The morning of the couple's wedding Lena was being tended to by Alex, at Kara insistence. The hero explained that she could defend herself if anything were to happen, but Lena shouldn't have to shoot someone on her wedding day, and she knew Alex loved the chance to shoot at anything. That being said, she was with Lena, while Winn and Jonn stayed with Kara. Leading up to the day the couple had to put in place a rather masterful fake out so that if they were tailed by vulture paparazzi, they would never actually know the location of the wedding. Lena was checking that everything was packed in the car she would actually be in while Alex finished prepping the decoy who happened to be an agent of her's who with the right amount of make-up, sunglasses and an insanely expensive suit of Lena's, looked a good amount like the heiress. Enough to make the press follow her everyone move and draw attention away from the real Lena Luthor.

"Ready to go Lena?" Lena checked her bags once more and nodded, allowing another agent dressed in the uniform of her building's front door staff to put the last of her things in the car. Alex placed her earpiece in her ear and clicked through on her communications.

"Alright everyone, we all in position and ready?" Alex eyed Lena as she heard her agent check in.

"Super glad I went to special training to be a pretend driver for a wedding."

"Shut up Shepard, you have the easiest job today. Claire is the one who has every right to complain cuz if we fuck this up, she gets the full wrath of the world who will think she is Lena."

Alex pinched the bridge of her nose and Lena had to laugh a little, "so these are you best people huh?"

Alex glared at her and all but spat into her receiver, "you all know I can fucking hear you right? Let's try this again: are we ready to go or do I need to help you all remember how to do your jobs with some weekend trainings." Alex heard a chorus of 'no ma'am' and then heard her people sound off one at a time ending with the agent pretending to be Lena.

"Alright hot shot, you ready to see if your little pump fake will work?" Lena nodded and followed Alex out of the condo, locking it behind them. Once she and Alex were sitting in the other vehicle Lena was carefully hid under a few jackets so that from the road only Alex was visible.

"Green light on Eagle One. Give me a check in 5-minute increments." Alex got a chorus of responses and Lena sighed from under her hiding spot. "So what nickname do I have?"

"Oh, don't worry it's nothing weird."

"Well, now I am worried. Is it Eagle Two like a parks and rec reference?" Alex ignored Lena and instead was giving orders to her people. When 10 minutes had elapsed and the second wave of cars with L corp tags left the building Alex spoke up again.

"Do not fuck this up or I am making you all run sprints up and down every staircase at the DEO, ok? Green light on Sidekick." The car they were in moved forward and Alex heard Lena growl.

"Sidekick? Really? Our kids will be her sidekicks, I am her wife."

"Hey, don't get snappy with me it was Kara's idea to change it for today, it's not your usual codename." Alex scanned the area around them as they pulled into the traffic and so far, nothing seemed out of place.

"So, what is my codename on every other day of the year?" Alex rolled her eyes and clicked on her coms. "Eagle One, do you copy?"

"Eagle One copies Director."

"Claire, when it is not her wedding day, what is Lena's codename that our girl in spandex came up with?" Alex held the device near the pile of coats Lena was still hiding under and soon enough she heard the other agent's voice click through.

"Be advised Director, codename under normal circumstances is 'basherte."

"Thank you, Claire." Alex pulled the devise away and Lena made a small window so she could look Alex in the eye. "Where did she come up with that? What does it even mean?"

"It's Yiddish. Literal translation is "destiny", but in reference to a person it means 'meant to be'." Lena smiled and blushed a little and Alex had to shake her head: hopelessly in love the both of them.

"So what was my codename before we dated? I worked with you before we ever went on a single date." Alex nodded and smiled to herself.

"I'm only going to admit this once so listen closely: it was ALWAYS your codename, even before you dated. I needed you to have a codename for everyday use and she said it almost without thinking. Wouldn't tell me what it meant, and I was too busy to look it up. I told myself it was probably something in her native language and didn't think about it again, until we were coming up with a code for the wedding. You might not have been dating, but you should know that there never a second she didn't know you that she didn't also love you."

Lena almost started crying at this news: even before they got out of their own way and went on a date, Kara felt like Lena was her destiny and wanted her to be referred to as such when she was protecting National City. Lena enjoyed the series of thoughts and memories that came up during the rest of the drive. Soon enough she noticed that the car came to a stop and the sunlight that had filter through the limo was replaced by artificial light. Alex gave her the all clear to get out from her hiding spot and she quickly got out of the car, not allowing Lena to do the same until her team at the location gave her the all clear. When she got it she reached into the car and helped Lena step out. Lena took stock of her surroundings and she watched as two agents took her things from the trunk and quickly took them inside, leaving Alex and two other agents to walk her into a side office. The car had been allowed to park in a loading dock that had a garage door of sorts, giving the party a nice cover under which to safely unload Lena. The location had been Lena's idea for a few reasons: first off she knew that because of the old site of the building there were tunnels underneath it which would allow them to bring in their small amount of guests from a neighboring building without drawing attention and second, if she was going to marry someone not of this world, Lena figured the very least she could do was marry Kara at a place that celebrated the universe outside of their earth. All that to say, the choice to hold the wedding at the National City Planetarium was one that Lena was proud of and Kara was too proud to admit how much it meant to her.

Once in the office, Lena and Alex sat with the events director of the museum and examined the NDA's of every employee that would be on site that day. Alex counted them all, checked them against the clock in info from that morning to ensure that each staff member was accounted for and had a signed agreement. Alex filed the papers away in a case that unlocked and locked to her thumbprint, handing it over to another agent who disappeared fast. The events director, to her credit, put up with all of the security measures like a champ: what choice did she have ultimately. Lena had rented the entire venue for the day and no one can thumb their nose at that kind of revenue so as far as security measures, if Lena or Alex asked for it, it was given to them no questions asked. Once the business was done with, the woman showed Lena to the area that they set up as a dressing room for her, with Kara's being in another part of the museum.

Lena's things had been hung up and her make-up and other things were laid out for her to handle as she wished. Alex popped in and was rattling things off for Lena, while looking at her phone.

"Alright kid, you have about 90 minutes to prep and get dressed, then I will come get you and walk you over to where the photographer will get some pics of just you which we allotted 30 minutes for, then we have you waiting in the wings for the big 'I do' because Kara goes down the aisle first per the coin toss." Lena smiled at that, because that was exactly how they had to figure out that detail.

"Sounds perfect, thank you." Alex nodded and was interrupted briefly when another agent came into hand her another dress bag. Alex hung it up next to Lena's and took it out, beginning to shed her current outfit.

"You are getting dressed in here?"

"Where else would I get dressed?"

"I assumed with Kara."

"Kara is under strict order to not be in this building for another hour. When I finish helping you and getting myself dressed, I will go to her and get her make up touched up, hair fixed and outfit on all while you take your pictures. She will then take her own before the big bang."

"You're gonna help me get ready?"

"I promised you both I'd be here for both of you, so yeah Lena, I am gonna help. Now let me change, you decide if we do hair or make up first." Alex quickly threw on her dress for the wedding before turning to Lena who pointed to her make up kit.

"You know I can do my own make up right?"

"I figured, but where is the fun in that. Now sit down and stop questioning this. Sisters do this, so just accept it." Lena didn't mean to look surprised, but she knew she probably looked stunned.

"I wouldn't know. Hell, I don't even know what loving siblings do for each other, much less sisters." Alex realized her mistake and gently touched Lena's shoulders making her look right at Alex.

"Hey, listen to me. I shouldn't have said it like that. But this is what sisters do Lena, they do things for each other even if they know they don't need to. They help each other get dressed on their wedding days, they help decorate their first houses, they hold each other's hands during childbirth, they stand with each other, even if you wish they'd go away. I know you haven't had that in your life, but you have it now and if nothing else, take this as a formal apology for how I reacted when I learned you and Kara were dating."

Lena smiled and shrugged her shoulders, "I forgave for that a long time ago."

Alex looked more than a little gutted, "well you shouldn't have. It was a crap thing for me to say and I know I made up for it, but I think this is nice way to balance the universe ok. I was so against this at the start and now here I am, doing your hair and make-up. Full circle, right?" Lena nodded and gladly sat down, allowing Alex to organize the make-up brushes and begin to work.

"Besides, Kara doesn't play with make-up much so let me have some fun with you. Gonna make you look hot as hell to marry my sister." That made Lena chuckle and settle down slightly. Alex worked diligently and did everything but Lena's lips, knowing to do that last as it would wear off the fastest. She gave Lena a break while she got the hair stuff ready, which did not take long.

"Kara said you were putting the hair up right?"

"That is what she said, but that is not what is happening. Hair down, braid down the back, a few strands framing my face." Alex smiled as she quickly touched up Lena's hair with a flat iron. "You just wanna see if Kara will faint."

"Nah, just want to make her uncomfortably turned on in front of our closest friends." Alex flicked Lena's shoulder, but continued working. Once the braid was done and secure, Lena got her dress out of the bag and quickly went to the bathroom before getting into the dress. When she returned another agent walked in with her and put another case down on the table for Alex and then quickly left.

"More surprises?" Alex shook her head and smiled as she popped the lid open. "No surprises, just fire power." Alex held up two handguns and looked like a kid on Christmas before quickly strapping them to her legs, far enough up her dress that you wouldn't guess they were there.

"I suppose I shouldn't be shocked by that."

"You better believe every family wedding will include me being armed to the teeth."

"I wouldn't dream of stopping you. Now would you care to help me into this dress, or do you have more guns to hide on your person." Alex rolled her eyes and helped Lena get in the dress, quickly adding touch up make up and lipstick to the younger woman before being radioed that the photographer was ready for Lena.

"Perfect she is a little ahead of schedule, but that'll work. When you are done, you will need to touch up the lipstick, but otherwise you should be good ok? I am going to go help Kara, and I will see you shortly ok?" Alex left the room with Lena and handed her off to the photographer before going to the part of the museum where Kara was tucked away. Once there she noticed her sister was already dressed in her dress, but was waiting for Alex to help her with her hair, which always hated being fussed with after her flying around like she had been today.

"Not nervous or anything are we baby sister?" Kara jumped slightly and Alex shook her head. "Wow, I swear to god you are both so helpless without the other person its almost funny." Kara rolled her eyes as Alex tilted her head upwards to help do her eye make-up, something Kara always manage to mess up when she tried.

"I'm not nervous, just excited and sort of wanting this part to be over. I know that sounds awful, most people want their wedding to go slower, but I just don't like being the center of attention this long."

"You are a literal superhero Kara; you have eyes on you always."

"Yeah, but as Supergirl. I'm not used to people paying this much attention to Kara Danvers." Alex nodded. Kara always hated attention like this, mostly because growing up, attention meant being made fun of or otherwise treated poorly by classmates and other kids.

"Kara, it's ok to not like all eyes on you. And its ok to want this part of the day to be over. I know you are excited for the party and maybe it's because by that point in the day Lena will be your wife and things will feel almost normal again and you get to have fun and celebrate. But, I want you to remember something, ok?" Kara opened her eyes and looked at Alex, nodding.

"You have every right to take up space as Kara Danvers. You can have all eyes on you and not have it be something bad. You deserve to have a day that celebrates what you and Lena have, ok? Not everyone finds this Kara and sometimes when they do, they still fuck it up. You and Lena don't like the spotlight because it usually means something bad, but today…today is not about Supergirl. Today is about Kara Danvers marrying Lena Luthor and you deserve to be seen as you are Kara. No spandex, no family crest, just Kara. Lena didn't fall in love with the girl of steel, she fell in love with a goofy reporter who flew into her office on a bus." Kara smiled and tried not to cry, the memory helping to make her laugh and relax.

"I love you Alex."

Alex kissed Kara's forehead and smiled, "I love you too nerd. Now let's fix this make up and make sure your hair looks right for these pictures ok." Alex fixed Kara's make-up and was lucky that her hair was willing to be styled without much fighting. Alex then did her own make-up, never more grateful that her hair was short and easy to style with some gel. They took their pictures together, took a good number more with Eliza and when they had a few minutes before the ceremony would start Kara was fidgeting with her fingers and pacing the short hallway they were standing in while Alex checked in with her team to make sure everything was locked down before the ceremony. When she had the green light she focused more on Kara who seemed a bit lost in thought.

"Kara, they are ready for you whenever you are."

Kara nodded, "nothing bad is happening right?" Alex looked to her mom and then back to Kara.

"Listen to me very carefully. If I could have I would have asked for some Secret Service agents or some new agents from the CIA or FBI to help my team, but that would have been paperwork hell." Kara smiled at that.

"Seriously Kara, I would never let anything ruin this day for you. Nothing bad is gonna happen because I won't let it." Kara eyed her sister, "you're carrying a gun under the dress aren't you?"

"As if you need to ask." Alex titled Kara's head to look at her directly. "I've got you baby sister and you get to enjoy this day ok? Nobody and nothing will ruin it because just like when we were kids I won't let it touch you. I walk in that room in front of you for a reason and it is not just because that is what the maid of honor is supposed to do. You might be bulletproof, but no one is gonna mess with you with me there." Kara nodded and hugged Alex tighter than she meant to, but Alex didn't correct her sister. When she let go, Kara nodded and pointed toward the room they were holding the ceremony in, "you can tell them I am ready."

Alex nodded and gave the orders over her coms. When her message was met with confirmation, she stood about 6 feet in front of Kara. The music was cued and Alex, true to her word, walked in first and despite being on high alert, she looked happy and no one would deny she looked stunning. Eliza and Kara waited and watched as Alex entered the larger hall.

"I know I don't call you my mom, but you have to know it is just because I can't stand to ever lose another person I called that ever again. I know you are my mom, at least in all the ways that matter, and I am so so sorry if I ever hurt your feelings by not saying it." Kara spoke so fast that Eliza almost missed it. The older woman turned to Kara and cupped her head in her hands.

"Kara, let me tell you something. Mothers never need to be told they are mothers. If you raise a child and love it, make sure they are safe and loved and cared for, then guess what? That child is your child. And you never hurt my feelings sweetheart. I figured deep down you just couldn't give that title away to anyone again and that is ok. No matter what, you are still my baby and a title is not ever gonna change that, ok?" Kara nodded and tried to will herself not to cry. Once they were composed, Eliza took her arm and led them into the large hall. Kara never felt more thankful that they chose a small wedding because even the number of people there seemed like too many. Still, she found herself gently brought to the front of the room were Alex already was standing near the officiant. Eliza took her seat next to Kelly in the front row of chairs and while the music continued to play extra bars in an effort to give Lena time to get into place, Kara looked around the room. They had asked to get married in the auditorium they usually do presentations and constellation shows in at the museum. This allowed them to make the room whatever hue or color they wanted, to have the room dark and lit only by artificial starlight and everything in between.

While all this happened at the front of the room, Lena was trying to calm herself down before walking in so that she didn't look a mess at her own wedding. She wasn't nervous or getting cold feet. Much like Kara, she was excited for certain, but also slightly weary of what might happen if they were both in the same room together being happy. The Luthor family was certainly not above crashing a party to prove a point. She was interrupted, by a rather booming voice.

"Pretty sure you are supposed to walk in there when the music plays right?" Lena looked up to see someone she had not expected to see here today: Clark Kent.

"I've never been a bride at a wedding, but I think that is how it works." Lena nodded, but was still confused.

"I thought you couldn't come because you were covering for Kara today."

"I am and after this I will be going right back out there, but I had something very important to do so here I am."

"Not going to stand up when they ask who has objections are you?" Lena smirked at her own joke and Clark smiled, he knew he deserved that one.

"No. After your rehearsal dinner the other night, some things that Alex and Ms. Grant said to me, well, they made me think about how I had been acting and I realize I haven't been at all fair to you. I know this won't make things better, but I wanted to offer you my literal hand so that you don't have to walk down the aisle alone."

"You want to walk me down the aisle?"

"If you let me, yes." Lena didn't know what the hell to think and her window to make a decision was small and closing fast.

"I know it seems like a trick Lena, but it is not. I know I have a lot to make up for, but let me do this for you and for Kara. Archaic though it may be, let me walk my cousin's bride down the aisle and give her away. The last daughter of Krypton deserves the best on her wedding day and as the last son of Krypton, I would like very much to see that she gets it. Besides, think of the heart attack Cat Grant will have when we walk in: a Luthor and a Super, arm in arm, and she can't write a story about it." Clark smiled as Lena laughed holding out his arm for Lena and without hesitating Lena accepted it.

"You have no idea how much this will mean to her." Clark nodded his head and they took steps forward as the music swelled. Kara was nervously still looking around the room when Lena first walked in and she was only brought back to the current moment when she heard an audible gasp from Cat Grant who was sitting right behind Eliza. Kara turned quickly and saw what everyone else in the room saw. She saw her bride walking down the aisle holding her cousin's arm. Kara started tearing up for a lot of reasons: Lena looked beautiful, more beautiful than Kara had ever seen her that she could remember. But it was the fact that her cousin showed up and had enough personal integrity to put aside an understandable blood feud, only to walk the sister of his mortal enemy down to aisle to marry his cousin.

When they got to the end of aisle, Kara all but lunched herself into Clark, almost knocking him down: something that made Alex laugh.

"I can't thank you enough for this." Kara pulled away slightly from her cousin and he smiled, with some tears in his eyes. "No need. I owe you both an apology and if you are willing maybe today can kick start that." Kara smiled and nodded, and Clark's only response was to reach and take Lena's hand and put it firmly in Kara's, holding it there for a moment. "You make each other happy. That is clear. And I am sorry that I ever made it harder for you to both live in that happiness. Be good to each other." Clark backed away from the couple and retreated to some chairs near the back of the room, Lena guessed he would only stay long enough to not cause a scene as he left to handle Kara's Supergirl duties for the day. Lena was brought back to her senses when Kara leaned over and kissed her cheek.

"You wore your hair down."

"I did. I take it you like it?" Kara blushed harder than Lena intended, and even Alex rolled her eyes.

"Very much." Alex couldn't take it: this was funny to watch, but they needed to move things along, and she could only stomach so much.

"Ok, save some for the honeymoon, ok?" Lena stopped teasing Kara, but Kara kissed Lena again. "You look beautiful."

"You do too." For all the conversations about their outfits for the wedding, Kara did end up wearing a dress and so did Lena, although Lena had every intention of changing into a suit for the reception.

Alex would tell you, that from her vantage point, she could see that both her sister and Lena were just staring at each other and likely had not heard a single word of the intro the officiant said to welcome their guests. The officiant called Lena's name…several times, before she was snapped from her focus on Kara. Alex shook her head and muttered something about them both being hopeless. Lena blushed slightly before turning to Kara.

"I know we picked this location for a lot of reasons, not the least of which was it was the last place anyone would guess to throw a wedding like ours. I will admit, however, that I had ulterior motives." Someone on staff quickly handed Lena a wireless remote and when Lena asked them too they dimmed the lights like they did when they had an auditorium full of people there to see the show on the star systems, planets and universe. Lena hit the remote and sure enough the domed ceiling above them soon showed the known components of their solar system. Lena knew she could have stopped right there, and Kara would have been touched that Lena did something like this for her, but Lena lost sleep trying to set this up and her wife deserved this, so on she went.

"I know we wanted and sort of needed a small wedding, but I also know that there are people that we both wish were here that can't be because we lost them a long time ago." Kara looked down for a second and nodded with a sad smile spread across her face.

"I wish I could bring them all back Kara. Your parents, my mom, all of them, but it turns out there are some things that money really can't buy. So, I tried to think of a way to make sure that everyone we love is at this wedding, even if they are far from our touch." Lena clicked the button again and the ceiling display began to slowly turn and soon zoomed in on a particular cluster of stars systems, what appeared to be moons and not much else. Kara looked and tried to pinpoint what she was looking at, but did not understand and Lena decided to spare her trying to guess. Knowing that their friends and family knew who Kara was, but not wanting others to know, she checked quickly with Alex, that the room was clear of the museum staff and when the agent nodded confused as to why it mattered, she gently pointed at the display above them.

"I took all the things you ever told me about your home. I read all the stuff I could understand or translate into a language I speak, and I pissed off every single expert in this country trying to find it and this is the best I could do."

Kara tilted her head like when a dog is trying to figure something out, "what am I looking at Lena?"

"While there is absolutely no way to know the exact location, that…is Krypton." Kara's eyes went wide and she looked again at the display, trying to recall what she had learned as a child. She remembered the moons and she assumed other things had been destroyed when Krypton died, but that was almost certainly the place where her home once was and that was enough to send Kara over the edge into more tears than Lena had planned for. Kara put her hand over her mouth and audibly cried, quickly, and rather instinctively, turning to Lena and crying with her face buried in her wife's neck. Lena held on to Kara and knew better than to try and soothe her tears right away: Kara, when overwhelmed with emotions, preferred to be allowed to have her feelings before anyone tried to calm her down. For what it was worth, no one else in that room was doing any better: even Cat Grant had to admit that her eyes seemed to be having an allergic reaction to something because Cat Grant certainly doesn't cry.

Lena caught Alex looking at the display and then looking back toward her, eyes very much brimming to the limit with tears. She pointed to the display and simply nodded at Lena several times before trying to brush away her tears without ruining her make up. After a few minutes, Kara's tears had slowed and her breathing became a bit more regular. She eventually lifted her head off Lena, but stayed close to her, resting their foreheads together.

"If I had known I would make you cry this much I would've waited, but…well, you deserve this Kara. I wish, more than anything else, that I could give you home back, bring your family back and have them share this world with you, but it is perhaps the one thing I can't do. What I can do, is give you home back, for a while anyway and make sure that you get married as close to home as possible. I know they aren't there anymore, but that space once held all the people who were responsible for you coming into this world. You deserve to have them here today and I think I owe them a rather big thank you, because the last thing they did with their life was make sure that you got to live yours and that life happened to include coming here and waltzing into my office with more confidence than a junior reporter had any right to have." Kara finally cracked a smile and that made Lean smile in response.

"I didn't grow up like you Kara. I didn't have a sibling who would fight for me no matter what, against any evil and never question how wrong I was in an argument. I didn't have parents who just wanted me to be happy. I didn't have friends either and I just assumed being a Luthor meant being alone. I even told myself that I like being alone. Then you came around and you wouldn't leave me alone no matter what I did." Kara smiled and finally lifted her head off Lena's.

"There's my girl. I know this morphed into my vows and I sort of don't care. Kara, I was never happy alone, no matter what I told myself. I told myself I would be selfish if I had anyone in my life because they would surely get hurt at some point. Then I met you and I had to tell myself that even harder because you were so bloody persistent and hell bent on being my friend. I find it a little ironic that you were telling yourself the same thing at the same time: trying to convince yourself that if I got too close to you my life would be in danger. And honestly on some level, we are both correct: with who we are, we will likely always be the target of someone's rage or ignorance. But I am telling you right now, that I would rather be in danger every day of my life with you as my wife then ever go back to spend a relatively "safe" life without you."

"I have a temper and I am stubborn: this is not news to anyone here. I will make impulsive decisions when I am mad or feel cornered and sometimes they will be rather dumb, so for that I will apologize in advance. But I promise that when you are being stubborn, impulsive and maybe even a little hot under the collar, I will try my best to offer you some levelheaded input. I always had my life very much laid out in front of me, even when I was little and it was so rigid and boring and, if I am being honest, very sad and pretty lonely. I never dreamt of getting married for a reason that wasn't a business deal. I never allowed myself to dream that my spouse would be a woman, because that was hoping for too much. I never saw myself being someone's mother, but then, once again, you showed up and now I cannot get the image of a baby with piercing blue eyes snuggled between us in bed out of my head. I want those things Kara and I want them with you. Our lives will probably never ever be boring, and I am ok with that, so long as I get to face the chaos with you. I didn't know how to end these vows so the best I can do is thank you from my whole heart for doing what no one before you ever bothered to do: thank you for refusing to leave me no matter how hard I pushed."

"No one ever fought to be in my life, if anything, there have been battles fought to get out of my life, so being with you was new and different and it scared me to death Kara. Sometimes it still scares me because no one EVER wanted me…not till you and sometimes I still don't know why you love me the way you do. I didn't know how it felt to be wanted and loved like that and I promise that sometimes I will still not know how to handle that love and devotion. What I do know, is that there is no one, on this or any planet, that I would rather walk through life with and learn exactly how it feels to be loved so completely. When we were still just friends, you assured me that you saw the real me and I thought you were full of it and maybe a bit naïve. Now, I can safely say that I feel incredibly seen and I very much look forward to spending my life with you and learning exactly how to let someone see me, faults and all and still show me love me enough to not run away. You were the first person who wanted Lena, not just a Luthor, and it would be my rather distinct honor in being your Lena, for as long as you'll have me."

Alex had to hand it to Lena, she made it through most of the vows with only some stray tears, Kara of course, did not fair a well and was still a mess of tears, but as Alex carefully switched sides to be standing behind Lena, she took notice that you couldn't have slapped the smile off Kara's face. Kara couldn't help herself and offered Lena a brief kiss that made everyone laugh gently.

"If you keep doing that, we will never get to the part where I get to kiss you for the first time as my wife." Lena smiled and deep down would never turn down affection from Kara.

Kara took a deep breath, "You've always been 'my' Lena. And not in a creepy and controlling way. There was never a time I knew you that I didn't care about you Lena, even back when it was truly just as a friend. You were never just a Luthor to me, you were never just anything to me and I hope I have made that clear to you the time we've known each other." Lena nodded and smiled at Kara.

"I know you didn't have the things I had growing up and I know you see that as some huge short coming, but if I am being honest Lena, I am kind of glad you didn't have all those things. I know that sounds awful, but for me, when I hear you talking about the things we do together that you didn't get to do growing up, well, it used to make me sad. It used to make me angry too, because it broke my heart to think of you as a little girl who just wanted her family to love her. You weren't asking for much Lena and I am so sorry they didn't give it to you, but what makes me feel better and less sad is that because they screwed up back then, I get to give those things to you now. I get to share my sibling with you, even today. Now, she has an attitude and is trigger happy on her best day, but I promise you now have a sibling who would fight for you no matter what, against any evil and never question how wrong you are in an argument." Lena smiled and glanced over her shoulder briefly at Alex who winked at her and grinned, "I gotcha kid." Kara smiled and when Lena looked back at her she kept going.

"I get to share my parent with you and I promise you all she cares about is if you and I are happy. Hell Lena, she might even take your side in an argument." Kara smiled at Eliza who looked every bit as determined as Alex did to assure Lena that what Kara said was true.

"I love that you want babies that look like me and any kid would be so lucky to have you as a mom Lena and you know what? When our kids are born or when we adopt them and bring them home, they are going to look at you and see exactly what I have always seen. They will see Lena Luthor, but they will see 'my' Lena Luthor. The media doesn't know that you like to play the piano and sing, or that you think its sexy when I speak in other languages or that you spoil the dog rotten and get upset when I scold her." Everyone laughed at that and for good reason.

"I know you said you never got to dream much about this day growing up and honestly, neither did I. My world was so different than this one and marrying for love was not the norm, it was the exception. Like you, I told myself I was ok with that. That marrying someone so our kids would be genetically healthy and strong made sense logically, but it never made me happy. But, this…planning our wedding, thinking about all the beautiful moments in our lives that got us here, thinking about all the moments that hurt and almost broke us, but didn't and thinking about all the stuff I want to still do, thinking of all of that is so much more amazing when I get to think about those moments with you in them."

"It might seem strange, but I think a lot about what you must've been like as a kid. What things made you smile, or cry. What made you mad. What broke your heart. I know there was more anger and heartbreak than there was smiling and again Lena I am so sorry for that, but the thing I can promise you today is that I want to spend the rest of our lives evening the balance of those experiences. Everyone before me laid such pain and hatred at your feet and they wanted you to pick it up and you didn't. You chose to go against what the world laid out for you and if you don't think that was brave I can assure you it was. You were brave enough to tell the world that you deserved better and you weren't settling for anything less. I promise I am going to find all the things that make you smile. I am going to find the things that make you cry because they are so beautiful, and your heart is too full to not cry. I will destroy and silence every single thing that breaks your heart and if I have my way, those things will never get close enough to you to break your heart."

"So yeah, you are right, back when we met I didn't leave you alone. I didn't let you push me away just because you were afraid of what vulnerability I might see. I didn't walk away from you simply because we were fighting. I don't always pick up social cues perfectly the first time, but I know the one thing I did right was not running away simply because you told that what I faced if I stayed was scary. You remember when you told me that: that I should leave while I had the chance because what might pop up if I stayed would be scary?" Lena nodded and Kara gently tilted Lena's head up to make eye contact.

"You remember what I said back to you?" Lena nodded.

"You told me that I don't scare you."

"And then you said?"

"I said that you had no idea what you were talking about and that if you truly loved me like you said you did you were an idiot." Kara smiled and everyone chuckled.

"Yep. You said all that and then I said one more thing before I kissed you. What was it?"

"You said that you were my idiot and loved me in a way that made you feel whole and…"

Kara pushed gently, "and?"

Lena swallowed her tears, "and nothing that came from my past scared you and that the only thing that scared you to your core was living a life without me. Then you kissed me."

Kara blushed and smirked, "yeah I did. I meant it back then Lena and I mean it today. I don't care what monster is under your bed, as long as I am the one in that bed with you. I don't care what skeletons are in your closet because I am super good at cleaning out closets. I don't care what voice in your head tells you that you aren't enough or that you don't deserve to be loved and happy because there will never again be a day where I am not right there with you and my voice is louder than any ghost from the past. I know you sometimes think that one day I'll wake up and see something I can't handle, but that will never ever happen Lena. Those things in your past that still hurt you, I'm not scared of them and I am not scared to see you be vulnerable and upset. Even if I wasn't who I am, those monsters that have convinced you that no one can ever love a Luthor and therefore can never love you, the real monster they are gonna have to deal with now is me. Cuz yeah, you are 'my' Lena and that means you don't have to do this alone anymore or ever again. We do this, this whole rest of our lives thing, together, and that I can promise you with absolute certainty." Kara barely finished the last word before Lena kissed her and did so hard. It was clear they had no intention of breaking this kiss so Alex jumped in and warned the officiant.

"We will be here till tomorrow if you go at their pace, say whatever needs to be said to make it legal because they aren't coming up for air this time." The officiant did as Alex suggested and honestly neither Lena nor Kara heard them actually be pronounced married and Alex suspected that neither of them cared.