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Gown, check, veil, also check, bouquet…bouquet.
Alex looked around the room, no bouquet. She froze at the knock at the door, smirking as twelve year old Kara poked her head around the door
“You’re not ready” she accused
“I know,” Alex smiled at the girl “I still need my bouquet”
“Oh!” Kara’s eyes went wide “aunt Astra’s bringing them now”
“Oh, never met your aunt before,” Alex realized “what’s she like?”
Kara blinked, once, twice, clearly confused at the question “My aunt,” she answered, she grinned “you’ll like her, Alex, she’s awesome”
Alex chuckled “Hope so…”
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The ceremony went off without a hitch, nobody cried, nobody on either side of the aisle got into a fistfight, the Rabbi didn’t fumble or miss his place during the ceremony. It was, in a word, perfect.
“Alex!” Alex turned away from her new bride to see Kara waving towards her, pulling her mother over with her other hand, expect…no, that wasn’t Alura that Kara was dragging towards her, Alura didn’t dress in tie-dye t-shirts last time that Alex checked (that was assuming Alura even knew what a t-shirt was, she was always a little snooty), or have a streak of white in her hair. Finally reaching the table, looking a little out of breath, Kara beamed proudly up at her
“This is my aunt Astra” she proclaimed, the not-Alura was a dead ringer for Alura. Identical twins Alex realized. Shaking herself out of her stupor at how alike they looked, she held out a hand
“Hi” she said, the woman smiled and Alex’s stomach did a weird little flip
“Hello,” she shook Alex’s hand “Astra Inze”
“Alex Danvers,” Alex replied “sorry,” she apologized “I...never knew that you and Alura were identical twins”
Astra chuckled “We don’t really broadcast it, no,” she agreed, she looked down at herself, suddenly seemingly to notice that she was dressed in a bright pink tie-dye t-shirt and ratty blue jeans with sneakers “sorry,” she apologized, blushing “I’m a little underdressed,” she admitted “I wasn’t really expecting to attend the reception,” she explained “I just did the flowers” she shrugged
“Oh, you did the flowers?” Maggie asked
“That’s me,” Astra nodded “Astra’s Blooms”
“They’re lovely” Alex said and meant it, the flower arrangements were beautiful, not too overdone, but not too underdone either
“Thanks,” Astra smiled, and Alex’s stomach did another weird little flip “sorry, but I need to go,” Astra explained “I’ve got another delivery”
“No, no, yeah sure,” Alex nodded “better get going”
“Yep,” Astra grinned “oh, if you see my sister, tell her I said ‘hi’? She’ll never let me hear the end of it if I don’t”
“Sure” Alex grinned, and wondered why she was sad to see Astra go…