The Metallic Smile Shines for Someone Else
Ted Mosby/Betty Suarez/Daniel Meade
*Ted Mosby from How I Met Your Mother finds Betty Suarez charming when their paths cross, but Ted notices something…
This takes place around season 3 of HIMYM and Season 2 of Ugly Betty that span from episodes League of Their Own through Jump. Keeping it as close to the original episodes as possible, with a slight twist.
Ted tells the story of how he met this girl that changed his life to his kids, and how she was an important part in the story of how he met their mother. What is in italics is Ted telling the story to his kids.
A/N: I apologize if the first few chapters don't have as much Detty interaction, but I am trying to set the story. I promise there will be more Detty as the story progresses. Just a side note, the Detty interaction is more subtle, it is just going to be a take on their relationship from a different perspective! Hope you like it! :)
League of Their Own
Kids, this is the story of how I met this incredible girl who made me realize what I wanted in life. It all started like any other day. The gang was in the bar and we were sitting around drinking and hanging out like usual, but what made this day different was that I was going to cross paths with someone who would always be etched in my memory...
"Suzuki St. Pierre here, giving you the latest news on the eagerly awaited Meade-Slater wedding that is hitting New York by storm. We have news that the youngest son of Bradford, Daniel Meade, will not be the best man, but in fact his brother-turned-sister Alexis Meade. Turns out that this has caused a spat between Daniel and Bradford, including any civil working relations at MODE with the diva queen Wilhelmina Slater. We will keep you updated on the closely approaching wedding. This is Suzuki St. Pierre, signing off." The television echoed in the background of the bar.
"Man, what is with this wedding that is plastered all over New York?" Robin asks after someone changes the channel quickly.
"Ya, I'm so tired of seeing magazines and pictures plastered all over New York." Lily said annoyed at the constant reminder of this god-forsaken wedding.
"That Alexis Meade is one hot babe" Barney said turned on by anyone with a pretty face and boobs.
"I can't believe his father would make her…him…her, his best man." Marshall added, understanding why Daniel was upset.
"Man that Daniel guy has is rough, his father marrying his enemy, and his sister being the best man, not to mention his mom's in prison." Ted says sympathetically.
"That is one messed up family" Lily says taking a sip from her drink.
"Ok guys, I have to go to the office, we have a new client today." They all say 'good luck' and he leaves on his way.
Ted was headed to his office; all the sudden, Ted feels someone crash into him, spilling files and a huge book to the floor. "Oh, sorry!" the person says frantically trying to pick up the files. "Hey, no problem, be careful" he says calmly as he picks up some files. As he looks up at the person that crashed into him, he notices her hair falling in front of her face, her red-rimmed glasses, and her metallic blue smile. "Thank you" she says with a smile "I'm sorry"
"No problem" Ted smiles back inevitably. Ted gets up from the ground and puts his hand out for the young woman. She takes his hand and flashes him that smile again. "Thank you, sorry I ran into you"
"It's fine. You must be in a rush"
"Oh, right. I should go." Betty said frantically, remembering she was late. "So, uh, we should get together sometime" Ted says to her before she turns away.
"Ya. That would be great" Betty says sweetly
"So, do you have a name?" Ted asks amusingly
Betty chuckled "right, it's Betty. My name's Betty. Suarez."
"It's nice to meet you, Betty. Ted Mosby, Architect." He said suavely giving her a card with his number.
"Ooh, architect. That's cool" she said as she took his card. Ted just smiled. They stood there for a moment. "Oh crap. I have to go. Sorry. Bye!" Betty said frantically as she started running toward the place she was extremely late for. Ted looked at the direction she ran, then looked at his watch, "crap, I'm late" he started running to his office, sure he was about to get in trouble with his ass of a boss.
That, kids, is how I met Betty.
"Hi Daniel. So sorry I'm late. I ran into someone on the way to work" Betty said apologetically as she got out of the elevator.
"Hey, it's fine Betty" he said with a stressed tone. "Is everything alright?" she said concerned. "ya, it's fine, I just have this stupid dinner with Wilhelmina, my dad and Alexis tonight"
"Oh, right. I heard about the best man thing. Sorry" Betty said sadly. "Ya, I really don't want to go to this 'family dinner'" He said sarcastically.
"Come on, Daniel. It can't be that bad." Daniel gave her a skeptic look. "Okaay… it probably will be that bad, but you could try and make the most of it."
"Ya, I guess you're right, Betty. So, how's this whole Henry thing holding out for you? I know you're trying to avoid him"
"What? Nooo." She laughed nervously. "Daniel, it's nothing. Really." She hoped he couldn't see right through her. He just looked at her as they walked through the tube.
"By the way Daniel, your future step-monster has called a meeting in her office in 30 seconds."
"Is that where we're going, I was hoping we could get a Danish." Betty magically pulls out a Danish from her bag. "Are you really that good, or did you just happen to have that on you?" he says admiringly.
"You will never know!" she says amused "Oh" Betty says abruptly as she notices that Henry is sitting in Wilhelmina's office for the meeting. "You can skip the meeting if you want" Daniel says understandingly. "No, I'm a professional. Besides, it's not like I'm writing 'Betty loves Henry' all over my notebook." Daniel points to her notebook "Shut-up" Betty says as she holds the notebook to her, walking away into Wilhelmina's office.
When Ted got to his office, his boss was screaming, telling him off that he was a loser and couldn't amount to anything. When Ted saw the program the new clients wanted for their building, he wanted to think up his own concept to the design to make up for being late.
Ted got to the bar later that evening, sitting at the usual booth with his friends, he got a drink. "So, Ted, how was the job with the new clients?" Robin said encouragingly. "Uh…ya, about that…"
"Was it that bad?" Lily said. "…well, I was really late, because I ran into someone…" he said with a wide smile. "Someone?" Lily asked curiously. Robin raised her eyebrow. "…ya, this morning on my way to the office I…actually, this girl runs into me. We didn't really get to talk that long because she was in a rush to get somewhere, but boy, she's great."
Marshall walks in and sits next to Lily across from Ted and Robin. "Hey guys, what's up?"
"Ted is telling us about this girl he met. What's she like?" Lily asked curiously.
"She's kind of different. She has brown hair, brown eyes, she has a great smile…" he said admiringly
"She sounds pretty" Robin followed. "ya, she also has blue braces and glasses" there was silence for a moment. Ted smiled at the thought of her smile "She's great guys; you'll have to meet her someday."
"Ya, we sure do" Marshall said anxiously wondering why Ted found this girl so great. There was more silence as they just sat and drank their alcohol, avoiding the topic of this girl, trying not to offend Ted.
I knew from their brief silence, that they thought she might appear strange, but I knew once they met her they would see what I saw in her and that brilliant smile.
"Christina, I do not want to go on a date, especially Internet dating."
"Betty, you have to get back out there. Get your mind off Henry" Christina says as she is measuring the waist of this tall fit model standing on the step.
"Christina, I'm fine, really. I'm not thinking about Henry" then suddenly Betty sees Henry's face on the model's body instead.
"Oh crap! Ok, maybe you're right" Betty says desperately.
Christina sets up an Internet profile for Betty, Amanda playing jokes on her too, and Betty ended up receiving a date request for bowling. Henry got word of Betty's date from Kenny and went to the bowling alley to spy on Betty. Later that evening Betty and Henry have dinner, since her date ran out on her. Betty gets overwhelmed by the fact that she and Henry can't just be friends, and it is too much to be around him. Later Henry follows her to her house and they agree that Henry should leave MODE, but then just as Henry is about to walk away she decides to give their whole relationship a chance by secretly dating him.
Meanwhile at the Meade Mansion, Alexis, Daniel, Bradford and Wilhelmina have dinner. Of course that turns dramatic and then Bradford blames Daniel for the loss in advertisers, Alexis regains her memory of the accident and tells Daniel that the reason they got into the accident was because Alexis tried to kill their father by pulling the brakes. Everyone leaves in distress.
"Guys, you don't understand, this girl is great" Ted tries to defend the girl that charmed him, when they fill Barney in on Ted's meeting with her. "She is really nice and…her smile…you have to see her smile."
They all just remained silent, knowing they couldn't really argue with Ted right now. "By the way, the architect line totally worked" he said suggestively to Barney and Marshall, as they had an experiment with his name and occupation before.
"Ya it did" Barney said satisfied
"You are just going to have to meet her. I hope she calls soon."
And kids, you know what? She did.
Thanks for reading! :) If you have any comments or suggestions, it would be great to hear/read! :)
The next chapter will be Something Wicked This Way Comes.