"You look beautiful." Kaina flushed and clenched her hands in her dress as she shook her head, her veil falling over her shoulders.
"You should see Taylor, she looks amazing." She replied as she leant against the door to the kitchen. It had been 4 months since they had all gotten back and they were finally getting married. Of course they had invited all of the avengers, some even had special rolls in the wedding. They had chosen Nat and Wanda to be bridesmaids, and Steve was walking her down the isle, Kaina heard that him and Taylor had gotten close during the 10 years she hadn't been there. Of course they had left Kaina as maid of honour.
"I bet she does. She must take after her mother." Kaina laughed and shook her head.
"I adopted her when she was 8, she doesn't get anything from me." Loki lifted her head up and smiled at her.
"Everything she is, is because of you." She flushed as he leant down and kissed her. "I should be going. I will see you there." Kaina nodded and waited for him to leave before letting out the breath she had been holding. He had been wearing all his asgardian finery, but the way he wore it now showed that he was more comfortable with himself as he was. His new self confidence was making it hard for her to not grab him and kiss him.
"Mom, your help is needed." Kaina turned and smiled, starting up the stairs to Taylor and Pete's room. Taylor was sat on the bed, cream dress pooled around her as Nat did her hair. Taylor smiled through Wanda's make up brush and gestured to her daughter. "Can you do Lissy's hair?" Kaina nodded and picked the small child up around the waist and took her out of the room.
"Stay there Lissy, I'm grabbing a brush and hairband." Lissy sat down on the top stair and pulled at the hem of her navy dress as she waited for her grandmother. Kaina dropped the hairbrush down next to her and knelt down, starting to undo the cornrows. She had done it several times before with Taylor when she had been younger and knew how to do the style she had been asked to do. It didn't take long and she smiled at her work when she put the small crown in Lissy's hair.
Lissy reached a hand up to her hair and gently touched it, feeling the way her hair was pulled back out of her face but left loose at the back.
"Do you want to see it?" Lissy nodded and stood up as Kaina struggled up and grabbed her cane. "Come on then." She opened the door to the bathroom and pulled out the step stall for Lissy who quickly jumped on it and looked in the mirror. She squealed.
"I look like a princess." Her grey eyes sparkled as she turned around and jumped on her grandmother. Kaina laughed and spun the young girl round before putting her down and following her out of the door. "Granny, if I'm a princess does that make mom a queen?" she asked as she pushed the door to her parents room open.
"I suppose it does, but your father will call her a goddess." Taylor turned to look at her daughter as she opened the door.
"Oh you look beautiful darling, thank you mom." she said as she pulled her daughter into her lap. Nat put one final clip in place and then smiled.
"All done Tay." Nat pushed a piece of her hair behind her ear and grinned as Wanda finished at the same time. "We've only got a couple of minutes before we have to leave. Come on girls." Wanda got up off the bed and helped Taylor up. Wanda and Nat wore similar dresses, the only difference being that Wanda's was completely navy whereas Nat's had a white top half.
"Shall we?" Taylor asked as she stood up, her cream dress flowing to the floor in waves, and put her daughter down.
"Well we better or else there isn't going to be a wedding." Lissy ran out of the room and grabbed her shoes as Nat laughed and led them out of the room. She opened the door and laughed at the cars that were to take them to the service. A vintage Buick for the bridesmaids and a Sunbeam Dawn for Kaina and Taylor.
"Lets go. Lissy go with Aunty Nat and Wanda. We have to go in different cars now." Taylor gave her daughter a kiss then got into the back of the car with Kaina.
She was shaking all the way to the church, though she couldn't stop the grin from spreading across her face. As the car pulled up Kaina grabbed her hands and forced her to look at her.
"You'll do fine, Tay. If living with you two for a couple of months is enough to see how much you love each other, if you decided to wait 10 years for me to come back, then you'll be okay." She let go as the door was opened and grabbed her cane before getting out.
"Thanks mom." Taylor said as she leant her head against her mom's shoulder.
"Come on sweetie." Nat said as she walked towards them. Wanda was close behind her, holding Lissy's hand.
The wedding itself was fairly short, though it involved a lot of tears and laughing as Clint claimed a bet from Tony. The church was almost full, with all of Pete's family on one side and almost the whole of SHEILD on the other. Kaina, Nat, Wanda, and Alicia were sat in the front row, with Pete's friends on the row next to them. The row behind them should have been full of Taylor's family, like Pete's was with is mother and father as well as his siblings, but instead the Avengers were sat there. Steve had claimed an isle seat, saying that his legs were to long to sit in the middle, with Loki and Thor sat next to him and Bucky. Bruce sat between Thor and Tony, with Clint and Pietro on the row behind them. Nick, Maria, and the other Avengers she had properly met over the months were sat behind them.
Loki and Clint were constantly leaning over the seats and talking to their friends, even though they got batted away several times and shushed even more. They weren't offended by it, they were grinning all the way through. The kiss earned a round of applause and then there was the reception. Kaina could feel her legs starting to loose feeling and she was glad for the wheel chair she had acquired which she had left at the door. She could do without it for the moment but she would need it at the other end when they got to the party at the Avengers new place.
"Are you alright?" Steve asked as he walked past her. She nodded and leant against her cane as Bucky ruffled her hair as he walked past. She rolled her eyes and grabbed her wheelchair, before she went to the car that was now empty as it was no longer the brides car.
"Let me give you a hand with that." Loki appeared beside her and took the wheelchair and put it in the back as she got in. She budged over into the seat on the right and gestured for Loki to get in.
"Come on Mischief, they'll leave without us." Loki smirked as he got in the car.
"They can hardly leave without the brides mother." He sat down and the driver started after the wedding car in front of them. She leant her head against his shoulder and listened to him breathing for a while before he spoke. "How are you feeling?" She looked at his profile and held his eyes before speaking.
"My legs are going, I can feel it. But that's why I brought the wheelchair so don't worry." He sighed and let her lean on him for the remainder of the drive. It wasn't a long drive and Tony had somehow beat them there, greeting them with a champagne flute. Loki accepted both of them and went to ask him a question as to how he got there before them but Tony beat him to the bullet.
"My car was parked in front of everyone else's, and it's the fastest car." Kaina smiled as she wheeled herself into the lift. Loki grinned and handed her the champagne flute as the lift started up. It was only a few floors before JARVIS stopped and the doors opened, revealing a ridiculous amount of navy, silver and white balloons. Taylor was spinning around in the balloons with Alicia, who was squealing with a smile plastered on her face. Lissy turned around quickly and ran towards her grandmother, jumping onto her lap and giggling ecstatically as Taylor walked over and grabbed the champagne flute from her hand before it was spilled. She smiled brilliantly as the lift closed behind them, going down to pick up more.
"How are you mom?" Taylor asked as she and Loki went further into the room. Kaina rolled her eyes and squeezed Lissy before replying.
"I'm fine, Taylor. I can still sing the song if that's what you want." Taylor shook her head as Lissy jumped off and ran to Steve and Nat and the rest of the people that came out of the lift. Kaina turned and watched as they all ruffled her hair. It was one more lift full before all the avengers were there. Another 2 before all of Pete's family. Taylor nodded and squeezed her leg before turning away and gesturing for the others to enter. That was when the music started and Tony's fist hit the air.
"Let start this party. The bride has been here for 12 minutes with no music, I say, lets change that." This enlisted a bout of laughter from the crowd as Tony started to play the music. It was the song that they had wanted her to sing for them, she was glad it had a long intro because she struggled to get up there in time to start singing.
How long will I love you?
As long as stars are above you
And longer, if I can.
How long will I need you?
As long as the seasons need to
Follow their plan.
How long will I be with you?
As long as the sea is bound to
Wash upon the sand.
How long will I want you?
As long as you want me to
And longer by far.
How long will I hold you?
As long as your father told you,
As long as you can.
How long will I give to you?
As long as I live through you
However long you say.
How long will I love you?
As long as stars are above you
And longer, if I may.
We're all traveling through time together
Every day of our lives.
All we can do is do our best
To relish this remarkable ride.
They danced their first dance and it was the first time for some of them to hear her sing. The floor was clear apart from the new bride and groom, though a few looked as though they wanted to join in. Alicia and Wanda were dancing slowly by the tables and Pietro was nearby dancing with them as well.
When she finished the song she took in a deep breath and a round of applause sounded through the room. Blushing she flinched as feeling surged through her legs, rolling herself off of the stage. Steve walked over to her with Clint close behind, neither had heard her sing before.
"I didn't know you could sing." Clint said as they both sat down. Steve smiled and handed her back her champagne that Taylor had taken off of her before she sung.
"Yeah, well you don't have your hearing aids in half of the time so you wouldn't know if I could or couldn't." Clint stuck his tongue out at her and Steve laughed.
"You sounded great."
"Yeah? Well tell that to my nerves." she replied and raised her hand so that Steve could see the tremors going through it. Steve laughed again and offered her a hand as she started to push herself out of her wheelchair.
"That was a short one."
"Yeah, there'll probably be another one later though, depending on how much I drink." Steve nodded knowingly, her loosing her legs had become a common thing, hence her having a wheelchair. He held her up as she looked around, taking in Loki and Thor talking to each other without a fight, seeing Taylor and Pete dancing with Alicia and their son, Toby. She could just see Tony dancing with Pepper in the corner as the song that had been playing after her song wound down. Pietro took the DJ spot and started to play more modern songs as Steve walked her out into the middle of the floor.
"I assume I can have this dance." Kaina smiled at him and nodded, she knew he hadn't danced in a long time.
"You assume correct." she replied as they started to dance. He had caught up on modern culture and was actually better off than her on pop knowledge, a fact that she wanted to change. She glanced over Steve's shoulder in search of Nick, she hadn't seen him come up, and saw a stranger stood in the corner.
They had short brown blonde hair and freckles dotted across their shoulders. They ran into the room at the same speed as Pietro,Kaina turned to look at him on the DJ set but he wasn't there. The girl fell face first and everyone went still. Kaina moved first and offered them a hand up, which she ignored. Tony walked over quickly and glanced down at the girl.
"I couldn't find anything on her." the girl looked up, brown eyes taking him in before a look of recognition crossed behind them.
"That's because she was a he." she gasped, frantic energy streaming from them. Taylor walked over with everyone else and crowded around them, Nick walking from the door the girl had come from, Pietro at his side.
"Don't touch her, she will copy your ability." Every one of the avengers took a step back, Kaina included, and a circle was formed.
"Who the hell is she and what is she doing in my building, Nick? I'm really getting fed up of you not informing me on these types of things." Tony said, annoyed that he couldn't find anything on them due to the simple error of being the wrong gender.
"She's in the room." the girl said from the middle of the circle where her hands and feet couldn't stop moving. "God, can someone that's not a super freak touch me so I can copy them?" All of the avengers looked at each other before Pete stepped forward.
"I'm not an avenger, I'm just a teacher, you should be alright." they grabbed Pete's hand and let out a sigh of relief as their hands and feet stopped moving.
"Thank you. Now, can someone tell me who the hell you think you are, kidnapping me in broad daylight?"