CHAPTER 7:

Wilhelmina woke up to the aroma of freshly brewed coffee and the voice of Suzuki St. Pierre from the T.V. Her eyes fluttered open and as she was trying to sit up Daniel entered the bedroom with a tray.

"Hey you're awake." He exclaimed with a smile

"Yeah, what time is it?" He checked his wrist watch as soon as he laid down the tray on the pedestal.

"10:03…I didn't wanna wake you earlier. You were sleeping so peacefully." He sat on the bed and moved closer and planted a kiss on her soft lips. Their good morning kiss lasted longer than expected and they finally pulled away.

"Thank you for not waking me up early, though. I haven't had a decent sleep in weeks, if not in months. How'd you sleep?"

"I slept with you, so I slept great. You're so beautiful." He answered rather cheerfully

"You're a morning person, huh?" She smiled him

"I'd like to think so, yeah. I…uh…I brought you breakfast in bed."

"You made breakfast? With what?"

"The only thing I could make was coffee. You have absolutely nothing to eat in this house."

"So where does this come from?"

"I ordered in some breakfast."

"I don't really eat breakfast, but…"

"Can't we bend the rules just a little bit?"

"Actually that was what I was going to say. You're so sweet." She kissed him once again and then he got under the covers and positioned himself next to her ignoring the elephant in the room. But the voice of Suzuki going on and on about the Slater-Meade wedding being called off deprived them of doing so. "Daniel" He faced her

"Yeah."

"We really need to talk about…us. I just broke up with Bradford and I think it's best if we keep this under wraps for a while."

"Oh, so you're not saying we should slow down or anything?"

"No, no, no. I might not have loved Bradford but I care about him and I respect him. When this blows over, maybe then…"

"I completely understand, Willie. I thought you were gonna dump me already."

"Oh no. I think I like you way too much to get rid of you so soon. Let's give it a week shall we?" They both laughed the little quip. While they were still lost in their little world, Willie's blackberry vibrated and she reached for it. She answered it and Daniel heard only her side of the conversation

"Hello, Marc…Yes, it's true…Yes…No, no, no, I'm fine…really, Marc I'm fine. Don't come over here…I'm serious, Marc. Don't come over. I need to be alone. Bye." She looked at the screen before putting the device down "That was Marc checking up on me. Apparently he's called me 26 times this morning."

"Oh that reminds me, Betty probably has been calling me nonstop too. I switched off my phone. If you're not…uh…sick of me, I'd like to spend the rest of the day here with you."

"Oh that's fine, but what about changing?"

"Baby, who needs clothes when they're locked up in an apartment with a naked Wilhelmina Slater?"

"So the man-whore is still in there somewhere." She smirked at him

"So how are we going to spend this cloudy yet lovely Saturday?"

"I don't know…What do you think?"

"I wanna hear from you, Wills. What do you do for fun?"

"Fun? I don't think I remember what fun is, Danny. All I've been doing is work, social events, media events and more work."

"How about we watch some movies? I've noticed you've got quite a movie collection in the living room."

"Okay."

"And we could get to know each other better."

"You mean we should do the 'First date' questionnaire?"

"Yeah there is a lot I don't know about you"

"Same here, Danny."

"We can start right about now."

"Okay what do you want to know first?"

"Your age. Wikipedia has…"

"I'm gonna go take a shower now." She cut him off while sliding the covers off and jumping out of the bed

"Come on, Wills."

"Uh…No. I'm not going to tell you that. However I am gonna tell you that I promise to wash your back…and your front if you drop this and follow me to the bathroom." She smirked seductively and Daniel jumped and ran after her to the bathroom.

While they were enjoying themselves in the shower they heard a voice from a distance.

"Willie!" The voice seemed to be getting louder and closer "Willie, are you home?"

They both froze

"Is that…Marc?" Daniel asked while looking at Wilhelmina in confusion

"Yeah, what the hell is he doing here? I told him not to come by." She quickly slid the door and stepped out and grabbed a towel. Just as she opened the bathroom door leading to her bedroom she was met by Marc entering the bedroom.

"Marc, what the hell are you doing here?"

"Willie? You and Bradford called off the wedding, I just came over to see how you were doing."

"As you can see, Marc I'm doing fine. I'll see you on Monday."

"Really? I mean you…" He stopped at the sound of the running water in the shower and looked her suspiciously "Uh…Willie, who's that?"

"Who?"

"You're here and the shower's still running. Are you with someone?" Marc noticed that she was blushing

"Marc, please leave."

"You and Papa Bradford made up?"

"No."

"Oh Willie, you're banging Dwayne?"

"Dwayne?"

"Yeah, your hot bodyguard? I saw the way he looked at you and the way you looked at him. You have to admit he is one hot tall glass of chocolate…"

"Marc!" She barked at him "I'm fine and yes if it'll get you out of my apartment…I am with someone and it's not Bradford nor Dwayne. Now please, let's see each other on Monday morning. Bye, Marc." She walked back to the bathroom and Marc left immediately.

"He's gone" She said to Daniel as she walked back into the shower.

"That was close. I'm sorry I didn't turn off the water in time, it's just…" She wrapped her arms around his waist

"It's okay, Danny. You are the last person Marc would think I'm showering with." She leaned in and kissed him and they got back to what they were doing before they were interrupted.

A few hours later they were on the couch in Wilhelmina's living room watching one of her favorite movies with Willie resting her head on Daniel's chest. They were doing more talking than watching the movies- trying to get to know each other.

"So Kill Bill is your favorite movie of all time?"

"No but it's one of the best made movies of the 00s."

"Yeah, but…you know I think it's too…"

"Too what?"

"Too bloody... too gory. There's too much violence in the film."

"Don't be such a girl, Dan. Come on if you were paying attention, the Bride only kills one person in this volume. She only kills Bill."

"But what about in the first one in the scene where she's fighting that 88 member fighting team? damn!"

"You know Quentin once mentioned to me that they used 450 gallons of fake blood for both films."

"Yikes…This is…uh…I know you're a hard ass, but I didn't expect this."

"What?"

"It's surprising that you're a woman and you don't seem to have any romantic chick flicks at all." Daniel commented while stroking her hair

"I'm not like most women, Danny."

"That, I can tell." They laughed "So you don't like chick flicks at all?"

"The endings are too predictable for my taste…except for a few."

"But isn't that the same with most action and thriller movies?"

"Yeah I know that usually the protagonist is the victor at the end but I'd rather have the shedding of blood than the shedding of tears by a bunch of pathetic women. But if they are really gonna make a Sex And The City movie I'll make an exception. So what's your favorite movie, Dan?"

"Uh…The Godfather" She turned to face him

"Get out of here! That is my favorite movie of all time."

"I noticed you have a copy too. It's my absolute favorite, and the theme song."

"Tell me about it. I happen to think that it's one of the best movie scores."

"So...your favorite band?"

"The Beatles"

"I saw that one coming."

"You? Let me guess...It's between Queen, Aerosmith and Pink Floyd."

"You guessed right...Pink Floyd." They were interrupted by Daniel's phone vibrating

"Daniel, answer it already. The girl is worried about you."

"She's gonna ask me where I am and I'll be forced to lie to her and I don't really like lying to Betty."

"Just let her know you're fine, Dan." He reached on to the table and answered the phone while Wilhelmina got up to play the next movie.

"Hey Betty. I'm fine…I'm sorry…I'm so sorry, I just needed to be alone….Oh?...You went to my place? And I'm not there?...Hmm." He looked at Wilhelmina obviously needing help with lying to his assistant. She just pointed to the T.V screen and the DVD case.

"Uh…I'm at the movies…Yeah, alone. Yeah I've been there, I mean here all day…Kill Bill volume 1 and 2 and now uh we're…I mean I am about to watch the Devil's Advocate." He looked at Wilhelmina who rolled her eyes at his stupidity.

"I know those are really old movies, Betty. I'm sorry I'm so stupid…Thanks Look I'm out of town. I just need sometime alone….Yeah I heard about the wedding being called off….Yes, you have no idea how happy I am about that." He said the last part while looking at Wilhelmina's blue eyes with a smile on his face. "Don't worry about me, Betty I'm really fine. Bye." He sighed after he got off the phone

"Well, you should probably order in for dinner unless you prefer liquid dinner. I've got quite a wine collection in here."

"I'll order in some Chinese." They both snuggled on the couch while watching The Devil's Advocate . "God I haven't seen this in years." He cleared his throat "Eh…Wils?"

"Huh?"

"Is it true what they said about you and Keanu Reeves back in the 90s?"

"Daniel, I'll give you the same answer I gave the press back then…"

"Oh." She smirked then turned to face him

"But just between the two of us…Yeah it's 100% true." They both laughed

"So what about Mick Jagger?"

"Totally true. It's not like I was hiding it or anything."

"Yeah but...that man is probably your father's age."

"Actually he's a couple of years older than my father."

"Oh, my God I knew it! So you've always been a naughty girl." When their laughter died down they went back to watching the film on the screen.

"You know what?" Wilhelmina began

"What?"

"This doesn't feel awkward at all…to me at least."

"Tell me about it…It's like…we're a fit."

"Yeah, I really thought it would be awkward to kiss you again let alone sleep with you, but it's not." Daniel cupped her face and kissed her cheek in response. Fear arose in Daniel because he felt like this is it…He finally found what he's been looking for all these but was too scared to admit. His only prayer was that he doesn't screw this up in any way. He tightened his grip on his new lover while they watched the movie in a comfortable silence.