Though I wish at 11:11 every day and night, I still don't own Glee =(
Summer
Santana looked down at her bride's maid dress frowning, she felt like a balloon. She couldn't help but laughed and thank the big guy upstairs that at least she hadn't been pregnant at her own wedding. Quinn was a week past her due date and everyone had placed bets on when she would finally pop. Santana had five more hours before she was out of the running but at least she'd been closer than Matt and Sean. The beach air is calming and she prays it keeps her morning sickness at bay. She looks down the aisle as everyone stands. Pregnant or not Quinn is gorgeous. She can hear a few chuckles at the white dress because clearly she's anything but pure but it compliments her tanned skin and looks like it was made for her (which it was but still). Her fathers were crying and they haven't even given her away yet. She smiles thinking of her own father at her wedding. Finn is sitting in the back row (they didn't all cut him off), it was a courtesy invite and no one had really expected him to come but she just hoped he wouldn't cause any trouble. It had been a good summer, and they deserved it after the last few years.
Rachel tried to calm herself and ignore that she could feel Finn's eyes on her. She hadn't spoken to him since they had broken up and she didn't want Noah to think otherwise. She looked at Noah and was instantly rewarded with the calm she was looking for. His smile told her she had nothing to worry about, the ring on her finger proved that they were past the heartache and she knew that Noah was a man of his word. He had said nothing would ever come between them again, and that included Finn. She took the bouquet of flowers from Quinn as the ceremony began and tried to protect them from the downpour of tears as they recited their vows. Noah winked at her and she laughed at his silent message that his would be better. She was sure they would be because they would be from him to her. She wished that there was a way to capture this moment so she could relive it whenever she wanted. There were all together, loving each other, in love with each other, enjoying being a whole again. She thought back to the year she had spent on the outside and promised as the couple said 'I do' that she would never be in that position again.
Artie was the dj for the evening and smiled as Michal and Daniel spun their daughter between them for the father daughter dance. There had been a minor crisis with the caterers but other than that they day had been perfect. He watched as Tina danced with Alana and Mike swayed Santana with his arms protectively placed over her stomach. He had never thought about children before but how could he not now that his best friends were parents. Tina would make a beautiful mother, and there was a tug on his heart when he thought of a little girl who looked just like her and had his eyes. There weren't completely solid, years of being a part was hard to overcome but they were on their way. They (Tina) had decided that marriage wasn't in the cards for them, it was his own fault, he'd tainted it for her. But she agreed to a commitment ceremony and really it was the same thing (he just didn't tell her that). He had bought her a promise ring and was prepared to promise her the world. The sound of laughter brought his eyes to the woman he loved and the picture in his mind changed. He definitely wanted a daughter whose eyes sparkled just like that.
They had been amazed by how quiet she was as she made her entrance into the world (Puck won the bet btw). She had wailed for about thirty seconds before she became silent and stared with wide eyes at all the things around her. It didn't change as the weeks went by; she was just a quiet baby. Call her silly but Quinn was positive that Sophia was talking to the baby, telling her all that she needed to know. Somewhere inside of her heart she could hear the soft voice of a little girl who had Pucks tanned skin and her blonde curls. "You are save here," she told her baby sister, "that's mommy and that's your daddy. This is your family, they will love you forever and always. And I'm your big sister and I'm here to protect you. Now be a good girl for mommy because she loves you more than anything." She smiled her mommy smile (as Alana would say) as she thought about her children. Sophia may not have taken a breath but she had lived, and continued to live through her mother's love. She heard Rachel tell the baby about how much they loved her, about how much they had been waiting to meet her and she could hear the tears in her voice and knew that her sister was thinking about Sophia as well. Everyone was gathered about Sean as he feed the baby. Puck took her hand and rested on the arm of her chair, she could feel his tears fall on to the top of her head. "I miss her", she'd never said it out loud but this was Puck, he knew her better than anyone (even Sean and Rachel). "There's nothing to miss babe," he kissed her forehead and placed their hands over her heart, "she's right here". Losing a child had done two things to Quinn, it had created a family and it had taught her the true meaning of pain. She took the newest addition of her family into her arms and vowed that she would never know that kind of pain. Dani Michelle Stewart looked into her mother's eyes and smiled.