"Oh for crying out loud, Humphrey," Blair had said. Then she had kissed him.

That had been last night. Afterwards, they had agreed it had meant nothing. They were nothing more than friends.

Now Blair was looking in the mirror. For some reason, she looked different this afternoon. She touched her lips; even her lips felt different. After all, they had kissed Dan Humphrey last night. It hadn't meant anything. Not only was Dan Humphrey from Brooklyn, but he had also been in love with Serena for far too long.

Blair began applying lipstick. It wasn't as if Dan was attractive or anything. He was no Chuck Bass, after all.

He was just Dan. Dan Humphrey.

Blair started applying Chanel mascara to her already dark eyelashes. When Dan and she had kissed, it wasn't like her body had melted into his. It wasn't like she wanted to press her body against his forever. It wasn't like he was smart, reliable, funny, and kind.

His lips weren't even that kissable. In fact, she hadn't enjoyed kissing him at all.

"Miss Blair" Dorota said. "Prince Louis is here for you now."

"Send him in." Blair smiled sweetly, too sweetly Dorota thought. Dorota had learned that the more sweetly Blair smiled, the more dangerous she became.

Prince Louis walked in. Blair couldn't help but notice that he was taller than both Dan and Chuck.

"Blair," he said, "You look as beautiful as ever."

"Thank you."

Prince Louis had arrived to New York last night. When Prince Louis had texted Blair to see if she wanted to do anything with him this afternoon, she had instantly agreed. Blair was ready to date again. She wanted to forget about Chuck and Dan. Not that she needed to forget about Dan, because she had never had feelings for Dan in the first place.

Blair and Prince Louis walked down to the chauffer. Blair let Prince Louis talk. Prince Louis was a first-class flirt, so Blair didn't have to do much talking, she just had to smile and nod her head every once in a while.

They began eating lunch at The Green Tavern. Prince Louis was getting closer to her as they ate lunch. He smelled like expensive cologne- the kind Chuck used to wear. She admired Prince Louie's chiseled features, athletic body, and his obvious wealth. She liked to look at him, but she didn't want him, just like she hadn't wanted Dan last night.

For some reason, as Prince Louis was telling a funny anecdote about his last summer, Blair took a glance at the entrance to The Green Tavern. Dan Humphrey was entering the restaurant at the precise moment she looked up. What was Dan Humphrey doing here? She wondered, More importantly, she wondered, Why had she looked up at the exact moment he had entered the restaurant?

Oh shit, she realized, she had spent so much time with Dan Humphrey, that she had acquired Dan Humphrey radar.

Her eyes lingered on Dan's lips as he talked to the hostess. It was a good thing that they had no chemistry, because Dan Humphrey looked really hot today. Since when did she think Dan Humphrey was hot?

She looked up from Dan's lips to see that Dan's dark eyes were looking at her from across the room; he had caught her staring at his lips. Her stomach did a flip flop. She saw his eyes trail over to Prince Louis sitting at the chair next to her.

Blair smiled sardonically. See Humphrey, I told you that our kiss hadn't meant anything. I am already on a date with somebody more handsome and richer than you.

Dan waved at her in an obviously friendly greeting. He didn't seem bothered that she was on a date. In fact, he looked kind of relieved.

Blair lifted her glass of ice water to him in response, acting like an icy bitch.

"Are you okay, Blair?" Prince Louis asked.

"Yes, of course."

"You seem preoccupied this afternoon."

"I was just thinking."

"What were you thinking about?" Prince Louis said

"I was just thinking about-" Blair began to answer, but her attention was stolen when a tall, blonde girl entered the restaurant. The blonde girl went directly to Dan. She stuck out her chest, and ran her fingers through Dan's hair in a disgustingly flirty manner. Gross- who would want to run their fingers through Dan Humphrey's hair? And more importantly, Blair thought, why does Dan Humphrey have a date the day after he kissed me?

"You were saying?" Prince Louis said, smiling in an infuriatingly superior manner.

Yet Blair wasn't paying any attention to Prince Louis. She took her napkin off of her lap and got out of her chair. She began stalking Dan and the tall blonde girl to their table.

Dan looked surprised to see her at first, but he recovered quickly. "Hi, Blair."

His tall, blonde bimbo looked from the menu to Blair, obviously wondering why a brunette was crashing her date with Dan Humphrey.

"Humphrey," Blair said rudely, ignoring the blonde girl's withering stare, "May I talk to you outside for a moment?"

"Sure."

Dan followed Blair outside of the restaurant.

The second they were out of earshot, Blair wheeled around to confront him. "What are you doing dating a tall, blond girl?"

"Why does it matter? As I recall from last night, you said there was nothing between us."

"There isn't anything between us." Blair snapped.

"Then why do you care?"

"I don't care, but do you realize that you are on a date with somebody who looks exactly like Serena?"

"She doesn't anything like Serena." Dan said. "You are delusional, Blair."

"Don't call me delusional, Humphrey! I am not blind; she is tall and blond just like Serena!" Blair cried, "You're only dating her because you are still in love with Serena and that blonde girl reminds you of her!"

"You are crazy."

"No I'm not. She is a slut!"

"You don't even know her and you are calling her a slut."

Blair narrowed her eyes, "I know you, Humphrey. You can date someone better than that blonde floozy."

Dan crossed his arms. "Who do you think I should date then?"

Blair bit her lip. "I don't know. You need to date somebody smart, interesting, and brunette."

"Why does she have to be a brunette?"

Blair said, "Frankly,, you don't look good with blonde girls."

Dan glance seemed linger on Blair's lips for a moment.

"Blair," Dan said after a sigh, "You don't think I ever look good. I think you made it pretty clear that I repulsed you last night."

"We just didn't have any chemistry when we kissed."

Yet as Blair was saying this, her body was being pulled to his like an electron to a proton.

"Yes." Dan agreed, "We didn't have any chemistry."

If Dan hadn't been looking at her lips before, he was definitely looking at her lips right then.

"I'm sorry for being rude. That's just how I am." Blair said in a weak voice, "I don't always find you repulsive. I mean, you're kind of good-looking in your own way."

Dan mouth dropped to open. "Are you, actually complimenting me right now?"

"No."

"I didn't think so," Dan said, "but I should return to my date right now. You should return to your date as well."

"Yes," Blair agreed.

Dan started heading back inside. Blair watched his tapering torso walk away from her.

The words fell out of her mouth. "Wait, Humphrey."

Dan turned.

Blair breathed in deeply. "I think you are smart and funny. You make me want to be a better person."

Dan took a step towards her. He reached out his hand, and he brushed Blair's pretty hair from her eyes. Blair didn't even flinch.

"You may be crazy, but deep down I know that you are a good person, Blair. You are perfect to me." He said seriously.

Blair knew Dan wasn't lying, because while Dan Humphrey was many things, he wasn't a liar.

"Don't be delusional. I'm horrible to you. I don't deserve to have a friend like you. " Blair said.

Dan ran his fingers down her cheek. Blair shivered at his touch.

"It's a shame we didn't have any chemistry when we kissed last night." Dan said.

Blair felt herself nod with agreement.

Then, without warning, Blair went on her tip-toes, and she kissed Dan again. Dan's mouth opened to hers. His arms wrapped around her, and she didn't even know where she ended and Dan began. Blair had never known that heaven would be so hot, so pure, and so exciting.

She wanted Dan. It didn't matter that his last name was Humphrey and he lived in Brooklyn. She couldn't deny it anymore. She knew he wanted her too.

"Let's go back to my place." Blair said as her chest rose up and down. She was still entangled with Dan, and she could feel his heart race through his shirt. Somehow, as Dan and she had kissed, her shirt had become unbuttoned.

She wanted to make Dan's heart race even faster. She wanted to show him how much he had meant to her the past few months.

Dan kissed her on the forehead. She wanted him to kiss her everywhere, she wanted to explore him, and she wanted him to explore her as well.

"Let's go to my place, Dan." She repeated, "I want you. Right now."

Dan looked at her with fiery eyes, "I want you too." Dan continued, "But I want to do it properly."

"What do you mean?"

"I want to woo you."

"Woo me?"

"Yes, I want to be worthy of you and I want you to be in love me."

"For heaven's sakes, Humphrey, you are such a prude!"

Dan looked at her. "Don't sell yourself short. You are perfect, and you deserve nothing but the best."

"But I just want sex."

"I want you and …" Dan shifted his weight uncomfortably, "I want you to love me if we ever get together."

Blair stared at the passing streets of New York City. She thought of Dan, the boy she had seen movies with in clandestine, the boy who had helped her through so many difficult situations. As she began to think past her raging hormones, she realized that she wanted to spend time with him even more than she wanted to have sex with him right now. It was an interesting thought.

"I want to love you too, Humphrey." Blair admitted.

Dan smiled at her then; he had an earnest smile that made Blair feel optimistic about life.

"Do you want to go for a walk with me right now?" Dan asked her. His fingers twined into her much smaller fingers.

"Yes, Cabbage Patch." Blair answered.

"Please don't call me Cabbage Patch." Dan begged, kissing her.

"Okay... Dan." Blair sighed in agreement, happily surrendering.