Te Quiero in Mexico

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Chapter 10: Love is a Gift

Betty felt so excited and nervous about possibly meeting her grandmother. She didn't know what to expect. Just when she and Daniel were about to walk into the house, she stopped, and he looked at her "Betty?"

She bit her lip "I'm so nervous"

He smiled "why, sweetie?"

She looked down "I don't know"

He held his hand out to her, looking at her with those warm shining eyes. She smiled and placed her hand in his. When they walked inside, there was an older woman sitting in a rocking chair.

They walked over and both said 'hola', Betty let go of Daniel's hand and walked up a little closer. "Yolanda? Soy Betty, Rosa's hija"

When the woman didn't respond, Betty looked back to Daniel. He just smiled at her, his silent way of telling her to still speak to her. She bit her lip, then looked back to the woman. "Soy tu nieta. You have no idea how much I wanted to meet you." when she realized she spoke in English, she said "Do you understand me?"

Another woman walked out of a back room and saw her and Daniel "She won't talk to you. She can't comprehend anymore."

Daniel walked up to Betty and came up to take her hand. She looked to him, feeling so lucky that he was here with her. He made her feel like she had everything. Surprisingly, her grandmother got out of her chair and said "Rosa? estas aqui?"

"No, soy Betty."

She still didn't seem to understand "Rosa, regresaste? Yo te quiero, mihija. Siempre está en mi corazón."

Betty felt her heart clench at what her grandmother said "Perdona, por no entendido tu amor" Her grandmother looked to Daniel, and lifted her and his joined hands, encasing her hands over theirs. "Amor es la más preciosa regalo del mundo. Estar con la persona que amas." She placed a kiss to their hands.

When Daniel looked to Betty, he had a smile on his face. He didn't understand Spanish enough, but felt that Betty's grandmother blessed them to be together. He felt so happy that Betty got to see her and maybe tie her and her mother together. He felt even more excited to tell Betty he was in love with her.

Betty looked to Daniel, a smile crossing her face, her cheeks turning rosy. She felt so lucky that Daniel had decided to come on this trip with her; it had made them see that THEY belonged together. She was sure she would have mistaken her grandmother's words and thought of being with Henry, but he wasn't the right man for her.

Before they left, her grandmother gave her old wedding dress and a couple of her mother's old dresses to her. When they were leaving, Betty smiled as she looked to Daniel. He was so amazing. He looked to her with a smile. "Are you happy?"

She nodded, her eyes getting glossy. She felt she didn't have the right words to tell him how much happiness he gave her. He smiled brighter "Good. I'm happy you got to see her. And we even found your sister a wedding dress. Two in one, I say."

Betty laughed finding Daniel completely charming. She really wanted to kiss him. She took his hand and pulled him back to her, taking hold of his face and kissed him. He was surprised for a few seconds, but quickly wrapped his arm around her pulling her closer to him.

As they kissed, it seemed he was getting annoyed with holding the bag of dresses and dropped them taking hold of her face. Betty laughed as he kissed her.

He held her face looking at her with a grin "Don't laugh at me, Betty. You can't go and kiss me like that without expecting me to kiss you back properly.

She giggled some more and was surprised when Daniel lifted her off the grassy ground. "Daniel! Oh my god!"

He laughed finding her so cute, as she held onto him tightly. She laughed "You're so crazy."

He grinned "Yep!" He let her down "There, you happy now?"

She shook her head, tackling him to the ground, then kissed him. "Now, I am"

"Bettyyy!" He looked up at the sky, laughing, while she giggled as she had him pinned. He smiled as he held her face pulling her down for another kiss. He never knew his Betty could be so spontaneous. He rolled them so he was on top of her kissing her all over her face. She wrapped her arms around him.

Betty felt so excited to kiss Daniel like this, without having to worry about her family teasing her or being around every moment. She ran her hand along his back and to his face pulling him even closer.

Daniel felt so lost in Betty and kissing her, wanting to touch her every where, but felt like he really wanted to tell her he loved her first. He never cared about that sort of thing before, but Betty was special. He felt like his heart was constantly doing somersaults as Betty kissed him back with such passion.

He stopped kissing her with great difficulty; she was such an amazing kisser. He looked at her eyes, his heart racing, as she looked into his, her eyes shining, her perfect soft lips looking so tempting. "We should get back. I actually want to take you on a date later. Just us. What do you think?"

She nodded with a bright smile "Mhm, that would be...nice"

He grinned "Great!" he got up and pulled her up, surprised when she wrapped her arms around him in hug. He smiled and hugged her, wondering why she was so...affectionate.

As he held her arms and looked at her, she blushed and said "I just want to thank you for being here with me."

He smiled "Me too, Betty. I'm so lucky that you are in my life."

She pulled him close and placed a kiss to his cheek. He smiled and said "now, let's get back. I want to make sure we spend as much time as possible together on our date. It sucks that tomorrow night we would be back on a plane to New York. As much as I love New York, I love just being us here"

She nodded "Me too." Daniel noticed the frown on her face as they walked together to get back to the family house. "Betty?"

"Mhm?" she responded in a daze. "What's going on?" he asked, noticing how different she seemed in just the few minutes they had been walking.

She chewed her bottom lip, and looked to him "nothing."

He frowned himself sure that she wasn't telling him something. He knew she would tell him when she felt like sharing whatever it was that made her upset. He hoped it wasn't something he said.

As Betty walked alongside Daniel to the house, she started to feel more and more uncertain about...well, everything. Would Daniel still want to date her when they got back to 'real life', or was this all happening because they were in Mexico. She really hoped not, because she was completely in love with him.

Just when they were reaching the house, Daniel stopped Betty from walking further. She looked at him in confusion. "Betty, look, I tried not to worry about why you seem so upset, but I just can't. Please tell me. Whatever it is, I promise I'll do whatever I can to make you happy."

As she heard how concerned Daniel seemed and how he said he would do anything to make her happy, she knew she was stupid to doubt Daniel's...feelings. He was a very honest and reliable man when he was in love. She had seen how loving he was. He had shown HER how loving he is.

She smiled at him "I'm so stupid, Daniel"

He looked confused "What?"

She pulled him down for a kiss "I know how much you care about me, and you've shown me that this whole trip and everything you do for me. I guess, part of me got scared at the thought of going back to our 'real lives' because I don't want to lose what we have."

He smiled "Betty, that is never going to happen. For one thing, you're like the best friend I've ever had. Nothing will ever change that. Second...well…" damn it he wanted to tell her he loved her! "I'm pretty uh...well, nuts about you"

Her smile was super pretty and it made his heart fill with warmth. "Really?"

He nodded with a grin "Si senorita!"

She laughed "You know you sound really cute when you speak in Spanish"

He sighed, but smirked "ya, well, I think I want you to say something sexy to me in Spanish tonight"

Betty laughed, her cheeks turning rosy. "I don't know if it will sound all that hot from me." she laughed knowing how terrible her spanish was. He shrugged. "Of course, I prefer English, because I can actually understand it."

She laughed.

When they made it to the house fifteen minutes later, Betty ran over to Hilda when she saw her "Hilda! You will not believe what Daniel and I have for you"

She looked at her sister with a curious smirk "What?"

When Daniel walked up, he held out the bag with the wedding dress. "What's this?" she asked as she started to unzip it. Betty and Daniel both smiled. "It was abuela's" Betty said. As Hilda took it out her eyes grew bright "Oh, it's beautiful!" She hugged Betty "Thank you, Betty! This is so beautiful."

"By the way, you have grass in your hair" she said with a wink before she hugged Daniel, causing Betty to run her fingers through her hair.

"Thank you, Daniel!" Hilda laughed making Daniel laugh, especially when she squealed in excitement "EEK! I gotta show Justin!" she ran into one of the rooms.

Betty smiled looking to Daniel. He leaned over and placed a kiss to her cheek, but wiggled his eyebrows playfully "We should have another roll in the grass. That was fun...and kinda sexy" he said, his voice dropped lower. She bit her lip, glancing to his eyes. He nudged her shoulder playfully.

She blushed. He smiled, feeling so happy that he was here with Betty. He couldn't wait to tell her he was crazy in love with her. "I'm going to go for a little while. You get ready for our date, and I'll be right back to pick you up."

She nodded, as he placed a kiss to her cheek. "I'll see you soon, senorita"

She laughed as he went away. She wondered what he was going to do for their date. She didn't need anything extravagant. She sighed and went to get ready.

When Daniel left he spotted Mr. Suarez outside. "Hey Mr. Suarez."

"Oh Daniel, como estas?" he said with a grin.

Daniel laughed "Good, actually. Um...I was wondering, uh...can I talk to you."

Ignacio nodded "Yes, mijo, let's go for a walk."

As they started walking, they were silent for a couple of minutes, when Daniel started "Um, well Mr. Suarez, as you obviously know, uh...I'm well"

"You're in love with Betty"

Daniel looked at him with a surprised smile and nodded "Uh, ya, is it that obvious."

Ignacio laughed at that "Mijo, you and my daughter are very transparent in your love. Everyone around you can see it." Daniel's felt his face warm at that, feeling a little embarrassed.

Ignacio laughed again "I can see how much you care for our family, especially my Betty. She is very lucky to have your love, mijo." Daniel smiled brightly "Thanks , that means a lot to me, because I think I'm the lucky one, here. Betty is very special. And uh...I don't know why I didn't see it before."

Ignacio smiled as he listened to Daniel, but shrugged and said "sometimes we choose not to see love when we have it, for fear it would disappear altogether."

Daniel looked at Mr. Suarez "Is that what happened to you, if you don't mind me asking?"

Ignacio smiled at him and nodded "I was a private cook for my Rosa's husband. I came to love her over time. There were nights when she would come to the kitchen to get away from everything, and we would talk. Of course, I instantly fell in love with her. She was such a passionate, happy woman; her heart filled with more love than she received."

"I could see that she was trapped in a marriage that was destroying her. Her husband, his name was Ramiro, would beat her frequently, and his own son. I tried not to let it bother me, but as I got to know Rosa, I knew she deserved happiness and love. I couldn't let him beat her again, so I fought with Ramiro, and I didn't intend to…"

He didn't have to say the words for Daniel to know what he was referring to, Daniel nodded in understanding. "I couldn't see him continue to hurt her." he added.

Daniel smiled "You got your love though, as hard as it might have been."

Ignacio smiled with a nod "I wouldn't change anything if I couldn't have my Rosa"

Daniel smiled, feeling honored that Betty's father shared this with him. "I feel that way about Betty. She has made my life better and uh...I do love her."

Ignacio smiled "Yes, when you were dancing with Betty, I could see how you looked at her. I looked at my Rosa that way"

Daniel felt his heart race just remembering how he felt dancing with Betty. He only just realized he loved her in that moment. For her father to see it, made it feel more...intense.

"So uh...I have your blessing to be with Betty?"

Ignacio smiled with a nod.

"Great, would you uh...mind helping me?" Daniel felt so excited to tell Betty he was so crazy about her. After hearing her father tell him his love story, he felt more in love with Betty. And having Betty's father help in planning his date with Betty, he knew he could make it more special.

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