A/N: Could it be?! Yes it is! A New chapter! I am SOOOOOOO SORRY about the time in between the chapters. I have been so extremely busy with school, that I had no time for this. Sorry. As one of my New Years resolutions, I will try to take care of this more, and now that I am done with my first semester, I am much more relaxed and I was able to finish.

Thanks to Henry's Honeys over at I-C. Happy Holidays girls! Here's your present from me! Alos tanks to Dani, who proofread the chapter for me. As compensation, here is a Sugarstick!

Enjoy and Happy new year!

"Hi Henry."

"Betty! Uh…hi!" Henry says, his face still full of shock and surprise. Clearly he is still trying to get over the initial shock. "How-How have you been?"

"Great actually. Got an apartment, got a promotion." Betty says with a smile.

"That's great Betty-" Nate tugs at Henry's pant leg.

"Yes?" Henry asks his son. Nate points at Betty.

"That's her. She helped me when you lost me." Nate says. Henry looks up at Betty.

"Oh! You were the one that helped Nate." Henry says.

"Yes. He behaved very well considering the circumstances." Betty says looking down at Nate.

"Well, all he could talk about was how you were very nice and that you had a pretty smile." Henry explains with that look that is just for Betty. Betty smiles as she feels her cheeks heat up. " So I guess you have met Nate then already."

"Well kind of, but not really." Betty says, lowering herself to Nate's level.

"Ok then. Nate, this is my good friend Betty. Betty, this is my son Nate." Henry says.

"Hi Nate. I saw you when you were just born." Betty says holding out a hand. Nate takes it and shakes Betty's hand.

"Really?" Nate asks, wide-eyed, letting go of her hand.

"Uh huh. You are getting so big, I didn't recognize you when I saw you…at work." Betty says putting the pieces together, she stands up and looks at Henry, a look like when she found out about Nate. She opens her mouth to say something, but someone beat her to it.

"Next," Gio calls from the counter. Henry turns around to face Gio. Gio's eyes widen.

"Henry?" Gio says.

"Hi Gio." Henry says with a smile, extending his hand. Gio takes it in a firm handshake.

"How are you Egg Salad?" Gio asks smiling.

"Just fine Sandwich Boy." Henry says, also smiling. He picks up Nate.

"Gio, this is my son Nate. Nate, this is another friend of mine, Gio."

"Hello Nate. Nice to meet you." Gio says, friendly.

"Hi." Nate says with a small smile.

"So I am guessing your usual?" Gio asks.

"Yes please, Egg Salad on White. What do you want Nate?" Henry asks his son.

"May I please have a ham and cheese sandwich?" Nate asks politely.

"Yes you may. I'll bring them over to you." Gio says as Henry pays for the meal. He turns to Betty.

"Sit with us?" he asks with that dashing smile of his.

"Yeah." Betty says with a smile. A she watches Henry and Nate walk to the table, she can't help but think about what Henry said about her: This is my good friend Betty.

Friend? After all we've been through, we're back to that again. Betty thinks to herself as she walks up to the counter with Gio manning it.

"Your usual?" Gio asks.

"Of course." Betty says with an unsure smile. She looks back at the father and son.

"Uh, did you know that he was going to be here?" Gio asks nodding his head towards the tall man with glasses and the small spitting image next to him.

"No, well, at least not here here. Nate was lost within MODE yesterday and I kept him safe while someone came to find him. I didn't know it was him until he came to get him, I looked over the corner and there he was! I couldn't breathe!" Betty tells her friend, with an uneven look on her face.

"Just relax. Go sit down and I'll bring over your sandwich ok?" Gio says.

"Yeah," Betty says, paying for her food. She walks across the room and to the table where Henry and Nate are sitting, talking about something.

"May I join you?" Betty asks jokingly to Henry and Nate.

"Of course you may milady." Henry jokes around with that smile of his, that smile that is just for her, and motioning towards the chair across from him.

"Thank you." Betty says sitting down.

It is just silence around the table, Betty and Henry not knowing what to say, Nate sitting there being a good boy.

"So," Henry breaks the silence. "you said that you got a promotion."

"Yes I did." Betty says with a smile.

"Well, to what?" Henry asks.

"Assistant Editor-In-Chief." Betty says, smile even bigger than before.

"Really?! Oh. My God, that's great! For how long?"

"Only for a couple of months now."

"Well, it is about time you got something. As long as I have known you, you have put your all into MODE."

"Thank you, but If I am not mistaken, Henry, you also worked pretty hard when you were at MODE." Betty says with a smile. Although years has past since hey last saw each other, Henry's heart is pounding faster and faster when she blushes or smiles. Betty coughs to stop the gaze into his eyes, what she was doing.

"So Henry, what have you been up to?" Betty asks.

"Well, I have working for a firm, a couple of blocks from home." Henry says.

"Oh. You, Nate, and Charlie?" Betty asks. No matter how many years past, she has forgotten Charlie, a pang of guilt she got at the mention of her name. Luckily, Gio comes by with their food.

"Here you go guys." Gio says.

"Thanks.' Henry and betty say simultaneously.

"Thank You Gio." Nate says with a smile.

"You are very welcome Nate. Enjoy." Gio says then walks away. Henry prepares Nate's meal as Betty bites into her sandwich.

They eat their sandwiches in complete silence, only hearing some sighs of approval for the meal. Nate starts fidgeting next to his father. He taps Henry.

"Yes son?" Henry asks.

"I have to go to the bathroom." Nate says. Henry lets his son out of the area.

"Do you want me to come with you-"

"No. I want to do this all by myself." Nate says smiling then walking through the door with a man on it. Henry and Betty share a small chuckle.

"He is a gem Henry." Betty says.

"Thank you. I try by best." Henry says with pride for his son visible in his eyes.

"Yeah. You and Charlie did a fantastic job with Nate. In speaking of her, where is Charlie? I though she would be with you guys." Betty says.

"Charlie? No. She is in Tucson with Gabe."

"Gabe? As in Gabe Farkas my former orthodontist? That Gabe?!" Betty asks.

"Yes. Actually they are married and she is right now pregnant with a baby." Henry says.

A small moment passes by then both burst into laughter.

"Who would've thought that Gabe and Charlie would actually get married?" Betty asks in between fits of laughter.

"I know! After all that drama, talk about irony!" Henry laughs. Just thinking about all those problems years ago, makes the laughter die pretty quickly. They just sit there and avoid each others eyes. Both of them did not expect that the topic that is the most tender, would pop up in a place like this.

The sound of a flushing toilet and the opening of the door, snaps both of them out of the state they were in. Nate walks back to the table and Henry lets him to the table.

"Did you wash your hands?" Henry asks his son.

"Yes Daddy." Nate says, getting back to his sandwich. The rest of the meal was a little bit louder, Nate talking about school and his life back home. Nate was in the middle of a story about his class last week, when they hear a voice.

"Betty!" Gio calls.

"Yeah Gio." Betty calls back.

"Time." Gio calls. Betty checks her watch.

"Oh! Thanks Gio! Sorry to cut this short, but I have to get back to work."

"Please go. You need to get there." Henry says.

"Ok then, thanks guys. How long are you guys in town?" Betty asks, picking up her trash.

"Until Friday."

"Nice. Come visit me at MODE. I would like to see both of you before you guys leave. Same extension like I had when you were here. Just call be before you come up ok?" Betty says walking over to the barrel and throwing away her trash.

"Of course. I'll do that. DO you ant to visit Betty Nate?" Henry asks his son.

"Yeah!" Nate says excitedly.

"Ok then." Betty says getting to the door. "it was nice to see you Henry, and nice to meet you Nate" Betty says opening the door.

"Nice to meet you Betty.' Nate says waving.

"I'll see you late Betty." Henry says with a smile.

"Same time tomorrow?" Gio calls from the counter.

"Of course. Bye." Betty says before leaving Gio's shop. She runs to work and quickly fills Christina in on what happened. After that, the rest of her day flies by.

She walks into her apartment, throwing her bag on the couch out of habit and checks the fridge for food. Nothing. She makes a mental note to pick up groceries as she calls for some Chinese food. Her dinner was a peaceful one, just her, some General Tso's Chicken, and reruns of some show on TV. She gets into her pajamas in into bed with a book, but she can't read. Her mind is just filled with thoughts from the day's events, and just about Henry in general. Henry is back, but just for a short time. Nate is such a good boy and is just like his dad. Just seeing Henry with his son makes her smile, but tear up. She had the dream of them having a life, with Nate in it, if it is allowed. She doesn't know what to do. But she knows to talk to. She picks up the phone and dials.

"Hi Hilda? Just the person I need to talk to right now…"

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Even though he was enjoying seeing his son enjoy the sights, his mind is just filled of thoughts of Betty, the one woman he truly loved. The look on her face, when she saw him, and just her in general. So beautiful, more beautiful then she was the last time he saw her.

Nate quickly falls asleep when they return to the hotel. He gets ready for bed and turns off the lights getting in. He just finds himself looking up at the ceiling, just thinking about Betty and the relationship they had, the best five months of his life. He can still feel the feel of her skin on his. He can still taste her kiss. He still gets butterflies when he sees her and his mouth went dry when she was there. It was like five years of pent up emotion exploded then and there. It finally hits him.

He never stopped loving her. After all those years, he still loves her as much as he did when he proposed to her. He even still has the ring he gave her. Then got back. It's even in the secret compartment in his luggage.

I just can't lose her again, I just can't… Henry thinks to himself as he closes his eyes, images of him and Betty fulfilling the fantasies they both dream of…