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POV Santana
It’s strange to be here, surrounded by friends, at your own wedding. Just six years ago, I didn’t even think that I would marry my best friend and first love, and I certainly didn’t think that my close friends at the wedding would be those whom I didn’t even notice at school. Only shadows in the school corridor.
And here I am, now... looking at you and smiling. You dance, communicate with our friends, so sunny and, as always, open.
Who would have thought that falling in love with a girl is not only not shameful, but also worth it. I can’t say at what point I started to look at you as a girl and not a friend. I just remember when I realized that I loved you. I remember this fear, shame. I remember how with this thought a picture appeared in my head of how everyone was turning away from me, family, friends, how I was being kicked out of the Support Group in disgrace. At the time it seemed like a complete disaster.
Now I just smile remembering it.
I'm so grateful to you.
You and our friends gave me something that no one else in life could. The ability to love and to love openly. Don’t be ashamed of this, don’t be afraid to adore you and protect you. Say openly that we are together.
I remember how Finn supported me when my world was falling apart, when our friends supported us when we first started officially dating, when you and Sue supported me when I came out to the support group. It was scary. But you were there. And that was enough. You always knew how to calm me down and instill confidence.
I still don’t understand how people couldn’t see that you were never stupid. They saw only what they wanted to see. A blonde cheerleader who believes in Santa, unicorns, leprechauns and is obsessed with her cat. But no one knew that on your phone you not only looked at stupid pictures, but also read all the facts that could be studied on Wikipedia. Sometimes it seems to me that over the years you have studied it all. And she knew much more than many of the smart guys at school. No one paid attention to how you think, what thoughts you say. Everyone just filtered everything you said. But to me you have always been a genius.
And I turned out to be completely right. I won't lie, I'm a little jealous right now. Now the whole world knows that you are officially a genius. That your brain works differently, not like everyone else's. Now everyone knows that Brittany S Pierce is a genius.
I like your changes now. You have become confident in yourself and you know for sure that you are one in a million. But at the same time, you remain a Unicorn who loves people and is ready to forgive them a lot. And for this I love you very much.
You never cared about your reputation, you didn’t care about everything except the people close to you. But at the same time, you never allowed anyone to tell you to your face that you were stupid. I've always liked that about you.
I still don’t understand how you manage to see only the best in people. You are my ray of light.
You were the only one who never saw me as a creature and a bitch. I know how many times you had to apologize for me, blush and how many times I put you in an awkward position among your friends. But you never stopped looking at me, with adoration, as a person who is just not in the mood sometimes. I wasn't a bitch to you. No matter what I do. You helped me change, accept myself, learn to love myself.
You and this bunch of losers completely changed my life. They changed it for the better.
I am grateful to Fate that we did not need to spend years realizing that we were made for each other. I am grateful to you for your persistence and confidence in yourself, in me, in us. They allowed me not to get lost on my life's path.
I can’t believe that just half a year ago I was ready to devote my life to competing with the Hobbit for something I never needed. For shine, glory.
I am grateful to you, Brit, for being the only one who could always calm me down, get through to me and explain to me with your calm voice when I was going astray.
I don’t know what lies ahead for us, but now I am one hundred percent sure that together we will cope.
I am the driving force, but you, Britt, are my compass....