Daniel and Betty decide to take a town car from the Meade Building to Queens to make sure they aren't late for dinner. The weather is horrible and they would definitely be late if they were to rely on the public transit system tonight. There is nothing particularly special about this dinner, expect that they decided if Claire knew, her family needed to know as well, soon. Too many people with big mouths already knew what was going on and she wanted to be the one to tell her family. It's not like the were trying to keep it a secret or anything. It's just that this is not the kind of information she gives Hilda over the phone if she wants to maintain her hearing. The town car also gives them time to 'catch up' after a long day at work. They have been so busy. She thinks she may have seen him once from a distance getting on the elevator, as she was headed to the closet. Betty asks him if he is going to be at her shoot tomorrow.

"Yes, I think Mom is planning on dropping by as well." Daniel smiled, "She is really excited about this." he said as he waved his hand between Betty and himself.

"I could tell, she showed up in my office this morning and tried to run Marc off so we could talk woman to woman." Betty said with one eyebrow raised. "Unfortunately she didn't realize how persnickety Marc gets when he thinks he's missing out on some juicy gossip. He had the nerve to tell her 'this was a professional office and such conversations should only take place within his hearing.' I've never seen your mom so frustrated. She threatened to call security and he finally left but he said, 'I am GREAT at girl talk.' I'm pretty sure he listened outside the door for awhile before he got bored." Betty sighs tiredly.

Daniel laughs and pulls her closer to him, "Anything I can do to make it better." he asks.

She looks up at him under her eyelashes and says "Kiss me."

He smirks as he briefly considers her request. "I think I can handle that."

She smirks back and replies, " I know for a fact, you can handle that."

He leans in to kiss her forehead. His lips linger there for a moment, before he moves on to meet her lips. The kiss is leisurely, both of them content in enjoying the slow pace in the privacy of the town car for a few more minutes as they pull up in front of her father's house. Before they can get too distracted, Betty jumps out of the car and quickly makes her way to the front door doing her best to run in between the raindrops. Daniel follows behind her too preoccupied to worry about the rain.

It's not the first time Daniel's attended dinner at the Suarez house in the last couple of months. In fact he even helped Ignacio in the kitchen one night. However the events of that night did lead to him getting banned from the kitchen while the oven was on. Otherwise, he has become a welcome addition to the dinner table. Although tonight, it seems he is an unexpected guest. Betty lets them in the front door and they stand in the front hall shedding their outerwear, when they hear a yelp from the salon.

"Daniel, it's so nice to see you again." Hilda says as she comes out of her salon. She walks over and gives him a hug. Over his shoulder she smirks at her baby sister and draws out her name letting it imply much more than a simple greeting, "Betty."

Ignacio pops his head out of the kitchen at Hilda's exclamation. "Hello Betty. Daniel, I didn't know you were coming tonight." he says smiling congenially. He turns to Justin and tells him to set another place at the table and then guard the entrance to the kitchen.

Justin sets out a plate for Daniel as Bobby rushes into the house and out of the torrential downpour that picked up just as he was arriving. Ignacio calls everyone to the table a couple of minutes later as he sets out the rest of the food. Everybody takes their seats and serves themselves. They begin eating as the lights begin to flicker, once, twice, and then they seemingly go out for good. Everyone immediately jumps up and starts scrambling around for candles. "Girls, where did I put those candles after the last power outage?" Ignacio questions his daughters.

"I think they're in the Buffet." "You put them in the cabinet next to the fridge." both girls answered simultaneously.

Everyone heads off in different directions in search of them, feeling their way around the room. They can't see their hand in front of their face, but they hear each other as they shuffle around the rooms of the house. There is a loud thump as Betty lets out a little yelp from somewhere on the floor. "What was that" Ignacio questions from somewhere near the kitchen.

"I'm sorry Betty." Daniel groans as he gropes around trying to get up and then help Betty up as well.

"We're both fine." Betty reassures everyone when they are both finally upright again.

Daniel leans over and whispers in her ear, "Should I kiss it and make it better?"

Betty quietly sighs out "Yes".

He wraps an arm around Betty's waist and uses his other hand to cup her chin. He gently runs his thumb over her bottom lip and slowly leans in. As their lips meet, the lights flicker back on, illuminating more than the room. Everyone else stops their search for the candles and turns toward the table. Betty and Daniel pop apart to three open mouthed stares and an enthusiastic, "Alright!" from Bobby.

Ignacio looks up at the ceiling as if praying and sighs happily, "Well it's about time."

Hilda and Justin begin asking Betty questions at a mile per minute. Bobby just smiles and pats Daniel on the back.