Think of The Firefly

AN: hiiii! it's been for freaking EVER since I updated this story. So sorry about the ridiculous wait. i hope you're still interested. This is a pretty long chapter. Hope you like it. Let me know.

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Chapter 36

The Sweet Side of Things

Day 6 – week 2

Daniel started opening his eyes, a smile on his face. He had the best dream. Well, one of the best dreams. Any dream that involved him and Betty he considered a best dream.

He had a dream that he woke up to see the Teddy Bear he got her sitting on top of her pillow with a small black box next to it. He smiled sitting up and picked up the box.

He opened the box and saw a note, smiling wide as he read it.

I can't wait to marry you.

I love you, Daniel.

He felt his heart soar. "Hey" he heard her sweet voice and looked to her. "Hi" he took her hand, looking at the ring that adorned her finger. He smiled and pulled her to him. "I love you, too" he pulled her closer and kissed her lips.

She hugged him. He stood up and spun her a little making her giggle. He loved her laugh. He hugged her tighter.

Daniel found himself hugging his pillow tightly. He placed the pillow next to him and sat up. A huge smile cast his face remembering that he brought Betty's family here and the thought of seeing her smile after she saw them made his heart fill up.

Daniel got up taking a shower and got dressed. He figured he'd take everyone to lunch later. When he was about to leave his room, he stopped when he noticed a yellow rose on a silver tray and a card next to it. He looked at it and felt his insides tingle. He picked up the card.

"I already love you. I have something special planned for you" Daniel read the note and felt his heart jump. Was that from Betty? It had to be from Betty? How did she get it here? He didn't know what to think.

He wasn't 100% sure if she just meant it in a friend way, but he just really loved that Betty said she loved him. And the surprise got him curious, no doubt. He wondered what she was planning. He picked up the flower and smiled. He thought about the dream.

Daniel smiled looking at the flower. "I love you, Betty."

Daniel placed the flower in the pocket of his shirt. He wanted to keep it close to his heart. He couldn't understand how Betty made him feel. He knew he was deeply in love with her. He'd never felt this way about anyone; and whenever he thought of how he felt about Betty, he felt his heart swell with even more love for her.

He left his room and knocked on the door to Betty's family's room. It wasn't until the second knock that the door opened and Justin appeared on the other side, his hair sticking up in some places still in his pajamas.

Daniel laughed upon seeing him. "Hey. Sorry, if I woke you."

Justin smiled. "It's okay. Come inside" Justin said as he took hold of Daniel's hand pulling him in. Daniel smiled.

"Grandpa's just getting dressed and mom is harassing the hot room service guy." Justin stated rolling his eyes.

Daniel laughed. "So, guess what?" Daniel said with a wide smile as he took a seat in one of the comfy wing chairs in the room. Justin smiled eagerly taking a seat next to him. "WHAT?"

"Betty wrote me this note" he said pulling it out of his pocket and handing it to him. Justin's eyes lit up as he read it. "O.M.G."

Daniel laughed. "And..."

"AND?" he repeated excitedly. "She got me this flower, too" he said pointing to the flower in his shirt pocket.

"OMG, OMG! She totally loves you. She has to! She would NOT do that if she didn't"

Daniel smiled, but then wondered. "I don't understand Justin. She tells me and acts like she loves me, but then when I tell her she says she doesn't love me. That she loves me, but not THAT way." He stated feeling confused.

Justin shrugged "I'm not sure. Maybe she's scared to love you in that way."

"Why?" he asked curiously. Justin shook his head. "Maybe because you're really important to her"

"You think so?"

Justin shook his head enthusiastically.

"ARE YOU KIDDING?" they both turned to see Hilda come up. "That girl is crazy about you. You should have seen her every time you called her over the years. "Daniel Needs Me""

They all laughed, including Mr. Suarez who walked into the room from the bathroom. "So, I don't know. Do you think I should back off a little bit?"

"Maybe I won't bug her as much while you guys are here and just give her some space to think about it or something?" he stated.

They shrugged and nodded.

"All right, I'm going to treat you guys to some lunch later, so maybe we should go and surprise Betty."

They all nodded happily. Justin quickly got dressed and Daniel was telling Hilda and Mr. Suarez about Betty's event. He was so happy to have them here. He felt his heart warm up thinking of them possibly being a part of his family. If, no, WHEN Betty marries him. He smiled.

They made their way to Betty's, her family really excited and happy to see her again.

Betty had been making calls all morning and finishing up the last details and plans for the event. As she got off the phone, she sighed. She couldn't believe, tonight, an event she planned was going to come to life. It scared and thrilled her. Betty instantly thought of Daniel. She couldn't see herself doing this all without his help and encouragement.

She smiled. She wondered if she went too far with the card she sent for him. She really didn't want to break his heart. She just really wanted him to know that she did love him, but she didn't want to mess up the surprise. She knew it really would be worth it in the end. She hoped he would be happy. She really couldn't believe that he loved her so much. It made her heart race.

Betty heard the bell ring a few times.

Betty's family stood at the door eagerly, when Daniel started walking away.

"Hey, where are you going?" Hilda called running up behind him and grabbing his arm.

"I'm just going to go for a walk."

Hilda looked at him strangely. "But what about Betty?"

He smiled. "I want you guys to see her."

"...but, where are you going?"

"It's nowhere, just...A special place" he mumbled.

Hilda frowned slightly. "Alright"

"It's okay. I'll see you later" He smiled and walked off.

Betty headed down the stairs and to the door. When she opened the door, her eyes went wide and a huge smile brightened up her face. "Ahhh... Oh my God!" She said in surprise.

"SURPRISE!" they all cheered.

She felt tears well in her eyes. Hilda and Justin pulled her out and hugged her tight. She hugged them tighter. "What are you guys doing here?" she said in shock. She hugged her father, a smile on her face. He smiled kissing her forehead.

"Daniel brought us here to surprise you for your event"

Betty felt the butterflies in her heart rush. She smiled, "really?"

They all smiled and nodded. "Where's Daniel?" she asked curiously.

"He walked off somewhere. He mumbled something about a special place or something" Hilda said in confusion.

Betty smiled. "You guys, I'll be right back. Come in. I'll be back in a minute" she quickly ran off.

They all looked at each other in wonder, but shrugged and went inside. Betty couldn't smack the smile off her face. She really didn't know what to do. What was she going to do when she saw him? She really didn't care. She wanted to give him the biggest hug ever. She couldn't believe he did that. She smiled and she climbed up the mountain as quick as she could.

She smiled even brighter when she saw him standing a little close to the edge.

"Daniel!" she sang happily. Daniel smiled feeling his heart lift off at the sound of her voice. Betty ran up hugging him from behind so tightly, he nearly fell forward. "Betty!" he shouted realizing they were at the top of a mountain.

"Sorry" she said trying to catch her breath. "I can't believe you did that for me?" she stated in admiration. He smiled.

"Did you do this to get me to fall in love with you or something?" she asked slightly teasingly, but appreciative, now coming to his side.

"Actually, no Betty… I just wanted to do something nice for you. I knew this was important to you, so I thought you would like for your family to be here." He replied.

"Oh"

"You seem disappointed" he said looking at her.

"No." she was quiet for a minute "I'm just surprised that's all."

"Why's that?" He asked curiously.

"Nothing…I just thought…never mind."

"What Betty? What were you thinking?" he asked now really curious about what she had thought.

"Do you still love me?" she asked wonderingly. Daniel looked at her with his eyebrows raised, not sure if he should jump up and down in happiness or go hide in a hole somewhere. "Why do you ask, Betty?"

He thought about her note and flower, "Do you love me?" he added looking at her eyes trying to read them.

"I was just asking" she said plainly.

"What? To see if I still loved you or something?" Daniel said upset. "I love you, Betty. It's not something I can change my mind about, and quite frankly I don't want to, but if you want me to pretend like we're only friends then fine, but I'm not going to pretend I don't love you. You said you didn't love me, so I'm backing off." Daniel said upset now definitely wanting to go hide in a hole somewhere.

"Can't I just do something nice for you, Betty?" he added not wanting to ruin Betty's night.

"I did nice things like this for you all the time and we were only friends then, so me being in love with you doesn't change the fact that I want to do nice things for you."

Betty didn't know what to do. She felt lost. She fought the tears that threatened to form. "I'm sorry Daniel. Thank you for being so sweet! I really do appreciate our friendship and everything you've done for me. I hope you don't hate me" she said sadly not sure what she was doing anymore.

Daniel looked at her "Betty, come on girl, I'm telling you I love you." He laughed not understanding what was going through her mind. "Do you just want to go have lunch with your family, Betty?" Daniel asked not wanting to…hell, he didn't know; he just wanted to stop going in circles with Betty.

Betty smiled "sure, let's go." Betty said grabbing his arm and pulling him along.

Daniel looked at her confused "You want me to come?" Betty looked at him like he had two heads "Daniel, what? You brought my family here, why wouldn't I want you to come? Silly." She said poking his arm.

"Well, aren't you um, going to invite, uh Henry?" he asked. Betty looked at him surprised "wow, Daniel, you actually said his name" she laughed.

"Shut up, Betty" Daniel said smacking her arm playfully.

"So, why did you finally say his name?" she asked in wonder as they walked down the mountain to the house.

"Well, I mean if you 'love' him Betty, and you're happy, then I guess I should call him by his name, right?" he said wanting to sound supportive.

Betty smiled and kissed his cheek. "Thank you"

Just the fact that Daniel would be happy for her even if she 'didn't' love him made her love him a million times more. She knew she was torturing him right now; she really felt horrible for playing with his heart. She tried to avoid that as much as possible, but he made it near impossible with everything he said and did. One more day...just one more day...

Daniel's head was spinning; he didn't understand what Betty was doing. Was she playing games with him, or was she really convinced that she didn't love him?

AN: Hope you still like the story. Thanks for reading. :D