Nothing in Between, Always a Team

Hi friends! I have had this story in my files for years. It is probably one of my favorite stories that I written that I basically kept a secret because I wanted to finish it in its entirety before posting, however I felt that starting to post it would help me fill in the gaps, so to speak. So, here I'm sharing a special story with you. I truly hope you enjoy it! 3

For entertainment only!

Betty Suarez and Daniel Meade wake up to discover that their lives are completely different from what they remember and find themselves six years into the future.

CHAPTER 1

"Beep-beep, beep-beep...beep-beep, beep-beep, beep-beep..."

"Ughhh... shut-up" Betty's hand reached across to her alarm and slammed the button to make it stop.

She lifted her arm across her forehead. God, why was her head pounding? She groaned in frustration but sat up in her bed.

She looked around for her glasses, but didn't see them. Wait? She could see? Betty's eyes went wide when she noticed her surroundings.

Where was she?

She was in a huge queen size bed, the lush black and white fluffy blanket covering the lower half of her body. She looked around to see a rather roomy space with a panoramic view of the city.

As she took in the room she was in, she noticed the only semblance of color were the purple walls. All of the furnishings were either black or accented, very slightly, by color. She suddenly felt cold. She lifted the blanket around her and looked to the nightstand beside her seeing a picture of her family, but they all looked older.

What was going on? Was this her place? How could this be? How could she not remember anything? She groaned at the ridiculous headache she had. She looked at the time; she didn't have a lot of time to get ready for work.

She got up and walked to the dresser in the room, her eyes went wide at her reflection. She looked...she looked amazing! Despite her slight bedhead, her hair was so silky and shiny. She smiled and saw that she didn't have braces! How could that be?

She tried to think what she did yesterday. She didn't remember getting wasted. The last thing she remembered was that she and Daniel were at MODE rather late working on...something, and she remembered hitting her head. Is that why her head was pounding?

Shoot! Did she get amnesia?

She definitely remembered having braces and bad vision last night. Was it last night? Now she felt confused and rather panicked. Maybe she just needed to go to work, and everything will make sense. She could ask Daniel what happened. A smile spread across her face at the thought of him. Why did the thought of him make her feel so ridiculously happy?

She shook her head. Of course she was happy. It was Daniel, her best friend.

She opened a door hoping it was her closet. When she saw the size of the closet her mouth hung open. Her closet was bigger than her whole apartment. Her other apartment?

God, her headache was coming back.

She walked through and saw all the beautiful clothes. As she looked through them, she was drawn to a black dress. What was it with black all the sudden? She didn't ever remember liking black.

As she put on the dress and looked in the stand-in mirror- in the closet- she saw what the fuss over black clothing was. It was very flattering to her figure. Ok, so she liked the black.

As she was about to walk out she saw a rack of belts. She smiled and picked up a thick yellow one to balance out the black. As she put it around her waist and clipped it, she smiled looking at her reflection. Yes, this was good. She felt more herself.

She saw the time and realized she was going to be late. She hurried getting ready and rushed out the apartment, gawking in disbelief at the grandness and beauty of it as she left. How could she forget a place like this? How could she even afford a place like this? She hoped she could figure out what was going on.

Daniel heard a door open and shut rather loudly. He groaned as he opened his eyes, the light filtering in the room. He lied there for a minute. Why did he feel so crappy?

As he glanced around the room, he looked at it in confusion. Where the hell was he? He sat up and looked around more clearly, but then Alexis walked in "Daniel? What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be at work?"

Daniel looked at the time and shot out "Shit! Uh" he felt lightheaded from the sudden movement, "Wait! What are you doing here?" he asked wondering why his sister was here. And where the hell was he, he wondered.

"You said DJ and I can stay over tonight before we go back to Paris"

Daniel looked at her, strangely "Oh" He felt confused. Wasn't Alexis IN PARIS before now? Was this his place?

"Ok" he nodded and started zipping around the room trying to find some clothes to put on, that he wasn't completely sure was his.

"Are you ok?" She asked, noticing he seemed flustered.

Daniel shook his head as he hurriedly pulled a pair of pants. "Not really, but I don't have time right now to talk"

"Ok. Well, thanks again Danny, for letting us stay. I don't know why I thought our flight was yesterday."

Daniel shook his head as he pulled on a shirt "It's cool. Whatever." As Daniel buttoned up his shirt, they heard "Mom, who are you talking to?" when he saw that it was this tall young man; he looked at him in confusion. Alexis had a kid? Wait, was that DJ?

"Daniel!" the young guy said excitedly "I thought you would be at work" the young man walked over and hugged him.

Daniel looked at him. He knew it was crazy, but this kid had to be DJ. He looked like he was 18. DJ was 12. He shook his head, nah, he was nuts. He must have had too much to drink last night. Funny thing, he didn't remember drinking.

"Sorry, do I know you?"

Alexis and the kid laughed "Very funny, Daniel."

"DJ, come on, let's give Daniel a minute to get dressed." As they left, Daniel looked at the door in shock, his mouth hanging open. How could that kid be DJ? It was crazy.

What the hell happened to him? Did he have memory loss?

He quickly finished dressing and rushed out of his room to see them sitting at the kitchen table eating. He took his apartment in. Holy hell, since when did he get a new place. He walked over to them, and stared at DJ "Hey uh...DJ?"

"Oui?" oh, it was definitely his nephew. "How old are you now?" he asked, feeling rather odd.

DJ laughed "I keep telling you, Daniel, I'm 18"

Daniel felt like his head was spinning. He lowered in the chair across from them. "Dude, Danny, are you ok? Maybe you shouldn't go to work today. You don't look too good"

Daniel shook his head "No, I uh...I'll be fine" he said as he got back up wondering what the hell was going on. Maybe Betty could explain this. He didn't know why, but he felt the need to see her.

"I have to see Betty"

DJ and Alexis shared a look, "What?" he asked wondering why they had that look.

"Nothing, don't do anything stupid" Alexis stated. He looked at her like she was nuts "What the hell are you talking about?"

"Daniel, it's 9:30" DJ stated, causing Daniel to snap back to reality, a weird reality. He shook his head and rushed out "Shit! Ok, Bye!"

Daniel quickly pulled out his phone and was about to call Betty, when he saw the date, and noticed the year. It was 2016?

What the hell? How could he not remember six years of his life?

The last thing he remembered was working with Betty the night before. She looked so cute. He felt so bad when she accidentally hit her head. He hoped her head didn't hurt too much.

He needed to see Betty!

AN: Please let me know what you think so far :D 3 lots of love!