Hey guys, sorry about not updating; recently I have been busy with things like school, life, and stuff. So I haven't been able to come back around to writing. I am so pleased with the most of the comments that I have received. I noticed a trend in the recent comments though; did the ending in champion happen in my fanfic? The answer to that question is yes, the ending did happen in my little story; the only thing that I changed is the chapter that is placed ten years later. In my fanfic, frankly I was sad in how the story ended and felt that the ten years later chapter left tons of room for imagination. So I let my imagination run wild and scrapped the way she spent her ten years with day gone and replaced it with my own version and my own version of when they meet again after all that time. When reading my fanfic please forget about the ten years later chapter entirely and focus on the story in its own merit. In my opinion, I could be wrong but then again it is my opinion, a fanfic and the fan writing a fiction based on the book. So I, as the fan, am writing my version, which would be the fiction; so pardon if it isn't 100% like the original. Anyways, thanks for all my readers and I hope you enjoy the story as much as I enjoyed writing it.
I saw Daniel as soon as I stepped into the restaurant; he was in the same spot Pascao and I had been in last night, my favorite spot. It was a full house today since it was a day off for most and right now was the big lunch time rush. So it was good that he arrived earlier than me, but I had been early than the time stated since I had been nervous for some reason. Had he been just as nervous as I had been or even more than I had been?
My heart was hammering in my chest like crazy when I looked at him; I had to blink twice to make sure I was seeing what I was really seeing. The lighting cast an angelic halo above his perfect golden hair making him look like he was a beautiful angel. I silently cursed myself, come on June love is a no-no. But why is it? I whined to myself. I can't believe this, I am second guessing myself. Then I thought; come on June, how can you second guess yourself if you don't even remember the reason as to why you are like this towards love. Oh no, no no no, you will not behave this way June Iparis. This guy is totally messing with your head. I needed to fill in the person shaped gap in my memories, or else I would keep on acting strange.
Before I walked in I did a little check in the window; hair in flawless simple bun with chopsticks, check. Navy blue mandarin dress made of 100% silk with hand-stitched embroidery of lotus flowers that has slits from the low thigh down, check. Matching blue flats, check. Sucking in a breath, I entered the restaurant and headed to Taine. Taine and I had formed a friendship from the many visits I had at the restaurant. Her father owned it and she helped around since she would be the one to inherit the business. The moment Taine saw me, she smiled and walked over from here she had stood watching over the customers.
"June, it is so nice to see you. I simply adore your Chinese dress. You always wear something exotic." Taine exclaimed while giving me a bear hug. What she said was true; every time I left the house I would wear something from one of the places I have gone to in my studies abroad. This time I felt in a Chinese mood so I put on my favorite Chinese dress.
"It is so nice to see you as well, are we still on for next week? I would love to hang out with you."
"Of course we are; I wouldn't miss it for the world. So, would you like my company for your meal, or are you meeting someone?"
"I am meeting someone; in fact, he is the lad sitting in my favorite spot."
Taine took one look at Daniel and smiled from ear to ear when she looked back at me, "Oh, I like your new boyfriend."
I instantly blushed and lightly punched her arm, "He is not my boyfriend."
"Suuuure, whatever you say. I will lead you to your table."
We both walked over to Daniel as he looked over the menu, he must have heard us approaching because he looked up. I could tell that I made the right choice in wardrobe because the second he saw me, his mouth opened slightly and he quickly closed it.
I slid into the booth as Taine walked away, I saw her give me a thumbs up and I rolled my eyes. I looked at him, "You sure are early."
"Oh, it was just I thought it would be best to save our seats, since around this time it is usually hard to find seats." He replied
"Smart thinking, in fact I had been thinking the same thing."
"Thanks for the complement," Daniel paused and then looked at me, "Not that I am complaining having been invited on this outing cousin; but won't your boyfriend be angry?"
I laughed out loud; I laughed so hard tears started to form in the corner of my eyes, "You're kidding right?" when I looked up at him and he seemed baffled that I had even laughed. So he wasn't joking. "What is it with everyone thinking I have a boyfriend today." I mumbled under my breath.
"What did you say?"
"Nothing, it is just that I don't have a boyfriend. I am completely solo in the relationship department. Just me and my bike."
"Night wing?" when the words left his lips I groaned loudly.
"No, not night wing."
"I thought you named your bike night wing. Your boyfriend Pascao told me so."
"First, Pascao is not my boyfriend. I don't know how you got that crazy notion but we are simply really close friends, in fact he is a brother figure of sorts. Second, my bike is not called night wing."
"But Pascao told m-," I cut him off.
"I know what he told, but that is not what my bike is called."
"But even Tess said that was the name of the bike and you responded."
"I did so without thinking." Clearly this was going nowhere, so I leaned in and half talked, half whispered. "Listen to me, and listen to me good because I will not say this twice; the truth is that when I was in Russia I drank, quite often actually. Because of that now I can rarely get drunk, but before I used to get extremely drunk, really fast. One time when I was drunk I received a message from a certain someone asking where I was. So I took a picture of me with a beer in my hand, sitting on my bike. I put in the caption 'just chilling with night wing tonight, along with some friends' I sent it, but since his name starts with A and is the first in my contacts I accidently clicked the all option and ended up sending it to everyone that was in my contacts. Tess was sadly in that group and she had a riot about it and she showed Pascao, who also had a riot about it as well. They never let me live it down and would keep on teasing me since it was a very out of character thing for me to do; now I don't fight it because it just encourages them." When I finished I went back to my position and let it sink in. Daniel just looked at me and raised his eyebrows.
"So it's not named night wing?" he asked.
"No." I couldn't hide the irritation in my voice and was almost ready to slap him when I saw a grin tug at his lips, this fool was playing around.
"Bike is not called night wing and Pascao is not your boyfriend. Got it"
"Good; oh and in fact it is him and Tess that are dating. I even think he will propose soon since they seem to be going pretty well."
"And there is no one else in the picture? I don't have to worry about some 6'5 body builder beating me senseless in an alley because I was with his girl."
I laughed, "No you do not."
"Good because it would be a shame to have my handsome face messed up, and I like my face the way it is, along with the ladies of course."
I snickered, "Oh I bet, all the girls would probably cry their hearts out."
He looked at me like I had finally gotten the big idea, "You are absolutely right."
Was it just me, or was he flirting with me. I guess it wouldn't hurt to play along would it. "Are you coming on to me?"
He shrugged, "All depends, do you want me to?"
"Maybe." And with that I got up and started to walk away, I turned around, "I am going someplace to have some fun, you are welcome to join me." I faced forward and kept on walking while listening for a pair of shoes. Had I misread the signals, had I been too over conceited? I bite my lip, but then I heard a pair of footsteps head my way and I smiled. Then I heard the voice I wanted to hear say the words I wanted to be spoken.
"Hey, wait up."