He checks his phone for the 8th time in 2 minutes. He hasn't heard from her since she said she had an important thing to take care of. That was 2 hours ago. His flight is in an hour.
Gossip Girl has a bad habit of posting important information at a very bad time. He flicks over photos of Blair coming into the Empire. All made up. So that's the important thing, he says to himself. He wills himself to be angry, he isn't. He wants to throw his phone at the wall, he doesn't. He thinks he should tell her goodbye… well. Where's the point in that?
Chuck asks her to stay. Tells her what she's heard a hundred times before. I need you. You're mine. You can't be with anyone else. I'm nothing without you. Humphrey is trash.
Hand to cheek. Not the soft kind. But a slap. Nobody gets to talk about Dan that way.
You're stupid if you think you have a future with him, Blair.
Well that's too bad, I love him.
She has a flight to catch.
She knows where he hides his spare key. She thinks,who doesn't? Smiles at the lovely recklessness that is Dan. She doesn't have to knock. It's as much her home as his.
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He gets to the airport. Passengers are boarding. One last look behind. Maybe she's still coming. Well, he thinks, maybe not. One step, look back. Two steps, glance to the side. Three steps. Well where's that girl he's grown to love?
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She pushes the door. Nothing but silence. Dan? She calls out. Dan? Looks around. Dan? Heavy realization. I should have gone to the airport, she says. She sighs. She cries.
Her phone buzzes. Look who's about to board the plane? Gossip Girl really has a habit of delivering bad news.