"I thought she loved me"
"Apparently not" Blair softened as Nate turned to her "I'm sorry Nate"
"Me too"
"She didn't mean to hurt you" Blair found herself sticking up for her best friend again, Serena just didn't know how to be in a serious relationship.
Nate smiled "you've been sticking up for her for the past 5 months surely you should have got bored by now"
"I can't help myself" Blair reached out for Nate's hand and held it in her own.
"I just want what you and Chuck have. I see how much you love each other and-"
"It's not easy Nate" Blair interrupted "sometimes I just want to go back to how it all used to be."
"When we knew exactly what we wanted and who we wanted" Nate grinned "we thought we were gonna be together forever. We even planned our own wedding"
"When did things get so complicated?" Nate raised an eyebrow at Blair, did she really have to ask "you jerk" she laughed "you and Serena ruined everything" Blair's laughter died down, she meant it, they did ruin everything.
"You wouldn't change it though would you? I mean would you swap what you have with Chuck for what you had with me?"
"Yes" Nate shook his head "I guess not" Blair sighed "what we had was special though. And I was so happy and everything seemed so easy. Well until you ruined it. Would you go back and change it if you could?"
"Yes. If I could I would go back and change it so I never slept with Serena."
"Did you always love her?"
"No I loved you. I thought I loved Serena but I didn't. Not then anyway"
"But now you do and she broke your heart."
"At least she didn't choose my best friend over me" Nate laughed squeezing Blair's hand, he could never hold it against Blair and Chuck, he loved them too much.
"You can talk" Blair giggled "you know I'm always here for you right?"
"Yeah best friends forever remember"
"And you never know if things don't work out for me and Chuck and you don't work things out with Serena we might end up getting married." Blair joked before turning serious "if we're single at the age of 29 we should get married"
"29? That's a bit young to be giving up"
"No, I want to be married by the age of 30"
"Ok. Deal. Being married to you wouldn't be that bad" Nate shook her hand.
"Hey, you're very lucky I'm offering, I could find someone else. But they wouldn't be as special as you and at least I know I can put up with you"
"That is a very good point" Nate grinned, he couldn't imagine many people putting up with Blair for as long as he had but he knew the real Blair and he never wanted to loose her.
"Don't tell Chuck"