Friends and Family

             Chapter 25 – The Pre-Wedding Happenings

“Kurt, are you awake?” Blaine whispers so he doesn't wake the kids who are sleeping in Blaine's old room with their Fathers. “Didn't you ask me the same question a few weeks ago Blaine? Do you ever sleep?” Kurt asks him as he smirks to himself. “Apparently, I sleep as often as you do because whenever I ask, you're always awake.” Blaine says as he feels Kurt smack him on his hip. “Kurt, get your head out of the gutter. What kind of a Father are you? The girls are in the room?” Blaine says trying not to laugh too loud. “Tell me again why I am marrying you today?” Kurt wonders as he moves closer to Blaine and hugs him tightly while looking at his golden eyes. “You are marrying me today because you don't have anything better to do.” Blaine says with a straight face before he says. “Honestly Kurt, I ask myself that question all the time. What did I ever do to get someone as special as you to agree to be my husband?” Blaine says with a smile on his face before he starts tickling Kurt. “If you wake up the girls you will deal with the consequences all by yourself Mr. Anderson. Come on, grab the baby monitor and I'll meet you in the kitchen. I'll warm up some milk for you so you can fall asleep.” Kurt says as he quietly gets out of bed followed by Blaine.

Once they are in the kitchen Kurt gets out what he needs. “Can you make it hot chocolate instead of warm milk? Blaine asks as he puts some cookies on a plate. “Alright, this can be my wedding gift to you.” Kurt chuckles. “Seriously, why are you awake and not getting your beauty sleep?” Kurt wonders. “I can't sleep because I am too excited about getting married to you today.” Blaine explains to Kurt. “Me too,” Kurt says with a loving smile. “You know we are tempting fate by being together the night before the wedding.” Blaine informs Kurt. “I think we will be okay because fate brought us together Blaine.”  Kurt says as he hands Blaine his cup of hot chocolate along with a kiss. “Are you nervous?” Blaine asks Kurt as he sits down at the table. “I'm not nervous about today. It's more of an excited anticipation that I feel. We have waited so long and now it is so close I am almost speechless.” Kurt explains. “What about you? How do you feel?” Kurt inquires. “I have wanted to be your husband for years Kurt. I know when we got engaged you were concerned because we were so young and many people thought we were crazy and making a huge mistake. Remember when April Rhodes gave us each a bottle of hooch. But I knew. I knew that you are the perfect person for me. You are the person that I want to spend the rest of my life waking up next to and raising a family with.” Blaine confesses to Kurt as he places his hand over Kurt's and then leans over and kisses Kurt passionately. “Okay that was good, next subject.” Kurt says feeling warm all over. “This week has gone by so fast. I can't believe we'll be packing everything up on Sunday for our early afternoon flight back to New York on Monday.” Kurt says as they hear Emma start to make some noise. “She must be dreaming.” They listen intently for a few minutes but they don't hear another sound. “Good she is still asleep. She would be so cranky today if she woke up now. We need to leave for Dalton by 10 o'clock. We will get dressed there. I figure Carol and Angela can help get the girls dressed.” Kurt decides. “Burt and Carol are coming here by 9:30 and taking you, Emma, and Joey over to Dalton while my parents are taking me, Elizabeth and Cooper.” Blaine is reminding Kurt when they hear. “Hey guys. What's going on, planning to sneak out and elope?” Cooper teases the boys as he enters the kitchen. “Are you kidding, we would never want to miss your best man toast with all your lovely words of wisdom.” Blaine says with a smirk. “Just wait Squirt, I have it memorized and I've been waiting for years to give it to you.” Cooper says with a wink. “Excuse me.” Joey says not wanting to walk into something between the brothers. “Come on in and have a seat Joey.” Blaine says as he motions him to sit down along with the others. “We couldn't sleep and we didn't want to wake the girls.” Blaine explains. “Speak for yourself Blaine. I'm up because I'm on the Pacific Time Zone. If I was in California right now I would still be out dancing. I'll probably fall asleep during the ceremony right on Blaine's shoulder.” Cooper brags though no one believes him. “Coop, I don't know if I have formally introduced you to Joey Hill my brother. Joey this is my brother Cooper Anderson the star of the family.” Blaine says as he rolls his eyes and Joey understands the message. “We sort of ran into each other yesterday.” Coop says. “What does that mean Coop?” Blaine wonders hoping Cooper didn't do something dumb to Joey. “I was getting a hamburger and Joey was getting a glass of lemonade and we accidently ran into each other when we grabbed for the same ear of corn and his glass of lemonade spilled all over his t-shirt.” Coop explained innocently as he pours himself a cup of coffee. “Would you like a cup of coffee Joey?” Cooper offers. “That sounds good.” Joey says as he takes the cup offered by Cooper. The boys spend the next few hours learning about each other and telling stories about growing up and trying to top each other when they realize it is getting light outside. Blaine and Kurt finish their coffee because they are hearing noises coming from the monitor signaling that Emma is starting to wake up. “Well we had better get going because it is going to be a busy day for everyone.” Kurt says as he picks up the coffee cups off the table and put them in the sink. He and Blaine head upstairs and see Emma moving around and know she will be awake in a few minutes. “Blaine I am tired now and I think I could sleep for a while.” Kurt says as he rests his head with his eyes closed against Blaine's shoulder. “Buck up mister, you are not going to be able to sleep until, let me think, sometime tomorrow afternoon and that is if you are lucky.” Blaine says with a smile and a twinkle in his eye.

The girls are up and ready for breakfast. Kurt is warming up the formula for Elizabeth when Emma asks. “Pancake pwease syrup yum” Kurt looks at Emma who has her smile working and says. “Okay, I'll make you some pancakes with syrup.” Blaine comes down in time to cut up Emma's pancakes with syrup on top and fill her cup with milk. “Eliz pancakes.” Emma picks up a piece and tries to give it to Elizabeth. “She doesn't eat pancakes Emma. Elizabeth is still a baby. When she gets older she will eat pancakes.” Blaine explains as he puts the pancake piece back onto her plate. “Baby Eliz is baby” Emma says excitedly. “Yes she is sweetie.” Kurt tells her. The girls finish their breakfast and the boys take them upstairs for a bath and some clean play clothes.

It's 9:30 when Burt and Carol arrive. Kurt is double checking to make sure the girls dresses and their suits are in their garment bags and ready to go. Joey helps Kurt carry down the garment bags and his grooming bag. Finally everyone is standing in the entry way ready to go. “Goodbye Mr. Anderson I will see you at the staircase.” Kurt says. “Goodbye Mr. Hummel I will be waiting for you.” Blaine tells Kurt. The boys kiss goodbye and Kurt, Emma, and Joey leave with Burt and Carol. The Anderson's soon follow and both vehicles arrive safely at Dalton Academy and notice that some members of the wedding party have already arrived.

Kurt puts his things in his changing room while Blaine does the same in his room. Cooper shuts the door and locks it because he wants to talk to Blaine alone. “Blaine, I just want to tell you that I am so happy for you and I am so proud of all your accomplishments that you have worked so hard to get in your life. I am sorry that I have been hard on you. You didn't deserve it, especially not from your brother. You have gone through so much stuff and I haven't always been there for you like I should have. I should have done better by you Blaine and now that you are getting married I am afraid that our time has run out and I am going to lose my brother. I just want you to know I will always be here for you.” Cooper says. “Coop I promise you won't lose me. You'll always be my brother who I love deeply and more importantly my friend. Kurt can never replace you.” Blaine says as he hugs his big brother both with their eyes filled with water. “Blaine are you in their?” Sam asks as he knocks on the door. “Yes I am Sam.” Blaine says loudly. Cooper unlocks the door and lets Sam in. “Are you ready? Do you need me to do anything for you?” Sam asks. “Before I get dressed let's go check on the hall and staircase. I want to make sure everything is set to go.” Blaine says as they leave the room.

In Kurt's room Mercedes and Rachael are helping Kurt get ready. He unzips he garment bag and takes out and hangs up his black suit and white shirt. At the bottom of the garment bag he notices a wrapped box and card. The girls watch him as he looks at the card that says. “To My Love” He touches the card with his finger tips as water forms in his eyes. He opens the card and reads the hand written words. “Kurt you are my soul mate. You are the person who happens to be the love of my life and my best friend. This is just a little something for you to wear on your lapel. I'll be waiting for you at the bottom of the staircase. Love, Blaine” Kurt gently takes the wrapping off the box and slowly opens it. The tears flow when he see a silver puzzle piece lapel pin because he totally understands the meaning of it. “Kurt, are you alright?” Mercedes asks. “Yes, I am perfect.” Kurt says with a smile. Carol comes in and gets everyone back on task. She informs them that she is going to get the girls dressed. “Kurt you need to be ready when I come back so you need to get started.” She orders him as she leaves but would be back soon. After Carol leaves Finn walks in and says to Kurt. “I am very happy for you Kurt. I love you and I only want is the best for you and Blaine.” Kurt hugs Finn and says “Thanks Finn, I love you too.”

Blaine is dressed when Burt comes knocking on his door. “Are you ready Anderson?” He asks. “Yes sir, I've been ready since the day I asked you for permission to marry Kurt in the auditorium.” Blaine says. “I think I need to change my answer. Blaine you have my permission to marry my son. I only ask that you take care of him and love him with all your heart.” Burt says. “I will sir, I promise you with all my heart.” Blaine answers. “I was asked to deliver this to you. It is from Kurt.” Burt says as he hands it to Blaine. He begins to read the card that Kurt wrote. “My beautiful Blaine, I am counting the minutes until we are married. Wear this in your suit coat pocket. You can use this in case you forget the lyrics to the song which I know you do sometimes. Love, “K” Blaine opens the box. It contains a yellow 6 inch square with the words to “Come What May” printed on it. Blaine uses it to wipe his eyes before folding it up and pushing it down into his suit pocket so the edges would show for Kurt to see.

Tom and Angela came into the room to gather their son for his special day. “You look so handsome Blaine. I don't think I have ever seen you happier than you are right now. We are so glad for you and so proud of you.” Angela says as she pats his shoulders. “This world made you suffer a lot but you didn't let it defeat you. You survived and we are all better because of you.” Tom tells him. “Are you ready Blaine?” Angela asks and he answers “Yes” with a smile. “Are you sure this is what you want?” Tom asks for the last time. “This is all I have ever wanted since the day I fell in love with him. He is my soul mate. He is my world.” Blaine says with a smile so big his parents know without a doubt that Blaine is and will be happy in the future. They leave the room and head towards the staircase ready for the ceremony to begin.

Burt and Carol go to Kurt's room to pick him up. “Kurt, are you ready? It's almost time to go.” Burt says. “Yes I am. I have never been more ready for anything in my life. I know without a doubt this is the right path to take and I am so looking forward to sharing my future with Blaine.” Kurt says. ‘Before we go Kurt I just want to tell you that I am so proud of you and the man you have become. I am blessed to have a son like you.” Kurt says as he hugs Kurt with all the love a Father can have for his son. “It's time Kurt.” Finn says as the Hudson-Hummels have one last family hug. They leave the room as they can hear the pre-ceremony music playing.