A/n:Here's the new chapter where you'll find out if they're on a date or not. For those of you who do not know what a Beta is , it is basically like an editor, they correct your story's grammar and spelling mistakes , -L-Lawliet'sGirl-BabyBluewinx- has agreed to be my beta so I am no longer looking for one ,enjoy the new chapter.

-Pessimistic Romanticist

Special thanks to my beta -L-Lawliet'sGirl-BabyBluewinx-

Thanks: to those that reviewed the previous chapter, I appreciate it and also those who did not review but added me or this story to an alert list I appreciate that as well.

Disclaimer:I own nothing when it comes to UB, I'm just happy to use the characters in my plots.

Chapter Five: Date?

" How about we make that coffee , lunch." Betty said as they walked toward the stairs.

"As long as it's my treat." Daniel said smiling at her.

"So, does that make this a date?" Betty asked timidly. Daniel though about it for a moment and spoke.

"Only if you want it to be ." He said smiling at her.

Betty thought about it a moment ,then gave her reply.

"Yes, I do but... Betty said almost afraid to speak .

"But?" Daniel asked a little worried.

"Let's take things slow." Betty said .

"We can take this as slow as you want to, last thing I want to do is rush ...whatever this is between us." Daniel said.

Betty just smiled at him . She was glad that he understood. They then proceeded down the stairs , deciding to get lunch at a local pizza place called Luciano's.

The pizza place was just down the block from Betty's apartment so they decided to walk there , talking causally about Betty's living arrangements with Amanda.

"If she drives you so crazy, why are you letting her stay in your apartment?" Daniel asked as they walked.

"Because , she doesn't have any other place to go, and she's not that bad." Betty said.

"Well, you're a bigger person then me, I probably would have kicked her out by now." Daniel said.

"You don't give yourself enough credit. " Betty said.

"Why do you say that?" Daniel asked curious.

"You have a bigger heart than you let on, you should stop trying to hide it." Betty said as they arrived right outside the pizza place.

Daniel opened the door for her and they walked in , taking a booth in the middle of restaurant , they started looking over their menu's and a waitress emerged five minutes later.

"Hi, I'm Wendi your waitress.. Oh my god you're Daniel Meade!" Wendi said recognizing Daniel.

"Yes, I am. I'll have two slices of beef sausage and a Pepsi please. "Daniel said not paying much attention to the girl who was clearly star struck. This surprised Betty who was half expecting Daniel to flirt with the girl and even get her phone number, but Daniel was acting as if he didn't notice the young attractive blond fawning over him.

"Betty, did you decide what you wanted?" Daniel asked breaking Betty out of her reverie.

"Oh, um yeah, I'll have two pepperoni and a diet coke." Betty said taking a quick glance at the menu.

"Ok, so two beef sausage and a Pepsi." Wendi said writing down Daniel's order but not Betty's.

" And two pepperoni and a diet coke, for my friend." Daniel said.

"Oh, sorry…. right I didn't hear her , got it." Wendi said shaking herself out of her stupor looking up and down at Betty. She was surprised to see a normal looking girl , and surprised at her being there with a guy like Daniel Meade. She wrote down the rest of the order and went to give it to the chefs and also get their drinks.

"Maybe this wasn't such a great idea." Betty said suddenly having caught the shocked and confused glances of Wendi.

"What wasn't a good idea?" Daniel asked confused.

"This... you and me.. on a date, face it I'm not your usual...date" Betty said looking down.

"You're right, you're not...you're better." Daniel said lifting her chin to look at him. He then leaned closer and gently kissed her.

"Sorry, that's not exactly taking it slow." Daniel said when he broke the kiss,worried he'd kissed her again too soon.

"No, it's ok, girls like that just.. make me feel so insecure sometimes." Betty confessed.

"Well, it should be the other way around." Daniel said smiling at her and making her blush slightly.

"So, you were telling me about the Armani meeting." Betty said changing the subject.

"Right, so Wilhelmina tries to charm the reps, but its nothing they haven't heard already, so I use some of the info you found and they were so impressed we got them to invest in eight more ad pages. "Daniel said grinning.

"That's great, Daniel!" Betty said with sincerity.

"Couldn't have done it without you." Daniel said looking at her with gratitude and a little bit of something else.

"Well you sort of did do it without me, I'm sorry about ditching work today." Betty said feeling a little bad.

"There's no need to be, and you totally deserved a break, even if you were trying to avoid me." Daniel said smirking at her.

" I wasn't avoiding you,…. I just needed time to think." Betty said.

"Is that what you're calling it." Daniel said not quite believing her.

Before Betty could respond Wendi reappeared with their pizza's and drinks. They ate while continuing to casually chat about work and the upcoming issue of Mode which would be ready to be shipped in two days. After they finished eating ,Daniel walked her back to her apartment , since he had to head back to work. They walked up the stairs and stopped in front of Betty's apartment.

"So I'll see you at work tomorrow." Betty said.

"Yeah, we should go out again, after the retreat, if you'd like." Daniel said nervously.

"Yeah, sure." Betty said a little nervous herself.

"Great..." Daniel said not sure what do or say next.

His "dates" were usually at night and ended the next morning, but he was trying not to be that guy anymore and Betty was different and special compared to those other girls, he didn't want to mess things up before they even really began. So he said goodbye smiled at her then walked away fighting the urge to kiss her again.

Betty watched him walk away and wondered how much things were going to change , and if she wanted things to change. She needed to figure out what her feelings were exactly for Daniel enjoying ,and having the urge to kiss him just left her even more confused about what was happening between her and her boss. She couldn't believe she had kissed him, twice, and gone on a date with her boss.

Sure they had passed the regular boss , employee , relationship long ago , but this was still new territory for them. She took a deep breath and entered her apartment trying to focus on the optimistic aspect of what was happening, but she couldn't help but think about the obstacles, she knew would be ahead if she and Daniel continued to explore this new found aspect to their friendship.

A/n: So, this will be the last chapter until the end of my school semester toward the end of December because all my focus has to be toward school and studying for my finals, I promise this and my other Detty will not be abandoned ,and as soon as I'm done with school I will go right back to updating regular, thanks for reading and reviewing I greatly appreciate each and every one of your support and interest in my story.

-Pessimistic Romanticist