A/n:Here's the new chapter, those that read my other Detty," Remember me " know that I had put this detty, and my other detty in progress "For better or worse" ,on hiatus because my busy school schedule allowed me to only update one of my in progress Detty's . I'm on spring break which is why I was able to write and upload this chapter, and my semester is almost over so I will be updating this regularly again, very soon, I hope you enjoy the new chapter.
-Pessimistic Romanticist
Special thanks to : my beta -L-Lawliet'sGirl-BabyBluewinx-
Thanks to : ComputerGirl12,PPBJ ,anne,Aussie-Muggle,glo316,-L-Lawliet'sGirl-BabyBluewinx-,TeeFly,didi6 ,melniewn,abovetherim,AndromedaAiken and Historianic, for reviewing the previous chapter, sorry about taking so long to update, I've used a little bit of all your suggestions ,for what happens next in the story, in this chapter, hope y'all like how I've set it up.
Disclaimer: I own nothing when it comes to UB, I'm just happy to use the characters in my plots.
Chapter Seven: Suspicions and Secrets
Daniel was walking around his condo getting ready for a date with Betty. They had been seeing each other for a month, and tonight he was going to make it official by asking her to be his girlfriend. He was both nervous and excited about their date tonight , but things had been going great between them. They had been keeping their non-platonic relationship a secret , so they could have complete privacy as they explored the romantic aspect to their friendship.
He rechecked his appearance in his bathroom window, grabbed his coat and wallet then headed for his front door , stopping when he heard a knock on his front door. He wondered who it could possibly be, he was going to pick up Betty at her place ,and he wasn't expecting any visitors at his. He looked through the peephole then opened the door to reveal his mother.
"Hello Daniel." Claire said letting herself into his condo, taking off her coat and placing it on the coat rack near the door.
"Mom, what are you doing here?" Daniel asked.
"What, you're not happy to see me." Claire said.
"No, it's not that..." Daniel started but his mother interrupted him.
"Are you going somewhere?" Claire asked taking in her son's appearance.
"Um, yeah." Daniel said nervously shuffling his feet.
"I didn't know you were seeing someone, it's not another Mode model, is it? Cause you know that never ends good." Claire said in classic Claire tone.
"No, it's not. I'm gonna be late, we'll talk later." Daniel said kissing his mother on the cheek before leaving the apartment, with a bewildered Claire behind.
Claire knew her son very well and knew he was up to something, he seemed too much in a hurry to get out the door, which meant two things, one that he didn't want her to know what he was going to be up to , and two it probably had to do with a girl. She'd noticed a gradual change in her son over the past month, and she was very curious to find out the reason why. With that thought she grabbed and put her coat back on before exiting her son's apartment, locking the door from the inside before she left.
Betty took one last look at mirror, making sure her curls were still in place. They were hanging at shoulders length. Things had been going pretty great between her and Daniel, her fears about them seeing each other and being co-workers, hadn't been a problem at all. Probably cause they were so comfortable around each other as they worked together and that same comfortableness had transferred over to their romantic relationship. The only difference though was that they didn't flirt or make out at work.
She glanced at the clock seeing that Daniel would soon be there to pick her up. Luckily Amanda had left an hour earlier after having forgotten, her purse, then her cell phone, then her, in her exact words, sexy lip gloss, before she finally left the apartment for good. Betty was starting to get annoyed at her roommate , and a little worried that she wouldn't be able to get ready by the time Daniel came to pick her up, or that Amanda might still be there when Daniel arrived to pick up Betty for their date.
After she gathered her things, she looked at the clock again and noticed that Daniel was running late. A few minutes later she heard a knock on her door, thinking it was Daniel she opened the door without looking through the peephole, but when she opened the door, it wasn't Daniel who was standing there ,but her older sister, Hilda, looking glamorous as usual.
"You're late..." Betty said stopping herself from saying anything more, when she saw it was her sister and not Daniel.
"What do you mean I'm late?" Hilda asked confused.
"Hilda, what are you doing here, don't you have a date with Archie?' Betty asked wondering why her sister would be at her apartment, when she had a date with her current boyfriend.
"Actually, that's why I'm here, I need to talk to you, hermana to hermana." Hilda said walking into the apartment.
"Right now, why didn't you just call me?" Betty asked silently praying that Daniel wouldn't show up till after she got Hilda to leave.
"Because , I didn't want Papi or Justin to hear." Hilda said sitting down on
"You still could have called to say you were coming over." Betty said trying to keep herself from glancing nervously at the clock.
"Why... wait a minute , are you going on a date?" Hilda asked noticing her sisters appearance.
"No..." Betty said not sure what to say.
"Then why are you dressed up?" Hilda asked.
"Because...I'm going out with Christina." Betty lied.
"Your going out with Christina, Christina who is ready to pop out a baby any day now?" Hilda asked skeptically.
"Yeah, it's not like we're going to a club, we're going out to eat." Betty said trying to hide the nervousness in her voice.
"Really, then why do you seem so anxious?" Hilda asked not quite believing her younger sister.
"Yes." Betty said.
"So, you're all dressed up to go out to dinner with your pregnant friend?" Hilda asked still suspicious of Betty.
"Yes, but, don't you have a date, I'm sure you don't want to be late for Archie." Betty said attempting to shift the focus off of her and onto Hilda.
"Fine, we'll talk about my problem later, have fun with Christina." Hilda said in a tone that said she still didn't believe Betty was telling the truth.
"I will." Betty said.
"I bet you will." Hilda said in a skeptical tone and she headed for the door.
"Bye Hilda." Betty said as her sister in a annoyed tone.
"Later, Betty." Hilda said walking out the door. Five minutes later, Betty heard a knock door and she was relieved to see it was Daniel.
"Thank God you're late." Betty said when she opened the door and Daniel walked into her apartment.
" That's not what I expected to hear." Daniel said confused to why she was happy for tardiness.
"Hilda was just here, if you came five minutes earlier she would have had proof I was lying." Betty explained.
"Lying about what?" Daniel asked still confused. Betty then explained everything about Hilda's unexpected visit.
"So why were you late?" Betty asked after she told him all about the situation with Hilda.
" You weren't the only one with an unexpected visitor, my mom showed up right when I was about to leave my place." Daniel explained.
"Are you kidding me, what is going on today?" Betty said laughing at the randomness of it all.
" I don't know, but we better get going if we don't want to lose the reservation at the restaurant." Daniel said.
Betty grabbed her purse, coat and keys and she and Daniel exited her apartment. She locked the door and they made their way down the hallway, neither noticing Hilda watching them leave.
" That little liar, I knew it, she is going on a date." Hilda said, though she hadn't seen the guys face when he left with Betty.
She wanted to follow them and figure out who this guy was, and why Betty would lie about going out with him, when she'd always been so open with her sister about the guy she was seeing,but she was going to be late for her date with Archie if she didn't head back to queens right away.
Betty and Daniel exited her apartment building and Daniel hailed a cab. The press and paparazzi knew the license plate of and knew who his town car driver was, so they would definitely notice his frequent trips to Betty's apartment. One dinner with his assistant was normal, eating with her at least twice a week would be considered suspicious and they needed to stay out of the spotlight so they could explore their relationship with complete privacy.
Which is why, after their second date, if they were going out to a restaurant , or to a movie they would just take a cab instead of his town car, Betty felt bad about it at first, knowing that Daniel was used to traveling in higher standards, but he had assured her that he didn't care what the mode of transportation was , as long as he was traveling with her.
The cab pulled up in front of an Italian restaurant that had become their spot of sorts. They'd discovered it on their third date, it was owned by a brother and sister, who'd inherited it from their parents. The restaurant had been in their family for four generations, their great grandparents had immigrated from Sicily and were able to open the restaurant after they arrived in the country at Ellis island.
The restaurant prided itself as being a family friendly and welcoming environment, that truly made it's diners feel at home. Which is why they both loved the restaurant so much, plus the authentic food was a plus as well. The fact that it wasn't that well known also made it a perfect spot for privacy without fear of cameras. They walked in and were greeted by Paulo, their usual host.
" Buon pomeriggio ,Betty, Daniel" Paulo said saying good afternoon.
" Buon pomeriggio ,Paulo" Daniel and Betty said.
" Your table will be ready in five minutes." Paulo said.
"Thanks Paulo." Betty said then her and Daniel took a seat in a small waiting area by the front door of the restaurant.
Five minutes later a hostess, Gina, showed them to their table, which was in the middle back of the restaurant. Their table had two lit candles and a bottle of red wine, which Daniel had ordered be placed on the table when he made the reservation. Betty wasn't surprised at the display, whether it was at a fancy restaurant or a outing at the movies, Daniel always made things romantic for them.
They sat down and ordered their food and drinks, after their drinks arrived , Daniel took Betty's hands in his and looked at her with a serious expression on his face which both worried and confused Betty, because the mood had changed so quickly.
"Is everything ok?" Betty asked noting the expression on his face.
"Yeah." Daniel said.
" So why are you so serious?" Betty said.
"Well, I wanted you to know that , I really enjoyed spending time with you like this , over the past month..." Daniel began.
"You're not trying to tell me that you don't want to do this anymore, are you?" Betty asked recognizing the beginning of a, it's been fun ,but ,speech.
"No, no, it's quite the opposite, I wanted to tell you that I want to make this official, I know this is kind of a high school approach, but, um... will you be my girlfriend ?" Daniel asked nervously looking at her face for her reaction.
"Yes." Betty said smiling at him relieved that he didn't want to end things, who'd of thought Daniel Meade could be so chivalrous.
"There's one more thing." Daniel said reaching into his coat pocket and pulling out a medium sized jewelry box, which he handed to Betty.
She took it and opened the box to reveal a gold charm bracelet with four charms attached, the first was a pen and paper, the second a family of four that she guessed was supposed to be a representative of her, Ignacio, Hilda and Justin, the third a heart with the letters D and B on it and the fourth was her name carved in a pretty cursive and in the same color as the chain.
"Daniel, thank you it's beautiful, I love it." Betty said leaning across the table and kissing him. He then helped her put the bracelet on her wrist.
Their food then arrived and they ate, both glowing in the fact that they were officially a couple. Betty wondered if that also meant that they would also go public with their romantic relationship, well at least to their respective families, who it seemed were getting suspicious.
" Are we still going to keep the fact that we're dating a secret?" Daniel asked as they waited for their dessert to arrive.
" Do you want to?" Betty asked.
" Only if you do too, but I think we should probably let my Mom, and your family know, for now." Daniel said.
"I was thinking the same thing." Betty said smiling at him.
"Great minds.." Daniel said smiling at her.
"I'm having dinner with mine tomorrow, we can tell them together." Betty suggested.
" That would be great, but I've got that conference in Philadelphia, we can do it when I come back." Daniel said.
"Sounds good to me." Betty said .
" I wish you could come with me." Daniel said brushing his hand over hers.
" I would probably just distract you." Betty said flirting with him.
"Yeah, you're right, but I'll still be thinking about you." Daniel said flirting back, before leaning in and kissing her.
They broke the kiss when their dessert arrived and continued to talk and enjoy each others company as they ate. They finished their dessert paid for their food then went on a short stroll through the city, before heading back to Betty's apartment, stopping outside her door.
"I'll call you tomorrow, before I leave for Philly." Daniel said giving Betty a quick peck on the lips.
"Goodnight, and thanks again for the bracelet." Betty said smiling at him.
"I'm glad you like it. Goodnight." Daniel said kissing her on the cheek before walking away.
Betty unlocked her door and walked inside her apartment a big smile on her face, thinking about how sweet Daniel was. She was brought out of her thoughts by Amanda who suddenly appeared out of nowhere.
"Why are you so happy, was there a Poncho sale at the mall?" Amanda said with a serious tone.
"No...what are you doing home?" Betty asked switching focus to Amanda so she wouldn't ask any questions about her happy mood.
"I was supposed to hook up with this guy, but he was a total loser so I came back early. How was your date?" Amanda asked nonchalantly.
" I-I wasn't on a date, I went out to eat with Christina." Betty said.
"Right, that doesn't sound like much fun though, isn't she about to pop out that baby." Amanda said.
"Yeah, it's getting late, I'm gonna head to bed." Betty said.
"Why? Your boss is going to be gone tomorrow, you should totally sleep in, or go shopping for a new Poncho." Amanda said.
"Goodnight Amanda." Betty said ignoring her roommates suggestions and heading into her bedroom, drifting into a peaceful sleep.
A/n: Thanks for reading , I hope y'all enjoyed the chapter, not sure when I'll be able to update again, but just keep a look out through the alert system. thanks again for reading a review/constructive criticism is always appreciated.
-Pessimistic Romanticist