Inspiration had to hit me in 2am, and that's what actually came out. It will be kind of short (At least I hope it would). Hope you guys like it. Reviews will be appreciated :)
She's a Genius
Sometimes, when he was alone, Nate felt kind of useless. At least lately he did. Nate rolled the red ball across the pool table and couldn't help but thinking that every single one of his friends is on their own little journey, that magically doesn't include him. His father was giving him a headache and they haven't spoke for a week now, which made him feel more of a let down than he already thought he was. He heard Raina giggling from Chuck's bedroom and rolled his eyes. Chuck was busy with the upcoming sale of Bass industries, Serena was busy with her jail buddy, Dan was busy at getting mad over Serena and won't return his calls, Vanessa was no where to be seen and Blair was working all day long at W. He was officially irrelevant. He took his coat off the table and turned towards the door.
"Chuck, I'm heading out!" he yelled as hard as he could. They didn't even hear him.
He closed the door shut and went out with no purpose, he had no where to go to. His phone rang for the fourth time today, and he didn't even bother to answer this time. It was probably his father's parole officer; no one else would call him anyway. He sighed and decided to at least check who the disturbing caller is. Surprisingly, Blair's name flashed upon the cell phone's screen.
It was extremely odd since Blair was working like a maniac for the past two weeks and because they're not even talking anymore, she would call him once a month to make sure Chuck is around or anything that doesn't really involve him. He frowned at the cell phone and pressed the send button. Whatever Blair wanted, he wanted to know what it is. He had nothing better to do anyway.
"Blair", he said once she picked up the phone.
"Hey Na… Where's the damn stapler? Right, of course it's on the floor, this damn place… Nate, let me call you back, alright?"
"Ugh, sure", he sighed while she hung up on him.
He was starving and his curiosity over Blair's request or whatever it was (she did call four times) killed him. Why not kill two birds with one Archibald? There was a nice Chinese restaurant Blair likes (or liked, maybe it changed since high school) near by, and their take out service was fast enough. It was probably lunch time at W as well.
"Blair!" was all she heard over the past thirty minutes since everybody felt the need to call her when they needed her to solve their stupid problems.
Rome was yelling at the phone like a psycho and none of them could handle the pressure. Epperly kept throwing papers and tasks at both of her interns.
"Will you keep it down, Rome?" Blair complained aloud. What kind of a name is Rome anyway? It's a great name only when it's referred to Italy's capital city. At least she knew how to dress.
She threw her hands into the air in frustration and closed her eyes tightly shut for a second. She breathed in and out. She was going to be alright, even though she didn't even have time for lunch, which apparently started three minutes ago.
The smell of eggrolls filled her nostrils. As in the special eggrolls from her favorite Chinese restaurant, she could recognize the smell everywhere. She opened her eyes carefully, relieved to find out the office was nearly empty and Nate Archibald standing in the hallway, utterly amused.
"Lunch?" he asked, waving with the bag of food.
"I love you, seriously", she smiled at him and snatched the bag out of his hand.
"Whoa, hungry are we?" he smiled to himself and followed her to the office's desk.
"We're not even allowed to eat in here, but I honestly don't even care. W is so intense. I wasn't even supposed to eat lunch. Fuckloads of clients will wait", she shook her head while digging in the bag, obviously looking for the eggrolls.
"I figured", He said while examining her. She looked like she hasn't slept in days.
"Can't you take the day off or something?" he asked her.
She took a large bite of her eggroll and shook her head no. He sighed. Apparently Blair wasn't the one to get him out of his boredom today. He watched her eating quietly. She focused on her food and he could sense she was probably starving, work probably exhausted her. He kept staring at her little figure digging bites into the eggroll and remembered how cute she was when she actually found the time to eat.
"Quit staring Archibald. These eggrolls are going to cost me a lot of work out later", she said while throwing a napkin at him. He chuckled and threw the napkin back at her.
"So… you called earlier?" he gestured to his cell phone.
"Right. I was just wondering if you heard anything from… Dan", she nearly whispered his name.
"You mean Chuck, right?" he raised an eyebrow at her.
"No, I meant Dan, as in cabbage patch, Brooklyn? Ring a bell?" she said looking around the room like she's afraid anyone would hear her.
"What aren't you guys telling me?" he examined her face expression, which now changed into a little smile with a blush.
"Nothing… we watched a couple… or six movies during the winter break. Brooklyn's alright".
Nate's eyes widened. Are they really friends? Was world war III on the run and nobody told him as well? Either way, he was actually happy for them. He always felt they would be great as friends.
"That's cool. Honestly, I'm glad you guys worked it out", he said with a hint of bitterness, which Blair caught immediately.
"What's going on with you anyway? How's the Captain?" she sent him an encouraging smile. All of a sudden she felt guilty for not being there for him in the past two years. They barely even spoke to each other outside their friends' circle, which was kind of sad since they used to be best friends and basically grew up together.
"Honestly, I have no idea. I don't even want to know. He's working with Russell Thorpe and I kind of blamed him because I thought he was betraying Chuck, and now he won't talk to me", He sighed heavily.
"Oh wow, I didn't even know-" was all Blair managed to say before her phone rang, Epperly's number appearing on the screen. "God, so sorry", she whispered to Nate before picking up.
Nate watched how Blair's face turned red in a matter of seconds as the conversation between her and Epperly went down.
"Why can't Rome do that?" Blair almost yelled into the phone. She was used to dictate people, not the other way around, so it was kind of amusing to see her fold against another person's orders when she said "Alright, I'm sorry, I'll do that as soon as possible". She hung up seconds after.
Nate gave her a questioning look. "I just can't deal with her anymore; she's stressed all day long and I'm paying the price. Does this woman ever get laid?" she said while pinching her nose bridge.
"Guess not. Women tend to go mental without sex for too long just like guys do", he shrugged.
"Was I like that when we were together?" she asked him while getting up and cleaning her desk out of the food leftovers.
"Well yeah. You would call me in 2am and ask me to come over, mostly after stressful days", he chuckled.
"I don't even remember that! Did you come over when I asked you to?" she questioned, her back to him. He was glad she couldn't see him blushing like a little girl for a second.
"Of course I did. If I wouldn't show up you would ignore me for two whole days and won't even kiss me", he laughed this time, shaking his head due the memories filling his head all of a sudden. Angry Blair was a hot one.
"I guess you're right" she said with a weird tone, which Nate recognized as the scheming tone. He could practically see the smoke coming out from her head. She sat back at her chair quietly, sending him a creepy smile which only meant one thing - trouble.
"You've met Epperly, right?" she asked him, fluttering her eyelashes.
"Yeah, at the W party last week, why?" he asked carefully.
"She's kind of hot, isn't she?" she widened her smile.
"Are you switching sides?" he answered with wit. He was never smart enough to avoid her tricky questions; maybe his answer just spared him her craziness.
"You'd want me to, wouldn't you? You little brat", she chuckled softly and sent him a creepy warning look right after.
"Fine, she's hot, why do I care again?" he answered with defeat.
That little spark of triumph in her eyes answered his question immediately. He had no time to protest before she said "I need you to sleep with her".
In case you were wondering, this isn't a one shot. So... to be continued :)