TMadison, Betty the Bonita, readingfrenzy, Agentcaroline, and kimberley926: Thanks so much for reading my story. You are all my favorite writers, so it means a lot to me that you are enjoying it. Hope you continue to enjoy it! =) This chapter is a lot longer, so hopefully it holds you over for a couple of days. This is my last week of classes, so things will be pretty crazy, but I will have the next part up in the next few days.

Disclaimer: This is for entertainment purposes only!

Chapter 2

"Hi Daniel" Betty said happily as she walked into his office truly happy that she was actually going to talk to him.

"Hey Betty." Daniel said getting up from his chair and walking to Betty. "Do you want to work in here or maybe go in the conference room; is this enough space?"

A smile came across Betty's face. Daniel was actually talking to her. She knew it was silly that she was so excited to be talking to him again, but this was Daniel. They had been through so much together. It wasn't that easy to let things slip between them.

"No Daniel, this is fine actually."

"Ok. Great. Betty, are you hungry?" Daniel asked making Betty wonder if she was hungry. She realized she was, especially since she didn't really eat that much at lunch because she was too busy worrying about Daniel not talking to her. "Actually, I kind of am"

Daniel smiled and went behind his desk and pulled up a bag. "What's in there?" she asked curiously.

"Food" Daniel laughed. Before Betty could ask him where he got the food, he answered "It's magic. I'm just kidding, Betty. I ordered us some dinner because I thought we would be here a while."

"So, do you want to eat now, later or while we work on this?" Daniel asked placing the bag on the desk.

"I guess we could eat now and work on it, too."

Daniel smiled. "Okay. Have a seat, Miss" Daniel said pulling the chair out for her to sit. Betty laughed "Thank you." Daniel opened the bag of food and started placing it in the center of his desk. "Yay! I love Thai food!" Betty said excitedly. Daniel laughed. When he finished placing the food on the desk he noticed there was very little space for them to work on anything. "Umm, Betty, there really isn't much space on the desk now, how about we just eat first and then work on the story?"

"Okay."

Daniel smiled and sat across from her. "So, do you like Thai food Daniel?" Betty asked taking some Pad Thai from the plate.

"Actually, ya Betty it's pretty good." Betty realized the Pad Thai was really spicy and knew that Daniel couldn't handle spicy food. "Daniel, wait, that's really...spice-y." Betty said trying to warn him, but it was too late. "Oh my god, is there any water?" Daniel asked frantically, coughing, his mouth on fire. Betty laughed slightly, but got an idea. "Daniel, here drink this, it has milk in it." She said getting up from her chair and giving him the drink.

Daniel didn't ask, just took the drink from her and poured it in his mouth waiting for the fire to wash out. He saw the other cup and drank that too, spilling some on his suit jacket. Betty couldn't help but laugh a little. Daniel finally gathered his composure and looked at Betty. She had an amused expression on her face. "Did you get a good show, Betty?" Daniel asked annoyed.

Betty tried to hold her laugh. "I'm sorry Daniel, it's just...that was really funny."

"Thanks Betty" Daniel said sarcastically taking off his jacket.

"Come on Daniel, don't be a baby" Betty said grabbing his arm to sit in his chair. "That's why I was trying to warn you, but you beat me to it."

Daniel sighed out of embarrassment. "Don't worry. I don't think any less of you." Betty laughed sitting back in her chair. Daniel sighed again rolling his eyes. "Ok Betty, can we just eat?" he said annoyed and embarrassed.

"Come on Daniel. Are you going to act like this all night? I was really happy to spend time with you. I don't want you to be upset." Daniel looked at her and smiled. "Fine, Betty."

Betty smiled "At least you brought some fried rice, too. That's not spicy."

"I'm really glad you asked me to help you, Betty. I guess I miss working with you."

"Me too!" Betty said smiling.

They had their dinner, Daniel telling Betty what happened with Wilhelmina earlier that day.

"Don't worry about Wilhelmina. She's just trying to get to you." Betty said optimistically clearing the table.

"Ya, well she never fails at that." Daniel wanted to change the subject, so he asked about the story "So, Betty, what was your pitch again?"

"Oh. Right, well...basically it is supposed to be about first kisses and I guess impressions on them. I'm just really stuck on what to do."

"Well, what inspired you to do it in the first place?" Daniel dared to ask thinking he slightly had an idea, but still wanted to hear it from her. Betty looked at him trying to read his face, wondering if he knew but just wanted her to say it or something.

"Well, uh...it was you, Daniel."

"Me?"

"Ya, well after you kissed me, I'm sure you could tell, but I was pretty much freaking out and couldn't stop thinking about you..." Betty said, her face turning red, "...and well, I was so nervous in the meeting that I just blurted that out because when I saw your face that is what came to my mind." She said sighing in relief that she admitted that. Her face still red, Daniel looked at her and laughed slightly. "Wow, Betty...um..." he laughed again.

"Daniel! That's not funny!" Betty said annoyed.

"But Betty...it is" he laughed again. Betty's face turned red, but not because she was blushing this time.

"Well, if you didn't go and randomly kiss people things like this wouldn't happen." Betty said bluntly taking Daniel off guard. He just looked at her stunned by her boldness. Betty got up from her chair and walked to the window looking out at the lights.

Daniel looked at her and got up and stood next to her. "Betty, I'm sorry. I wasn't trying to make fun of you. I just...never mind...I'm sorry ok?" Daniel said looking at her really just wanting to tell her how much he adored her. Betty looked at him, his blue eyes even brighter from the lights of the window. "Look Daniel, we really need to just put this whole thing behind us. So, let's just not bring it up anymore, how about that?"

Daniel sighed "okay Betty."

"So, what about this story then? Do you not want to work on it together anymore?"

"No, why would you say that?"

"Well, because of how you got the story."

"Well, let's just pretend Wilhelmina or Alexis pitched the story to me to write about."

"Umm...ok. So, I guess we should start working on this thing?"

"Ya, I need all the help I can get." Betty said taking a seat in the chair. Daniel just sat on the desk, but remembered something. "Oh, Betty...I almost forgot." He said getting off the desk and going behind it. Betty looked at him curiously.

Daniel brought out a plate with a rather decent size piece of chocolate cake. Betty smiled. He came over around the desk and sat in the chair next to her. "A sweet dessert for a sweet friend"

"Aw, how sweet" She laughed making Daniel laugh. He smiled and placed a piece of cake in the spoon "Here Betty" Daniel said bringing the spoon to her mouth to feed her. Betty looked at him and shook her head. "You're so childish Daniel."

"Ya, well you bring out the kid in me, I guess."

"What?" Betty said laughing. Daniel laughed and took a bite. He looked at her and thought of something. Betty looked at him curiously. "Why do I have a feeling you are going to do something to me?" Betty laughed.

Daniel took a piece of cake in his hand and was trying to feed Betty. Betty tried to grab his hand, but instead he got hold of her wrist, trying to get to her mouth, but Betty couldn't help her giggling. "Daniel...come on...stop..." She tried to say with Daniel attempting to feed her the cake but missing her mouth and having chocolate get on her face.

"You know Betty, in some cultures the birthday person is fed by every guest" he said releasing his grip on her wrist.

She laughed "Well Daniel, it isn't my birthday" She laughed again. Daniel laughed noticing the chocolate on her face. "Betty...uh...you have something on your...um...face there..." Daniel said pointing to her face but getting more chocolate on. He looked at her and started laughing. "Daniel, will you stop!" she said giggling.

"Come on, Betty. This is fun!" He laughed and gave her a napkin.

"Gee thanks Daniel..." Betty said sarcastically trying to wipe the chocolate from her face but missing half of it. Daniel laughed again. "Here, let me Betty." Daniel said taking the napkin from her hand. He lightly held her face, trying to wipe the rest of the chocolate. Betty looked at his eyes, she never noticed how blue they were, but then again Daniel's face was never this close to her's before. Daniel's eyes moved to her eyes and he shot her a charming smile.

"So... Daniel?" Betty said moving away slightly.

"So… Betty?" Daniel said with a slight smirk.

Betty laughed. "Did you have a dream kiss? Do guys even have a dream kiss?" Betty laughed again trying to change the subject.

"Uh...well..." Daniel responded slightly taken off guard. "Umm...well, I don't really know about other guys, Betty, but uh…when I was a kid, Alex and I had this nanny, her name was Cindy; she was about 18 or 20 when I was probably 10. I had a crush on her and I kind of wanted to kiss her. I didn't really have a dream kiss, but uh…I dreamt about kissing her." Daniel laughed shaking his head. "Aww, you had a crush? That's so funny. I bet she thought you were cute" Betty laughed. "Ya, I would always be around her as much as I could and one day my mom took me and Alex to the park and I saw these nice flowers and I picked them for her. When I gave them to her she hugged me and kissed my cheek, and she told me I was so adorable. "

"Aww…well, aren't you a charmer? I guess you always had it in you." Betty laughed.

"Ya, well my mom basically told her to watch out for me, because well I guess she knew I had a crush on her or something. I don't think it helped with the fact that I always made things for her in school and bought her candy."

"Aw, so, what ever happened to her?" Betty asked curiously.

"She moved." Daniel said slightly sad "She got accepted into this art school and had to move. I think she got a scholarship or something because she was really happy."

"Aww…well, did she say bye to you?"

Daniel looked off through the window. Betty looked at him. Daniel started to talk again "I was really upset she was moving, so I didn't say goodbye. Um…she really didn't want to leave without saying bye to me, but I was being a jerk and didn't want her to leave so I hid in my room and didn't open the door. She felt really bad, because I think I remember hearing her crying."

"Aw, I'm sorry, Daniel." Betty touched his arm. "My mom pretty much told me I was an ass for not saying bye. When I realized she actually left, I felt horrible. I didn't tell anyone this, but I cried for two nights. My mom gave me a letter she wrote to us when she got to her school, telling us how it was and how she missed us. She sent a picture of her at her desk with all of her art supplies and a painting she did. She looked really happy in the picture, so I was happy for her. I still wished I could have said bye, but I wrote her a letter telling her how sorry I was and my mom sent it to her. She wrote to us for a while, but then stopped when things got busy for her."

"Do you still miss her?"

"Well, I guess a little, but I'm mostly just sad because I didn't say bye to her. Whatever it is that she is doing today, I just hope she is happy."

Betty looked at him and smiled "That is really sweet, Daniel." Daniel looked at her "So, Betty?" He said slapping her arm lightly.

"So? What?" she asked curiously.

"Uh…What was your dream kiss, Betty?"

Betty's face turned slightly red thinking this was embarrassing. "Don't be embarrassed, Betty. That's what the point of this piece is, right? Sharing experiences and bringing truth to first kisses or whatever."

"Right. Ya, you're right." Betty said, surprised at Daniel's complete understanding of the article.

"Well, first off, my story isn't nearly as cute as your story Daniel."

"I was a kid, Betty. I can't help that cuteness." Daniel said making Betty laugh. "Well, I wrote so many ways I thought I would want to be kissed in my diary, mostly from movies and books. My favorites were from Disney movies…" Daniel smiled

"You know Hercules and Meg, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin and Jasmine." Daniel stared at her blankly "uh, I really have no idea who any of those characters are Betty." Betty shot him an appalled you've-got-to-be-joking expression. "Are you serious Daniel?" Daniel looked at her kind of scared of her reaction if he said yes.

"Uh…I'm being serious Betty. I didn't see any of those movies growing up." Instead of her expression being shocked like he thought it was more sad than anything. "Wow, I'm sorry Daniel. You know we are going to have a Disney movie day!"

"That would be cool, Betty. I'm looking forward to it." Betty smiled "Great."

"So, how was your real first kiss, Betty?" Daniel asked curiously.

"Uh, well, it wasn't exactly the best in the world. I had just gotten my braces and well I thought I looked horrible with braces and didn't see Walter for three days. He ended up coming to my house thinking I didn't want to be with him anymore. I told him why I didn't see him and well, he kissed me, but…uh…" Betty's face was now a brighter shade of pink "…I don't know how, but my braces caused a shock or something and it wasn't really in a chemistry sparks kind of way, more like a holy-crap-that-hurt kind of way." Betty laughed remembering that. She thought she was such a dork then. Daniel started to laugh slightly. "Wow, Betty."

"I'm sorry. I wish your first kiss was nicer. Maybe you just didn't have your first kiss with the right person."

"That's ok Daniel." Betty said as she flipped through her notebook. Daniel looked at her and then to her lips. Disappointing those beautiful lips is a crime, Daniel thought. Betty looked up and Daniel quickly looked away. After a minute, Daniel looked at her with a slight grin. "Betty, I have an idea"

"What?"

"Ok, so close your eyes. We're going to try an experiment."

Betty's eyebrow raised in curiosity "what?"

"Close your eyes Betty."

Betty looked at him for a moment, and then closed her eyes. "Ok, so Betty, now pretend your first kiss was with me."

"What?" Betty said opening her eyes.

"Betty, come on. Just try this."

Betty took a deep breath and closed her eyes again. "Ok, so now clear your mind and pretend that your first kiss was with me." He said taking the notebook from her and placing it on the desk.

Betty just thought of the time he walked up to her trying to fix her hair, his eyes looking into hers, his hand brushing along her face, but instead of kissing her cheek he kissed her lips sweetly. Daniel just watched her for a minute loving how the lights from the street shined on her face. "Ok, so you have that image Betty?"

"mmhhmm" was all Betty could say because she was picturing Daniel kissing her with him sitting right next to her.

Daniel smiled and held her face in his hands pulling her face closer to his, when she didn't object Daniel's lips met hers for a long deep kiss. Daniel never loved her lips as much as he did right now. He could smell the vanilla shampoo from her hair and taste the chocolate on her mouth. He felt his heart pound against his chest. His hand moved to her back, bringing her slightly closer to him. Betty felt her heart beat furiously, her hand coming up to his chest. Was Betty still dreaming or was Daniel really kissing her? His lips tasted like mint. She kissed him back a little, but then pulled away. She looked at him biting her lips nervously, still able to taste the mint. Yup, that really did just happen. Betty felt butterflies everywhere as she looked at his deep blue eyes. Daniel looked at her and smiled.

"Um, so, was it like you expected, Betty?" Daniel asked curiously.

Betty blushed and said "Better"

Daniel smiled "Really?" not that he was surprised he was a good kisser, but that Betty liked it and actually admitted it.

"Um...Much better, Daniel" Betty smiled and looked down, her face bright red.

"Well, you see Betty, we just proved that first kisses can actually be better than you expect, too. I guess it just depends on the person."

Betty smiled "ya, I guess you're right." Was Daniel trying to imply something about being the right person? She wanted to kiss him again to know for sure if she felt something.

"Daniel, can I ask you something? I know this might be a weird question, but…"

"Go for it, Betty."

"Ok…umm…well, I'm not trying to bring up the past or anything, but uh…remember our whole incident with you kissing me and me kind of freaking out?"

"yaa?" Daniel said reluctantly hoping he didn't freak her out again.

"I'm sorry, Betty…I just-"

"No, Daniel…What I'm trying to say is you said you wanted to kiss me for a long time…and…uh…"

"Ya, Betty?"

"Was um…it like you uh… never mind it's stupid" Betty looked down embarrassed.

"Betty…" Betty looked at him biting her lip. "It was a lot better…a dream about you is nothing like the real thing." Daniel said slightly reluctant of saying maybe too much, but felt better when Betty smiled.

"Daniel, I uh...I want to ask you something else."

"Okay?" Daniel looked at her waiting for her to say what she wanted to say.

"Umm...why did you...um...want to kiss me?" she said biting her lip looking at him anxiously.

Daniel thought this would be the perfect opportunity to tell her that he started having feelings for her, but instead what he said possibly ruined the night. "Uh, well, Betty, I was just um, curious that's all." Daniel said automatically regretting saying that. He didn't want Betty to think she was just another girl he wanted to get with. Betty looked at him with darkness in her eyes. "Oh. Ok." She said plainly not looking at him. "Betty..." Daniel started to speak, but Betty stopped him. She forced a smile "Daniel, it's fine! Don't worry about it." Betty looked at her phone to check the time. "Daniel, I should go. It's late. We can work on this tomorrow or something." She said getting up from her chair.

Daniel sighed. He felt like such a jerk. "Ok. Do you want me to take you home?" He said getting up now.

"No, that's fine. I can take a cab."

"At least take the town car, Betty. I don't want you alone at night." Betty sighed knowing Daniel wouldn't have her go home alone. "Fine"

"Can I at least take you down to the car?"

"okay" Betty said getting her things.

So much for not bringing that up anymore, Daniel thought as he accompanied a silent Betty down to the town car waiting for her. "Good night, Betty. Can you please call me when you get home so I know you got home safely?" He said as they reached the car. Betty looked at him and his pleading eyes. She couldn't say no "okay" she sighed getting into the car. Daniel held the door open and looked at her "I'm sorry, Betty."

"Good night, Daniel." She said half-smiling. She didn't want to make him feel that bad. "Bye Betty" he closed the door and walked back up. He felt like such an idiot. Why couldn't he just tell Betty the truth? He had so many opportunities to tell her? Maybe Betty wouldn't feel the same way anyway. Daniel sat in his office until Betty called him.

Daniel's phone buzzed. He eagerly picked it up from his desk noticing it was just a text.

Home now

GN Daniel.

He read the text and sighed. He was really going to have to make it up to Betty. He looked at his desk and noticed Betty left her notebook; it was flipped open to her notes on the article. He skimmed over it and smiled. He got an idea.

A/N I was rereading this and I think Betty and Daniel do fight like a married couple. It's pretty cute! :) lol Hope you enjoyed this chapter!