Paths Cross

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Chapter 7 - Your Man is Here

"You were gone long" Allison said observantly as soon as Betty walked in. "I'm so sorry Allison."

"Don't worry. I covered for you."

"Thank you so much. I owe you." Betty said walking to her desk. "Yes, you do. Now spill" Allison said getting up from her desk and walking over to Betty's. "Allison..."

"Betty. Listen, you were gone for 2 hours and I covered for you. I think you need to talk." Allison said with her piercing green eyes.
"Ugh fine."

"Yay!" she said excitedly, anxious to hear about her lunch, her TWO HOUR lunch, with Daniel. Betty rolled her eyes.

She began to tell Allison of them just catching up in the beginning and talking about Sofia. She did tell her about how she couldn't stop blushing at one point and then her laughing uncontrollably in the café. She mentioned how they talked about love, but leaving out the detail of their little deal to come to each other when they find it. Betty figured she could leave some things out. Besides she knew Allison will be much more interested in hearing about the second half of their lunch.

Daniel, on the other hand, just made it to the Meade Building when he realized Betty left her bag in the cab. He took it up to MODE. He knew he needed to get some things done before he went back to return her bag. He didn't realize he had been gone for almost two hours. Two hours with someone amazing. A smile swept his face at his thought.

When he walked to his office, he was questioned by Amanda. "Daniel? Where have you been?" She asked getting up from her desk.

"Sorry, I got caught up in some things."

"No, seriously Wilhelmina has come back and forth here five times asking where you were. She wouldn't stop yelling about you being a crappy Editor in Chief and that she should have your job. You better go see what she wanted." Amanda said and then saw the bag in his hand "What do you have there?" she asked curiously.

"I was sharing a cab with someone and they left their bag in the car, so I was thinking I could try and find a contact or something to return it" he didn't really feel like telling Amanda about Betty. He wanted it to be his special secret. His beautiful secret. He smiled. Amanda looked at him oddly. "Why are you smiling like that?" she asked knowing there was something behind that look.

"Like what?"

"Daniel...you've been acting really weird. I'm trying to be a friend but you're being all secretive when I ask you things."

He sighed. "I'm sorry, Amanda. I'll tell you everything when the time is right."

"Fine. Whatever. You better go." Amanda said getting back to her desk.

Betty continued to tell Allison what happened and briefly told her about how Daniel treated her when she first worked at MODE and how they became friends and how he apologized to her.

"So, let me get this straight, he got down on his knees and thanked you for changing his life?"

"Yep! I was just as shocked as you are, probably more."

"Wow. So then what happened?" She asked curiously.

"When he was on his knees and holding my hand I guess it looked like he was proposing to me because everyone around us was looking at us and whispering and smiling. So, do you want to know what he did?"

"Oh my God. What did he do?" Allison asked excitedly.

"He basically gave our little audience the show they were thinking about by asking me if I said yes."

"What?! Are you serious?"

"Yes."

"God, so what did you do?"

Betty couldn't help her laugh remembering the whole situation. "Well, I kind of got swept in the moment that I went along with it and said yes." She said with a light smile. "ARE YOU SERIOUS? Ohhhh, Betty...Do you like him, too?" she said with a grin.

"Allison...can you just stop? I'm not going to tell you anymore if you keep saying that."

"What? Why not? Whatever Betty. Just continue." "Please!"

Betty rolled her eyes. "We kind of played a joke on Gio pretending like he really did ask me and that I agreed"

Allison laughed "Wow, you tried to pull one over on Gio?"

Betty had a slight grin and continued to tell Allison of all the things that Daniel said about her to Gio, but really saying it to her.

"Aww, he said all those things? That's so sweet. Now, tell me again that he doesn't like you." She said mockingly. Betty rolled her eyes again. She told Allison about how she felt bad and then what he said to her after that.

"So, I know you will freak when you hear this. I'm still stunned by it to. I think he was joking."

"Oh my God, what?" Allison asked anxiously knowing it was probably really good if Betty was already saying it was a joke.

"Well, uh...he basically told me that he would love to marry me"

"WHAT?!" Allison's eyes got as huge as flying disks. "You're kidding. Of course you're not kidding. Oh wow."

"...but he said that shouldn't we get to know each other better before he proposes to me."

"WHAT? Oh woww" Allison sparked her eyes getting huge. "Oh man, he really likes you."

"I think he was just kidding. I mean he's Daniel Meade." Betty said as Allison got to her desk. Allison walked back over to Betty "So. You are Betty Suarez! And she is amazing. Any guy would be lucky to have her."

Betty smiled brightly as Allison came around to her desk and hugged her. "Thank you Allison."

"Now, seriously though, he is totally into you, Betty. How can you not see that?" Allison said putting her arm around Betty.

"We're just friends."

"Fine, don't believe me." She said standing up. "But, I'm going to remind you every time you talk about him or go see him or whenever I see you together that he likes you. Just so you know ahead of time." Allison said mockingly. Betty rolled her eyes. "Gee. Thanks for the warning."

Betty and Allison tried to get some work done to make up for all the lost time. Meanwhile Daniel was on his way to drop off Betty's bag. He wondered if she even realized she left it.

He really had to make up for upsetting Wilhelmina. The last thing he needed right now was her telling his father how he didn't pay attention to anything today. He would just have to make sure to do his best the next few weeks to prove that he could do this.

When Daniel arrived at the building that Betty was dropped off at, he found where her floor was and asked where Betty was located.

Everyone looked at him strangely wondering why he was there and what he wanted with Betty. He laughed thinking people were strange to think he was some kind of celebrity.

He walked into the office noticing it looked a lot less glamorous than MODE. It had a more professional business quality to it. He had to say he definitely like MODE's vibe more.

"Oh. Hi!" Allison said excitedly as soon as she saw Daniel. "Hey. Allison right?"

"Oo, you know me?" Allison said surprised. "Betty was telling me about you."

"Oh, well, that's nice."

"She said you were a great person."

"She did? How sweet." Allison said smiling brightly.

"By the way, thanks for the compliment." Daniel said with a charming smile. "No problem at all." She said blushing slightly.

"You're very pretty." Daniel said trying to be nice. He really thought she was pretty. She had lovely green eyes and her short reddish hair and light freckles on her face made her appear sweet and friendly. "Aw, well aren't you sweet. Thank you. Now, I take it you're here to see Betty." She said shooting him a telling grin.

Daniel nodded with a smile.

Allison smiled. "Bettyyy, your man is hereee!" Allison said loudly still looking at Daniel. Daniel laughed figuring that Betty already told Allison about their little entertaining lunch.

"Allison, what in the world are you talking about?" Betty said as she was walking back in to their office. "Oh. Hi." She said as she came across Daniel. "What are you doing here?" she said walking over to Daniel and shooting Allison a dirty look as she passed her.

"So, I'm your man now?" Daniel said teasingly.

Betty rolled her eyes and looked at him with her hand on her hip. "Can I help you with something?"

"Wow, that's no way to treat your pretend fiancé." Betty leaned closer "Daniel...shh..."

"What? It seems that you already told your lovely friend over here about our lunch, so..." Allison smiled brightly thinking he really was a charming guy.

"Okay, okay. Sorry, so?" Betty asked wondering why he was here. "I brought you your bag. You left it in the cab."

"Oh gosh, thank you." She said taking it from his hand.

"No problem." He said smiling at her putting his hands in his pockets. He stood there for a minute; she smiled sweetly looking at him with her bright brown eyes. It looked like they were shining. Daniel felt entranced by them, but he quickly got back to reality. "Alright. Well, I guess I'll see you around." he said starting to walk away.

"It was nice meeting you Allison. Tell my pretend fiancé to not be too hard on you." He said winking at her and then heading off. Betty smiled rolling her eyes as she watched him walk away.

Allison observed Betty as she watched him walk away. "Bettyyy..." Betty looked to Allison knowing what was coming. "He likes you" Allison said teasingly.

"Why don't you just admit it, Betty? You like him too."

"Allison. Will you stop? We're just friends." Betty said walking back to her desk.

"Ya, ya. Friends. We'll see about that." Allison said more to herself. She knew how stubborn Betty was. She would never admit it.

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