A/N: Okay so here I am again, I was originally hoping to drag out the Betty/Daniel/Becks thing as long as I could but now I don't know I am kind of eager to get rid of Becks, even though I love him, so I believe this chapter will be about Becks and well his departure from this particular story... so this was originally going to be a Betty/Becks story but now it is Daniel and Betty, sorry I don't know how it happened but it just did…and as always enjoy!
It's Clear to See I'm the Odd Man Out
Becks sat in his home office, looking around for an idea to pop into his head, and all at once one miraculously appeared. He would go to the office, Mode that was, and tell Betty he needed to talk to her. The other morning he had made the decision that he needed to see if there could ever be anything with him and Betty. Anything more than just friendship. He knew how Daniel felt about her, though he had never admitted it, probably not even to himself. Becks knew Daniel loved her, it was just a matter of time until Daniel realized it himself.
Becks knew he was probably wasting his time, he saw the way Betty had looked at Daniel after their kiss, embarrassment and excitement clearly written on her face. And he had decided sometime between last night and this morning that if Betty decided to turn him down, he would point it out to her. Tell her to go for it, because he knew that it could be, she could be, just what Daniel needed. Just what he had been looking for.
He quickly got dressed, fearing the worst, and yet not anxious about the outcome. Something good was going to come from this, it was only a question of for whom. Taking one quick glance in the mirror he was out the door, and onto the rest of his life.
When he arrived at the Meade Building around thirty minutes later his heart began racing with anticipation. He slowly got out of his town car and made his way across the lobby of the building, it wasn't until he was actually on the elevator however that he felt like his stomach was in his chest. Something had changed, and he wasn't sure what it was. Between Friday and now, it was like a light bulb had been turned on inside of his brain. And he knew what he had to do. In fact for the first time in his life Becks was going to do something completely selfless. He was going to help these two completely opposite, completely sweet, and completely clueless people see that they were in love. His best friend and his assistant. A few years ago the idea would have disgusted him. Hell a few weeks ago. Daniel was too young to let something as ridiculous as falling in love stop all his amazing partying. Too young to settle down and start a family.
Just then a loud ding tore him from his thoughts and announced his arrival on the 28th floor. Taking a deep and calming breath Becks walked effortlessly and gracefully out of the elevator. Inevitably all of the women in the office turned to face him as he walked by.
He smiled and winked at a few of them, but nothing so obvious that they would feel it was an invitation, after all he was on a mission. When he finally arrived next to Betty's desk he had to cough to get her attention. When she looked up and saw him, he saw the embarrassment from the other night fill her eyes.
"Becks…" was all she could manage, but he had put a hand up to stop her regardless.
"Wait don't say anything, where is Daniel?" was his simple question. Confused but slightly relieved that he didn't seem angry, or like he was going to jump her she pointed toward his office, and there he sat face deep in some article.
"Follow me." was the only thing he said before walking slowly into Daniel's office motioning her to follow. She obliged without argument.
"Danny Boy." Becks said walking up to his friends desk and taking a seat in front of it propping his feet on it simultaneously. Daniel gave him a look and he took his feet down once again.
"Becks, what are you doing here? Betty is there something…?" Daniel stated confused by the mere fact of Becks being here, and Betty's standing close to the door slightly afraid self.
Becks looked behind him and then smiled. "Betty come on in all the way, and shut the door Danny, you and I need to have a talk." he stated in an authoritative tone.
Once again she obliged.
"Don't call me Danny, Beckett, and what do you mean have a talk, you know some people have real jobs that they have to do during the day Becks." Daniel stated in a tone of clear annoyance.
"This is more important than some stupid job Daniel."
"To you anything is Becks." Daniel stated finally putting his red pen down and moving out from behind his desk to go take a seat on the small white couch next to Betty. Once he was seated he put his hands on his knees and looked up at Becks like okay lets just say what you were going to say and we can all go back to our normal lives look.
Becks got up and moved to one of the chairs opposite the couch. "Okay so we need to have a talk…about Friday night."
At this Betty's cheeks flushed rose petal pink, and she decided to speak up. "No you know what Daniel is right, we have a lot of work to do." She stated quickly attempting to get up, when a soft warm hand reached up and gently pulled at her arm. Looking back she saw it was Daniels and when she looked into his blue eyes so full of pleading she took a seat.
"Okay so what were you saying Becks?" Daniel questioned, and neither Betty nor Becks had forgotten that his hand still rested lightly on her arm. It send unexpected chills up and down her spine every few seconds.
Becks looked from Daniel to Betty and a smile began to form. Somehow being around two people that are that much in love, even if they are blissfully unaware of it, just makes you want to smile. Shaking off his thoughts he continued, "So I seem to recall that Friday night, I said something to you Betty, something about you making me want to be a better guy and that was true, but I faltered, I got drunk and slept with some model, hell I don't know what her name was…" he was suddenly interrupted by Daniel.
"I knew it, I knew you didn't deserve her." Daniel whispered more to himself than anybody else.
Before Becks could speak however Betty did, "Daniel you shouldn't say that, at least he admitted his wrongdoings it takes a real man to do that." she stated smiling at him, and once again he felt like he mattered, maybe to everybody else on Earth he was a piece of shit, but to her he mattered, and he knew to Daniel too, and that was enough.
"Betty it's okay, anyway what I was trying to say, Danny, is that I also remember saying I was going to fight for you Betty, but now I don't think I can. It's clear to see, I'm the odd man out." he said in a soft very childlike voice.
Betty smiled, Daniel however lost his temper. "Why aren't you going to fight for her? What do you think she isn't good enough for you?" he yelled standing up. Becks merely smiled. Betty looked outraged, but before she could reprimand Daniel, Becks spoke again.
"No in fact she is way too good for me. Too good for you too you know? But I guess the heart wants what the heart wants huh? Anyway the real reason I came here today was to say something to both of you. Life is too short to be afraid of going after the things that matter. Too short to be scared to go after what you want. And way too damn short to let love pass you by without even the slightest of glances in its direction."
"Wha…" Daniel began confused, but once again Becks cut him off.
"Look sometimes I'm pretty dense, but even I know what a gift love is, how it should be treasured and held onto. So here I am to tell you don't let your opportunity pass you by, and if you don't know what the hell I am talking about give yourselves a minute, it'll come to you. Anyway I got to go, I'm flying to London tomorrow for a photo shoot. Oh and by the way Daniel remember that little thing you told me about the East River in January…take your own advice…see you guys, hell who knows, maybe the next time we meet Betty you will be wearing white." Then he smiled winked and just walked out of the door.
Hope that was a good chapter, honestly I feel like I am kind of writing crappy right now…anyway, hopefully I will be able to update soon and we find out what's going on with Daniel and Betty…please review!