Kurt and Blaine were the first two to enter the room and take their places. They weren’t technically in either side of the wedding party, since Finn and Rachel couldn’t decide whose side they should end up on, so they had their own special roles for the day. Kurt took his place at the end of the aisle before turning to nod to Blaine, who began playing. And that was the signal for everything to officially start.
One by one their bridesmaids paired up with the groomsmen and headed down the aisle, splitting at the end to make way for Finn’s entrance. The entire time he walked in, his mom’s arm tucked through his own, he didn’t remember breathing. All his focus went on not tripping and on not just running down to the end of the aisle. Now that things were underway, it felt like so much of his nerves and stress of planning melted away. All he wanted now was to finally get to see Rachel in her sure-to-be gorgeous gown.
After a walk that felt like it took years, he finally reached the end of the aisle. He hugged his mother and kissed her cheek before turning to take his place.
Rachel came around the corner, one of her fathers on each arm, and Finn felt all the air get knocked out of him at the sight. Never had she looked more stunning than she did walking towards him, smile taking up her whole face and eyes already shining with tears threatening to fall. They had waited so long for this day, and now they were a matter of minutes away from finally being married.
Everything Kurt said once Rachel joined him at the front was a blur. All he could focus on was how beautiful his bride looked. He wanted to take in every last little detail, so that he could remember this day forever; he wanted to memorize every last word of her vows that she spoke and how they made him feel. He hoped that his own would make her feel just as amazing.
“I bet there are some people with us today who never thought we would get here,” Finn began. A few chuckles echoed around the room, and he couldn’t help but crack his own smile. “I know there were times when I was scared we wouldn’t either. We were pretty much the definition ‘opposites attract,’ after all. When we met, I was a scared kid who didn’t want to admit to anything that made him different, but you...
“Rachel, you’ve always been proud of who you are. You’ve always been determined and ambitious and so full of life, and thank god I met you when I did so some of that could rub off on me,” he said, giving her hands resting trembling in his own a tight squeeze. “I can’t imagine who I would have become, what kind of person I’d have ended up as, without you there to bring out the best in me and to love me when I wasn’t sure how to do it myself.”
Finn took a moment to take a deep breath. He didn’t want to forget anything he’d planned to say, which seemed hard considering his heart felt like it might pound out of his chest at any moment.
“I promise that I’ll always be there to do the same for you. I’ll always support you and love you through whatever life throws at us, because I know we can take it. There’s nobody I’d rather live my life with than you, and I can’t wait for it to really start. It’s been quite the trip so far, and I know it’ll just keep taking us amazing places as long as we’re together.”
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