Chapter 124

The dinner is honestly one of the best ones any of them have been to. Alex gets to scoot her chair as close to Maggie's as she can and cuddle with her, and none of their friends tease them because they just got married.

Maggie is chewing on a delicious piece of steak when she hears someone tapping on their glass. She furrows her brows. She thought that all the speeches were done with. She swallows her piece of steak and looks around in confusion when more people begin tapping their glasses with their utensils.

She feels someone's finger tap her hand and looks over to see Alex. Her wife leans in and Maggie reacts instinctively, closing her eyes and meeting her halfway. She melts into the softness of the kiss, their lips moving together perfectly.

Alex is the one that pulls back, as Maggie completely forgets anyone is around them. Maggie rests their foreheads together and lets out a soft breath.

"Oh. So that's what that means," she murmurs.

Alex chuckles and then pulls back, reaching up to squeeze Maggie's hand. They go back to eating their dinner, which ends up being interrupted quite a few times by people tapping on their glasses. To be honest, Maggie doesn't mind in the least, she gets to kiss her wife!

Once everyone has finished with their food, the caterers begin taking the plates and dishes away. They leave glasses and some utensils behind for dessert, which will come later. First comes the fun part, another aspect of their wedding that Maggie's been... Well, she hasn't exactly been dreading it, but she isn't looking forward to it and she's nervous about it.

Eliza stands and Maggie takes a deep breath, smiling at her wife gratefully when Alex notices her nerves and reaches over to take her hand.

"Now it's time for the family dances," Eliza says. "If the four of you would go to the dance floor, please."

Maggie and Alex stand, holding hands and separating only when Jeremiah and J'onn reach them. Eliza is sitting again and watching them with a warm gaze. Maggie lets out a deep breath and goes over to Jeremiah as the music starts. It's a cheesy song, which she did expect. After all, she and Alex let J'onn and Jeremiah choose their song. To make sure it wasn't going to be an obnoxious song or something they wouldn't like, J'onn and Jeremiah had to have the song approved by Eliza.

Maggie doesn't pay too much attention to the lyrics. It's a slower song, one that's being crooned by the male singer that Eliza chose. It's some song about how fathers should be good to their daughters because they grow up fast or something. She can't tell, Maggie's mainly focused on not stepping on her father-in-law's feet.

Jeremiah is a good man and Maggie knows this, but even after all this time she wants to make a good impression, to show him the best parts of her. Jeremiah's respectful, just like she thought he would be, slowly leading the dance but keeping a careful eye on her to make sure he's not making her uncomfortable or placing his hand somewhere she doesn't like. Maggie appreciates it and forces her body to relax.

Just when her body starts to comply, Jeremiah speaks. "I can't thank you enough, Maggie." She looks up and meets his eyes. "My little girl is happier than I've ever seen when she's with you. You're great for each other. Thank you for making her smile like that."

Jeremiah nods towards his daughter and Maggie looks. There's a warm smile lighting up her face as she slow dances with J'onn. As if she can feel Maggie's gaze on her, Alex turns and smiles brilliantly at her. Maggie's heart melts in her chest, seeing the happiness on her face. She could light up National City with that smile.

"She makes me happy like that too," Maggie admits. She turns back to Jeremiah, not wanting to get lost in looking at her wife when she's dancing with her father-in-law's.

"Good. And I can see that," Jeremiah says. "I can see how happy she makes you. You know, I never expected to have more than one daughter. Now I have three, four soon." He glances briefly over to Lena and Kara and chuckles to himself. "I couldn't be happier about my growing family."

Maggie swallows, trying to dislodge the lump in her throat but it doesn't want to go away. The song fades out and Jeremiah gently releases her. Maggie hugs her father-in... No, not her father-in-law. He didn't call her his daughter-in-law. He's her... He's her father now. Twenty minutes into their first meeting ever and Maggie knew then that he was more of a father than her father ever was. He hugs her tight back and Maggie lets a tear escape. She's never felt such fatherly love before.

Maggie pulls back and chuckles when she sees that he has tears in his eyes too. "Looks like we're both messes," she jokes.

"That's not a bad thing," Jeremiah says.

Maggie nods and smiles when she feels familiar arms wrap around her from behind. Alex kisses her cheek.

"You good, baby?" Alex murmurs.

"Yeah, Allie. I'm good. Just emotional."

Alex kisses Maggie's cheek again and then they head back to their seats. When it's announced that it's dessert time, Kara cheers loudly enough to make nearly everyone laugh (if they weren't too startled to). Everyone's orders were taken during the dance with Jeremiah and J'onn, so the servers begin bringing the dessert out.

The entire table laughs when it takes three people to bring out Kara's order.

"What?" She asks through a mouthful of chocolate cake. "I said I wanted one of everything."

"Usually people are exaggerating when they say thay, darling. Or joking," Lena says.

"I don't joke about food," Kara says with a wink at Lena to make her laugh.

Okay, next chapter we'll continue this long-a*s wedding! The song they danced to is Daughters by John Mayer, which my dad and I used to dance to at father-daughter dances we went to (tiny me had to wear a dress and hated it lol. Once I wore shorts underneath bc I hated it so much). Thank you for reading and for your lovely comments! Stay awesome!