Enchanted Christmas

hi friends! here is the next chapter! It's a bit shorter, but the next will be about their date :)

Happy Thanksgiving!

Chapter 2

Daniel smiled the whole way back to his office. He felt so excited to finally go on a real date with Betty. He'd wanted to ask her out since Hilda's wedding, but wasn't sure. Seeing her today, he couldn't keep himself from asking her. She was so freaking cute. And she was looking exceptionally gorgeous today.

His thoughts went to the ornament his mom gave to Betty. It certainly felt magical, like Betty perfectly coined.

He suddenly remembered that being the only ornament he ever saw his mom personally place on the tree. He never touched it, because his dad always told him not to touch anything on the tree.

He frowned remembering those terrible Christmases growing up.

Sure he got pretty great presents, but he always fought with Alex, his mom was always upset and his dad was always working and definitely not the warmest.

His thoughts went to that Christmas he spent with Betty's family in Queens. That was perhaps one of his most memorable Christmas times. He loved being with her family, decorating their tree together, making ornaments with Justin, talking to Mr. Suarez. Now he only wished Betty had been there to share the special time with him, instead of having her cover for him with that baby Chutney the whole Sofia mess.

He smiled. Betty was definitely the best thing about his life. She was always there for him. No matter what.

He could call her at five in the morning and she'd be there for him.

No questions asked.

He suddenly felt overwhelmed by her pure unconditional love and care for him. That's what it was. It had to be. Love.

His heart raced as he caught her approaching his office. She was seriously looking radiant today.

Holy hell!

Did she get more beautiful in the few minutes since he just saw her? Her smile was absolutely breathtaking; it seemed to be shining its way straight to his heart.

"Hey" she said coming in, a light smile on her face.

He grinned "Hey there, gorgeous!"

She blushed and he smiled brighter. "I love it so much when you blush!" he blurted

She turned crimson "Daniel! You're the worst!" she said, the smile on her face.

He chuckled "I think you mean the best"

She bit her lip as she got lost in the magnetic look in his eyes. How the heck could he be so handsome? He was the one who was gorgeous!

Charming! Sweet! Handsome! Hot! Sexy! The list could go on.

He looked at her with his eyebrow raised and said "Come in here just to stare at me? I know I'm hot and all, but we have work to do!" he teased. She blushed "Um...here, why did you want to read my article?" she asked as she placed it on top of his desk.

He shrugged "I don't know. I've been reading your blog, Betty"

"You have?" she asked in surprise. He nodded "Yeah, and to be honest with you, I think you're way too talented to be writing about fashion. It's not what you love. Don't get me wrong, you are really amazing at bridging your passion for helping people and using our fashion topics to do so, but I know that's not what you really love, so… uh…" he smiled.

She looked at him, her eyes wide, wondering what he was getting at.

"Look, as much as I love working with you, I want to help you do what you really love. I uh...I've recommended you to some publications" he said.

Her eyes shone with amazement, her heart expanding "Really?" her voice came out in a higher pitch and he chuckled "yah, and I have some really good leads for you. Believe it or not, when you were in London with your sister, this publisher met with you-"

"Mr. Dunne!" Betty answered, then said "but I turned him down."

Daniel smiled "Well, he called Mode asking about you after your sister's wedding and we spent two hours talking about how amazing you would be for this new publication he is starting up."

"What?!" She squealed, tears in her eyes. Daniel grinned "I've been wanting to tell you this for a while, but wanted to be sure the plan was in place before."

"What are you saying?" she asked, her heart racing.

He got up from his desk and walked around to her "I'm saying" he took her hand "Mr. Dunne wants you to lead up his magazine"

"WHAT?!" Betty couldn't believe what on earth was happening. Her heart was racing, her mind was reeling.

He laughed "I had to really fight him about telling you. He wanted to come here and speak to you in person, but I told him I wanted to be the one to tell you. We both agree that you would be perfect for his magazine. It's basically, I quote 'a young person's New Yorker'"

Her eyes lit up "I think my voice would be perfect for that!" she exclaimed. He laughed and nodded "I definitely agree! I also have two other publications interested in you"

"Oh my gosh, Daniel! I cannot believe this!"

"I was wanting to wait until Christmas to tell you all this, but I couldn't help it! I couldn't keep it in today"

"You are the best! Thank you, thank you, thank you!" she chanted as she threw her arms around him in a hug and jumped around with him. He laughed as he hugged her to him, enjoying how happy she was.

When she let go of him, her eyes were glossy "Why?"

He smiled "I want you to be happy"

Tears slid down her face, but then she laughed "You and your mom are killing me today!"

Daniel laughed. She looked to his eyes. "Thank you"

He smiled "You deserve it, Betty"

She looked at him, and didn't know what to do or think or say, so she did what she could and pulled him close for a hug. He wrapped his arms around her, causing her to melt into his hug. He was so amazing and wonderful and she loved him so much!

She let go of him, the magnitude of her feelings overwhelming her. "Uh...I should probably get back to work"

He nodded with a smile as he placed his hands in his pockets "Yah…"

"Thank you so much, Daniel. I have no idea how I'm going to get anything else done today!"

He laughed. She felt stuck in her space unable to move as she got lost in the charming look in his eyes. Betty took a breath and said "see you later"

He nodded with a grin "definitely! I can't wait to take you out tonight!"

She looked at him with a dreamy smile "Me too. Bye" she finally got herself to leave his office, but felt like she was floating all the way back to her desk. What on earth was happening today?

Claire's words sprang back. Magic surrounds those with pure hearts.

She felt like there was definitely some magic surrounding her today.

As soon as Betty left his office, Daniel sighed, a smile on his face. He did not expect to ask Betty on a date today or even tell her about what he was planning. Something compelled him to do both of those. He was just glad that Betty was not only excited to go on a date with him tonight, but also seemed pretty happy about her job prospects.

He loved making her happy.

He knew he wanted to make their date really special.

AN: Hope you enjoy! :D