Ok first off thanks to Midnight 1987, didi6, imachmeleon, music-art-dance-sailor-scout, abovetherim and Tash for the reviews they knew what the little review button was all bout.
so here it is... Daniel's reaction to Betty's daughter the lovely Anna. There was going to be a little part between Anna, Amanda and Marc but I've decided to wait until later on when Anna proves she can win over everyone. Thrid chapter will be all about how Betty found herself with a child and Daniel's support and pure fluffly stuff.
Betty stumbled out of the building grumbled as her cell phone rang again, she dug through her bag and grabbed the ringing phone and hit answer button as soon as she saw home flash up on the screen.
"Hello… dad… no I'm here… no they said they have no idea… I thought she might have turned up at home" Betty chewed her lip glancing from side to side just hoping that she might catch a glimpse of Anna.
"I can't home… I'm going to look around the park… then I'm going to the police" Betty said before she sighed.
"Ok dad, I'll call back" Betty assured before hanging up and began to walk down the street when her cell phone still gripped in her hand rang once more and she quickly answered
"Hello" she greeted stepping out the way of people streaming past her she stood still and chewed her lip again.
"I'm sorry Daniel… I really didn't… no… but Daniel" Betty sighed as she attempted to reason with her boss. After a few seconds she glanced at her watch and nodded to herself.
"Ok… but I really can't stay" Betty said before she hung up and quickly moved down the street heading back to MODE.
Betty nearly stumbled out of the elevator she saw Amanda and Marc smirk but she ignored them.
"He has someone in there at the minute" Amanda called out but Betty didn't bother to answer, she hurried to Daniel's office and quickly knocked.
"Come in" Daniel called before Betty let her self in and went to stumble out an apology and her reason when she spotted a dark head sitting behind Daniel's desk whom had pulled his visitors chair around and was smiling brightly.
"Anna" Betty exclaimed before the young child lifted her head before clambering down for the chair and raced towards Betty who swooped down and hugged her tightly.
"You can never do that again… you understand how worried we all were" Betty said as she pulled back and studied the young girl.
"I know but" "no… you nearly gave grandpa a heart attack" Betty declared causing Daniel to sit back with a bemused smile and watch the pair.
"She's fine Betty, we've been here drawing… well she has and she might make a wonderful designer when she grows up" Daniel admitted causing Betty to look at him with widen eyes before standing clutching Anna's hand in hers tightly.
"I'm sorry about this… she knows not to leave school and she knows that this is my work and that it's not a place for children and" "Betty, Betty calm down. She wasn't any trouble in fact she's a great kid. Hilda's lucky but I guess you have something to add to that too" Daniel chuckled as Betty chewed her lower lip before Anna glanced up at him.
"Mom what does he mean" Anna questioned looking to Betty who looked like a deer caught in headlights while Daniel simply stared at Betty with his mouth hanging open.
"Um… Daniel… Anna" Betty clamped her mouth shut before turning and dragging Anna with her.
"Mom" Anna exclaimed as she hurried beside her mother frowning at her mother's strange reaction.
"Betty!" Daniel called shaking his head to clear his shock before hurrying around his desk and following his assistant and her child.
"Betty wait… why didn't you say anything" Daniel questioned frowning as Betty stopped while Anna glanced from Betty to Daniel then back again.
Taking a deep breath Betty squeezed Anna's hand quickly before she bent down in front of her.
"Wait at my desk" Betty ordered before Anna nodded then waved to Daniel "bye Daniel… you promised that I could come back right" Anna chirped as Daniel grinned and nodded.
"Anna" Betty exclaimed before pushing her daughter out of the door watching through the glass as Anna hurried over to her mother's desk.
"You going to explain what's going on Betty… why didn't you say you had a child" Daniel asked as Betty slowly turned and kept her eyes focused on the floor unable to meet Daniel's blue eyes.
"Betty what's going on… how comes I know all about your father, sister and nephew but nothing about your daughter… six years and one month old daughter" Daniel mused smiling as he watched Betty twisted the hem of her jumper around her fingers.
"It's not… well you see… it's a long story and it's not like I'm ashamed I love my daughter but I was scared that you would fire me" Betty muttered causing Daniel to gape at her once more.
"Why would you think that" Daniel questioned feeling a little hurt at the thought that he would be so disgraceful by firing her for having a child. Winching he might have don that a year ago but not now… not that Betty had been with him for a year.
"I work for the biggest fashion magazines editor-in-chief, I have to run round all day have to million of things to do for you each day… who would hire someone who had a child to care for as well" Betty defended looking to Daniel with eyes filling with unshed tears.
"I wouldn't!" Daniel exclaimed before seeing the look from Betty at which point he lowered his head and cleared his throat.
"Ok but not now… why didn't you tell me before, we've been working together for a year now and we're friends. How hard would have been for you just to say you had a daughter" Daniel questioned causing Betty to roll her eyes.
"I couldn't… because no matter what it's going to change your opinion of me… my work is going to suffer because now you know that I have a daughter and I tried hard to prove myself to be a hard worker" Betty exclaimed wiping her eyes beneath her glasses. Daniel couldn't help but soften at how Betty processed everything. She was worried about everything at MODE.
"It may have affected my view on you before but not now… after a year of working for me you haven't messed up once… I've called you when I had no right to call you and you came running. Even outside your working hours when you had every right to tell me to go to hell or even sue me but you still came running and I'm grateful even more so now because you didn't just do all that for me, you did it to give your daughter a future… I will admit if you told me from the start that you had a daughter I would have given you two months tops and then sent you on your way saying that your family responsibilities was clouding your work life but not now" Daniel told her watching the tears roll down her cheeks and a small smile flickering across her lips.
"Now however I have to rethink calling you up all the time getting you run stupid errands and thinking about your pay raise" Daniel said grinning from ear to ear as Betty blustered.
"Daniel" Betty started but Daniel moved forward and clamped his hand on her shoulder to force her to stop.
"Remember I'm your boss… sometimes you have to not talk back to me" Daniel ordered watching Betty clamp her mouth shut before chewing her lip arguing within her own mind before Daniel turned her round and moved her towards the door.
"Come on" Daniel ordered forcing Betty out of his office while she attempted to peer back over her shoulder.
"Daniel what are you doing!" Betty exclaimed as they emerged out of the office to see Anna jumping out of her mothers chair frowning with bemusement at them.
"Where we going for lunch" Daniel asked as he came to stop with Betty while looking at Anna who beamed.
"Daniel" "I want pizza" Anna declared gaining a look from her mother but Daniel choose to ignore it and nodded.
"Fine…pizza it is, in fact me and your mother know a great place for pizza, so lets go kid" Daniel ordered not removing his hand from Betty's shoulder as Anna raced over to them and moved around Daniel to take his free hand. He looked down at the bright brown eyes staring at him and the feel of the small soft hand in his own and couldn't help chuckle and grin as he moved with Anna holding his hand and Betty attempting to get out from under his hand as he steered her towards the exit.
It was strange how ever since Betty arrived I was the little things that made him happy… it wasn't just watching her smile or how she took everything in her stride but it was the fact that everyday he wanted to make sure she wasn't going to be disappointed in him. And now it seemed another Suarez woman was making even the little things of going for pizza seem like it was the greatest thing in the world.
Daniel noted to himself that things were going to change now that he had Betty and her daughter in his life and for once he wasn't afraid what these changes meant for him.