I couldn't get away from you,
even if you told me to,
so go on and try.
Just try and you're gonna see
how you're gonna not at all
get away from me.

Rufus Humphrey was exhausted. The past few months had been absolutely insane, and he just wanted everything to slow down for a little while. When he sent his daughter off to live with her mother, he thought it would all get better. He was beyond wrong.

Only a day after Jenny had safely arrived in Hudson, Lily received a devastating phone call. Chuck had been shot, and she immediately went into panic mode. She harassed the Parisian doctors as frequently as she could and spent most evenings making to-do lists and crying in his arms.

Apparently the bullet hadn't hit any major arteries, but the severe blood loss had caused Chuck to go into a coma. There was nothing they could do but wait.

'Lily?' he called as he entered their penthouse apartment. 'Lil? I'm back from the supermarket.'

'In the kitchen.' She replied distractedly, and he found her sitting on a stool, nursing a glass of apple juice. 'Hello darling.' She smiled weakly and walked over to him, lightly pecking him on the lips.

'How are you holding up?' He asked, wrapping his arms around her waist.

'Not very well.' She responded, leaning her forehead against his and closing her eyes. 'I'm so tired.' She sighed before stepping out of his grip.

Her blackberry began to beep and she lunged at it, her eyes quickly scanning the message she had just received.

'It's Serena.' She grinned from ear to ear before continuing. 'She says that Chuck woke up, and that there is absolutely no need to worry. Apparently they're releasing him tomorrow.'

'That's great Lil!'

'Yes, yes it is.' She nodded, softly biting her lip as tears filled her eyes. 'Two weeks ago he was worried about losing me, and now here we are. Oh my god Rufus, he was shot. And …' She didn't have to say anything else; he was immediately at her side, holding her in his arms and trying to make it all better.

'Lily, we can go to Paris if you want. I know seeing him might make you feel better.'

'You're so sweet.' She smiled against his chest, blinking back tears. 'No, I don't want to go to Paris. I'm just ... relieved that he's okay. I'm sad I didn't get to be there for him, but it's too late for that now. I just … I just want everything to go back to normal.'

'I know what you mean.' He kissed the top of her head, tightening his hold around her slender frame.

'Can we go away? I mean, the kids are gone for the summer and I just … I need to get away from all of this. I don't care where we go, I just want it to be far away from here.'

'I think that's a great idea. It can be the honeymoon we never got to take.'

'That sounds perfect Rufus. How about some wonderfully corny place? Like, Hawaii or perhaps a tiny cottage in some under populated state?'

'Or we could take refuge in the Hamptons?' he smirked at her, brushing his lips against her nose.

'Can we leave first thing in the morning?' she begged, pouting as she wrapped her arms around his neck.

'Let's start packing.' He grinned, and she took his face in her hands before kissing him, smiling against his mouth.

'I love you.' She giggled, kissing him once more.

'I love you more. Come on, I know it will take you a good four hours to choose a few weeks worth of clothes.'

'Mmm, you know me so well.' She passionately kissed him before allowing him to drag her upstairs.

2 hours later their bedroom was littered with lace Prada dresses, Hermes scarves and Calvin Klein sweaters. Rufus sat on the floor, eating Chinese food while she tried on her latest outfit.

'Okay, I promise that this is the last outfit.' She stated as she opened the doors of her walk in closet. 'What do you think?' she twirled around in a Rodarte evening dress, trying not to trip over the Balenciaga bags that cluttered the floor.

'Wow Lil.' Rufus inhaled, dropping his chopsticks. 'You look exquisite.'

'So, I guess I'll be packing this then.' She laughed, joining him on the floor and helping herself to some egg fried rice.

'Yes, you will be. I insist on it.'

'Oh do you now?' she laughed, kissing him softly. 'Honey, I just have to try one more thing on, and then I promise we can watch an awful movie and go to bed. In the meantime, do you mind going downstairs and getting me a glass of apple juice? I'm really thirsty.'

'Whatever you say Lil.' He kissed her again before making his way downstairs. She grinned as she watched him walk off and began removing her fragile dress.

10 minutes later he made his way back upstairs and found their bedroom empty. Lily's suitcase stood by the door, and he smiled upon realizing that she had finally finished packing. 'Lil? I'm sorry I took so long. We were out of apple juice, so I went to the corner shop and bought some.'

'Thank you sweetheart.' She called from inside her closet. 'Will you come in here for a sec, I need some help with this zipper.'

'Sure.' He replied, placing the glass of apple juice on her bedside table. He opened the closet door and found Lily wearing a black corset, a matching thong, knee high socks and stiletto heels. Her blonde hair was down, framing her shoulders and she had carefully applied some red lipstick. She looked ravishing, and his jaw dropped the instant he saw her.

'So, I know you liked the previous dress, but I was wondering what you think about this little ensemble?' she stared at him and waited for his response, smirking when he didn't – couldn't – say anything. 'You don't like it do you? I didn't think you would, I'll just go take it off and –'

'Don't you dare.' He growled, walking towards her and kissing her with all the passion he could muster. She moaned into his mouth before wrapping her legs around his waist and allowing him to carry her to their bed.

They overslept, and therefore spent the majority of the morning running around and trying to get ready for their trip. By eleven fifteen they were already on the road, cuddling in the back of the limousine they had hired.

'I am so excited Rufus!' Lily laughed, squeezing his hand and resting her head on his shoulder. 'A whole month of just you and me. No children, no cancer, no Holland or Will, just us.' She leaned forward and brushed her lips against his, parting them when things became more fervent. However, she quickly pulled away, covering her mouth with her hand.

'Oh crap.' She muttered, resting one hand on her stomach. 'Excuse me, James? Could you please pull over, right now.' She demanded, escaping from the car as soon as James obeyed her instructions. Rufus followed her, incredibly concerned, and found her vomiting on the ground.

'Lil, are you okay?'

'No. Fuck.' She cursed, tears falling down her face as she wiped her mouth. 'Rufus, do you have a mint or something?'

'Yeah.' He reached into his pocket and gave her a packet of altoids.

'Thank god.' She popped four into her mouth and got back into the car, rolling her eyes as she chewed on the wintergreen mints. 'James, you can continue now.' She announced, once Rufus had closed the car door.

'Lily, what's wrong?'

'Isn't it slightly obvious? I threw up, but I'm fine now. It must be a bad reaction to the food we ate last night.' She looked up into his concerned eyes and smiled at him, taking his hand in hers. 'Seriously, I'm okay. It's no big deal, I've already thrown up twice this week. I guess my body isn't handling the shooting as well as I'd hoped it would.'

'Well, he's okay now. You don't have to worry about him anymore. He's Chuck Bass, and therefore invincible.'

'I know.' She chuckled, snuggling into him.

'And we are going to have the most wonderful belated honeymoon.'

'I know that too.' She grinned, rubbing her thumb against the back of his hand as he kissed the top of her head.