Cheated !

Disclaimer : I do not own Ugly Betty.

Author Notes: This takes place after the episode Million Dollar Smile. Matt did not go to Africa but he does not longer work at Mode but in an association that helps unprivileged people get an education.

Chapter 1: Betrayed.

Betty wondered if she had something in her that attracted bad guys. She was so happy after her braces has gone off that, after spending time with her family, she has gone straight to Matt's apartment. They were not supposed to see each other that night but she wanted to surprise him and packed an overnight bag.

But when she arrived at Matt's, she had the unhappy surprise to find him making out with a girl on his couch, his hand creeping into her left breast. She had stayed at first gobsmacked unwilling to believe her eyes. Of course, Matt tried to explain by giving her the old excuse "It's not what you think." Betty only asked "How long?" When Matt said "Two months", she slapped him and ordered him out of her life.

Then she ran away wishing he could not see the tears that were rolling on her cheeks. She stayed on the sidewalk not knowing what to do. Then inspiration struck and she went to see the only person she wished to see at that moment. She hoped he will be there.

Meanwhile, Daniel was thinking about the day that went past and was wondering why Betty was so much on his mind and why his heart was beating so fast thinking about her right now. He knew that breaking up with Amanda was the right thing to do. Maybe, she did want to find the right person for her and their casual thing was preventing that.

He heard the knock on the door and went to open it. He saw his best friend in tears standing outside his door.

"Come in. What happened?"

For a while, Betty kept on crying and Daniel was beside himself with worry and pain. He hated to see Betty suffer. He rubbed her back tenderly.

Finally between sobs, Betty blurted out: "Matt… cheated… two months."

Daniel was furious. He hugged her tightly as she sobbed on his chest fighting his urge to find Matt and kill him. Nobody messed with his Betty and got away with it. But the more pressing matter was her. So he tightened his grip on her and gently kissed the top of her head.

Betty calmed and lifted her red and swollen eyes to his and said: "Sorry about your shirt."

"Betty, I don't care about the stupid shirt. You are the one that matters."

"Thank you Daniel."

"Do you want to talk about it?"

"Not tonight. Tomorrow maybe."

"Allright. I have some ice cream on the fridge. Do you want some?"

"I'd love some." Her little smile did wonders to his heart and he was relieved to see some happiness return in her eyes. Daniel returned with two cups of Häagen Dazs' Chocolate midnight cookies.

Then he proposed to watch a movie. She agreed but vetoed love stories. They finally settled in front of The usual suspects. Daniel glanced at her several times and saw that she was not really following the film. She was too quiet. But Daniel understood that when Betty was quiet, she was making decisions about her next course of action.

When the movie was over and realizing it was quite late, Daniel proposed: "Do you want to stay here tonight?"

"But Daniel, I don't want to intrude."

"You are not intruding. I am offering. I'll sleep on the couch. You can have my bed."

"You can't give up your bed for me."

"Please, Betty. After all, you already let me sleep in your bed during the whole Sofia drama. I want to repay you."

"All right. I'll stay. But I need to call my family." Daniel nodded and left the room to let her call her family in privacy, brush his teeth, make the bed for Betty and taking blankets and a pillow for himself.

When he came back after changing into his grey tank top and pajama bottoms, he found Betty hanging up her phone.

"I told them what happened. My dad said thanks for being here for me and wanted to ask you if you would come to eat lunch with us tomorrow."

"You're welcome and I'd love to come."

"Well, I am going to bed. Good night, Daniel." And she kissed him on the cheek.

Daniel was left with a pounding heart and a big grin on his face. The couch could become a bed. He tried to go to sleep but couldn't. He was tossing and turning, unable to think of anything more than Betty sleeping in his bed and the kiss she has given him.

Then he heard her call softly his name and lifted his head to see her standing in the doorway.

"Daniel, I can't sleep. Can I stay with you?"

Jesus! He thought.

"Yeah, of course." He scooted a bit further so she could lie next to him.

"Calm yourself, Daniel." He reminded himself.

"I can't stop thinking about it." Betty said. "This image is popping up every time I tried to close my eyes."

Daniel said nothing and hugged her once again kissing her hair. They talked until they both fell asleep.