Chapter One, When you stop looking, you'll find it.
Chuck Bass stood before the counter facing the young woman on the other side of the desk, do-able, he thought to himself has he examined her long dark hair, dark eyes and the way her cheek bones stood out, but, like all the other girls he had expressed an interest in over the past three years, she reminded him of Blair. His heart ached at the thought of her, Chuck missed her so much.
Chuck reached across the front desk and snatched the keys from the woman. She was about to say 'I hope you enjoy your stay' when he rudely turned his back on her and headed towards the elevator, suitcase in one hand. He was disappointed that the suite he wanted was already occupied; didn't they know who he was? Didn't they know that he was Chuck Bass? But what did that matter to him anymore? He wasn't Chuck Bass anymore and hasn't been for over three years. He's not Chuck Bass without her.
No. He couldn't keep thinking about her, not now. He left the Upper East Side to get away from all the constant reminders of her, of the pain he felt in his chest every morning when Blair wasn't lying in bed next to him. Chuck pushed the up button and waited for the elevator to come down.
He distracted himself by watching the red light that indicated which floor the elevator was on. He started to count down in his head along with it when the elevator reached 10…9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1...
The doors opened slowly and Chuck stood aside to let the people out. His heart stopped. The last woman to exit the elevator was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen. She was wearing a pair of black flats, jeans and a green coat. Her face was down looking at her phone as her fingers typed quickly, her brown locks hung down and she wore her yellow headband like it was a tiara.
She was about to walk past Chuck, like he wasn't even there and without thinking he grabbed her arm. "Blair!" he whispered.
Blair looked up from her phone to Chuck Bass staring at her. Her heart sped up dramatically as she looked into Chuck's beautiful eyes and saw his cute smile spread across his face. Blair fought with herself to not return the smile; instead she looked away from his gaze and fought out of his grip as she rushed out of the lobby and onto the street, leaving Chuck standing there, too shocked to move.
Blair breathed in the fresh air when the automatic doors opened, and ran down the street, she stopped when she got to the bus stop and broke down. Her breathing became hysteric and tears ran down her face. What was he doing here? She hadn't had any contact with him or the Upper East Side since she left, besides the occasional phone call from Serena, the random texts from Nate and the Gossip Girl Blasts that she no longer had any interest for. Not one word from Chuck. Her heart broke the night she left them, the night she left him.