Here is it folks! The final chapter of Lullaby Lane! You guys have been so awesome, and I wanted to take this opportunity to tell you all how much I love and appreciate all of you! This may be the final chapter for these folks, but don't worry, you'll see them again! I've decided to create a sequel for Kurt, Blaine and the girls. All new story lines to plot out, new bad guys you'll want to punch in the throat (thanks for that mental image, Addie117!), and a lot more love and laughter for the Hummel-Anderson family! So stick around. The fun is just getting started!
As always, I don't own glee!
Katherine's six-year-old fingers clutched the big bouquet of flowers as she waited for Daddy Kurt to give her the thumbs up to go. She was dressed in a scratchy dress, and her hair was pulled back in a pretty style. She was the most important girl in this ceremony, and she knew it.
"Penny, you have to stay here, with me!" She said, her other hand holding her five-year-old sister close.
"Don't wanna," Penny scowled, her eyes darting to Daddy in the front of the church. Daddy and Daddy Kurt were getting married, and she had to wear this stupid dress and hold her sisters' stupid hand and everything was stupid! A tear leaked out of her eye, and she sniffled a bit.
"Hey," Daddy Kurt walked up to her, and knelt in front of her. He pulled a Kleenex from his pants pocket, and wiped her tears away. "What's wrong Penny? Don't you want to be a flower girl for us?" He asked gently. She shook her head. He cuddled her gently.
"Then why don't we let Katherine hold Jessie's hand, and you can come down the aisle with me?" Penny looked up softly, a smile breaking out on her teary face.
"Really? I can do that?" Kurt nodded gently, and smiled at Katherine.
"I'm sure you can watch Jessica and make sure she doesn't run off, right Katherine?" The girl nodded her head fervently and grasped her youngest sister's hand. The three-year-old looked up at her big sister with huge eyes, and held the little bouquet of flowers close to her mouth.
Kurt had been waiting two years for this day. The day he could stand up, and officially say he was Blaine's husband. The years had been calm, compared to the first few months of their relationship. After being falsely accused of abusing the children, the Department of Child Services had declared him and Blaine one of the sweetest couples they had ever seen. They never got mad at the girls, they took the time to talk to them, making sure they were always well loved and cared for. And when the charges against Andrea had stuck, she had been livid. She had denied Blaine any chance of a divorce, and for a year and a half, they had tried to fight her.
Then less than six months ago, she had come to them, on her own, with divorce papers. All Blaine had to do was sign them. They had discovered, through a mutual friend, that Andrea was dating a man more than twice her age; he was seventy-three, and she was only twenty-nine. He was also apparently loaded, and she was trying to get him to leave her all his money in his will. So, in order to get what she wanted, she'd needed to marry him. Hence the divorce papers.
Blaine didn't care. He was simply delighted that he would now have the opportunity to marry the man he loved. He stood at the front of the church, beside his best man, and his ushers. Finn stood proudly beside him in the best man's spot, the taller man dwarfing him and leaving him slightly in awe. Wes stood beside Finn, and David and Thad stood on the other side of Wes. Blaine was incredibly happy to have his old friends standing up with him on the best day of his life. Andrea hadn't wanted many guests at their wedding. He frowned slightly. This wasn't the day to think of Andrea. He was here, Kurt was here, their families were here, and nothing was going to keep them from being together.
Kurt picked up his middle child; she was truly his, in every sense of the word, as he had filed the proper papers to legally adopt all three girls.
Katherine wandered up to Rachel and gave her the bouquet of flowers she held, while Quinn gently took the bouquet from little Jessica. Jess looked almost like she was going to cry, until Katherine pointed out the basket of flower petals they were going to spread out before Daddy Kurt's bridesmaids. Katherine wasn't sure what a bridesmaid was supposed to do, but they sure looked pretty in the soft purple dresses they wore. Auntie Mercedes came out from the back of the church, dashing up to Daddy Kurt and planting a big kiss on his cheek. Katherine didn't mind, because Auntie 'Cedes was Daddy Kurt's best friend, and Matron of Honour, whatever that meant.
Kurt blushed, his hand finding Mercedes' as he smiled a huge grin and took a deep breath. "We ready?" He asked nervously, smiling at all his best girls.
"White boy, you need to relax!" Mercedes voiced what all the other adults were thinking; Kurt looked like a big ball of nerves. "Quinn, you gonna help herd them kids down the aisle?" Quinn nodded, taking Jessica's other hand, and leading them to the entrance to the church.
At a signal from the minister, the crowd in the church rose, and as one, they turned to the back. The music swelled; it was simple and yet profound.
Quinn walked the two girls down the aisle, slowly, carefully, moving at a snails pace for little Jessica. When she was a few steps down, Rachel entered. She flashed a smile for the photographers who were there, paparazzi mainly. She had become the star she had always dreamed of, and as such, had hordes of them following her everywhere, even to Kurt and Blaine's wedding.
Mercedes kissed Kurt on the cheek once more, then moved to the line-up, taking her place in the centre of the aisle. As she slowly ascended to the front, a chorus could be heard from the left front side of the church. Kurt frowned; what was going on? This wasn't part of the rehearsal.
He stepped into the centre of the aisle himself, holding little Penny close, as he looked around for the source of the harmonising. Then he smiled widely, as he located it.
Standing there, at the front of the church, were members of his old Glee Club. Finn had moved over there, along with Rachel, Mercedes and Quinn. They had been joined by Puck, Artie, Mike, Tina, Santana and Brittany. On the other side of the church, Blaine had been joined by Wes, David, Thad, and the rest of the Warblers from Dalton Academy. Together, they sang.
Some say love it is a river
that drowns the tender reed
Some say love it is a razor
that leaves your soul to bleed
Some say love it is a hunger
an endless aching need
I say love it is a flower
and you it's only seed
It's the heart afraid of breaking
that never learns to dance
It's the dream afraid of waking that never takes the chance
It's the one who won't be taken
who cannot seem to give
and the soul afraid of dying that never learns to live
When the night has been too lonely
and the road has been too long
and you think that love is only
for the lucky and the strong
Just remember in the winter far beneath the bitter snows
lies the seed
that with the sun's love
in the spring
becomes the rose
Kurt made his way down the aisle, his eyes full of misty tears, and his heart swelling with love for the man before him. As Blaine took the last sentence of the song, he rejoined Kurt, fastening himself to Kurt's side, and cuddling a little with Penny in Kurt's arms. Katherine escaped Quinn's grasp, and she moved to the little spot between Kurt and Blaine, pulling her sister along with her.
"If we're going to get married, we might as well all do it!" Blaine chuckled with a watery grin, and picked up his youngest daughter in his arms. The entire church erupted into giggles. Then a solitary figure in a blue tracksuit stood up, motioning for silence. Kurt nearly groaned in annoyance, but he realized he should have known Sue Sylvester would try to steal his spotlight.
"Porcelain, I want to tell you something before you get married here today," Sue announced, turning to the assembled crowd before her. She was never more confident than when she spoke in front of a large crowd.
"I know that in the past we've had our differences. You didn't like me as your cheer coach, and I respect that. I didn't like it much, but I respected it. And when that bully threatened you and I couldn't have him killed like the worm he so clearly was, I didn't like that either. In fact, Porcelain, you were one of the worst kids I ever had the misfortune to teach!" She exclaimed, turning back to him with a hint of venom. Blaine made to step in front of Kurt to protect him, but Kurt gently pulled him back. He shot Blaine a look, one that said 'I'm all right. She can't hurt me,' and he stepped forward to stand directly in front of Sue.
"But," She continued, as though she hadn't just insulted him. "You were also the finest man I've ever had the pleasure of watching grow up." Her eyes misted slightly; either those were tears or she had been cutting onions earlier that day. "I've watched you go from being a scared little boy, to a semi-confident teenager, to a hobbit-marrying full-grown man! I did that, Porcelain. I showed you what it's like to be grown up, and you learned from the best." She held out her hand, and Kurt took it in his own. Shaking it, he leaned forward, giving her a rough hug. He whispered in her ear softly, so that no one could hear:
"I'm still not coming back to be on the Cheerios, Sue. I'm simply too old to be one of your students." He leaned back, and watched the pure frustration flit over her face, then it softened into a small smile.
"All right, Porcelain. But you'd better train those girls right, because I expect them on my team when they get old enough!" she whispered back, and she turned back to the audience, and shouted: "Enough of this racket! I wanna see a wedding! Get on with it!" And she sat down, back in the same spot she had vacated earlier, next to a softly smiling Will Schuster.
Kurt turned back to Blaine, his eyes unerringly finding the man he so desperately loved. As one, they all turned to the minister.
"Dearly Beloved, we are gathered here today, to celebrate the union of these two wonderful men: Blaine Jonathan Anderson, and Kurt Elizabeth Hummel." He looked out at the crowd, and made a gesture with his hands. "These men have decided to write their own vows, in the tradition of Kurt's parents, so I will allow them the floor." He stepped back, allowing Blaine to speak first.
"Kurt. My love, my life, my everything. For over two years I've waited to be standing here, with you, getting married. My world was turned upside down when I met you, that day in the park. Do you remember?" Kurt nodded, the tears slowly streaming down his cheeks as he remembered that day, when he had first laid eyes on the man he loved. "I told myself I didn't need a nanny, and had nearly convinced myself as well. But Katherine, my lovely Katherine," He reached down to pull his daughter to him. "My daughter, she always did know better than me. She brought me to you that day, Kurt. And my life has forever been changed because of it. I can't promise you I'll always be the best husband. In fact, I can almost guarantee that sometimes you'll hate me." Kurt scoffed, wiping his tears away again. "What I do know, Kurt, is that I love you. Now and forever. And I will be the very best husband I can be. Through all the bad times, and the best times. I'm yours. If you'll have me." Blaine finished, feeling like he had run a marathon without training. He looked hopefully at Kurt, who began his speech.
"Dearest Blaine. I'm indebted to you. I hate that, because I know I'll never be able to pay you back, for what you've given me. The friendship, the companionship, the love. I was lost, when I first met you. I was searching for something, and I never realized that I wasn't truly happy, until Katherine walked up to me and literally fell into my arms." He chuckled softly, remembering. "You've given me three incredible, amazing girls to love and cherish for my very own, when I was certain for the longest time I would never have kids. You allowed me to share your life, your family, and your home, and for that, I am eternally grateful." A sob hiccuped from his throat, and he took a second to compose himself. Then he looked at the minister, indicating he was done, and turned back to Blaine.
"Well, those were very poignant, and beautiful speeches, both of you. Now I ask, of the people assembled here, if there are any who disapprove of this union, may you speak now, or forever hold your peace?" He waited for a couple of seconds, and then declared the words that Blaine and Kurt had been waiting so long for:
"Let these two be joined as one, as husbands now and forever, and may no man drive them asunder! You may now kiss each other," He added, wiping a tear from his eye as he watched the two men shift the girls in their arms, so they could reach each other, and they kissed softly on the lips. The entire hall burst into applause, with some whoops and catcalls coming from Noah Puckerman's direction.
Kurt and Blaine Hummel-Anderson turned to face their friends, their families and their loved ones. As they linked arms with Katherine and began walking down the aisle, a familiar song began to resonate through the hall. Soon every member of the New Directions was harmonizing with every member of the Warblers, and they all followed the happy couple out into the sweet summer sunshine.
Blaine began to sing to his lover, and headed up the entire crew of New Directions and Warblers.
You think I'm pretty without any make-up on
You think I'm funny when I tell the punch line wrong
I know you get me, so I let my walls come down, down
Before you met me, I was a wreck
But things were kinda heavy, you brought me to life
Now every February you'll be my valentine, valentine
Let's go all the way tonight
No regrets, just love
We can dance until we die
You and I, we'll be young forever
You make me feel like I'm living a teenage dream
The way you turn me on, I can't sleep
Let's runaway and don't ever look back
Don't ever look back
My heart stops when you look at me
Just one touch, now baby I believe
This is real, so take a chance
And don't ever look back, don't ever look back
We drove to Cali and got drunk on the beach
Got a motel and built a floor out of sheets
I finally found you, my missing puzzle piece
I'm complete
Let's go all the way tonight
No regrets, just love
We can dance until we die
You and I, we'll be young forever
You make me feel like I'm living a teenage dream
The way you turn me on, I can't sleep
Let's runaway and don't ever look back
Don't ever look back
My heart stops when you look at me
Just one touch, now baby I believe
This is real, so take a chance
And don't ever look back, don't ever look back
I'ma get your heart racing in my skin-tight jeans
Be your teenage dream tonight
Let you put your hands on me in my skin-tight jeans
Be your teenage dream tonight
You make me feel like I'm living a teenage dream
The way you turn me on, I can't sleep
Let's runaway and don't ever look back
Don't ever look back
My heart stops when you look at me
Just one touch, now baby I believe
This is real, so take a chance
And don't ever look back, don't ever look back
I'ma get your heart racing in my skin-tight jeans
Be your teenage dream tonight
Let you put your hands on me in my skin-tight jeans
Be your teenage dream tonight
Songs are The Rose, By Bette Midler, and Teenage Dream, By Katy Perry. And that's it, there wasn't anymore... Until the sequel. XD