Finding The Way Back to You

Chapter 17- The Wedding

                                                                           Kara and Mon-El

Mon-El

It's been almost a year since Reign was defeated and since I proposed to Kara. I remember that I had been so nervous. I was planning on doing it before she fought Reign, but I didn't want to distract her. I stand there, at the end of the aisle, waiting for my bride to be and I picture that day. How scared I had been when she went out to fight Reign and when she was in surgery. How her face lit up when I brought out the ring and asked her to marry me.

After she recovered, we moved into a bigger apartment building. We're planning on moving into the house in the future, but decided to just get a simple place for now. I move my feet, feeling restless.

"Calm down dude,"Barry Allen says from beside me. "I remember how nervous I was for my wedding. Didn't help that it got interrupted by Nazis from another earth, but that's not going to happen. Probably." 

"Thanks for the vote of confidence," I tell him. He laughs and Oliver Queen joins in. I've never seen him without a smile on his face. The dude seriously confuses me. He's usually so grumpy and brooding. He's pretty great though. I couldn't decide who I wanted to be my best man, so I picked both of them. Also Winn, who is currently stuffing his face with food. 

"I knew we should've put those out later," Cisco says. Oh, I forgot to mention that he's also my best man. This is a very unusual wedding. The music starts up and Winn rushes over to us, his mouth working overtime to chew all the food he has stuffed in there. I turn my attention to the doors, anxiously waiting for Kara.

Kara

"Ow," I yell. "That hurts."

"For someone who is pretty much invincible, you are a baby when it comes to putting your hair up,"Alex remarks. 

"I have a sensitive head, okay." Everybody in the room laughs and my face turns bright red. Usually that would be okay with me, but apparently I'm extra sensitive to attention today. Must be nerves. I turn toward the mirror studying my dress. It's a long, simple white dress that has a short train. My hair is put up in a bun with a few strands loose, framing my face. 

"I can't believe that this is happening. I'm getting married," I say out loud to myself. Alex comes up behind me.

"Me neither. You know, we always talked about what my wedding would be like. We never once discussed yours.

"I guess it was because I didn't feel like I belonged here for a long time. I never thought that I would get married or find anyone special either. I'm so glad I did though."

"Are you nervous?" Sam asks, wrapping her arms around Alex's waist. Those two are so cute.

"Yes, very." I take a deep breath and realize that it's time to go out. The girls go out one by one and I grab Alex's arm just before she heads out there.

"Thanks for being my maid of honor. It means a lot to me."

"I know. It means a lot to me too. I love you."

"I love you too. I'll see you out there," I laugh. She hugs me and then goes out. J'onn comes up to me.

"Are you ready?"he asks. I asked him to be the one to walk me down the aisle just like Alex had planned with Maggie before they broke up.

"Yeah. I've been ready ever since I realized that I love Mon-El. Thank you for doing this."

"Thank you for asking me,"he says. I put my hand on his arm and the doors open, letting us through and leading me toward my future.

Mon-El

When she walks through the door, I have to force myself to breathe. She's so beautiful. I tear up and I don't even bother to stop the tears from falling down my face. When she gets closer, I can see tears in her eyes too. J'onn goes and sits down, Kara coming to stand in front of me. As the Priest starts talking, all I can think about is how I can't wait for her to be my wife. 

"Mon-El, your vows," the priest says. Okay. Here I go.

"Kara Danvers, you amaze me. When I first met you, I honestly thought that you were kind of stuck up, but as I got to know you, that went away. I learned that you would do anything for just some random stranger. That you work so hard to help people everyday. You convinced me that I am not defined by who my family is or where I come from. You taught me that my actions define me. You made me a better man, Kara. I love you so much and I can't wait to be able to call you my wife." Kara is full out bawling now and I'm not doing much better. Now it's her turn.

Kara

"Now your vows, Kara,"the priest says. I try and get my crying under control. My mind goes blank on what I had memorized to say, so I'm just going to have to wing it.

"Mon-El, I think that it's funny that you thought that I was stuck up. I thought that were really stuck up and that you would always be that way. You started to change though and you made me see that anybody could change, even after I had given up hope for you. You inspired me to give every body a second chance, no matter what they have done. When you told me that you still loved me, my heart burst with so much joy, I could barely breathe. I had almost lost hope in myself and that is what kept me going. You are an amazing man and I will be honored to be your wife." 

I take a deep, trembling breath and I wait. I'm about to be Mon-El's wife. I can see the excitement in Mon-El's eyes. We have been through so much, have given up so much, and we still managed to come together. For a long time, I thought that I wouldn't ever find somebody else and I was right because I didn't find somebody else. I found Mon-El again.

"Mon-El, do you take Kara to be your lawfully wedded wife, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, until death do you part?"

"I do,"Mon-El says proudly, standing up straighter.

"Kara, do you take Mon-El to be your lawfully wedded husband, to have and to hold, from this day forward. for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, until death do you part?"

"I do," I say, my voice surprisingly calm.

"Then you may kiss the bride." Mon-El wraps his arms around my waist and I put my hands on his chest. We kiss.