What I Love About You

Hi! This story is really short. Just three chapters. Hope you enjoy! :D

For entertainment only!

Chapter 1: It's Our Song

Happy and perfect. That is exactly how Daniel was feeling at this very moment as he and Betty were dancing together at her sister's wedding. He never felt so right, like everything in his world was, indeed, perfect.

He couldn't help but notice how…distracted Betty seemed, though. He had to wonder if Hilda's speech had an effect on her just like it did on him.

He watched her intently; truthfully, he really couldn't take his eyes off her all night. She looked so stunning, especially now since she had taken her hair down.

Her eyes met his, giving him a curious look. "What?" she asked, obviously wondering why he was staring at her. He really couldn't help it!

Betty chewed her bottom lip nervously, feeling confused and anxious. She really was having a fantastic time dancing with Daniel, his scent and embrace giving her far more comfort than she should probably feel.

However, she could not stop thinking about how she was going to tell him Mr. Dunne had offered her a job in London, and that she really wanted to take it.

Not only was that weighing heavily on her, but he was making her feel terribly nervous with the way his eyes looked as they were fixated on her. It felt like he was…drunk or something. Off her? She had to wonder if Hilda's speech cast a spell on both of them tonight.

He snapped her out of her thoughts when he very calmly asked "Are you ok? You seem…distracted."

He paused, a small frown crossing his face. Daniel felt completely insecure all the sudden. Maybe it was only him who was having such a great time. She did almost come here with that dweeb. He was also hogging her the whole time taking her away from her family.

"Are you not having a good time?" he asked.

"Of course I am!" she responded quickly.

He smiled at her "ok" His eyes shined as he smiled at her; she smiled back at him and felt butterflies in her stomach. Was she…in love?

Those eyes of his didn't make it easier for her to deny how she was feeling toward him.

He was her best friend. He'd always been the person she felt was there for her, other than her family, of course.

She thought back to her sister's speech and how she noticed that Daniel had stared at her. She met his eyes, those eyes that were so clear and blue at the moment.

"I'm so happy I actually get to dance with you. I was so nervous I'd have to sit on the sidelines and watch you dance with dorko the whole night." He admitted

Her eyes got bright in surprise "really?"

He nodded "Yes, couldn't you tell? I hate that jerk! I was so upset when you decided you wanted to come here with him instead of me."

Betty was in complete shock right now. She was finding it incredibly nerve-racking how honest and open he was being right now. "There isn't anyone I'd rather be here with" as she said that her stomach flipped anxiously.

He looked down, his smile getting bigger. She couldn't believe it, was Daniel nearly blushing? It was the cutest.

She couldn't help the smile on her face. When his eyes met hers again, he grinned, his eyes were nearly glimmering with light. She bit her lip.

"Guess what?" he asked softly.

"What?" she asked curiously.

In a surprising and unexpected move he pulled her closer to him resulting in a gasp from her and her eyes to get wide. "The band just started playing our song" he said, with his hands resting on her lower back making her heart go just a tad crazy.

"Our song? We have a song?" she asked in a whisper, feeling stunned by him all the sudden.

Daniel grinned as he took in his dance companion at the moment. She was simply so breathtaking. He really couldn't take his eyes off her. She was…so lovely. He felt happy that she wanted to be here with him. She made him feel alive. And when he heard the band start playing the music to their song, he felt like everything was perfect in this moment.

Betty's heart started hammering away at her chest and she couldn't even tell what song the band was playing until Daniel started singing along to her.

"They say we're young and we don't know
We won't find out until we grow"

Betty blushed as Daniel started singing to her. It was their song. His smile was taking her breath away. He continued singing, his voice giving her such butterflies. "Well I don't know if all that's true
'Cause you got me, and baby I got you"

They smiled at each other. "Babe. I got you, babe" she sung with him causing him to grin brighter. He pulled her in closer to him.

She didn't understand how this was happening, he was making her feel so lightheaded and dazed; she lightly trailed her hand down his arm and rested on his hand that was around her waist.

"This is our song?" she asked, feeling mystified when he laced their fingers together. He simply smiled at her as a response and held her close. They danced as the song continued, lost in their own bubble, losing all notion that they were surrounded by family and friends.

When the song ended, Daniel spoke softly "This song is special to me. To us?" he was so much closer to her than when they were dancing five minutes ago. It felt like there was this soft glowing bubble around them.

She nodded in agreement unable to vocalize anything currently, especially when his actions were making her speechless.

Daniel lifted their joined hands to his chest pulling her closer to him and wrapped his other arm around her. "That was one of the best nights of my life" he said to her softly, his voice making her melt. She nodded "Me too" she responded in a whisper.

He smiled finding her really cute, especially with her cheeks turning rosy. "Hopefully, this can be another one" he stated, somewhat nervously. Before now, he never acknowledged what he felt for Betty. Sure, she had always been special to him. She was his best friend. He realized now how much he really did care about her. Adore her. Love her.

Betty's heart was beating so fast, she could barely keep up with it. Daniel was really throwing her for a loop. She never thought they could get this close tonight. Sure, she sort of invited him here as her date, but it was more so as friends.

The night, the look in his eyes, the way he was holding her close and dancing with her, all that he was saying, was very unfriend like.

She took a small breath and said "I'm glad you didn't bring Trista" she told him truthfully. He was being so honest with her. She felt she should be honest with him. He grinned "I knew you were jealous!"

"Was not!" She shoved his shoulder "Jerk!"

He grinned brighter "You're adorable when you get angry with me"

"Oh really?" she asked with her eyebrow raised. He still had that grin on his face "Yep. Did I tell you how gorgeous you look tonight?"

She blushed crimson, looking away from his eyes. "No"

He tipped her chin back up to meet her eyes "You do. Especially when you do that!"

"What?" she asked curiously.

"When you blush. It is just one of the many things I love about you!" both of their eyes went wide in surprise at his slip. He pretend coughed, looking away from her. He panicked for a moment. He didn't mean to say that. It just came out.

When she placed her hand to his face so she could see his eyes, he felt like the softest light had touched him.

"What do you love about me?" she asked curiously. Her heart was fluttering, but she felt like this was a one off magical moment happening between them and she wanted it to last as long as possible, even if it ended up being a dream.

He smiled, his heart jumping in excitement. "Nearly everything about you."

She bit her lip; he continued with a grin "For one thing, whenever you bite your lip like that, it drives me crazy"

Her eyes went wide in surprise.

"You have lovely lips" he said as he traced his thumb across her bottom lip, her eyes closing for a second at his touch. "I love your smile. It IS my favorite thing about you." She smiled brightly; he grinned. "Actually, scratch that, my favorite thing about you is that amazing beautiful heart of yours."

She felt her eyes get misty as he told her what he loved about her.

He smiled softly at her finding her incredibly mesmerizing right now as she listened to him. She was actually giving him a chance. He thought she might freak out or disregard his feelings. She was lifting his soul. "I love your eyes. I feel like whenever you look at me, you actually see me, and not the wall I put up."

She nodded as tears filled her eyes. That was true. She always saw Daniel as who he really was. The sweet loving man who was being incredible in this moment.

"I love that you call me out on my B.S. and are still there for me. I love how you make me a better person." Looking into her eyes he felt like he was where he needed to be. His heart was complete when he was with her.

He smiled wanting to keep that feeling forever.

"I love how passionate and beautiful and charming you are. You have no idea how amazing you really are. You make everyone around you fall in love with you" he stated, nerves coursing through him. Her eyes were watering and it was making him just want to kiss her.

Betty bit her lip trying to fight back her tears. Daniel was touching her heart with all that he was saying about her. "I love that you are my best friend" her smile was so beautiful, but he laughed and added "I can't forget, I really love that you are so clumsy!" he grinned. She laughed as some tears slid past.

"I love when you are happy, because you are simply the cutest" He took her face in his hands "Betty…I would do anything in the world to make you happy. Including protecting you from jerks like Grubdork! After all that, that's love, right?"

Betty bit her lip; after all that he said and those incredible eyes, she didn't think for even a second, grabbed his face, and kissed him with everything in her. He reciprocated the kiss without hesitation taking her breath away, making her feel so light and tingly all over as his fingers laced through her hair. She, Betty, was actually kissing Daniel.

Daniel Meade was kissing her back, making her feel so right and perfect in this moment. She felt as though her heart was expanding being this close to him.

She pushed him back, suddenly, a gasp escaping her realizing that she was moving to London. She felt her eyes water. How could she do this?

He looked at her strangely, but when he saw her teary eyes, he looked concerned "Betty, I'm sorry uh...I thought, I mean, you kissed me. I just thought…" he felt completely confused at the moment.

A tear slid past down her cheek as she shook her head "I'm so sorry, Daniel. I…" she quickly rushed away, not knowing what the heck she just did. How could she kiss Daniel and leave him?

Daniel wasn't sure what happened with Betty. He didn't know what was going on with her, but he knew he couldn't let her leave without finding out what was bothering her and why she got so upset. "Betty!" he rushed after her, noticing a couple of her family members watching them.

He got outside and grabbed her arm as she kept walking "Betty wait!" he pulled her to him, and looked at her. She had tears running down her face. Seeing her this way was something he never liked to see, especially if he was the cause of her sadness.

Betty felt as though her heart had stopped when Daniel caught up with her. She didn't know what she could say to him. She knew she had to tell him about London, but she never wanted to tell him like this. The soft look in his eyes made her heart do a little flip.

"What's going on? If this is about the kiss, I'm...we can pretend it didn't happen if you want. I only kissed you back because...I thought, I don't know." He felt confused.

She bit her lip, trying to stop her tears. The truth was she wasn't sure she wanted to pretend the kiss didn't happen. In fact, that is why she felt so...confused. She was having very strong loving feelings about Daniel.

How would she make it in London without him? It was hard enough leaving him when they were friends. Now they went and kissed and she didn't know what to do!

He sighed and placed his hands in his pants pockets "Look, I can't lie to you, Betty. I...I think I'm in love with you"

Betty's heart dropped. She loved him!

"But, if you don't feel that way...well, honestly, it sucks, but I'll deal with it. I don't want this to stop us from being friends still. I love you-uh, I mean being friends with you."

Betty placed her face in her hands, the tears unwilling to stop. Daniel loved her? How could she possibly leave him. She was sure that he would be hurt when she told him. And in truth to herself, she was sure she loved him, too.

He placed his hands to hers letting them down gently and took her face in his own hands. "Betty, please say something. I'm dying here!"

She bit her lip and took in a breath. "I'm, I...I'm moving to London"

He looked at her as though she just stabbed him in the heart, "What?"

She tried her best to control her urge to start sobbing, but she knew she had to tell him or else she was sure she'd lose her dearest friend. "Um...I...Mr. Dunne offered me this amazing job to help run his magazine in London and I…"

He looked down "You're going to accept?"

She nodded, but he wasn't looking at her so she said "Yes, but…I don't want to leave like this! I'm so sorry I kissed you. I shouldn't have."

Daniel felt as though Betty just tore out his heart and threw it on the floor. He looked up at her and the glossiness in his eyes shattered her heart.

Betty felt at a loss. "I...I never want to hurt you, Daniel. I just...I felt like I needed to do this. This has nothing to do with you."

He frowned "How could you not tell me something like this? I thought we were friends."

She nodded, her heart lurching in her chest "We are. You're my best friend. I just…"

He shook his head "How can you say that if you didn't even tell me? And then you go and kiss me! I mean, what the hell, Betty? Would you have even told me you were leaving or would I have found out after you landed there?"

She bit her lip, looking down. He sighed, he felt so upset. "Why did you even kiss me? Just to make this worse?"

She shook her head "No! I would never do that! I just...you were being so charming and…" tears slid down her face "I love you"

He felt his heart jump in his chest, but wasn't sure what to say to her. She hurt him. How could she love him and still decide she was going to London? "Please don't tell me that if you don't mean it, Betty."

She stepped closer to him "I mean it. I love you, Daniel." She did love him. She realized that was why it was so hard for her to even tell him, and why she got jealous of Trista, and why she felt bad for kissing him.

He looked down, letting out a sigh. "Obviously not enough to keep you from going to London" he said and started to walk away. "Daniel!" she ran after and stopped him from going further "please listen to me."

He wouldn't look at her. She felt her heart was being crushed under a bulldozer, knowing she hurt Daniel. "I don't want to leave you. You're the most special person in the world to me" He looked up at her, but remained silent. "The thought of leaving you is the only thing that is making me not want to take this job."

He sighed "How am I supposed to live without you?" he asked in a soft voice.

She bit her lip looking at his eyes, hers tearing up. She shook her head "I've been thinking the same thing about you."

He took her hand in his and pulled her close "Do you have to leave me? Can't you find something else here? I know you don't want to work at Mode. I can help you find something better."

She looked at his eyes, her words failing her at the moment.

He looked down in thought. After a minute, he looked at her "You know, I do care about you, right?" he asked, his voice quieter. She nodded, tears sliding down her face.

He gave her a small smile. "I think you should take this job"

"What?" her eyes were wide in surprise. He smiled. "This is your dream. Who am I to stand in your way?"

Tears filled her eyes as she took hold of his face "My best friend."

He laughed "Betty…" he sighed "I care about you...a lot. You're the most special person to me. I don't want you to leave, but if I stopped you from going after your dreams, what kind of friend am I?"

She looked at him, her eyes filled with tears. "I wish it didn't have to be in London."

He nodded looking down. "So...what are we going to do?"

She took his hand "I don't know."

He looked to her, feeling this numbness in his chest. How was he going to live without Betty. The thought of going a day without seeing her smile tore him up. He looked at her in front of him, seeing the tears in her eyes and the sad look on her face, he could see this was hard for her too.

He smiled and said "We'll figure this out. For now, let's go back inside and enjoy your sister's wedding"

AN: =D