Author's Note: Sorry for the delay, this chapter has been difficult to write. I may have rushed it a bit, so I hope there are no mistakes. I hope you all enjoy it! Thanks for all the reviews.
Daniel tested his idea out at breakfast the following morning. She seemed surprised, and then intrigued by the idea of sharing a place. Daniel excitedly started making plans to move into her apartment, until he realized Betty was looking at him like he had grown a second head. After much debate, Betty finally talked Daniel into moving to a place that neither of them had lived in before. Her place, despite his protests, was just too small for both of them and his king size bed and Daniel's place had too much history.
They moved into their townhouse three weeks later. He had wanted something bigger, but she fell in love with this one in particular. "Besides, this place has a lot of character." she said optimistically trying to convince him as she admired the high ceilings and the original red brick wall that spanned the entire east side of the house. He thinks by character, she really means brightly colored walls. Turns out the previous tenants like color more than Betty. Even she admitted it was a little loud and they could tone it down a bit.
It was slightly terrifying, putting Betty in front of a wall of paint chips, but it worked out better than he expected. She let him choose a neutral for the front room and she chose a calming blue for the bedroom. They decided the reds in the kitchen and dining room could stay. The office would be a warm gray and the guest room would be a spring green. The master bathroom was the only point of contention. Daniel thought since the master bedroom was blue, the bathroom should be a neutral. Betty told Daniel, he thought wrong. The settled on chocolate brown, still in the neutral family, but striking against their stainless fixtures and white tub and cabinets.
Her family had been at their townhouse all weekend helping her and Daniel unpack their stuff. Amanda and Marc showed up, too. They didn't actually move anything, but they did christen the place in their own special way. Betty found new lingerie laid out on their newly made king size bed Sunday night. She had assumed it was from Daniel, but they were both so exhausted from moving and unpacking all weekend. "Do you mind if we don't put these to good use tonight?" she questioned.
"No, I think tonight we could just rest up for tomorrow." he said as he fingered the the items in Betty's hand. "Where did you get this?" the naughty look in his eyes doing interesting things to her stomach as she questioned how important sleep really was.
"You didn't leave them here?" she questioned, genuinely confused as to the origin of black lacy lingerie. They both looked around the room. Their eyes land on the mirror over the dresser and they see the note written in lipstick. 'Hope you enjoy our little gift. Don't do anything we wouldn't.' They turned to each other and Betty dropped the items from her hand as though they carried a disease. "Eww." she said slightly disgusted. Daniel laughed at her response.
"Is there anything they wouldn't do?" he questioned.
Betty looked amused and shook her head as she made her way into bed. " I doubt there is anything that they haven't tried once."
The first time she was alone in their townhouse was on Monday night. She wondered where Daniel was. She knew he had a meeting at the end of the day and she took off early so she could finish unpacking. Last night, he said he would be home by six o'clock so they could 'break in' the new furniture. She was looking at the items in the box she was unpacking and she distractedly responded, "Let's not 'break' anything we just bought."
Trying to capture her attention, he replied with a sexy smirk, "I don't intend to break it, just have sex on every available surface."
She simply rolled her eyes as a light blush covered her cheeks and continued to unpack the box she had in front of her. She certainly enjoyed the endless flirting that had started the day of their first kiss, but she was glad Papi had not been near by for Daniel's comment. "There won't be any available surfaces if you don't finish unpacking that box." she playfully scolded.
"Taskmaster." he grumbled, smirk still in place.
Hilda had unfortunately been close enough to hear that and proceeded to wrangle Betty in the bedroom under the guise of unpacking the boxes that had collected in there. She wanted all the juicy details from the Halloween 'after party'. Betty had only had time to give her the highlights and she had been electronically stalking her sister since then to get the whole story. Unfortunately for Hilda, Igancio chose this moment to appear at the door. "Hey Betty, where does this go?" he asked holding up a box of electronic equipment, and Betty smiled apologetically as she quickly made her escape to show him where to put it. She just wasn't ready to discuss the events of that night with Hilda.
They had finished unpacking all but a few boxes. By the time he was supposed to be home, she had it down to three, two of hers and one of his. So Betty continued to work on them while she waited on Daniel. She had finished unpacking her last two boxes and set them by the door to go out with the trash. She opened Daniel's box and started going through it. She was excited to have everything put away. She was putting some books on the bookshelf in the office and she pulled out the last item in the box, a small light blue box. Betty held her breath as she opened it. She didn't know what to expect. It may not even be for her. To be fair, Daniel had been engaged and married before. Maybe it was simply a keepsake. The ring was beautiful, and nothing she had ever seen before.
She was still staring at the ring a few minutes later when she saw movement out of the corner of her eye. She looked up in time to see Daniel coming through the door to their office. She raised her eyebrow questioningly at him as she held the box so Daniel could see what she was looking at. "Well this isn't really how I planned to do it, but you have always been one step ahead of me." he said with a smile. He came and kneeled in front of Betty. She stared at him, with open mouthed shock as he said, "Betty Suarez, will you marry me?" He gave her a minute to process his proposal before he started freaking out. 'What if it's too soon, what if she's not ready?' he thinks as each second ticks by with his question still hanging in the air. He tries to calm himself down, but Betty has a far away look in her eyes as she considers his proposal, and he can't read her features.
She hadn't expected this. She had assumed they were moving in that direction, but wasn't this kind of fast and a little crazy. She considers all the time they have known each other and all the time they spent together as friends first. She thinks about how she's watched him 'grow up' in the last four years, and seen him become a man she respects and loves. She smiles to herself as she decides that this is a good idea. Three minutes later, or an eternity in Daniel's mind, Betty finally puts his mind at ease. "Yes!" she screams excitedly. "Yes." she says more surely, more softly, as she wraps her arms around his neck as their lips meet for a tender kiss. The kiss quickly becomes more passionate, and they finally have to break to gasp for air. "So I guess it's time to 'break in' the new furniture?" he said with a smirk.
"Well it's about time!" she said with a little yelp as he picked her up and made his way to their desk.
"I think there is some whip cream in our new well stocked fridge." Daniel says hopefully.
"Later" Betty responds smirking before pulling him to her.
