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"Mmmm," Rachel murmured as she felt someone rubbing her arm. She was currently sleeping in her dads' hotel room, much to her disbelief.
Last Night
"Dads it's the night of my engagement! You HAVE to let me stay at my apartment with Blaine!" Rachel nearly screamed as she softly tried to tug her arm away from her dad's grasp.
"BUT you two have a lifetime to spend with each other! Me and your dad only have at least 20 years to spend with you left! Let us have this night as the night we spend with our baby girl. We can have Barabara karaoke night or watch our favourite musicals for the whole evening! Blaine? Please?" Leroy Berry said to Blaine, still not letting go of Rachel's arm.
"Uhm I ha –"
"THAT IS NOT FAIR DAD! Don't use Blaine's conscience against him! Oh come on I want to spend my first night as an engaged woman with my fiancé," Rachel started, holding on to Blaine as her parents was now starting to have a mini tug-of-war with her arm.
"Love its ok, really. I get where your dads are coming from. You can spend the night with your dads and I'll just stay at our apartment. It's no big deal, really," Blaine said to her, holding her cheek as he noticed that she was about to start complaining.
"Seee! Blaine understands! Now come on honey, we have a musical to watch!" Leroy said to her, victorious as Hiram just looked at him, amused.
"No! Oh my god no! Dad, I want to spend an alone time with Blaine!" Rachel continued to protest. People from their surroundings were now starting to stare at them and Blaine tried his best to motion hand signals to say that everything was ok, while giving them all a small smile in the process.
"ALONE TIME! You've had years of alone ti – oh! 'Alone' time! Oh wow I never thought I would have lived to hear this. Hiram, please help me on this. Rachel darling, you can spend your honeymoon night with Blaine doing your 'alone' time," he said to her, giving her continuous nods.
As Blaine realized what Leroy meant with their 'alone' time, he suddenly felt his cheeks flushing as the people who overheard Leroy's statement started giggling.
"Wow dad, remember what I said about winning a Tony first? Well yeah ok so maybe I won't win a Tony first but dad! I'm not exactly as experienced as you think," Rachel whispered, clearly frustrated at how things were turning out to be.
"Look Rachel, love, just...spend the night with your dads. I'll come pick you up first thing in the morning I promise. Please, its ok, I swear," Blaine said to her, finally reaching a conclusion that her spending a night with him was clearly impossible.
"But – "
"No buts...go," Blaine finished, cupping Rachel's face in both his hands and giving her a long, soft kiss.
"Love?" Blaine whispered as she continued to rub her arm. He had been let in the room by Rachel's dads, knowing that he would want to spend a day with Rachel since they did steal her away from him last night.
"Mmmm no. 5 more minutes," Rachel gurgled out as she covered her upper body with her blanket.
"She never really changed," Blaine heard Leroy mutter as he stood behind him, a cup of coffee in hand. "Coffee? It will take her more than 5 minutes to get up, trust me," he said to him, holding out the extra cup he was carrying.
"Thank you sir," Blaine said, taking the cup and moving to sit in the couch near the bed.
"Please, you might as well call me dad, but if you're not ready for that yet, then just call me Leroy," he said to him, smiling as he took a sip from his cup. "Hey Blaine, mind if I talk to you for a bit?"
"Hmm? Oh, sure," Blaine said, looking at him expectantly as he continued to drink his coffee.
"Come out with me in the balcony. It's a little private," he said to him, moving towards the door leading to the balcony.
Blaine followed him until they reached the outside of the room. The Berry's had rented the penthouse of the hotel, which gave them a spectacular view of New York. Blaine couldn't help but be amazed as he took the entirety of the city. He was almost zoning out when he was brought back to reality by Leroy's clearing of his throat. Quickly, Blaine turned towards him and he was motioned to sit in one of the balcony chairs.
"So...marriage huh?" Leroy started, looking at him with a knowing smile.
"Yes sir," Blaine said to him, setting his cup in his lap and smiling.
"I have to be blunt; I wasn't expecting it to be this soon as Rachel just started her career. But don't worry, you have my full support," he said to him, looking out into the horizon as the sun started to rise.
"Thank you. Don't worry, I'll take very good care of your daughter," Blaine said, looking at Leroy.
"I have no worries in that area. I'm just really happy for my baby girl. You know, the first time we saw her in that hospital, we knew that she was going to be a star. I guess we never really thought about the part where in she will be finding a man and getting married. But none the less, we're happy for her. Hiram might not be the one who shows his emotional side that much, but I know that he's happy she has you. Blaine can I just ask you one thing?" Leroy said, now turning to look at him.
"Anything sir," Blaine said, looking back at him.
"Don't break my baby girl's heart. I don't know if you know this but she was in a relationship with Finn Hudson back in high school. She considered marrying him greatly, but we both clearly know that that did not happen. When the two broke up, well, let's put it this way: both Hiram and I became Charlie and Rachel became Bella Swan, that girl from that weird vampire movie. I can't have that again. I don't want to see my baby girl be hurt over again because of a man. And I understand that you two will have fights along the way, because that is a normal part of a relationship, but Blaine, please try your best to not hurt her. Promise me that and I'll never ask you anything ever again," he said to him. Holding out his arm and placing it upon Blaine's shoulder. Blaine couldn't help but smile back. Now he felt just how much Hiram and Leroy loved Rachel, and it was nice to know this side of the family better.
"Leroy, I can't even express how much I love Rachel. I've spent a year forcing myself to not love her while she was in a relationship with that guy back in Italy, but I never really grew out of my love for her. I want to give her the best things in life. And I promise you that I won't break her heart. I promise that if ever we do fight, I'll do everything I can to fix it. I love your daughter, and I'll take good care of her, that I guarantee you," Blaine finished, still smiling at Leroy.
And with that Leroy smiled back at him and removed his hand from his shoulders. Hi gave a small sigh and leaned in the couch, looking a tad more comfortable as he started to drink from his cup again.
"Well, I do want to ask you one more thing though," Leroy said, still looking at the horizon.
"Hmm, what would that be?" Blaine said, drinking his coffee as he too looked at the city.
"I want grandchildren. Take note, children, not child," Leroy said to him, laughing as he looked at the reaction on Blaine's face. Blaine almost choked from his coffee, but laughed as he turned to see Leroy, who was also in fits of laughter.
"Ok, I'll give you as many as we can," Blaine said, still laughing as he wiped his mouth with his napkin.
"You were early," Rachel said as they both walked at the hotel lobby. She woke up at 8am, exactly 4 hours after Blaine had arrived at her dads hotel room.
"I was hoping we could watch the sunrise together. But it's ok, your dad kept me company," Blaine said, smiling as he took Rachel's hand to hold it in his arm.
"Oh, well that was nice of him," Rachel said, smiling at him. "So where are we off to my darling fiancé?" she said, squeezing his arm as they waited for Blaine's car to be brought by the valet.
"I was thinking maybe we could start early on the planning of our wedding? I mean, it IS New York so I think it would be best if we start looking for a wedding planner as early as now," Blaine said, opening the car door for Rachel.
"Hmm, ok yeah I think that would be best. Do you know any wedding planners around here?" she asked him as he started driving.
"Well, I talked to my secretary back at the studio. She said that there's one near East and West 4th street, then there's also another in Seventh Avenue. Tanya personally recommends C&G Weddings since they like to go beyond your typical wedding, but Brilliant Event Planning serves themed weddings, so if you wanna go for a themed one, we can go to that," Blaine started as they moved slowly in the typical New York traffic.
"I love the creative one. Why don't we visit those places and then choose our planner?" Rachel said to him, taking his hand.
"Ok, sounds like a plan. 4th street?" Blaine asked, as the traffic started moving.
"4th street it is!"
"Wow that was a lot of ideas," Rachel said as they both sat down at one of the benches in Central Park. They had just finished their whole-day long wedding planner hopping escapade, and they were both exhausted and overloaded with wedding ideas.
"I know. I never expected all of them to come up with different ideas too," Blaine said, giving Rachel a bagel that he bought on their way to the park.
"Thank you. I know! And to think that none of them had the same idea too!" she laughed as she took a bite off her bread. "Anyway, did you like any of their ideas?" Blaine asked her as he too took a bite off his food.
"Mhmm. I love the whole Harry Potter themed wedding, since I know how much you love Harry Potter, but I also like the simple vintage wedding, since I love the whole idea of a simple yet elegant wedding, but is still not your everyday wedding type of wedding. Haha wow ok that was a lot of 'wedding' in a sentence," Rachel laughed, looking at Blaine who was smiling at her.
"Yeah I love the Harry Potter themed wedding too. The vintage wedding was kind of confusing for me since I got lost in the whole barefoot thing with a wooden aisle, but none the less, I'll keep my options open," he said to her, smiling.
"So, do you wanna go home now?" he said just as they finished eating their food. Rachel gave him a nod and they both stood up. While walking, Blaine held Rachel's hand and brushed a finger over her engagement ring. As Rachel felt this, she turned to him and gave him a small smile.
"Don't think too much about it love. Our wedding will be perfect," Blaine said to her reassuringly while giving her hand a small squeeze.
"I know. I don't really care if I go barefoot while walking down the aisle. As long as I know it's you waiting for me at the end of it, I'll be fine with anything," Rachel said to him, resting her head against his shoulder as they continued to walk towards Blaine's car.
