Summary: (BM/WW Wedding-fic) When Batman finally gathers the courage to ask Wonder Woman to marry him, the Dark Knight gets more than he bargained for when the entire League decided to pitch in and help plan their impending nuptials – contains fluff, random humour, a temperamental Amazon princess, drunken bachelor-party escapades, and various attempts on Superman's life!

A/N: Happy New Year Eve! *Pops the Champagne bottle* To kick off 2013 and begin what I hope to be a promising year of writing, this chapter will be longer than usual and will feature an array of different Leaguers – most noteworthy being the Flash and Hawkgirl.

I mentioned in the last chapter that I wanted to include a not-quite-hero from Gotham, but, after some consideration, I've decided to do that in a later chapter, and, while I'm thinking about adding Nightwing, Dick Grayson, and Robin, Tim Drake, as well.

Also, thank you all who have been add this story to their Favourites and Subscriptions – the feedback has been incredible!

[CHAPTER EDITED] [2013/02/20]

Disclaimer: I could go on a long, pointless ranting spree about how I don't own the Justice League, but then it would really just be what it is – pointless. Simply put – me, no own!

Bridezillas & Kryptonite

02.
~Chapter Two~
Pay-Outs & More Hugs

Diana couldn't bring herself not to stare at the ring on her finger. Rolling over on her back, she brought her hand closer to her face so she could look at it up close and then held it up so she could see how it looked from afar.

She was engaged – she, the Princess of the Amazons, was getting married.

No matter how many times she thought about it, the reality had yet to set in entirely – it felt more like she was stuck in a dream than anything else.

Either way, the ring was stunning.

She never really gave much thought to jewellery before. She knew most woman used it to enhance their outer appearance, and from what she had heard, the giving of such extravagant trinkets was a means in which men showed their affection. In most cases, rings like the one she was unable to look away from for the last hour were considered to be the ultimate sign of commitment.

Diana had seen engagement rings before of course, but really wearing one was a completely different story. It was truly amazing how one little ring could make her feel so loved – a 'symbol' of hope for the future given to her by a man that practically treated her like a goddess.

A man, who happened to be sitting at the foot of their bed just a little out of her reach…

In Diana's eyes, no matter what he had on, Bruce always cut an impressive figure – as if that very moment, he was in his full CEO-of-a-billion-dollar-company regalia, absentmindedly tinkering his watch before he noticed her watching him, turned around and smirked at her.

"Now, are you absolutely positive that you have to go now?" she asked innocently, smiling back as she sat up. She, on the other hand, had her hair loose and was wearing nothing more than his shirt from the previous night that was at least twice her size and reached her above the knees.

"As far as I'm concerned, I am sorely tempted to cancel all my appointments for the rest of the day… but, duty calls." He said, leaning back so that he could kiss her. "I'm free this afternoon – we can have lunch?" He suggested hopefully.

"I have monitor duty then," she said wistfully, reaching up to stroke the side of his face. "And we still have to go that annual meeting with the Founders afterwards." She reminded him.

Bruce's eyes lit up mischievously. "We could always skip that all together and head out to dinner before patrol tonight, or we can spend it indoors if you prefer… the choice is yours." He said noncommittally.

Diana smiled but shook her head, dropping her hand to her side. "I'm afraid we can't. Besides, how would it look if the two of us just skipped out? What would the others think?"

"Frankly, Princess, I couldn't care less what anybody thinks right now." He said, his blue eyes smouldering into hers.

Butterflies fluttered violently in her stomach and Diana had to stop herself from swooning like some love-struck teenager at the sight of him looking at her like that – this was the effect he had on her, but she needed to be strong.

"I already promised Kal I would be there…" She argued weakly, though her resistance was slowly crumbling.

Bruce could tell he was winning but didn't press her any further. "Alright then, I'll be too."

"Don't be late."

"I wouldn't dream of it." He said, kissing her again before tucking a loose strand of hair behind her ear. He then stood up and walked to the door, but before he did, he hung back. "I love you."

Even after hearing Bruce saying that to her so many times before, they never ceased to amaze her every time he did. "I love you too." She said back and watched him leave.

It was only when the door was firmly shut behind Bruce that Diana promptly fell back into her pillow and let out a long, dreamy sigh. If any of her sisters saw her now… she mused about this thought for a few minutes and absentmindedly turned her head and saw the time on the digital alarm clock on the nightstand.

She had to get ready herself soon. Just before she did, Diana stole one more glance at her ring before she sat up and got out of bed.

When Bruce climbed into his car to drive to work five minutes later, he felt the phone in his jacket pocket vibrating. He made a mistake however by not checking the caller-ID first before he answered it.

"Bruce Wayne," he answered, putting the key into the ignition and turned it.

"Hey, Bruce, it's Clark," an annoyingly chipper voice said on the other side. "I tried calling you to find out how it went with Diana last night – I kept getting voicemail."

Bruce rolled his eyes and suppressed a sigh. He knew giving Clark his personal number would come back to haunt him one day – it was far too early to be dealing with an eager Kryptonian right now.

"If you want to talk, Clark, I can't. I'm busy." Bruce said briskly, driving out of his garage.

"Liar, you're in your car – I can hear the engine in the background." Clark stated, catching him out.

"It's dangerous to talk on a phone while you're driving, Boy-Scout." Bruce deadpanned.

He heard Clark scoff on the other side of the line. "It's not like you haven't done more dangerous things while going two hundred miles an hour in the Batmobile. I'm pretty sure you can handle a two minute phone call, Bruce. Anyway, that's not why I called. You have to tell me how it went. Did you really propose? What did Diana say? How did she take it?" he asked in a string of rapid-fire questions.

Yes, it was far too early for this.

"Clark, I have a long day in front of me, I really don't-."

"I'm serious – how did it go?" Clark said, sounding serious all of a sudden.

Bruce finally sighed.

"Bruce…?"

"She said yes." He said quietly, softer than he intended at the thought of the previous night – he knew Clark could hear the sudden change in his tone.

The truth was, if anybody outside of the Batclan deserved to know first, it might as well have been Clark – Alfred knew obviously, and Bruce had spoken very briefly with Dick and Tim on the phone while they were busy covering patrolling Gotham for him, so they did too.

There was then the sound of something crashing nearby on the other side and Clark swearing.

"What was that?" Bruce asked, amused despite himself.

"I'm in the archives in the Planet's basement – I stepped back and accidentally just knocked over the entire 80's section."

Bruce smirked. "Lois is going to kill you."

There was another sudden whooshing sound after that before Clark spoke again. "Not if there isn't any proof it ever happened." He said. "But, Bruce, that's great news! I'm so happy for you two! You had me worried there for a second. I can be over there in five minutes – we have to celebrate this somehow."

"Don't waste your time with that now. I'll be trapped in a board meeting all morning."

Apparently it was a bad idea telling Clark that as the Kryptonian seemed determined to talk with Bruce face-to-face. "But you'll be free for lunch, right? I'll try and get off of work early and then we can meet at that diner across the street from the Wayne Enterprise-building."

"Clark," Bruce began.

"And before you try talking yourself out of this, Bruce, so help me, I will use my super-strength to drag you out if I have to." He threatened before adding, "I'm buying whether you like it or not."

Bruce sighed again. "Does one o'clock work for you?" he asked, indirectly admitting defeat. He seriously needed to find nice, normal, none-Meta friends that couldn't move worlds out of their orbit with their bare hands - he knew very well that even Clark was not above making threats and when he did, he usually carried them out.

Clark's voice brightened instantly. "That's perfect – I'll see you then!"

Shaking his head, Bruce pressed the end-button on his phone and slid it back into his pocket as he drove towards the city. He mentally reminded himself to bring the spare Kryptonite he had stashed in his desk drawer in his office with him as well.

Since she'd stepped onto the Watchtower that morning, Diana didn't immediately start telling people about the turn of events. It didn't matter if they did know right away, she needed to get use to the idea herself – at least monitor duty gave her the perfect opportunity to think how she was going to break the news to everybody.

So far, the screens in front of her had alerted her of a bank heist and three fires – but, those were the highlights of the day, and were taken care of by the League or handled by local authorities almost instantaneously. They also happened wide apart, so she allowed let her mind roam towards more pleasant things in the meantime… like the previous night, for example.

Sitting slightly hunched in the chair in the Monitor Womb, she gazed at her hand for the hundredth time that day. Lost in thought, Diana almost jumped out of her skin when the doors behind her slid open and Hawkgirl walked in carrying baby Rex on her hip.

For some reason, the Thanagarian looked dangerously irritable, the moody pout and bloodshot eyes were proof of this – even her feathers were ruffled, literally.

"Never get married," Shayera stated, making Diana's eyes widen involuntarily, "and don't ever have children."

"Why?" Diana asked, startled, subconsciously hiding her hand behind her back.

"Don't get me wrong, Rex is the light of my life, and I love John with my whole heart and I wouldn't trade them for anything. But apparently, when children are born, husbands go deaf at night." She said grumpily. "Do you mind if we join you? I could really use some company who doesn't drool on me."

As if he heard his mother's complaint, Rex giggled wildly and Shayera sighed, eventually tickling him gently.

"Go right ahead." Diana said understandingly.

"Thanks," Shayera said gratefully and took the extra seat next to Diana, gently cradling Rex so that he was on her lap before looking up at the screen. "Is anything interesting happening?"

Diana relaxed and looked up as well. "Not that I'm aware of."

"And what about yesterday…?" Shayera asked, grinning at Diana who then blushed. "Did anything 'interesting' happen say on your date with our resident Bat?"

"What makes you think I was with Bruce?" Diana asked, faking ignorance but wondering if she should just tell her friend about her night or not.

"The doe-eyed look on your face was a big tip-off, that and you forget who I hang out with." Shayera said, grinning even broader now. "Wally said he saw you leave the Watchtower all dolled-up last night."

"That doesn't prove anything," Diana said weakly, still smiling herself.

"Wally had the midnight shift – he clocked out at precisely twelve and the record logs don't show you appearing on the Watchtower until nine this morning. You were out the whole night, weren't you?" she half-accused, her green eyes bright.

Diana's blush only became more pronounced which only encouraged Hawkgirl's suspicions.

"Tell me everything." Shayera demanded. "You don't know how much I need this, Diana – if I don't get something new to gossip about soon, I'll go crazy."

"Well…" Diana said, slowly bringing her hand out from behind her back again. "If you insist…"

Shayera's eyes almost instantly found the diamond and with the fluid combined movement of hugging Rex closer to her chest with one hand and snatching Diana's with the other, she gawked at the ring before her head snapped up with a look of total astonishment on her face.

"NO way!" she exclaimed loudly though not too loud to upset the baby. "I can't believe this! I mean, sure I saw it coming – hell, we even made bets on it – but you, and Batman…" She said before she suddenly looked apologetic. "Oh, Di, and here I am complaining about being married. I'm sorry – it's really great, honestly, you won't love every second of it but you'll be happier off, trust me."

"I didn't believe it when he asked me at first either, I- wait," Diana said and narrowed her eyes at the redhead. "What do you mean you 'made bets'?"

Luckily, before Hawkgirl opened her mouth to answer, there was a slight breeze as a scarlet blur rushed into the room.

"What the heck is going on?" the Flash asked, stopping right in the middle of the room. "Shay, I could hear you from down the hall."

Shayera respond by turning the chair so that she could face the newcomer with an enormous smile plastered over her face. "You and Green Arrow each owe me twenty bucks!" she said superiorly.

The speedster blinked stupidly, slow to comprehend what the Thanagarian was talking about. "Huh?"

Shayera turned back to Diana. "Princess, if you please."

Diana was still going to find out about this so-called 'bet', but did as what was asked of her and stood up from her seat, showing Wally her hand.

When he saw the ring, the Flash immediately sped towards in her and in less than a blink of an eye grabbed her hand like Shayera did, yanking his cowl off in the process so that he could have a better look – the emerald green eyes normally hidden behind white lenses huge as his jaw slackened.

"Wondy," he said, staring up at her, "Is this-? Are you-?" he asked, unable to finish the questions before shaking his head. "He finally asked?"

Diana smiled and nodded.

Wally blinked before a grin of his own stretched across his face. "Well I'll be… can I at least hug you? Since you're gonna be Mrs Bats one of these days, I figure I might as well ask before I upset the Big Bat." He explained.

Diana laughed, touched and amused that he would ask first. "Of course you can, Wally – the 'Big Bat' can't tell me what to do otherwise even if he wanted to." She said and accepted Flash's friendly embrace.

"This is huge," Flash said when he stepped back. "I'm talking, gi-freaking-gantic here."

Shayera nodded. "No kidding – Di, you've got to tell me everything, I want details, from what you were wearing down to what happened, you know… afterwards."

Flash held up his hands, "Whoa there for a minute, Shay. TMI! TMI!" he said, scooping Rex into his arms and returning to the very same spot almost instantaneously, his cowl back over his head. "At least let me take Rex with me before you get down to the nitty-gritty stuff."

Shayera, not appreciating her baby's sudden dis-and-reappearing act, stood up and glared at the Flash.

"What do you think you're doing?" she demanded.

"I'm just thinking about the baby! It's all well and good you two ladies want to chat and everything, but no dude, no matter how young or old, wants to be in the same room when chicks start having 'girl-talk'." Flash said defensively and looked down at Rex. "Isn't that right little buddy?"

Rex giggled again, clapping his hands.

Flash took this as a definite 'yes' and looked back at the glaring Hawkgirl. "See!"

Shayera ground her teeth together but straightened up. "Fine, he can go with you," she said and angled her hands towards her mace as she issued a warning, "but, Flash, if anything happens – even if he just gets a scratch on him when you give Rex back to me – I will hurt you."

Flash looked like he was fighting the urge to gulp but instead just nodded. Wise, Diana thought reasonably, she wouldn't take Shayera's threat at resorting to violence lightly either.

"I promise. Hey, I'll even walk 'slow' when I go around telling everybody that Bats and Wondy are getting hitched." He said earnestly.

It was Diana's turn to glare at the red-clad speedster. "What?"

His answer, however, seemed to reassure Shayera. "Okay. Just tell Ollie when you see him that I'm expecting my money at dusk. That goes to you too, for that matter."

Flash scoffed. "Pfft… huh, but now that I think about it, I should start with him first. I'm kinda short on cash…" He said and walked out of the Monitor Womb at a shockingly normal pace with Rex still happily in his arms.

When Diana turned back to Shayera, the Thanagarian shrugged at the look the Amazon was giving her. "What? It's not like it wasn't going to come out eventually."

Diana reluctantly agreed with that. "Very well, but now that we've crossed that bridge, are you going to tell me about this 'wager' you, Wally and Green Arrow have made on me and Batman?"

Meanwhile, outside of the Monitor Womb, Flash approached Green Arrow as he was flirting with Black Canary.

"Yo, Ollie, we've got to talk, man." Flash said as he approached the other two heroes.

When Ollie saw the baby in Flash's arms, he raised an eyebrow underneath his hood while Dinah looked around her boyfriend. "Er… Flash, why do you have Shayera's son with you?" she asked uncertainly.

"I'm just looking out for the kid's mental-wellbeing while Shay and Diana talk about Bats' proposal to her last night." He said casually.

Ollie physically recoiled out of shock as Dinah gasped.

"Bruce finally PROPOSED!?" Black Canary said loudly and rushed over to Ice and Stargirl who happened to talking just up down the hall and told them the news – the two other women then squealed like schoolgirls before all three of them made a direct beeline for the Monitor Womb.

Green Arrow groaned. "Dammit… I knew I shouldn't have made a bet against the Bat."

"I know, right?" Flash said sympathetically. "By the way, can I borrow twenty dollars?"

Two burgers each, a side-order of extra-large fries, two pieces of Devil's food cake and three slices of apple pie they had split between them later, and Bruce was ready to burst and more than willing to swear off junk food forever – it was the last time he ever agreed to have lunch with Clark.

"Aw, lighten up, Batman!" Clark, now Superman, called as he waited for Bruce to change.

Pulling on the cowl, Batman walked out from behind the changing screen and glared at the Kryptonian who was now sitting all too casually in the chair in front of the Batcomputer. It was also the last time he voluntarily allowed Superman to come back with him to the Cave.

"Kevlar is not meant to stretch." He state grumpily. It took twice the normal time it would have normally for him to put on his armour, and he was pretty sure it wasn't meant to feel so snug around his midsection.

"That only means you enjoyed yourself." Superman said matter-of-factly. "Need I remind you that you're the one that ordered that extra piece of pie, Bruce?"

"After you ordered the first two and that damn cake…" Batman grumbled.

At that moment, he envied the Flash. The down side from eating so much was that the normal human metabolism could only burn off so much food at a time – right now, he was unnaturally drawn to the idea of a quick snooze.

Superman chuckled before standing up and reached up for the communicator in his ear. "Superman to Watchtower – requesting two for transport back to base." He said and paused. "Yes, he's with me," another pause and another chuckle, "I'll be in mind to tell him that, thanks, J'onn – Superman, out."

Batman sighed. "Let me guess…"

Superman nodded. "Yep, the entire League knows – and as of right now, you're known as the biggest romantic throughout the Watchtower." He said happily. "Flash and Green Lantern are with J'onn right now waiting to congratulate you on sight."

"That's it." Batman said, stubbornly shaking his head. "Contact J'onn and tell him to cancel-"

Just then the Cave lit up as a bright light enveloped them. The next thing Batman knew, he was standing in the middle of the Transporter Room.

"Oh, there they are!"

"Too late," Superman laughed much to Batman's chagrin.

Almost immediately after Superman spoke, there was a blur of red and seconds later the Flash stood in front of them wearing an impossibly large smile. "Hey, Supes!" he first greeted before looking directly at Batman, "And Bats – just the man we were waiting for!"

Green Lantern chuckled and shook his head. "You'll have to put up with Wally, Batman." he said as he and J'onn exchanged amused looks with each other. "He's just taking the news exceptionally well – he hasn't stopped talking about it since lunch."

"Dude, don't talk like I'm not here!" Flash pouted.

J'onn ignored Wally's statement as he went on. "Indeed… I believe he also intends to hug you."

Flash looked unabashed. "What? I got to hug Di - it's not weird to give a guy a hug if you're happy for him! And it's not like you get engaged every day!" he said and outstretched his arms. "So, what do you say, Bats?"

Batman's response was detached and to-the-point. "No."

Flash's face fell until his expression resembled that of a wounded puppy.

Superman walked over and patted the younger hero on the shoulder sympathetically. "Don't worry, Wally – I got him." He reassured.

Flash perked up in less than a nanosecond as Batman threw the Man of Steel a dirty look.

"Really?" the speedster asked. "Supes, you're my hero!"

J'onn then looked at Batman questioningly.

Did he…?

Batman made eye contact and briefly showed him a brief glimpse of what happened earlier that day in front of the diner making J'onn arch a non-existent brow. …Twice?

Batman blinked once and nodded only in the slightest so that none of the others would notice.

If you repeat that out loud to anyone… he mentally trailed-off darkly and scowled much to the Martian's inner amusement.

As if he had heard the silent exchanged, Superman smirked.

Green Lantern then walked up to the Dark Knight and extended his hand. "Congratulations, Batman – I'm sure you and Diana will be very happy together." He said cordially. Much to the Flash's dismay, Batman returned the gesture and gave a small almost-smile of thanks.

"Alright fellas, I think it's about time that we should get going." Superman said once the moment passed. "We still have a meeting in five minutes – where are Shayera and Diana?"

"They are already waiting for us in the conference room." J'onn answered. "I suggest we do not keep them waiting any longer."

When the five of them left the room, they walked down the halls with Superman and Batman walking in the front, J'onn and Green Lantern behind them and Flash bringing up the rear. However, all the way to the conference room, the five founders noticed an amicable shift in the atmosphere – whereas they were normally regarded with respect, all the attention was suddenly on Batman for once.

"I sense a disturbance in the Force… er, League." Flash commented.

J'onn actually agreed to that with a nod.

And it was true. Leaguers that were usually intimidated now found themselves approaching the Dark Knight and congratulated him, the bravest of them even stopping to shake his hand or offer words of encouragement… which, he gradually accepted, though awkwardly.

Eventually when they got to the conference room, ten minutes later than they intended to, Diana and Shayera were indeed waiting for them. Both women were talking intently about something until the sliding door opened and the male Founders all walked in.

Dian's eyes immediately lit up when she saw Bruce and smiled – when she walked over to him, Batman's stony visage softened slightly as well. There were traces of a small uncharacteristically gentle smile on his own as the corners of his lips tugged up as he took her hand.

But after a few tender moments, Batman stiffened when he looked around noticed the gleeful smirks between the Flash and Hawkgirl, the knowing, half-amused look in both J'onn and Green Lantern's eyes and the broad smile on Superman's face.

Sensing his discomfort, Diana gave his hand a quick reassuring squeeze before letting go and cleared her throat. "Now that we're all present, why don't we begin today's meeting?" she suggested and looked over at Superman. "Don't you think so too, Kal?"

With the attention diverted away from him, Batman shot her a brief appreciative glance.

"Oh," Superman said before nodding. "Yes, that's right."

"Then let's be seated so we can get started." Green Lantern said.

When all the Founders took their seats, Diana slipped her hand under the table and took Batman's again right before Superman could begin, angling herself so that one of her legs were brushing against his without it being too obvious.

Looking at her out of the corner of his eye, he allowed another fleeting smile and tightened his grasp.

"It's been a long, long time, since I felt that love has found my way, oh.
I've been lookin – I've been searching – for the man to touch this place, oh yeah…"

"Can't deny the way that he's making me feel this way about his love –
I've been searching for something like this, I'm singing oh…"
- Whitney Huston, 'Million Dollar Bill' Lyrics

"My mother says I didn't open my eyes for eight days after I was born, but when I did, the first thing I saw was an engagement ring. I was hooked."
- Elizabeth Taylor

A/N: I'm just gonna say this now – having an ear-infection SUCKS. Anyway, again, I apologize if some of the League's reactions seemed a little over the top but again, I don't regret writing this – it was fun.

I've been doing some research over the internet, and just in case I didn't make it clear or there's any confusion, everyone in the League knows that Batman is Bruce Wayne.

Okay! Honestly, there's still a lot I want to mention in this story but I have no idea in which order I should write them – I'm totally looking forward to writing the Bachelor party and its results. Then of course there are one or two bombs I still want to drop… but before that, I'm stumped – I don't really have a big family and the last time I was at a wedding was when I was 12 (I'm 18 now, you do the math), so most of the stuff I do know, I get from watching movies or internet surfing. Any help? Please? I'm pouting as we speak here!

In Response with the previous chapter's reviews:
mbembet: I'm glad you though so, thank you so much for the praise! Bruce is kind of a difficult character to write of and he's one of my favourites – I just hope I do him justice in chapters to come!
LSZero: You got a point, that would be a very Batman-like-thing for him to do if she said otherwise. Poor, unsuspecting bad guys…
The Goddamn Dark Knight: Thanks! :D
HarimaHige: I'll try not and disappoint – thanks for reviewing!
TROUBLEMAN (Guest): Thanks for guessing, you're right, it is one of these two – you'll find out who that is in the next chapter… maybe… I'll work on it, promise!
PhoenixRose76: I just sort of went on my instinct on that one – I'm not overly familiar with Diana's character though I'm glad you liked her reaction!
ChloeRoseisNice: And I shall! Thank you for reviewing :)
False Name: Point made about the Amazons' reactions, I just wanted to establish a general feeling of extreme distrust for Batman and when I wrote this, I had a weird kind of 'Why-Didn't-You-Call-First' scenario playing in mind so I might have gone a little overboard.
: *Very BIG smiley-face* Thank you! (Gosh, I must sound annoying saying that a lot – but I mean every bit of it.)

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