Unexpectedly Yours
30.
Brittany's point of view
"Holy shit!" I exclaimed. This made Rachel jumped up and almost fell off the bed.
"Why do you do that?"
"I'm sorry, Sweetheart, I forgot to remind Santana to remember the rings," I said as I grabbed my cell to send her a text.
I found our conversation of text messages and added this new text to the others.
"S. Don't forget the rings," I texted.
Then I hit the send button.
Santana's point of view
It's the night before our graduation and wedding. Quinn had no idea that tomorrow would be the official beginning of the rest of our lives together.
My phone buzzed so I grabbed it. I opened the message and smiled.
I texted back, "Thanks B. See you tomorrow." I sent the message.
"Who was that, Baby," Quinn said as she nuzzled against me.
"B…She had to remind me to bring my, uh, cap and gown," I said and hoped she wouldn't question it. Luckily she didn't.
She settled back down and fell asleep. I gently untangled myself from her embrace and got up. I tip toed to the dresser and retrieved my ring for Quinn. It took me seconds to figure out where hers would be for me. It was tucked away in her dresser drawer underneath her bras and panties. I went over to my purse and put them in there. I didn't even want to look at my ring because if I did it wouldn't be a surprise and authentic.
Next I went over to my side of the closet to pick out my outfit. I decided on a white, button down shirt, a black ladies' jacket, and black slacks. I figured it would be more than appropriate for both occasions. I then went to her side of the closet and started to browse through her clothing.
"Santana, what in the world are you doing?"
I jumped because I was in the moment and forgot she was lying in bed.
"Um, I'm picking out our outfits for our graduation tomorrow," I said matter of fact.
"Are you now," she questioned with a smile spread across her face.
"Yup, this way it's not a problem tomorrow morning. We gotta get there early," I said as I remembered Judy reminding me about the car service picking us up.
"That's a great idea," she said as she walked over to me.
"Let's see here," she said as she went through her closet.
Then she asked, "What are you wearing?"
I held up my outfit.
"That's a lot of black. Kinda looks like a suite," she said nonchalantly. I don't think she thought to put two and two together.
"I like it. And no one's gonna see it cuz of the gown," I said and smiled.
"True, very true," Quinn said and smiled back. Then she concentrated on the task at hand.
"What do you think of this," Quinn asked.
I turned and saw her holding a light yellow sundress with spaghetti straps. It fell just above her knees. It highlighted her blonde hair perfectly.
"Wow, Beautiful, simply amazing. How are you going to wear your hair," I asked intrigued.
"Santana in all the time we've known each other you have never asked me how I'm gonna wear my hair," she pointed out.
Aw shit! She's gonna think something's up…crap.
"I, uh, was just curious. That's all," I said quickly.
"It's okay, Baby," she reassured me as she sensed my nervousness.
Whew! Close call. Stop it.
"Ok," I said and walked away.
"Do you want to know the answer," Quinn called out after me.
"Yea, sure, sorry," I apologized.
"Geez, what's with you?" she said and smiled, "I'm gonna wear it down because it won't look good totally up."
"Perfect, I love it down," I complimented her.
I walked over to her and kissed her cheek.
Before I could pull away she grabbed my arm and wrapped me in a hug. I moved her backward towards the dresser so she could hang her outfit up next to mine.
"You got it," I asked.
"Yup," she said as she put it on the handle.
"Good," I said as I attached my lips to hers.
We moved over to the bed. We broke the kiss to sit down. Once we were sitting, she grabbed my hand and kissed it.
"Ms. Fabray, are you trying to seduce me?"
"Um, yes, I am," she replied as she lunged at me.
"Good cuz it's working," I said right before she tackled me and we both fell onto the mattress.
We each took turns with having control. She loved me deeply and passionately. I loved her back with a new sense of love. I was making love to my wife. It was safe to say that now because we were mere hours away from the ceremony that solidified our solid relationship.
Once we settled down she was in my arms.
"Santana," she whispered.
"Yes, Beautiful," I answered.
"Promise me it'll always be like this," Quinn said.
"I promise you that I'll love you no matter what," I said and kissed her forehead.
"I promise to do the same," she said and squeezed me.
We fell asleep soon after.
Quinn's point of view
May 25th, 2013, our Graduation Day, I got up earlier than she did because I just couldn't sleep. I got a strange feeling that something big was going to happen today. I knew that we were graduating from high school, but I sensed something else could be happening.
Instead of analyzing it, I decided to stare at Santana. She was my life. She was my forever.
I am the luckiest woman in the world because I have her.
She started to stir so I got back in bed and lay down and faced her. I wanted to see her eyes open for the first time today.
She opened them and jumped a little.
"Morning," I mused.
"Uh, morning, stare much," she said so I pinched her side.
"It's here Santana, it is finally here," I exclaimed.
"Uh, what's here," she asked hesitantly.
"Our graduation day, silly. What else did you think I was talking about," I asked.
"Nothing, nothing, it is here, Quinn," she said quickly.
"Geez…I'm going to shower."
"Ok, hurry up, I need to use it," she said.
Santana's point of view
I got out of bed, stretched, and then the realization hit me.
Today I would become Mrs. Santana Fabray. Damn that sounded awesome.
I jumped up and down and did a happy dance. Once I calmed down a little, I put the coffee pot on. Once it was done, I took a big gulp, which wasn't my finest moment. I started to cough uncontrollably.
Quinn ran out of the bathroom and to my aide.
"Are you okay," she asked nervously.
Once I caught my breath, I said, "Yea, that wasn't my smartest idea!"
She laughed, but said, "Drink the coffee! Don't inhale it. And pour me a cup."
She went back into the bathroom and shut the door.
Quinn's point of view
Why is she so nervous? Isn't she excited to be graduating? I know we don't have future plans set in stone yet, but we'll figure it out. I better get out of here so she can come in.
I got dressed quickly into the sundress and strutted my way out of the bathroom.
"So my darling, what do you think?"
Santana froze in her place. She almost dropped the coffee cup, but held onto it at the last minute.
"Oh my God," was all she could get out. She wore the hugest smile on her face.
"Good," I asked.
"Amazing!" she replied.
"Good, your turn," I said as I grabbed her hand and led her to our room first so she could get her outfit and then to the bathroom. I pushed her inside and shut the door behind me.
"Wow," she said.
I laughed.
Santana's point of view
My wife looks absolutely jaw dropping. She's beyond beautiful. I gotta get going so that I can see her again.
I took the quickest shower I could. I got dressed into my outfit and ran out of the room.
Once I got to the kitchen, I had breakfast waiting for me.
She smiled and said, "Lookin' good, Lopez. Here, eat!"
I walked over to the breakfast table, but before I sat down I grabbed her and pulled her into my body. I kissed her passionately on her lips.
"Ok, okay," she said when she came up for air, "we'll have time for that later as high school graduates!"
And an officially married couple.
I ate my breakfast and we held hands.
At 9:30am on the nose, Quinn looked out the window and yelled, "Hey, Baby, why's there a stretch limo out there?"
"I don't know, Beautiful, wanna check it out? Bring your purse," I suggested.
We both ran outside to the awaiting car. The driver was standing on the curb with a sign that read, "Fabray".
"Did you do this?" she asked as she got into the car and moved over.
"Um, no, but I know who did. Okay, Quinn, there are going to be many surprises for you today. All I ask is that you allow the happiness you're going to feel to truly envelope you," I said and leaned over to kiss her cheek.
"Um, okay, sure," she said and kissed me back.
Principal Figgins' point of view
"Welcome to the William McKinley High School graduation ceremony," I said precisely at 10am.
I looked over at the enthusiastic young people and smiled down at them.
"I and the administration are very happy for you and for all of your accomplishments thus far. I am certain that this graduating class will achieve great things in the future…"
Santana's point of view
I looked around to make sure everyone who was invited to the wedding was in the auditorium. I saw Ms. Marley and she waved. I saw Coach Sylvester and she saluted me. I made eye contact with Puck who made the sign for guitar. And of course my and her parents were there.
So I brought my attention back to Principal Figgins.
Principal Figgins' point of view
"…And that is why the caged bird sings! And now for the distribution of diplomas. Will the graduating class of 2013 please stand and form a line to my right? Thank you."
I watched as the students scurried around like mice to form a line. Once that was done, I instructed, "This isn't like an ordinary ceremony. You may applaud when you'd like to. Okay, let's get started…"
"Rachel Berry!" I announced and shook Rachel's hand in congratulations as she accepted her diploma. Her family applauded loudly for her. So did Brittany Pierce's family.
Santana Lopez even yelled, "Alright, Young Streisand!"
"Quinn Fabray!" I announced and watched as she graciously accepted her diploma from me. Quinn's parents stood up and applauded her along with Santana's parents.
Santana once again yelled, "That's my fiancée!"
"Santana Lopez!" I announced and saw her running at me. She accepted the diploma and raised it over her head.
"There you go, Baby!" Quinn yelled from her seat. Quinn's parents applauded and stood for her as well as Santana's parents.
"Brittany S. Pierce!" I yelled happily and watched as Brittany danced her way to me. She was very animated. She even got me to dance a little before I handed her the diploma.
After I had given out the last diploma I said, "Will the graduating class of 2013 please rise and together move your tassel from the right to the left of your cap?"
I watched with pride and then announced, "It gives me tremendous pride to announce that you, William McKinley Graduating Class of 2013, have now graduated! Congratulations!"
With that the sky was filled with caps as they were thrown up into the air. People ran to other people for hugs and kisses.
I witnessed Santana Lopez and Quinn Fabray run to each other. Santana lifted Quinn up into the air and twirled her around as Quinn yelled, "We did it!"
I also saw Rachel Berry pull Brittany Pierce down to her level and kiss her passionately on her lips.
Oh my! I'll have to get someone to look into the water system at the school. But that can wait.
Rachel's point of view
Brittany and I led our families outside we took some photos.
Then Brittany said, "You ready?"
She started to pull me to her car.
"Where you off to," Mrs. Pierce asked.
"We gotta go, Mom," Brittany said quickly.
"Where?" my Dad asked.
"To the park," I answered him honestly.
"For what?"
"We should tell them," I said.
"I promised Santana," Brittany insisted.
"Then they can follow us," Rachel suggested.
"Um, yea," Brittany said as we began to walk to the cars.
When we stood in front of all of our cars, Brittany said, "Ok, we're going to the park for something very important. We gotta get there quickly."
With that both families got into their cars without questions.
Leroy Berry's point of view
I didn't know what exactly to think. What were we going to witness? When we got to the swings we saw this monstrous tent set up. We had to park at the end of the street. Hiram and I got out of our car and walked over to the Pierces.
"What is this," I asked.
"This is the wedding of Quinn and Santana," Mrs. Fabray interrupted as she walked up to the group.
Rachel's point of view
I ran up to my fathers and Mrs. Fabray.
"Mrs. Fabray, my apologies. They were curious and Brittany told Santana that she wouldn't tell anyone so we thought it would be appropriate to bring our families to the ceremony. They will only stay for the ceremony…" I said, but was interrupted.
"Oh, no, dear, the more the merrier. I've heard that Brittany's parents are close with Santana. The reception is at Breadstix!" Mrs. Fabray said with a smile.
As if on cue, my Dad said, "I love Breadstix! Thank you."
"Sure. Please go sit down. They should be here soon," she instructed.
Mrs. Fabray's point of view
Then I saw Puck and Coach Sylvester walking to the tent.
"Noah, why are you here?" I asked boldly.
"Quinn asked me to sing a song as they marched down the aisle, Mrs. F." Puck said honestly.
"Oh, okay, go set up then."
Coach Sylvester said, "I'm their justice of the Peace for the ceremony."
"You're kidding," I said shocked.
"Nope, I'll go set up at the altar," she said and ran off.
I shrugged.
I didn't have time to ponder that whole situation because a short woman came walking up to me with her partner and said, "Hello, I'm Heather and I met Quinn and Santana at City Hall. This is Mary. We just wanted to say thank you for inviting us. And I have their license with me."
"Thank you very much. Please enjoy yourself!"
"Mrs. Fabray," Ms. Marley asked as she approached.
"Yes?"
"Oh, good, I'm Quinn and Santana's English teacher from last year. I assigned them the poem to write together," Ms. Marley informed me.
"Oh, oh, that's right. I want to personally thank you for everything you did. You are one of the reasons for all of this," I said truthfully.
"I am honored to be here. They were great kids," she said and smiled.
"Thank you. Yes, my daughter and her wife are great. Please enjoy yourself," I said boldly.
Santana's point of view
"We did it!" Quinn exclaimed as we sat holding hands in the limo.
"Yeah, we did," I said overly nervous.
"Santana, are you okay?"
"Yes, Beautiful, I'm good," I replied.
"Oh, okay cuz it looks like you could vomit," she said mothering. She put hand on my forehead to see if I had a fever.
"Quinn, I'm fine, honestly." I said reassuringly.
I saw that we were pulling up to the curb so I turned her body to face me and grabbed her hands with my own.
"Santana, where are we? What's going on?"
"I have one question for you, my beautiful, beautiful Quinn," I said and became emotional.
She let go of my hands to wipe the tears away. Then she placed her hands back in mine.
"What's the question?"
"What are you doing the rest of your life?" I asked as I opened the door and got out. Then I turned around and assisted her out of the car. Once we were both out of the car there was thunderous applause and then it hit her.
"Oh my God, Santana, no. This isn't what I think and want it to be, is it?"
"Yes, my Beautiful Quinn, it is. Welcome to your, no our, wedding," I said.
"Mom," she saw her mother approach us. Quinn pulled her into her arms. Then Quinn lost it. She was overcome with so much emotion that she needed to cry.
"Aww, Beautiful, those are happy tears, right?" I said nervously.
"They are the happiest of tears," Quinn answered, "Santana, I love you."
"Well, then what you do say, let's get married?"
"I love you so why not," Quinn said and smiled widely.
I started to walk away, but turned around and handed Quinn the ring box.
"You may need this."
"That would be helpful. Did you see it," she asked apprehensively as she took the box from me.
"Absolutely not," I said with sincerity.
She smiled.
"I'll see you in a few," I said and was about to start to walk down the aisle.
"Wait!" she yelled, "I wanna walk with you!"
"What about that run dry, remember?" I asked with a raised eyebrow.
She paused for a moment and I knew that she was remembering our six-month anniversary.
Then she said, "I just want to walk with you."
Her expression in that moment was one of pure love and devotion so I simply extended my arm and she grabbed it with her arm.
Before we started everyone rose from their seats.
Puck's point of view
I saw that people were standing so I started to strum the first few chords and then began the song. As I did I saw my two great and compassionate friends as they began the rest of their lives together.
Don't need to see you in your wedding dress
Don't need no flower in your hair
Don't need no little white church, I don't care
Don't need your mama in the front row
Or your daddy giving you away
Don't need no preacher telling us what we should say
I started to really get into the song and my voice got louder and louder. I saw Quinn look at the people who were there and she smiled at each of them. I saw the smile that was plastered on Santana's face. It was huge, man!
I don't need nothing
Nothing but me and you
I just wanna love you
Want you to love me too
Just say "I Do"
I took a big breath and then continued.
Don't need no mansion on a hill
No fancy car in a drive
I don't need no picket fence painted white
Just want to feel your hands in mine
To see a smile on your face
Just want to hold you forever and always
I don't need nothing
Nothing but me and you
I just wanna love you
Want you to love me too
Just say "I Do"
Say "I do"
Quinn's point of view
I did a double take as I saw who was standing in front of the altar looking at us.
"Coach Sylvester," I asked dumbfounded.
She smiled.
Puck's point of view
I don't need nothing
Nothing but me and you
I just wanna love you
Want you to love me too
Just say "I Do"
Say "I Do"
Say "I Do"
Say "I Do"
Say "I Do"
Say "I Do"
Say "I Do"
I made sure I sang the last verse with boldness and clarity.
I think I did a great job.
Coach Sylvester's point of view
When they finally got up to the altar, they both wore huge smiles on their faces. This made me smile automatically.
"Welcome to the wedding ceremony of Quinn Fabray and Santana Lopez. I am beyond happy to be here to celebrate their love for each other. When Santana asked if I would do this for them there was no doubt in my mind. I had behaved badly when I stupidly threw Quinn off the Cheerios just for loving Santana. Quinn, this is my way of apologizing," I said and looked at Quinn.
She stood there and gave me a huge smile.
"I feel the need to turn this over right now to Santana and Quinn. Who wants to go first? Santana?"
Santana's point of view
"My Beautiful Quinn, I stand before you a changed woman. You and your undying love have changed me and have made me a thousand times better. Your love will never go unreturned. I promise to always be there with you and for you. Quinn, I give you my heart without any hesitation whatsoever. I belong with you for the rest of my life. I love you dearly!"
Coach Sylvester's point of view
"Quinn? Anything you'd to express?"
Quinn's point of view
"Santana, you are the love of my life and of a million lifetimes. I am a better person just from knowing you. You never cease to amaze me with how much you love me and how you show me that love everyday. I don't have to worry about not having your love. I hope you know you will always, always have mine. You are my life. I live and breathe for you. You are all I've ever wanted and all I'll ever need in this life. I belong with you for the rest of my life. I love you dearly!"
I noticed tears streaming down her cheeks so I wipe them away with the pads of my thumbs. Then I leaned forward to kiss her forehead.
Coach Sylvester's point of view
"Now that Santana and Quinn have express their feelings for each other, it's time for the rings."
Santana got hers out of her pocket for Quinn, but before she placed it on Quinn's ring finger, she paused and looked at me.
"Please repeat after me: 'I, Santana, take you Quinn, to be my wife. I'll love you now and for the rest of our lives.'"
After she did, she slid the ring onto Quinn's finger and smiled at her.
"Ok, Quinn please get Santana's ring and repeat after me: 'I, Quinn, take you Santana, to be my wife. I'll love you now and for the rest of our lives.'"
After Quinn repeated these sentences in a shaky voice she slid the ring onto Santana's finger.
They both looked down and laughed out loud.
"We got each other the exact same ring," Santana exclaimed happily.
Quinn smiled and chuckled.
"It goes to show us all that these two right here are made for each other. So without future ado, I am beyond pleased to introduce for the first time, anywhere Mrs. Quinn and Santana Fabray!" I exclaimed as I threw up the marriage license that Heather handed to me earlier. When they saw what I was holding they hooted and hollered.
The park exploded with applause for Quinn and Santana.
Once the applause died down a little, I announced, "Oh, oh, Santana, you may now kiss your bride!"
She closed the gap between her and Quinn. Santana pulled Quinn close to her and kissed her passionately.
Author's Note:
"I Do" is a really beautiful Country song by Kyle Jacobs who is Kellie Pickler's husband. I heard him perform the song during this season of "Dancing with the Stars" which Ms. Pickler won. She was fabulous. For those who may not know Kellie Pickler was a contestant on a past season of American Idol and that's how she started her singing career. When I heard this song I thought it was perfect for this story.
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