Disclaimer: I do not own ugly betty, if I did we wouldnt be left wondering what happened at THAT dinner!
A/N: This is my first ever fanfiction, let me know if you like it/what i should improve, if you want me to continue.
"That's love right....when you know somebody better than they do and you would do anything in the world to protect them"
The words kept repeating in his head, they were starting to send him slowly insane. She had been gone three weeks now, three long weeks he thought to himself, and he had not stopped thinking about her. He starred at the picture of the two of them from her sister's wedding, she looked so happy, her million dollar smile lighting up the picture, he didn't even have eye contact with the camera, so in awe of the beauty standing next to him making him only wanting to look at her. They looked like the perfect couple, except they weren't, she had left him and he had been too cowardly to stop her.
"I think I have to let her go"
His thoughts returned to the last moment he saw her. She still had that million dollar smile burning brightly and he didn't have the heart to tell her that he didn't want her to leave, to see the disappointment in her eyes when he didn't approve of her move, he had seen that disappointed look so much over four years that he couldn't see it again. He had always told her that he would approve of her furthering her career, but not across an ocean, he needed her here...but that was too selfish to say to her, especially when he didn't even know why he wanted her to stay so badly.
Daniel snapped out of his daydreaming and looked down at his work but even that reminded him of her. She had helped him pick out his picture, in fact she had made him that man in the picture. He turned to the blank page; the new start for Mode magazine he thought.
"A new start for me" He stated out loud, shocking himself that he had finally made sense of it all. It had always been about her, and his future needed to have something to do with her too. With that he rushed to his mother's office and took arguably the greatest risk of his life.
"I'm leaving, giving control of Mode to Wilhemina" he stated in a matter of fact tone, not even his mother was going to change this decision.
"But what are you going to do Daniel?" She had a little smirk on her face, she already knew the answer to this question, she had seen this coming for weeks.
"I'm going to earn something on my own, something that I have wanted for years and have just been too stupid to see"
"Oh Daniel....I'm so happy for you, I knew my little theory was correct"
"Theory?" He stated confused.
"Yes, you're going after Betty aren't you?" His mother hoped he was, all the girls he had dated, including his late wife Molly, had come no-where near to Betty and she hoped that her son was finally seeing this.
"Well, i'm going to make a fresh start, away from this company and this name and that fresh start may just take me to London" He grinned, he didn't have to tell her that she was right, of course Betty was involved but he genuinely did want a new start away from the company that his father had handed to him. He was better than being born into a role and he just wanted to prove this to everyone. "I just hope that I haven't damaged things too much" He was worried that she wouldn't forgive him for not saying goodbye, he had replayed her voice message over and over again and noted the sadness in her voice, he caused that, he just hoped that he could repair it.
Claire got up from behind her desk, feeling that her son needed reassuring. "I have a feeling that everything will be alright Daniel and don't rush back on my account; I need to spend some quality time with Tyler, I mean after shooting Wilhemina, he deserves at least a little of my time." Both giggled as Daniel hugged his mother.
The next few days passed in a blur as the excitement grew. He booked his flight, gave Wilhemina the good news and said goodbye to those that had made his last four years so...well amazing. He couldn't have done it without any of them, but he needed to fight for the one that had been by his side every step of the way. On his way out, he caught a glimpse of blonde hair running from the desk of the new Creative director.
"God Amanda four years ago you would have been running away from my desk, but I know you and Marc were not doing what we used to" he said laughing.
"Definitely not, I just needed to see him settled in his new office and make sure that he was not being too mean on his new assistant....but i'm glad I got to see you before you left"
"Amanda...." He went to tell her how amazing she was, how she would one day find her perfect man.
"Don't Daniel" she started emotionally, not wanting to hear Daniel tell her that her day would come and how they would never have worked. "I could see this coming, as much as I hate to admit it I was always jealous of Betty, I always wished that you would have looked at me the way you did her. I mean if you had at least once I would not be letting you get on this plane." Daniel blushed, how could she see what he couldn't. "But let me warn you Daniel, this is not going to be easy, she is not like any girl you have ever met, make sure you treat her right, she finally deserves it."
"I will and I will fight as hard as I have to for her"
"But if it doesn't work out, you still have my number right"
"Amanda" Daniel said half-sternly.
"I'm kidding...now get going you have a plane to catch." She laughed as she hugged him, knowing that once he admitted how he felt to Betty they would work it out and nothing would come between them.
Daniel finally boarded the plan after an emotional sending off from his mother and half-brother. As he sat waiting for the plane to take off, he remembered that first day four years ago when she walked into his office, he never imagined that he would fly half the world to tell "poncho" girl that he was falling for her.
Ok so this is it, let me know what you think. I think the next chapter will be Betty's POV.
