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A/N: LAST CHAPTER! Yayyyy...welll maybe not yay, but I'm sooo busy that I'd never be able to update again, and the fact that I'm even updating at all...this quickly, totally deserves a YAY!!

Again...whooo 20th thread at FF!!

Much Better

An hour had passed since Betty had left work for the day and she was sitting on the couch with Justin watching Hairspray for the zillionth time, when there was a knock at the door. Hilda? Already? Betty thought to herself. Why is she knocking? "Just open the door yourself!" Betty yelled from the couch. "You have a key!" The knocking continued. With a groan, Betty picked herself up off the couch and walked over to the door, unlocking it, and opening it. "Did you lose your key ag-" she said opening the door, but was suddenly caught of guard when the person across from her was not her sister, but her boss. "Oh! Daniel!" she jumped slightly. "What are you doing here?" she said, confused.

Daniel didn't answer, but instead held up a basket. "I overheard you earlier saying you had to watch Justin, so my original plans didn't quite work out, but I figured since...you were going to be home all night, maybe you'd want some dinner...and well... I thought we could have a picnic," he said gesturing to the basket and then to the porch which now sported lit candles, flowers, and a picnic blanket.

Betty smiled at the sight. "You did all of this?" she asked, even though she knew the answer.

Daniel didn't reply, but simply asked... "So, shall we?"

"Yes!" Betty said excitedly. "But, let me just..." she gestured to the house, sliding back through the door to tell Justin where she would be. Daniel sat down on the front porch placing the basket to the side and waiting for Betty to return.

She eventually did, closing the door behind her. "I told Justin no shenanigans or I would take away Dreamgirls." she said with a chuckle stepping to sit beside Daniel on the porch.

"Hey...Betty..." Daniel started reaching out slightly and touching her hand. "I'm...I just wanted to tell you how sorry I am for earlier...you know?...the thing with the model" Of course she knew! Come on Daniel, think of something more intelligent to say...he scolded himself in his mind.

"Really, Daniel, it's okay...I know you didn't mean it...and you've made up for it wonderfully," she said grabbing a sandwich out of the picnic basket and taking a bite.

Daniel chuckled, "Yeah?" he asked.

"Definitely," Betty said with a smile. "So...what happened to Kara?"

"Who?" Daniel asked.

"The MODEL..." Betty said rolling her eyes and slightly chuckling to herself.

"Oh...yea...I don't know, I just told her tonight was off."

"You didn't reschedule?" Betty asked.

"Uh...no." Daniel replied suddenly feeling his heart pump faster and he wasn't sure why. His breath caught in his throat.

"Oh?" Betty asked, although she didn't really mean for it to be a question.

Daniel turned to face Betty. "You know, today...I did a lot of thinking...about...my life...and the swimsuit models..." Daniel started.

"Yea, I'm sure," Betty snorted.

"...and you," Daniel said. Betty turned and looked him straight in the eyes, trying to read what he meant by that. She couldn't. All she could tell was that he was completely serious.

Daniel continued. "What I said, that night on the bridge...I meant every word, and I don't know what I was thinking today. You should always come before some model I just met...I mean, subconsciously I knew tonight was our night...I guess, I was just being selfish," He said. "Sometimes it's hard for me to differentiate between the person I was ...and the person I am...and sometimes I slip up, but not anymore." his speech was heartfelt and Betty knew that.

"Daniel, really..." Betty began, but was cut off.

"I know what I want now...and it isn't some 'swimsuit model' named Kara..." he continued.

"It's okay Daniel...I understand," Betty tried again, but failed.

"No...I don't think you do..." Daniel said. He was eager to get something off of his chest, but Betty wasn't sure what. She was confused, however, she was even more confused when she suddenly felt the heat of Daniel's breath closing in on her and his lips lightly brushing against her own. Her eyes widened and she saw what was in fact happening. Daniel was kissing her, lightly, but passionately. She closed her eyes, welcoming it, all thoughts fading from her mind as she got lost. However, she quickly snapped back to reality at the sound of a voice.

"Betty?! What the–you were supposed to be watching Justin, and I was supposed to be getting the action!"

Betty's mind began racing and she quickly pulled away, her cheeks became a bright shade of red as she turned to face her sister...

Daniel spoke first ... "I—well I just came over to ...um...apologize, and well, we were just having some dinner."

"Justin's fine...he's watching Hairspray!" Betty blurted out.

"...Whatevah." Hilda said with a gesture and quickly walked up the stairs.

Betty and Daniel still sat on the porch. They stared at each other for what could have been an eternity, but finally Daniel spoke.

"I–I'm sorry," he managed to spit out.

"Seriously, Daniel, you need to stop apologizing," she said playfully, unsure of where this "new Betty" had emerged since she had been a pile of mush mere seconds ago. "Why don't we just...finish dinner," Betty suggested, pulling out some cups and pouring the drinks.

"...okayy..." Daniel agreed, unsure of what had just happened.

Betty took a sip of her drink, then placed it down beside her. She leaned over and rested her head on Daniel's shoulder. "It sure is a beautiful night, isn't it?" She said looking up at the sky.

"Yes...yes it is," Daniel replied. Then, he looked down at her and smiled, "beautiful."

The end.

A/N: Okay so...I must admit that wasn't how I originally planned on ending it, however I kinda like it...sorry it's so short, but like I said REALLY BUSY haha and I'm just happy I wrot this much! Anyway, read and review, you know the drill! ) Thanks so much for reading this fic and I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it! Hopefully I'll be writing again once the new season starts and I have some new material! lol