A/N: One more quick update of story before the end of 2020.
Sorry for the delays in getting another chapter of this up; but I really just lacked the motivation for it and with so many stories on the go, it gets to be quite daunting at times.

So this sees, Hannah and Blaine starting to organise their wedding and all that goes along with that, and as usual there are connections to that of other stories as well, and I will note them down the bottom.
All characters belong to their rightful owners, with the exception of Hannah, Peyton and that of Cooper's family with her and they cannot be used without my permission.

Thanks for reading,

Love KJ xoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Chapter 16 –

Having been engaged for two months, and with Christmas quickly coming around; Cooper invited them to Los Angeles for the festive day and the two of them decided to instead of flying make it a driving trip, since Hannah's parents only lived about an hour away from where they would be, and therefore would then be able to after Christmas spend a few days with her family.

Staying at his older brother's house after arriving in Los Angeles, and them all Christmas morning, sitting around the tree in the downstairs living area of their house; along also with that of Blaine's parents who had also made the trip, but instead choosing to fly. Meaghan, the oldest of Cooper and Peyton's four children, grabbed a present from under the tree and moved over to Hannah.

"This ones for you, Hannah" she said, with a smile and Hannah looked to her with a small laugh and smile.

"For me?" she asked, as Meaghan gave a nod also. "You didn't have to get me anything"

"Nonsense" said Cooper, with a laugh. "You're family now, and if you weren't aware of the traditions of Christmas" he continued with a smile to her. "It's where family give one another presents to show how much they care about them"

"And besides" said Peyton, with a small laugh and smile also. "It's not like all that you and Blaine bought here for gifts, were just from him"

"No, they were from the both of us" replied Blaine, with a nod to his sister in law. "And I think you've just shocked Hannah, by giving her a present since obviously not at all expected"

"It wasn't, no" said Hannah, shaking her head. "And really thank you"

"Yeah, well open it then" said Colton, and Hannah looked to the eldest boy of Cooper and Peyton with a laugh; and tore off the wrapping paper.

"Oh my, wow" said Hannah, when she saw the gift they had gotten her; and that being a set of oil paints and also brushes. "Thank you"

"You're very welcome" replied Peyton, looking to her with a smile. "When Blaine told us that you paint. I thought that was the perfect gift for you"

"It is, yes" replied Hannah, with a nod. "I normally paint with acrylics because they are better priced, but have done some work with oil paints in my art class"

"That's what I told Pey, when she asked me what she could get for you" said Blaine, and Hannah looked to him with a nod. "I remember you saying how different it was painting with oils and thought too this would be the perfect gift for you"

"It is" replied Hannah with a smile to him. "Thank you, so much" she continued, quickly kissing him to the cheek. "I already have some ideas on what I will paint with them"

"It's not nudes is it?" asked Cooper, with a small laugh and they all looked to him; Pamela Anderson groaning at her oldest sons comment.

"Cooper, really" she said, shaking her head as he looked to his mother. "Have you no manners"

"What it was just a question" he replied, looking to her as the others looked to her. "Maybe Hannah is into that kind of painting"

"I did take a class in college, and we had to paint a nude from that of model posing for us" she replied, and Cooper looked to her with a nod and laugh; as the others also looked to her. "It was though, very weird also. And I don't know if I'd be comfortable doing it again"

"Not even if Blainers was the one to pose for you" said Cooper, with a laugh as Blaine looked to his older brother in that of horror. "Just keep those kinds of paintings to yourself if you were to ever do them"

"I'm not going to pose nude for Hannah" said Blaine, looking to Cooper and shaking his head; and Cooper looked to him with a smile.

"The color of both your faces, right now" he replied, with a smile looking to both Hannah and Blaine, who had both gone varying shades of red. "Tells us otherwise"

"Cooper, honestly" said Michael Anderson, looking to his son. "Give Blaine a break, huh" he continued, as Cooper looked to his father. "This is the first time he has ever bought a girl with him for Christmas, and you are carrying on like a teenage boy teasing that of his younger brother"

"Hmph, fine" replied Cooper, with a sigh. "Just please make sure you hide those paintings from view before I come over to your place"

"Cooper" warned Pamela, and he looked to his mother with a small laugh; before they continued with their Christmas Day celebrations.

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That evening, up in the room they were staying in at his older brother's house; Hannah walked back into the bedroom after going to the bathroom, and went over to Blaine who was sitting on the bed in the room.

"Hmm, you know" she said, going and wrapping her arms around him from behind. "I got to say I kind of like this beard thing you got going on"

"Really?" asked Blaine, looking to her with a small smile diverting his attention from he had been looking at on his phone as Hannah looked to him with a small nod.

"Yep, you look ruggedly handsome" she replied, with a smile to him and kissed him. "And I definitely won't be opposed if it were to be a permanent thing"

"Okay, yeah" replied Blaine, with a smile to her also and kissing her back. "And what Coop was saying today and about the paintings" he continued, as Hannah looked to him. "That I'd not be totally opposed to either, if you were maybe wanting to do that sometime"

"You'd let me paint a nude of you?" asked Hannah, as Blaine nodded.

"Just as long as it's something that is never ever seen by anyone but us" he said, with a laugh; as Hannah gave a nod. "But I would really like you to be staring longingly at me, trying to recreate every perfection"

"Blaine" said Hannah, with a laugh and blushing slightly at the idea as Blaine kissed her.

"Admit it though" said Blaine, with a smile to her. "You would totally be into doing that"

"I would like it, yes" said Hannah, with a smile of her own to him. "And you really are perfection as well"

"As are you, my mon cheri" replied Blaine, kissing her. "If I were to be anywhere near as good as you are at painting" he continued, looking to Hannah with a smile. "Then I'd paint you, but sadly all you'd end up with would be a stick drawing"

"Hmm, stick like objects aren't all that bad" said Hannah, with a coy smile to him. "I can think of one particular stick like thing that I like very much"

"Who knew you had such dirty thoughts" said Blaine, with a laugh. "And in that of my brother's home as well"

"Hmm, maybe he is just bringing out that slightly naughty side of me" replied Hannah, with a smile. "And I think we could maybe capitalize on the fact that we are not in our place at the moment and take full advantage of the situation"

"Are you suggesting we partake in forbidden activities in my brother's guest bedroom?" he asked, with a smile to her as Hannah nodded.

"I am yes" she replied, with a smile as Blaine gave a laugh and the two of them before sleeping then spent that of some quality time with each other, knowing that they both had really and truly found the person that they wanted to spend the rest of their lives with.

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Arriving back in California, and resuming the school year. Hannah with that of her art teaching position, and Blaine helping out in the music department as an assistant to Marley which he no longer felt to be weird, even though she was the sister of his ex girlfriend.

The two of them also started to plan when they would get married, and not wanting to have that of a particularly long engagement, made the decision to get married in the summer when they would also be able to take full advantage of the fact that it was the summer break and go on their honeymoon.

Sitting in the staff room on her lunch break, and already starting to peruse over that of bridal magazines; Hannah sat eating her salad having had a free period before it and used that time to go over her supplies, got to the staff room earlier than everyone else and was taking that time to make some notes on what kind of dresses she possibly liked when she would start looking at them in the next month or so.

"Hi" said Marley, as she came to table and took a seat at it alongside her friend.

"Oh hi" replied Hannah with a smile to her as Marley gave a small chuckle.

"Already starting to look at dresses I see" said Marley, as Hannah looked to her with a smile and nod also. "So does that mean you and Blaine have set a date then?"

"Yes" she replied, with a smile to her friend. "We've decided to get married just after school breaks up" she continued, as Marley gave a nod. "And then we can take full advantage of the summer break for a honeymoon"

"That sounds like a really good idea" said Marley, with a smile to her. "And a summer wedding as well, that will be really nice"

"Yeah, it will be" replied Hannah, with a smile as well. "My parents, their country club is one of the places that we are possibly looking at getting married at" she continued, as Marley gave a small nod. "But then it's travel for everyone also, which is another thing we've also got to consider"

"Well everyone travelled for my wedding" said Marley with a smile to her friend. "And I think that worked out pretty well for you and also Blaine"

"Yes" said Hannah with a laugh. "It did" she continued, with a smile. "I also to have to consider that Patty is going to be about seven months pregnant as well"

"I can't believe your sister is pregnant" said Marley, having heard from Roderick and also Olivia, shortly after Christmas that Olivia's brother's girlfriend Patty, who was Hannah's half sister was going to have a baby.

"Me either" said Hannah, shaking her head with a small laugh. "But I am looking forward to being an auntie"

"It's the best" said Mikki, with a smile to her. "Just kind of sucks when you're not close by though"

"Yeah, I think that is one of the things that I will not like much either" she replied, with a small sigh. "Not being able to get little baby hugs and all that"

"Hmm, yeah" replied Marley, with a small sigh also as Blaine came over to the table. "Everything okay, with Mitchell?"

"Yeah, fine" replied Blaine, with a nod as he sat down next to the table. "He was just having some issues with the scales and that was what was getting him frustrated"

"Thank you" said Marley, with a smile to him as Hannah looked to her fiancé.

"Mitchell, huh?" she asked, as Blaine looked to her with a nod.

"Yeah, he had a full on break down in the middle of the class when Marley was teaching" he said, looking to her. "So I took him out of the room and just did it one on one with him, and he seemed to prefer that"

"I really do think he needs to have a full time aide assisting him" said Hannah, with a small sigh. "The other day in art class he just spent the whole time mixing all the paint colours and not actually achieving anything"

"It's hard though" said Marley, looking to the two of them. "It costs money for aides" she continued, as Hannah gave a nod. "And school budgets don't allow for enough funding as it is"

"Which is unfortunate" replied Blaine, as the two girls looked to him. "Because I think with someone there with him. Mitchell would be able to achieve so much more"

"Same, yeah" said Hannah, with a nod; as Blaine looked to the bridal magazine that she had.

"So should you be doing this whilst I'm around?" he asked, with a laugh as Hannah looked to him with a smile. "Isn't is bad luck to know what you might be wearing?"

"I'm just looking" she replied with a smile to him and also quickly kissing him to the cheek. "Nothing is set as to what it could possibly be yet"

"Okay good" said Blaine, with a nod and smile to her. "Because I want to be completely surprised on our wedding day"

"Yes, you will be. I promise" replied Hannah, with a nod. "And also too before I forget" she continued, and looking to Marley. "I was kind of hoping that you would be my other bridesmaid alongside Patty"

"Me, really?" asked Marley, looking to her and her eyes widening. "Are you sure?"

"Of course I'm sure" said Hannah, with a smile to her. "As if were not for you. Blaine and I would have never got to meet"

"Yeah, just wow" said Marley, looking to her friend and then looking to Blaine. "Are you okay with this?"

"I am, yes" he replied, with a smile and nod to her. "If it hadn't been for you and Ryder inviting me to your wedding. Then Hannie and I would have never met" he continued, as Marley gave a small nod. "So we'd both really like you to be there on our day"

"I would be honored" said Marley, with a smile to them both. "Thank you"

"No, thank you" replied Hannah, reaching over to her best friend and taking her hand. "I am so thankful for your friendship over these years we've known one another"

"Me too" replied Marley, with a smile to her, as Hannah gave a nod.

"So, tell me what you think of the dresses I have marked as maybe potential" said Hannah, with a laugh and sliding the magazine that she had been looking at over to her friend. "And also too any of the bridesmaid dresses you may also like as well"

"Sure" replied Marley, with a small laugh; and the three of them continued to talk until it was time to head back to teaching the last classes of the day.

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Knowing when they wanted to be getting married, and deciding to start looking at possible honeymoon locations.

Friday evening after dinner, they were sitting in the living room and looking at all the places they could possibly go to, to spend their first days as that of a married couple.

"Whilst I do like the idea of it" said Hannah, looking to Blaine's laptop screen. "I also would like to be somewhere as well where I speak the language"

"Je peux le parler assez bien pour que nous puissions communiquer avec eux la-bas" said Blaine, with a smile to her as Hannah gave a laugh also with a small smile as well.

"Yes, okay you're fluent in French" she replied, as Blaine looked to her with a smile. "I unfortunately was never good at learning languages and only know simple words like bon jour and bon voyage"

"Nous serons au lit la plupart du temps, nous n'aurons donc pas besoin de parler a personne" said Blaine, with a smile and quickly kissed her.

"Okay what is it that you just said" said Hannah, with a laugh. "I can tell that it's of the naughty nature"

"Yeah" replied Blaine, with a laugh also. "I said we possibly won't have to speak with anyone since we are going to be in bed the whole time"

"Oh really now" said Hannah, with a smile to him as Blaine gave a nod. "We're going to go all that way to a country that maybe we both have never been to" she continued, as Blaine looked to her with a smile. "And not see any of it, because we are in bed the whole time"

"Well I do hope that a significant amount of it will be spent there, yes" replied Blaine, as Hannah gave a laugh. "Because I do hope as well that we can possibly create something very special together"

"Me too, yeah" said Hannah, with a nod and kissing him. "I want that also"

"So we're in agreement" said Blaine, with a smile to her. "A lot of baby making will take place over our honeymoon"

"Yes" replied Hannah, with a small laugh. "But still also we do take the time to see the things in that country as well"

"Okay, yeah" said Blaine with a nod. "Just morning and night, baby making"

"You do realise that women just can't make a baby" said Hannah, kissing him. "We have cycles" she continued, with a smile. "And it may not be the right time during our honeymoon for me to become pregnant"

"Well I guess if not" said Blaine, with a smile to her. "We can have fun still, practising"

"Definitely" said Hannah, with a nod and smile also. "Can I suggest a place we might possibly look at?"

"Sure, yeah of course" said Blaine, with a nod as Hannah took his laptop from him and opened a new browser.

"I've always wanted to go to New Zealand" she said, as she typed. "I've seen pictures and it just looks so magical over there"

"And it's where they filmed the Lord of the Rings movies too" said Blaine, as Hannah looked to him with a nod.

"Uh huh" she replied, with a smile to him. "We could go and see those locations" she continued, as

Blaine gave a nod. "That would be amazing to see I think"

"Yeah, and it's some place neither us have ever been either" said Blaine, as Hannah looked to him shaking her head. "And we may never get another chance to do something like that"

"At least not for quite a few years" said Hannah, with a smile to him. "Travelling overseas with children, would be very tricky"

"Children?" said Blaine, looking to her with a raised eyebrow. "You want more than one?"

"I do, yes" said Hannah, with a nod. "I want to have many babies with you"

"Me, too with you" said Blaine, quickly kissing her. "So New Zealand" he said, looking to the screen. "I think we should look more into this"

"Yeah" said Hannah, with a nod; and the two of them continued to look further into New Zealand as their honeymoon destination and after liking the possibilities of what they would be able to see and do over there, started to look at flight options and when they would be able to fly out as soon as possible after they had gotten married.

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Organizing to have their honeymoon in New Zealand and making the flight arrangements, car hire and accommodation bookings; with that all done they started to look at wedding venue locations.

The one though they truly loving in San Francisco, only being available the day after the school year finished, and with the only other booking for it three weeks after when their honeymoon was booked for; had no choice but to book the venue for that day and hope that they were able to pull off the wedding that quickly after finishing up working.

"So fifty two guests" said Blaine, with a small sigh as they sat at the dining table in their home. "And if it's fifty or under" he continued looking to Hannah. "It's fifteen hundred dollars cheaper than if it's over"

"Yeah" replied Hannah, with a small sigh. "I don't know who though we should cut from the invitations"

"Well if we haven't invited anyone yet" he said with a smile to her. "Then they won't be upset" he continued as Hannah gave a nod. "And we can always have a bigger engagement party and make our wedding more smaller and intimate, inviting only those we truly want to share with our special day"

"I do like the sound of that" said Hannah, with a nod and giving a small sigh. "So who do we feel as if we don't want to have at our wedding"

"My brother" said Blaine, with a laugh as Hannah gave a laugh also.

"Isn't he your best man, though" she replied, with a smile to him.

"I can always make my second best man Sam" he replied, with a smile also. "That's not a problem"

"Yes, but I think not having your brother at your wedding" said Hannah, with a laugh. "As much as I hate to think of his best man speech" she continued, as Blaine gave a groan at the thought of his brother's speech. "I do think we should keep him"

"Yeah, oh god" said Blaine, rubbing his hand over his face. "I'm going to have make sure Coop stays away from any old stories of me and all that, and also keeps it family friendly too"

"I think so, yes" replied Hannah, with a nod. "I have a couple of high school friends" she continued, looking to the guest list that they had made up. "I rarely see them now, so maybe them"

"Yeah, I mean if you don't feel as if they are someone that you need to be attending" said Blaine, as Hannah shook her head.

"I really don't" replied Hannah as she crossed her two friends, Katy and Lily off the list. "Do you have all those who are important to you on the list"

"Umm, yeah I think so" said Blaine, as Hannah slid the list across to him. "Jeff, Nick and Juanita, Sam" he said with a nod and looking to it. "My family of course are on there too"

"Same mine" said Hannah with a nod also. "And I really do think keeping it to minimal friends and mostly family" she continued, as Blaine looked to her. "Is honestly how I want our wedding to be anyway"

"Agree" said Blaine, with a nod as well. "We don't need some big showy fancy wedding" he continued, as Hannah nodded also. "It's a day that is about us, and that's all that matters"

"And we might even get some people who can't attend as well" said Hannah, looking at who was on the list. "So then we can always pass then that invitation along to someone else who can"

"Definitely" said Blaine, with a smile to his fiancée. "And I guess the good thing about not having many guests, it will mean that Jeff then has to be on his best behaviour and won't be hitting on any of your possibly single friends"

"Yes, that is a good thing" said Hannah, with a laugh also. "Although maybe my friend Lily, could be good for him"

"Really?" asked Blaine, with a laugh. "You'd put a friend through that kind of torture"

"Oh, he's not that bad" said Hannah, with a smile to her fiancé. "I can invite Lily, to the engagement party, and obviously Jeff will be in attendance" she continued, as Blaine gave a small nod. "And we can introduce them and see if they hit it off"

"Okay, yeah" said Blaine, with a small laugh to her. "But this is Jeff, and he's a known player and troublemaker" he continued as Hannah gave a laugh. "So just giving you warning for your friend"

"I'll risk it" replied Hannah, with a laugh; and with the guest list finalized the two of them then looked over the online printing options for the wedding invitations that they liked for sending out to let people know when and where they would be getting married.

End Note : Obviously Cooper can't help himself, being crude as he is. And I don't think they're going to have much luck setting Jeff up with Hannahs' friend, since at their engagement party they find out that he and Courtney have been seeing one another for a while and not told anyone.

Thank you all for the love and support over the year, and I hope all my readers have remained healthy and safe during this challenging times and if you ever feel as if you need to talk about anything, I am here to listen.

Happy New Year to you all and here's hoping for a better 2021!

Love to you all,
KJ xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo