over. Blaine wanted to get some for the reception area because there wasn't any flowers in that hall. They argued about if for a few minutes and where just about to get in a heated argument when Blaine held up his hand.
"Wait. We said we wouldn't do this."
Kurt still looked angry and put out buy he had stopped talking and seemed to be listening to what Blaine was saying.
"We'll just put down florist with a question mark in our google doc and ask Sarah to help us resolve this issue."
He carefully didn't say that Sarah would chose a side and he also carefully didn't say that Sarah would help them decide if they would have flowers. Kurt looked a little apprehensive but sighed and released his arms from how they were crossed and grabbed the IPad.
He typed into it exactly what Blaine had said and the two of them moved on to a new topic. Kurt suggested to move on to what caterer they wanted to use. They each pulled out their pages and started discussing what they wanted for food.
This was something that took them some time to work out. Kurt wanted to be sure that the food they had was healthy and light so they could dance during the reception. Blaine wanted some Pilipino foods for his mom and her relatives. They didn't get into a fight about this but they both did decide that they should talk to Sarah about options and to see if the conservatory offered catering, they weren't paying that much attention those months ago that they toured it.
They put that into their google doc as well, making sure to put down notes of what they wanted and questions they had. Once they had that filled out they took a little break while Kurt reorganized how the google doc worked, right now it was just a jumbled mess of random sentences and paragraphs and it was making Kurt itch.
Blaine got up and started making some lunch for them while his fiancé sat on the couch and worked through the document, making it to his standards. Blaine made them chicken sandwiches using shredded chicken from the night before.
On his sandwich be layered on Mayo and lettuce with his chicken. On Kurt's he put lettuce and tomatoes. He put the two sandwiches on two different plates and added some baby carrots to the plates. He then poured both of them some iced tea and brought the plates and cups into the living room.
As they had worked through their research they had been throwing the used papers onto the ground so while there was a mess on the ground the coffee table was looking a little more clean. He placed their lunch on the coffee table and turned to Kurt.
Kurt was deeply engrossed in the IPad. He had his tongue sticking slightly out and he was making little noises to himself. Blaine poked Kurt with his foot while he cuddled up on the couch. Kurt looked up from the IPad and Blaine gestured toward the food sitting on their coffee table.
Kurt set the IPad down and grabbed his just and Blaine did. They ate in silence for a few minutes before Kurt gestured to the IPad sitting on the couch next to him.
"I put all the things we need to talk about into a table so we can put notes next to them when we've talked about them. I also thought we would highlight the things we need help with in one color and things that we couldn't come to any agreement on in a different color."
Kurt blushed a little bit and looked down at the IPad again.
"I kinda already put the things we need help deciding on in green and things we couldn't agree on in yellow."
Blaine smiled and leaned over to give his fiancé a kiss on the cheek.
"I like it. It sounds like a good idea. Makes things easier to find and I know you and Sarah are the ones going to be looking at it more anyway."
Kurt stuck his tongue out at Blaine and resumed eating his sandwich. Once they were both finished eating and drinking their tea Blaine got up and put the dishes in the sink. He was just going to leave them in there but Kurt shouted to just put them into the dishwasher so they wouldn't have to deal with them later.
Blaine rolled his eyes but rinsed everything off quickly and put them away in the dishwasher. He even put a pellet in and started the load so it would be clean probably before they started dinner. With the dishes started Blaine walked back into the living room and flopped onto the couch.
"Blaine!"
Blaine grinned. His flopping caused some of the papers on the floor to fly up and scatter around more and spread out further in the living room. Making the room more of a mess then it already was. Kurt glared at him a little but they both knew that he wasn't really that mad and that Blaine would help clean it up later so it wasn't as big of a deal.
'OK so I know this is going to be a big thing for us but we should talk about entertainment at the reception and during the ceremony."
Kurt gave him a look and Blaine rolled his eyes at him.
"Music OK. What music do we want to have during the ceremony to start with?"
Kurt smiled and they both dived into their piles to pull out what they had for music ideas. They both pulled out music for the ceremony as well as music ideas for the reception. Once they both had found their ideas and information Kurt spoke up first.
"So I was thinking for the ceremony we could just a piano player. Just something simple for us to walk down the aisle with in the background. Side note we need to decide if we are walking down the aisle and how we plan on doing that."
Kurt picked up the IPad and added a line to the table noting that he needed to talk about their ceremony more, specifically the aisle. Blaine nodded and let Kurt finish typing before he spoke up about Kurt's idea.
"I like the idea of keeping is simple. And I like the piano as well. Maybe we could have one of our friends play it?"
Kurt nodded and Blaine continued.
"And I also agree that we needed to discuss the ceremony more but maybe with Sarah so she can give us pointers and ideas?"
Kurt nodded and highlighted the new line in green and set the IPad aside again. Blaine nudged him though.
"You should put down the information for the music for the ceremony too."
Kurt nodded quickly and typed up the information.
"OK so music for the reception now."
Blaine nodded and grinned.
"So obviously I think we need so sort of karaoke or some time when our friends can sing and so can we."
Kurt grinned and nodded.
"I agree with that but can I suggest we get a DJ instead of a live band? I think they cost less, though don't quote me on that, and that gives us more options for what they can play."
Blaine hesitated and bit his lip. He had wanted a live band but it did make sense to have a DJ. Blaine nodded.
"OK but we need to have karaoke or something so our friends can sing. If we can't find someone willing to do that we'll have to have one of our friends plug in their IPods."
Kurt hesitated but nodded, they would have to find someone because he could only imagine what their friends would play at their wedding. He typed into the google document their plan and set it aside again, he should have just bookmarked everything on the IPad so he didn't have to keep switching back and forth between it and paper.
"OOOKay so…. The wedding party?"
Kurt laughed a little at how hesitant Blaine sounded about their next topic but smiled and nodded at his fiancé.
I want Jeff to be my best man. It's only fair because I got to be his and maybe Elliot for my other attendant?"
"Kurt. What about… don't you want-"
"No Blaine I've told you before I don't want to talk about it!"
Kurt looked angry and Blaine knew he needed to drop the subject if he didn't want Kurt to storm out of the room. Blaine knew Kurt had an issue with his family. He even knew why Kurt had problems but that didn't mean that Blaine didn't want his fiancé to make up with his family.
He sighed. He knew Kurt and knew that unless the subject was dropped Kurt would walk out of the room and into his office, slamming the door behind him, and Blaine wouldn't be able to talk to him till right before bed and even then Kurt would be stilted and angry.
"OK so I want Wes as my best man and Nick as my other attendant. I was also thinking maybe having Dani as another attendant if you wanted to have three instead of two?"
He looked at Kurt under his eyelashes and bit his lip. He wasn't sure how Kurt would react to that but he knew that it would defiantly make Kurt forget about him bringing up his family.
Kurt bit his lip, worrying it a little. If he was going to have another attendant it would have to be a girl to balance out the two of their attendants. Oddly enough Kurt didn't have many female friends. Since high school he really hadn't made that many friends except Blaine and Blaine's friends.
He had met a few people at the theater but most of them were just casual acquaintances that he saw when he volunteered there. The exception being Elliot and Dani who also volunteered there and who, honestly, Kurt connected with because of Blaine.
Blaine invited them over for dinner after the four of them volunteered together with the teens putting on the play. Once at their house Kurt connected more with Elliot and they got to be friends. He also got to be friends with Dani but Blaine talked with her more as they were both performers and teachers of music. Elliot was also a performer but he was also interested in the fashion field and they often talked about that.
Kurt continued to think who could be his other attendant. Did he really have any other close friends besides ones that were also Blaine's? Well he did have the girls he worked with at the boutique. He was actually friends with them and they talked but Blaine hadn't really met any of them except for the few times he swung by Kurt's work.
"I could ask Kitty if she would be willing to be my third attendant."
Blaine looked at his fiancé. Honestly Blaine had expected him to say no because he did know that Kurt didn't really have any of his own friends but Blaine had brought it up hopping that maybe Kurt would contact someone from high school.
That plan obviously backfired. Blaine had heard Kurt talk about Kitty, he knew that Kitty worked with Kurt at the boutique but he had never really met the girl.
"Wait is she the skinny one with the blond hair always in a pony or the darker haired one who is much more friendly?"
Kurt smirked a little. Kurt worked at a smallish bridal boutique that was owned by a bigger designer, Unique Adams. The boutique was small but sot after because it did have designs done by an up-and-coming designer but this particular boutique had less expensive gowns.
The store only had four employees, himself, Kitty, Marley, and Katie. He, Kitty, and Marley worked with the brides and their bridesmaids to find gowns, the brides and the bridesmaids, and helped to fit them. Kurt did a lot of the tailoring but both Kitty and Marley knew how to fit the gowns so Kurt could tailor them later. Katie was the manager and handled the money and stock.
They also had another girl, Bree, who came in to help Kurt tailor when things got really busy. Kurt had made the most connection with Kitty because he was snarky and a little crazy. She reminded a bit of Santana when he let himself think about it. He was friends with Marley as well but she was shyer and she tended to hang out with Katie more.
"Kitty is the blond who tries to flirt with you every time you come in."
Kurt grinned sweetly at his fiancé. Blaine blushed a little and shook his head.
"OK so we'll have to talk with everyone and see if they are willing and if so we have our attendants."
Kurt nodded and brought up the next thing.
"What about a flower girl and ring bearer?"
"uhhh…"
Neither of them really knew any kids that would be the correct age to be flower girls or a ring bearer. Their friend David had a little girl with his wife but she was only six months old and wouldn't be old enough, really, to be a flower girl. They looked at each other and bit their lips for a while.
"OK I have an idea."
Blaine spoke up after a few minutes of silence.
"What if we had one of our younger friends do both jobs? Or we could find two younger friends and them each take one job. I know they would technically be to old but our other option is to just forget them.
Although…"
They both looked at each other for a moment and thought about it. Depending on how they actually wanted to have their wedding go it might be better to not have a flower girl or a ring bearer. Kurt suddenly shifted in his seat and sat further upright.
"OK, OK, I have an idea! What if we both walked down the aisle? First you then me, or the other way around, and we each had a flower girl, or boy, walk in front and drop flowers, like is traditional, but they each had different colored petals that matched out suits.
Like if you had a gold vest your flower-dropper would drop gold petals and I had a turquoise vest mine would drop turquoise petals. Then we could each carry the others ring in our pockets so we wouldn't need a ring bearer."
Kurt sounded excited about the idea and Blaine grinned lovingly at him.
"I do like that idea but it think we should discuss it with Sarah and see if we can find two people willing to do that before we officially decide to do that."
Kurt sighed but nodded.
"Ruining my excitement with your rational thought."
Kurt grumbled under his breath. Blaine heard him, though he really didn't think Kurt meant for him not to hear, and laughed. They shared a quick kiss before Kurt input the information into the google doc.
"Soo. That leaves ushers for the wedding party. Umm. We could have Thad and David maybe?"
Kurt bit his lip. Thad he wouldn't mind having as an usher but David had a baby that he would probably want to show off before the wedding so he wouldn't be the best choice.
"What about Cooper instead of David? You know that he's gonna be angry that he wasn't included in the wedding party."
Blaine rolled his eyes.
"No Cooper we'll forget that he's supposed to be doing something for the wedding and just talk about himself. But I do think maybe David wouldn't be the best choice."
They both thought about it for a while before Kurt mad a suggestion.
"What about Jeff's friend Jake? We've both met him a few times and I know you and he talk sometimes about dancing and he lives in town unlike some of the other Warblers."
Blaine nodded but check to make sure that Kurt was OK with having someone who wasn't his best friend in the wedding party. Kurt replied that he was fine with it as long as Blaine was and he thought Jake could do it.
'OK so we'll have to ask everyone if it's OK for them to be in our wedding party but that should wrap that up."
Kurt typed all their choices into the google doc and shared it with those people they wanted in their wedding party. Kurt smirked, they were going to be surprised if they read their emails before they got a change to call their friends.
"OK so the next thing I have on this list is an officiant. Since neither of us are religious I thought we could just ask Sarah for a list who would be willing to do our ceremony."
Blaine nodded, he had been thinking along the same line and liked that he and Kurt were in sync on this. Kurt typed it into their doc and they moved on.
"Next. Did we want any other entertainment other than the DJ and karaoke?"
Blaine thought about it for a moment before shaking his head.
"No I think just that dancing and maybe a slideshow should be ok. I mean we could ask Jeff and Jake to put together a dance or two with us or some of the other guys but honestly I think we're good otherwise."
Kurt nodded.
"K so next. Obviously I'm going to be making our tuxedoes. The guys, though, will have to buy or rent theirs, same with the girls and their dresses. I can only make so much clothes in the limited time and I already have the base for the two of us so I should be able to do ours."
Blaine nodded and grinned, of course Kurt wanted to make their suits. Blaine wasn't going to complain or suggest otherwise, he knew Kurt would do a good job and he also knew that Kurt would listen to him for advice for the style and fit.
"hmmm OK so all that we have left to talk about for now is save-the-dates, invitations, transportation, hotels, the honeymoon, and our wedding parties look. I think we should have them here to decide what look their going to have and I don't think we need any transportation because we have those two extra rooms at the conservatory to get ready in. What do you think though?"
Blaine nodded.
"I like the idea of waiting for everyone to see before picking clothes and I also think your right about transportation. So save-the-dates and invitations we'll have to look at what someplace offers. That leaves hotels for out-of-town relatives and the honeymoon.
I'm not worried about the hotels because we don't have that many people coming and we aren't planning on having the wedding on a day that hotels are going to be booked but we can see who is planning on coming and tell them to reserve a hotel room right away. As for the honeymoon…"
Blaine crawled forward on the couch to start kissing Kurt. Kurt laughed but it soon turned into a moan when Blaine kissed him exactly where he liked it. Things started to get heated and Kurt shoved Blaine away.
"Bedroom."
They had gotten through pretty much all that Sarah asked them to look at before their next meeting so the two of them left the mess in the living room and ran to their bedroom.
