A/N: Hey so it would seem that this is going to be the last chapter of this fic as far as I can tell. And while it is sad to say goodbye I am glad to get to work on a new Detty fic! So here goes the last chapter of this fic…hope you all enjoy it!!!!

Disclaimer: I think by now everyone should know that the characters mentioned in this story are NOT mine, if they were do you really think Detty wouldn't have happened already?!

Daniel & Betty Meade Welcome Heir to Publishing Empire

Daniel didn't know how long he sat in the blue chair that had come to be his and Betty's favorite over the past few years of living together as man and wife, but when he heard Betty's soft voice break though his daydream he knew he could hide no longer.

"Daniel?" she questioned easing closer to him, with what had Daniel not known Betty so well, would have seemed a frightened expression. He knew it was nerves.

Without looking up to meet her beautiful brown eyes, because he knew if he did he would falter, he responded as evenly as he could manage, "Yeah Betty."

She eased closer silently and waited until she was sitting upon his lap angled to where avoidance was no longer a possibility to speak again. "Are you mad?" she questioned her voice shaking with uncertainty.

He was astounded, he thought Betty had known he was simply terrified! He finally looked up to meet her thoughtful gaze, and stated in what he hoped was a manly voice, "No, Betty, I'm not mad." brushing a piece of hair away from her face as he did so.

"Than what is it Daniel, I'm confused, I thought you'd be happy." she said in the small voice Betty used when genuinely baffled at something.

He slid her off his lap and got up, pacing back and forth and running a hand along his hair a few times, attempting to gather his thoughts into something that would make sense to her. "Betty I am happy. But more than that, more than anything, I'm completely…terrified." he finished mumbling the last part so quietly for a moment he wasn't sure if she'd heard.

But she had. And her heart ached for this sweet, kind, loving, man that honestly had no idea on Earth how wonderful he was. Still plagued by the memories of his childhood, still reeling from never gaining the acceptance of a distant father (though Betty knew and had tried to assure him Bradford was proud of him, he never seemed to quite be able to believe her), still saddened by the abandonment of a brother/sister that he would always feel just a little bit inferior to, but most importantly, and this she should have seen, still terrified of turning out to be the kind of father his own was, still afraid it just wasn't in him, that he just wasn't that guy.

"Daniel…" she began slowly walking over to the window he was looking out of, the same window she noted they had looked out of their first day in their new home, the window they had imagined children playing out of, children that would in a few months time be entering this house for good. He turned when she spoke to him, the fear in his heart clearing showing thorough his icy blue eyes. "listen to me, I know you are scared, heck I'm scared too, but listen to me Daniel, really listen, you are going to be the most amazing father in the world. You are sweet and kind and protective and I can't imagine anyone in this world that would be a better father than you." she smiled taking his hand in hers.

"Betty, I just…I never want my child to feel how I did growing up, you know? There were times I felt unwanted, unloved, and like I was a burden on them. I can't…I won't…I just…" he trailed off tears spilling from his eyes. Betty's heart was breaking for him.

She pulled him into a hug and after a moment pulled back far enough to get a good look in his eyes. "Daniel Meade you are SO loved, SO wanted, and even if you tried I would never think of you as a burden, and I promise you that our child will NEVER feel those things, and I never want you to again either. But please Daniel believe me when I say you are going to be an incredible father, the best ever, our kids are going to love you sooo much!"

And for some reason when Betty said things like that he believed her. He just believed her, she wouldn't lie to him, if she thought he would be a good father than he would be, and if he wasn't she would teach him, and Ignacio could help too, after all he raised Betty and she turned out wonderful, he must know a thing or two.

"Okay Betty, thanks for the little pep talk, I haven't had one of those in a while, and just for the record, you are going to be the most amazing mom in the history of the world, seriously they'll write books about it." he laughed, finally feeling excited, he was, after all about to become a dad.

"Thank you Daddy." she teased giving him a quick peck on the lips.

"Your welcome Mommy." he laughed back returning the kiss in full.

"Daniel we're going to be parents." Betty said after a moment in a slightly more serious tone.

"I know, kind of scary isn't it. I wonder what he or she will be like? Who will they look like? What kind of personality will they have, your cheery disposition or my sarcastic nature?"

"I don't know Daniel, I just hope they have your eyes." she smiled.

---------7 Months Later---------

Daniel paced back and forth in the lobby of the hospital where his son had just been born. The more he thought about it the more surreal it became. He was a father…he had a son. James Beckett Meade. Betty had said it was only fitting they name their first son after the man that had brought them together, she had added with a wink, it wouldn't be their last. Like Betty had hoped he had been born with what the doctor said were the brightest bluest eyes he had ever seen on a baby, and they really were, Daniel momentarily wondered if those baby blues would get James as much as they had gotten him. But aside from his eyes and his lips, he was a Suarez baby through and through. He had dark chocolate brown hair and the coloring of his mother, which Daniel loved. In mid thought a voice broke him out of his daydream.

"Hey Daddy!" a voice Daniel immediately recognized as Becks called out. He turned around to see his oldest friend approaching him with a grin that would have knocked out half the women in New York.

"Hey Becks." he smiled back waving him over to where he stood.

"So where is the little future heartbreaker?" Becks questioned coming to a rest at his best friends side.

"Right in there." Daniel whispered even though he knew he didn't have to, the wall was thick enough. Betty had thought they should make it a surprise that they named James after him, so…

"James Beckett Meade huh?" Becks stated tears welling up in his eyes.

Daniel smiled he still had one surprise left and he knew Betty was the one who wanted to tell him that one. "Yeah, Betty thought it was only appropriate, seeing as how you kind of brought us together."

"Thanks man, but with your eyes, last name, and genes, and my name that kid is bound to be trouble." Becks laughed.

"Well he is a Meade after all, I am just hoping he got the Suarez sense, if not…" Daniel trailed off laughing.

"So where is the hot wife that gave you that little one?" Becks questioned smiling.

"In the room right over there, and don't think just because I'm a dad now I won't kick your ass." Daniel said smacking Becks on the back.

"Fine."

A moment later and they entered the room and if Becks hadn't been afraid too he would have commented that Betty was probably the most beautiful thing he had ever seen in his life, in that moment.

"Daniel, Becks!" Betty said smiling enthusiastically at their appearance.

"For a woman who just had a baby pop out of her, you look…very nice." he finished lamely.

Betty smiled regardless, over the past few years of being married to Daniel she had grown to know and love Becks very much. He was her best friend as much as he was Daniel's in a way. And she was about to make him very happy.

"Becks there is something I want to tell you." she smiled at Daniel and he smiled back, waiting to see his best friends reaction to their newest decision.

"What is it B-Girl?" Becks smiled.

"Daniel and I have decided that we want you to be James' god-father." she said smiling a big bright smile that lit up the jaw dropped and tears again filled his eyes. He was speechless. Betty really had changed Daniel and his life. They were family men now. They were a family.

"Betty I don't know what to say, I love that kid already. I just saw him and he is…well he is his mother's son let's put it that way."

She smiled, "He is Daniel's as well."

"Yeah I know, and he's got the Meade blues to prove it!"

They all laughed. A moment later a nurse named Zooey came in and told Betty and Daniel that if they wanted to hold little James for a bit they could. They eagerly agreed.

"Hey how about I go to the cafeteria with Ignacio and them, and give mommy and daddy a little alone time with baby." he smiled.

"Thanks man, see you in a bit." Daniel said smiling at Becks. And then Becks was gone.

"We have a son, Daniel!" Betty stated excited when they were alone a huge smile igniting her features.

"I know Betty and he is wonderful, I can't believe how much I love him already!" Daniel stated excitedly.

"I told you that you would be the most amazing father Daniel…you just have to trust yourself." she said taking his hand in hers as the nurse handed her James. And as they looked down at their newborn son they both felt like they had gotten it right. This was where they were meant to be. Daniel felt a sense of calm and love flush over him as he looked down at Betty and James. He knew he had never loved anything or anyone as much as he loved them right now. And he was absolutely certain that he was the happiest person on Earth. He hoped his dad could see him now. I did it dad, I became a man you would be proud to call your son. And I married the woman of my dreams, thanks for that by the way, it would never have been possible without you. I have a son. And I have the life I always thought I never wanted…but it is the most incredible life I could ever ask for. Betty looked up at Daniel at the same time he looked down at her.

"Daniel I feel like the luckiest person ever. He looks just like you doesn't he, those eyes, those lips…" she trailed off smiling.

"Well lets hope he has enough Suarez genes to at least keep the Meade genes in check." Daniel smiled.

"Daniel I love you and James more than I could ever imagine." she said smiling and kissing Daniel's hand.

"I love you both too, more than I could ever say. Betty do you mind, if I hold him?" he smiled.

"Daniel of course not, go ahead." she smiled handing James to Daniel. And if Betty had ever found any site in the world more appealing than that she couldn't for the life of her recall when or what it was. To see the man you love holding your child in his arms and looking so completely content was a feeling Betty would never be able to adequately describe. It was breathtaking, awe inspiring, and well perfect. For a moment she thought of her mother and wished she was there to experience this with her, but she knew she was watching from Heaven. Mom, she began in her head, I am a mom! Daniel is a father, don't you think he will be wonderful, just look at him, James is so lucky to have a dad like him, I am so lucky, wish you were here, but I know you are looking down and smiling from Heaven, and I know you and Mr. Meade will look out for James and us, love you.

And they were happy and they were content. They were perfect. They were a family.

A few hours later Becks came in to shoot the family portrait, they knew the pictures of their baby would be everywhere soon enough, and if Becks shot the photos and MODE printed them than Daniel wouldn't have to kick any stupid photographers ass as he had said.

The next morning the issue of MODE came out with the cover featuring a beautiful family photo of Betty sitting in a rocking chair holding James and Daniel sitting/standing behind with his arms around Betty and James, both Betty and Daniel were looking at each other with smiles as James slept peacefully between the two…the headlining article had been Daniel and Betty Meade Welcome Heir to Publishing Empire * how they fell in love, why family will always come first, and the promise of more little Meade footsteps in the future…details inside *

Okay so that is it, I have decided that I will leave it up to you how many children they have, but just so you know they do live Dettily ever after…:D Hope you enjoyed it!!!!Click the little review button to tell me your thoughts and suggestions!!!!