Three months later, Q and Puck's wedding.
Santana taps her glass, standing up as everyone turns their attention to her and chuckles as Quinn covers her face with a soft groan. ''Alright so I know everyone around here already knows me, but just to be clear, I am Santana Lopez, the brides best friend since almost fifteen years now.''
''Yes that was me telling you that you are old Lucy.'' She adds laughing, she winks as she shoots her a glare and folds her hands in front of her with a loving grin. ''As you all heard, Q and I go way back and she is aside from my sister.'' She nods her head to Abi. ''One of the best friends and sister I could have wished for in life.''
''Quinn is someone you rather have as a friend than an enemy.'' She continues with a slight grin. ''I had different versions of her the past fifteen years, but the biggest most active version was and still is the supportive, loving and funny nerd she secretly is.''
''At the beginning of our friendship we didn't really see eye to eye, we both ran for prom queen and head cheerleader more than once, which effectively made her my rival but we separated the rivalry and friendship we had.'' She locks eyes with Quinn and snickers. ''Outside of school we hung out and enjoyed every single second together, but during school we often talked with out hands.''
''Oh god.'' Quinn laughs out. ''I don't think I can count the amount of slaps I gave you or received on two hands San.''
Santana hums in agreement, laughing as her parents and Abi just shake their heads in amusement and smiles. ''Yeah me neither.'' She agrees chuckling. ''But along the years we grew up and grew closer.'' She breaths out with a loving smile. ''Hell if it wasn't for her ditching a friends movie night, I would have never grew closer to Marcus and I would have never had a little ball of sunshine brightening my life and carrying on his legacy.''
She licks her lips as Quinn smiles sadly, feeling Brittany's hand on the small of her back and gulps thickly. ''The past fifteen years we went through a lot of things but Quinn pulling through god how many nights, breaking every speed limit and so much more things to reach my house the day my personal hell started will always be the reason for me to stand forever in her debt.''
''If it wasn't for her, I wouldn't stand here as strong as ever right now.'' She continues her voice cracking. ''She practically carried me through life the first year and a half, made sure mi hijo could also cope and forced me to come out of my room every damn day to make sure I wouldn't lock myself away and cope alone.''
She glances at Puck and smiles. ''She just started dating Puck but she paused her relationship only partly explaining what happened even though he knew Marcus too and stood beside me day and night.'' She continues softly. ''Thank god he understood and joined her after a while, the both of them made sure Nic and I knew that we weren't alone and even now they still are the reason of so many things happening in my life.''
''Hell without Puck bumping into his best friend again.'' She glances at her girlfriend and smiles slightly. ''Without him leading her into our lives, I would have never felt the happiness I have now, I gave up on everything and only focused on Nic but the both of them made sure I opened my eyes and let her in.''
''And thank god for that.'' Everyone breaths out, she nods her head intertwining her hand with Brittany's and smiles slightly.
''And thank god they did, indeed.'' She agrees. ''Puck and Q are as close as family to me and I had the honor to watch their relationship grow strong and overcome every surprise god placed in their paths.'' She glances at her goddaughter and smiles lovingly. ''Almost four years ago, Q gave birth to my adorable goddaughter and watching the both of them tone down, be more at home and be a family will always be my favorite change of events I watched going in their lives but now watching them say yes to forever just a few hours ago and the love clear between them shows me that my best friend finally found the happily ever after she always dreamed of.''
''After everything we went through.'' She continues softly as she walks around the table. ''Watching my best friend look as beautiful as ever, while saying yes to the love of her life will be the best thing ever.'' She breaths out as she plants her hands on Quinn's shoulders, she leans down kissing her temple and smiles lovingly. ''You know I can say so many things to embarrass you but I will keep them for other times, today is all about your happiness babe and I am so happy to experience all of it with you.''
''To Noah and Quinn!'' Brittany exclaims raising her glass as Quinn stands up to tackle Santana in a hug, Santana smiles as she hears everyone call out their cheers and kisses Quinn's temple.
''Love you Q.''
''Love you too babe.'' Quinn murmurs hugging her tightly, she smiles as Puck just joins their hug kissing their heads and kisses her cheek. ''So fucking much.''
Brittany takes the distraction to walk to the stage and grabs the remote control of the big screen, she walks back to the table cracking a nervous grin as Santana taps her glass for her and clears her throat as she locks eyes with Puck. ''Okay so before I start.'' She turns to her girlfriend and winks. ''Thank you babe for the wonderful speech, we all know I can't do speeches and allowing you to go first was definitely a mistake.''
She smiles as everyone laughs and licks her lips. ''Alright so as you all know I am Brittany.'' She nods her head to Puck and smiles slightly. ''Noah's or well you all call him Puck's best friend for almost fourteen years now, just like Santana and Quinn, Puck and I go way back.''
''But our friendship started off during one of the hardest things in my life, I met him in kindergarten shortly after my little sister was born and he was the first and only person during that period that knew what was going on.'' She continues softly as her voice cracks.
''Ever since then Puck has been my rock and without him I would have never managed to hold myself up under all the pain and sorrow I felt during that time, he was or still is my rock and now even after not seeing each other for almost eight years, our friendship didn't change at all.''
She chuckles as he raises an eyebrow and rubs the back of her neck. ''Well one thing changed.'' She muses. ''Thanks to our careers and also the love of our lives and our kids, we can't act on the mischief we acted on during our teenage years.''
''Mischief is toned down.'' Puck muses, Brittany just shoots him a look and laughs.
''Let's just call it mischief and never speak about it out loud.'' She smiles as he nods his head in agreement and takes a deep breath. ''Stop interrupting me by the way, you know how bad I am with speeches.''
She runs a hand through her hair and fiddles with the remote in her hands. ''I know I am repeating myself but..'' She locks eyes with Puck and gulps thickly. ''Noah has been my rock since childhood and we made many amazing memories together, my all time favorite memory is the night after our first prom, because we came back to my house, redecorated the living room because Em's had a bad day and we allowed her to experience prom night with us even though we knew she would never have her own.''
She licks her lips as he smiles at the memory and exhales shakily. ''Emily was not only my little sister but his too.'' She continues softly. ''The second we noticed Emily couldn't keep on fighting, he practically lived with us and helped out wherever he could to make sure I wouldn't be overwhelmed with everything.''
''During that time we came up with different things to do to show Emily that she will be a huge miss in our lives, I started to tell her all kinds of stories that I tell our kids now.'' She breaths out gently placing her hand on Nicolas's shoulder. ''And Puck started to sing her songs, he quickly found an outlet in singing and..'' She cuts herself off as her voice cracks and blows out a breath. ''Well during her funeral, the part where we could have held a speech, I was too choked up to talk so he took it upon himself to sing a message for Em from the both of us.''
She turns the remote control in her hands and gulps thickly. ''I am so glad they managed to record that.'' She breaths out. ''Because listening to that song, pulled me through the years in the Netherlands and didn't allow me to give up searching for him.''
She walks around the table as his eyes widen and gulps thickly. ''You don't even know how much that song means to me Noah.'' She breaths out, she kisses his temple after sliding behind him and exhales shakily. ''It shows me that I was never alone and always had your crazy butt to cheer me up and catch me whenever I needed someone.''
She pushes the button on the remote control before he can replies and gulps thickly as the screen turns on, she wraps her arms tightly around his shoulders from behind as she hears his soft broken gasp the second the screen shows the both of them dressed in all black, standing on a make shift stage and gulps thickly as the DJ turns on the volume the second Puck starts strumming the guitar in his hands.
I would do anything just to be ten years old again
Imagine what we could've done
Imagine what we could've been
She drops her head as she watches herself on screen also dropping her head, the tear streaks clear on her face and squeezes Puck's hands softly as she feels him grab hers.
Making paper planes 'til the sun goes down
I'd be holding your hand as you're squeezing on to mine
Hold on tight, we shall never let go
Remember building castles out of old Lego
Just to knock 'em down
She gulps thickly as she hears him sniffle and dips her head to kiss the back of his head. ''I don't fucking care what blood or DNA says Noah, to me and to Em you are our big brother and that will never change.''
She grunts as he stands up in a flash to pull her in a bear hug and tightly wraps her arms around his waist, she taps the small of his back and nods her head to the screen as the music changes. ''Look.''
''Hey Noah, we know you will hate this but I hope you won't kick my butt or allow me to sprint away beforehand.'' She licks her lips as she watches her younger self on the screen, clearly sitting in Emily's room and wraps her arms around Puck's waist. ''But we just wanted to thank you for everything you did and will still do, you made life worth it for the both of us and you are definitely the best brother someone could have wished for!''
''You want to say something to Noah, Em's?'' She watches herself sitting beside her sister holding up a camcorder and gulps thickly as the camera moves to show Emily.
''Oh my god.'' Puck chokes out his voice cracking as tears run down his face the second they both watch Emily smile into the camera.
''We love you Noah! You are the best big brother and we are proud to call you our family!'' Brittany holds him up as his legs buckle and holds him close as he breath out a soft sob, she drops her head against his shoulder and sniffles.
''And we are still insanely proud to call you our brother.'' She whispers as he just hugs her tightly. ''We are happy to watch you marry the love of your life and raise your adorable little girl Noah.'' She continues softly. ''We both know Em's is jumping in joy up there right now because we both start enjoying our lives and she will make sure nothing will ruin that.''
Puck just nods his head hugging her tightly and sniffles. ''I know.'' He glances at the screen, wiping away his tears as he looks at Emily's big smile and blows out a breath. ''I rather have her here with us but I know she took her place on the empty chair we placed near the altar and I know she is around now too.''
He pulls back cupping her cheeks and lovingly kisses her forehead. ''I love you sis, thank you.''
''I love you too.'' Brittany breaths out, she wipes away her tears and smiles slightly. ''Enough tears for today, it's time to enjoy your day.'' She turns to Quinn, grunting as she immediately hugs her tightly and kisses her forehead. ''Welcome to the family Q.'' She murmurs. ''I couldn't have wished for a better woman in Puck's life.''
She walks back to Santana as the DJ manages to distract everyone but the family and wipes her eyes, she smiles as Nic and San both hug her the second she reaches them and kisses their heads. ''I am okay.'' She murmurs softly.
She grabs her champagne glass as Santana just nods her head knowing they will talk about it as soon as they are alone and turns to the newlyweds, she holds up her glass and winks. ''I think it's time to party, don't you think?''
''Definitely.'' Quinn breaths out grinning as she cuddles into her husbands arms, Brittany smiles as Beth walks over and picks her up, she kisses her head as she cuddles into her arms and glances at her best friend and Quinn as the DJ calls them onto the dance floor.
''Ready to watch your mommy and daddy dance?'' She asks the little girl in her arms, she leads Santana holding Nic over to the dance floor still keeping a secured arm wrapped around Beth as she nods her head with a big smile and slides behind Santana as music fills the venue.
''I love you.'' Santana murmurs softly as she leans her head back against her shoulder, she smiles as she feels Nicolas nuzzle his face against her shoulder and pecks Brittany's lips as she tilts her head down to look at her.
''I love you too baby.'' Brittany murmurs lovingly as they lock eyes, she smiles as Santana turns back to the dancing couple and looks around biting her lip as she locks eyes with Liv. She shakes her head as she just raises an eyebrow and gulps thickly as she rolls her eyes, she glances at Santana after placing Beth down so she can join her parents and wraps her arms around her and around Nic.
She kisses his head as his little hands grab her shoulders to keep her close and looks at her best friend and Quinn dancing slowly with Beth cuddled between them, she smiles lovingly as she sees their happy smiles filled with love and tightens her hold on Santana and Nicolas as she imagines the three of them in that position in the near future.