♪ I will always ♪
♪ Come back to you ♪
♪ Even in the mean time I will always standby ♪
♪ A mirror on the shelf ♪
♪ Call you in the night time ♪
♪ Call you in the day time ♪
♪ Canvas up to you ♪
Kara, Barry, Joe, Iris, Wally, Cecile, Alex, J'onn, Eliza, Clark, Sara, Mick, Cisco, Caitlin, Harry, Jax, Clarissa, Lily, Oliver, Felicity, Emma and Peter were all hanging at CC Jitters for the rehearsal dinner. They were talking amongst each other, excited for the big day, when an unexpected guest arrived.
Mon-El.
When he did, Iris looked at him enter the room, and when he saw her, maybe it was the music or maybe it was the event, but Mon swore everything just slowed down. He knows he shouldn't think like that because right back at the DEO was his wife. But he couldn't help that ever since he came back, Iris always consumed his thoughts.
Iris huffed before walking up to him, pushing her finger into his chest angrily. "What are you doing here?"
"I was invited," Mon dully said.
"Yeah, and I told you not to come," Iris lectured.
"And the wedding is for my best friend and yours," Mon argued and Iris eyed him tensely. "I'm not gonna not come." But Iris huffed once more before walking off, heading towards the second floor of the coffee shop.
Meanwhile at the buffet, Cisco walked up to it to find Mick already there. "I never pegged you as a wedding guy."
"I never pass up on a free buffet," Mick said before he looked at Cisco, and took the beer in his hand. "Or an open bar." Cisco looked annoyed as Mick walked away, passing Caitlin as he did. "Sorry, didn't I try and kidnap you, once?"
"Yes. And I wouldn't try that again," Caitlin said, walking away from him.
At the coffee counter, was Alex, pouring a glass of scotch when Sara walked up to her. The blonde watched as Alex dunked down her shot, and obviously knew something was up. "Somebody who drinks like that is looking to make something go away," Sara said and Alex looked at her.
"Yeah, well-" she started but she watched as Sara pour herself a shot and dunk it down. "And what are you looking to make go away?"
"Nothing. I just like the taste of scotch," Sara said and Alex smiled a little.
"Fair enough," she said before pouring another shot. "I just called off my engagement."
"Ooh."
"Yeah. So being here...really brings up a lot."
"What, did you catch him cheating?" Sara asked.
"Uh-uh. Her," Alex corrected and Sara immediately looked at her, her blue eyes gazing on the brunette. "It wasn't anything like that. We just wanted different things, you know? Wish I had realized that sooner. Had to make a break for it before later came around."
"So, let me guess, being at the rehearsal dinner for the world's most perfect couple is probably the last place that you wanna be," Sara said and Alex nodded before chuckling awkwardly.
"And the bride is my sister," Alex added and Sara nodded. "To making things go away," Sara said before the two clinked glasses.
"And loving the taste of scotch," Alex added.
Wearing a beautiful long silky dark blue dress, Emma was talking with Peter by Alex and Sara when she noticed Iris up on the terrace. She wanted to know the long story. Because Uncle Mon-El was there, but they both looked...sad.
"I'll be right back," Emma whispered in Peter's ear before walking off, up to the terrace. Even when she was standing right next to Iris, the girl still seemed distracted. "Aunt Iris?"
Iris looked to the blonde and smiled, clearly plastered. "Hey, girl, what's up?"
"Nothing, you just seem...distant," Emma said, suspicion in her tone.
"Oh, I'm fine. I promise," Iris said, but then she remembered something, one last wedding detail. "Hey, I actually have a favor to ask of you-"
But Emma noticed Alex getting drunk already just below them. "Um, why is Aunt Alex tipping the elbow pretty heavily?"
"Oh, you know Alex. No one can drink her under a table," Iris said, but Emma gave her an odd look. "She's just had a rough go of it lately."
Emma nodded before gently crossing her arms. "She's not the only one, I'm guessing," she said and Iris looked at her again. "I've just noticed that you and Uncle Mon-El seem a little...distant. And you didn't really want to talk about him earlier." Iris heavily sighed before glancing over at Mon to find that he was already staring up at her. But when their eyes connected, they both looked away, Mon to Barry and Kara, Iris back to Emma. "What happened with Uncle Mon-El?"
"What didn't?" Iris asked but Emma was just confused. "The end of the world."
"Faced that," Emma said.
"Time travel," Iris added.
"Been there," Emma said.
"He's married to someone else," Iris sadly said and Emma stared at her surprised.
"What?" She asked. "He — WHAT?!"
"Shh!"
"Sorry," Emma whispered. "It's just...you were so-"
"I know," Iris said.
"I'm sorry, Aunt Iris," Emma said and Iris smiled before placing a hand on her shoulder.
"Don't worry about it. You just have a good time...and," Iris said, looking back at the girl before her. "Don't ever let Peter go."
"I won't," Emma quietly said, before she was about to leave Iris be, but then remembered what Iris needed. "What was the favor you wanted to ask me?"
"Oh, right. Um, well according to Kara and Barry, the last adventure you guys had together, we all learned about a very cool, new, non-superpower ability that you have," Iris said and a small smile appeared on Emma's lips.
"Yes?"
"I was wondering if you might mind breaking it out?" Iris asked.
Once the two talked it out, Emma walked back down from the terrace, just for Peter to walk up to her. "Hey, love-"
But right then, a waitress almost crashed into them. "I am so sorry-"
Emma caught the eyes of the waitress, and swore they kinda looked alike. But when the blonde waitress looked at Peter, she seemed to have pain in her eyes. "Are you okay?" Emma asked her and the waitress looked at her again.
"Yeah, I'm — I'm fine," she said and both Emma and Peter stared at her concerned. "I'm so sorry. E...Enjoy." She then stuttered off. The couple stared at each other confused, but just joined everyone in chit chat once again.
At the same moment, Professor Stein walked into the coffee shop and walked up to Clarissa, Lily and Jax. "You're late, as usual," Clarissa lectured.
"Sorry," Professor Stein said before kissing his wife's cheek. "Had to change."
"Don't you have a time machine?" Lily pointed out.
"Yes. Very droll," Professor Stein said before looking at Jax.
"Jefferson, I need to talk to you. Would you excuse us for a minute?" Professor Stein began to walk across the room and Jax confusingly followed. "Where have been been, man?"
"Cooking," Professor Stein said.
"Yeah, I'm pretty sure this event's catered," Jax said.
"Not food," Professor Stein said before the two stopped on the far end of the room, and he pulled out a vial of an orange substance. "This."
"Wait, I thought that the cure STAR Labs made for us was a blue one, not-"
"It is. This isn't the cure. This is a molecular resequencing smart virus with a non-normative reciprocal action," Professor Stein explained but Jax just looked annoyed.
"Do you just make up scientific words to make yourself sound smarter?" He asked.
"The contents of this file will rewrite your DNA and give you superpowers," Professor Stein explained and Jax was taken back.
"Are you serious? What kind of powers?" He asked.
"Well, I extrapolated it from the genetic abilities of a Mircohexura Montivaga," Professor Stein said but Jax looked at him confused. "The spruce-fir moss spider."
"You're trying to turn me into Spider-Man?" Jax asked.
Nearby, Peter turned towards them for a moment, thinking he heard his name, but then looked away. "Well, no. I mean, you won't be super strong and able to lift ten times your body weight. Nor will you be able to shoot webs from a subdermal gland in your wrist flexor muscle," Professor Stein explained.
"But I'll have spidey-sense?" Jax asked.
"No, I'm afraid not," Professor Stein said.
"So what powers will I have?" Jax asked.
"You'll be able to stick to things," Professor Stein said and Jax looked at him annoyed. "Incredible adhesion. Like glue. You'll just be stuck right on something, no sliding off."
"Mhm. The Spectacular Sticky Man," Jax sarcastically said.
"Well, I'm sure Cisco could fashion you a more exciting sobriquet. The important thing is, you can still have what you want. You told me, when we began our latest adventures, that all you wanted was superpowers and be able to be on the Waverider," Professor Stein explained.
"Yeah, but-"
"Now you can have both. You may not be able to be Firestorm anymore, but you can still be a Legend," Professor Stein said but Jax scoffed. "I thought that would make you happy."
"Yeah, you would think that," Jax said, but before either of them could say a thing, the cling of a glass was heard.
They turned around, to find Joe holding a fork to a glass of champagne to get everyone's attention. The two walked over to the crowd as Iris walked down from the terrace as well. "Can I have everybody's attention for a second?" Everyone began to look at the man, ready for what his speech. "Grab a drink. All right. So...the old man has a few words to say." Barry and Kara stared at him with smiles, while Iris tried to avoid looking at Mon. "What can I possibly say about Barry and Kara that everyone in this room doesn't already know? How they're special, and kind, and brave. But we all know that, so, I'm gonna talk to you all about somebody you might not know. Me. For the longest time, I have been happy just to be Dad to Iris and Barry. And then Wally comes along and...then watching Barry and Kara face what they have in the last few years with grace, and trust, and love, so much love...You see two people who live like that and you want it too."
He then looked at Cecile, and she smiled before walking up next to him. "Oh, I'm in this speech."
"Yes, you are," Joe said while the future weds continued to just smile at him. "So, Barry, Kara, thank you for showing me how to love again. For showing me that love is the most important thing we have...I love you guys."
"We love you too."
"To Barry and Kara," Joe said, raising his glass.
"To Barry and Kara."
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"To Barry and Kara."
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"To Barry and Kara."
"To Barry and Kara."
Emma smiled brightly while seeing Barry wipe Kara's tears away, before looking at Peter. He smiled down at her and kissed her forehead, not saying anything else.
But behind them, was Felicity and Oliver, holding onto each other happily. "It's no surprise, but that was a lovely speech," Oliver said, once they faced each other.
"It was the perfect speech, straight from the heart," Felicity said.
"Yeah...we should consider doing something along these lines," Oliver said.
"Along what lines? What do you mean?" Felicity asked.
"I mean, the friends and family, and crab cakes, and toasts, and those lines," Oliver explained.
"Oh, yeah? You wanna have a rehearsal dinner?" Felicity asked, adjusting his tie. "What exactly would we be rehearsing?"
"The thing that we would do the next day," Oliver said and Felicity quickly looked up at him again.
"Did I have some of Cisco's 10,000-proof cocktail that he gives to Barry so that he can get drunk, or are you asking me to marry you?" She asked.
"What if I was?" Oliver asked.
"What?" Felicity asked.
"That was silly. I am. I mean, I don't wanna get down on one knee and make it overly formal, because I'm a little bit sore from handling those ninjas, but...Felicity Megan Smoak, will you marry me?" Oliver asked.
"No," Felicity said with a smile.
"No?" Oliver asked.
"Yes," Felicity said.
"Yes?" Oliver asked.
"No. No, no. No. Yes, as in I meant no, no. No," Felicity said.
"I'm not understanding what's going on here," Oliver said.
"I love our life, I love what we have, I love William, I-"
"Are you framing this for a butt?" Oliver asked.
"Let's just talk about this another time," Felicity said.
"This might come as some surprise, but I'm actually physically incapable of talking about anything else right now," Oliver said.
"We don't need a piece of paper to show each other that we love each other," Felicity said.
"I totally agree with that. This has nothing to do with any types of pieces of paper. This has to do with you and me taking the opportunity to get up in front of the people we love, to have the people who loves us present, and make a commitment to one another," Oliver explained.
"Yeah, and the commitment part is great. I'm so down for the commitment part," Felicity said.
"Mmm-hmm."
"Super on it with that, but not the legal part," Felicity continued.
"I'm still not understanding," Oliver said.
"Just forget about it," Felicity said.
"No, Felicity-"
"Oliver, I don't wanna marry you!" Felicity snapped, causing everyone to look back at them.
Starting with Emma and Peter.
Felicity slowly turned around to see all the eyes on them, before she awkwardly saw herself out, Kara and Iris's confusing eyes watching her.
——— ~ ❉᯽❉ ~ ———
♪ A face in the crowd is watching me ♪
♪ Don't you forget that ♪
♪ Love cannot be ♪
♪ Taken for granted ♪
♪ But I never seem to work out ♪
♪ How it ends ♪
♪ And I think it's almost ♪
♪ Never making sense ♪
♪ And it's hard to control ♪
♪ 'Cause love is emotional ♪
♪ Inside the walls ♪
♪ Of monasteries ♪
♪ Men make their rounds ♪
♪ And knowledge ♪
♪ Is their friend ♪
♪ Written down ♪
♪ Reminding us that love ♪
♪ Is a concept ♪
♪ A road to redemption ♪
♪ That's alright ♪
♪ But I never seem to work out ♪
♪ What they meant ♪
♪ And I think it's almost ♪
♪ Never making sense ♪
♪ I feel like a lone star ♪
♪ Out there ♪
♪ On the edge of the universe ♪
♪ Kids sleeping ♪
♪ With their headphones ♪
♪ All crying in the car ♪
♪ On the way home ♪
♪ Mom's crying ♪
♪ In the front seat ♪
♪ Now they're playing ♪
♪ Our song on the radio ♪
The next morning, as everyone was walking into the church for the wedding, Iris, who was wearing her bridesmaid dress, which was a very silky long tan dress, stood outside, hopelessly searching for someone, who was late to her own sister's wedding.
As her worry continued, Alex suddenly stumbled onto the sidewalk from a cab, dressed for the wedding. "Well, look what the cat dragged in," Iris said, and Alex looked at her.
"Why is it so bright here? I mean, don't they have clouds in Central City?" Alex asked, walking up to her.
"Where have you been?" Iris asked asked and Alex tried to focus her attention on her. "Why didn't you came back to my Dad's?"
"I was...out," Alex said and Iris eyed her.
"Out?" She asked. "Out doing what?"
"Jogging. Fully clothed," Alex said.
"Why?" Iris asked, but Alex hesitated. "You had Kara worried. You can't just disappear the night before her wedding,"
"Look, I didn't do anything that I wouldn't have done normally," Alex said.
"Okay, what does that even mean?" Iris questioned.
"Per se," Alex continued, but now Iris was too busy looking over her shoulder.
"Hey," Iris said to someone approaching.
Alex turned around to see it was Sara. "Hey, Iris," Sara said before looking at Alex, trying to remember her name. "A...Alex."
"Yeah, that's..." Alex said, trying to remember her name.
"Sara," Sara said and Alex started chuckling.
"Sara. Okay," she said.
"That's me, I'm Sara," Sara said while Alex continued to chuckle awkwardly and Iris just stared at them confused.
"I knew that. That's so funny. How are you? How are you? It's a lovely day, isn't it? It's such a perfect day for a wedding. How are you doing?" Alex asked.
"I'm good. A little hungover, but I'll survive," Sara said.
"How are you? How's your butt?" Alex just awkwardly nodded as Iris was coming to a slow realization of what happened to her last night. "I heard you fall out of bed this morning and it sounded like it hurt."
"Yeah, a little," Alex said before she started awkwardly laughing.
"All right, I will catch you guys inside," Sara said before she walked past them, and inside the church. But when Alex slowly looked back at Iris, she saw the girl trying to contain her laughter, fully knowing what she did last night.
"You..."
"It was not what it sounded like," Alex tried to defend herself.
"...didn't."
"I did. I did. Like, twice, I think. Three times. My God, what did I do?" Alex asked as Iris started laughing. "What did I do? Do you know what I did?"
"Not the specifics, no," Iris said.
"I had a one-night stand," Alex said.
"You did," Iris said.
"Iris, it's horrible," Alex said.
"No, it's not," Iris said.
"I'm terrible. It's such a guy thing to do. I am a horrible, terrible...guy," Alex said.
"No, you're a healthy, single lady. And you just had a really great time at a wedding, there's nothing wrong with that," Iris assured.
"My sister's wedding," Alex muttered but Iris smiled at her.
"You didn't do anything wrong," she said.
"I didn't?" Alex asked.
"No...even though we shouldn't tell Kara," Iris said and Alex chuckled. "And besides, Sara's awesome. Except for the fact that she's an assassin."
"She's an assassin?" Alex asked and Iris nodded. "Sassy assassin."
Iris smiled before she tucked her arm through Alex's. "Get into this church now,"