“He’s late”
“By only two minutes, he’ll be here”
“He’s still late”
“Shutup and you’re messing up Claire’s skirt” Blaine laughed to Santana as they waited outside The Boathouse for Kurt to arrive. Just about everyone was already inside mingling and listening to the string quartet play. Kurt and Rachel had planned a beautiful ceremony but Blaine refused to go in without Kurt.
“I am not” Santana smirked and straightened out Claire’s dress quickly. They had been watching the ducks and dancing around to the band while they waited to keep Claire busy. “And this kid looks almost as fantastic as me”
“Almost?” he chuckled and crossed his arms. Santana did look beautiful in her floor length one shouldered red dress. She was a devil in a red dress but Blaine was biased toward Claire no matter who she was compared to “She’s got the cute factor, you can’t compete with that”
“I know but I don’t think either of us can compete with him” she smiled and pointed behind Blaine to Kurt who was walking toward them. With Rachel, Mercedes and Quinn bringing up the rear, Blaine can only focus on Kurt and how amazing he looked.
“No, no, no” Rachel gasped “You’re not supposed to see each other before the wedding”
“How are we meant to go in together without seeing each other and last time I checked this is the wedding” Blaine smirked and took Kurt’s hand. Squeezing it gently, Blaine leant over and kissed Kurt’s cheek “You ready?”
Kurt nodded with a smile. He was more than ready to marry to love of his life.
“Come on, Rachel” Quinn chuckled and smiled at Blaine before pushing her into the Boathouse to find their seats as the music started to change into a soft and beautiful version of Ave Maria.
Mercedes was the first to walk down the aisle in her knee length strapless red cocktail dress followed by best man Santana and then flower girl Claire who dropped red rose petals as she walked. With a big smile on her face, she concentrated on the special task her fathers had asked her to do before sitting in the first row next to Emily feeling so special and grown up.
With their fingers linked, Blaine and Kurt walked toward the celebrant as all their family and friends stood to watch. Like their families, all the members of the New Directions made the trip to New York to celebrate their friends’ marriage. Nothing made the two men happier to see their friends there with them. Everyone gathered sat down as Kurt and Blaine stopped by the celebrant.
“We are all gathered here today to celebrate the union of Kurt Hummel and Blaine Anderson in holy matrimony” he began with a smile and turned to Blaine “Do you Blaine, take Kurt to be your lawful wedded husband, to love, honour and cherish from this day forward, as long as you both shall live?”
“I do”
“And do you Kurt, take Blaine to be your lawful wedded husband, to love, honour and cherish from this day forward, as long as you both shall live?”
“I do”
“Now you both wrote your own vows, yes?”
“Yes” Kurt smiled and waited for the celebrant to nod before pulling out a piece of paper with his vows. Looking at Blaine and staring into those beautiful hazel eyes, he stuffed the piece of paper back into his jacket pocket and took both of Blaine’s hands. “If you want to be technical then we got married the day of my first chemo treatment where you promised that I was stuck with you forever” he chuckled and squeezed his future husband’s hands gently “You got me through the worst year of my life. You stayed by my side through sickness and made me smile when all I wanted to do was crawl up in a ball and wallow in my depression. You became my knight in shining armour and if I had to be stuck with anyone then I’m glad it’s going to be you. We’ve both been through a lot in our short lives and I don’t think I would have gotten through it without you. I love you and I’m going to spend the rest of my life loving you”
“Blaine?” the celebrant smiled once Kurt was finished.
Blaine took a deep breath and looked and Kurt with a smile “You tell me that I saved you but really it was the other way around. When I met you, my biggest goal was not to screw up my daughter’s life or the next coffee order” he laughed softly “I never thought I would finish high school but it was you that gave me hope and that extra push to do it for Claire, to give us both a positive future. I never imagined that I would ever be lucky enough to be standing here with the love of my life in front of our family and friends vowing to cherish you forever. If we can get through sickness and health, the other vows will be easy as long as I’ve got you there with me”
Kurt wanted to just lean in and kiss Blaine right there and then but he knew he couldn’t, not yet. The ceremony continued as the celebrant called for the rings. As they slipped the simple white gold bands onto each other’s fingers, they spoke Kurt’s favourite lyric from one of his favourite musicals, West Side Story.

‘With this ring I thee wed. Make of our hands one hand, make of our hearts, one heart. Make of our vows, one last vow; only death will part us now’

Along with Carole and Jane, even Rachel was in tears by the time the celebrant was ready to announce the couple married.
“You may now seal the promises you have made to each other with a kiss”
Stepping closer to one another, Kurt and Blaine blocked out the rest of the world as they pressed their lips together gently. This kiss wasn’t like every other one they had shared in their time together; it was softer yet so much more powerful. This kiss was sealing their marriage and their future together.
The room erupted with applause as they reluctantly broke apart as the celebrant announced them as Mr Kurt and Blaine Anderson-Hummel.

XXXXX

“Tell me what you’re thinking” Blaine chuckled softly and lifted his chin off Kurt’s shoulder as they danced slowly in the middle of the room. Transformed from the ceremony to the reception, the Boathouse was lit with candles from every table as they danced away the night.
“That this whole night has been perfect” Kurt smiled and looked into his husband’s eyes “That you are perfect and this moment right here in your arms is perfect”
“I love you”
“I love you too”
Blaine tightened his arm around Kurt’s waist and leant closer but was stopped by a small someone tugging on his tux jacket. There was only one small someone that tugged on his clothes like that. Placing a soft kiss on his husband’s cheek, Blaine looked down at the chocolate eyes staring up at them.
With a soft chuckle, Kurt bent down and pulled Claire up into his arms. Resting her on his hip, he stood close to Blaine so the little girl could hug them both.
“Are you having fun Princess?”
“Uh huh” she giggled “Uncle Andrew let me dance on his toes”
“Did he?” Blaine chuckled “I saw you got to dance with Grandpa Michael and Grandpa Burt. You’re a very lucky little girl. Are you gonna dance with me or Papa later?”
“But you keep dancing with each other...”
“I promise I will dance with you on the next song ok baby girl?” Kurt smiled and pressed a kiss to her cheek softly “Or the one after that” he laughed and looked at Blaine with a smile. He wasn’t quite ready to give up his new husband just yet even if it was to dance with Claire.
“But Daddy when are we going to do the surprise song?” Claire asked Blaine as she bounced in Kurt’s arms. She forgot the fact that it was a surprise for Kurt.
“What surprise song?”
Blaine took Claire into his arms with a smirk and kissed his daughter’s forehead softly. He could excuse the secret revelation because she was so excited to be playing a part. Even if it was hitting one key on the piano, she felt so special to be involved in the song and the wedding in general. She felt so grown up.
“Good thing I was about to do it anyway” Blaine chuckled and placed a soft kiss on Kurt’s scrunched up nose. His confused expression was just too cute for Blaine to resist but he had to. “Sit down, I’ll explain in a second”
“But...”
“Sit”
Blaine carried Claire over to where to band were sitting and they knew exactly what was happening. As they finished their song, everyone’s attention was turned to them and Blaine who was taking a seat at the piano. Setting Claire down next to him, he quickly showed her the key she had to play.
“Hi everyone” he chuckled into the microphone attached to the piano as the room went quiet “I don’t like writing speeches and I’m really no good at saying them so I write songs and sing because I know I don’t faint when there’s music playing” he laughed and looked to Kurt “I wrote this when you were in the hospital with a lung infection but I think it sums up everything we’ve both been through”
Settling his hands on the piano gently, Blaine took a deep breath before he started playing the opening notes to his song.

I've been alone
Surrounded by darkness
I've seen how heartless
The world can be

I've seen you crying
You felt like it's hopeless
I'll always do my best
To make you see

Baby, you're not alone
Cause you're here with me
And nothing's ever gonna bring us down
Cause nothing can keep me from lovin' you
And you know it's true
It don't matter what'll come to be
Our love is all we need to make it through

Now I know it ain't easy
But it ain't hard trying
Every time I see you smiling
And I feel you so close to me
And you tell me

Baby, you're not alone
Cause you're here with me
And nothing's ever gonna bring us down
Cause nothing can keep me from lovin' you
And you know it's true
It don't matter what'll come to be
Our love is all we need to make it through

I still have trouble
I trip and stumble
Trying to make sense of things sometimes
I look for reasons
But I don't need 'em
All I need is to look in your eyes
And I realize

Baby I'm not alone
Cause you're here with me
And nothing's ever gonna take us down
Cause nothing can keep me from lovin' you
And you know it's true
It don't matter what'll come to be
Our love is all we need to make it through, ooh

Cause you're here with me
And nothing's ever gonna bring us down
Cause nothing, nothing, nothing can keep me from lovin' you
And you know it's true
It don't matter what'll come to be
You know our love is all we need
Our love is all we need to make it through

Just as Blaine played the second to last note of the song, he looked to Claire who helped him played the very last chord. She had been watching her father’s hands and listening to the song so intently so she wouldn’t miss her cue. It wasn’t much but she liked that Blaine was slowly teaching her to play the piano one note at a time.
Blaine looked over to Kurt and smiled weakly at the sight of tears streaming down his flawless skin. He never meant to make Kurt cry but in all honesty, Blaine shed a lot of tears as he wrote that song. It meant a lot to put his feelings into a song and be able to share that with everyone they loved.
“I love you Kurt”