So- here's the Puck and Santana wedding! It's a little bit different to the other chapters (and longer!); I've added a few more bits from songs. Let me know what you think
Thanks so much to everyone who has reviewed my stories- it means so much to me and I really appreciate it. Keep them coming!
Manda- as always darling girl this is for you. Enjoy!
Disclaimer- I don't own Glee or any of the characters in it. Which is sad.
Also, I used lines from songs in here; I don't own those either, though I wish I could sing haha.
Songs I used are:
Marry You- Bruno Mars
Beautiful- Alex Lloyd
To Love Somebody- Bee Gees
Home- Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros
Songbird- Fleetwood Mac
Everything- Michael Buble
Enjoy!
Libby xx
They are playing dress ups. Well, Santana is playing dress ups. Puck is just watching her rummage through the toy box, hoping she finds some of his toy dinosaurs that he lost in there. He would much rather be outside playing with the new puppy. But Santana's in here, so he is too.
He looks up at and for a minute is lost for words. Santana looks like something between a meringue and an angel. She's found Puck's mums old wedding dress, and accessorized it with a veil made out of toilet paper. The dress is way too big and envelopes Santana's tiny body. Its also been dragging along the floor, and has brought in with it a yo-yo, three half-eaten lollies and one of Puck's dinosaurs he's been looking for since last week. He also hopes no one needs to go to the bathroom anytime soon, he's pretty sure Santana has got a week's worth of toilet paper on her head.
"What are you wearing?"
She rolls her eyes, looks at him from under her eyelashes. Puck feels funny, like he's done too many cartwheels. He and Santana did that once and crashed into the television. They aren't allowed to do cartwheels inside anymore.
"Duh, Puck. Don't you know anything? It's a wedding dress. Mummies wear it when they marry the daddies". She likes this dress. It's beautiful. It's white and shimmering and feels like a fairytale. Santana's pretty sure Puck's mummy looked like a princess in this.
"How do I look?" she asks, twirling around so Puck can see the full effect.
The yo-yo rolls under the TV and the dinosaur disappears again. And even with a roll of toilet paper draped around her dark head, she's still the prettiest girl he's ever seen.
"Beautiful."
Her cheeks have gone pink and her eyes are sparkling and she's all dizzy because Puck thinks she's beautiful. She takes him by the hand (and Puck's tummy suddenly gets full of butterflies) and they run into Puck's room, a cloud of silk, toilet paper and giggles.
And then he sees the new puppy sitting on his bed, ribbons of last years Christmas tinsel around her neck. Santana is all excited and stuff, she's gone all out of breath and twirly.
"Coco is going to help us get married"
He's confused. He thought he was married to Santana already. He gave her the red ring didn't he? And doesn't she wear it every single day?
But Santana isn't really paying attention to him at the moment. She's fighting to keep Coco on the bed, and at the same time trying to keep her dress from falling off, and her veil from being eaten.
"Coco, Puck and I are getting married today. This means we will be together always, and we'll have millions of babies, and eat ice cream whenever we want. Even for dinner. Now, what do you say?"
Coco whines and wiggles, tries to get at the tinsel round her neck.
Santana smiles, her dimples lighting up. Puck thinks she looks so cute. He's glad he's marrying her.
"That means yes. Now, you have to say I do."
"Why?"
"Because that's what happens when mummies and daddies get married. They say I do and there's lots of singing and everyone is happy. Then they eat cake. This is the best part". Santana loves cake almost as much as she loves Puck.
He's a bit nervous now. Puck knows he and Santana will be together always. But he thinks he might get a bit sick of eating ice-cream all the time. He looks her face and she's doing that thing with her eyes (they've gone all twinkly. Actually, they look a lot like Coco's, but he'd never tell her that.) And all of a sudden Puck thinks he'll do anything she asks.
"I do."
And right at that moment Coco jumps off the bed, knocking them both to the ground, her new found freedom more enticing than a wedding. They stay on the floor, jumbled together in a tangle of childhood love, toilet paper, a sparkly red ring and a beautiful dress.
"But why?"
"So I can do this" And she leans in and kisses him very softly on the lips. And he can't see anything but her chocolate eyes and can't feel anything but her fairy breath on his skin. She smells like soap and cookies, and her eyelashes feel like butterflies on his cheek.
His lips taste like pancakes and he smells like puppy dogs and rain clouds. Santana's face is burning and her heart feels like her bunny rabbits does and she can't believe she did that.
But he's smiling, so she smiles, and they hold hands and think being married is pretty good so far.
Especially since they're together.
They can't believe they made it. Santana thought she'd kill him, Puck thought she'd get sick of him. But they're still together. And they're about to do what everyone thought they wouldn't, what everyone believed they weren't capable of.
Hey baby, I think I wanna marry you…
She's nervous and her stomach is churning and as much as she wants to blame it on the baby she can't. It's the biggest thing she's ever done. It's the biggest thing they've ever done. She's only ever wanted it with him, and now that it's finally here she's excited and overwhelmed and scared and she's not quite sure how she's going to do this. But she looks down at her little bump, and then at Puck's sister (who is a flower girl, and so excited to be a part of things she's practically a blur), and she's reminded of why she's here, how she got here, and how much it means to her. Gripping her flowers tighter to stop her hands shaking, she takes a deep breath, and prepares to tell everyone what they already know- that she's loved him since forever.
Just say I do.
Tell me right now, baby.
He's giddy and jumpy and slightly worried Santana is going to change her mind. He almost has to pinch himself. He can't believe he's standing here, about to get married. It's so grown up, it's so unlike them, but they were always going to get here eventually (if Santana didn't murder him first). He's known since forever that she was his. And as he looks around at his friends and at his mother (who is so thrilled about the wedding you would think she was the one getting married), he knows that this is it, this is real. And he takes a deep breath, and gets ready to tell everyone what he's pretty sure they already know- that she's his only one.
I want my life to be lived with you.
She's standing at the back of the church, everyone blurry except for him. Memories sing through her head, and for a moment she's back in Puck's bedroom, wrapped in toilet paper and Puck's mum's wedding dress, dreaming of a day that seemed forever away. The red ring from her childhood sits proudly on her finger, right next to her engagement ring. Sure it looks tacky, but it counts as her something old right? Besides, to them it's a reminder of how they were each others from the very beginning.
I feel that when I'm with you, it's alright. I love you, I love you, I love you like never before.
And as he sees her standing there in white (and not a bit of toilet paper anywhere), their unborn baby a small yet stubborn bump under her beautiful dress, a ribbon of a song floats through his head. Taking him back to being six, to dress ups, to puppy dog priests and love declared with a red sparkly ring from a cereal box. And all at once all he can see is her face. Just her, like it's always been. And she's just his.
You are so beautiful, and you're filling up my day,
with the things I can't explain
One foot in front of the other, straight towards him. He's waiting and she's getting married today and she can't stop smiling. Santana still can't believe they actually got here. But they have and she's here, and he's here, and baby makes three.
"How do I look?"
He's lost for words. She's stunning, she always has been, but today she looks breathtaking and Puck's always wondered about that expression until now. He can't quite think straight, can't quite catch his breath, can't believe he's standing next to her, and they're really doing this.
"Beautiful" he smiles. She blushes, roses staining her cheeks as she grins away the happy tears threatening to spill.
It's all passing in a blur, going far too quickly for their liking. All of a sudden they have vows to say and promises to keep and Santana's up first. But her hands are shaking and she can't quite get the ring on his finger, so he does it for her. And when she looks at him, with those beautiful brown eyes that have been watching him and winking at him forever, he swears he's never loved her more. She takes a deep breath.
"I love you"
She shifts so she's standing a bit closer to him.
"I've loved you since I first saw you. Ever since you stormed into my bedroom wearing a Superman cape and telling me Super Mario was the coolest thing ever. My life hasn't been the same since and it's because of you. It's better with you in it anyway. I love everything about you. Your mowhawk, your voice, your stupid jokes, your laugh, the way you know what I'm thinking just by looking in my eyes. Sure you annoy me, and yeah you can be an ass, and pretty dumb sometimes, ok well a lot of the time. But you know something? You're my annoying dumb ass. And I want you to annoy me forever. I want to fight with you forever. But most of all I want to love you forever. I've wanted this since always, since I was six and found your mothers wedding dress in the toy box"
Her voice is breaking and the tears are glittering on her eyelashes but she doesn't care. She's trying her best but she's not sure she can really put into words how much he means to her and she's breathless with the effort of explaining why she can't live without him.
"This baby is so lucky to have you as their daddy. And I'm so lucky to just have you. And we're getting married. We got here together when everyone thought we couldn't. And it's been hard and it's been wonderful and I wouldn't change it for the world. You mean everything to me Puck, and I want to spend the rest of my life waking up next to you. And eating ice-cream for dinner."
Santana laughs and no-one really understands the joke but that's ok because he does and that's all that matters. She gives Puck the most beautiful smile he's ever seen, and it's all he can do not to jump her right there. Though they are Puck and Santana, after all, would anyone really be surprised?
And now it's Pucks turn and as he places the ring on her finger, he takes her hands in his, and tries to think how he's going to top Santana's speech.
"Well, we did it Santana. Sure, we screwed up a lot. But I wouldn't change a thing. You're amazing, you're beautiful, and you're going to be the best mother. And I love you more than I can put into words."
He picks up his guitar (he carefully hid it behind a giant vase). He hears hear gasp, sees her put her hands to her face like a kid on Christmas morning. Santana has always loved it when he plays, and he knows it.
Alabama, Arkansas, I do really love my ma
(He winks at his mother, she cries even harder)
But not the way I do love you.
Well, holy moly, me-oh-my, you're the apple of my eye
Girl, I never loved one like you.
He's singing to her and it's adorable and he's incredible and she can't believe it. She's laughing and she's crying and she's pretty sure her mascara is running but she doesn't care, right now she feels like the luckiest person in the world.
He's smiling and his eyes are bright and looking straight at her and it makes her feel giddy, makes her feel like she's floating, like she's dreaming.
Man, oh man, you're my best friend; I'll scream it to the nothingness
There ain't nothing that I need.
Well, hot and heavy, pumpkin pie, chocolate cake and Jesus Christ
There ain't nothin' please me more than you.
The excited sparkle of the diamond on her finger is reflected in her chocolate eyes as she watches him sing. Her heart is fluttering, her skin is tingling, and at this moment she loves him so much she can't think straight.
I'll follow you into park, through the jungle, through the dark
Girl, I never loved one like you
Moats and boats and waterfalls, alley way and pay-phone calls
I've been everywhere with you.
And the song is over and before anyone says "You can kiss the bride" she throws herself at him and he catches her in a whirl of curls, diamonds and tears. Passion weaves through their bodies as they kiss like it's their first time, applause and laughter ringing in their ears as rainbows from the stained glass play on their faces and light from the candles dance in their hair.
As they walk down the aisle towards their future, diamonds sparkling on their cheeks and on her hand, they can't imagine it any other way. And as confetti whirls around them like a coloured snowstorm, Puck and Santana grin at each other, memories dancing through their eyes and laughter bubbling on their lips.
Yep, being married is pretty great so far.
It's you, it's you,
You make me sing.
You're every line, you're every word, you're everything.
