Chapter 3: Hilda's bachelorette party
The days that followed, he has begun to repair the relationship with his half brother. They were both a bit insecure but took pains to get to know each other. Claire was very pleased and Betty told Daniel she was proud of him.
Hilda has recently become engaged to Bobby and Betty was in charge of preparing the bachelorette party. He knew that she hasn't found an activity that pleased both her and Hilda for this event. She had this frustrated expression on her face and was calling different parts of the city.
But inspiration came to her when she saw that he was consulting the schedule for the London fashion week. She begged him to let her go there saying she will do her work. He agreed and gave her the tickets. She shrieked with joy and hugged him once again.
He laughed. He loved making her happy. And he has no real need to go to London.
She left on Sunday and during the whole week, he missed her. He was wondering what she was doing, if she had a nice time.
Finally she came back and dropped off her reviews of the shows she went to and thanked him once again saying they had the best of times. He smiled.
She then signaled that she had updated her blog. What he saw written made his heart jump. SHE HAS FLASHED GIO! What is the prick doing there? But she didn't seem upset by it. In fact she wrote she had a really honest conversation with him and congratulated him on his engagement. Daniel was glad that this guy has found someone… other than Betty.
Betty then took off to work. Daniel was happy to know she was back. They had already agreed to have lunch together. In fact, since a few weeks, he could not remember when he did not have lunch with her.
The following night came the first somewhat sexual dream he had about Betty. He dreamed she has flashing him. He pulled her into his arms running his hands down her sides and back and he was toying with her bra. When he woke up, he was quite embarrassed by his body's reaction to this dream. You can't think like that, Daniel! She is your friend!
Thankfully, he was able to forget the dream when he saw Betty the next day. But he couldn't help thinking she was getting more beautiful by the day. He has noticed that since a few months she has started to wear more flattering clothes and that her hair was more nicely styled but still her old bubbly personality and originality had not disappeared completely and he was grateful for that. He didn't want her to change what he felt was an essential part of her.
Their lunches together produced little talk in Mode. Most people has gotten used to see Betty and Daniel together or not very far from each other and sharing everything. No one got surprised when they exchanged plates to taste the other's dish. Most of the people at Mode even liked Betty. She had a way of connecting with people.
Daniel knew that at first they had questioned why he kept this kind of assistant because everyone knew of his reputation and his shallow view on people. But soon, as he began to grow more serious and assured on his work, they had began to say that it was because she did his work for him. He did not protest at this. He knew she had saved his hide more than once. Then the Mode people saw that they were becoming close friends and wondered if the friendship was only the only thing that went on between the two. To this point, they were two main sides: The ones who firmly believed on a platonic relationship, the other who were convinced that if there was friendship, it was headed towards something completely different.
Daniel hardly knew what to think about these last particular rumors. A few months ago, he would have dismissed it but now he did not know. His feelings for Betty were very confused.