Ryan and Stacey stood face to face, hand in hand and unable to stop smiling. They were in a small, beautifully decorated room, that Stacey and Tanya had planned out together. Only close family members sat in the 4 rows of seats that were placed at either side of the walk way that not so long ago, dressed in a plain white dress, Stacey had walked down her father on her arm to meet Ryan at the end. It was their wedding day and they couldn't be happier.
"Do you, Stacey Thomson, take Ryan Anderson to be your lawfully wedded husband?" Asked the tall, middle aged man wedding them.
"I do." She answered, smiling up at Ryan.
"And do you, Ryan Anderson, take Stacey Thomson to be your lawfully wedded wife?"
He grinned, giving her a quick wink. "I do." He told him.
"Then I now pronounce you husband and wife." He said then turning to Ryan. "You may now kiss the bride."
Ryan leaned in putting one hand on the side of her cheek and kissed her, both of them smiling as the small audience clapped. Tanya wiped the tears as they fell from her eyes with a tissue, Blaine and Alice both by her side.
"I love you, Mrs Anderson." Ryan smirked, giving her one more quick kiss.
"I love you too, Mr Anderson." She replied. With that they walked back down the aisle hand in hand.
"How was the wedding?" Kurt asked leaning on the breakfast bar in Blaine's kitchen the next day, excited to hear all about it.
"It was amazing." He told him. "Everything they wanted." Blaine smiled, pouring a drink for them both.
"Has your dad found out about it yet?" He wondered. Ryan had decided, probably for the best, not to invite his estranged father to the wedding. It would have only made things uncomfortable and Ryan supposed he wouldn't have turned up anyway.
"Not that I know of." Blaine answered, handing Kurt the drink. "When he does I'm not sure if he'll do anything about it though. He never bothered with things before."
Kurt nodded understanding. "Hi Alice." He said as she came into the kitchen.
"Hey!" She smiled. "I just came in to tell you I'm going out." She told them.
"Where to?" Kurt asked curious.
"Rory wants to meet up." She said.
Kurt smirked looking over at Blaine, raising his eyebrows. "Do you hear that Blaine, Rory wants to meet up." He teased. "Not getting many details, are we?"
Alice laughed, shaking her head at them. "Bye guys, see you when I get home." She waved leaving them to it.
"Young love, eh?" Kurt giggled taking a sip of his drink.
"So we're old now?" Blaine laughed sitting down next to him.
"I certainly feel it." The two of them laughed. Kurt wrapped his arms around Blaine holding him close.
"Do you think that Alice would ever," He paused thinking of how to word his question. "cheat on someone?"
"Of course not, what makes you say that?" Kurt asked shocked that Blaine might even consider his sister cheating.
"It's just Sebastian said something to me at Regionals-"
"Sebastian? And you believed him."
"No, not really. I was wondering because in the past she did do quite a lot of bad things but she was going through an episode then." Blaine explained to him.
Kurt squeezed him. "Don't worry about it, Alice wouldn't do that." He then pulled him even closer and kissed him.
Blaine took a breath looking down and laughing. "What was that for?"
"Just for being you." Kurt smiled.
"Hey beautiful." Rory greeted Alice with a huge hug, quickly kissing her on the lips.
Alice blushed lightly, feeling the knots in her stomach that she had the first time she met him. "Hi." She smiled up at him. He had asked her to meet him on the bridge in Lima Park, where they first kissed and obviously she had accepted.
"How are you?" He asked leaning on the bar like the last time they were there.
"I'm great thanks, you?"
"I'm good." He said half heartedly.
"What's wrong?" She wondered putting her hand on his.
He took a deep breath, standing up straight, taking both her hands in his. "Alice, there's something we've avoided talking about since we started dating." She looked down at her feet nervously, knowing what he was about to say. "I'm only a foreign exchange student and…" He paused finding the words hard to say. "I'm going home next weekend."
Alice nodded, unable to say anything. He'd told her briefly before the date that he was going home, since then neither of them had spoken of it. To Alice it seemed as if it had been slowly creeping up but now it felt as if it had came to fast. She did her best not to cry, the feelings that had been held back for a while all rushing through her.
"I just wanted to say, this week I want to make the best of it. I love you Alice Anderson and no matter what I will never, ever forget you." He told her lifting her chin, blinking back his own tears.
"I feel exactly the same." She said, putting her arms around his body and holding him tightly, her head rested on his chest. He wrapped his arms around her and kissed the top of her head, taking yet another deep breath.
Tanya walked through to the hallway, hearing the phone ringing from through in the kitchen. Her divorce was finally over, she had gotten quite a lot of money, the house and the car, but most importantly full custody of the children. Richard was no longer in her life and he could no longer bother her… or so she thought.
"Hello?" She answered.
"Why wasn't I invited?" Richard slurred angrily.
"What do you mean why weren't you invited?" She sighed wondering if she had thought to soon when she had been so glad to finally get peace.
"To my own sons wedding." He shouted down the phone.
"I wonder Richard." She shook her head though he couldn't see.
"Don't get snappy with me. I want an explanation." He argued.
"Well Richard, you are a drunken, idiotic fool who put his own family in a horrible position for years and you also raised your hand to one of your wonderful children. I honestly can't believe you actually still don't realise what you've done." Tanya told him quickly putting down the phone before he had a chance to say anything back. His ex-wife had a new found confidence and she loved it.
