Chapter 17

Betty sat and watched as Christina went through different designs. They'd been going through designs for three hours now. Amanda was playing with her nails and looking bored, "Do I really have to be here for this?"

Betty rolled her eyes and she and Christina both answered, "No."

Amanda went back to playing with her nails, "Well it beats answering the phone."

Betty sighed and pointed out a design she thought was good. Christina groaned, "No this is all wrong!"

"It's just a dress Christina." Betty said and pointed out another one.

Christina shook her head and continued to flip through designs, "It's not just a dress Betty. This dress can make or break my career." Betty sighed. Christina had been offered the chance to design a dress for some fashion show in Paris and had to have it ready in a week. The problem, however, was that she couldn't decide on a design. Christina had wanted Betty to help her decide on one and had Amanda bring her down. Amanda was turning out to be more help than Betty. So far she'd helped narrow down the possible designs to five.

"Well this one would be good, but not anything to remember." Amanda pointed to the design on top. Christina nodded and threw it in the reject pile. Four.

Betty stood up, "I'm not really sure why I'm here."

"Because Betty! I need your help!" Christina said in a panicked tone.

"Amanda's doing a great job helping," Betty stated. Amanda nodded and threw another one in the reject pile.

Christina looked at it, "What's wrong with this one?"

"It's green," Amanda said as she went back to playing with her nails.

Christina debated for a moment before throwing it back in the reject pile. Three. "We're almost done Betty."

Betty sat back down and rested her chin in her hands, "As long as we're almost done."

Christina held up a design and Amanda shrugged her shoulders. Taking one last look, Christina threw it in the reject pile. Two.

Amanda turned to Betty, "So I take it you and Daniel got back together."

Betty jerked her head around, "Who told you that?"

"Oh please," Amanda said, "The intern that walked in on you kissing is only the biggest gossip in the building."

"We were not kissing," Betty corrected her.

Amanda rolled her eyes, "Almost kissing. Whatever." Christina held up the last design. Amanda looked at it, "Actually, I love this one."

"Really?" Christina asked.

Amanda nodded and threw the other one in the reject pile, "But you are back together?"

Christina sat down and looked at Betty. Betty leaned back in her chair and sighed, "I don't know."

"But you kissed," Amanda started, "I mean almost kissed," she corrected as Betty opened her mouth the protest.

Betty looked down, "How am I supposed to believe that he wants to be with me if he's off kissing other girls?"

"Not other girls," Amanda argued, "And he didn't kiss Sophia. Sophia kissed him." She began to play with her nails again, "Besides, I don't think you have to worry about Sophia anymore. You didn't see him yesterday with her. I thought he was going to hit her when she started to talk about you." Betty looked up at Amanda. Amanda smiled and continued, "Of course, that was after he had told her to get out."

Betty continued to stare at Amanda, "He defended me?"

Amanda laughed, "Oh he did more than defend you. He even threatened to fire her. I got the drift that she had done something to you before and that's why he was mad."

Betty remembered what Sophia had said on the elevator yesterday morning and smiled, "He defended me."

Christina and Amanda both smiled at her. Amanda quickly went back to playing with her nails and rolled her eyes, "I'd say he definitely wants to be with you."

Betty looked up, "I've got to go." She quickly grabbed her things and left a knowing Christina and Amanda behind her. She took the elevator back to the office. She had to tell Daniel how she felt. That she wanted to be with him. Once the elevator stopped she ran into his office, "Daniel, we need to talk…" she stopped. He wasn't in his office. She quickly turned and headed back to the elevator. She didn't want to wait on him to get back so she decided to look for him.

Betty turned the corner and bumped into Alexis, "Betty!" she said, "What's your hurry?"

"Sorry," Betty apologized, "Umm, have you seen Daniel?"

Alexis smiled, "Actually yes. We got back from lunch about twenty minutes ago. He's looking for you."

"He is?" Betty smiled, "Well if you happen to see him, could you tell him I'm doing the same?" Alexis nodded and Betty started towards the elevator.

Daniel walked up to Christina and Amanda, unable to hide his smile, "Where's Betty?"

Startled, they both looked up at him. Christina answered first, "She's…She's looking for you."

"She is?" Daniel asked, "When did she leave?"

"About five minutes ago," Amanda answered. Daniel thanked them and ran out. He took the stairs up to his office, expecting to see Betty waiting on him there.

Instead he bumped into Alexis. "You just missed her," she told him. He sighed and turned around, heading towards the elevators.

Betty left Alexis' office after checking for Daniel and took the stairs back down to the office. After bumping into Alexis again who told her Daniel had just been there, Betty decided to check with Christina to see if he was there.

"You just missed him," Amanda informed her. Betty groaned and began to run up the stairs back to the office.

Daniel left Alexis' office and pulled out his cell phone as he began to run down the stairs. Betty answered on the third ring, "Where are you?"

Betty stopped running up the stairs, "On the stairs. Where are you?"

Daniel smiled, "Don't move." He hung up and raced down the stairs. Six flights down he saw her waiting.

She looked up when she heard his footsteps and smiled. When he reached the flight of stairs she was standing on he stopped and smiled at her. He walked down the remaining steps until they were face to face. She smiled up at him and opened her mouth to speak, "Daniel, I…" That's all she got out before his crushed his lips against hers. He placed his hands on both sides of her face and stepped closer to her. She was taken aback for a moment before finally relaxing against him and wrapping her arms around his neck.

Daniel pulled back first and rested his forehead against hers, trying to catch his breath. Betty let out a laugh. Daniel opened his eyes and looked at her curiously, "What?"

She smiled up at him, "I don't think I've ever been this happy." Daniel smiled and pulled her into another kiss. They had a lot to talk about and a lot to confess, but he knew they could do that later. Right now, all he wanted to do was kiss the woman he loved.

The End.

A/N: Happy chapters make me giddy. Well that's the end. I hope you liked it! Make sure you review!