Unexpectedly Yours

27.

Santana's point of view

That same night that Quinn revealed that she was finally ready to start planning our wedding, I bolted up from a deep sleep. I turned to face her and hoped that I didn't wake her up.

"I've got it!" I half whispered, half screamed.

I threw the covers off of me and very gently got out of bed. I tip toed into the living room and found the list of our wedding items on the table by the lamp. I picked it up and then searched for my phone. I found it and quietly went into the hallway.

I had the number I needed in my phone because she gave it to me after the conversation we had had.

As I dialed it, I took a deep breath,

Mrs. Fabray's point of view

What the f-? Who's calling so late?

"Hello," I asked groggily.

"Mrs. Fabray, Mrs. Fabray…" Santana said excitedly.

"Santana, what's wrong? Is Quinn's ok? What's happening?"

I guess she realized what time it was because she said, "Oh my God, I'm so sorry…I had an epiphany! Go back to sleep."

She was about to end the call, when I screamed into the phone, "SANTANA!"

"Uh, yea," she asked shyly.

"Oh, dear Lord…is this how it's gonna be," I said and chuckled. Then I said, "What's the epiphany?"

"You're amazing, beautiful, kind…" she started.

"Yeah, yeah, I know," I cut in. she laughed on the other end.

"Um, well, Quinn told me that she's ready to start planning the wedding."

I now sat up. "Ok," I hesitated.

"Isn't that exciting?" Santana asked.

"Yeah, wonderful," I said as I rubbed my eyes then I continued, "When?"

"Um, we really didn't set a date, but we're planning…"

"OK, why are you calling?"

"I need your help," she said.

"With what?"

"Planning our wedding," she screamed into the phone. I pulled the phone away from my ear when she did that.

"Calm down…okay, before I say, 'yes' to anything I think we should meet," I said.

"When? Where?" she shot off the questions.

"Tomorrow, 10 am, at the diner…can you get away?" I asked.

"I think so," she said.

"Ok, see you tomorrow, and Santana," I started.

"Yes, Mrs. Fabray," she said.

"Bring the list and for God's sake, call me, 'Judy'!" I said.

"Oh, okay, and thank you," she said and hung up.

Santana Marie Lopez loves my daughter! She's so lucky.

Santana's point of view

I slipped back into bed, happy to have made this decision for us.

She moved and laid her hand across my body.

"Where'd you go," she asked groggily.

"Um, I had to make a phone call…"

"To who?" she asked as she came out of the sleep.

"Your Mom," I revealed as we had the "no lying" policy.

She sat up straight then and turned to face me. "You don't want this…you want out…"

"Quinn, Beautiful, calm down please," I said reassuringly.

"We're okay?"she asked hesitantly.

"Of course, I love you so much!"

"Why were you talking to my Mom," she asked as she took a sigh of relief.

"I have a big surprise for you and I need her help to pull it off," I said and smiled.

"Oh, yeah," she said as she started to tickle me.

"That's not gonna work, babe, nice try though," I said as I laughed hysterically.

"Darn," she said and smiled.

And then she kissed me.

Quinn's point of view

The next morning, my cell phone buzzed so I checked to see who the text message was from.

I whispered, "'Hi, Quinn, it's Maribel…I'd like to have brunch with you today. I'll pick you up around ten?'"

I texted back, "Sure. See you later!"

I got out of bed and went to find Santana. "San," I yelled.

"Yup," she said from the bathroom.

"Your Mom just texted me asking me to brunch. I said that I'd like that," I told her.

"That's perfect cuz me and your Mom are going out to the diner at ten," she said.

"Oh, ok…can you handle her by yourself?" I asked knowingly.

She just gave me a "Duh!" expression.

"Yeah, yeah, I'm sorry," I said and walked away.

At the diner, Santana's point of view

I got there in just enough time. I got a table, unfolded the piece of paper that had our details for a dream wedding, and took a deep breath. After I saw the door open I saw Mrs. Fabray, err, Judy walk in. I waved her over and she strode up to me.

"Hello, Judy, thanks for meeting me. Again I'm sorry for the lateness of my call to you last night," I both thanked and apologized in one statement.

"Well, thank you for asking me to help you and don't worry about calling so late. What did you tell her," she asked me.

"I told her basically the truth, since we have a "no lying" agreement between the two of us. I told her that I needed your help for a big surprise. Anyway my Mom texted her and they're going out as well. So it worked out," I said and smiled.

"Seems so," she replied with a smirk. "Ok, let's get down to it, tell me what you both want."

She had taken out a pen and pad of paper.

"Ok, ready?" I said and grew excited.

"Fire away," she said and smiled.

"We've decided we want to get married at the park, in front of the swings," I started off.

"Why there?"

"She took me where during our first night. Remember I told you in the car, that she ran away from the bleachers after my 'announcement' of wanting to get to know her? Well, she came to my house and took me there first. I told her that we'd always have the park to escape… "

Judy wrote it down. "You may need a permit or something like that…I'll work on that?"

"Please," I said, smiled and then continued, "As for the guest list, it'll be you and Stan, my Mom and Dad, Brittany and Rachel, and our English teacher, Ms. Marley, since she's really the reason why we are together. There might be one more person. I have to work on that. I'll be doing those on the computer probably tonight…"

"Oh, one very important detail…" she said.

I nodded my head.

"When are you two getting hitched?"

"I want to marry her on the day of graduation," I said timidly.

"Be proud of that, Santana," she demanded politely. She sensed my apprehensiveness I guess.

"Would that work," I asked.

"Why not? You'll have all the people invited already there and wanting to celebrate you two," she said happily.

"And I think it's a bold statement that the rest of our lives start then. We are both eighteen!"

"So that's it!" she said and wrote that down.

I was absolutely beaming with pride and love. I lost myself in my emotion.

"SANTANA!" she yelled and waved her hands in front of my face.

"Oh, sorry…"

"No worries. I thought I might have had to dump this water on you," she said, pointed to the water glass sitting in front of her, and laughed.

Then I laughed and said, "Did you ever think we'd be here right now, Mrs. Fabray?"

"No, honestly, I didn't, Santana," she said and wiped a tear away.

I reached for her hand and we shook hands. I looked at her and she looked at me and I think it was then that we became family.

"Ok, next item on the menu is where will the reception be," she asked me thus breaking the touching moment.

"We've both agreed on 'Breadstix'…" I said and smiled again thinking of those breadsticks.

"Haha! Okay, that's great," she said and wrote it down, then she said, "I'll call and set that up."

"Cool. Thank you…"

"What's the color of the wedding," she asked.

"For Quinn, light blue…for me, light purple…"

"That'll make a unique combination," she said and smiled.

"That's what your wonderful, loving, caring, affectionate, humble, gorgeous, beautiful daughter said," I said and smiled again.

I'm smiling with Judy...who knew!

"Ok, I think that last thing we need to discuss is transportation to and from graduation to the wedding," I said.

"I've got that covered. All you need to do is be ready at the apartment when it comes for you the day of graduation…" she said and winked.

I looked down and smiled. All of our items had been talked about.

"Follow me," she demanded politely.

Judy Fabray's car, Judy's point of view

She has forgotten the most important aspect of this wedding. I'm going to tell her…

"Santana, dear, you've forgotten the most important part of the wedding," I said and shook my finger playfully at her.

"OMG, what's that," she asked and she got nervous.

I didn't respond, just kept driving.

"Mrs. Fabray…"

Nothing.

"Judy," she said again.

Again I didn't say anything.

"Oh God, are you kidnapping me," she said half scared out of her mind and half on the verge of tears.

I glanced over at her, saw her expression and burst out in uncontrollable laughter.

"Yea, San, that's exactly what I'm doing," I said in a menacing voice.

Then I turned my head quickly and winked at her.

"Whew! You had me going, but seriously where are we going? Hey wait, you called me, 'San'!"

"It would appear that I did…is that alright?"

"Absolutely," she said and smiled.

Then we were pulling into the store's parking lot.

She read aloud, "Sally's Rings!"

Then the idea hit her.

"Oh, shit, the rings," she yelled.

I laughed.

"May I text Quinn," she asked.

"Sure, I'll be inside," she said.

As she was walking away I decided to call the love of my life.

I dialed and it took four rings for her to say.

Quinn's point of view

"Hello," I said as I picked up my phone.

"Hello, love of my life," she said on the other line.

"I love you," I said.

"I love you too," she replied.

"You and my Mom haven't gotten into a brawl and need me to come bail you out do you? Cuz I can only afford to do that for one person, and well, she's on her own!" I said and smiled.

"Haha! No we're good…more than good, actually," I said astonished at that fact.

"Really?"

"Yes, Beautiful, the reason why I'm calling is because it has come to my attention that we've missed one vital, no crucial, part of our wedding," she said.

"Ok, Drama Queen, what's that?"

"Look down at your left hand, ring finger, what do you see?"

"The most beautiful engagement ring," I said as I admired it. Then it hit me.

"Oh shit, San…how'd we forget this?"

"I don't know, my love," she replied, "I'm working on that and will get you the wedding band you deserve."

"Santana Marie Lopez, nothing too extravagant, ya hear?" I demanded.

"Ok, Quinnie, I gotta go…I love you more than you'll ever know," she said and blew me a kiss over the phone.

"Ok, I love you too. See you later," I said and then hung up.

Maribel's point of view

That's my daughter on the other end of the conversation with the love of her life. Sometimes Santana can be the smartest person in the room and then there are times when she, um, isn't.

Quinn looked at me and said, "Your daughter is freakin' out about not remembering the rings. We can't blame each other since this is our first…and last wedding…."

"Absolutely," I said as we walked around town for a while. We had just had a wonderful brunch.

Quinn spotted a park bench and motioned to it. "Want to sit down," she asked me.

"Sure," I replied and we walked over.

"So, thank you for texting me and inviting me out. I'm enjoying myself immensely," Quinn said apprehensively.

"I'm having a good time too, Quinn. Are you okay?"

"Yes, yes, I am. Just nervous."

"About what?" I asked.

"I want to tell you something and I don't know how you'll take it," Quinn said.

"Is it bad news?"

"Oh, no, no," she shook her head and smiled.

"Then just tell me," I said.

"Well," she started, "I don't know if your daughter has told you, but I recently told her that I'm ready to move forward…"

"With what, dear?" I asked with a smile.

"Planning and having the wedding," she said.

"Oh, I thought you were taking your time," I said honestly.

"Maribel, it's been the whole year since we've changed each other's lives. I know everything I need to know about her. She's the love of my life. Anything we don't know about each other, we are learning every day."

"Oh, I know, Quinn. You don't have to convince me. I see it all the time," I said.

"See what?"

"How my daughter looks at you and how you look at her. It's been written in the stars for a long time. Now it's just time for you two to make it official," I said with pride in my voice.

"Yeah, it's infectious…I want to be her wife so badly. Do you know she's taking my last name?"

"Uh, no, I didn't…"

"Oh, wow, is that alright? Do you want her to keep yours?" Quinn asked anxiously.

"No, no, it's alright," I said as I put my hand on her hand that was placed on her knee.

"I just want to be as respectful to you and Alex as I can be," she said and smiled.

"And honey, you have been since the first day we met you. You've honored all of our wishes, but most importantly you have given your heart, completely, to Santana. And that is all we could ever ask for. So it's okay, Quinn, it's okay. You have our blessing!"

Quinn got up and catapulted into my arms for a hug.

"Thank you, Maribel, I love her so much," she said as she began to sob.

"There, there, Quinn. I hope those are happy tears!"

"Yes, they are. Geez, I gotta compose myself. I'm going to be a mess on my wedding day."

"Ok, back to that, come with me," I said as I got up and extended my hand to Quinn. She accepted it and allowed me to pull her into a store. She didn't look up at the sign.

When she walked into the store, her mouth flew open in shock.

"Ok, Quinn, one of the reasons why I invited you out today is because Alex and I want to pay for your wedding ring for Santana," I said happily.

"Oh, no, Maribel," she said, "I don't have a lot of money so the ring I finally pick out will be modest."

"Please Quinn, I, we, insist!"

Quinn's point of view

I looked at this woman who gave me the love of my life and saw Santana in her every feature, her every hand gesture, her every hair flip.

I must have been staring intensely at her because she asked, "What do I have a boogie?" Maribel went to pick her nose.

"Oh, no, no, sorry. I was thinking of Santana and how I can see her in you," I said honestly.

"Oh," she smiled shyly, "Can me and Alex please buy her ring for you?"

"Yes, thank you so very much. I appreciate it immensely."

Then we started to look at the thousand of options that lay out in front of us.

Then my eyes fell upon the one!

It was simple. It was gold and had four heart-shaped diamonds that were embedded on the circumference of the ring. It wasn't extravagant, but it was totally Santana. It totally sparkled.

Maribel saw the one I wanted and said, "We'll take that one, please!"

"Would you like it engraved," the sales person asked.

"Um, I didn't think about that," I said.

"Take your time, honey," Maribel guided.

"Um," I said as I thought it out.

Then I blurted it out, "I love you now & forever!"

Judy's point of view

Santana finally came into the store. She looked around like a young child in FAO Schwarz. You know that huge toy store in New York City?

I was standing in the front of the store and leaning against a glass case of beautiful wedding and engagement rings.

"Santana," I started, "I'd like to purchase Quinn's ring for you. You can pick it out, but please allow me to do this?"

"Mrs. Fabray, Judy, you're being beyond generous…I can't be greedy."

"You're not, I'm offering dear," I said and smiled.

Santana ran up to me and wrapped her arms tightly around me. I was shocked at first and then I wrapped my arms around her.

"Is that a yes," I laughed still in the hug.

"Yes!" she screamed as we broke the embrace.

Santana's point of view

Wow! I never thought that I'd hug Quinn's Mom. We're making a lot of progress. Yay!

"Go look at the options," she said and pointed to the cases and cases full of wedding bands. Ten minutes had passed as I looked and I was starting to give up hope.

"It's okay, Santana," she said and patted me on my back. She knew I was getting discouraged.

I walked to the end of the final case and I saw it! I saw the ring that Quinn, my wife, my lover, and my everything, should wear on her finger.

"I found it!" I screamed at the tops of my lungs. Judy ran over to me. When she got to me, I simply pointed down at the ring.

"Aww!" she said and smiled brightly.

"Do you she'll like it," I asked hesitantly.

"No."

Oh boy! This lady is hard to read.

"She'll love it!" Judy said and smiled.

"Would you like it engraved?" the salesperson asked.

"Um, yes, please…" I started to say. I took my time and then all of the sudden the phrase hit me. I think for the first time I was inside Quinn's head.

I looked up and proudly said, "I love you now & forever!"

Judy patted me on the back again and walked away. After the salesperson took the ring to engrave it she gave me it to inspect. It was simple. It was gold and had four heart-shaped diamonds that were embedded along the circumference of the ring. It wasn't extravagant, but it was totally Quinn. It totally sparkled. I held it delicately in my hands and just stared at it. I thought about everything we've gone through to get to this point in our life. I thought about how brave I was and how courageous she was to get us to this point. I promised myself that I'd always protect her and love her immensely. Quinn Fabray was my life.

Author's Note: I hope this you enjoyed this chapter. I loved writing it. I know a lot of you like the Quinntana aspect of this story, but I'm curious to know how you like the Britchel story…

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