He said let's get out of this town
Drive out of the city
Away from the crowds

"Let's go away." Blair looks over in shock. After finally, finally declaring his love for her, she'd pulled Chuck in his limo to celebrate as only they could, and they'be been snuggled up in a quiet afterglow ever since.

"You're not gonna abandon me at the airport are you?" She asks skeptically.

"Of course not. I don't know if you know this, but I've never exactly had a girlfriend. I just thought it'd be easier without the prying eyes of the entire Upper East Side," he explains.

"Fair point," she concedes.

I thought heaven can't help me now
Nothing lasts forever

"Anywhere you want, one week," her tells her. Even if she'd been planning on saying no, how can she now with him looking at her like that? Like she's beautiful, like he... Loves her. He loves her. She can't help the wide grin that spread across her face.

But this is gonna take me down
He's so tall, and handsome as hell
He's so bad but he does it so well
I can see the end as it begins, my one condition is

"So is that a yes then?" Chuck asks like he already knows the answer. Then again, he probably does. He's frustrating like that. Frustrating and wonderful, and everything she wants. It terrifies Blair to think of how this might end, but at least if they go away, she'll always have the memory.

"Paris," she decides finally. When she dreams about their trip years from now, she wants it to be in Paris.

Say you'll remember me
Standing in a nice dress, staring at the sunset, babe
Red lips and rosy cheeks
Say you'll see me again even if it's just in your wildest dreams
Wildest dreams

They're at some society event. These sort of invitations just seem to follow them, even outside of the country. He doesn't know which one, he's attended far too many in his lifetime to keep track. It's outside, the glistening couples in couture doting the scenic grounds like sprinkles on a huge cupcake. He's marveling at how well middle aged housewives manage to pretend to be nice to each other after gossiping and sleeping with each other's husbands when he sees her. She's standing at the edge of the garden in a red dress, glass of Dom in hand, gazing at the sunset. She's so beautiful he forgets to breathe for a second. Impulsively, he walks over and wraps his arms around her waist. She turns around, melting into his arms when she sees him.

"Public displays of affection? That's very boyfriend like of you, Bass," she teases gazing up at him.

"Well public displays have never been our problem," he points out with a smirk. She rolls her eyes, but not before he catches the wistful smile on her face.

"Let's get out of here."

I said "No one has to know what we do,"
His hands are in my hair, his clothes are in my room
And his voice is a familiar sound, nothing lasts forever
But this is getting good now
He's so tall, and handsome as hell
He's so bad but he does it so well
And when we've had our very last kiss
My last request is

"I wish we could just stay here. In our own private bubble. No gossip girl, no prying eyes. No one but us knowing what's going on," Blair sighs. The last week has been so wonderful. They've barely left the hotel room, the only evidence that they were ever outside is their clothes scattered around the room haphazardly.

"Me too. But Summer doesn't last forever. You start school in the fall." She groans loudly, a sharp contrast to the usual sounds that have been coming from her the past week.

"Yeah, at NYU."

"It won't be that bad. You'll rule there just like you do everywhere else." His faith in her lifts her spirits- she can't remember the last time she's been this happy, this satisfied with where she was. She can see the Eiffel Tower from their window. She knows it's cliche, but it feels right. Everything about this feels right, she decides smiling broadly. She'll never forget how on top of the world she feels at this moment.

"Enough talk about the future. Let's just keep enjoying this moment," she tells him finally, and when he kisses her, she swears she sees stars.

Say you'll remember me
Standing in a nice dress, staring at the sunset, babe
Red lips and rosy cheeks
Say you'll see me again even if it's just in your wildest dreams
Wildest dreams

A year later she finds herself in Paris again. This time with Serena. She spends the days putting on a brave face and pretending to be happy, but when she closes her eyes all she sees is her and Chuck wrapped in a warm embrace as the sun sets behind them. She tries her best to keep a brave face, which is easy since her best friend isn't very perceptive. There are welcome distractions, but by the time she crawls into bed, she's emotionally drained. Every part of her body hurts. Sleep should be an escape, but all it does it pull her back in time. Back to being in love, back to when being bad felt so good. Back to the happiest she's ever been. Somehow, when she wakes up, she still has tears in her eyes.

You see me in hindsight
Tangled up with you all night
Burnin' it down
Some day when you leave me
I bet these memories follow you around
You see me in hindsight
Tangled up with you all night
Burnin' it down
Some day when you leave me
I bet these memories follow you around

They say hindsight is 20/20. When he wakes in the company of a blonde instead of a brunette, he realizes it's true. He spends the day doing all he can to pretend that life never existed- it's better for everyone involved that way. But every night, the memory haunts him. The two of them holed up in their hotel, pretending the rest of the world doesn't exist. Her ruby coated smile looking up at him, lighting up her entire face. Her blush when he brings up what they did in the hotel room in public. Feeling like they'd last forever. He puts on a mask and pretends to be someone else, but every night the memory of the only person to ever truly know him chases him until he wakes up in a cold sweat.

Say you'll remember me
Standing in a nice dress, staring at the sunset, babe
Red lips and rosy cheeks
Say you'll see me again even if it's just pretend

The invincibility of their summer together is long gone, wounds too deep to even heal plaguing their every movement. Their days are bleak and unmeaningful without each other, the resentment and heartbreak growing with every passing minute. But every night, when they've been suppressing the emotion for far too long, their subconscious drudges it up, and they're trapped in the vision of being happy and in love, dressed to the nines and kissing in the twilight. They don't know how they'll ever handle seeing each other again in person, but in the safety of their dreams, they let themselves remember. Remember love, remember passion, remember what they had. Because itwas long gone, and could now only be found in their wildest dreams.

Say you'll remember me
Standing in a nice dress, staring at the sunset babe
Red lips and rosy cheeks
Say you'll see me again even if it's just in your wildest dreams
In your wildest dreams
Even if it's just in your wildest dreams
In your wildest dreams

-Taylor Swift,

Wildest Dreams