A Thankful Night

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Chapter 11

As they held onto each other, Daniel got an idea, a smile forming "we should play some music, don't you think?" he said as he got up and walked over to the stereo.

She looked at him curiously "music?"

He nodded with a smile as he scanned through stations on the radio. "I still owe you a dance."

She bit her lip, her eyes shining as she looked at him. "I suppose"

He looked to her with a smirk "You suppose? You don't want to dance with me?" he said as he walked over, a pretend frown on his face. She smirked "Hmm...I'm not sure."

"That's too bad. I really wanna dance with you" he said softly.

"You do?"

He nodded as he pulled her up and close to him "Uh-huh" . She slid her arms around him.

He started to dance slowly with her to the softly playing music. "Someone very insightful told me that time is the best gift and we should use it wisely; I was an idiot wasting my time for so long, but I realized how special you are, so I very much intend to use my time in the best way, and that is showing you how much you mean to me and loving you!"

She had tears in her eyes listening to him "You are so amazing! This feels like a dream."

He nodded in agreement "It does to me, too."

She felt like her heart was permanently floating "You really feel that way about me?"

He nodded with a smile, "Yah! What about you? Do you like me, Betty?" he asked in a soft voice. She nearly laughed, hugging him closer "Do you really have to ask?"

He nodded with a small smile "Yah, I do, actually"

"What do you think?"

His eyes were shining "I'm pretty sure you're in love with me!"

"Is that so?"'

He nodded "Yep!"

She looked at him, her eyes shining "Of course I like you, Daniel. I more than like you. I'm very much in love with you, too!"

He grinned "Well, luckily for you I am just as in love with you." She was about to kiss him, when her father walked in, clearing his throat "ehm, uh, sorry to interrupt, if you two want some hot chocolate, I made some in the kitchen" he said with a faint smile, hearing the music and seeing them 'dancing'.

Betty blushed "Uh...thanks Papi!"

Daniel let go of her "Yah, Thanks Mr. uh...Ignacio. That sounds great!" he said as he started heading out to the kitchen, leaving Betty and her father a moment.

Betty bit her lip, seeing her father glance from Daniel to her with a smirk. "He's not so bad, huh, mija?"

She blushed "Uh...yah, Papi, I know Daniel doesn't necessarily have the best reputation, but he's...I-"

Her father stopped her from continuing "I know, mija! You love him? Do you really think I would like you being with someone who I think is not good for you?"

She looked at him with her judgy butterfly look "I don't know, you didn't seem that upset with Walter?" she stated in annoyance. Ignacio sighed "I know, you're right."

She shrugged "It's ok. I'm just so glad I saw that he wasn't good for me."

He nodded in agreement "You deserve to be with someone who cares about you like you care about everyone else."

Ignacio smiled when Daniel walked in with two cups of hot chocolate "Daniel seems to be your perfect match" he placed a kiss to her cheek and patted Daniel on the back before he left, walking up the stairs.

Daniel looked to Betty with a smile as he placed the cups on the table. She looked at him, a slight blush on her cheeks "Uh…"

He pulled her close again "I think your dad is right, Betty. We are a perfect match" his voice and how he was holding her gave her butterflies; she looked at him, still feeling awe that he really loved her.

As they danced for a minute, to the quietly playing music, Daniel hugged her closer and said in a quiet mesmerizing tone "I feel like this could be our song. You're always there for me and have my back; I promise I will be there for you"

She smiled at him, surprise filling her when he started singing to her, his voice light and sexy "Babe, I got you, babe" he smiled, picking up her hand in his "I got you to hold my hand, I got you to understand" he spun her slowly and hugged her to him and looked at her with a soft smile making her feel butterflies. "I got you to walk with me, I got you to talk with me"

"I got you to kiss goodnight" he whispered in her hair and placed a kiss to her cheek giving her butterflies and causing her heart to flutter. She loved him so much "I got you to hold me tight" he wrapped his arms around her more and she hugged him closer, wanting him to know she felt the same way about him.

Daniel smiled bright when Betty continued and sang "I got you, I won't let go. I got you to love me so. I got you, babe!" she said with a playful smile, causing him to grin and hug her "You're adorable. I love you, Betty."

Daniel couldn't feel more right than having Betty in his arms again. He was more and more sure with each minute he spent with her that she was the one for him. He loved seeing her smile and making her happy.

He had been so happy to hear her father say they were a perfect match. After everything, and how well he got along with Betty and how well they worked together, how great a friend she was, how much they confided in one another, how sweet and wonderful she was and how much fun they could have together, he could see that they were definitely a perfect match and he was an idiot to not see it sooner.

Several hours later, Daniel heard chuckling and a camera click. He opened his eyes to see Justin giggling and holding a camera, quickly realizing the reason being that he and Betty had fallen asleep on the couch, with her lying slightly on top of him, his arms around her.

He felt his face turn red "Uh...Justin" he noticed the time on his watch was nearly five in the morning "What are doing up?" he asked trying not to wake Betty, who looked pretty damn cute. He was half tempted to kiss her.

"I was thirsty and came down to get some water" he said with a slight smirk on his face at discovering them together.

Betty shifted somewhat, and opened her eyes and noticed her nephew holding a camera, her eyes growing wide "Justin! What are you doing?" she quickly sat up, feeling embarrassed. Justin shrugged "I just wanted some water. Good night. I mean morning! Bye!" he quickly ran up the stairs.

Betty blushed looking to Daniel "I am so sorry, Daniel! Ugh! I'll make him delete whatever pictures he took!"

Daniel smirked as he looked up at her, looking damn beautiful, with the way her hair was undone and seeing her without her glasses on at the moment. "Why are you looking at me like that?" she asked feeling flustered by the intensity of his gaze. He pulled her back to him and placed his hand to her cheek, sliding it through her hair "You look so freaking beautiful. I really want to kiss you"

She bit her lip, blushing, that making him want to kiss her even more. He pulled her to him for a passionate kiss.

"Mm, you are so gorgeous." he whispered in her ear giving her shivers at the seductive timbre in his voice. He placed more kisses across her face

Betty felt butterflies at the way he kissed her and his hands in her hair gave her such tingles, she felt like she was melting. "Daniel, we…hm…." she felt so breathless with the way he was making her feel. She ran her hands down his arms, feeling his muscles underneath the fabric of his shirt.

When she felt Daniel's hands travel down her back, nearly reaching her butt, she quickly sat up, "Daniel!"

He looked at her in confusion "What?"

She looked at him incredulously "You were going to touch my...um-"

He smirked "butt!"

She shoved him "Shut up! What if Justin saw? Or worse, my papi or Hilda?"

He sat up and looked at her with a flirty grin "You didn't seem to think of that when I was kissing you."

Betty felt butterflies at the way his voice had that gravely sexy tone. "That's because you were distracting me!" she stated folding her arms across her chest. He grinned "Yah, well, it's not my fault you look so damn hot at five in the morning!"

She blushed, looking down. He placed his hand to her face making her look to him "You look insanely beautiful without your glasses, Betty. Can you see?"

She shook her head "not well, you're a little blurry."

He shook his head "Well, no wonder you're not attacking me! You can't see how hot I am!" he teased, causing her to giggle, as he picked up her glasses from the table and carefully slid them on her.

"There, now what?"

She bit her lip for a moment, seeing him, he was so adorable, and of course, insanely hot. He was no longer wearing his jacket or tie, his sleeves were folded up, his eyes were so gorgeous and sexy. She nodded "you're right"

He smirked "about what?"

"I couldn't see how sexy you are" she said as she pulled him to her by his shirt and kissed him. He wrapped his arms around her waist returning her kiss, feeling his smile widen as he did. She was so freaking adorable and beautiful and he couldn't get over how much he adored her.

As she pulled away from him, in a soft voice she asked "You said it was five?"

He nodded "Just about, yah, why?"

She smiled "I wanna take you somewhere"

"Now?" he looked at her in wonder. She nodded, with the shiny look in her eyes "Yes, please."

He shrugged "uh...I guess. We don't have a town car."

"I don't know if you know there's this thing called walking?" she stated teasingly. He rolled his eyes "hah-hah, very funny miss smarty pants! I just meant, is it far? It's still kinda dark out."

She smirked "Are you scared to go for a walk when it's dark out?"

He shoved her "cut it out, Betty! I am from New York just as much as your are, you know!"

"Yes, but you and I both know you are more inclined to have someone drive you around."

She giggled causing him to smirk. "Alright, miss sassy pants, do you wanna go or not?" he said as he got up and walked over to the door picking up his jacket. She nodded as she followed him.

He held open her jacket for her. She smiled and slipped it on "Thanks!" she placed a kiss to his cheek resulting in a pleased smile from him "My pleasure. Where could you possibly want to take me at five in the morning?"

"You'll just have to wait and see!" she said in a light tone as she walked out. When they reached the sidewalk, Daniel stopped, causing her to look at him in wonder "What?"

He smiled "You just look so pretty" he said as she was standing underneath a lamppost, the light creating this lovely glow. She smiled, and looked even more spectacular if that was possible, then pulled him to her for a sweet kiss "you're so sweet and charming! Now, come on, we have to hurry!" she said as she took his hand in hers and started leading the way.

His smile brightened, finding her absolutely adorable as she led the way, her excitement evident.

About half an hour or so later they were walking along, after Betty convincing him to take the subway with her.

As they were walking, she took his hand again, and placed her other hand to her necklace. "When I was little my mom used to take me here and we would just look out to the city, seeing its shimmery lights." They stopped and looked across the bridge seeing the city.

Daniel smiled and looked back to her, seeing the shine in her eyes. "I don't think I've ever seen the city this way"

She looked to him "really? This is the only way I've ever seen it. It's like a blizzard"

"A blizzard?"

She nodded "Everything somewhat stops and there's this silence and everything kinda sparkles."

He nodded in understanding "The magic hour"

She looked at him, intrigued "magic hour?"

He nodded with a smile, finding her absolutely mesmerizing, with the way her hair was slightly blowing in the wind, and her eyes having this shiny sparkling look, despite her glasses, and that pretty smile on her face. "When everything is still and quiet and has a certain glow to it and looks magical, just like your blizzard."

She smiled, her eyes shining "That sounds beautiful"

He placed his hand to her face "You are beautiful, Betty" his voice and his touch gave her butterflies. "And I am completely enamored by you! Thank you for sharing this place with me. Each minute I spend with you I fall more and more in love with you."

She bit her lip, her eyes getting teary, making her look even more beautiful. He held her face and looked in those pretty eyes of hers. "I love you"

She nodded "I love you, too, Daniel! You're so amazing!" she pulled him to her for a kiss, feeling so happy that Daniel really loved her just as much as she loved him.

When they pulled apart to catch their breath, they looked out to the city a moment, the silence of the early morning flowing around them. "You know, my brother Alex and I used to do stuff like this. Just meet up at random times of the night or morning and just hang out and talk. It feels so great to have a bestfriend that I can do that kind of thing with, and it's even better now since you're my girl!"

She blushed "Daniel's girl?"

He nodded with a surprised smile "uh, yah, you know about that?"

She nodded, rolling her eyes "Yes! Please! every one is always saying that to me!"

He ran his hand through his hair nervously "Sorry"

She shrugged "If I let every single thing at MODE get to me I would have left a long time ago."

He pulled her to him swiftly, causing her to gasp in surprise at his sudden action and how tightly he was holding on to her "Please don't leave me! I don't know what I'd do without you!"

She giggled, pushing him back slightly. "Who said I was leaving? unfortunately , no matter how much I don't really like Mode I'm stuck there, because I have this insanely gorgeous boss, who happens to surprisingly like me just as much as I like him."

His smile grew with each word. "Really?"

She nodded "Mhm"

He smirked, "That's great!" he frowned suddenly, causing her to look at him, wondering why he suddenly looked so upset. "What's wrong?"

He sighed "Betty, I know you deserve better than Mode. I'm so sorry that you're stuck with me! As much as I love working with you, I know how much you want to work at a magazine that matters."

"Are you firing me?" she asked in shock.

He shook his head "What? God no! Why would I do that? You're amazing! I'm just saying, I never want to hold you back. If there is something better out there, I want you to go for it! I don't want you to give up your dreams for me."

She laughed, "Daniel! You're adorable, do you know that?"

He smiled "I am?"

She rolled her eyes "Yes! Of course you are! I love you!"

He smiled brighter "I love you, too, my beautiful love!" he met her lips in a kiss, feeling really thankful that they were more than friends now. She was Daniel's girl.