Oh my God! This is the last chapter. I'm so proud of this story, I never really thought it will be as good as it is. At the beginning I thought that it was going to be like, three chapters long and I ended up writing ten more chapters. I'm really glad you all enjoyed reading this story as much as I enjoyed writing it. Once again, thanks for all your reviews and comments. And I guess I'll see you later. With nothing else to say… Enjoy! And feel free to review, please!
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samandquinnvm05
CHAPTER 13: I want you to make her happy.
"I'm home" Sam said as soon as he closed the door after him. He put the bags on the kitchen table and went to the living room where he found Quinn, writing on her notebook. She had been like this for the last two months, everytime he arrived she'd be sitting on that couch making a list of the things she needed to buy for their wedding, that was in a couple of weeks. He smiled and sat beside her.
"Hey, you" He said.
"Hey, how was your day?" She said after he kissed her.
"Good. I talked with my dad and it was... Fine, I think."
She smiled and put her pen and notebook on the table.
"That's good. You told him about your career?"
"Yeah. He said that my mom had told him about it and the wedding. He asked me to tell you 'Congratulations', by the way."
"That's cool. So, what else did you talk about?" She asked as she rested her head on his shoulder and wrapped her arms around him.
"Nothing much." He said. "Are you okay? You sure you aren't sick or something?"
"What are you talking about?" She said, laughing.
"I don't know. I think it's the first time that you let go of that thing," he said pointing to her notebook. "In the last two weeks, like seriously."
She laughed and hit his arm, playfully.
"Shut up"
"What, am I lying?" He asked, smiling.
"You better shut up before you regret it." She said teasingly as she pulled away from him, maybe two or three centimeters.
"And why would I regret anything?" He asked, putting his hand on her knee gently. "I mean, I'm not lying."
"Well, you asked for it." She took his hand off of her knee and got up. "You're sleeping on the couch tonight."
"Yeah. Sure I am" He said as she walked to her bedroom and he ran after her.
It was almost midnight and they were cuddling in bed. Her head resting on his naked chest and his hand on her waist.
"I can't believe we are getting married in two weeks." She said as she played with the buttons of his button-down shirt, wich she was wearing because minutes ago she had been freezing.
"Yeah. It's amazing"
She lifted her head and put herself on top of him, to have a better view of his face. "Is everything okay?"
"Yeah, it's just.. I'm so in love with you, Quinn." He whispered, touching her cheek with his hand. She sighed happily and ran her fingers through his hair.
"I'm in love with you, too."
He kissed her trying to let her know how much he loved her, trying to tell her how sorry he was for not telling her the truth about what happened until three years after it all had happened.
"Do you remember when you asked me about what my mom had said?"
"Yes." He said after a few seconds. It had happened a year ago, maybe. When they found out about the set up that their parents had done to make them be together again. "You never told me what she meant."
"It's just.. When I found out that you were having a baby with another girl, I didn't really care about it. I think what hurted the most was the fact that you didn't tell me. That you hadn't been honest with me for all that time, you know. She says that one night we were on her bed as she tried to understand what had happened between us. And she heard me saying something like: "What hurts the most is not the fact that he slept with other girl. What hurts the most is that he lied to me"
He sighed and closed his eyes.
"I'm so sorry for all that, Quinn"
"I know, and I'm sorry too." She said, resting her chin on his chest.
There was a minute of silence, where they just caressed eachother until he spoke.
"You wanna know something?" He asked as she played with his bangs and he ran her fingers over over her back softly. She nodded slowly.
"It's kind of lame but I can't wait to hear you say "I will'"
She smiled and rested her head on his chest. "Yes, it's kind of lame." She said and they laughed.
"You ready, dude?" Finn asked after he entered the room where Sam was changing his clothes. The day had arrived and he was totally ready. Of course, he was nervous but he was totally happy.
"Yes."
"Hey, Finn. Rachel and Quinn need you for something" Puck said, he entered after Finn.
"Ok, hurry up, bro. They're almost ready. You need to be downstairs in ten minutes, alright?" Finn said before leaving.
Sam fixed his blue tie and looked at his reflection in the mirror, once again. He smiled remembering why Quinn had picked that color for his tie. According to her, the very first thing that she had liked about him was the fact that he was kind of a-dork-able and that he had mentioned the fact that he had seen Avatar like six times the first time they talked.
"You know that you're really lucky, right?" Puck said, cutting his thoughts.
"I know" Sam answered.
"Good. I want you to make her happy. And I know you will." Puck said as he shook Sam's hand. "Don't make me regret of letting her go"
"I won't" Sam said, smiling.
"Ready?" Finn said after Kurt let him in.
"Yes. Is he downstairs?" Quinn asked, nervously.
"Yes, he is. I'm seeing him, he is already on the altar."
"Ok, I'm going to faint" Quinn said.
"No, you're gonna walk down the aisle. Let's go." Liz said, grabbing her hand and leading Quinn downstairs with the others.
"Dad..." Quinn said tapping his father's arm.
"Quinnie, you look... Wow" She blushed and put his arm around his dad's. "I'm so happy about this. Thanks for letting me do this."
"What?"
"Walk you down the aisle. After what I did to you... I thought that you wouldn't, you know."
"Dad... I let you down, I'm so sorry." She said. Her dad smiled and touched her face.
"Everything's fine now, ok? I forgive you as long as you forgive me, too. For not being with you all this time. I lost so many things, the day you went in labor, your graduation, your first day in college. I might be the worst father ever."
"Dad, you're here. This is the most important day of my life. I forgive you. I love you, daddy."
"I love you, too."
Sam was on the altar, waiting for Quinn. Finn was standing beside him, his bestman. Then he looked at his right and smiled at Mercedes, who smiled back and pointed to the front. She was the maid of honor, she had been such a good friend for Quinn. Being there for her always. Then, he looked to the front and found his parents, looking at him proudly. He smiled at them and his dad nodded. Right beside his dad was Shelby with Beth on her lap. She was now seven years old and looked a lot like Quinn. Her eyes were exactly like her mother's, but her personality was like Puck's. Sam looked down the aisle, finding Quinn's beautiful eyes with his and felt how his heart started racing just when he saw her. He had never seen something more perfect in his entire life. She was walking down the aisle with her father, her white dress making her look like an angel. He smiled and took her hand once she was standing in front of him. He felt how her dad went to sit but he didn't look away from her.
"You look beautiful. Beth is here." He whispered and she smiled.
The rest of the ceremony was the standard one, they both were Catholics so their wedding was traditional.
"Sam, will you take Quinn to be your wife, your partner in life and your one true love? Will you cherish her friendship and love her today, tomorrow and forever? Will you trust and honor her, laugh with her and cry with her? Will you be faithful through good times and bad, in sickness and in health as long as you both shall live?"
"I will" He said as a delicate tear ran down her face and he wiped it with his thumb.
"Quinn, will you take Sam to be your husband, your partner in life and your one true love? Will you cherish his friendship and love him today, tomorrow and forever? Will you trust and honor him, laugh with him and cry with him? Will you be faithful through good times and bad, in sickness and in health as long as you both shall live?"
"I will" She smiled after he smiled, remembering the conversation thay had had two weeks before.
The priest said something else but Sam wasn't paying attention. He was just looking at Quinn. He felt how someone tapped his arm and turned his head to find Finn giving the rings to the priest.
"Bless, O Lord, this ring to be a sign of the vows by which this man and this woman have bound themselves to each other; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen."
Sam put the ring on the ring-finger of Quinn's hand.
"Quinn, I give you this ring as a symbol of my vow, and with all that I am, and all that I have, I honor you, in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit."
Then, Quinn placed the ring on Sam's finger and smiled.
"Sam, I give you this ring as a symbol of my vow, and with all that I am, and all that I have, I honor you, in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit."
The priest joined their right hands.
"Now that Sam and Quinn have given themselves to each other by solemn vows, with the joining of hands and the giving and receiving of a ring, I pronounce that they are husband and wife, in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Those whom God has joined together let no one put asunder. Amen."
"Sam, you may kiss your bride"
Sam leaned over and kissed her meaningfully. She rested her forehead on his, her hands on both sides of his face and his hands wrapped around her.
"I love you" She whispered.
"I love you more" They both smiled, remembering the first time they had said that they loved each other.
If you had asked Sam two years before if he thought he had a chance with Quinn or viceversa, they would have said no. But, there they were, married. Ready to be happy. Just like they had been after singing their duet for the "Breadstix Dinner competition", or after she had broke into his locker to get his promise ring, or after they had sang on Sectionals. Ready to be happy just like they had been before everything had happened. Just like they had been before the storm.
THE END