i walked up to finn in the hallways, smiling smugly.

"guess who had sex with jesse this weekend?" i leaned against the lockers.

"hope it wasn't me." he answered.

"very funny. it was me. and it was great." i crossed my arms over my chest.

"better than me?" he shut his locker.

"what's better than you?" i heard carole say from behind us.

finn practically jumped.

"um...her-her...singing." finn stuttered.

i rolled my eyes and pushed myself up from the locker.

"right..." kurt trailed off knowing exactly what we were talking about.

"stevie, perfect you're here. now we don't have to track you down." carole smiled.

"lucky me, carole. what's going on?" i smiled at her.

finn slugged an arm around me and i wrapped my arm around his back, placing my other hand on his stomach.

i don't know why i let this happen, i'm so adamant on getting him over me, but something told me we were in for big news.

"all right, so you know how i drive carole to work every tuesday? well, today i drove here, and we snuck into that classroom where kurt introduced us...very romantic of me, i might add... and I..." burt wrapped an arm around carole practically mirroring us.

"he proposed!" carole yelled.

i opened my mouth in both surprise and happiness.

"oh my god! congratulations!" i smiled.

"oh, dad." kurt hugged his father.

"we wanted you three to be the first to know." carole smiled.

"me?" i questioned.

"of course. you're like a daughter to me. i should also take this time to ask you to be my maid of honor?" she smiled.

my heart warmed and i smiled back.

"thank you. it'd be an honor."

"oh, my god, this is just what i needed. i will take care of it from here. i have a trunk full of wedding magazines hidden under my bed. i'm thinking of a russet and cognac theme. those are colors, finn. fall wedding colors. autumnal. stevie, you may be the maid of honor but i'm running this show."

kurt told me causing me to laugh.

"nothing too extravagant, kurt, okay? we're gonna use whatever savings we have. we are spending it on the honeymoon. that's right. we're going to waikiki. we're gonna go to the hotel where they put up the guest stars on lost."

"finn. you haven't said anything."

"uh, i guess....i guess i'm just in shock."

"hey, don't worry. i'm already looking for a bigger house. don't worry, everyone's gonna get their own bedroom." burt promised.

"me too?" i asked causing burt to laugh.

"well, i don't think you'll need your own. you and finn seem pretty comfortable these days." carole smirked and looked at us.

i removed myself from finn's touch.

"no. i have a boyfriend. and it's not finn."

"i know, i'm just teasing." carole laughed. 

burt said something about food and bands and kurt immediately went to answer.

"don't worry dad. i'll hire the new directions as the band! it'll be free!"

"oh! make sure to put stevie's boyfriend in. he can sing can't he?" carole grinned.

"yes but...the rest of the club isn't on good terms with him." kurt answered.

"please. for me? i really want him in the wedding party."

"i'll make sure it happens." kurt said after a while.

"i'll keep him in check. i promise."

•

i stood with mr. schue talking about wedding arrangements for glee.

but i quickly trailed off when i saw karofsky messing with kurt.

mr. schue followed my eyeline to see karofsky walking off with an emotional kurt.

we both walked up to him, very worried.

"are you okay?" we asked.

he shook his head no.

"come on, let's go to the principal." mr. schue said.

i walked with kurt and mr. schue to principal sylvester's office.

"did he physically hurt you?" she asked after mr. schue explained the situation.

"no."

"you said he's shoved you into a locker before, right?"

"well, i can't expel a kid for shoving. he'll just say, 'i didn't mean to shove that kid, i tripped!' excuse works like a charm. i use it all the time."

i chuckled lightly.

"he didn't shove me this time. he just...terrified me."

"lady, i can't suspend a student because he scares you. high school is a dry run for the rest of your life. it's rough. people can be mean."

"can you suspend a guy who threatened to beat me up?" i asked.

mr. schue sat up.

"are you kidding me? that's outrageous." mr. schue said.

"i'm sorry, finn junior. i can't do anything about it unless he actually touches you."

"so now guys can just threaten to beat up girls three times smaller than them? what the hell? sure, i'm not going through what kurt is. but that shouldn't just slide." i frowned.

"you're right. but unfortunately our school board doesn't work like that. gender or not."

"whatever." i rolled my eyes and walked out.

when i walked out i bumped into rachel.

"oh, sorry." i said.

"what's wrong? you seem upset." she consoles me.

"oh, uh, don't worry about it. i was just in there trying to help kurt against karofsky. i even told them how he threatened to beat me up, and nothing. cause he didn't actually hurt me. i mean, that's bullshit right? i'm not overreacting?"

"no of course not. that's deplorable behavior and it shouldn't be tolerated. has he done anything since?"

"besides calling me a prude or asking me if i wanna know what a real man feels like and standing way too close to me or taking my things, no. it's just so weird though. i don't understand how you can openly threaten a girl like that."

"leave it to me, i can help." she smiled and walked off.

i furrowed my eyebrows having no idea what she meant.

•

i walked down the hall on my way to glee to see sam with a huge black eye.

"hey, sam. are you alright?" i walked up to him.

"i'm fine. me, mike, and artie stood up to karofsky for you and kurt." he told me.

"you didn't have to do that for me. kurt needs it more than i do."

"he threatened to hit you. anyone half decent would have done that for you." he smiled.

"come on, let's get you an ice pack." i jerked my head in the direction of the nurses office.

we walked there together and got him an ice pack.

"i guess i should thank you. you know, for getting maimed. it's really cool that you did that for kurt. i hope it makes him feel a little more loved. he's been a rut."

"i hope so."

we walked into the choir room.

"what happened?" quinn got up.

"i'll release you to the arms of your loving girlfriend. here you go." i handed quinn the ice pack and sat down.

"what's going on? what happened to sam's eye?" mr. schue walked in.

"he stood up to karofsky."

"all the guys did. well, not finn."

"do we need to go to principal sylvester?"

"no, i got in a few good licks too. maybe this will send a message to karofsky about both kurt and stevie."

"wait, stevie?" finn's head perked up.

"yeah. he threatened to beat her up." quinn said.

"what?! why didn't you tell me?" finn looked at me.

"it's not a big deal." i answered.

"what's not a big deal?" jesse walked into the room.

"oh, boo!!" tina booed jesse.

"what's he doing here?" rachel jumped up.

"carole wanted him to be in the wedding and the numbers with you guys. it's final." mr. schue told everyone.

i walked up to him and hugged him.

"oh, barf." santana rolled her eyes.

"i promise he won't say anything obnoxious." i told everyone.

"so, what's not a big deal?" he asked me.

"it's nothing." i shook my head at him.

"it's not nothing. i don't know why everyone hates you, or whatever. but karofsky threatened to beat her up." sam told him.

i rolled my eyes and shot a glare at sam.

"what?! who is this guy?" jesse asked, rage in his eyes.

"look, don't worry about it. i've got it under control."

"clearly not. is that why he has that black eye? why didn't you tell me?" he asked.

"look, jesse. i'd love to listen to you guys discuss this, but we have rehearsal." mr. schue intervened.

"i promise we'll talk later, okay?" i reassured him.

he nodded, but still looked angry as ever.

•

kurt, finn, burt and i were in the choir room.

kurt and i were here to teach the dance to burt and finn.

"thank you both for attending the kurt hummel and stevie flynn wedding dance seminar. dad, you're going to have to pull off the first dance with carole. and if uncle andy's 40th birthday party was any indication, you're going to need some work."

kurt began to teach a small four count step to burt and i stepped in to dance with burt when it was finn's turn.

"can't we...close the door? i'm not comfortable dancing in front of people." finn looked uncomfortably at the open door.

"what are you talking about? you danced in front of 1,000 people at regionals." kurt held his hands out.

as they were about to start, karofsky walked up, made a gesture and walked off.

"what the hell was that?" burt tore away from me.

"it's nothing, dad."

"that guy was making fun of you. what the hell's his name?" burt asked as we walked closer to kurt.

"tell him, kurt. tell him or we will." finn said, grabbing me.

"his name's dave karofsky. he's... been harassing me for a few weeks now." kurt admitted.

"harassing you how?" burt pressed on.

"just... shoving me, and giving me a hard time."

"there's more. there's something else you're not telling me."

"he threaten to beat stevie up." kurt once again tried to cover himself.

"that's not it. tell him, kurt." i said strictly.

"he...he threatened to kill me."

"what?  you've got to be kidding me."

burt ran out and we ran after him.

he pinned karofsky against the wall, his arm pressing on karofsky's neck.

"you like picking on people? you like picking on girls? why don't you try me?" burt spat.

"burt!" we tried to pull him off.

"what the hell?!" karofsky yelled.

"where were you during all this?" burt finally got off of him and looked at finn.

•

i sat in a room with finn tying his tie.

"thanks." he smiled.

"are you nervous?"

"yeah. how'd your maid of honor speech come along?"

"i finally managed to finish it, an hour look through a thesaurus later."

"yeah. just couldn't find the right words?"

"apparently not."

"me either."

i heard someone walk in and turn to see jesse.

"hey, you alright?" jesse came up and wrapped his arms around my waist, resting his chin on my shoulder.

"yeah, man." finn nodded.

"we should probably get out there." i looked at jesse.

"yeah. so that guy, he was expelled right?" jesse asked as i shot finn a smile and walked away.

"yeah."

"good. i totally would have gotten a few vocal adrenaline guys to jump him. with me of course."

"how sweet," i laughed,"how's dancing with rachel?"

"she stomps on my foot every chance she gets." he grumbled.

"you kinda deserve it." i shrugged and pecked his cheek.

"yeah, i know." he sighed.

"guess that's places." i walked up to see the rest of them in a line.

"i'll see you after, okay?" he asked.

"course." i nodded.

he leaned down and kissed me.

"ugh, gross. get in places before i throw up on you two." artie groaned.

i smiled at jesse and got into my place with finn.

we sang bruno mars' marry you.

when we finished it ended with finn and i standing at the alter, kurt on the opposite side of us.

"please be seated. we usually start with a prayer. but a certain young wedding planner, who shall remain nameless, was afraid that some in attendance might fall asleep. so instead, i'm going to let burt and carole tell you in their own words why they've invited you here today." the priest smiled.

burt and carole each made their tear jerking vows, causing we to have to wipe a few tears away.

"okay. burt do you take carole-"

"you bet i do." he cut the priest off causing everyone to laugh.

"and do you carole take this man-"

"oh, yes i do! yes i do." she slipped the ring on his finger.

they kissed and we all clapped for them.

•

mr. schue sang and we all danced lightly.

as he finished, burt called up both finn and i to give our speeches.

i pulled away from jesse's arms and gave him a quick peck on his cheek.

i was handed the microphone first. i was also handed a glass of champagne.

"um, okay hi. i just wanna start, by thanking carole for allowing me to be her maid of honor. and also, my mom says she's really really sorry that she couldn't make it, but she loves you to the moon and back and their will be a party with you and her as soon as she gets back," i smiled causing carole to laugh,"um, so, i never really knew what having a mom around all the time was like. you know, my mom works all the time and stuff. but you were always there. you sat through finn and i's rendition of almost every rock song that came on the radio. and you always clapped, and you always told us we were gonna be big stars one day. and i don't know how to thank you enough for being a second mom to me and always being there for me. even if finn was mad at me, or he wouldn't talk to me. you always would. and i love you so much. and i'm so happy you've found love. may it last forever." i held up my glass of champagne.

everyone clapped and i handed the mic to finn.

"oh. thanks. hi. uh, thank you. best man. right. uh...well, i want to propose a toast to my mom...who is so awesome. i mean... somehow even without one in the house, you taught me what it means to be a man. in Glee Club, uh, whenever two of us got together, we got a nickname. stevie and i were sinn, which is very fitting. rachel and puck were puckleberry. and today, a new union was formed. furt. you and me, man. we're brothers from another mother. And quite frankly, no one else has shown me as much as you about what it means to be a man. and over the past few weeks, uh, some stuff's gone down. and i haven't manned up like i should've. from now on? no matter what it costs me, i got your back. okay? even if it means getting a slushie in the face every now and then. you put this entire wedding together by yourself, kurt. so as a thank you, i had the Glee Club put together a little number in your honor. you're going to dance it with me, dude." finn smiled.

we sang just the way you are.

the rest of the guys and girls coming up and doing the dance with us.

kurt and finn danced and we walked in a circle around them.

as we finished, they hugged, which warmed my heart to the fullest.

this was beautiful. and i wish we could feel like this forever.

i turned to jesse once the song was over.

"all this...has me thinking. i think we should have sex, tonight." i smiled at him.

he looked at me, confused for a second, but then he smiled.

"really? you're ready?" he asked.

i nodded enthusiastically. he beamed, picking me up and spinning me.

"what's the special occasion?" finn smiled and walked up.

"uh, we're gonna have sex for the first time tonight." jesse said.

my face dropped. i had already told finn we did it.

"oh, really? the first time, huh?" finn smirked at me.

"you know. it's really none of business, finn. um, yeah." i said awkwardly and pulled jesse away.

•

"which is why it's so hard for me to leave." kurt said in glee.

we all perked up.

"i'm sorry?" i raised my eyebrows.

"i'm transferring to dalton academy... immediately. my parents are using the money they saved up for their honeymoon to pay for the tuition." kurt announced.

"you can't go."

"what the hell, dude? how about you talk with me first?"

"I'm sorry, finn, but there's nothing to talk about. karofsky's coming back tomorrow, so that means i won't be."

"we can protect you." sam told him.

"seriously, we can, like, form a perimeter around you like the secret service." puck offered.

"the only thing that can really protect me is what they have at dalton, a zero tolerance, no-bullying policy. it's enforced."

mr. schue nodded, understanding.

"kurt..." mercedes stood up.

"i'm sorry i have to go." kurt began to cry and walked off.