She's So Magnetic

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Chapter 10 – Repelling Forces

When Daniel reached the Closet he saw that no one was there. "Christina?" he called "Uh...you in here?"

He walked over to Christina's desk and saw the sketches scattered on top. He picked one up and smiled. The design was so beautiful. He never realized how great her work was. He'd seen her designs come to life at the Ten Designers to Watch Show when she sold herself to the devil, but seeing them in their sketches was amazing.

He knew that he had to have Christina's designs on the cover and for Betty to wear. The more Daniel thought about the concept the more ideas he got to make it more amazing. Something Betty could look at and feel inspired by.

"Oh. Daniel!" Daniel turned around to see Christina come out of virtually nowhere. "Where did you come from?"

She looked at him strangely. "Uh...I just went to the lou"

This time Daniel looked at her somewhat skeptical that she was telling the truth, but disregarded it. He placed the sketch down and put his hands in his pants pockets. "So, I have something to request from you."

"Sure."

Daniel smiled.

"but first, you've got to tell me what's going on with you and Bet-ty"

Daniel shook his realizing he should have known she would ask, especially since she was Betty's friend.

"Well?"

"Ok...I...I like her. A lot. We uh...we've kissed a couple of times." He said trying not to smile, but that was dang near impossible, especially after the last kiss they shared. Daniel felt hot just thinking about that kiss. He loosened his tie.

"And?" Christina knowing that it was good.

"And?" he responded

"I need details, Meade! Details!"

He chuckled "sorry, maybe you could ask Betty"

She rolled her eyes "Alright then, I can see you're embarrassed, although you weren't so embarrassed kissing her. Just talking about kissing her, right then?"

Daniel's face reddened "Look Christina, I don't really know what you want me to say, but I'm crazy about Betty. I know she's your friend so you'll probably talk her out of it too, but I would be lying if I said I didn't want to steal her away and keep her locked up in my office. Kissing her is the best feeling in the world to me. I've never felt so alive before."

Christina smiled wider "Better"

Daniel laughed "So, uh...the real reason I'm here is I want you to help me design something awesome for the cover of MODE. We can work on it together."

"What about Wilhelmina?" she asked.

Daniel narrowed his eyes. "I'm the Editor in Chief of this magazine! Despite what she thinks, she is just the Creative Director. I have more say than she does! So...you and I are working on the cover and feature designs together. I have a model picked out already. Except, I don't want to reveal that to you just yet. I want to see what you come up with by just me telling you what I want, ok? Do you think you can do that?"

Christina nodded enthusiastically "Sure thing, Meade! Glad to work with you. Anything than working with the devil"

Daniel smirked "Agreed. So, I'll meet back with you later with my thoughts. I still have some things to discuss with Wilhelmina about this issue. I honestly am not too sure she'll like it, but it doesn't matter. I decide. And I will have a vote if I have to."

Christina beamed at him "Must be somethin' amazin' for you to be so confident about it"

Daniel grinned "She is...I uh...mean it is"

Christina smirked at him. "Alright then, I'll gladly do it. Talk to you soon, then"

Daniel nodded "Great. I'll be back at two." He said before leaving.

Christina beamed brightly "Meade, you will never know what hit you, luv" she went to work on the designs already knowing from Betty that Daniel wanted to put her on the cover of MODE. She was so excited for her friend. And she was even more excited that Betty would be wearing her designs.

She couldn't wait to see what happens for both Betty and Daniel.

As Daniel was walking back to his office, he noticed Betty seemed upset as she was working on something on the computer. He made his way over and watched her for a moment. She didn't seem to realize he was there.

"Betty?" he said her name softly. Betty looked to him "Oh, uh, Daniel, hey" Betty felt her heart drop just seeing him and thinking about the things Wilhelmina had said to her earlier.

"You ok?" He asked able to read something in her eyes that told him she wasn't.

She let out a breath and nodded taking a gulp. "Mhm"

"You're lying. Talk to me. What happened? Twenty minutes ago you were happy and ok, now...you seem sad. Did Gio come back? Was he bothering you again? Or was it Marc and Amanda? Did they say something to you?"

Tears welled in Betty's eyes as she looked down at the work on her desk;

Anything to avoid looking into Daniel's eyes at the moment.

"I'm ok." She said in a whisper.

Daniel went around her desk taking her hand and pulling her up from her chair. Betty wondered what he was doing; shortly realizing he was taking her into his office. He sat her down on the chaise and sat next to her, keeping her hand in his.

"Betty, you're my best friend. I know something is not right with you right now. I want you to know that you can always talk to me. Just like you're always there for me, I want to be there for you."

Tears filled her eyes again. "Daniel, I...I..." She looked down, tears slipping down her face at what she was about to say to him. "Betty..." Daniel knew something wasn't right. He didn't know what to think. Thoughts went to her family. Were they ok? Did something happen to her father, or her sister, or Justin? He wondered if Marc and Amanda went too far with their comments and jokes and ended up hurting Betty...

He just knew he couldn't stand the look in her eyes and the tears rolling down her face. It hurt him more than anything he'd ever experienced.

Her eyes lifted to his filled to the brim and glossy, her cheeks wet from her tears. As she looked at him, the light reflected off the tears in her eyes and he was amazed how gorgeous her eyes were even when she was crying.

"I...I don't want to do the cover for Mode."

Daniel looked at her in confusion, his heart fell. "What, but..." he stammered wondering what could have made Betty change her mind so suddenly. Somebody had to have said something to her.

"Betty?"

"And I...I don't think you and I should..." Betty felt her heart shatter seeing the panicked look in his eyes "What?" he said taking a nervous gulp.

Tears slipped down her face again "I made a mistake"

Daniel's heart stopped having a feeling of what she was going to say. Nothing that had ever hurt him before could even measure up to this moment. She tried to remove her hand from his, but he seemed to tighten his hold on it. "I shouldn't have kissed you. We should just be...friends."

"Betty, no." he said taking her other hand now and lifting them up and holding them to his chest. Betty looked at him in wonder.

"This is not you right now. You were happy and said yes and you kissed me. We can't just be friends. I like you...I more than like you. I want you to be my girlfriend. If you don't want to do the cover, then that's fine. You don't have to. I don't want you to do anything you're not comfortable with. I just wanted to show the world how amazing you are. Please Betty..."

Betty removed her hands from his. His heart had never beat so fast in his entire life. His whole world seemed to flash before him, but then her arms wrapped around him engulfing him in a hug that shook his world. He smiled and wrapped his arms around her holding her tighter to him. She sobbed against him which made him really wonder what could have upset her. He rubbed her back for a few minutes trying to calm her down.

"Betty..." he said softly rubbing her hair and arm to comfort her. "Please tell me what happened?"

She let go of him and looked down "Wilhelmina...she"

Daniel didn't even have to finish hearing anything Betty had to say. He shot up and left his office in anger. Betty took a nervous gulp as she watched him get up.

Daniel charged into Wilhelmina's office past Marc who tried to stop him, but failed. "WHAT THE HELL IS YOUR PROBLEM?" Daniel shouted in anger not allowing her to even dismiss him from her office.

She simply looked at him as if she had no idea what he was talking about "I'm afraid I don't know"

"SHUT UP! Don't talk! You have no right saying things that have no business being said! You can't hurt people just because you don't like them or want them to be happy! You can't ruin everyone's lives just because yours is SHIT! I'm sick and tired of you hurting people left and right not caring one bit what they feel or what they have to go through."

Wilhelmina sat there in shock as Daniel told her off not giving her a chance to even stop him from talking.

"You're selfish, manipulative, evil and just the worst person I've ever met. Don't you ever hurt my best friend"

Wilhelmina's eye twitched knowing that Betty had probably spoken to Daniel about what she had said to the girl.

"I don't know what you have against Betty. Worried she'd take your job some day? Well, you probably should be. She's better than you."

"All I said was-"

"I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU SAID! I just know that if you ever mess with Betty, you mess with me" he said very sternly before leaving her office slamming the door as he left. Marc stood outside by the door in shock after hearing him tell off Wilhelmina. He couldn't help the somewhat satisfied smile that swept his face seeing how much Daniel actually cared about his chimmichunga. He didn't think that Wilhelmina would ever care that much about him.

He left his desk area and went in search of Amanda to tell her what happened.

When Daniel walked into his office, Betty looked at him and could tell that he was angry. "Daniel, what did you" Before she could ask what Daniel had done, he took her hand and pulled her up "Come on"

"Wha...where are we going?" she asked

"Anywhere but here!" he said picking up her bag from her desk and getting her sweater from the back of her chair. "but, what about"

"I'll take you to lunch" he said with a smile. She smiled lightly. He took her hand again and walked with her down the tube, people watching them as they left. Betty felt her heart pound in her chest wondering why everyone was watching them; some people were smiling as they looked at Daniel pass by them. Amanda and Marc grinned at Betty as they passed by the donut.

When they got in the elevator, Betty slipped her hand away from his "Daniel, what did you do?" she asked knowing that he must have done something, especially with the way others were looking at them.

He looked at her and smiled stepping closer to her causing her heart to skip a beat and the breath to escape her lungs. He ran his hand across her cheek so lightly it caused her eyes to close in response. Daniel smiled seeing the affect he had on her. He knew there was no way they could just be friends. He needed her. And she obviously needed him.

"I told her to get lost."

Her eyes went wide "You fired her?"

"No. I wish I did. Now that I think about"

Betty placed her hand on his arm "No Daniel."

"I know. Look, I didn't fire her. She's good at her job. Hell, I hate even saying that, but it's the truth. I told her that if she ever messed with you, she messes with me."

Betty kept her eyes on his. "I don't know what she said to you, but you have to believe that I would never do anything to hurt you. I'm sure she filled you with doubts, but I'm your friend Betty. Just like you're mine."

Tears filled her eyes again seeing the sincerity in his eyes. Daniel held her face and pulled her into him for a hug. She lifted her arms to wrap around him. After a few minutes of silence, Daniel held her by her arms and looked at her "You and I...are the best team in the world. We can do absolutely anything together. Especially kicking Wilhelmina's butt!"

Betty smiled. Daniel smiled at her before moving forward and placing a sweet kiss to her lips. When he moved back, Betty blushed looking down. This was real? What she and Daniel had together was something he wanted too? She felt so relieved and happy that Daniel wanted to pursue something with her.

"So..." Daniel started. When she looked up he was smirking "I believe when I was in my office I declared I wanted a certain someone to be my girlfriend."

Betty bit her lip as she looked at his eyes. "What do you say to that?"

"I say..." she took a breath and just as she was about to say her reply the elevator opened, "Oh, no you don't" Daniel closed the elevator and made it stop.

"You have to answer me before we leave this elevator." Betty giggled "Yes"

He grinned "Yes?"

She nodded smiling. He beamed and hugged her tight "Great. This is going to be...great. We're going to be..." he looked into her eyes, holding her close "we're going to be great"

All Betty could do was stare into his eyes. This was really happening. Daniel asked her to be his girlfriend. "We should uh...go"

"Mhm..." he seemed to move closer. "There are people waiting" she whispered, he was giving her butterflies at how close he was to her.

"uh-huh..."

"we should...mm" Daniel couldn't take it, he captured her lips with his moving his hand to her waist and pulling her body closer to his. Betty's hands came up to his chest and moved around his back hugging him closer to her. Betty couldn't describe how wonderful it was to kiss Daniel every time. It was like she was kissing him for the first time again and again. It left her feeling dazed, speechless and her heart racing.

Daniel knew that he and Betty had to give their relationship a chance. Everything just felt right with Betty. Every kiss with her was so special and perfect. Every smile she gave him got his stomach to flip. Every wonderful feeling he felt was because of her and he couldn't let that slip away. No matter what was thrown at them. Especially wicked evil witches like Wilhelmina. And stupid ex-boyfriends like Wilbur and shit, Daniel just realized that Betty was technically still with the grub. He pulled away from Betty, trying to catch his breath.

When he looked at Betty, she had a light smile on her face and she had her fingers over her lips. The almost intoxicated look in her eyes made him smile. He took her hand and opened the elevator leading her out. Of course there were a lot of unhappy people waiting for it, but he didn't really care.

They walked out of the Meade building, but Daniel stopped her "So...where would you like to go for lunch?"

She smiled "Daniel, you do know that it's only 10:30, right? We're too early for lunch." He looked at his watch and laughed, but looked to her and smiled.

"You know, I really don't care. We're going to have an extended lunch today. Wilhelmina can seethe in her office all day long. I don't care."

"but Daniel" he placed his hand on her arm causing her to feel butterflies again. "Betty...where do you want to go?"

"I..." she thought for a minute, a smile sweeping across her face. "I know one place, but maybe we'll go another time."

"No, I'll take you. Where?"

She looked at his eyes "It has pizza"

"Okay?" he responded wondering how he could possibly know which pizza place she wanted to go to in this city.

"And...Live entertainment..." she added still smiling. He smiled at her unable to look away from her eyes. He was trying to think of all the pizza places that he knew of that had entertainment when he figured out where she may have wanted to go. He took her hand "Don't worry, I got you babe"

Betty felt like her stomach was doing summersaults inside of her and her heart was racing. The fact that Daniel remembered that night, even remotely, made her feel incredible. She let go of his hand, causing him to look at her strangely, but when she hooked her arm through his, he smiled at her so sweetly she melted against him.

He smiled at her brightly "Pizza you shall have"

Betty smiled as she looked at him. She still was amazed this was all real. She really had to thank Claire for that perfume. Sure maybe Daniel seemed to notice her more since she had worn it, but the more she thought about the things he's done for her and all the things he's said to her, she could see that there was something deeper to his feelings. Perhaps they'd both secretly had a crush on each other long before now but were too scared to consider anything more than friendship. At least that was how she felt. And maybe this perfume spurred on their feelings to surface. She was suddenly separated from her thoughts when Daniel spoke.

"Betty, look I know I told you I didn't really care what Wilhelmina said to you, but-"

"First she told me that you were holding me back and she tried to convince me that you were hiding things from me. Like an opening in an Editor's position."

"THAT BITCH!"

"It's ok. I knew she was lying. If there was one, Marc would have rubbed it in my face."

Daniel smiled, but then frowned "but wait would you have thought I was keeping that from you if you didn't think of Marc?"

Betty looked at him somewhat sadly. "Daniel, for a moment, I wondered if it were true. That you were keeping that from me, but then I realized how wrong that was to think that. I know you wouldn't do that to me. That is why I told her I would never work for her, because you are always encouraging me and supporting me. Wilhelmina would never do that for me."

She noticed Daniel still looked upset. "Daniel...I'm sorry. I just...she got into my head. I didn't want to believe her."

"Ok, what else did she say?"

"Well...umm..." Betty wasn't sure how to tell him what else Wilhelmina said without possibly hurting Daniel further, but she didn't want to lie to him.

"I'd told her I'd never work for her and I'd rather work for you. Then she accused me of sleeping with you."

"ok..."

"I got well, sort of upset, because she started saying that it will always look bad for me if I got any sort of promotion or other job, especially since people saw us kiss and..." Betty looked down and stopped walking "I just felt bad."

Daniel took her hand in his "Betty, you know that's not true. You're so smart and a great assistant, but everyone knows that you're more than my assistant."

Her eyes seemed to grow wide, but he clarified "because we're more like a team."

At that she smiled and he placed his other hand to her face. "Look, I know it's not easy for you to be my assistant. But think about it this way, at least you don't have to deal with the devil."

"Are you sure? Because you're quite the bad boy Daniel" she said as she pulled him closer to her by his tie. He grinned "Oh ya? Then maybe this bad boy should turn you into a bad girl"

"Who says I'm not already a bad girl under all this?" she flirted back with him. "Well, I guess I have yet to discover that side of you." He smirked at her, in the deadly Daniel Meade way.

Betty blushed looking down "aww...see, I know you're more of a good girl, sweetie."

Betty looked up at him and suddenly pushed him against the wall of a building and started kissing him. Daniel's eyes went wide momentarily before wrapping his arms around her and kissing her back passionately.

His hands came up to her face as he kissed her and he felt her hands slide down his chest causing his heart rate to speed up, especially once her hands stopped at his belt. He nearly had a heart attack.

This was his sweet clumsy adorable Betty, who was being nothing but incredibly hot and sexy right now. He felt her hands move around his backside and when he felt her grab his ass, he lost it. He deepened the kiss and moved his hands down her back to the curve in her waist and turned them around pinning her against the wall this time which caused her to gasp in surprise. Her gasp was so sexy he brought his hands back up to her face moving her hair back which caused her to moan.

Daniel had never been so turned on before. Betty couldn't believe what she was doing at the moment. How could Daniel make her act in such a way? He really did seem to make that bad girl in her come out. God, especially the way he kissed her. Even just with the few times he's kissed her he seemed to know that when his hands went through her hair it was the end of her.

She continued to kiss him forgetting that they were out in public in the day. Daniel could have sworn he heard camera flashing, but was too caught in the moment to stop. He only stopped because someone tapped on his shoulder. He reluctantly let go of Betty, to see a security officer.

"Excuse me, but can you two take it somewhere else. You're in public."

Betty's face turned so red. If there wasn't security around he would have laughed at how adorable she was when she was embarrassed.

"Uh, sorry about that. Uh...let's go, Betty" He took her hand pulling her along since she shut her eyes feeling even more mortified since he said her name. He figured it made it more real for her. He couldn't help but smirk, though, as they walked away. When he looked to Betty, she finally opened her eyes and gave him a shy quick glance. He grinned.

"I'm so sorry, Daniel, I don't know what-"

"Don't be sorry. Hell that was the hottest thing ever!"

Her eyes went wide in surprise "really?"

"Hell yeah! Who knew you were so sexy hot?"

Betty smiled taking a glance at Daniel. "You really think I'm sexy?"

He looked at her with a smile and stopped walking, placing his hand around her waist. "I think you are incredibly sexy. You really are a bad girl. I can't wait to see what other bad things you do" he said with his eyebrow raised. Betty's eyes went wide for a moment, trying not to stop breathing.

He smirked at her and kissed her cheek "come on, let me feed you"

She smiled and followed him in a daze.

Meanwhile in Wilhelmina's office ...

"Did you get pictures?" she asked wickedly. Marc slipped the hoodie off his head and nodded "Yes, Willie"

She smiled deviously "Perfect. You know what to do"

Marc left her office to follow her orders.

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