The day was finally here. There was no more running around trying to make sure that everything was ready, there were no more days of anticipation, it was time. Rachel and Santana were finally about to have their wedding that they had been dreaming of for a while now. Last night was the rehearsal and everything had went off without a hitch. The missing tables did in fact show up and Santana and Rachel had already been to the sound stage last night to check them out. The place was beautiful. Puck had hired his main construction crew to section off the sound stage using one part for the ceremony and the other for the reception. It was kind of funny that they were using an old church set from a previous video shoot that had been spruced up to Santana and Rachel's liking. The archway they would be standing under was adorned with burgundy and gold flowers that were accented with green ribbon that was also trimmed in gold. In order to avoid a full blown Christmas wedding they made their two main colors burgundy and gold so that everything wouldn't look like a holiday wreath. The chairs that the guests would be sitting in all were draped in burgundy and gold seat covers. Also, the walk way up to the alter? Gold. Okay, so maybe they had went a little overboard on all of the gold, but they really wanted to stay away from using all burgundy and hunter green, at least for the ceremony.

The reception however was another thing entirely. All of the table clothes were a mixture of all three colors with the chairs draped to match. The center pieces for each table were small bouquets of the same flowers on the archway tied with the same ribbon. There was also a large projector sat up at the back of the room. Santana wasn't sure what that was for, but knowing her parents and Rachel's parents they probably had some kind of video planned that would leave them all in tears. Being that it was Rachel and Santana's wedding, there was a huge dance floor set up directly in front of a stage. They had planned on hiring a DJ, but after realizing how truly offended Puck was by that, they tried to hire some of Rachel's colleagues, but they declined stating that they would perform for free as wedding gifts. Everything was set and ready to go, now Rachel and Santana just had to get their butts into gear.


"SAN! Were are the little necklaces we got for the twins? I can't find them." Rachel yelled from upstairs in the loft. Santana was downstairs with the twins tying their shoe laces waiting on Rachel so they could head to the sound stage. It was only seven in the morning and she was already tired.

"They're down here in our jewelry bag. You put them in there last night." Santana stated loudly but calmly. She turned and shook her head at the girls. "Your Mama is silly." The twins just giggled and kicked their feet against the couch.

Instead of doing the traditional, not seeing your spouse before your wedding routine, Santana and Rachel decided that since they were already married, they could see each other. Santana was glad that they had made that decision because she always had a hard time sleeping away from Rachel. She also didn't want to be away from the girls that long, she already knew things were going to get stressful when Rachel would go on tour, but that was another conversation for another day. Santana didn't want to think about that stuff on her wedding day, it would only bring down her mood.

"Are you sure I packed them?" Rachel asked breathlessly as she came down the stairs.

"Yep." Santana unzipped the bag and proudly held up the two black velvet boxes that contained name necklaces for the girls. Themselves and all of their close family could tell them apart, but for the new people whom they would meet today, they would need a little reminder. "Before you even ask, our rings are right here too." Santana replaced the two boxes in her hand with two additional boxes that were velvet red.

"Are we forgetting anything?" Rachel stood with her hand resting on her forehead going over a mental list.

"We have everything that we need. Kurt is meeting us in our rooms at ten with our clothes and shoes and he's bringing his most trusted hair and makeup crew, so we don't need any of that stuff. We need to get going soon, Puck has already texted me twice asking where we were." Santana sighed as she heard her phone ding once again. "Make that three times."

"He's just excited. You know he planned this whole wedding breakfast all on his own. The caterers didn't even know about it. He had the studio's cafeteria staff there at five this morning." Rachel smiled as she picked up the jewelry bag that she and Santana had packed.

"Yeah well, we told him we didn't need or want bachelorette parties since we are already married and in his words he needed to plan something. So he decided on a wedding breakfast. He can stop texting me though, because it doesn't even start until eight and it doesn't even take twenty minutes for us to get down there." Santana shrugged her shoulders while smiling back at Rachel. She truly appreciated and was humbled by everything that was being done for her today, it just felt so surreal. What she didn't appreciate was her phone blowing up with messages to hurry and where are you? when the wedding didn't even start until two.


After pulling into the studio parking lot at exactly ten til eight, Santana swung over by the sound stage so that she could run in and drop off the things that she and Rachel brought from home. They didn't bring much, just their jewelry bag, sensible shoes that she knew Kurt would throw a fit over later on and some slightly formal but yet comfy clothes for the girls to put on after the wedding. There was no way in hell that they were going to let the girls wear their dresses while they ate.

Walking into the studio and heading towards the cafeteria, Santana could already hear the excited chatter. Everyone must be there already. They were going to be in trouble since it was now eight on the dot. In all honesty, Puck could kiss her ass. If he wasn't her brother from another mother and father and he wasn't marrying them today, she would tell him to go away. However, like Rachel had said, he was excited and she couldn't fault him for that.

Pushing open the doors, both women were met with loud cheers and clapping. The people around here really knew how to make you feel welcome when you entered a room. Startled the twins looked around the room and began cheering along with everyone. Who cares what they were cheering for.

Santana shook her head while laughing. "Okay, calm down. The brides are finally here."

"It's about time!" Quinn yelled from her seat beside Puck at the head of the table.

"Shut it blondie, we're right on time." Santana playfully scowled while sitting down in her chair that someone, she wasn't sure who, had pulled out for her.

"I honestly wondered if you would be late on purpose because I kept texting you." Puck chuckled.

"It crossed my mind, but we skipped breakfast for this one and the girls were getting antsy since they only had bottles and some bananas when they woke up."

"You're here now and that's what matters." Puck stated before standing up and straightening his shirt. "Everyone...I want to say something before we begin to enjoy this wonderful feast sat out before us. Today is Santana and Rachel's day and like true Puckerman-Fabray Production fashion, we are here to celebrate them just like we celebrate each of you when something important happens in your life. With that said, do not be late this after noon. Eat, drink, but don't get drunk, and let's kick this wedding off right!" Puck held his drink up in the air while the large table of people done the same and began to cheer again.

"Wait, wait, wait. I want to say something too." Santana waved her hands to get every one to settle back down. She momentarily shifted Sierra onto Quinn's lap, the tiny girl immediately smiling and leaning back into Quinn's chest. "I'm not one for making speeches or anything, but I want to thank you on behalf of myself and Rachel for you all being here today. I know it's only five days before Christmas and some of you were already back home, but you came back for us and that means a lot." Rachel reached up and grabbed Santana's hand. "First off, thank you to everyone who will be performing today, thank you to our parents for doing most of our wedding planning, thank you Kurt for making our entire parties wedding outfits, a special thank you to Puck, who will be the one marrying us today and thank you to our wedding party, Quinn, Beth, Kurt, you three are our best friends. We love you all and appreciate everything you have done for us. So like Puck said, eat, drink and let's have a wedding!" Santana began to cheer and shake Rachel's hand since she was still holding it before sitting back down and kissing her quickly on the lips.

"I couldn't have said any of that better myself." Rachel smiled before kissing Santana quickly again.


"Why are you nervous?" Santana asked herself as she stood looking in the mirror of her dressing room. It was finally time, she would be walking down the aisle in mere moments and she was nervous as hell. Looking at herself in the mirror Santana adjusted her jacket one last time. Kurt had done an amazing job on her outfit. She was wearing an all white suit just like she wanted with a white button down dress shirt underneath. The buttons on the shirt were black along with her crossover bow tie, two little things with just enough black that she could get away with wearing her black heels. All in all, it was perfect. She didn't know what Rachel's outfit looked like because she hadn't been able to see it. Kurt never would let them try their outfits on in the same room because he wanted to save the wow factor for the wedding. She knew she was going to look beautiful though. Santana was in the process of giving herself one more once over, looking at Kurt and his teams handy work when she heard a knock on the door.

"San?" Marcus called out as he knocked on the door.

"Come in Papi."

"Are you ready to go mija?" Marcus pushed open the door and stepped in. "You look stunning mi amor."

Santana blushed and looked down at her feet. "Thank you and yes, I'm ready. Let's get this show on the road."


"Do I look okay Mom?" Rachel asked as she turned to face Shelby who had been helping her put her dress on.

"Honey..you look more than okay. You look amazing." Shelby walked over and took Rachel's hands into her own. "Thank you for asking me for help today. It means the world to me."

"You don't have to thank me, you're my mom. You should be in here with me." Rachel smiled and kissed Shelby on the cheek before turning to look in the mirror once more. Kurt's team had done an amazing job on her hair and make up. Both her and Santana had chosen light make up where their natural features was highlighted. Rachel's hair hung down in loose curls while Santana's hair was fixed into a partial up do. At least Rachel had been able to see Santana during that process. It made her sad that she hadn't seen Santana or her girls in over an hour now and she couldn't wait to get out of this room. Leroy was due to arrive at any minute.

A moment later, Shelby walked over to the door when she heard a light knock. Rachel stood in the mirror and watched the door slowly open as Leroy walked in. The older man gasped at how beautiful his baby girl looked. Her dress was amazing, white, trimmed in black lace with little silver beads around the torso area. Kurt really had planned their outfits down to the final details. The twins little dresses were similar to Rachel's, however they had black bows tied around their waists instead of the design that Rachel had with the lace and beads. Kurt easily knew that something like that would distract the girls.

"Are you ready to go?" Leroy asked as he tried to discreetly wipe his tears away. "I can't get over how beautiful you look. Your father...I know he's here today, I can feel him. He wouldn't miss this moment for the world."

"I know he's here too." Rachel nodded her head and tried not to cry, she had been doing that all day, seems like. However, in the moment she didn't want to ruin her make up before Santana seen her in all her glory. "I'm ready. Don't let me fall Dad." Rachel wrapped her arm around Leroy's, resting her hand on his forearm.

"I would never." Leroy patted Rachel's hand as they followed Shelby out of the room. The big moment was finally here. In the eyes of many people...two hero's were about to be united, officially in front of their friends and family.