Million Dollar Kiss

Betty has a dream in which she sees herself in another reality where she doesn't have braces. How will that affect her real life when she wakes.

Set Season 4, corresponding with Million Dollar Smile episode, but with a twist! =)

Chapter 1

Betty rubbed the back of her head, her eyes grew wide realizing something was very different. She ran her tongue across her teeth and realized they were bracefree!

How could that be possible?

She sat up and realized she was no longer in the Guggenheim and was back in her house in Queens. What in the world happened?

The last thing she remembered was being tackled to the ground by the Guggenheim security and she definitely still had braces.

She rushed over to the mirror in the hall and her eyes grew wide at both the discovery that she had no braces and looked so...amazing!

She smiled brightly again, her eyes growing just as bright. "Woah!"

She glanced down at her outfit. It was so...stylish and black! She had to admit it was super flattering, cinching in at her waist, highlighted by a gold belt, and had a more grown-up, fashionable look.

Not only was her smile so pretty now, she realized she could see!

"What happened to me?" she stared at her reflection in shock, constantly smiling to see her unobstructed, metal-free teeth.

"You got what you wished for"

Betty quickly spun around, surprised to find "Dr. Frankl! What are you doing here?"

"You wished you were born with perfect teeth and...here you are."

Betty looked at her in confusion. Was she her fairy godmother or something.

"You have perfect teeth."

Betty looked into the mirror and smiled again, but then looked to the strange woman "So...what are you? My fairy-godmother? My tooth fairy?"

"I don't do labels"

Betty took a breath to calm her nerves. This was all crazy! How did she suddenly wake up with perfect teeth and vision and amazing hair?

"How come I don't need glasses?" she asked, feeling rather excited to see without them.

"You got lasik! You wanted your eyes to match your perfect smile. In this world you're rather vain."

Betty frowned "That doesn't sound like me"

"Where's my family? Hilda? Papi?" she called as she walked into the kitchen but was surprised to find a family that was definitely not her's at the table having breakfast. "Who are you?

"Who are you?" they asked.

"This is my house"

"Actually…" started "this isn't your house."

"So...where's my family?" she asked in confusion.

Suddenly they were poofed in front of this gorgeous free-standing building. "My family lives here?" she asked in surprise. "Is this just because I have perfect teeth?" she asked, feeling confused how so much could change just because she didn't have braces.

"They didn't have to pay for your braces, so all that money went into investments...and voila… Casa Suarez!"

"Wow" Betty looked at the building again in surprise. Suddenly Hilda and her papi walked out and said "Betty!"

"Hilda? Papi?" She looked at them in shock. They looked so...different.

Her sister for one, was certainly bigger in this alternate reality, and wasn't dressed in her usual glitzy and styled clothing. It was very strange. Her father on the other hand, looked more polished.

This was all very very odd. She was feeling very confused and she wasn't sure what to make of this world. Once she left her family, she headed to Meade. As she walked into the building she was sort of relieved to find that it still looked like the Meade in her real world.

She got into the elevator and pressed the button for the mode floor, when suddenly Dr. Frankl appeared behind her "Dr. Frankl! Where did you disappear to?"

"I had another job"

Betty smiled but then looked at her "Everything seems great, for the most part. My father doesn't have to struggle with paying bills and putting a roof over our head and my sister is so happy...but...why does she look so...different?" she asked

"It's the law of the universe. There can only be one pretty sister"

Betty looked in thought, not sure how she felt about that. "Come on, you know you love being the pretty one" Dr. Frankl said.

Of course Betty wanted to be pretty, but...at the expense of her sister? It was strange. Hilda had always been the pretty, stylish sister. And Betty was fine with that. She liked being the smart, ambitious sister, although she smiled a little. She did like being pretty too.

"You'd be surprised how something as simple as perfect teeth could change you and the people around you" Dr. Frankl stated before disappearing again.

Betty stepped out of the elevator, wondering what more changes this world had in store for her.

She walked down the tube and saw Marc sitting at the orange donut taking calls. "Marc!" she cheered happily, but was surprised when he turned around to see a baby strapped to him.

"You have a baby?" she asked with a smile

"Yes, but don't worry. I can still help you run errands if you need. You look gorgeous, by the way"

Betty smiled bright "Thanks Marc… you're nice" she said, finding that a pleasant surprise. Of course, she always knew Marc simply enjoyed teasing her, but it was nice to have him be so helpful and pleasant for a change.

Amanda walked over to the desk and made a face "Ew! Why did you bring your baby to work?"

"Sorry Amanda, it won't happen again."

"Ugh…" she looked over his desk "Can your desk be any gayer?"

Betty watched them in surprise. What was going on?

"Betty, aren't you going to say something snarky to Marc?" Amanda asked.

Betty looked even more shocked "What? Why would I do that?" She asked

"Uh duh, because it's fun!" She said with a wink, pulling out money from the drawer, while Marc looked uncomfortable but was pretending to play with the baby.

Betty looked between them in confusion, seeing how mean Amanda was being to Marc. Of course, in her real world they always bickered and teased one another, but it was just how they talked to each other as friends.

"And besides, you start it most of the times" she said with a smirk

This was all wrong! How could Marc and Amanda not be friends! And she was supposedly part of it. That didn't sound right.

Amanda walked off with the money from the drawer. Betty looked to Marc "Marc, I am so sorry. I would never...I mean...that's not me" she said

He shrugged with a smile "I'll be in your office, ready to help in a few minutes" he said before he walked off, clearly trying to hide how upset he was.

Betty frowned, but went after Amanda "Amanda! Hey!"

"What is it, Betsy?"

Betty looked at her "You're calling me Betsy, really? How long have we known each other? Besides, how could you be so mean to Marc? And...why are you stealing all that money?" she asked.

Amanda simply rolled her eyes "What's gotten into you Betty? And it's not really stealing when I own half the company" she said before flashing her hand where a wedding ring rested and sauntering away, leaving Betty to stare at her in confusion.

"Yeppers!" Dr. Frankl said from next to her, causing Betty to jump. "You've got to stop doing that!"

"Amanda is married to...Daniel?" she asked, not sure how she felt about that.

"Can you believe it? At first, they were just casual, but when she said she wanted to get serious with someone else, something ticked in him and voila!" she said as they ended up in front of Daniel's office, where Amanda was kissing him.

Betty felt a strange pang of hurt wash over her. "Well, at least they look...happy" she said, but Dr. Frankl had disappeared again. Betty rolled her eyes.

She took a breath and looked into Daniel's office again, a feeling of sadness filling her.

Of course, Daniel always dated models and pretty girls, but to actually be married to Amanda…

And it seemed even if she was pretty in this world, it still didn't get Daniel to find interest in her. She sighed, but then Marc ran up with a big bouquet of white lilies "Betty, Derek sent you these!"

"Derek? Derek who?" she asked as she took the card and saw that it was signed with a heart Derek Jeter.

"AH! Derek Jeter? I'm dating Derek Jeter?" She asked in delighted surprise.

"Well, you were...he's trying to win you back"

"Win me back? He can have me back!" she realized how high her voice was getting due to the exciting news. Marc gave her a funny look, "I'll just put these in your office"

Betty's eyes grew wide "My office?" she followed him to her office where Betty Suarez, Managing Editor was written on the glass. She had her own office! And she was the Managing Editor?

She beamed as she ran her hand along her name "I have my own office and I'm a Managing Editor" she said to herself, a smile on her face.

Marc looked at her like she was crazy, but said "It's great to be Betty Suarez"

Betty looked at him with a smile and took his hands "Marc, I can't believe this! It seems like everyone is doing great" she said happily. He nodded with a grin, but she could recognize that it was fake from how close they'd gotten over the years, especially seeing him sometimes use it on Wilhelmina.

She shook her head, but decided to go say hi to Daniel. She wondered how he was, despite being married to Amanda, which she still wasn't sure how she felt about.

Nonetheless, she walked into his office with a bright cheery smile and said "Daniel! It's so good to see you!"

"Why? You have some bad news to deliver? You don't like what I'm wearing? You found a new way to humiliate me?" he asked as he got up, clearly upset.

"What are you talking about?" She looked at him, feeling confused again. This wasn't like her Daniel. Her Daniel was always so happy to see her.

"You may have everyone else around here fooled, but underneath that perfect smile you're ugly, Betty"

AN: will have the next part up soon! :D