It's 3am in the morning, Blair is awake, something, she doesn't know what, is keeping her from her beauty sleep. The beauty sleep she couldn't need more as she is marrying Louis in exactly 16 hours. As soon as she thinks it, it doesn't seem natural, it doesn't seem right. Actually, she has felt this way for a long time now and she was just hoping that the closer she got from the wedding, the better it would feel. She was hoping, but deep inside she knew it wouldn't happen. Actually, deep inside she knew what was wrong and she knew exactly what to do to fix it, but she would never admit it, she was Blair Waldorf after all. All of a sudden, though, she found herself grabbing her phone and calling the last person she thought she would ever want to talk to, at those circumstances at least. He picked up the phone as soon as it rang. "Blair? Do you know what time is it?" He said, pretending to have just woken up, thinking about her wedding, he couldn't sleep either. She didn't answer, and she didn't answer because she had no idea of what to say, she didn't even knew why she was calling him, Dan Humphrey, out of everyone. He started to get worried "Blair, are you there? Is everything ok?" "Yeah, yes…I'm here." She said, in order to get him to calm down. And for a moment, they were both quiet, not a word was said, but still, that silence said everything.
She woke up with Dorota opening the curtains "Miss Blair must wake up" she said "Miss Blair must go to Paolo's to get hair done". She had fallen asleep with Dan on the phone, they weren't exactly talking, well, they were talking, but talking about everything other than what they should be discussing. They talked about the weather, they talked about Serena's new love interest, they talked about the new artist they should check out and they went on and on keeping themselves from saying what were really on their minds. It was now time to start getting ready, and she did it, somehow she was able to convince herself it was just another mask ball, just another bachelor party she was preparing herself to. But when she saw it, when she saw the dress, she was just no longer able to deceive herself. The dress was everything she had ever dreamed of, and more. Louis made sure it was just perfect for her. And it was, but while putting it on, she sort of wished it wasn't. She wished Louis could do at least one thing wrong, because if he did, she would have an excuse to start a fight and run away. Nobody would be surprised, not even Louis would, she is Blair Waldorf, there is no way other than hers. But he never did, he never did one single wrong thing.
She was already going to get her makeup done when Dan Humphrey showed up, with a starbucks cup of coffee in one hand, and a forced smile on his face."I thought you might need it, after all, you did spend the whole night awake" He said, handing her the coffee "Thanks Humphrey" she said, pulling out a smile, or something that reminded a smile. He stopped, and for one moment he even thought about leaving, but he didn't. He approached her, looked her in the eyes and managed to say "I know I shouldn't be here, and I know you should be getting ready, but I don't think I'll ever forgive myself if I don't tell you exactly how I'm feeling right now" he put his hands on her ribs pulling her closer, and continued "Every time I look at you, it's like my heart is on fire, every time I listen to your voice, it's like the sweetest melody of them all, I can't get you out of head, I can't stop thinking about you, and honestly, I don't want to. Because Blair, you are the best thing that has ever happened to me, and I can't lose the way I feel about you. I need you, I want you, I love you. And I know you love me too." She tried to say something, but no words came out of her mouth. She did love him, and she wanted to tell him how much she wanted him too, but suddenly she felt like simply saying it, wouldn't be enough. Their noses were almost touching, she put her hand on his neck, passed her fingers through his hair and looked him in the eyes " I love you too Humphrey" was all she managed to say before her mouth was already occupied with something else. He kissed her, like he had never kissed anyone before, it was different from everything, even from the other times they had kissed, because this time, they both knew it was for real. It was intense, it was deep, but most of all, it was good. She passed her fingers through his hair while he was kissing her neck, he pressed her on the wall, placed his hands on her ribs and she felt like every bone of her body was shaking, she involved him with her tights and heard a very low moan, she started to unbutton his shirt and it was when they heard a knock on the door.