Title: In Times Of War And Peace
Pairing: Blair/Chuck
Rating: T
Summary: Set during season four when Nate and Serena decide a peace treaty needs to be made for the sake of everyone.
Disclaimer: I do not own anyone or anything from Gossip Girl!
Nathaniel had called about their being some sort of emergency and so I had left a meeting early thinking the worst. Nate knew how important my business was to me and if he said there were some sort of problem he needed my help with then I believed him. That was I had believed him until I saw he and Serena waiting inside of the building we agreed to meet at looking perfectly fine and unharmed. Then Blair came in at the exact same moment and I knew this was some sort of set up.
"What is he doing here?" My ex shot me a look full of distain almost as if she thought that I had somehow and for whatever reason set this little get together up.
I raised my eyebrow at the expression on her face. "What is she doing here?"
If this were some sort of ploy to get us to sit down and talk about our problems then they had another thing coming. I understand that as our friends they only care about us and want to do what is best for everyone involved, but Blair and I could handle this on our own. We had agreed to a truce the night before and as much as I may hate the idea of being at peace with Blair Waldorf, Jenny Humphrey had a point with everything she had stated. When the two of us were together we had been unstoppable and apart we were slowly destroying ourselves. It would be better to part ways and leave it at that if we wanted to walk away with our lives and I cared way too much about my own survival to self-destruct.
As angry as I was at Blair for causing Eva to leave I had done a lot of thinking and I realized Eva had never truly been happy here. This wasn't her world and as much as I may have wanted her to fit in, some part of me had known that she never would. Another part of me realized too late that I had wanted to rub my relationship in Blair's face. I wanted to show her that I was over her and didn't want nor did I need anything from her. She was trying to do the same and in the end all it was proving was the fact that we really did need the other. I had a hunch it would only be a matter of time until we got back together. That magnetic pull between us was still as strong as ever and I suspected it always would be no matter how much the two of us my try to fight it.
"And who brought the Avon lady?" Blair motioned to a woman with dark hair dressed in a business suit. I tried to hide my smirk at her blunt question. She always did have a unique way of speaking.
"She's a corstinographer," Nate replied with his hands in his pockets. "And there's a notary on the way."
"We've witnessed the Waldorf-Bass wars firsthand." Serena kept switching her gaze from Blair to me and then back again. "We know you both. You have a new clear capability."
"Sooner or later one of you is going to press the other's button and we're going to end up with nothing, but cockroaches." Nathaniel motioned to the area around us with his left hand.
"We're way ahead of you." I told them both as I walked down the few steps there happened to be and stood next to Blair.
So this is what had them so worried? They were afraid that our feuding would destroy everything and everybody around us? Well I suppose I could see their point since when I was angry I would do whatever it took to get revenge as I had proved many times. So yes, I suppose they do have a reason to worry. If we had still been fighting and refused to come to a truce it may very have come to the point where others were hurt. There is nothing you can do to stop a Bass once he has been scorned and the same goes for a Waldorf.
"Yeah, we're in a truce." My ex said while crossing her arms over her chest. I could tell she was as unhappy at being called away from whatever she had been doing as I was.
"Which is why we figured you wouldn't have a problem making it official." Serena eyed us both warily since she knew how well either of us took to threats and I had a feeling there was going to be a threat at the end of her little rant. I found it amusing she would ambush like this because if the shoe were on the other foot she would hate anyone who tried to get in the way. Well at least the old Serena would have. "A peace treaty based on more than just a handshake."
I looked over at Blair who seemed to be as annoyed as I felt. I could read the expression on her face and in her body language. She did not like this idea at all. She had to know as well as I did they wanted an actual peace treaty. We would have to have an actual legal document to keep us from going back on our word. This should be interesting at the very least. I mean how many ex couples can say they had to have a real treaty intact to make sure they didn't kill the other? My father as a business man would have been proud. He would probably sass himself for not think of this on his own for all of his failed marriages.
"So that's why we are going to sit down and hammer out the pervisions of a cease fire." Nate always the one to try and keep peace gave us a hopeful half smile. I sighed because even though this may go against my very nature he was my friend and I owed him a lot, so I would do this for him and not because I actually thought it to be a good idea.
Serena continued where he left off. "And if either of you decide to break the treaty-"
Nathaniel picked up where she left off. It would be cute if it weren't so damn annoying. I absolutely hated couples, or ex couples in this situation, who finished each-other's sentences. "He or she will be excommunicated. We'll no longer be your friends."
Well that was a twist I hadn't seen coming and by the look on Blair's face, the one of absolute shock, she had not seen it coming either. "Well I suppose as I leave my teens I should start to think about my legacy."
If she was willing to this then I should be as well. I couldn't have her very well one up me. "I have no objections to watering the kingdom, let the negotiations begin."
TBC…
AN: I wrote this for SallySally and it is going to be a three or four shot at the most. I would have made one long piece, but I am not feeling well. This episode was one of my favorites and this scene in particular was hilarious! I hope that she likes this and I would try to have the next chapter up tomorrow if I can! Let me know what you all thought!
Please R&R like always!
