Think of The Firefly

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Chapter 3

Unexpected Company

Betty walked out of the bookstore, suddenly bumping into someone, nearly falling over. As the person helped her up, she said "I'm so sorry" then looked up not being able to fully register who she was seeing in front of her.

"Daniel?" Betty looked at him in front of her, not sure if she was hallucinating or not. She slowly touched his arm to see if he was real. "Are you really here?" Daniel couldn't help but laugh a little. "Yes, Betty. It's me, Daniel." He said smiling at her. "Did you forget what I looked like already? I'm glad I came, then." He said teasingly. Betty looked at him for a second and then looked away for a few seconds, then back at him.

"What are you, um…what are you doing here?" she asked confused, but really curious, suddenly thinking of her dream. Betty was in complete shock. Did she conjure Daniel up with her dream or something? How was he here?

"Are you happy here Betty?" Daniel asked frankly snapping Betty out of her thoughts. "What? What kind of question is that Daniel? Of course I'm happy here." She said without making eye contact with him. She knew if she looked at him he would be able to read her eyes. She hated that. Well, Sometimes...

"Are you…sure, Betty?" he asked trying to read her face. He knew she was a horrible liar and when she didn't make eye contact with him, he knew she was hiding something.

"Daniel." Betty sighed heavily unsure of what was even happening. "Why are you here?" she asked in a slightly distressed tone.

"I…uh…I wanted to see if you were ok, Betty." Betty looked at him skeptically. "So, you came more than half way across the US to see if I was ok?" she didn't understand it. Why would Daniel do that? He could have just called, sent an e-mail, letter or something. "Why didn't you just call me?"

He looked down at his shoes "I…uh… I didn't think about that." Betty looked at him curiously. After a few very long seconds of silence, Daniel broke it "So, you said you're happy here, huh?" When she didn't speak he added "So, uh how's…how is he?"

"He's good." Betty said, pretty sure he was referring to Henry.

"Ok." He responded plainly.

"How's MODE?" Betty asked trying to get some ounce of information that told her why he was here.

"It's good." He said simply. "Do you um…want to maybe have some coffee or something?" He said looking at her. "Uh…okay. I mean I already had some coffee, but I could get some tea or something" Daniel smiled "Great." They started walking; Daniel was getting closer and closer to her. Betty didn't know if he realized it or not; then his arm brushed along hers' slightly as he opened the door for her. She glanced at him, but looked back in front of her and continued to walk in.

They sat in the café, Daniel looking around. "This place is ... uh… nice." He said as he took another look. Betty smiled. "I like to just come here and read." Daniel looked at her for a minute, feeling his heart beat slightly faster. Betty's stomach was in knots, but she was trying to ignore it. "Umm, so, Daniel…what are you doing here?" she asked again.

"Betty, I told you. I just wanted to see if you were ok." The waiter came up to him to take their order. "Just a coffee for me and tea for Betty, chamomile with some honey... Thank you." The waiter walked off to get their drinks. Betty smiled when he knew what tea she liked.

"Thank you. I mean for the tea." She smiled.

"So, Betty. How's Tucson? Do you…um…like it here?" he asked curiously trying to figure out what was going on in her life here. "It's fine. I do like it. Especially the mountains, but…"

"…but?" he asked curiously.

"…I miss New York." Betty said simply.

"Well Betty, I'm sure New York misses you. So, the feelings' mutual." He laughed. "Thanks" she laughed.

"So, uh…what have you been doing to keep yourself busy? Do you have a job yet?" he asked curiously just wanting to know as much as possible. "Actually I've been reading a lot… here actually… and I kind of go to the mountains a lot…pretty much every day. I don't have a job yet, but I actually found a listing for a job at a Magazine. I have an interview, tomorrow actually." The waiter arrived with the coffee and tea.

"Wow, that's great Betty. I'm sure you'll get the job. What's the job? Like what will you be doing?" Betty blew on the tea, cooling it down a bit and took a sip.

"Well, this is kind of for planning this charity event, but I'm hoping that I can just get my foot in the door and move on from there."

"That sounds promising. If you need a recommendation I'm all yours, Betty. Just say the word." He drank some of the coffee.

"Thank you, Daniel." She smiled at him. "I'm really excited for you, Betty." he said sincerely.

"Thanks. I'm kind of excited too, but nervous, you know?" She drank more of the tea.

"I know Betty, but you'll be great. So, you uh…spend a lot of time in the mountains, huh?"

"Yes, you should see it Daniel. It's so beautiful from up there. It reminds me of New York... and the bridge."

"What ever happened to that, Betty? I thought you would call me to meet you on the bridge." Daniel said with a somewhat saddened tone.

"I don't know. I just haven't gone to the bridge since then. I miss it though. When I come to New York, you and I will make a trip there, how about that?" she said smiling at him. "Deal, Betty. I'd love that." He said smiling. "…and you're going to have to show me the mountains, Betty." he added. "That'd be great, Daniel! I love it up there!" Betty said happily. He could see that she really did love it at the mountains. He loved how her eyes sparkled talking about it.

"How about we take a walk, Betty?" he asked touching her hand lightly as it was on the cup. She looked at her hand and then back at him "okay" she said smiling. "You barely drank your coffee." She looked at the cup that was practically full. "Actually, I kind of said that I wanted coffee as an excuse to talk to you, Betty." he grinned at her, making her roll her eyes and smile at him. "Let's go." She said getting up. Daniel got up, placing some money on the table and opening the door for Betty. "After you" he said sweetly.

Betty laughed "Why, thank you, Daniel." He walked over next to her, "so which way Betty?" Just when he asked an elderly couple walked up and Daniel opened the door for them, his smile so bright it made the elderly couple smile as they walked in. Right when Daniel closed the door, Betty hugged him hard. "Wa-oww Betty." Daniel said as he slightly fell backward from the rather impactful hug. "I'm sorry. I just…I missed you, Daniel…I, uh…I'm sorry." Betty said, blushing as she pulled back.

"It's fine, Betty. That was a great hug." He smiled at her, which sent butterflies through her.

"I'm really glad you're here Daniel. I didn't hug you initially, because…well, I thought you weren't real. I thought I was dreaming."

"I thought I was dreaming when I first saw you, too, Betty. You look really nice, by the way. You look great in jeans" Betty blushed slightly, as Daniel kind of checked her out. "Thank you…um so, do you want to come, see the house? I mean since you're here. How long are you staying Daniel?" she asked curiously, hoping he was staying a while.

"Umm…actually, I've never been here before, so I was thinking maybe I could stay for a week or two, maybe you could show me around. Is that ok with you Betty?" he asked trying to read her face. He didn't want her to think he was suffocating her, but he wanted to spend as much time as he could with her. "I would love that, Daniel." Betty smiled brightly. Daniel couldn't help but smile back. "Great Betty"

"So, let me show you the house?"

"Would umm…uh…he be ok with that, Betty?" Daniel asked cautiously. He didn't want to get in the way of anything. "He? Meaning Henry? Why can't you say his name Daniel? You never say it. Anyway, he'll be fine. He's at work until 8 tonight. Oh we are actually going dancing tonight, so you should come, Daniel. Where will you be staying Daniel? Isn't a hotel kind of expensive? Never mind you're rich. Is there anyone to take care of MODE? Two weeks is a while, but I'm glad you're staying that long." Betty rambled. All the sudden, Daniel started laughing hysterically. Betty looked at him confused. "Why are you laughing, Daniel?"

"Betty! You're so cute. Relax, ok? Everything's fine." Did he just call her cute? "To answer all your questions, I can't say his name because well I'm not going to tell you why at the moment. I guess I might be able to go with you tonight, we'll see about that. And ya, I'm staying at a hotel, and yes, I'm rich so I can afford it. And as for MODE, Alexis is taking care of that. I already let her know I was going to be away for two weeks. And I'm glad I'm here, too, Betty." He laughed then smiled at her. Betty ended up laughing too.

After about a few minutes of walking Betty looked at Daniel and realized how extremely happy she was that he was there. He looked at her curiously. "What are you looking at me like that for Betty?" he shot her a flirting grin. She couldn't contain her happiness, she jumped up and hugged him again "I'm just really happy you're here, Daniel." She said sincerely.

"How did you get here so fast? I know you must be tired. I know you were at my house yesterday. So what? Did you take a flight as soon as dinner was over or something?"

He smiled "Actually, Betty I did get a flight as soon as dinner was over. I am tired, but you kind of made me forget that I was." Betty smiled at him. "I'm kind of sad, though, Betty." Betty looked at him confused. "Why Daniel?" she asked concerned.

"Well, you knew I was at your house, but you didn't ask to talk to me. Why was that, Betty? And I know you lied to Hilda telling her that you were going to call me. I kind of felt bad about that Betty" She looked at him, how did he know her so well? She thought.

"By the way, thanks for the hug" he said hugging her. Betty looked at him slightly upset. Not upset with him, but at the way she acted. "I'm sorry, Daniel. I uhh…I had to go meet with uh…" she couldn't do it. She couldn't lie to Daniel. "I can't lie to you, I actually, I was kind of surprised you were at my house. I kind of panicked when Hilda told me you've been there. And I just thought if I talked to you, I would start…umm…never mind"

"What, Betty?" he asked in wonder. "I thought I would start crying again, or say something stupid, so I just thought I'd talk to you later. But you're right; I don't think I would have called you soon after that. It would have taken me a while. I'm sorry, Daniel."

Daniel smiled slightly. "It's ok Betty. Let's just make the most of these two weeks to last a while until you come to New York and we have our date." Betty looked at him with wide eyes. "I mean, you know, the bridge."

"Right." She smiled. She didn't know why she was so shocked he said date, it was a date, even back then it kind of was, but Daniel never said it before, so this was weird. She didn't care, she was just really happy Daniel was there for two weeks.


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