Roommates & Soulmates

Ch120: Izzy's Dress

After all the crazy they'd endured, Alec and Magnus deserved this day to go off without a hitch, so of course, no such thing happened. If everyone always got what they deserved, the world would be a very different place. First came the surprise overnight snowfall that forced them all inside to the back up venue. Then Maryse spend at least an hour reminding them all that she'd been right to have a back up venue in case of bad weather. Izzy hated it when her mother was right like that. If not for the sake of her brother's big day, Izzy would never had listened to her mother's monologue.

Izzy was almost glad when the the flowers didn't arrive on time, as it gave her mother something else to talk about. Then great uncle Larry started getting drunk, and Izzy decided that those were enough problems for one wedding. Then Izzy walked in on her weird cousin Harold making out in a broom closet with a party crasher, and enough was enough. Maryse tasked Isabelle with making sure the grooms learned nothing of this while she sorted it all out, which turned out to be a very easy job as Alec and Magnus were totally clueless of everything, only having eyes for each other. There was no bad luck in seeing the groom before the wedding, and the two of them had gotten through the start of this day the same way they would take on the rest of their lives: together.

Maryse on the other hand was in hysterics. She'd kicked out the party crasher, much to Harold's displeasure. She'd 'sorted' out the flower problem, but the only arrangements available on short notice were not the ones she picked out. Izzy didn't really see what the big fuss was. Flowers were flowers, weren't they? She was just glad there weren't any flowers on her dress. It was a slightly ridiculous dress, but then again, it could have been a lot worse. There weren't any bright feathers, neon coloured puffs or glitter. Like the rest of the wedding it had a simplistic feel while actually not being simple at all.

Maryse's back up venue was a grand hall not too far from the beautiful outdoor park she'd originally planned for. There were natural wood beams on the high ceilings with accents along the walls. Grand arches ran horizontally along the wedding hall, drawing the eye down towards the altar. Sparkling crystal chandeliers hung from the ceiling lighting up the room with twinkling reflections.

Izzy didn't know half of the people here, despite the fact that almost all of them were Lightwoods. Apart from friends, the only family Magnus had invited was his Aunt Aleida. This meant there hadn't really been a point to splitting the room so each groom's family had a side; everyone was mixed together. Aline's was probably the only one of her cousin's Izzy was close with. She'd, of course, brough Helen has her date, and Helen had brought much of her family as well. When asked if they could come, Maryse's reply had been 'the more the merrier'. Izzy wasn't sure why her parents had wanted this to be such a big event. Along with the dozens of cousins Izzy had never met, Harold and family friends, her parents had invited their work colleagues and business partners.

As people filled the chairs, Izzy saw the band set up. It was quite something to see this all come together. Exactly a year ago today, her brother had proposed to the person he wanted to spend the rest of his life with, his soul's other half, and now here she was in her silly dress watching every person her parents had ever met take their seats to witness Alec and Magnus vow to be together forever.

Once everyone was seated, Maryse came down the aisle, closely followed by Aleida. As the mothers of the grooms took their seats in the front row, a hush fell over the crowd. The music began, that soft oh so familiar wedding march filling the grand room. Clary and Jace came down the aisle, arm in arm. Izzy couldn't help but smile at the two 'best men' looking so couplely. There was so much more creative freedom with a wedding like this. All the gender stereotypes had been throw out the window, leading to a truly stunning event. She couldn't help but note how much better the faded green colour looked on Clary. Both being bridesmaids, they were wearing the exact same dress, but with Clary's red hair the colour popped more on her.