Wedding Reunion

Chapter 2 Frilly and Lacy

The week crawled by ever so slowly for Mr. Grayson here in the Wayne Mansion. Its always so boring… he would play Nightwing from time to time… but its not like Gotham needs another superhero… All this un- drama is making him crack. He couldn't wait to see Raven and Beast Boy and Cy and Terra… but most of all Starfire in another place besides the Gossip column in the daily newspaper.

He had his tux all ready and ironed. But right now he was slouching on the couch wait for 4 o'clock to come… well… maybe he wouldn't need to… he could come to the Little (BIG) Chapel now and see if Rae and BB needs any help. So he picked himself of the couch and left for his room to change then he walked to the huge garage. He stuck his key into his black Mustang and turned it, feeling it the engine come to life. He turned on his MP3/Stereo system and blasted it as loud as it would get.

He arrived at the Chapel to find it painted light blue instead of the usual brown. Hum… must be the work of Raven and Beast Boy. He got out and opened the huge oak doors and was greeted with a pleasant sight. The walls were painted a glossy shade of white; the altar was decorated with a frilly white flower bigger then his head. And there, levitating the ribbons to the walls with some black aura, was Raven, in regular jeans and a tee.

At the sound of the door, Raven turned to face him. She smiled.

"Hey, Boy Blunder. How's life for you, huh?" she asked as she used her powers to tape the ribbon to the wall and moving to put up another ribbon.

"A simple 'Hi Richard' would've worked you know. And I take it life's been good for you." Richard said conversationally.

"Is it obvious?" Raven asked in her usual monotone. Seems the engaged life hadn't taken away the seemingly unemotional monotone.

"So how's Beast Boy?"

"Oh, he's alright… and his head isn't big at all from his adoring fans." Seems like the sarcasm is hadn't left either. "And you're about an hour early…"

"Yea… I was just wandering if you needed any help… and I was gonna crack from doing nothing at home anyway."

"Oh… I guess the Boy Wonder misses the crimes fighting life, huh? Tell you the truth I hear more about you and your latest fling then about Nightwing."

Robin laughed. "Well, a guy has to occupy himself from time to time. So, do you need any help?"

"So? Occupy yourself with your Wayne Enterprises things, not girls. And yeah, you can help Vic and Gar with ball room, we're gonna have a dance afterwards." She said while putting the slightest stress on the word dance.

"…Vic?"

"Yea… er… a.k.a. Cy?"

"Cyborg? He's here, too?"

"I guess we were all just a little excited with meeting each other… we're all here early except for- "

"… Star…" he finished for her.

" – And Terra."

"Yeah, I'll go help." And with that he left the room for the door at the end of the hall. He found Cy and BB decorating the ballroom. After a few 'Heys' and 'How you doing, man' and 'Long time, no see', they got straight to work.

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Richard couldn't believe they've been working for the last 45min. They were talking and laughing and catching up on the lives of their former teammate. Then, quite suddenly, Raven floated in, wearing at least half of the craft store's entire supply of laces.

"Girl, I had NO idea that your taste was so… frilly…" Cyborg said un-smartly. Raven gave him a death glare, her hands glowed black, and she smacked BB on the back of his head with her black aura.

"You just had to pick the LACY-EST DRESS IN THE WHOLE STORE!" Raven yelled at her fiancé.

Richard looked at the pair. The Goth girl and the green boy, really they made the most unlikely pair ever! But here they are. Getting married in less then an hour. Just then there was a noise that sounded like a little girl screaming 'I want CANDY!' Raven floated over to the window and looked out. There outside was a whole lawn full of people.

"Um… my friends… the guests have arrived." BB looked out the window has if he didn't believe her.

"OMG! I have to get ready. Um… can you guys let them in?" And then Beast Boy ran out to the dressing rooms. Followed by Raven.

So Robin looked at Cyborg and shrugged. He made it for the door and opened for the people waiting at the lawn. They glanced at him when they past him. Gotham's famed bachelor? Here at a wedding? Doesn't he have a girl he'd rather flirt with? Their eyes seemed to say. But their mouths said nothing as they all took a seat facing the altar.

Then, while Richard was busy holding the doors and being bored, a limousine pulled up at the driveway. It was a very shiny glossy purple with white ribbons and flowers on it. It caught Richard's attention right away. Because out of it stepped a pink stiletto heel followed by a blonde. Terra! Wow. He hadn't seen Terra since the Teen Titans broke up. But he knew she and Star had been best friends. Now the limo seemed to have the attention of all the guests that hadn't entered the Chapel yet. 'Cause then out of the limo's door stepped a purple heeled dainty foot. Followed by the most prettiest red-head Richard Grayson had ever seen. Kory.

But for some reason, the guests didn't approach her for an autograph. And Richard decided it was a good time to talk to his old teammate again.

So as she started to walk towards the Chapel he approached her. Terra seeing Richard, winked at him and announced that she was gonna talk to Victor Stone and left Kory to walk to the Chapel with Richard.

So…" Richard Grayson began conversationally. "You are the Kory Anders huh?"

Star let out the cutest giggle. "I know who you are. You are Richard Grayson."

"Well, I am flattered." His cheeks showed a lil bit pink. "You know my name…"

"You are all over the papers all the time."

"So are you."

"Well… I guess." She walked into the opened doors and took a seat beside Richard.

"So… how are you related to Rachel and Garfield?"

"Hum? We were once… um… I guess you could say roommates."

"Oh? Like for college?" but Richard knew perfectly well what she meant… he was just having his fun with the woman he had once loved.

"Well, I guess. So what about you? How did you know them?" Kory said, swiftly changing the subject.

"We were just friends. We almost stopped being friends after I moved back to Gotham."

"Why did you move back?" she whispered in mild curiosity. She had to whisper, for the bride was walking down the aisle.

"Well my friend and I had some… disagreements." He studied Kory closely, for he hadn't been able to for 5 years now. Her hair was wavy in a carefree sexy style, he notice that it wasn't the deep red color he remembered. Her hair was orange-y blond-y. And the sparkly purple dress strutted her figure in a way near perfection. Boy, wasn't she the fashion queen.

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Kory looked at the man that she was talking to now. She hadn't known him for long but for some reason, she could look into his eyes and trust him with all her heart, just like she immediately trusted Robin when she first came to earth. Maybe it's the safe vibe that he gave out that feels similar to Robin… or maybe it's the eyes. They were so friendly and they looked so similar.

Her thoughts were cut off as Raven walked down the aisle wearing the frilliest and laciest dress ever! It totally tunes down the Raven vibe. Raven even seems kinda girlie…

Then Garfield came down the aisle and walked to stand beside Raven. They looked so happy (except for the fact that Raven gave Gar a glare when she first saw him… but she smiled as he came beside her) it's making Kory happy. She couldn't help be grin from ear to ear.

They each said their I do's after a VERY long speech by the priest that almost made Kory fall asleep (but she had the manners to stay awake). After BB kissed his bride (everybody got up and cheered, even Kory and Terra) he announced at the top of his lungs:

"The ceremony is kinda over, but Rae and I wanted to hold a dance. If you gotta go then you may leave the doors where you came from… OR if you wanna stay, you can enter the ballroom from the doors that Rae and I labeled 'Ballroom'."

Kory felt tremendous joy for her two best friends. So she got up and was about to go congratulate the newlyweds when someone tapped her softly on the shoulder. She turned around and saw Richard Grayson. He offered her a hand and said,

"Wanna dance?"

Kory smiled, "I'd love to" she felt a fuzzy warmth spreading from her stomach as she forgot about wanting to talk to BB and Rae and followed the young, dark-haired man towards the doors that were marked 'Ballroom'.

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Terra sighed with satisfaction as she watched the pair across the overly large and dimly lit ballroom. They looked so romantic… they were two forlorn lovers that got together because of a random and unexpected event. What? Raven and Beast Boy's wedding is unexpected. Sure they bickered at each other, but I guess that would be sort of like flirting… she sighed again… maybe she would've married Beat Boy if she hadn't joined Slade. Maybe she would've been Mrs. Logan. Maybe she wouldn't been pronounced dead at one time if she hadn't joined Slade.

With that string of thoughts, her mind wondered back to day that she had taken down Slade. From what she heard, she did bring down Slade, way down. But she had given herself to the cause. If some archeologist hadn't found her and cracked open the hardened shell of lava, she might've been in that coma for years and years. You see, thou who control the earth cannot be harmed by it. Just knocked out by it…

She sighed for the third time in less then 3min. They had danced non-stop for like 3 hours now. Hadn't they gotten tired? Well she was and she was gonna take the limo home. Too bad for Miss Romantic over there, she would just have to take the bus back to her hotel then.

So with that she walked over to Raven and Beast Boy and all the other superheroes that just happened to gather for this special ceremony, and bided them good bye and left.

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Kory didn't think her legs could dance for one more dance, she looked at her watch… just then she remembered that she didn't remember to bring a watch.

"Richard… I don't think my legs could handle another dance. And I'm kinda hungry. Wanna go to the night time only restaurant near here?" she said, collapsing to the nearest bench that positioned themselves around the ballroom. Richard collapsed beside her. Seems like the night of dancing was really too much.

"Hungry? I'm guessing that you didn't eat much of the refreshments on the refreshment table."

"Refreshment table? I didn't know there was a refreshment table… Oh, I see it. It's that long table at the back isn't it? No wonder, I was beginning to think that Rachel and Garfield didn't know how to treat their guests."

Richard laughed. She was starting to sound like the naïve alien he once knew. "Fine lets go to that restaurant of yours." And with that they got up and went to say goodbye to Mr. and Mrs. Logan. They also informed Kory that Terra had taken the limo with her when she left half an hour ago. Kory shrugged saying that she wouldn't mind taking the bus, while inside she thought, Oh, Terra gonna get it this time.

"Wanna take my car instead?" Richard offered without looking at BB and Rae for he knew they were smirking at him.

Kory broke into a big grin. "I'd love to!" and with that they walked out of the chapel and towards the sleek looking black Mustang.