“I’m not sure how this is supposed to go but I’m sure your Aunty Rachel will change it when we get there anyway” Blaine laughed as he put his daughter’s beautiful chocolate curls into a half up, half down hairstyle and secured it with a scarlet red roses that matched the sash around her white dress. Straightening out her tulle skirt, he stepped back with a smile “You look beautiful, baby girl”
“Shirt, Daddy” the four year old giggled as she jumped down onto the bed and pointed to her father’s open shirt with a white wife-beater underneath.
“Yes, of course” he chuckled and did up the buttons on his shirt before tucking it in. Taking the black with red pin stripe tie Claire held out to him, he inspected it for a minute before slipping it around his neck and tying it up neatly. He sat down beside his daughter and pulled on a pair of black socks and dress shoes before looking at her with a smile.
“You look very handsome Daddy”
“Thank you Princess” Blaine smiled “Can I ask you something?” Pulling out a notebook, he wrote down the names ‘Blaine Anderson’ and ‘Claire Anderson’ on the paper. “Today your Papa and I are getting married. Do you know what that means?”
“Miss Melanie at school said when people get married they have a big party so people know how much they love each other”
“In a way, that’s it. I love your Papa and he loves me and we wanted to bring all of our family and friends together to share that with them. It means that he and I are going to be together forever. Plus we get cake”
“I like cake” Claire giggled
“Me too” he laughed and looked down at the notebook on his lap “You know how your name and my name end in Anderson? And Papa’s name ends in Hummel?”
Claire nodded
“Well after today my name is going to end in Anderson-Hummel” Blaine continued as he wrote ‘-Hummel’ after his name. Writing Kurt’s name on the paper under his, he wrote it as ‘Kurt Anderson-Hummel’. “Papa’s name is going to change as well. I’d like to change your name too. If you will let me”
“Will it look just like yours and Papa’s?”
“Yes. It will be Claire Anderson-Hummel”
“Can I try writing it?” Claire asked. Blaine handed her the pen and the notebook and watched as Claire started to write her name. Kurt had taught her how to do it just as she started preschool in the hope it distracted him from his chemo treatments. Her handwriting was big and messy but you got the idea of what she was trying to scribble. Managing to write Claire Anderson – Hum she ran out of room before she could finish. “It’s a long name”
“I know baby but we’ll get used to it” he chuckled and took the notebook from Claire as he stood up. Picking up the white frill socks, he slipped them onto Claire’s wiggling feet before putting on her shoes and buckling them up “Now you’re perfect. How’s my hair?”
“Very pretty” she smiled and looked up at her father’s hair. Leaving his curls free of their gel, he’d gotten a hair cut the day before so they didn’t hang over his forehead anymore.
“Thank you. Now we should go, we don’t want to be late”
Claire jumped off her father’s bed and skipped out to the living room twirling in her pretty dress as she went. She loved how it puffed up as she spun around and red was her favourite colour this week so it was perfect for her. Blaine grabbed his suit jacket and followed his little girl through the quiet apartment.
Rachel, Quinn and Mercedes had whisked Kurt away insanely early that morning to get him ready so the boys wouldn’t see each other before the wedding. If Claire hadn’t been so cranky earlier then she would have been taken too. Today was the only day Blaine loved that his daughter really wasn’t a morning person. He really didn’t want to do this without Claire by his side the whole way.
“Please don’t mess up your dress” Blaine chuckled as he headed toward the door after hearing loud knocking. Claire kept swishing the skirt around dancing to her own little music. Opening the door, Blaine smiled brightly at the sight of his parents, sister and brother standing there before him “You’re here”
“Of course we’re here dumb dumb” Emily laughed and pushed past her brother and raced to her niece. Pulling a giggling Claire up into her arms, she hugged her tight.
“We wouldn’t miss today for anything Blaine” Jane smiled as Blaine let them in. Pulling her son into a warm embrace, she kissed his cheek softly “Not for anything”
“Admittedly we thought it would be a little further in the future” Michael chuckled as he set his coat down over a chair “And to a girl...”
“Michael” Jane snapped softly
“I’m kidding” he laughed and clapped his eldest son on the shoulder “You’re happy?”
“Never been happier”
“Then that’s all that matters” Michael smiled “I’m proud of you Blaine, for looking after Kurt through his chemo as well as doing so well with Claire. You’ve grown up to be a fine young man”
“Thanks Dad, that really means a lot coming from you” Blaine smiled and pulled his father into the first real hug the pair had shared in years. He never expected that he would be hugging his father like this ever again let alone seeing him at his wedding.
“Grandma! Grandma!” Claire called out as she raced toward Jane with a bright smile
“Daddy said I’m going to stay with you and Grandpa next week”
“He’s right” she chuckled and knelt down to Claire’s level “You’re gonna stay a few days with us and a few days with Burt and Carole while your fathers go on their honeymoon”
“What’s a honeymoon?”
“An excuse to go on a holiday and not get out of bed for a week?” Emily laughed and nudged her brother “Where are you taking him?”
“I wanted to take Kurt to Paris like he’s always hoped but we couldn’t really afford it. We’re heading to Hawaii instead”
“Hawaii will still be amazing” she smiled “Plus you can go to Paris later and take Claire to Disneyland over there”
“I won’t get a honeymoon if we don’t make it to the ceremony in time” Blaine laughed and looked around the apartment making sure he had everything.
“Rings?” Andrew chuckled and watched his brother pat his chest pocket. “Flower for your lapelle?”
“How do you even know what that is?” Emily laughed as Andrew shrugged.
“Carole has those. She only gave me the flowers for Claire’s hair”
“I think you’re ready then bro”

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“Thank god you two waited long enough for your hair to grow back” Rachel laughed as she covered Kurt’s eyes and attacked him with the hairspray one last time.
“We didn’t wait this long for my hair” he chuckled and checked his hair for himself. Kurt was thankful that his hair had grown back by the time they got married but that wasn’t the reason “We waited because we wanted The Central Park Boathouse and we were lucky to get a spot this early”
“Everything is going to be so beautiful. The Boathouse is perfect” Quinn smiled as she picked up Kurt’s red with black pin stripe tie and placed it around his neck. Flipping up his collar, she tied his tie before folding the collar back down “You look very handsome, Kurt”
“Thank you Q and thank you for coming out here for the wedding. Blaine is going to be so happy to see you”
“He saw her this morning when we came and got you” Mercedes pointed out.
“He was half asleep so he probably wasn’t paying much attention to who was kidnapping me”
“Not a morning person?”
“That’s where Claire gets it. If I hadn’t let them both sleep, it would not have been pretty. Trust me” Kurt laughed. Blaine had never really been a morning person but he pushed past that when Kurt was sick. No matter how cranky he was, Blaine was always up at whatever time of the morning Kurt needed him. Now that Kurt was well again and wasn’t spending every other night on the bathroom floor, Blaine was taking advantage of his sleep ins.
“They were so cute when you settled Claire in your bed with Blaine” Rachel sighed with a smile “She’s like a little doll”
“Only when she’s asleep?” Quinn chuckled
“No she’s pretty good. She has her diva moments though”
“No doubt she gets that from you” Rachel laughed and handed Kurt his jacket “She’s going to look beautiful in the dress you picked out for her”
“Speaking of, we should get going” Mercedes smiled as she started to push Kurt out the door “As Maid of Honour; we need to get our boy to that ceremony to marry his perfect man”
“If Mercedes is Maid of Honour then who is Blaine’s best man?"