As always,
THEMoDePo: Aww, I'm so glad you liked so many things about it! Hahaha, I considered having them doing the dirty out there, but it's a public place! :) Thank you so much! I hope you enjoy this new chapter just the same!
StixxandBethany: hehehe, yeah, it appears like Sebastian can't cook at all! Of course Sebastian told Alex about his crush on Blaine, remember he said he wanted to do things right, so he needed to be honest about everything, especially since they seem to spend a lot of time with the other two! Of course Blaine is a rock star, let's see what happens with that. Thank you so much!
Lovefordare: Awww, it's very important for me that people likes the way I write the characters, so thank you so much! And I also love that you find it funny!
Bourne: Yeah, pure fluff! And it's going to remain like that for the whole story, I'm afraid! I love that you like the characters, it's very important to me! I didn't understand something from your review though. What did you mean with I'm really hoping for a possible nice to Cali for Blam? I'd like to know in case I can help you with that ;) Thank you so much!
Darrinia: Awwww, you're so sweet! It's funny, 'cause I don't like weddings either! XD Thank you so much!
Musicjunky81: I'm so glad you caught up, I've missed you! :) Yes, like Sam told Blaine, everything has been kind of a path to take them where they are now. Also I love what a good reception Sebastian has had all along the story, I didn't think people would get to love him so much! No, thanks to you, dear! And please, don't ever shut up! ;)
CHAPTER 3
The next few days were happily spent between lazing around and sunbathing at the beach on the days and sightseeing and going out at evenings, sometimes with Cooper –if he was available due to his job–, sometimes on their own. They couldn't believe how fast the time flew by when you had so much fun, and they would have been amazingly sad their week was coming closer to the end if that didn't mean that the final event, their longed-for wedding, was also coming closer.
The day before the wedding, very early in the morning, Cooper took them in his luxurious car to the hotel where they would be staying for the next two nights, as the rest of their guests were supposed to be arriving soon. They had already decided to move to the hotel with them, as it didn't feel right to stay at Cooper's house anymore while their friends and Sam's family was there –although Blaine's father would understandably be staying with Cooper–. So as Cooper tried to find the perfect spot to park his car –not any place was adequate enough for his car–, Blaine and Sam entered the hotel to see if his reservations were all ready.
"Hi" Blaine greeted the man at the reception desk. "We've got a reservation by the name Anderson for today"
"Oh yes, I have it right here" The man kindly answered after checking his computer. "Six rooms, right?"
"Right: four doubles, one single and one suite. There's only us here right now, but the rest of the guest will be arriving soon. Can we get the keys so we can leave our luggage?"
"Certainly. You only need to sign here" The man explained as he handed Blaine a paper sheet for his reservations and waited for him to sign. "Oh, are you Blaine Anderson?"
"Not for long, but yes" Blaine answered with a knowing smile to his fiancé that was immediately reciprocated.
"Something arrived this morning for you. Let me get it" The guy answered before disappearing through the door behind him.
"What do you think it might be?" Blaine asked, turning around towards his boyfriend again.
"If it's something from a fan I'm afraid I will suggest it's more like stalking" Sam joked as he tenderly pinched Blaine's cheek.
"Here you are" the man said once he came back with a beautiful bunch of flowers in his hand. "And here are your keys. I hope you enjoy your stay here"
"I'm sure we will, thank you" Blaine answered, all politeness, as he took the floral ornament and Sam took the keys to all the rooms.
"Let's just sit here for a second" Sam suggested as they reached the sitting area before the elevators, seeing how anxious Blaine was about discovering his mysterious friend.
"Who could it be from?" Blaine asked as he sat down on the couch next to where Sam was already sitting and left the flowers on the coffee table in front of them.
"Maybe you could read the card?" Sam suggested with a fond smile, seeing as Blaine rushed to obey.
"It's from Kurt" Blaine explained as soon as he read the card, looking as surprised as Sam was feeling. "Mercedes and he are still in contact, she must have told him we would be here"
"He always ends up making and apparition one way or another, doesn't he?" Sam said, trying not to sound too annoyed or sarcastic, if only for Blaine's sake. "What does he say?"
"Not much" Blaine tried to diminish the importance of it, sensing the slight irritation on his fiancé. "He just wishes us all the happiness in the world and that we have a wonderful wedding"
"That's… kind of nice" Sam was forced to admit, even smiling at his boyfriend to show him he was not really upset.
"It is" Blaine agreed, reciprocating the smile. "You think he really feels it or he's just being polite?"
"A lot of time has passed, B. Maybe he really means it" Sam honestly answered, knowing it was important for Blaine to know his relationship with Kurt hadn't been a farce and the other boy genuinely cared about him, even if they didn't have any kind of relationship those days anymore. "Or he's just jealous he lost his chance to marry you, and wants you to see how much of a gentleman he is to win your heart back" Sam couldn't help himself to add in a joking tone, knowing Blaine would appreciate his attempt of humor.
"Oh my God, I'm so glad he missed his chance" Blaine answered with a chuckle as he stretched his neck to capture Sam's lips in a sweet kiss.
"Me too!" Sam answered, gently removing a stray curl that had fallen on Blaine's forehead. "Should we be grateful to him, after all?"
"Why, for leaving me alone and miserable and then wanting to manipulate me into getting back with him and then trying to keep you away from me when I had that accident and then judging me for being a waiter and…"
"Ok, ok, I get it" Sam stopped him with a laugh, bringing a finger to Blaine's lips to stop his rant. "He's an idiot. Besides, there is nothing to thank him for, I would have never let you marry him even if he had wanted"
"You already told me that back in high school, remember?" Blaine said with a reminiscent smile.
"Did I?"
"Yeah. You told me something like dude, we're in high school, you are not ready to get married and I'm not letting you"
"Did I already sound so possessive back then?" Sam asked in surprise. He knew he had always been very protective towards the other boy, but he wasn't aware of how obvious he was already in high school.
"Apparently so" Blaine answered with a chuckle and an adoring kiss to Sam's cheek.
"You didn't listen to me back then, though. I would have had to try harder than that if you had decided to really marry Kurt while you were still together"
"Would you have really tried to stop me?" Blaine asked, although he already kind of knew the answer.
"Yes" Sam answered without the slightest trace of joking or hesitation. "Even if you hadn't loved me back, I would have never let you make such a mistake. I love you too much to see you unhappy, and Kurt never deserved you"
"I can't believe you told him that" Blaine said with a proud smile as he rested his head on Sam's shoulder, nestling against his side as Sam's arm immediately went around him.
"Well, he needed to hear it" Sam added, squeezing his fiancé strongly to him.
"Thank you, Sammy" Blaine said, raising his head for a second to look at Sam, his eyes so full of love and admiration than the latter almost forgot to breathe.
"What for?"
"For always caring so much about my happiness"
"Your happiness is the goal of my life, B" Sam answered, his hand moving on its own accord to Blaine's soft curls as if they were magnets. "Nothing will ever be more important"
"If it helps, I would have never let you marry Kurt either" Cooper interrupted them as he arrived and sat in front of them.
"Yeah, but just because you hated him" Blaine answered with a chuckle.
"Of course not, I would have been worrying about your happiness and… No, you're right, I hated him" Cooper didn't even try to lie, making the other laugh wholeheartedly.
"Should I be flattered then that you're letting me marry your little brother?" Sam asked even if he already knew that Cooper liked him much more than Blaine's previous partner.
"I'm not only letting you, but I'm the one officiating the wedding. Think about that" Cooper answered in a joking tone, even if he was being completely honest, before his phone started ringing and he stood up to answer it. "Excuse me for a second"
"Wow" Sam exclaimed, having been left speechless by his brother-in-law's words.
"And you sometimes wonder if my brother really loves you or he just puts up with you" Blaine said, his heart about to burst with happiness at how well the two most important people in his life got along.
"I won't ever again, even when he's being a pest to me" Sam promised sincerely.
"It's still a nice gesture from Kurt, right? The flowers, I mean" Blaine said, feeling a bit guilty about how they had been making fun of his former boyfriend but not wanting Sam to feel awkward about being moved by his gesture.
"Yes, it is" Sam answered with a fond smile towards his huge-hearted partner. "And it's alright for you to be happy about it, you know"
"I didn't want you to feel awkward" Blaine confessed while crunching his face in an embarrassed gesture.
"Why would I?" Sam said, chuckling as he embraced Blaine more strongly to him in a rush of emotion. "I know you don't feel anything for him anymore, and I can understand that it makes you happy to get his blessing. Hey, Mercedes is my ex and you don't mind her coming to the wedding after all! What a big hypocrite I would be if it bothered me that you got flowers!"
"True, but Mercedes is our friend, and she never tried to sabotage our relationship" Blaine protested, though he was relieved Sam always understood him so well.
"Yeah, but the thing is I understand Kurt will always be a big part of your life, if only in the past. And it's alright for you to be happy that he approves, ok?"
"Ok" Blaine agreed before gratefully placing a grateful kiss on the side of Sam's neck. "But the truth is… you know what really makes me happy? Not that it really mattered, but it's nice to know that there is no one against our relationship anymore. Absolutely no one"
"You're right" Sam agreed with a slow nod of his head before capturing Blaine's lips in a quick but loving kiss. "Although I'm thinking at that delivery girl from the pizza place. You know she is totally in love with me"
"Yeah, I know, I'm thinking about filling a complaint about her, she won't stop flirting with you and sending you not-so-subtle hints! Right in front of my face!" Blaine complained, mockingly outraged, eliciting a hearty laugh from his boyfriend.
"Maybe she thinks we're just roommates" Sam tried to defend her.
"Well, maybe next time I'll kiss you full in the mouth when she comes so she gets a better idea about what is really going on there" Blaine answered with an adorable pout that only made Sam fall in love with him all over again.
"Or maybe I'll just need to show her my ring. Next time she comes we'll be married, after all"
"You're right. Uuuhg, anything to stop her from being so obnoxious!"
"Oh my God, you're so sweet when you get jealous" Sam exclaimed while trying not to laugh.
"That doesn't mean you're allowed to get me jealous, ok?" Blaine protested, trying to look menacing even if a smile was already breaking in his lips.
"I wouldn't even dream of it" Sam answered with another kiss.
"What would you never dream of?" a familiar voice asked behind them, and both Sam and Blaine smiled even more widely at discovering all of their friends were already there.
"Nothing you need to know about, Puckerman" Sam answered as he stood up to embrace his friend.
"Tomorrow's the big day!" Tina exclaimed happily as she took her beloved Blaineybear into her arms. "I can't believe it and at the same time nothing ever made more sense"
"I shouldn't be able to understand that, but somehow I do" Blaine laughed as he reciprocated Tina's embrace and then moved into Sebastian's outstretched arms. "Hi, Seb. Hey, you seem upset"
"Oh no, Killer, I'm very happy to be here" Sebastian answered, even if he didn't sound all that cheerful.
"What's wrong?" Blaine asked, immediately worried, as he broke the embrace to look at his friend's face.
"Oh, he's just being Mr. grumpy that those stupid guys from the airport lost one of our suitcases" Alex answered for him in a joking tone, but Blaine didn't miss the warning gaze Sebastian sent his boyfriend and how Alex's expression changed immediately at realizing he had put his foot in it.
"Yeah, well, you know how I am, a control freak" Sebastian tried to diminish the importance of it for Blaine's sake, not wanting for him to know that it was indeed the suitcase carrying his and Sam's suits the one that had been lost. At least not yet, no need to worry him so soon when the problem could be solved, right? "They said they would send it here tomorrow morning at the most so yeah, I'm just being a little grumpy"
"You sure?" Blaine asked, knowing his friend too much to wonder if he was not just pretending.
"Yeah, of course" Sebastian insisted as he patted his shoulder reassuringly. "Stop worrying, we're here to make sure those are the best couple of days of yours and Sam's lives, ok?"
"Ok, but that will have to wait until tonight" Cooper intervened as he came back and started shaking hands and quick embraces with the group until he reached his brother. "Dad called from the airport, I'm picking him up and you're coming with me, he said he'd like to spend the day with us like a family and everything. He was quite insistent"
"But… Sam's family are arriving any minute now too, and we haven't seen them in forever" Blaine answered, and Sam could see it in his eyes how torn his heart was about where he wanted to be that day.
"Don't worry, sweetie, you go with your father" Sam quickly encouraged him as he put his arm around his shoulders in a supporting gesture. "I'll spend the day with my family and then we'll all get together for dinner"
"But your parents…" Blaine insisted, clearly feeling guilty about what he considered standing them up.
"My parents will understand that you need to attend your own family too" Sam reassured him, squeezing him more strongly to his side, understanding completely Blaine's own need to reconnect with his father and spend some time with him and his brother as a family.
"Of course we do" Mary Evans intervened as soon as the Evans family made their way across the door.
"Hey!" Sam greeted his family happily as both his siblings jumped on him and he tried, unsuccessfully, to get rid of them.
"It wasn't planned, I was going to spend the day with you guys…" Blaine explained even as he was engulfed in Mary's arms.
"Oh, we'll do that tomorrow anyway, right? At your wedding" Dwight added, also embracing the two boys.
"And tonight" Blaine answered with a relieved smile.
"But you owe me a dance" Stacey warned him with a stern gaze before breaking into a smile and embracing him almost as strongly as her brother usually did.
"I'll dance with you both tonight and tomorrow, ok?" Blaine promised as he squeezed her lovingly to his chest.
"Ok" She agreed as Steve got her out of the way so he could embrace his brother-in-law too.
"Oh my God, why are you taller than me already?" Blaine exclaimed, mockingly outraged at the notion.
"Because you're kind of short" Steve answered cockily, reminding Blaine so much of his older brother that he could only smile.
"Touché" he answered with a smile, that only got bigger when Sam returned to his side, obviously glad to see him more relaxed.
"So you guys have a nice day around the city too, and we'll meet here at seven for dinner all together, alright?" Sam announced to everyone, friends and family.
"Better leave the luggage on our rooms before we leave, though" Blaine suggested as he delivered the keys to the rooms around and everyone got into the elevators.
"Where are you going?" Tina asked as they reached their floor and she saw both Blaine and Sam stopped in front of the same door.
"To our room, to leave our luggage" Sam explained, even if he thought that had been made clear already.
"What do you mean your room? You have to sleep in different rooms tonight" Tina explained with an implied duh in her voice, as if whatever the hell she meant had to be obvious for everybody else.
"Excuse me?" Sam asked, as if he couldn't believe what he was hearing.
"It's the day prior to your wedding!" Tina insisted, as if that explained everything. "You have to… save yourselves for the wedding night"
"I'll say it again: excuse me?"
"Come on, have some respect for traditions! It's a brilliant idea!"
"What the hell, Tina? I'm not going to spend the night away from Blaine just because you got a brilliant idea! Right, B?" He retorted, looking for his boyfriend's support.
"Well…" Blaine started hesitantly, instantly showing everyone he was thinking about it.
"You have to be kidding me" Sam protested, knowing his boyfriend enough to know he was on board with the idea and not wanting to believe it.
"I think Tina has a point…" Blaine explained, sounding almost guilty at contradicting his fiancé like that. "We should separate this evening after dinner and not see each other until the wedding tomorrow, right?"
"But I don't want to!" Sam protested, pouting and sounding like an spoilt kid. "I can agree to spend the day apart tomorrow until the wedding, but I want to sleep with you!" he insisted, looking at Blaine with pleading eyes. "We don't even have to do anything, but I need you at my side to be able to sleep and you know that!"
"I thought you wanted to keep up with traditions" Blaine tried to reason with him, but Sam was having none of that.
"The tradition is to wait until the wedding to have sex, and I'm afraid we're a little too late for that" Sam sarcastically replied, realizing he was losing the battle.
"All the more reason to do something special tonight, right? Come on, it will be fun!" Blaine tried to encourage him into the idea. "If we don't sleep together tonight it will make us want it all the more tomorrow, right?"
"Babe, I don't need any help to want you any night and… I just realized we are discussing our sex life in front of all these people, my mother included, and now I just want for the ground to swallow me whole so I'll agree just so we can stop talking about this" Sam said and Blaine thought he had never seen him blushing so furiously as he was right then as he opened the door to his assigned room and disappeared inside, trying to ignore all the laughs he could hear behind him.
"So it's decided, Blainey, let's get another room for you, then" Tina said as she hooked her arm with Blaine's and brought him back to the elevators to go back to the reception desk as everyone else separated towards their different destinations.
Everybody made themselves at home at their respective rooms: a suite for the Evans family, double rooms for Alex and Sebastian, Mike and Tina and Puck and Artie, who thought that would be fun to share, and single ones for Mercedes… and Blaine and Sam –though Sam was really keeping the double one he was supposed to share with his fiancé because he would move back after the wedding, after all, and also because frankly, he was a bit frustrated about the whole arrangement and wasn't going to accept changing rooms on top of everything–. After that, and after Blaine was 100% sure Sam was not angry at him for agreeing with Tina and had kissed away his adorable pout, everyone separated to spend the day until they reunited in the evening: the group of friends coming from New York would undoubtedly spend the day at the beach; the Evans, with Sam at the head of the family, would be sightseeing around the city and taking pictures with each and every one of the stars at the Hollywood Walk of Fame –Stacey's idea– as only Sam had been to Los Angeles before; and the Andersons would have more of a quiet day, with Don seeing Cooper's house and the three of them having lunch together and reacquainting themselves as a family.
And even if it was a very funny day that Sam wouldn't change for the world, he started missing Blaine in the afternoon, when he and his family came back to the hotel for a little swim in the pool and the Andersons were still nowhere to be seen. After all, they hardly ever spent so much time apart, except for work, and Sam hadn't even wanted to text Blaine along the day so as not to meddle with that so-much-needed time with his father.
So it was a big relief –he didn't even try to hide the smile breaking into his lips– when he saw Cooper making his way towards him, more than hour later, as that meant his fiancé was going to be in his arms in a matter of minutes.
"Hey, Coop" he greeted him as Cooper sat on the chair next to his. "When are you giving me my fiancé back?"
"Oh, he didn't come back with me, he said he'd take a cab later" Cooper explained, chuckling at the obvious disappointment he could see in Sam's face. "But I needed to come back early, I promised Sebastian I would tell him about a couple of embarrassing memories from Blaine's childhood for his best man's speech before dinner"
"But where is he? Is everything ok?" Sam asked, immediately on alert.
"Everything is fine, relax" Cooper answered as he sat more comfortably on the chair and rested his head on the backrest, ready to sunbathe a little. "We went to the hill to see how the preparations were going and he felt like staying there on his own for a while. You know how much he loves that place"
"Oh. But he was alright, right?" Sam insisted, needing to make sure.
"Yes" Cooper patiently answered, if only because he was glad to see how much Sam cared about his little brother. "Only a little melancholic in my opinion, though he didn't want to talk about it. Maybe he'd talk to you, but you really don't need to go, he was fine, you can talk to him when he gets back. He's probably just nervous"
"He's at the hill, you say?" Sam asked, already on his feet.
"I don't know why I even bother" Cooper joked as he put his feet on the chair Sam had just vacated.
"Thanks, Coop, but… I miss him" Sam answered with a little embarrassed smile.
"Oh my God, you two are going to be even more unbearable when you marry, right?" Cooper asked, feigning to be horrified at the notion.
"You can be sure of that!" Sam laughed at his back as he left in search of his boyfriend.
The hill was not that far, and it only took Sam like ten minutes on a cab –after changing off his bathing suit for more adequate clothing and grabbing a cardigan for Blaine as it was already cooling down and he knew he was very sensible to the cold– to reach his destination.
He had to smile as soon as he covered the last feet from the car and saw him near the edge, quietly sitting on the floor, his knees brought to his chest as he gazed into the horizon. Even if Sam couldn't see his face because his back was to him, he could feel Blaine was so into his thoughts that he hadn't even heard him approach. He was so still that the only movement in him was the dancing of his soft curls to the sea breeze, and Sam was glad he had thought about bringing the cardigan when he noticed the goose bumps on his arms.
"Hey" Sam softly said, not wanting to scare him, as he walked to his boyfriend and immediately covered him with the cardigan he had brought for him, making sure to rub his upper arms in an attempt to warm him up as soon as possible.
"Hey" Blaine answered as his face turned towards him, his voice full of surprise –although he should have known better, he realized with a smile. "What are you doing here?"
"Cooper told me you'd be here" Sam explained as he sat behind his fiancé, one leg at each side of him, and put his arms around him in a warm embrace. "And I thought it would be nice spending some quality time just the two of us. I haven't had you for myself like in a week"
"Sam, it's only been half a day" Blaine contradicted him with a chuckle full of fondness.
"Really? It felt like a lifetime" Sam joked, reinforcing his grip on his boyfriend until the latter ended leaning against his chest. "And I thought you might be cold, so…"
"What did Cooper say to make you come?" Blaine asked after a couple of minutes of companionable silence.
"That you were in a melancholic kind of mood"
"Well, yeah, but it's nothing, I'm sorry if I made you worry" Blaine honestly apologized, resting an adoring kiss on Sam's forearm. "I just needed to think"
"You're thinking about your mother?" Sam asked, as always not feeling the need to beat about the bush with the person he loved the most in the world.
"How do you know?" Blaine asked in utter amazement as he turned his head around as much as he could to look at Sam's face.
"Well, you're in a kind of sad mood, you didn't want to tell Cooper and your father why, and I know you enough to know you're not getting cold feet about the wedding" Sam explained, shrugging his shoulders at the simplicity of it.
"Of course I don't. It's what I want the most in the world" Blaine explained as he finally let himself go completely and perched fully against Sam's chest, happy to see Sam was that confident about his love for him to know he would never have doubts about the wedding.
"I know. And since absolutely everyone else that we love is here… it's easy to get into thinking about the only person who is missing" Sam explained, understanding as always.
"I just… wish she was here" Blaine said, his voice tainted with a slight sadness that broke Sam's heart.
"I know" Sam assured him, kissing him behind his ear in a comforting gesture.
"Do you think she'd be happy?" Blaine asked out of nothing, his voice full of hope and longing for his lost mother. "Do you think she'd be proud of me?"
"Love, there is no way she wouldn't be proud of you. You're perfect"
"Honey, I'm serious"
"So am I, B" Sam was quick to add. "If she could see all you've accomplished and the kind of man you've become… How could she not be proud of you?"
"I'm sure she would have loved you so much" Blaine said with an adoring smile towards his boyfriend as he let himself be comforted by more positive thoughts.
"You think?" Sam asked, reciprocating his smile.
"Yeah, if only for the fact that you make me the happiest man alive. But then she would have gotten to meet you, and boy, she would have loved how kindhearted you are. And you both would have shared your love for plastic arts, maybe even visiting galleries together whenever she came to visit us in New York. And she wouldn't have been able to resist your sense of humor!"
"Like mother like son then, uh?" Sam said, trying to keep the lighter atmosphere even if that made him sound like an arrogant bitch.
"Please, I don't find you funny at all" Blaine answered with a mocking roll of eyes.
"Babe, all I have to do is open my mouth and you're already cracking with laughter" Sam reminded him. "You find me hilarious"
"And modest, too" Blaine joked as he entwined his fingers with those of his fiancé's resting on his own chest, before turning serious again. "Do you think she would have been happy for us?"
"I think so" Sam answered, also more serious, as he nodded his head in affirmation. "People only need to be with us for like five minutes to see how happy we make each other, you know everybody says that. What else would a mother wish for her son?"
"You're right" Blaine simply answered, and by the peacefulness that seemed to emanate from him from that moment Sam could see he really believed it. "I think I'm going to keep that in my head, 'cause it makes me feel so much better. Thank you, honey"
"Glad I could help" Sam honestly answered before kissing Blaine's hair again. "How was your day, by the way? Was it good… with your father?"
"It was good" Blaine answered with a nod. "It was great, actually. Probably better than ever, even before… everything. I think we're going to make it"
"I'm so glad to hear that, babe" Sam answered, holding him even more strongly.
"And how was your day?"
"It was a lot of fun. Though I think Stacey was a bit upset that her favorite brother was not there"
"Aw, she's so sweet. I'll make it up to her this evening"
"And where is your father, by the way?"
"He went back to Cooper's to have a nap before dinner. He said he's getting old. It really looks like he's aged a decade since my mother died" Blaine sadly explained.
"Well, it can't be easy to lose the person you love in such a sudden way" Sam added, incapable of stopping a shudder when he thought how close he had come to lose Blaine when that cab knocked him over more than a year ago, and they were not even together yet then. "But hey, let's stop thinking about sad things, okay? Tomorrow's our wedding! Look around us, everything looks so beautiful…" Sam commented as he stood up and offered his hand for Blaine to take it and pull him upright so they could inspect it more carefully.
"I know. It's perfect" Blaine agreed as he gratefully put his arm around Sam's waist and accompanied him to inspect all the preparations for the day after: the chairs, the tables, the flowers…
"I might be getting a bit emotional right now" Sam confessed in a joking tone, though the brightness in his eyes belied his true emotions, so Blaine chose to answer him with the most loving kiss he could muster.
After the kiss broke, Sam brought one of his hands to the small of Blaine's back and picked one of Blaine's hands with the other. Then he rested his cheek against Blaine's and started slowly rocking their bodies together in a slow dance, careful to press his body as close to Blaine's as physics would allow it.
"What are you doing?" Blaine asked with a chuckle even if his body instantly began moving at the same time that Sam's own.
"Dancing" Sam answered with a shrug of shoulders, as the answer should have been obvious. "We need to practice for our first dance tomorrow, right? I don't want to embarrass myself. You know how I only know how to body-roll and I don't think it would be appropriate"
"You're ridiculous" Blaine answered, laughing wholeheartedly as he gratefully rested his face in Sam's shoulder, knowing the taller boy was only taking care of him, as always, and wanting to make him feel better.
"See? You think I'm funny"
"I do. And I love you so much I feel my heart is going to burst"
"Yeah, I know the feeling" Sam answered with a happy sigh, looking intently and smiling at his fiancé as he raised his head from his shoulder.
"This cardigan doesn't really go with these pants though, you know?" Blaine surprised his boyfriend with his comment so now Sam was the one laughing like an idiot.
"Really? Are you really complaining about…?" Sam tried to protest, but he was shut up by Blaine's head coming to rest on his shoulder again.
"I love you so much, Sammy" Blaine whispered close to his ear, making him shiver with emotion.
"I love you too"
It wasn't much later than the happy couple made their way back to the hotel so they could have dinner with all their loved ones, as they had promised. They couldn't be happier about how well both their families seemed to get along –Steve seemed to be amazed with Cooper's Hollywood stories, and both their fathers were having an amicable chat about sports, as they were both happy to discover they supported the same basketball team–. Blaine kept his promise and spent half the evening dancing with Stacey, until Sam reminded them he was feeling lonely and they included him until the three of them were dancing in a mess of arms and laughing their bellies off.
Their friends were also having a good time, and Blaine smiled as he noticed how lovey-dovey Sebastian and Alex seemed to be, probably because of the romantic mood of the pre-wedding day. All in all, it was a nice reunion and everybody was a bit sad when it was over, though they reminded themselves that it would be even greater just the day after, at the actual wedding.
Sam was not trying to miss Blaine too much as he undressed and got into bed alone for the first time since he and Blaine got together, more than a year ago. He was ashamed to admit he was hating Tina a bit at the moment but come on, it was her fault! She should have kept her mouth shut, after all.
Fortunately for him, Blaine seemed to be in the same situation because not fifteen minutes later since they separated –and man, that had taken them like half an hour just because they didn't want to say goodbye!– Sam heard his door open and close and some rustling of clothing be discarded behind him just before the bed dipped slightly under someone's weight and some lips started deliciously kissing the back of his neck.
"Mmmm, that feels so nice, but I'm getting married tomorrow, we should stop this before my fiancé finds out" Sam joked, and he was rewarded with a soft chuckle almost immediately.
"Very funny" Blaine sarcastically replied against the skin on his neck as his arms closed around Sam's torso and his hands made their way all across his irresistible chest.
Sam let himself enjoy the loving ministrations of his boyfriend for a couple of minutes and then turned around in his embrace, suddenly in a very strong need to see his lovely face, even if it was in the almost complete darkness of the room.
"What are you doing here?" Sam asked in a whisper, not wanting to disturb the romantic mood of the room as he gently caressed Blaine's cheek with his knuckles. "I thought you were totally in with this crazy idea of Tina's"
"Well, it looks like I wasn't that much, okay?" Blaine answered, and Sam knew he was blushing even if he couldn't appreciate it in the dark. "I can do with the no sex part, but I can't sleep away from you. Especially tonight"
"Nervous?" Sam asked, throwing his own arms around Blaine's waist to bring him closer to him.
"I don't know. Not really, more like impatient or… ecstatic, I guess" Blaine explained with the most adorable of smiles. "You?"
"Same here" Sam answered, reciprocating his lover's smile before bringing their lips together for a kiss. "I really can't wait. This time tomorrow you'll be my husband"
"This time tomorrow I'll be making love with my husband" Blaine corrected him with a mischievous smile before capturing Sam's lips again for a deeper kiss.
"I'm afraid this time tomorrow we'll probably be so wasted and exhausted we'll be passed out"
"Aren't you romantic?"
"But I'll be passed out next to my husband" Sam rushed to add.
"Aw, that's kind of sweet, I guess" Blaine answered with a chuckle. "Ok then, we better get something done today, just in case we aren't able tomorrow"
Without warning, Blaine climbed on top of Sam, straddling him to keep him in place as he started licking his way across Sam's body, starting on his lips, only to continue down his throat and to his chest in a slow but delicious torture.
"I thought you said no sex tonight" Sam said just before a moan escaped his throat as Blaine gently bit on a sensitive spot.
"I said I could do with no sex, not that I was willing to" Blaine explained against Sam's skin, not even taking the time to separate his lips from it to speak.
"Oh, okay. But I'm just doing it for you" Sam answered, though he suddenly grabbed Blaine's upper body and flipped their bodies to reverse their positions, now he being the one to pin Blaine to the bed as he held his wrists at both sides of his head and started tracing his golden skin with his tongue after leaving him breathless with a passionate kiss.
"Yeah, I'm sure of that" Blaine answered with a contented sigh as he let himself enjoy Sam's loving actions. How had he thought he would able to spend the night without him was beyond him, he thought as he threw his head backwards with pleasure and tried not to moan too loud.
A/N: Just two or three more chapters to go! Almost to the wedding now! :)