Two years later
I stare at my reflection in the mirror, and I am amazed by my appearance. My hair is done in an elaborate twist with some hair hanging down in the front in curls. I am wearing the most beautiful dress I have ever laid eyes on. It is a pale gold color, typical for weddings and has a beaded bodice and a floor-length ball gown skirt with slight ruffles. Tess told me it flatters me very well. I look again at my reflection and I can't believe that I am getting married. I remember how Daniel (I stopped calling him Day, even in my head a while ago) proposed to me. I had woken up on my twenty-eighth birthday and heading down to the track for my morning routine. Usually no one is down there when I go, but that day, there was someone waiting for me. I got closer and saw that it was Daniel. I giggled when I saw him there and asked what he was doing down by the track so early in the morning. He told me he brought me a present. He said it wasn't really a birthday present, but it was a present all the same. Then he handed me a box and I opened it to find a paperclip ring inside. When I looked up from the box, I saw Daniel down on one knee and he said words I will never forget: "June Iparis, will you give me the honor of becoming my bride?" I had started to tear up and I told him yes and kissed him.
Now there is just fifteen minutes until I walk down that aisle. The minutes fly by, and before I know it, I'm doing it, I'm walking down the aisle. I see Daniel standing up front, looking dashing in his suit. I go and stand next to him. We speak our vows, and the ceremony is over. I tell Daniel, "I love you more than anything on earth, and I am overjoyed that I get to spend the rest of my life with you."
"I love you more," Daniel says.
"I love you most," I respond with a grin. He grabs my waist and pulls me to him, he bends his head slightly and kisses me. I put my arms around his neck and kiss him back. I am glad that Daniel is the one I will spend my life with, in sickness and in health, until death do we part. In this moment, I couldn't possibly be happier.
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Life After Champion
Teen FictionAt the ending of Champion by Marie Lu, June and Day meet again as adults but Day still doesn't remember June. In this short, their story comes to a more completed end as June tries to get Day to remember who she is.
