12. Kryptonian Wedding Bells Are Ringing

On their first day back to school after winter break, Alex and Kara were nervous as hell. They hadn’t heard anything from Vicki or her parents about what had happened, so they were still sitting on the edges of their proverbial seats, wondering what was going to happen next.

Alex walked cautiously to her first class. She didn’t get any more stares than she normally got from being the pregnant girl. She took her seat. She knew she shared at least one class with Vicki this semester, but she couldn’t remember which one. When the other girl was nowhere to be seen for homeroom class, she relaxed a little. She could at least get through one hour without worrying.

As the day progressed, Vicki was still MIA from Alex’s perspective. At lunch, she asked Kara if she’d seen her, but the blonde hadn’t caught sight of her either. By the end of the day, Alex still hadn’t seen her old friend, so she decided to try and catch her at her locker. Sure enough, as the brunette turned the corner, she saw her friend talking on her phone and putting things in her locker. Alex approached her slowly. “Vicki.”

The girl scowled. “I gotta go,” she told the person on the phone. “I have to deal with a situation. Kay, bye.” She snapped the phone shut and turned to Alex, “What?” she snapped.

“I just wanted to talk to you,” Alex answered cautiously.

“Forget it,” Vicki spat. “I told you I don’t ever want to talk to you again. You’re sick in the head, and I want nothing to do with it.”

“I am not sick in the head!” Alex said through gritted teeth. “Why are you being like this? Why won’t you just listen to me?”

“I don’t want to listen to you!” Vicki shouted.

“Hey!” Rick Malverne interjected as he came around the corner. “What the hell’s going on here?”

Vicki pointed at Alex. “She’s harassing me, that’s what!”

Rick frowned in confusion. “Aren’t you guys, like, best friends?”

“Not anymore,” Vicki informed him. “Not after I walked in on her and Kara having sex.”

Rick frowned harder. “Was it in your bed or something?”

“No! Ew! I walked into their room, stupid!”

“So you walked in on them, but you’re the one who’s mad? I don’t get it.”

Vicki looked at him like he’d lost his mind. “I’m mad because Alex slept with her sister! That’s disgusting!”

“She’s not my fucking sister!” Alex shouted. “She’s a girl that came to live with us after her family died. She’s only lived with us for four years!”

“She has your same last name!”

“Relax!” Rick hollered over them. “Vicki, I’ve got news for you. You’re, like, the last person on earth to realize that Kara and Alex are in love. I mean, how stupid do you have to be? You’re her best friend. If you’re surprised by this, it’s your own dumb fault.” All three of Ricks’s guy friends that stood behind him nodded their agreement.

“Excuse me?” Vicki responded.

Alex was almost afraid to ask, but she had to know, “H-how did you guys know about me and Kara?”

Rick snorted. “Come on, Alex, you guys aren’t fooling anyone. We see the way you look at each other, and plenty of people have seen you guys kissing at the mall. We’re not sure how this whole pregnancy thing works into it, but we have our suspicions.”

“What kind of suspicions?” Alex whispered.

“Well, Ian here thinks you were raped. Barry says you cheated. I say Kara’s some kind of alien with alien genitals, and she’s the one who got you pregnant.”

Alex looked at him in horror. Why would he say something like that?

“Don’t worry, your secret’s safe with me,” he winked at her.

Alex just gaped at him. Did he know? Or was this just some kind of cruel joke of nature, imagination, and circumstance? She shuddered when he turned back to Vicki.

“I think you need to get over yourself, Vicki,” Rick told her. His friends agreed.

“I think you need to mind your own fucking business,” she spat back at him. Then she turned to Alex, “Don’t talk to me anymore. I got my classes changed so I wouldn’t I have to look at your disgusting face. Fuck you, Alex.” She spun on her heels and stomped away as fast as she could.

Alex started to cry.

“Oh, shit!” Rick exclaimed and awkwardly tried to hug her around her big pregnant belly. “It’s OK, Alex. Don’t worry about that bitch. What does she know?”

“She was supposed to be my best friend,” she sobbed.

“Alex!” Kara shouted from the other end of the hall.

The brunette turned to see the Kryptonian running at mostly human speed to get to her.

“Alex! What’s wrong? What happened?”

“Vicki was just being a bitch,” Rick answered for her.

“Oh,” Kara scowled.

“I just wanted to talk to her,” Alex sniffled. “She told them about us, but they said they already knew we were in love, and people’ve seen us kissing at the mall.”

“Oh,” the blonde answered quietly. “Does that mean we can stop hiding it?” Her eyes were hopeful.

Alex sighed. “I guess so.”

Kara grinned. “Awesome!” She planted a great big kiss on Alex’s lips.

“Oh, shit!” said Rick’s friend Jeremy.

“Nice!” said Rick’s friend Ian.

“Oh, snap!” exclaimed Rick’s friend Barry.

“Uh,” Rick said, clasping his hands together in front of his genitals. “Can you do that again?”

Alex scowled. “I swear to god, I will punch you right in the nads!”

“OK. We gotta go.” The four boys ran off, sporting huge grins on their faces.

Kara laughed. “Well, I guess they enjoyed that.”

“I guess so,” Alex concurred with a chuckle.

“Let’s go home, baby girl,” Kara reached out her hand.

“Alright, my love.” Alex took Kara’s hand, and they walked out to the buses like that. Unlike years ago, when they first did it, no one bothered to comment.

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Kara was spazzing out at an epic level. She used her super-speed to deep clean the whole house. She didn’t care what Clark thought of her, but he was bringing his wife Lois Lane with him this time, and Kara wanted to make a good impression on the woman. She baked tons of cookies and cakes and pies, and set out a multitude of h’orderves, on top of planning out lunch and dinner. She just couldn’t sit still. She was way too excited about getting married.

“Kara!” Alex complained. “Can you just sit with me and chill out for a little bit? I need cuddles.”

The Kryptonian sat down on the couch next to her very-soon-to-be bride. “Come here, baby girl,” she wrapped her arms around her partner as best she could. “I love you so much, Alex! I’m so excited that we get to get married in just a few hours!” She kissed her lover’s cheek over and over.

Alex grinned. “I love you too, Kara. I’m excited, too.” She put her hand on her belly. “The babies are, too. They’re moving around like crazy.”

“Hi, babies!” the blonde called to them cheerfully. That got them kicking in delight, and she stroked each of them, loving that they leaned into her touch. “Mama can’t wait to meet you! You’re gonna be good girls and wait to come on time, right?” She looked up at Alex, “Can I do the flashlight thing?”

“Sure,” Alex chuckled.

Kara gleefully hopped up and grabbed the flashlight out of the end table drawer. When she sat back down, she turned it on and pressed the lit end against Alex’s belly. They’d learned this way of playing with the babies from the internet. They loved to make them chase the light. They giggled and laughed together for a while until the front door opened, revealing Eliza, followed by Lois and Clark.

“Hi!” Kara greeted them excitedly. She turned the flashlight off and put it back in the drawer. “We were just playing with the babies,” she explained.

“With a flashlight?” Lois asked, amused.

“Yeah, they follow the light,” Alex explained. “It's funny.”

“It's very cute,” Eliza agreed.

Lois bit her lip. “Can I see?”

“Yeah!” Kara answered enthusiastically. She grabbed the flashlight back out of the drawer, and put it back against Alex's belly. They pointed out how to see where the baby was, since the woman obviously didn't have x-ray vision. Kara gave her the light and let her move it around herself.

“That is so cool!” Lois sighed. “He won't let us have kids.” she told them. “Says it's too dangerous.”

“It is,” Clark spoke up. “Especially the way you like to get into trouble.”

Lois rolled her eyes good-naturedly. “Whatever.” She clicked the light off and gave it back to Kara.

“Are you hungry?” the young blonde asked their visitors. “I made lots of food!”

“That's an understatement,” Alex commented. She’s been baking for the last three days!”

“And cleaning, too,” Eliza added happily. “My house has never been so spotless! Although, truth be told, Kara never really lets the house get that dirty to begin with.”

“Yeah, Kara’s a neat freak,” Alex informed them.

“So is Clark,” Lois said. “Something about seeing every single speck of dust on the furniture…”

“Oh my god, yes! You should have seen Kara the first couple of weeks she was here! She was like a maniac on a mission! Mom had to sit her down and talk to her about how some dirt and germs were good for building up immunities. Even then, it still took quite a bit of convincing to get her to chill with the cleaning.”

Lois and Eliza chuckled, while Clark looked sympathetically at Kara.

Kara crossed her arms across her chest. “On Krypton, our houses cleaned themselves,” she pouted.

“Must have been nice,” Eliza commented.

“Who wants food?” Kara asked, trying to change the subject.

“I could eat,” Clark said, rubbing his stomach.

Lois snorted. “That’s the understatement of the year.”

“Come on,” Kara led them into the kitchen where there was so much food, there was no countertop nor tabletop to be seen.

“Gol-ly, Kara!” Clark exclaimed. “Alex wasn’t joking!”

“I never joke about food,” the young brunette commented seriously, picking up a plate and putting things on it.

“Dig in!” Kara insisted.

They all loaded up and went to eat in the dining room, since there wasn’t any table space in the kitchen.

“Wow, you’re a great cook, Kara,” Clark complimented.

The young Kryptonian blushed, “Thanks, Kal.”

Alex smiled proudly at her. “She’s the best.”

Everyone smiled at Kara, and she blushed some more. “Thanks, Alex.”

After they ate their fill, Kara cleaned up their dishes, and they went into the living room to discuss the logistics of tonight’s ceremony. They already had their dresses, and in another hour, they would each go their separate ways to get their hair and make-up done. Kara was practically vibrating with excitement. She wished she could fly around at top speed and get some of her energy out, but she didn’t dare. She would just have to try and breathe.

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Alex looked at herself in the mirror and adjusted her emerald green, knee-length maternity dress. “How do I look?

“You look so beautiful, sweetheart,” Eliza answered with a smile. “Kara’s not gonna know what hit her when she sees you.”

The brunette grinned. “This is the best day of my whole life, mom. Thank you for letting Kara and me get married.” She gave the older blonde a big hug.

“Like I had much of a choice, at this point,” Eliza joked.

“Still,” Alex insisted. “You could have done a lot of things differently when you found out I was pregnant. But you stuck by us, and I’m really thankful. I love you, Mom.”

“I love you too, honey,” Eliza stroked her cheek, careful not to smudge her makeup. “Are you ready?”

Alex nodded, though her heart pounded in her ears. This was it! Her hands shook with excitement, and she opened the door to her room and walked downstairs to meet Clark, where he was waiting in the living room, prepared to officiate their wedding.

He smiled at her. That helped to quell some of her nerves, but not all. “Are you ready?” he asked her.

“I’ve never been so ready for anything in my whole life,” she answered him confidently.

“OK, Eliza, I guess you can bring Kara and Lois down now,” he told her.

“Alright,” she answered with a smile and headed back upstairs.

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“Do you think Alex will like my dress and everything?” Kara asked Lois, as she was getting ready.

Lois frowned. “You didn’t pick them out together?

Kara shook her head.

The older brunette smiled warmly. “She’s gonna be blown away by how beautiful you look, Kara.”

The Kryptonian grinned. “Really?”

“Yeah,” Lois confirmed softly.

Kara bit her lip and looked at herself in the mirror one more time. “The color is OK?”

“It’s perfect. Blue is definitely your color.”

“That’s what Alex says all the time. That’s why I picked it.”

“Then I’m sure you chose perfectly.”

“We’re ready,” Eliza knocked on the door to the nursery where Kara was getting dressed.

“OK!” Lois answered. She turned to Kara, “You ready?”

Kara’s throat felt like it was swelling shut. She took a deep breath. She didn't want to start crying already. She hadn’t even gotten downstairs yet. This was a long time coming, in her eyes. On Krypton, she would have been married a few years ago. Here, she was lucky to be able to have a partial-Kryptonian wedding, and didn't have to wait until she was eighteen.

She opened the door, breathing out heavily. “Here we go.”

Lois and Eliza went ahead of her, and when they reached the bottom of the staircase, only then did she start going down. They didn’t have any recordings of Kryptonian wedding music, so they decided to substitute with earth wedding music. Pachelbel’s Canon in D played on the CD player in the background. The music didn’t matter. What mattered were the vows they made to Rao. She kept her steps slow, graceful, and steady all the way down. When she saw Alex, her heart clenched with love and excitement. She pressed her lips together tightly to try to hold back her tears as long as possible. Alex looked more beautiful than ever. She wondered how she was going to get through this ceremony when she was already finding it difficult not to cry. She wanted this with all her heart and soul. Alex was, hands down, the most wonderful person on the planet, and Kara felt so lucky to have found her perfect mate so close at hand. And honestly, after what Kara had been through, it was a wonder that she could love at all, let alone love so deeply. When she finally reached her fiancee’s side, the Kryptonian took her hand, being careful not to squeeze too hard in excitement.

Clark smiled at her, and she smiled right back. “Are we ready?”

All the women nodded happily.

“Very well then,” he started. “ Citizens, it is my pleasure to bond these two children of Rao in a holy, lawful union. It is a momentous occasion, when a Perfect Match is made, that the bloodlines of your united families may continue on uninterrupted, and Rao’s parentage may go on forever. As you stand before Rao, do you entreat to take this person as your Bondmate under His Holy Light?”

“I entreat to take this person as my Bondmate under Rao’s Holy Light,” Kara and Alex both answered.

“Do you promise to hold your Bondmate above all other Partners, friends, family and colleagues?” Kal-El asked.

“I promise to hold my Bondmate above all other Partners, friends, family and colleagues,” they responded.

“Do you swear to honor your Bondmate as your Partner and Co-Child Bearer?

“I swear to honor my Bondmate as my Partner and Co-Child Bearer.”

“Do you swear to hold to Rao’s teachings and pass them onto your progeny?”

“We swear to hold to Rao’s teachings and pass them onto our progeny,”

“Do you swear to use your union to continue the betterment of the world and of Rao’s children?”

“We swear to use our union to continue the betterment of the world and of Rao’s children.”

“Now, for the Earth vows: Alex, repeat after me. I, Alexandra Elaine Danvers, take you, Kara Zor-El Danvers to be my wife,”

“I, Alexandra Elaine Danvers, take you, Kara Zor-El Danvers to be my wife,”

“To have and to hold, from this day forward,”

“For better, or for worse,”

“For richer or poorer,”

“In sickness and in health,”

“To love and to cherish,”

“Until death do us part.”

“This is my solemn vow.”

Kara, repeat after me. I, Kara Zor-El Danvers, take you, Alexandra Elaine Danvers to be my wife,”

“I, Kara Zor-El Danvers, take you, Alexandra Elaine Danvers to be my wife,”

“To have and to hold, from this day forward,”

“For better, or for worse,”

“For richer or poorer,”

“In sickness and in health,”

“To love and to cherish,”

“Until death do us part.”

“This is my solemn vow.”

Clark turned to Lois and Eliza, “Do you have the rings?”

They each pulled out a small gold wedding band, Alex’s with the engagement ring fused together with it in typical fashion. They’d had the rings sized for Alex’s pregnancy weight with the intention of resizing it when she was back to normal.

Eliza handed Kara’s ring to Alex.

“Alex, repeat after me,” Clark instructed. “With this ring, I thee wed.”

Alex grinned. “With this ring, I thee wed.” She slid the ring over Kara’s knuckles and rubbed her fingers across it, savoring the feeling.

Lois handed Alex’s ring to Kara.

Clark continued, “Kara, repeat after me. With this ring, I thee wed.”

“With this ring, I thee wed.” She slid the ring over Alex’s finger, and when it fit, she couldn’t hold back her tears any longer. “I love you so much, Alex,” she declared.

“I love you too, Kara,” Alex answered through her own tears.

“Well,” Clark interjected, “Without further ado, I now pronounce you married in the eyes of God and Rao. You may now kiss your bride.”

Kara leaned carefully over Alex’s belly to give her a warm, loving, mostly chaste kiss, and then she really started crying. “I’m so, so happy!” she sobbed.

“Me too,” Alex agreed. They wiped each other’s tears away, trying not to smudge their makeup too much because they still had to take pictures. Kara was glad her beautician used water-proof mascara on her eyelashes, or else she'd be in trouble.

“I love you so much,” Kara said again.

“I love you too, Angel,” Alex answered.

They took tons of pictures, to the point that Kara and Alex started to get annoyed.

“I’m really tired, and I need a nap,” Alex declared in her frustration.

“OK, baby girl,” Kara rubbed her back.

The human leaned into her touch, “Ahhh, can you come upstairs do that some more, please? At least until I fall asleep.”

“Of course, my love .” She turned to her cousin and his wife, “I’ll be back in a while.”

“Alright,” they answered.

Kara followed her new wife upstairs. They changed back into normal clothes, then Kara hung their dresses up and helped Alex get comfortable in the bed. Then she crawled in behind her and started rubbing her back. “Is this pressure OK?” she checked.

“Perfect,” Alex yawned.

“You’re my wife now,” Kara breathed, in awe of her new married status.

Alex smiled and hummed happily. “Best day ever,” she whispered.

“Best day ever,” the Kryptonian confirmed. She stayed there, slowly stroking Alex’s muscles until the girl fell asleep, which really didn’t take long, considering all the excitement. When she was sure Alex was out, she slipped out of the bed and crept back downstairs to socialize with her family members.

“Hello, Kara,” Eliza greeted. “Is Alex asleep?”

“Yeah,” she nodded.

“Poor thing,” Lois said in sympathy.

“Yeah, but she’s doing great,” Kara assured her. “We go into National City every week to see the doctor. She says everything is progressing well, and the babies are very healthy, and so is Alex. Honestly, we expected so many problems, it seems almost unreal that things are going so well.”

Eliza nodded her head in agreement. “That’s true, we didn’t expect things to go so smoothly. I’m so thankful that she’s OK. I’m hoping that the birthing process goes as well as the pregnancy.”

“We’re really happy for you, too,” Lois told them warmly. “Right, Clark?” she elbowed him in the ribs.

“Right,” he answered obediently.

They chit-chatted about baby preparations, and Kara told them about the baby and lamaze classes they were taking. Lois seemed plenty interested. Clark seemed… less so. She hoped it was just because he was a man, and not because he was having an attitude problem.

Her cousin and his wife stayed the weekend, and they had fun watching movies and playing games, and eating all the food Kara made.

When Sunday night rolled around, and Kara and Alex were in bed, Alex turned to her and whispered, “Kara? Is it a bad omen that we didn’t have sex on our wedding night?”

The Kryptonian shook her head. “Of course not. We have the rest of our lives together to have as much sex as we want.”

Alex rubbed her belly. “I’m not sure when that’s gonna happen again, but probably not for a while.”

“It’ll be fine, Alex. You won’t be pregnant forever. After the babies are born, when you’re ready we can have sex again. I’m not going anywhere. Not ever. We’re married now. You can’t get rid of me.”

Alex grinned. “I’m so glad. But you know we’re not supposed to even try to have sex for at least six weeks after giving birth.”

“I’ll be fine. We’ll have our two beautiful girls to keep me plenty occupied. It’s gonna be great. You’ll see.”

“It already is,” Alex agreed.

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