Valentine Kiss
This is set season 4 after Betty gets her braces off; timeline altered for the purpose of this story. I know it's kinda late to be posting a Valentine themed story, but hope you enjoy anyway! Thanks!
Chapter 1
Betty sat on her couch with her bowl of popcorn and clicked play on her romantic comedy movie. Just what she needed to remind herself that she was alone. On Valentine's day.
It was barely 8 pm!
She hated to say it, but she missed having someone in her life romantically; however complicated and messed up her relationships tended to be.
Why did she have such terrible luck when it came to love?
She blew her hair from her face, and felt so bummed. She glanced at herself a moment, in her red pajama bottoms that had cute little pink hearts all over, and her pink camisole with a small red heart at the left side of her chest.
She had her hair loosely tied in a ponytail and was wearing her red glasses.
Marc and Amanda had invited her to go out for drinks and go clubbing, but she was just not in the mood to do any of that. She knew she was pretty pathetic right now. She wasn't sure why she was letting this holiday affect her. It wasn't like it was that big of a deal.
As the movie played for some time, she felt distracted. She fiddled with her phone, wondering if she should text her best friend and see what he was up to, but sighed and said "forget it!"
He's probably on a date with a hot model, just like 'Lexi like Sexi'! Or that idiotic Trista he said he was seeing!
Betty frowned more.
What did Daniel see in her? She was so dumb!
Betty sighed, wondering why she was getting so upset over who Daniel dated. It wasn't any of her business, no matter how much it annoyed her how shallow the women he dated were.
Things had been different between them for several weeks now. She felt he didn't see her as much. It was sort of bothering her that they seemed to be drifting apart.
Ever since she got her braces removed she felt he did everything he could to avoid her. Maybe it was all in her head. Maybe she was the one who was making things weird.
She couldn't help it when Daniel looked at her the way he did when she got her braces removed.
The look in his eyes completely threw her for a loop. There was this charming sort of admiration in his eyes when he saw her and she felt butterflies at the smile that crossed his face as he told her she looked great.
Yeah right! She was still Betty, so clearly it didn't matter that she got her braces removed or was trying to dress nicer, he was always going to see her as his adorable clumsy assistant, his pal, his bestie.
Her breath escaped her in a rush at her thoughts. Why was she thinking about Daniel like that anyway? Did she want him to be interested in her?
She shook her head, thinking how crazy she was to even let her mind go there. Daniel was Daniel. He was her friend and that was all. She heard a knock at her door and stared for a moment wondering who could possibly be knocking on her door right now. She ignored it, but it came back a bit louder this time.
She reluctantly got up, placing her bowl of uneaten popcorn on the table and walked over to the door, opening it, her eyes growing atwho she saw. "Daniel? What are you doing here?" she asked, her heart skipping in her chest at how gorgeous he looked, dressed in all black, except for a wine red tie, and he was holding a small bunch of red, pink and orange roses.
He was smiling at her in that dreamy sort of way, that made everything in the world vanish and all you saw was him. She shook her head, trying to snap out of it!
"Uh...I was hoping we could...I don't know, hang out" he said, his voice giving her butterflies.
She bit her lip as she took him in from head to toe, and working her way back up to his eyes. He looked at her with his eyebrow raised and a flirty seductive smirk crossed his face "Are you checking me out, Betty?" he asked in shock, a chuckle escaping.
She blushed brightly, her cheeks matching the color of her pink top "Nooo!" she protested.
He grinned, wiggling his eyebrows playfully. She rolled her eyes and smacked his shoulder "Daniel, shut up! seriously, why are you wanting to hang out with me? Don't you have a hot date tonight?" she asked walking in, silently letting him follow her inside.
"I missed you" he said and she was so surprised by the honest confession, she stared at him, her eyes glossy "Really?"
He chuckled like she was crazy for thinking otherwise "yeah! I feel like I haven't seen you!"
She nodded and said "Me too! Things have felt...different" she admitted shyly, looking away from his eyes. He nodded "yeah, uh… sorry, I've been thinking about some things"
She looked at him in wonder "Like what?"
"I'll tell you later, right now I just want to spend time with my best friend" He grinned playfully at her. She smiled bright hearing him say that. "That sounds fun"
"Cool, now I'm offended that you haven't acknowledged the roses I got you" he held them out to her, causing her to laugh, but have a blush sweep across her cheeks.
He grinned "God, you are really cute when you blush, Betty. Have I ever told you that?"
She bit her lip as she took the roses from him, her eyes locked on his as she shook her head "uh...no, not exactly."
He smiled "Well, you are. It is one of my favorite things about you. That, and how gorgeous your smile is, of course. I still can't get over how amazing you look with your braces gone."
Betty stared at Daniel in wonder; why was he telling her all this, and giving her roses? She felt so confused, but didn't want to question him and make him feel awkward or weird. She definitely enjoyed the extra attention from her handsome best friend.
"Looks like you were having a party!" he teased gesturing to the uneaten bowl of popcorn, and the unpoured bottle of wine sitting atop the table in front of her tv.
She laughed and said "I know! you missed it! There was a DJ and everything! It was wild!" she played along. "Oh man!" he exclaimed, causing her to giggle.
"I even got to make out with him! It was great!" She joked further and he looked at her "What? Really?"
She burst out laughing "No, silly! I was joking! It's just me! All alone! No one to kiss" she blushed, when he looked at her with a flirty smirk.
"Is that so?" he asked in a softer voice. She nodded slowly. "Mhm…"
Their eyes seemed to be held by a magnet, but Betty broke the connection by moving away and saying "So...thank you so much for these roses! They are really pretty, but what's with all the colors?" she asked curiously.
He smiled as he followed her in her kitchen to get a vase to put the roses. "Well, you bring so much light and color into my life, it's only fitting that I do the same for you"
She turned around and was met with how close he was standing behind her. She stared at him, but shot him a smile at what he told her "Thanks...that's very sweet of you" she said, her voice coming out way quieter than it had been before.
He stared at her, his eyes roaming over her, but smiled when he took the vase from her and took the bouquet of roses that she placed on the counter over to the table that had her popcorn and wine. He fixed it up for her and set it in the middle of the coffee table, and sat down, taking the bowl of popcorn and placing it on his lap.
"Now, get your cute self over here and sit next to me" he said with a smile
She looked at him in surprise but smiled as she came over, feeling very confused and somewhat nervous. His eyes were on her the whole way, this light, incredibly sexy, smile on his face.
She felt flutters in her stomach as she sat down beside him but not too close. He looked at her, then said "so, what is it that you were watching ?"
She shrugged "I have no idea. I was so bored and then became distracted"
'Distracted?"
She chewed her lip, but then just told him "I was contemplating texting you, but then thought that was stupid, because you probably had a hot date or something, and so then I decided not to."
"Betty, you know you can call or text me anytime, and I'll be here for you. Just like you're always there for me. Even if I did have a date, you're always first."
She looked at him in surprise, then shook her head "yeah right, Daniel! you're telling me if I texted you that I wanted you to come over and hang out while you were on a date with a hot beautiful model, you'd leave her and come hang out with me?"
He picked up her hand, his eyes locked on hers "that's right. I would much rather be with you anyway"
She stared at him in surprise, her heart starting to beat faster at the intense look in his eyes. "What do you mean?" She asked in confusion, feeling like there was a lump in her throat as he seemed to be staring at her.
He gave her such a genuine smile. "Betty, YOU, are the reason I'm here. I want to be with you."