Chapter 2

**Mode Office**

Daniel sat at his desk staring through the glass walls towards the hallway. He was anxious to see Betty. He really wanted to tell her how he felt. Amanda had walked in standing by the door.

"Earth to Daniel" He hadn't even noticed her. She raised one eyebrow. "What are you staring at?"

"Oh nothing, just thinking." It had been an eventful weekend. After the wedding he received a call from his mother. His half brother had shown up drunk with a gun. He fired the gun, but no one was hurt. She took him to a rehab center on Sunday. Through this whole situation, his mother and whilimina had come to an understanding and were now getting along. Whilimina realized that her manipulating of peoples minds could have really gotten someone hurt.

"OK, well, you meeting starts in a half hour and then there is a photo shoot at 11." Amanda smirked she knew who he was waiting for. "Oh look Betty's here" She smiled and walked towards Betty's office. Obviously something was going on and she wanted to be the first to know.

"Hey Chimichanga, you look hot today, are those new clothes?" Betty did look great she had on a black fitted blazer with a pencil skirt with a silky top underneath and some hot new shoes.

"Yeah, I thought I might try something new." She stated just as Marc walked in.

"Whoa, look at you…are those the new prada's?!" He was stunned but as curious as Amanda as to what brought all this on. Was it what they thought it was. "I know whats going on" he stated as he and Amanda hovered over his desk.

"What?" Betty said puzzled. "What are you talking about."

"We saw you Betty" Amanda said

"Yeah, You two hooked up didn't you?" Marc said accusingly

"What, hooked up? With who? What are you talking about."

Marc crossedhis arms "Don't try to play coy Betty, we saw you get into the Towncar with Daniel after the wedding. You two went back to his place and hooked up that is why you are dressing so sexy." He said all inone breath "I love it when I am right."

"No, he was just taking me home. There was no hooking up." Betty was confused. Why would they think that. Daniel and her had riden in towncars together before.

"Oh, well, we thought…cause we saw you two talking…and…Daniel was staring….and" Amanda chimed in disappointed

"Nothing is going on!" Well there was something going on, but nothing like this. She was not going to miss being grilled by these two. But she was going to miss them.

"Package for Ms. Suarez" a delivery man walked in with a package and looked around the room.

"That's me, she stated, but I wasn't expecting…"

"Sign here ma'am." He held out a pad to sign "Thank you and have a great day" he walked out of the room and Betty sat down at her desk with the package and started to open it. Amanda and Marc hovered over as Betty dumped the contents on her desk.

An airline ticket to London with a letter from her new boss.

"Dear Ms. Suarez,

We are happy that you will be joining our team in London. Enclosed is you plane ticket. We will be expecting you in two weeks. We look forward to working with you…."

(Blah, Blah Blah) she skipped reading the rest.

Amanda and Marc looked at her puzzled. "Betty your leaving." Amanda declared. "Why didn't you tell us?"

"What kind of job is it? London? You must have flashed the right person in that bar" Marc giggled

"If you must know, I will be helping to run a new magazine that is starting in London." She said smiling "But don't tell anyone, I haven't even told my family,…or Daniel."She said as she looked through the glass where Daniel sat, but he wasn't there. Oh. No the meeting, they were going to be late. "We better get going. The meetings about to start."

They all scurried to the conference room and found a place to sit around the table. Daniel stared at Betty as he began the meeting.

……..

After the meeting Betty walked up to Daniel before he could leave the room. "Hey, Daniel. There is something I need to talk to you about. Are you free for lunch?"

"Of course, I have a photo shoot at 11 but I can meet you at 12:30?"

"Sounds great. See you then" Betty walked away, wondering how she was going to tell him.

Daniel walked back to his desk with a smile. What did she want to talk about? Did she feel the same way?

…….

It was 12:15…Daniel raced from the photo shoot back to the Mode office. He didn't want to be late. 12:25…He made it. He walked into Betty's office knocking on the glass wall as she stared at the computer screen. She looked expecially beautiful today, almost sexy. He shook his heard and broke his thought as she looked up. "ready to go?" He asked her non chalantly.

"Yup" She grabbed her bag and walked towards him as he escorted her towards the elevator. Amanda and Marc looked over with a grin on their face. They made their way down the elevator and out the into the lobby towards the front door.

……

They made their way to their seats as the waiter handed them each a menu. "Would you like to start off with something to drink?" the waiter said looking at Daniel

"Sure an Ice Tea for me" Daniel said looking up from the menu.

"And for your wife?" the waiter looked from Daniel to Betty. They both looked up from their menus and looked at eachother nerviously then to the waiter.

"Oh, I'm not his wife." Betty chimed in "But I'll just have a water thank you" Daniel chuckled a little hiding his face behind the menu as the waiter walked away. Betty looked at him puzzled. "He thought this was funny?" She thought. It was a little embarrasing for her. Her cheeks started to flush.

"Wow, all of this food looks great" Daniel looked up from his menu "What are you getting?"

"Oh" she said startled. She hadn't really paid attention to the menu. "Um, I'm not sure, the penne maybe?"

The waiter came back with their drinks and took their order. He took the menus and walked toward the kitchen. She no longer had the menu to hide behind. She just had Daniel in front of her.

"So, what is it you wanted to talk to me about?" He said taking a drink. He was hoping it was what he wanted to talk about. It would be great. He wouldn't have to make the frst move. How perfect.

"Well," She cleared her throat "Daniel…I..I..uh…" How could she start? "In london…I met someone."

Met someone? How could this be? Daniels thoughts were racing…"What? Met who?"

"Well, he runs magazines….and….he offered me a job…that's what I wanted to talk to you about."

Phew…just a job offer. He was so relieved. She had met someone who offered her a job. "And?" He said looking into her eyes.

"And I accepted. " Wow it wasn't that hard. All this for nothing, Daniel was taking this surprisingly well.

"So which magazine will you be working for? Do I know the editor? We can still meet for lunch right?" He was happy she was getting a great opportunity.

"Daniel?" He didn't get it she thought, he thinks its in New York? "No, Daniel, the Job is in London….I am going to run a new Magazine there…"

"What? Your moving?"

"Yes Daniel, I am leaving the country….In two weeks"

"Two Weeks! What? Why?...." He stared down at his drink. This was it. He missed his chance. She was leaving and that was that. "Congratulations…" He looked up at her and put on a fake smile.

The waiter brought their food and they started eating silently. Too silent, so Daniel cleared his throat and began talking.

"So what does your family think?"

"They don't know yet, I am going to tell them tonight. But they will be fine." She knew they didn't need her to take care of them anymore.

"Well, I am going to miss you…and I am sure everyone else will too."Daniel looked back down at his plate and pushed some more of his food around…he had lost his appetite.

**Mode Offices**

As they made their way back to their respective offices, Amanda and Marc walked in taking notice to their somber moods.

"So you told him huh?" Amanda said ploping herself on the end of Betty's desk.

"Yeah, he didn't take it too well. But he did congratulate me." She knew he was just trying to be nice.

"You two are so complicated" Amanda said as she walked out of Betty's office stopping Marc on the way. "Marc, we have to help them. Look how sad they look…I have an idea, meet me in the closet in 10!"

For the rest of the day Betty and Daniel mostly avoided eachother. Daniel left a little early. He did not want to have to see her and think about her any more that day. I didn't help though, that is all he thought about. Even at his mothers for dinner. She noticed something was off and questioned him about it. Finally, he admitted what was wrong.

"It's Betty"

"Oh?"

"She was offered a job in London running her own magazine…and she accepted"

"Well that's great! She deserves it"

"No its not great"

"Why would that not be great"

"Well because….mother….I think…well I know…I'm in love with her, and I don't want her to leave."

"And you told her that?" She had know all along, she wasn't blind to the way Daniel felt about Betty even if he was.

"Well…no"

"No!, well how is she suppose to know that she has something to stay for?....Are you going to tell her before she leaves?"

"I want to but if she wants to leave then she obviously doesn't feel the sameway"

"Maybe she does, she just doesn't think its in the cards."

Maybe his mother was right. Maybe she didn't think there was anything there. He had given her some hints. But they are close friends. Maybe she took them as friendly gestures. He was going to tell her for sure when he saw her tomorrow. She would know she has something to stay for.

Betty walked into her office, and on her desk was a bouquet of beautiful roses. Who were these from? She curiously opened the card.

"Betty, Let me give you a reason to stay"

Daniel

What? Daniel? Why would he? She was confused. "I guess he took it harder than I thought" she shook her head. Just then Amanda and Marc walked in.

"Wow, those must have cost a fortune…who are they from?" Amanda said trying to peek at the card.

"If you must know they are from Daniel. He didn't take me leaving very well and he is trying to convince me to stay. It is sweet, but there is nothing here holding me down."

"Oh…well…I guess if that's what you want…"Marc chimed in Smirking as he and Amanda walked out.

There was only one hour until time to go as Amanda walked into Betty and Marcs office. "Hey I forgot…this David guy left a message…he said something about confirming a meeting tomorrow…"

Betty jumped up "You mean the meating Daniel and I have been trying to set up…the proposal for add sales for Madau Cosmetics!" Betty Shouted "And you are just giving me the message now!" Betty grabbed the paper from Amanda's hand…"I am going to be here all night…Ugh" She slumped back into her chair. "Can you please go tell Daniel about this…he needs to stay and help me with this" She huffed at Amanda as she frantically started pulling files from her drawer.

Amanda left the room smiling at Marc. It worked. "Daniel, we just found out that David from Madau Cosmetics will be here for your proposal tomorrow, Betty says you have to stay and help." She turned and walked back to her desk, most satisfied with herself. This was brilliant. Now it was up to Daniel to make the next move.

"Perfect" Daniel thought to himself "I will get a chance to talk to her alone. He was going to tell her tonight"

***Oooo...ahhh...what whill happen next?****