Paths Cross

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Chapter 8 - Suarez Family Dinner

Later that night, Betty and Allison paid a visit to Betty's family in Queens. Since Betty moved in the city, she didn't see her family as much. She missed them, but she also liked having her privacy. She was really excited to see her family though. She invited Allison to join since she was pretty much part of the family anyways.

When they reached the house and quietly walked in, as soon as Justin saw them he cheered and ran over hugging them both tight "AB! I missed you so much!"

"I missed you too Justin" Betty hugged him back just as tight.

"Hey Allison" he said as she enveloped him in a hug "Hiyya kiddo... You will never believe what happened to your Aunt Betty today?" she whispered to him, loud enough for Betty to hear, who gave her a dirty look.

"OH MY GOD WHAT?" Justin asked excitedly sure that it was something awesome if she was telling him in the form of a secret.

She grinned and whispered in his ear "I'll tell you at dinner. It's great"

He gave her back such a big grin she chuckled. When she looked to Betty, Betty looked like she wanted to choke her.

Allison rolled her eyes "I'm going to say hi to Hilda" she said as she walked off laughing to herself. Betty let out a breath. When she looked to Justin he just gave her this curious look.

"What?" she asked.

He laughed "this must be GOOD!" he said in an ecstatic tone.

She just laughed and pulled him in for another hug. "My little munchkin, I miss you" she squeezed him. He laughed but swatted her hand away when she tried to mess up his hair. "AB! I hate it when you call me munchkin."

She pouted, giving him her best sad face. He looked at her, but then rolled his eyes "Fine, only tonight." He said causing her smile to brighten.

"Betty, what is this I hear about you meeting a guy?" Hilda said as she came in, not even greeting her. "Gee, thanks for caring about me?"

"Oh I definitely care, especially if he's a hottie" she said, Allison walking over with a grin. Her friend was definitely the mischievous one.

"OMG, you met a guy?" Justin asked. "Who was it?" he asked having a feeling it was good.

"What is this about you meeting a man, mija?"

"God Allison!" Betty exclaimed in annoyance. "Did you have to tell everyone?"

Allison nodded with a grin "yep! Especially if he was Daniel Meade"

"WHAT?" All of them shot back, their shocked faces making Betty want to strangle her best friend at the current moment.

"OMG OMG AB! DANIEL MEADE! Omg I have to tell my friends!" he was already trying to make a run for it when she grabbed him by his shirt "Hold on there! Justin!" she let out a deep sigh. "I'll tell you what happened over dinner" she mumbled knowing one way or another her family was going to know this story.

"EEEKKKK!" Justin shrieked in excitement hugging her tight. She smiled despite her annoyance; when her eyes met Hilda's, she had this wicked smirk on her face "I can't wait to hear this"

Betty rolled her eyes, especially when her father was exiting the room mumbling how he didn't like any man that made his mija's life a hell working for him and there was no way on this planet he would let him hurt her again.

She sighed again as she reluctantly followed everyone into the dining room. As Allison was walking past her with this triumphant smirk of hers, Betty grabbed her by her arm and pulled her close "I'm so getting you back for this" she muttered.

Allison giggled "Ok" and walked off like that didn't bother her. Betty let out another frustrated sigh. This was going to be a long night, she thought to herself.

Daniel stepped out of the town car that dropped him home taking out his phone to make a call that he promised he'd make. "Hello? Daniel? Is that you?" is what he heard on the other end.

He shook his "Mom, come on, I'm sorry I'm calling so late, but I had to find a moment when Wilhelmina wasn't chewing my ass off."

At that she laughed heartily causing him to smile momentarily, before he said "Hey, that's not funny. I'm convinced she's the devil."

Claire laughed some more "Yes, I would have to agree. Did she make your day miserable?" she asked.

"Actually, no, I had a spectacular day" he said a wide smile sweeping his face. "Really? That wonderful? What happened?"

He took out his keys as he reached his door "I ran into an old friend at the park today" his smile seemed to get bigger the more he thought about the perfection that found its way into his life again. Or really, how he found her

"Oh?" she asked intrigued.

"Uh, ya, but I'll tell you more later" he replied as he stuck the key in and turned it opening the door to his apartment.

"Now who's being wicked?" she asked finding her son's way of telling her things maddening at times.

He laughed "I just..." As he closed the door behind him he rested against it thinking about her smile and the way she laughed, and how pretty and beautiful she was.

"Daniel?"

"huh?"

"Oh I just have to know who it was!" she said "Is it a woman?"

She glared "It's not Sofia, Daniel, is it?" she asked angrily.

He snapped back to reality "GOD NO! I hate that bitch! I wouldn't care if I ever see her face again!" he said, but remembered how Betty said that she wanted to slap her. He grinned "Actually I take that back, I would like to see uh...let's just say her get a very satisfying slap in the face."

His mother laughed "I see."

"Besides my friend has way more integrity and class than The Devil 2.0."

"Friend, huh? Not girlfriend?"

He rolled his eyes "For all you know I could be talking about Becks"

"I highly doubt that dear. Whenever you talk about Becks it's always about how you two went out to do something stupid together."

"Like what?"

"Need I mention the last time? When you two took piloting lessons and nearly crashed into the Meade building."

"Mom, I don't know how you got that story, but that's not what happened"

"Oh, so you didn't nearly fly though your office when you lost control?"

He sighed "Fine, whatever. It was an accident. Becks was being an idiot!"

"My point exactly"

Daniel rolled his eyes "Alright, you win. It wasn't Becks who I saw, but I'm not saying anything now, so quit it!"

"Fine dear, one way or another I'll find out."

"Yes, I know!" he acknowledged. "Good night dear. Get some rest."

"You too, mom. Good night. I love you"

"I love you, too, dear" she smiled and ended the call. Daniel walked further into his apartment and plopped himself on his couch. He smiled thinking about his lunch with Betty and how...entertaining it was. He closed his eyes imaging what he'd told her. "I can't wait to see you again, Betty" he said quietly, the thought of her smile filling his heart.

After the dinner was placed on the table and everyone took a seat, the madness began. "So Betty, tell us everything that happened" Hilda demanded.

"Did he beg you to come back to MODE once he saw you?" Hilda said shooting a flirty wink at her, remembering what she had told Betty a year ago when she worked for him. "Hildaa..."

"What? Come on Betty, you're hot. If he didn't ask you now, I'm sure he will eventually."

"Oh, he did better than that!" Allison commented. Hilda smirked looking to Betty. "What did he do?"

"Well, he, he uh... get on his knees and apologized to me..."

"He got on his knees?" Hilda asked shocked. "Wow, AB. He must totally regret ever being mean to you." Justin said taking a bite from his food. "See mija, people change." Said the person that had just fumed about how the man hurt his poor daughter. She rolled her eyes hoping this was as dramatic as it was going to get, but of course not. Her friend had to fuel her family's prying and dramatics.

"You didn't even tell them what else he did, Betty? The reason why he got on his knees was to thank Betty for changing his life." Allison said looking at Betty and then to everyone else.

"What?" Hilda asked surprised again. "He likes you Betty." Allison said teasingly, but really meaning it.

"Ya, AB he must totally like you." Justin said with a hopeful smile, just agreeing to anything that Allison said.

"Want to tell them what else happened?" Allison said with a grin. "Oh my god, what else happened?" Justin said excitedly. Hilda and Ignacio looked at Betty interested in what happened.

"Guys, it's no big deal." Betty said taking a sip from her juice secretly hoping it was poison so she would die and not have to finish the story.

"No big deal? You've got to be kidding. When Daniel was on his knees, people around them thought he was proposing to her, so Mr. Suave Daniel Meade played along and asked Betty if she said yes."

"Oh...myy...Gawd!" Hilda said surprised and intrigued. "He proposed to you, mija?" Ignacio said shocked.

"It was just a joke." Betty added trying to calm everyone down.

"But guess what your Aunt Betty did?" Allison asked looking to Justin knowing that he was like her little cheerleader.

"Oh my god, did you say yes?" Justin said excitedly. "Oh my god! I have to go tell all my friends!" Justin said starting to get up.

"Justin!" Betty cried. Hilda grabbed him sitting him down. "Did you say yes, Betty?" Hilda asked astonished. Allison was looking at Betty trying to hold back her laughs.

Betty's silence seemed to fuel the madness. "What? Mija, are you insane? How could you marry someone you don't even know?" Ignacio said panicking and getting up trying to distract himself.

"Papi! I'm not marrying Daniel. It was just a joke."

"Aw maaan." Justin said disappointingly. "Oh Thank God!" Ignacio said sitting back down. "Wow Betty." Hilda said amazed that her baby sister went along with it.

"See what you started?" Betty said leaning next to Allison. Allison laughed "Ya. isn't it great?" she said teasingly. Betty rolled her eyes.

"So, what else happened?" Hilda looked to Allison knowing there had to be more. "Well, Betty here played along. And then Gio was coming over because he overheard from a customer what happened with Betty and Daniel and Betty told Daniel to play along to trick Gio."

"What?!" Hilda, Justin and Ignacio all screamed looking at Betty. Betty looked down putting her hand to her forehead.

"You have to hear what he said." Allison said excitedly. "What did he say?" Hilda asked interested.

Betty looked to Allison not wanting her to say anymore. "Come on Betty, this is the best part."

"Why do I tell you anything?" Betty said rolling her eyes. "Because you love me." Allison said nudging her.

"Come on tell us!" Justin said excitedly.

"Okay. So, when Gio asked Daniel about proposing to Betty Daniel said some really sweet things. And he was totally not pretending" Allison said looking to Betty remembering what she told her about thinking that Daniel was just acting.

"What did he say?" Ignacio asked curiously. Everyone looked to him amused that now he was interested in knowing what happened.

Betty looked at everyone thinking they all looked like they were watching a telenovela.

"Ok...so Daniel looked to Betty and said that he'd never met someone like her, and that he should have never let her get away the first time." Hilda and Justin looked to Betty with huge smiles on their faces. "...then he said he could honestly say that she changed his life and that he wouldn't be where he was today without her."

Allison looked to Betty. "What else did he say? There was something else. I can't remember."

Betty looked ahead "he said he was truly honored to be my friend"

"That's it... the thing is though, he wasn't even looking at Gio when he said all this. He was looking directly at Betty. So, you know he meant it."

"Sounds like he really likes you, mija." Ignacio said observantly. "Wow Betty. He likes you."

"He definitely likes you AB" Allison looked to Betty. Betty looked at Allison knowing what she was thinking. "Ok guys. So, what if he likes me. We're just friends."

"What?" Hilda and Justin said looking at Betty like she was crazy. "Betty, girl, you better get your head out of your ass and ..."

"Hilda" Betty shrieked. "Okay. Fine whatever." Hilda rolled her eyes knowing Betty never liked when she told her what guys to date.

"You know what guys? There's more." Allison said with a grin.

"There's more?!" Hilda asked surprised at what more could there be. "How long was your lunch?" Ignacio wondered how so much happened.

"Oh she was late. She was with him for close to two hours."

"Two hours?!" Hilda and Justin looked at her with their eyes big. "I feel like we need to have some popcorn or something." Justin said leaning forward attentively.

"What else happened?" Ignacio asked looking to Allison.

Allison smiled. "Well, miss sensitive Betty thought he was just making it up and felt bad because it felt like they were really engaged or something like that, right Betty?" Betty just put her head down, her cheeks flaming, especially knowing for sure that her sister and Justin were smiling and grinning like crazy.

"Anyways, Daniel said that he would love to marry her-"

"WHAT?!" They all screamed their eyes coming out of their sockets and interrupting Allison before she could finish. Allison laughed. "But then he said that they should probably get to know each other better before he proposed to her."

"Wow" Hilda said leaning back in her chair. "AB, you should just go up to him and say yes for real."

Betty bit her lip, everything from their lunch finding its way back into her, making her feel butterflies all over again.

"You must have made some impression on his life, mija." Betty raised her head not knowing what to say.

"Betty, you can deny it all you want, but he definitely likes you." Hilda said looking at her. "If you ask me, it sounds like he's in love with you." Hilda added.

"What? Guys, how can he love me? He doesn't even know me."

"Ah-ha, but you admit that he likes you?" Hilda said matter-of-factly. "I never said that!" Betty sighed thinking this was getting out of hand.

"AB, didn't you say he ran in the park to stop you? How did he recognize you? I mean, no offense, but you didn't look like this when you worked for him. I'm just surprised that he even knew it was you." Justin said curiously. Now Allison was also interested because she had wondered that as well.

"Well, umm..."

"Oh...what did he say? He said something right?" Hilda asked suggestively. "It is probably something that will convince us even more that he likes her." Betty sighed. This was way too much excitement for one day. "Uh..."

"Well?" Hilda looked at her anxiously.

"...I was actually wondering how he recognized me too, so I asked him and he told me that it was because of my smile." Betty said blushing. She couldn't deny the fact that even she thought that was really sweet.

"Awww" They all said admiringly. Betty didn't even tell them what he actually said. Which she thought was even sweeter. She decided some things she could keep to herself. Although she really wished she didn't tell Allison so many details. Now, everyone would bug her about Daniel liking her.
She felt butterflies in her stomach at the thought of that. She couldn't deny how intense she felt being with him, but they were friends. She smiled with hopeful thought, good friends. She was snapped out of her thoughts when she heard an excited shriek from her nephew and then an even more surprised

"OMG OMG! Betty, you have to see this!"

When she walked into the room, she saw her family and Allison standing and sitting looking at the TV in shock. Betty watched the screen for a moment and then realized that it was her that was on the TV and there were pictures and videos of Daniel on his knees 'proposing to her' and her hugging him and "Oh god, this is bad"

"What? It's awesome AB!"

"What will Daniel think? He must be freaking out? Oh god, I'm freaking out!" she panicked thinking about what madness will come from this. "Why did I have to say yes?" she mumbled to herself.

"Because you like him" Justin said with a hopeful, yet somewhat sure smile. Betty bit her lip at his words taking a seat beside Allison who could not stop grinning.

"And he obviously likes you, Betty. Look, how he's looking at you" Hilda said her gaze focused on the images that were captured and shown to the world. Betty looked at the picture of Daniel holding her hand as he was on his knees thanking her. The look in his eyes held so much admiration, she couldn't deny that. She had seen it herself.

"I wonder what Daniel will think when he sees this, Betty?" Allison stated. Betty looked at her, biting her lip nervously, just hoping that it wouldn't cause too much trouble for Daniel.

AN: Hope you enjoy! :D