Amanda sat at her desk, preparing Betty's schedule. She actually came into work early, so she could greet Betty, when she walked in. She decided she was gonna take this job seriously, she wanted a real place in the company. She was preparing some paper's that needed Betty's signature, when she felt someone behind her. Turning around she saw Daniel staring at her.

"Hey Daniel, whats up with the stalker stance?" she said to him.

"I need to talk to you. After Betty comes in and gets settled come by my office." He said.

" Look if your thinking of starting up again, I'm gonna have to say no. Especially after what happened between you and Betty."

"What? God, Amanda, that's not it at all. It has nothing to do with us, just come by, OK."

"Fine, I guess you are kinda my boss." she said raising an eyebrow at him.

"Great, I'll be expecting you." He said as he walked away.

Daniel walked fast, he didn't want to chance another run in with Betty. He kept thinking of his talk with Ely, last night. He had planned to look at rings today, he figured he'd propose in a few weeks. That was enough time to plan something special, for her. He had it all figured out, last night. This morning however, he started to doubt his plan. He couldn't imagine looking for an engagement ring for her, or anyone else. When he proposed to Betty, he had her ring custom made. He had enjoyed designing it and making it special. He would never forget her face when she saw it, she loved it, she said everything about it was perfect. He wished she felt the same way about their relationship, but she didn't. He needed to speak to someone, he knew he could go to his mom. But her advice was always the same, as much as she liked Ely, she thought Daniel belonged with Betty. He hoped Amanda wouldn't take to long.

"Well, don't you look all sorts of miserable." Amanda said to Betty, setting her coffee on her desk.

"What? No, I'm just tired, I worked late." Betty said, defensively.

"Sure, whatever you say. If you don't need me, I have to run up to Daniel's" Amanda told her.

"Daniel's, why?" Betty asked.

" I don't know, he just asked to speak to me."

"OK, sure... go ahead." Betty said absently.

"I'll be back soon." Amanda said and walked out.

Betty couldn't help but wonder, why Daniel wanted to speak to Amanda. She wondered if she could squeeze it out of her, without it being obvious.

Amanda walked right into Daniel's office, ignoring his assistants protest.

"OK, I'm here, whats up?" Amanda asked, sitting down in the chair across from him.

"I have a problem, but I need you to keep it to yourself." he said to her.

"OK, spit it, I don't have all day. And if I'm gone long Betty will wonder what you wanted." she told him.

"You told Betty we were talking?" He asked shocked, that wasn't part of his plans.

"Uh... Yeah, what was I supposed to tell her? You didn't say it was a secret meeting."

"Your right, it's fine. I just need you to keep this between us."

"Yeah, I get it, it's a secret." She rolled her eyes.

"Ely wants to get married, she asked me if I planned to propose. I told her I did, but the more I think of it, the more against it I am. I just keep thinking of Betty and what went wrong. I don't know what to do."

"Uh.. Daniel, have you thought of... I don't know... maybe talking to Betty." Amanda said rolling her eyes.

"She's moved on, she's with Becks now." He replied bitterly.

"Yeah, she's with Becks, but I don't think she feels for him the way she does for you."

"You mean the way she felt."

"No, I mean the way she feels." Amanda said forcefully.

"No, I think your wrong. She doesn't love me anymore."

"It's not my place to convince you otherwise. I can only give you my opinion, and it's that I think she still loves you. I mean come on, those feeling didn't disappear, she's just hiding them."

Daniel sat there for a moment thinking.

"OK, here is what I'm gonna do. I want to test your theory, but I need to get some time with Betty, to feel things out. I need you to make that happen, let me know when she's working late, or eating lunch alone. Maybe if I can spend sometime with her, I can see if she still has feelings for me. But if after that I'm not convinced, then I need you to do me a favor and go buy a ring for Ely. I don't think I can do it myself." He said.

Amanda gave him a smirk, she stood up and leaned towards him on his desk.

"Deal, but when I'm right, I want thirty minutes in the closet."

"Deal."

Amanda sauntered off smiling. This was gonna be interesting, she was rooting for team Betty/Daniel. Now she just had to figure out how to make things happen.

Amanda rushed into Betty's office and jumped into the chair in front of her desk She spun around on the chair waiting for Betty to notice her.

"Can I help you with something, Amanda?" Betty asked annoyed at the interruption.

"Well if your gonna be all moody, than I wont give you the juicy gossip." She said standing up and walking out. When she was almost out the door, Betty called out to her.

"Wait! Does this gossip have to do with me?" Betty asked her.

"Yep." Was all Amanda offered.

"Well, do you plan on telling me?" Betty asked, more than curious.

Amanda shut her office door, locking it. She walked back to the chair she just vacated.

"This doesn't leave these walls, got it." Amanda said seriously, she was trying hard not to smile.

"Of course not." Betty assured her.

"Well, I had my talk with Daniel, turns out he needed advice. See that skanky girlfriend, Ely, is super insecure. I mean Daniel only called out your name a few times, nothing serious. Well, it seems she took it to heart, now she's convinced he still loves you. Which by the way, he totally does. Anyhow, she gave Daniel a choice, marry her or she leaves him. That's not even the worse part. Get this, she told Daniel, that she heard you and Becks were fooling around, before you broke it off with Daniel. And that Becks was the main reason you ended things."

Betty sat there shocked, she couldn't believe her ears. Did Daniel believe this?

"Those are lies, all of them. I never cheated on Daniel, ever." Betty said defensively.

"Betty, I know that, so does Daniel. But the rumor is still there, from what I can tell, Daniel is really disturbed by it. He knows its not true, he said he knows you to well to believe something like that. But that still doesn't stop it from being embarrassing." Amanda said.

"My god, that's awful. I thought I heard all the rumors, but that's out of hand." Betty said.

"I know, poor Daniel. Now he feels like he has to marry her. He's settling, because he said he knows you don't love him anymore. He's tired of being alone, since you don't want him anymore, he's taking what he can get." Amanda told her seriously.

"That's crazy, he cant marry her. Daniel should be with someone who makes him happy, he shouldn't settle." Betty said vehemently.

"I know, I agree with you. I wish he could be as happy as you are with Becks, speaking of which, are you guys getting serious?" Amanda asked.

"Uh, yeah... I guess we are." Betty stammered.

"Yeah, if only Daniel could be as happy with someone, as you and Becks are." Amanda said.

"Yeah... me too." Betty said, without much feeling.

"Well, I better get back to work, remember this stays between us." Amanda walked out on that note; smiling.

Betty sat there thinking, why didn't Daniel tell her? They used to be best friends, he used to tell her everything. She understood things were weird, after the break up. She smiled at what Amanda told her, Daniel was obviously still thinking of her. That thought made her happy, too happy. She thought about how things got so complicated, she admitted it was mostly her doing. The night Daniel proposed, was exciting, she thought she couldn't get any happier. But when he wanted to sit down and work out a date, she couldn't. All of a sudden she felt pressured, then the job offer came. One year in Spain, writing for a magazine. When she told Daniel about the offer, he was shocked and upset. He asked how she could consider leaving, they were getting married. It wasn't just about her anymore, he told her, it was about them. She now admitted to herself, he was right. She was the self fish party, she broke things off with him and left to Spain to interview. When she got there, she realized she didn't want the job, she wasn't ready to leave New York, her family, or Daniel. But it was too late, he was angry at her, she was angry at his stubbornness. So they both moved on, without any closure. She sent the ring he made her, via messenger service. When he got the ring, he tried reaching out to her, at that point she was finished. She realized they weren't meant to be, that they were better off as friends. She figured after a few months, they'd be able to move past it and go back to normal. But they didn't, she didn't want them to either, after being with him, she didn't just want to be a friend. Soon after they both found themselves in new relationships. Daniel with Ely and Betty with Becks. She thought about Becks, he was great, he supported her no matter what. He told her if she wanted to move away to write, he'd join her. Of course his life was simpler than Daniels, Becks was a photographer, he could work anywhere. Daniel didn't have that flexibility, he had to run Meade. Betty rubbed her forehead, how could something so stupid, be the end to something so right. She wasn't sure how much Amanda told her was true, she knew she liked to embellish. One thing she did know was, she didn't want Daniel to marry Ely, it was a mistake. He wouldn't be happy in the long run, she had to stop him from making that mistake. But how to do it? She picked up her phone and called Amanda.

"Amanda, can you find out what Daniel's schedule is like this week, discreetly." she asked over the phone.

"Sure can." Amanda said.

"Great, let me know if he'll be working late tonight."

"OK, I'll get that info asap." Amanda hung up the phone, Betty saw her get up and leave. She wasn't sure what she was going to do, yet. But one thing was for sure, she couldn't let Daniel marry Ely.

Amanda ran down two floors to Mode, she had to talk to Marc. She flew onto the Mode floor and into his office.

"Marc, we need to talk, right now." She said grabbing his hand and taking him to the ladies room.

"Mandy, I'm working, whats so important?" Marc asked.

"Operation Daniel and Betty." was all she said.

"What?" he asked confused.

"Well lets just say I had two talks. First with Daniel, then with Betty. One thing is for sure, they still want to be together. Daniel asked me to help him with Betty, so I went and told Betty a couple of lies. But I need to cover my tracks, I need you to help me spread a few rumors." she said.

"Spread rumors, this isn't high school. OK, what do I say?" He asked excited.

Amanda filled him in on what to spread around.

"Mandy, your so evil, I love it." He said

"I know."

Daniel sat at his desk, it was half past six. Amanda called him and told him Betty would be working late. In another half hour, everyone would have gone home. He tried to be patient but the time was creeping slowly. He didn't have an excuse for seeing her yet, he figured it would come to him when he walked down. He leaned back into his chair, was he doing the right thing? What if Amanda was wrong, he wasn't sure that he could take more rejection from her. There was also Becks, his best friend, he didn't think things would ever be right between them again. He knew one thing for sure, he still wanted Betty, but if she didn't want him, then he'd give Ely what she wanted. He sat there thinking, staring off into space. He didn't hear the door open or close, he didn't hear the footsteps. He was too caught up in his thoughts, about her.

"Daniel, are you OK?" Daniel jerked upright at Betty's voice.

"Betty, what are you doing here?" He asked, still startled.

" I wanted to talk to you." She stated.

"OK, take a seat." He gestured to the chair.

"So, whats up?" he asked her.

"Nothing, just thought we could talk. It's been a while and I just wanted to catch up, you know, if that's OK." She asked feeling a little nervous.

"Of course it's OK." he smiled at her.

"So... whats new?" She asked, feeling stupid.

"Not much, what about you?" he asked, this was more awkward than he imaged.

"Um... well, been busy, with the new job. But I love it." She said.

"I'm glad to hear it, you deserve it."

"Are you hungry?" she asked him.

"Yeah, I was about to order some food." he lied.

"Oh, you don't have dinner plans with Ely?" she asked, hoping she wasn't to transparent.

"No, what about you? Dinner plans? Hungry?" he asked.

"No plans and a bit hungry." she told him.

"How does Chinese sound?" he asked

"Great."

"OK, we'll I'll order it and we'll eat." he felt like a moron.

"Sounds good."

About an hour later, they were eating at his desk. The conversation remained scarce. Betty wondered how she could get him to open up, with out being obvious. This was harder than she first anticipated. Daniel decided to break the ice, he couldn't take this awkwardness anymore.

"Betty, did you come here for a reason?" Daniel asked, between bites trying to sound nonchalant.

Betty was startled by the question, she didn't expect him to be so direct.

"Yeah, I did." she admitted

"Do you plan on telling me why?" he asked, he tried not to get to excited.

"I … miss you. I mean, we used to be best friends, it's weird not having you around." She told him, even though she missed more than his friendship.

"I know, I miss you too. But you know it cant be the same. Things changed after we dated, you know that." he said somewhat forcefully.

"I know, I wish... uh... you know, I should get going." she started to get up losing her courage.

"Wait, what were you gonna say?" He asked, getting up to stop her from leaving.

"Nothing, your right. Things cant be the same." She stuttered trying to get out of his office. He grabbed onto her arm, detaining her.

"Betty, stop jerking me around." He was mad now.

"What? I'm not jerking you around, how can you say such a thing." She told him, feeling highly offended.

"Why are you here?" he asked, still holding onto her elbow.

She looked at him, thinking of an answer. She couldn't tell him the truth, this evening wasn't going the way she planned.

"Well?" he asked impatiently.

Before she gave serious thought to any possible consequence of her actions. She snatched her arm out of his hold, reach out and grabbed him brought him down and kissed him.