"Hey, couldn't this wait just a second? My coffee's gonna get cold", Finn smiled as Rachel dragged him out of the restaurant.

"It's urgent", she replied in a hurry, still grabbing his hand until they were outside.

When they reached their destination, it took a minute to get used to the clarity. The afternoon sun reflected Rachel's red dress directly at Finn's eyes. He let go of Rachel's holding and used his right hand to protect his vision until he was used to it again. Rachel didn't have to do the same, as Finn was tall enough to have his head covering the sun for her.

"Hey Rach, you're kind of worrying me here. Is it about the wedding?", he said nervously, looking at the ground.

"Yes. Well, it's just that… I've been thinking", she sounded serious as she used both of her hands to take his left one, "And we're young, right? We're young and we sometimes do things out of nowhere, we're impulsive, we're full of life and we want to live it at maximum speed, and that's what's exciting about being young, right?"

"Yeah, but Rach, this wasn't rushed, you thought about it, remember? For days", Finn sounded hurt, and had a look of confusion in his face.

"No, no, I know, that's exactly why I'm-", Rachel shook her head. Maybe that wasn't exactly the best way to express her idea.

"Are you saying you don't want to get married anymore?", he took his right hand to join his left one, holding Rachel's firmly, "Because we can do this, Rach, I know we can."

"I know. What I'm trying to say is…", she took a deep breath, looked into his eyes and saw he plea shining right through them. He was probably right, they could do this. She smiled, "I want to get married. Now."

"Today?", Finn looked startled, but pleased. He looked away for a second, "Well, I have gym."

"Cancel it", Rachel rolled her eyes and tried not to laugh. Finn didn't say anything about it being a special day, or that some of their guests might not be able to make it, or that he wanted to surprise her in her bride's day. No. The first thought was that he had gym.

"I… Okay, yeah, I guess I can do it", he gave her his dorky smile and they kissed briefly.

Rachel expected a little more support, to be honest. When they came back and announced the news to everyone else, all she heard was "No", "No way", "Are you sure?", "Well Rachel's obviously in her fertile days and Finn here is trying to take advantage, but in case your bedtime stories from Kama Sutra didn't tell you, you don't need to be on your honeymoon for that". All the adults stared at Santana for a second after that one.

"Look, if we're really getting married, why not today?", Rachel said trying to sound very sure of herself. She and Finn were the only ones standing up, so she looked down at everyone, from left to right, searching for signals that this was a good idea. She didn't find many, "It's a beautiful day and I think we could have a beautiful wedding during twilight."

"Why would we watch a movie during her wedding?", she heard Brittany whisper at Kurt. She was obviously trying to erase his tension, because Rachel could feel disapproval waves coming out of him even if he was sitting halfway across the table. It kind of worked, because he smiled, but didn't say anything.

"And it's totally not because of sex", Finn said smiling, like he was adding a fundamental piece of information.

"Yeah, right", Santana rolled her eyes.

Everyone was too shocked to say anything, and it was a little too quiet before there was voices again.

"I think the six of us need to talk in private", Burt finally said, after some whispering between himself, Carol, Hiram and Leroy.

They were outdoors again. And again, Rachel expected a little more support. Her dads apparently weren't not even supportive of them getting married at all, let alone today. Carol was sympathetic to the idea and Burt said that if they were really sure, he'd be there.

At one point she just wished Finn would be a man and stand up to them. But truth is, he seemed to be a little scared of the adults screaming and shouting. She did her best to reassure herself this would happen eventually. Her dads would never like the idea of giving her up. She ignored each and every tear that wanted to be released, putting them back into her body before they rolled in her face.

"Stop", she finally said when her daddy started talking once again in a tune that made her heart ache, "We're going to get married today. You two are the most important people in my life and I'd be really, really grateful if you could be there. I can't imagine my wedding without both of you walking me down the aisle."

Hiram and Leroy looked at each other for a few seconds before Rachel started to let the tears run through her face silently. They were about to say something before they realized their daughter was beginning to shake. At that moment, they gave up.

"No, listen to me, my little princess… We'll be there, we'll be there", Leroy whispered in her ear as he hugged her left side, Hiram just beside him, hugging them both.

"Of course we will, I still haven't seen you in your dress", his husband said gently, stroking her hair, "And who knows? The suits are all perfect already, maybe it's a sign."

"Thank you", was all that she managed to say, burying her head between the both of them.

Carole had a smile on her face, holding back tears as well. She hugged Finn with all she had, Burt soon following.

"I'm gonna take good care of her, I promise", Finn said, sounding firm for the first time.

"You better", her dads replied in unison.

"What are we going to do, San?", Brittany said, worried.

"What are we supposed to do, Britt?", San had a sad voice. Her heart was breaking thinking of how Quinn would react.

"I don't know, but we can't let Rachel do this. We know that's not right. Besides, Quinn is gonna be super sad, she needs to at least try", Brittany tried to keep her tone as low as possible. They alone in the ladies restroom, but they needed to make sure neither Tina or Mercedes heard them. They probably thought they were making out, so there was a low chance they'd come in anyway.

"I know, baby, but she's not answering her phone, I've been trying to talk to her all day", Santana looked down for a second, "It's not our place to stand up in the wedding and say that we object to this marriage because we know how the bride feels about our best friend and vice versa."

"Well, Rachel needs to say what she needs to say when she's not drunk so Quinn can remember it the next day", Brittany sighed.

"We should've recorded it. I could've taped it to my underboob. I'm really good at that stuff", she smiled at her girlfriend.

"Yeah, you are", Brittany almost forgot about the whole situation because mental imagines were coming at her head and it was hard not to feel the temptation to do exactly what everyone thought they were doing in that bathroom. Santana started almost levitating towards her direction, "San, we can't do this right now. We got lives to save."

"Ugh, I can't believe the hobbit is standing in my way of getting laid", she rolled her eyes and stopped just before the blonde, "But you're right. Look, I'll go to Q's place and check on her or try to talk with her mom. I'll call you as soon as I know anything, okay?"

"You're awesome", Brittany smiled before pushing Santana into a kiss against the sink. It lasted several seconds before they heard the door opening and Mercedes coming in.

"I knew it", she said smiling before the two of them got off each other and headed to the door.

Brittany told Tina, Mercedes, Puck and Kurt that Santana was off to get their wedding gift for Finn and Rachel. Puck felt guilty for arriving late and not having a gift, but Kurt said that the best gift he could have was a motorcycle to drive Rachel far, far away from the church.

"Stop. They already made up their minds. Let's just try to do something nice for them, okay?", Mercedes said.

"I think we should do a song", Tina said, looking through the window, where Rachel, Finn and the adults were still talking.

"Yeah, let me just get my bro Sam and Artie to get here. And the Irish too, but I'll hand the phone over to someone that understands him", Puck said, grabbing his cell.

"I'll call Sugar. She doesn't need to really sing but she cares about us", Mercedes did the same.

Kurt remained silent. He was torn between giving up and just embracing the facts and doing a really dramatic scene to stop this madness. Brittany was silent. She had a bad feeling about today and it was hard to ignore. She tried to concentrate on the thought that everyone and everything would be okay soon.

Santana tried to drive as fast as possible without running over someone. She was worried. She tried to reach Quinn once again. C'mon Q, don't do this. It didn't even ring.

As she got closer and closer to her best friend's house, she realized there was no cars in the garage. It was afternoon, so all lights were out too. She parked the car and got into the front door.

She knocked a few times before shouting "Quinn! Mrs. Judy? Hey, Quinn!".

Still nothing.

She tried to backdoor.

Still nothing.

She tried both of their cellphones.

Still nothing.

She grew more tense and worried by the second. This wasn't like Quinn at all and she doubted she'd get to that point only because today was the day Rachel would try on her wedding dress. Something was going on.

She called Brittany to tell the news. Her girlfriend suggested that she got back as soon as possible because they found out that the church had a wedding planned for tonight, so they had to do theirs as soon as possible. Everyone was getting ready and everything seemed to go alright, so it shouldn't take long. She also told her that they planned on singing "Here's to Us" during the wedding, so if it did take place after all, she suggested Santana would listen to the song a few times on her way.

Santana did as she was told. She got back into her car and started was hearing the song while trying to convince herself everything was okay. That song made her nostalgically sad, but she tried to shrugged it off.

She had to stop at the red sign just when the song was about to play for the 3rd time. She looked around and saw Quinn's mother in one of the hospital's windows. She was at the first floor, but Santana knew her well enough to know it was her. A thousand thoughts of why she was there, why now and why she and her daughter were unreachable crossed her mind. Her heart skipped a beat and she was suddenly very nervous. She heard the screams of people behind her and realized it was green light again. She parked her car messily just around the corner and ran to the hospital.

She was in the verge of tears trying to explain to the receptionist that she knew the woman in the first floor, but she didn't know what room she was in. She repeated over and over her name, but the lady in front of her insisted that there was no Judy Fabray registered at this hospital. She also was clear that they had a very strict privacy policy so she feared that Santana couldn't just burst into every room looking for her, but she was sorry.

When Santana finally sat down and decided to wait until Mrs. Judy came around, she lost notion of time. She was so frustrated and with so many thoughts in her mind that she didn't realize that maybe it was already time for the wedding. The only reminder was Brittany calling her.

"Baby, where are you?", Brittany sounded alarmed, "Rachel's about to start walking down the aisle!"

"Britt…", her voice broke and she tried to explain to her what had happened.

"San… You saw Judy, right?", Brittany sounded suddenly very serious and very sad at the same time.

"Yes, I'm sure it was her, she had her back to the window, but I'm sure", Santana replied, a little scared for her girlfriend's tone.

"You didn't see Quinn?"

"No, I told you I…", then Santana realized where she might be going.

"Have you tried asking if there's a patient called Quinn Fabray?", Brittany looked over to realize that her friends were already singing.

Santana's breath caught in her throat. She immediately ran to the receptionist, not taking her phone out of her ear. On the other end, Rachel was about to start walking.

"Quinn Fabray, check if there's a patient called Quinn Fabray!", she shouted, a heavy pounding in her chest.

There was a few seconds of silence where all that could be heard was the sound of the computer working in front of her.

"Yes, Quinn Fabray, room 104, first floor. She just came in last night after a car accident. Do you know her?"

Santana couldn't reply. Tears began to blur her vision as she nodded and looked helplessly at the woman, who immediately believed her.

"I'm her best friend", she said, with the voice shaking. Brittany could hear the exchange and started to silently cry as well.

"She's stable but the doctors couldn't find a way to wake her up yet. I'm sorry"

"Did you hear that, Britt?" Santana started to openly sob into her phone.

Brittany nodded even though Santana couldn't see her. But the first thing that came into her mind was that she needed to stop the wedding.

She was exactly where Rachel was when she began to walk down the aisle. She had taken it slow so she was only now getting close the her final destination. Her dads had already left her side. Finn was smiling at her when Brittany finally found her strength.

"Stop. STOP!", she had the most broken voice.

Rachel stopped walking. Everyone turned around.

"There was a car accident. Quinn is in some sort of a coma. Santana is in the hospital. We have to go. Now."

And then Rachel's heart started pounding hard against her chest, she seemed like she couldn't inhale enough air and a dizziness took over her body before she could respond to her tears. And when she lost control over her knees, she fainted.