Chapter 15; Preparations & Rehearsals

Morgan excused herself and walked to the alley. The bit her lip and walked a bit further so Martha, Lois and Olivia would not see her anymore. They were on their way to a large store with all kinds of wedding dresses, and they were having a wonderful time. Everything went so good! All the preparations, all of it! They had picked a date and already arranged several things. They would marry in cute white church in Smallville and they would have the party at the Kent's. Batman even gave Conner three days off, so they could go on a -mini- honeymoon to South-Africa. But now, Martha and Lois ran into some friend of theirs. Of course they started to talk about the upcoming wedding. Only the 'friend' mentioned things Morgan had not thought about. Her biggest question now was: who was going to give her away? She and Conner had already decided that first the pastor and the groom and his parents and his grandparents. Morgan had always wished for her father to give her away. And after he died and she went to all the foster families, Morgan never really thought about getting married. Bu now, who was going to give her away? She refused to just walk down to the aisle! Even though there was not really a reason for it, she just refused it. It was not the fact that her father was not there to give her away, which made Morgan cry, but more the fact that once again it was shown how 'alone' she was in this world without Conner!/
'Hey, a bride should not be crying,' suddenly a voice said. Morgan jumped up from her daydreaming and wiped her tears away.
'Who's there?' she said.
'Relax,' Red Arrow said and walked out of the shadow.
'Don't scare me like that,' she said and took a deep breath, 'And I'm not a bride yet.'
'What's wrong?' he asked and she told him the whole story. He just smiled and listened to her. Then he gave her the best advice, she could possibly think of. She loved the idea, of course she had to ask Conner about it. But he would agree, probably. Morgan thanked him and quickly went back to the three other girls as Red Arrow vanished in the shadows again.

'Looks nice, don't you think?' the friendly woman of the store asked. Morgan walked the chancing room out in a long white dress. It had a wide A line and red flowers 'flourished' from the end up. They covered almost the entire dress, only the color got vaguer. Morgan looked at her self. Martha sat in a chair and Lois stood beside her.
'Too much, isn't it?' Lois said and Morgan nodded.
'Way too much,' she smiled, 'Trust me, I'm old school in these things!'
'Really? I think I can change that,' the woman said and walked away. When she returned Morgan could just gasp. She immediately pulled it on and cried. When she walked out the changing room Martha cried too and Lois bit her lip. This was the dress! This was her dress!
'I love it,' Morgan sighed.
'It was made for you,' Martha said.
'Accessories than?' and they continued.

At the end of the day Morgan had found her shoes, her veil, she had even already chosen a haircut! She had her accessories, which actually only was a small tiara. She would get a necklace from Martha and Morgan did not want anymore accessories. But most of all, Morgan had her dress. She was so happy about it she could not stop smiling and just wanted to put it on again! Conner had tried to convince her to show a photo of it, but she had refused. He would not see her in the dress or just the dress, until their wedding. Twenty-eighth of August. Their big day. Only four months from now. Suddenly something popped in her head.
'Conner,' she said, while they laid in bed.
'Hm,' he said, half sleeping.
'Do you know what he talked about lately? You know, walking down the aisle thing?'
'I told you, Jonathan can do that,' he sighed.
'No, John is your grandfather and he'll be walking with you,' Morgan said firmly, 'I think I found someone who could do it, walk me down the aisle, you know.'
'Who?' he asked and looked at her.
'Roy,' she said.
'Roy?' Conner could barely understand this, 'I thought you hated each other.'
'Well,' Morgan thought, 'I don't know. I don't hate him, that's for sure. But we actually get on pretty well, you know. We can talk about a lot and he's always there to help. He's a good friend, Con, just like Dick and so.'
'If that's what you want,' Conner said, he did not really cared who brought her as long as she just came to the aisle!
'Are you sure you're ok with it?' she asked.
'Morgan,' he said and looked at her, 'as long as you just come, I'll be just fine.'
'I love you,' she smiled and kissed him. They had thought about letting Dick bring Morgan down to the aisle, or Kaldur, but they were both the best man of Conner so that as not possible. And since Morgan wanted to enjoy her walk and not be on her guard, Wally was out of the question too. Morgan had some 'connections' with the Justice League, but most of them still through Conner so there was not really one person who she had come up by herself. Sure, she had some 'normal' friends too. But most of the men were already married or she was not close enough to let them walk down the aisle. Somehow, when Roy suggested to take someone from the JL to walk her down the aisle, Morgan just wanted it be him. And so it would be.

'Ok people! Once more, from the beginning!' Annie yelled, she was the master of ceremonies of their wedding. They were practicing the walk to the aisle in the church, now all of them had time! The only thing was, no one was really paying attention. They were all goofing around. Annie sighed and massaged her head. Hopeless, she thought and sighed. When everyone stood back in their position she gave the signal and the music began.
'Alright, now Conner,' she said when the song was at the right part and slowly the pastor walked. A few seconds later Conner followed. Behind him were his parents and his grandparents and behind them were his best men. Conner was having a hard time to walk slow enough and tried to find some dramatically slow rhythm in the song to focus on.
'Alright, now stand still,' Annie said when the first group had reached their positions, 'Why on earth did you choose this long song!'
'Bride's choice,' Conner simply said. Annie smiled and rolled her eyes. The CD went on and everybody tried to wait calm. Which was pretty hard, because they could all hear Morgan giggle from behind. Roy had not seen her dress either and he tried in all sorts of ways to find out.
'Now!' Annie yelled and slowly Roy and Morgan turned around the corner. Roy had a serious and emotionless face. Morgan on the other hand, had to stop walking after a few passes.
'Stop, stop!' Annie yelled and immediately the music stopped.
'I'm sorry!' Morgan laughed, tears stood in her eyes, 'It's his fault! He said he would do Wally to find out what my dress looked like.'
'O man, that's just too much!' Dick said and looked sick.
'Please, people, just one time!' Annie sighed.
'Alright, alright,' Roy said and laughed too, 'We'll be serious.'
'You better,' Annie hissed. Morgan and Roy walked back and Annie gave the sign. The music began and at the right moment Morgan and Roy walked around the corner. Morgan was still biting her lip, but she remained silent and walked slow to the aisle.
'Well, that wasn't all that hard, right?' Annie said.
'St, the song isn't over yet,' the pastor said with a teasing wink.
'You're hopeless, you really are!' Annie said and threw her arms in the air.
'I know, they are!' Dick said, 'Who chooses Come What May as the song to enter the church?'

'Hi, I'm Alex,' the friendly blond photographer said. Lois knew him and told Morgan and Conner about him. Morgan and Conner had on the internet to find some photo's of Alex Chrsistens. What they saw was amazing. He made everyone, even the most ugly persons, look beautiful in his pictures! He was very creative and loved to play a bit with the 'models' and with the colors and perspectives. Morgan loved his work immediately. Because Alex was a friend of Lois, he would even charge less for them. And anyone who has planned a wedding knows that anywhere you can save money, you will save money!
'Morgan,' Morgan said and shook his hand and sat down. After several e-mails, Conner and Morgan would be meeting the photographer and talk about some ideas. For example: Morgan would be followed by the photographer when she was dressing up, but the photographer would be picked up by the groom, when Conner would go to the church. This was because Conner would stay at the Watch Tower the day before the wedding and the photographer could not come there, of course.
'So, you guys are getting married!' Alex said enthusiastic. He was not that old, perhaps half way his thirties. He had long blond hair and a pretty big goatee. Morgan already liked him.
'Yes, we are,' Conner said and his eyes sparkled.
'So, did Lois tell you a bit about me?' he asked.
'A bit,' Morgan said, 'We also looked online to some of your things.'
'And?' Alex asked curious.
'We loved it,' Conner said and looked at Morgan, she nodded.
'Great, good,' Alex smiled, 'So, what do you guys have in mind when it comes down to photos?'
'Well,' Morgan said and again first looked at Conner, 'We'd love you to follow me with the dressing up and so, and him when he goes to church. And in church you can just run around all you want.'
'Great, I love running,' Alex laughed.
'And than we have party and so,' Conner ended her story.
'Good, good,' Alex said and stroke his goatee, 'Have you thought about some photo shoots already? You know, making some time for some special photos?'
'Well,' Morgan said, 'Actually, we just thought that before and after the party we might take some photos?'
'Good,' Alex said, 'And I guess you're leaving church before the other guests?'
'Yep,' Conner said and drank some of his cola.
'Good, if you like we can take some pics too?' Alex asked.
'Sure,' Morgan said, 'So, you'll do it?'
'If I'll do it? God, I'd love to be your wedding photographer!' Alex almost yelled.

'Morgan could you get it?' Martha said after she quickly looked at the clock. Morgan shrugged and walked to the door.
'SURPRISE!' Morgan almost slammed the door shut by the surprise. In the doorway all her friends stood with a big smile. Well, all her girl friends.
'O God,' Morgan sighed and Lois walked up to her.
'Bachelor party, chick!' she smiled. Quickly Morgan was put in a ridiculous pink dress with a tiara. She had to wear sash saying TOO LATE! I'M GETTING MARRIED. They walked around Smallville. Making fun of each other, teasing some people. Some men made some fun of them and tried to make Morgan consider her marriage. Morgan pretended to doubt, but in the end refused. Morgan was happily surprised to see Artemis was there too! They had so much fun, Morgan almost forgot she really had to get enough sleep.
'To you, Morgan O'Sullivan-almost-Kent!' Olivia said and raised her glass, to finish the evening.
'Cheers!' everyone yelled and drank their entire glass in one time.

'God, Lois, what have you done to me!' Morgan giggled as they sneaked back in the house.
'Sst,' Lois giggled. Both of them had way to much drinks.
'Sst your momma,' Morgan said and giggled again.
'I'm just happy I'm not getting married tomorrow,' Lois said.
'Me too,' Morgan said and put her shoes by the coats, 'I'm getting married the day after tomorrow!'
'Really? Congrat-congratiolations,' Lois said with a hiccup.
'Thank you,' Morgan said and slowly walked up the stairs.

'Never,' Morgan said as she took another sip of her coffee.
'Never ever!' Lois agreed to that.
'I told you,' Martha said, 'don't drink too much.'
'We know,' they both said and sighed. Both Morgan and Lois woke up that morning with the biggest hang over they had ever had! Their heads were aching so much, it was like some nuclear war was going on in there. Still, they did not regret it. It had been so much fun, they would never forget it!

'O my God,' Bruce said slowly as he looked over his living room. What happened here? Did they have world war three here last night? A small bachelor party Dick had assured him! Bruce had not been home last night and had entered his house last night through the back door. Sure, he had heard some noises. But this, this was just way out of line! Through the room, several guests were just sleeping on the ground. Some were even naked! Broken chairs and shattered glass was the new carpet, Bruce noticed. Food and drinks were scattered all over the floor.
'Good morning America!' Bruce yelled extremely loud. Immediately the group awoke. They reached for their heads and looked around. Bruce smiled, that would do the trick.
'What the fuck did you do to us!' Conner groaned.
'What? It was fun, wasn't it?' the small voice of Wally replied. The men could not help it and laughed. Yes, it had been a lot of fun!