Thank you to everybody who read or reviewed the last chapter. I know everybody would love more fluffy Betty and Daniel dating however the plot must go on. I'm trying to avoid getting bogged down with side stories like I did with Adaptation Mode Style. I already know the story will be well over 100,000 words but I'm trying to keep it under 300,000 words (Yes, I did write a story well over 300,000 words).In addition, I would like to get to the reason why this story has its title before we get to Chapter 10.
On a side note, I'm really trying to keep characters in character. After re-watching a lot of season one I realized that Hilda wasn't exactly the most supportive sister in the world and she brought a lot of negative energy. At the core, I always thought this behavior came from two places: One she was jealous that her sister was living the life that Hilda assumed she would have had if she didn't get pregnant at 16. The other thing is she's trying to protect her sister because she doesn't want her to go down the same path. Basically, her actions are coming from a place of love and fear, which can be a very dangerous combination.
The title comes from an old Eagle eye Cherry song.
Well we know I'm going away
and how I wish - I wish it weren't so
so take this wine and drink with me
let's delay our misery
Chapter 7: Save Tonight
February 11, 2005
Betty stood in the Hudson offices raising her glass of champagne with everybody else after the successful completion of Fashion Week 2005. Everyone ignored the fact that it would be another two months before she could legally drink her champagne. Daniel said she deserved it because Hudson had the best Fashion Week ever and it was all because of her and Marc.
She could actually work with the man once he stopped making snide comments about her affinity for turtlenecks (Daniel enjoys biting way too much). Okay, they started to get along better when he stopped making her run around Manhattan looking for things like body milk and a specific brand of rice cakes for a certain egotistical male celebrity that will remain nameless that he just had to have or he wouldn't do the May was starting to see that maybe Daniel was right and Marc was being like that because he was scared and a little insecure. According to Amanda Wilhelmina was always threatening to replace Marc all the time and he was a little afraid that Jamie would do the same thing. She didn't understand why because Marc knew a lot more of what he was doing than she did. It was best if Betty constantly reminded herself that there was a lot she can learn from Marc.
She and Amanda have been – well they were not really friends but they were not really enemies either. It was kind of some weird mixture of the two things. It helped that Amanda wasn't trying to sleep with Daniel anymore, even if she was still flirting with him. Amanda said that she couldn't shut it off and proved her point by trying to kiss Betty. She would come to Betty for advice on how to do whatever crazy thing Wilhelmina asked and Bettywould go to her for help when the fashion aspects of her job became overwhelming (90% of the time). She was a lot nicer about it than Marc was.
Although, Betty was a little surprised about how much Amanda knew about what was really going on at Hudson and she didn't even work there. She may act like she's stupid but Amanda knew more than anyone gave her credit for. Amanda was really the only one who knew the real reason why she freaked out on Daniel nearly 2 weeks ago and locked herself in the Hudson bathroom. It was true that they were talking about her and Daniel at the front desk (she's never going to live down the oral sex and Daniel's office thing). This was in addition to their snide comment about her teeth. They were trying to convince Jaime to let him and Amanda kidnap her and take her to an orthodontist for her birthday.
However, the conversation quickly changed to Amanda reassuring Marc that her little panic attack the day before was for nothing because her evil friend showed up this morning and she didn't need what he bought from the drugstore anymore. Betty instantly knew what she was talking about and panicked when she realized that her own monthly intrusion did not start that morning. It had only been a little more than two months since she slept with Walter and considering her sister didn't realize she was pregnant for about three months. Betty knew firsthand that periods could be misleading. She didn't want to be pregnant by a guy that was the reason why she was sleeping in Jordan's guest room at both her dad and friend's insistence. Her dad wanted her safe even if it meant moving in with a very new friend.
Her panic resulted in Betty going headfirst into the conference room door and hiding in the bathroom until Daniel reassured her that it was going to be okay. Her period showed up the next day, albeit a little light, confirmed that. However Amanda picked up on why Betty really was panicking and she was really grateful that she didn't open the suppose box of chocolates that Amanda gave her in front of Daniel. It didn't contain chocolate but rather condoms, a small bottle of personal lubricant, and a pregnancy test.
Her package was still in Betty's desk completely untouched. Amanda doesn't say anything beyond asking her if her rabbit died. Betty was kind of shocked by the question but she understood the reference and she replied that her rabbit was still perfectly course, Amanda asked this in front of Daniel who thankfully doesn't understand the reference.
After the success of the Hudson fashion show, the rumors are starting to die down about her only getting her job because she's sleeping with Daniel. Most people are taking her seriously. Okay it probably helps that she's been too busy with Fashion Week and classes to really care about the rumors or anything else. She's had worse things said about her, so Betty doesn't know why she's been so subconscious.
Because your sister is still saying those ugly things about you and Daniel, a certain treacherous voice in her mind told her. Fortunately this voice now sounds like Jordan instead of her sister. Her sister has yet to really apologize. The Sunday dinner with Daniel and Jordan the weekend before was a bit of a disaster filled with more snide comments and insults. Betty told herself that it really doesn't matter because dad and Justin completely love Daniel even though her father knows he's that Daniel Meade. At least that's something. Her sister was just— acting like that word that Betty doesn't like to say that Jordan has no trouble with. Her father said that Hilda was just trying to protect her but Betty is not so sure. Jordan said that fear and love makes people do really dumb things.
Betty was brought out of her thoughts by Daniel kissing her on the cheek. After the 'dictation incident' in his office and her hiding in the bathroom because of her sort of late period related panic attack they decided to lay down some strict rules for office behavior. The most affection that could be displayed inside the Hudson offices was a kiss on the cheek or caress of the hands. Even though the rumors are dying down she doesn't want new ones to start even if a part of her wanted to do the thing in the office again. (Although, Daniel doesn't know exactly why she was hiding in the bathroom he did agree with her idea that they wouldn't do anything more than what they were already doing until she talked to her gynecologist about contraceptives.)
"You're still with me." He asked as he gave her a look that made her heart beat faster.
"Yeah, I'm just tired. Between classes and Fashion Week, I don't think that I have slept more than four hours a night." She doesn't mention the extra commute time. Betty will be happy when Walter finally gets that she's not interested and she can go back to Queens (even if a part of her really does love being in New York). She's spending way too much time on the subway right now.
"We don't have to stay much longer. I know this is not your scene." That was a little bit more wild than Betty expected. Amanda snuck up because apparently the Hudson party was more fun due to Wilhelmina not letting anybody have more than two pieces of cheese and was currently doing Jell-O shots off of one of the guys from marketing.
"It's a little intense. Leaving may be good." Betty said as she goes into her little cubicle to get her jacket and purse.
"The Hudson 'Thank God we survived Fashion Week parties usually are a little crazy. Plus this is the real first party that we've had since…" Daniel trailed off and she knows that he was going to say, that this was the first real party that they've had since Alex died. He was getting better but dealing with his brother's death but she knew from her own experience it was going to take time. She doesn't even know how she managed to get through Thanksgiving and Christmas this year without breaking into tears.
"Do you want me to just drop you off at Jordan's apartment?" He asked tentatively. When he first found out that she was staying there he suggested that she could stay at his apartment now that the renovations were completed. She quickly reminded him that her father really did have a shotgun. He never suggested that again.
"Actually, I'm kind of hungry and Jordan has returned to her training diet. I'm not even sure if the house has potato chips right now." She didn't exactly have time to be today when they were setting everything up and Jordan's refrigerator was currently high-protein and low-carb (refined carbohydrates that is) because Betty hasn't had time to get her own food.
"Yes, I saw Marc take a piece of fruit out of your hand." Daniel said as they started to make their way to the elevator.
"He was trying to be helpful." Betty said as an excuse even if she found it kind of annoying.
"I don't like his version of helpful. Jamie thinks he needs to go to eating disorder rehab to counter program what Wilhelmina did to him. Are they still planning on kidnapping you for your 21st birthday to get pretty braces?" Daniel asked referring to Amanda, Marc and Jamie's plan for her birthday. Apparently the two were successful in convincing Jamie that she should get 'good braces' for her birthday, no matter what.
"Pretty much, Jordan is even going to help. Apparently, this is my big group birthday present." She's only going along with it because it is a birthday present. Daniel's response was to chuckle.
"Will you be here?" She said knowing he would be leaving soon for at least a month to deal with Alex's European affairs, his mother, and Meade Publications business overseas. Daniel was actually excited about the fact that his father wanted him to get more involved with the family business. Although, overall he didn't seem that excited about leaving her and Betty was secretly happy about that.
"I won't miss your birthday even if I just have to fly in for that. 21 is a very important birthday. It should be fun. I heard making out with braces can be enjoyable. I also heard girls with braces give good…" Just than the doors open and several older ladies walked into the elevator and that was a good thing because she was already blushing.
"Though, you're already really good at that." He whispered in her ear just low enough for her to hear, as he kissed her neck. She went scarlet. The sweet old lady beside her just gave her knowing look before saying, "to be young and in love again." As Daniel grabbed her hand she wished that statement was true but she was secretly scared that it wasn't.
They were at some burger place a couple of blocks away and Betty was being unbelievably cute as she stole his French Fries. She was making sexy eating noises with every bite making him slightly uncomfortable and very glad the light in the restaurant was so low. The way she licked ketchup off her French Fry was almost obscene and she had no idea she was doing it. Before Betty he never really enjoyed the actual date part of 'dating' but he enjoyed talking to Betty about her day or just spending time with her in general. Justin stories were always interesting and Betty usually provided a reason for him not to automatically despise her sister. Betty was having so much fun that he didn't want to bring down the spirit of the evening by talking about his mother but he didn't have a choice. Daniel knew Betty would bring it up eventually and she did because Betty always asked about how his mom was doing.
"My mom got kicked out of another rehab facility." Daniel mentioned casually as if he was talking about the weather or what designer Hudson was going to be featured next month.
"Again, isn't that the fourth facility?" Betty asked frowning. Daniel personally felt like crying.
"Actually, it's the fifth. Nowhere else will take her even with Marisol's connections." The reason why Marisol has been able to get his mom in to every decent rehab program on the East Coast was her cousin happened to be one of the top professionals for addiction recovery in the country. Connections can take you only so far when someone isn't quite ready to get help.
"What are you planning on doing?" Betty asked as she grabbed his hand for support. He needed her comforting touch more than anything at that moment.
"We are trying a different approach involving a private sobriety coach and the chalet in France." At this point he was willing to try anything because he already buried his brother, he can't deal with burying his mother. As soon as he said the words Betty frowned and he knows why.
"When are you leaving?" Her voice is so broken that it tears as hard apart. It's not like he wants to leave her. How did she mean so much to him so quickly? However it happened, she means the world to him but it's his mom and he is conflicted. He wants to be with Betty and yet, he can't let his mom drown.
"Tuesday," he said practically whispering. "You told me that you never had a good Valentine's Day and I want to make sure you have one." Doctor Rodriguez suggested that they leave right away but he wanted to do something nice for Betty. He was also worried about how his mom will deal with another Valentine's Day with her unfaithful husband, considering what the rumor mill (thankfully not the tabloids) has been saying about her Betty deserved a good Valentine's Day. Considering he was leaving for a few months
"You don't have to. Your mom should come first." This is why he loves her because Betty is so selfless. Did he just say the L word? That's when he started choking on his wine. He quickly felt Betty's hand on his back.
"Are you okay?" Betty asked and he wanted to say no because I just realize that I'm completely in love with you but he doesn't say anything mostly because he still coughing. However, he knows it's true. How did this happen? He hasn't been in love since Lucy and this doesn't feel like that. He knew little things about her but not big things. The only reason why he knew how bad Lucy's relationship with her parents really was is because Daniel had the misfortune of overhearing a conversation that he shouldn't have.
With Betty he knew everything, even the real reason that she was hiding in the bathroom a couple weeks ago. It's amazing what Amanda will confess to for a new pair Jimmy Choo. The thought of being pregnant with Wilbur's child would send anybody hiding into the bathroom. That's also why he can just tell how upset she was even if she was trying to smile. It didn't reach her eyes.
"I know but I still want to give you this day. I wish I could stay but I can't and I know you would not want to be with me if I was the type of person who completely ignored my mom at a time like this." Her response was to kiss him.
"I know." Betty said pulling away. She sounded as if she was on the verge of tears.
"Are you sure you can't come?" He asked her again running a finger over hers. He really did need her.
"Thanks to this guy I know I now have an internship at an up-and-coming men's magazine, in addition to a full course load. I cannot exactly take two months off. Also the situation with Walter hasn't been good for my dad's heart and I need to be there for him. But I wish I could." The way she looked at him told Daniel that this was going to be horrible. He really did not want to leave her behind.
They didn't talk about him leaving again that night even after they arrived back at the apartment she was sharing with Jordan. Though, he did wonder if his upcoming departure was the reason why Betty let him sleep in her bed that night.
It made perfect sense to Betty that the day before Daniel was leaving her for an unspecified amount of time that it was a cold dreary rainy mess. Of course, it didn't start pouring until after she got out of the subway and her coat could only help so much. This resulted in her being referred to as a slightly less than fashionable drowned rat by Amanda, who was hiding from Wilhelmina again. About the same she was covered in a nonfat soy latte. Considering Amanda's expression, Betty was not entirely sure it was an accident.
"I know you're not able to dress yourself in the morning without Daniel's help but even this is too much. Really, a latte? You don't need the calories, anyway." Marc said shaking his head. "You're supposed to be going to lunch with Jamie and one of the top photographers in the country in less than 30 minutes at one of the best restaurants in town. You can't look like that." Marc said pulling her to the elevators with Amanda running behind. They ended up in a part of the building that looked like Justin's favorite fantasy. There were designer clothes everywhere. That's when she saw a blonde woman with pins of her mouth working on a dress.
"What are you doing down here Marc? I thought that now that you're no longer the working for vampire I wouldn't see you again." The woman said with a thick Scottish accent.
"As much as I miss your booze soaked company I'm not here for me. This is Jamie's assistant and Daniel's girlfriend Betty who unfortunately can't hold her latte or her umbrella." Marc said with pure sarcasm.
"She was the one who spilled the coffee on me." Betty said pointing to Amanda accusingly as she hid behind a jacket.
"You're Daniel Meade's girlfriend? You don't seem like his normal type." She said looking at her slightly surprised.
"Yes, it's a really shocking choice because she can strain a sentence together. Her and Daniel met in and their grief support group." Marc said repeating the away on a legal in Maryland and no lie. "They both have an affinity for sending each other naked pictures. I really did not need to see that." The seamstress just gave Marc a strange look. She wanted to hide under the rack of clothing herself. How exactly did Marc see that picture?
"It was a really good picture and her coconuts are huge. You have to be at least the D." Amanda said actually grabbing one of her breasts before Betty could move away.
"We don't have time for this. Betty has a meeting with Jamie in 25 minutes with a very temperamental photographer who is only doing the April cover shoot because Jamie's special intern is from the old neighborhood. She needs to look presentable and we don't exactly have anything in the Hudson closet that will work." Marc said with annoyance.
"I don't know, she might look good in a men's suit jacket? Daniel will probably find that really sexy and there are a lot of things she could do with the tie." Marc just closed his eyes for a moment as Betty blushed.
"Can you help or not?" Marc said giving her his 'I'm so bored' expression.
Just then an angry woman walked in the room. She yelled at the woman known as Christina, insulted Amanda before making her leave and called Marc a traitor which resulted in him pulling out his inhaler.
"Who was that?" Betty asked as she directed Marc to one of the couches. She was worried about him having another stress-induced asthma attack.
"The Devil's understudy and Marc's former boss, Wilhelmina. Satan herself is most likely unconscious in her office. She hasn't been handling the fact that…" The woman stopped speaking at that moment.
"I know that Daniel's father was sleeping with Faye Somers." Betty said instantly realizing why she stopped speaking.
"Lay off Willie, this is a bad day for her too because of what's going on with Nico's dad." Marc said defensively. "The Faye Somers thing is not a big deal. Everybody but Daniel knew that his father was sleeping with Faye Somers since you were getting your fashion advice from Punky Brewster. Sometimes I think you still are. Bright patterns just don't work for you. There was a reason why that idiot put your resume in the round filing cabinet despite your qualifications." She hated when Marc brought that up.
"She can wear whatever the hell she wants. Lucky for you, I have something from the spring collection that may fit. Christine said going to closet to pick out a beautiful spring draws in various shades of pink.
"Not exactly business appropriate but she looks good in coral and this is a business lunch." Marc said please.
Five minutes later Marc was gone she was standing in the middle of the room as the seamstress was trying to make the dress work.
"You seem too nice to be one of them although I heard Hudson's not as bad." Christina said as she used two sided tape to take up the hem. Betty didn't respond because she wasn't completely sure what to say. Thankfully she was saved by Daniel popping in. He stared at her with wide-open shock.
"Marc said you had an incident with a latte but you look- breathtaking." Daniel said kissing her in a way that will most likely mess up her hair even more than what it already was.
"We said we would not do this sort of thing at work anymore after Marc told everyone about the incident in your office." Betty said pulling away from him even though she enjoyed the touch of his lips.
"No you said we wouldn't do that anymore and were not doing that technically. It's okay. I doubt Christina is a member of the Mode rumor mill. If she was, everybody would know the devil of Mode's real dress size." Daniel quipped.
"Nobody would believe me. Off you go to the business lunch Cinderella." Christina said pulling away.
"Thank you. I promise to bring this back afterwards." Betty said quickly.
"Don't worry about it it was the wrong size from mode." You really look good." Daniel said as he pulled her behind a rack of clothing for another kiss.
"I have to get back. I'm sure the car will be leaving any minute." Even though she enjoyed making out with Daniel she knew she had a job to do.
"Actually, I'm taking the lunch and the reservations were pushed back to 2:30 because his plane was delayed due to the weather." Daniel told her making his I'm not telling you something face.
"Why? The guy hates your entire family." She had to listen to a very long tirade against the late Alex Meade and she talked to him on the phone Thursday to set up the meeting. Despite how much Daniel loved his brother, the man was far from perfect and she was starting to wonder if that's what killed him in the end. She met Bradford Meade for a grand total of 30 seconds at Hudson's fashion show and she could instantly tell that he demanded perfection from everyone.
"I'm trying to convince everyone that I'm not my brother or my father. Also Jamie has a 3 o'clock with John-Shawn and can't do the meeting. Jamie does want me to take a more active role when I come back and I promise you I'm coming back." Part of her wonders if he's talking about Hudson or her. Maybe there is some part of her that thinks he's not. Despite spending almost the entire weekend with Daniel she wasn't ready for goodbye. She just wanted to make this day last as long as possible and getting to spend one extra lunch with Daniel would be wonderful.
"Besides it's not fair that Jamie gets to show you off. You are the most beautiful woman in the world." The way he kissed her made her almost believed that and she could forget that he was leaving her for a little while.
A couple weeks ago Betty told him about her abysmal dating and Valentine's Day history. The worst was 10th grade when the star basketball player asked her out to the Valentine's Day dance only to pretty much humiliate her in front of the entire school. It was made worse by the fact he made out with her arch nemesis Cammy or Kimberly or whatever in front of her. There was also another Valentine's Day where she was the only kid in the class who didn't get a single Valentines card (that celebrated the holiday). Considering he was leaving the next day until at least mid-April he wanted to make sure she had one good Valentine's Day. He went so far as to enlist the help of Jordan, Jamie, Justin, Amanda, and Christina. (Okay he wasn't planning on using Amanda originally but he needed to find someone to help get Betty into the dress and Christina was willing to help just for the mere fact that his new girlfriend was not a size -2.)
Of course, it was all falling apart. The two dozen roses that were supposed to be delivered to her in the middle of her Junior English class ended up being delivered to the wrong Betty in the wrong Junior English class because apparently there are lots of Betty Suarezs at Queens College. He was just glad that Jamie talked him out of including anything obscene in the card.
He actually went to the trouble of going to Tiffany's himself to pick out a necklace that fit Betty perfectly. Unfortunately, a picture of that was currently on Page 6 this morning. The first time he's been in the tabloids in weeks and they got the story all wrong. Apparently, he was going ring shopping for his ministry girlfriend who most people suspected was his brother's sort of widow because she has been the only one that he's been photographed with in the last six weeks. He personally thinks it's hilarious that everybody has seen him with Betty and yet no one has reached the right conclusion outside of Hudson (except for Amanda). They were together all the time at Fashion Week.
Of course Betty's sister believed the tabloid reports and he had to deal with her showing up this morning to his office and threatening him with castration if he broke Betty's heart. She only backed off when he showed her the locket that he got Betty with a picture of their mother inside. (Justin was kind enough to provide the picture.) Daniel sincerely hoped that gesture will convince Hilda that he's not just interested in Betty as a quick fuck. Okay, he had to tell Hilda his entire plan for the day complete with carriage ride that will no longer be happening due to the horrible weather.
Of course, he didn't want to run the risk of Betty seeing her sister right now because they were still not on very good terms which was why he asked Amanda to distract Betty and get her changed for their lunch date. Of course, he wasn't expecting Amanda to pour coffee over her and Marc intervening to make sure Betty was 'business' lunch presentable.
Christina did a good job modifying the dress that he picked out for Betty (with Justin's help). She looked good. Actually, that word was inadequate to describe how beautiful she was at that moment. He wasn't exactly sure how he was going to get on the plane tomorrow.
He convinced Jamie to pretend to schedule a meeting where he was taking Betty, only for Daniel to take her out for lunch so they could begin their Valentine's Day date as soon as possible. Of course, he wasn't expecting Marc Amanda and Betty's sister to crash said lunch. He's not sure if they teamed up to purposely to make him miserable or if this was some random accident. He was most annoyed with Marc because the man knew that this was supposed to be a lunch date with Betty and not an actual business meeting because he made the reservations. Unfortunately, he used the excuse of telling her that the guy's plane still being delayed and therefore he had to cancel at the last minute. Being super nice she allowed a three to stay. He personally considered it a small miracle that Betty didn't ask what her sister was doing with the Rosencrantz and Guildenstern of Meade publications. Though, that may be because he was distracting her with the placement of his hand under the hem of her skirt.
Daniel was pretty sure Hilda was going to stab him with a butter knife when Amanda told her about the incident in his office when Betty first started working there. Actually she also kind of looked like she was going to stab him with the butter knife when she found out about him spending the next few months in Paris. At least she did until she found out why he was staying in Paris. Apparently, taking care of an ill mother is enough to get him bonus points or for her to at least to stop glaring at him. He was sure that she would like him if she actually got to know him but Daniel did not think that was going to happened anytime soon.
To keep Betty from being pulled away from him by the others, he may have poured an entire bottle of wine on her. Because he only lived a couple of blocks away he brought her to his house to change. Though, Hilda kind of winked at him. That may be the closest thing to approval that he was ever going to get from her.
"Maybe we should have just gone the Jordan's apartment. I'd doubt you have anything that will fit me." Betty said fidgeting. It was kind of cute.
"Actually Jordan dropped off a bag this morning." He said putting his key in the lock. Of course, he's pretty sure that the black silk lace panties and the industrial sized box of condoms included were not bought by Betty herself.
"What?" Betty asked as she obviously saw that his apartment was filled with red flowers.
"Since this is our last day together until I get back I planed the perfect Valentine's Day for you. You were supposed to receive flowers at school but apparently the delivery person got confused and gave your roses to the wrong Betty Suarez." He said sheepishly. "Those are the backup roses."
"There are three at my school. I'm Betty Rosa Suarez." He couldn't help but laugh at that.
"Well some other Betty Suarez got your roses. Also, even if you're willing to pay triple the normal fee; you can't do a horse drawn carriage ride in Central Park with torrential rain." He quipped
"I always wanted to do that." She looks slightly disappointed.
"Justin told me. He said it was on page 52 of your diary. We can try to do it for your birthday." He said giving her a quick kiss on the cheek.
"I really can't keep anything from my nephew." Betty said blushing and shaking her head.
"Not really. It's amazing what he will spill for designer labels." He joked again.
"Was my sister in on this too, because it's kind of suspicious that she ended up at the restaurant? Was that supposed to be a date?" Okay, Betty did pick up on how clear that was.
"Yes, you never had a meeting with the photographer guy or at least you did not. They were at a restaurant on the other side of the city. Your sister was there because she made me tell her everything after she threatened me with castration. I have no explanation for Marc and Amanda whatsoever."
"Do I want to know why she came to see you?" Betty asked raising an eyebrow.
"She believes things in the tabloids a little too well". Betty's response was to sigh.
"I knew we should have never told her you are that Daniel Meade. What were they saying on page 6 this time?"
"Apparently, I'm going ring shopping because I'm planning on marrying my dead brother's former girlfriend." Betty laughed as he pulled out the jewelry box from his pocket. "Happy Valentine's Day." Daniel said handing her the trademark Tiffany box.
"You didn't actually go ring shopping?" She asked slightly bewildered.
"No, of course not." He said blushing. So he may have looked at the ring section a little bit but she was 20 and Betty flat out told him that the M word was off the table for a while. However, considering she was smiling Daniel is sure he made the right choice.
"This is perfect." Betty said as she lifted the necklace out of the box and saw the picture inside. That's when tears started to fall.
"I told you would have the best Valentine's Day ever. Even with everything going on. We have the rest of the night."
"Unfortunately, it's just tonight." Betty said with a sad smile.
"We'll just have to make it count." He said kissing her once more. Eventually, her wine soaked dress made it onto the floor along with the white snow person panties. He kissed every single inch of her body as if to memorize the curves that he would miss terribly in the coming weeks. Daniel also made very good use of the sensual body massage oil as he traced every inch of her skin and she eventually did the same for him.
Part of him wanted to go further than that so he decided to save that for Betty's 21st birthday. Because he knew Betty was afraid of ending up like her sister they agreed not to have penetrated sex (because let's be honest, what they were already doing was sex, even if it really wasn't) until she was on the pill or something similar. The night really did go perfectly or at least it did until the smell of dinner caused Betty to throw up on his carpet. He blamed all the wine.
To be continued
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