A/N: Here's a short GG Drabble-y ficlet. It's a Chuck introspective. My take on Chuck's state of mind during Episode 2.13 Oh Brother, Where Bart Thou. He was all "Hate the World" and it was breathtaking to watch the dynamic between him and the rest of the characters. I loved the episode, definitely the best of the series I think. Anyway, enjoy! R&R! Thanks! –Mac

Disclaimer: I don't own GG.

Lay The Blame

Chuck just wanted somewhere to lay the blame. "Everyone grieves in their own way" seemed to be the guaranteed response to why everyone was behaving the way they were. This was how he grieved. He drank until he couldn't stand up straight, he got angry, and he displaced any guilt he felt by finding someone else to blame—someone to take out all his anger on.

Lily, because she was betraying his father. She was the reason he was even on the road that night. He was coming for her.

Rufus Humphrey, because he had been stealing away his father's wife. That low-class wannabe rock star was out of line to even think he could encroach on a Bass's woman and not incur consequences. Now he wasn't the only one feeling the repercussions of his actions.

Dan Humphrey, merely for being the offspring of the bastard, for being there and for making it easy for him to express how much he hated him.

Serena and Eric, because for awhile, they had actually made him feel like he had a family and that was being torn apart because they would always stand with their mother.

Nate, because he had chosen the worst time to stand up and be there for him.

And Blair, for making him feel when all he wanted was to be numb.

He just needed somewhere to lay the blame.

Because if he ever emerged from the numbing, alcoholic haze he had sunken into, he would realize the only person he wanted to blame was himself. For calling his father, for interfering like he always did, for being just like his father, for putting him on the path that killed him. If he ever came to he would send himself into a spiral of guilt and regret—leaving himself vulnerable.

And then he would be devastatingly broken.