Thanks so much for all your reviews on the last chapter, they mean a lot to me. I hope you guys enjoy this one. While Samcedes and the couple that gets engaged in this chapter will get married in this fic, it won't be for a while since there have been so many weddings in my fanfics lately.
Chapter 16: Come What Klaine
"I love this dress!" Allie said.
"Isn't it pretty?" Rachel asked, looking at Allie's flower girl dress that was the same color green as the wedding party dresses she and the girls were wearing for Kurt and Blaine's wedding. The wedding was due to start in about an hour, and the girls were already in their dresses, waiting to be called out to process in for the wedding. Kurt and Blaine had asked Rachel, Tina, Quinn, Santana, Brittany, Mercedes, Sugar, Marley and Harmony to be the female members of their wedding party.
"It's weird not having a bride in here with us to freak out," Santana said.
"Were Quinn and I really both that bad?" Rachel asked.
The girls laughed. "Where is Quinn, anyway?" Tina asked.
"Probably feeding Daniel," Mercedes said.
"I'm here," Quinn said, coming in. "Sorry, I was just dropping Daniel off with Puck."
The door opened again, and Kurt came in. He looked at the girls. "If you girls thought you were getting out of dealing with pre-wedding jitters you're out of luck."
"Why aren't you with the guys?" Sugar asked.
"Blaine's with them," Kurt said. "I was always closer with you girls anyway."
"Don't I look pretty, Uncle Kurt?" Allie asked.
"Yes you do!" Kurt said, hugging his niece.
"This way you can be surprised when you see Blaine," Rachel said, hugging her best friend.
"How are you feeling?" Marley asked Kurt.
"Terrified," Kurt said.
"You did say at the NYADA mixer that you wanted to be married by thirty, legally," Harmony said.
"I will be," Kurt said.
"Yes you will," Rachel said. This was a big thing. Not too long ago, her best friend wouldn't be able to marry the man he loved.
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"Blaine, you need to stop pacing, you're making me dizzy," Sam said.
"I'm sorry," Blaine said. "I'm just worried about today."
Finn looked at his friend. "Don't be. My brother wants to marry you, I know it."
"I want to marry him, too," Blaine said. He looked at Finn. "How did you feel when you were about to marry Rachel?"
Finn thought back to that day. He'd never been more nervous. "Like I was going to pass out."
"I was really nervous too," Puck added.
"See, man, it's really normal to be nervous on your wedding day," Finn said.
"I'm sure I'll be nervous, too," Sam said.
"Yeah, yours is next," Mike said.
"Let's get through today first," Artie said.
"Besides, Blaine, after you and Kurt are married, it will be the best feeling ever," Finn told his friend.
Burt and Carole came into the room with Blaine's parents. "Are you guys almost ready?"
The boys all looked at Blaine. "I guess," Blaine said.
"Okay," Carole said. "Groomsmen, the girls are waiting for you in the back of the hall. Blaine, you and your parents can go wait by the door you'll be coming in from." Since there was no bride to walk down the aisle, Blaine and Kurt would be entering from opposite ends of the room.
Finn smiled at Blaine. "Good luck."
Blaine smiled back. "Thanks, man."
Finn went to the back of the hall with Sam, Puck, Mike, Artie, Rory, Joe, Jake and Ryder to wait for the girls. Soon, he saw them coming in, dressed in their green dresses. He immediately smiled when he saw Rachel and Allie.
"You look beautiful," Finn whispered as he kissed Rachel and took Allie's hand. "Both of you."
"Thank you Daddy," Allie said, holding up her basket of flowers. "I'm the best flower girl ever."
"You have done a good job," Finn said.
"Yay Daddy!" Allie said.
"How's Blaine?" Rachel asked.
"He was nervous," Finn said. "What about Kurt?"
"He was also nervous," Rachel said. "It'll be worth it though."
"You and I both know that," Finn said as he linked his arm into Rachel's.
The organ began to play, and Finn watched as his daughter was the first to go down the aisle as the flower girl. Next, Mercedes wheeled Artie down the aisle, with Daniel riding on Artie's lap. They were followed by Joe and Santana, then Mike and Brittany, then Jake and Harmony, then Ryder and Marley, then Puck and Quinn, then Sam and Tina. Finn and Rachel were the last two to walk down the aisle and take their places at the front of the room. Allie came over to join them when they took their places. Then, from one side of the room, Blaine came out with his parents. From the other, Kurt came out with Burt and Carole. Finn noticed right away how happy his brother and his friend looked, and he was so happy that they could legally do this now.
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After the ceremony, the wedding party walked to the reception hall of the building together. Since they were scattered throughout the country now, the various weddings were the main time they got to see each other. It was true that Finn and Rachel lived with four of the other people they went to high school yet, but it was likely each couple would get their own apartment in the fall. They also regularly saw Ryder, Marley, Jake and Harmony since they were living in New York, and occasionally Puck and Quinn, but didn't see anyone else nearly as much.
"Allie's getting so big," Mercedes told Finn and Rachel.
"I know," Rachel said. "She looks kind of like I did when I was a toddler."
"Did today get you two excited for your wedding?" Finn asked Sam and Mercedes.
"So excited," Sam said. "I'm not sure when we'll have it yet, but I can't wait."
"Can I be the flower girl?" Allie asked.
"Of course!" Sam said. He turned to Mike and Tina, who were nearby. "Have all these weddings made you two think about getting married?"
"I know I'd like to," Tina said, looking at Mike.
"So would I," Mike said. "I hope we do one day."
"And you'll all need to come to New York this summer to see Rachel's first Broadway show!" Finn said, putting his arm around Rachel. He was still so proud of her.
Rachel blushed. "Finn! They don't have to!"
"Yes, they do!" Allie said.
"Well, we heard Allie," Mike said. "We do."
Rachel smiled. "I'd like that."
"I doubt it will be as good as the performance of West Side Story I directed," Artie said.
"So, how's Betty?" Mike asked Artie.
"We're doing great!" Artie said. "She's actually here today."
The group arrived at the hall and took a seat at the table for the wedding party when Kurt and Blaine came in. When the newly weds took their places at the table, Blaine took the microphone.
"Hi everyone," Blaine said. "I know it's not customary to give a speech at your own wedding, but I really wanted to. I love this man who is now my husband so much. I'll never forget the moment I heard him sing at Warblers practice, and I knew that he was the one. We've had our ups and downs throughout our time together, we've been separated by distance, we've had third parties try to come between us, but nothing can stand in our way. We're going to spend the rest of our lives together and have some amazing children together. I also know it's not customary for the groom to sing the first dance song, but Kurt and I have dreamed about singing this song at our wedding and I'd really like it to be our first dance song."
Kurt looked surprised, but Finn and Rachel encouraged him to go dance with Blaine. They both knew what song Blaine was talking about as the music began.
Blaine: Never knew I could feel like this
Like I've never seen the sky before
Want to vanish inside your kiss
Seasons may change, winter to spring
But I love you until the end of time
Come what may
Come what may
I will love you until my dying day
Kurt and Blaine: Suddenly the world seems such a perfect place
Suddenly it moves with such a perfect grace
Suddenly my life doesn't seem such a waste
It all revolves around you
And there's no mountain too high
No river too wide
Sing out this song and I'll be there by your side
Storm clouds may gather
And stars may collide
Kurt: But I love you (Blaine: I love you)
Until the end of time (Blaine: Until the end of time)
Kurt and Blaine: Come what may
Come what may
I will love you, I will love you
At the end of the dance, Rachel gave Finn a big hug. Originally, they were going to sing Kurt and Blaine's first dance song, but this was probably more meaningful for them.
At the end of the first dance, Kurt had another announcement. "Traditionally, the bride tosses the bouquet, but since there's two grooms today, we're going to toss the bouquet together. So, gather round, everyone."
"I thought Sam and Mercedes were next," Allie whispered to her parents.
"We never know," Finn whispered back. The unmarried women at the wedding gathered to wait for the bouquet. When Kurt and Blaine tossed it, everyone cheered when Santana caught it.
"Maybe your wedding won't be the next one after all!" Finn said to Sam.
"Yeah, right," Sam said.
"Mommy, Daddy, when do you get to do your song?" Allie asked.
"Maybe we could do it now," Rachel said.
Finn: I could stay awake just to hear you breathing
Watch you smile while you are sleeping
While you're far away and dreaming
Rachel: I could spend my life in this sweet surrender
I could stay lost in this moment forever
Where every moment spent with you is a moment I treasure
Both: I don't wanna close my eyes, I don't wanna fall asleep
'Cause I'd miss you baby and I don't wanna miss a thing
'Cause even when I dream of you the sweetest dream would never do
I'd still miss you baby and I don't want to miss a thing
Finn: Lying close to you feeling your heart beating
And I'm wondering what you're dreaming
Wondering if it's me you're seeing
Rachel: Then I kiss your eyes and thank God we're together
I just wanna stay with you in this moment forever, forever and ever
Both: I don't wanna close my eyes, I don't wanna fall asleep
'Cause I'd miss you baby and I don't wanna miss a thing
'Cause even when I dream of you the sweetest dream would never do
I'd still miss you baby and I don't want to miss a thing
Finn: I don't wanna miss one smile, I don't wanna miss one kiss
Rachel: I just wanna be with you, right here with you, just like this
Finn: I just want to hold you close, feel your heart so close to mine
And just stay here in this moment for all the rest of time
Both: I don't wanna close my eyes, don't wanna fall asleep
'Cause I'd miss you baby and I don't wanna miss a thing
'Cause even when I dream of you the sweetest dream would never do
I'd still miss you baby and I don't want to miss a thing
I don't wanna close my eyes, I don't wanna fall asleep
'Cause I'd miss you baby and I don't wanna miss a thing
'Cause even when I dream of you the sweetest dream would never do
I'd still miss you baby and I don't want to miss a thing
I don't wanna close my eyes, I don't wanna fall asleep
Yeah, I don't wanna miss a thing
"That was one of the best duets we've ever done," Finn said to Rachel.
Rachel smiled back. "I think so, too."
"Mommy! Daddy!" Finn and Rachel turned and saw Allie running toward them.
"What's going on, sweetie?" Finn asked.
"Guess what?" Allie asked.
"What?" Rachel asked.
Allie giggled and pointed to Brittany and Santana. Finn looked and noticed they both had rings.
"Are those what I think they are?" Finn asked.
"Yes!" Santana said. "I had Allie give Brittany the box with hers in it, and then when she opened it I asked her and she said yes!"
"That's amazing!" Rachel said as she, Finn and Allie congratulated their friends. The weddings really were only beginning.
Chapter 17 preview: Finn, Rachel, Kurt, Blaine, Brittany and Santana graduate from college. Allie has a special day at preschool. Finn finds out if he got the job he applied for.