„…the thing is, Waldorf, I know this kinda hurts but….OWE! OOOOOOOOOWE! Nate! Nate make her stop!" Chuck shouted while Blair pulled on his hair with both hands. She lay in her new nightgown that she just bought for this event on the hospital bed.
"Chuck Bass, this is the last time I tell you my name is Archibald now. And yeees, labor does hurt you idiot!" Blair hissed as she pulled on his hair even more.
"Blair, sweetie, stop it please." Nate tried to calm her as he pulled on her wrists softly. "Look, if you pull out all of Chuck's hair he can't find women anymore who are willing to entertain him, which means he will booze even more and end up crying in our bed again."
"HEY! I wasn't crying!" Chuck protested. Serena laughed out loud from the corner she sat in and flirted with the doctor.
"Yes you were, Bass!" Blair snapped back before she lay back and concentrated on breathing.
They both referred to a rather disturbing event not long time ago...
Blair and Nate just moved in in their new house, close to the Waldorf apartment. Blair had given Chuck a key for emergency or when Nate was confused again and forgot where his one was. Since Chuck lived in the Palace again, which was only two streets away, it was the safest place for Blair to stock the second key. But one night, just when they fell asleep, the bedroom door flew open and a half naked Chuck Bass who was only dressed in his suit jacket and pants came in.
'CHUCK BASS! WHAT THE HELL! And where are your shoes and socks, idiot?!" Blair yelled at him, but before she could yell any further, Chuck crawled in the bed between them and started to fuss about his life sucking and things like that. At the end of his whining detour, he felt asleep crying between them. Nate nodded and pulled Blair over Chuck to his other side. He wanted to be there for Chuck but cuddling with Blair wasn't allowed for Chuck though. Finally Nate throw a blanket about the three of them. Blair on his right, Chuck on his left side. That night, Nate didn't sleep a second.
Nate shared a look with Blair and she sighed. Chuck had been there when Serena dumped Nate to run off with Tripp and Blair knew that. So she rolled her eyes and said 'Fine.'.
The poor frighten young doctor never saw something like this. It was his first night as chief doctor on the birth station and all of the sudden those four crazy people showed up.
A very pregnant Mrs. Archibald who was about to give birth to their son. Her husband, a confused looking blonde guy named Nate. A blond bomb shell that introduced herself as Serena van der Woodsen and Chuck Bass, the famous womanizing billionaire who sneaked a bottle of scotch in the delivery room - only God knew how.
The doctor was glad not to get any attention but in that very moment, Chuck Bass turned around to him and offered him the bottle with a smirk.
"CHUCK! Stop trying to intoxicate my wife's doctor!" Nate yelled to overplay the pain in his hand. Blair pushed it desperately to make her husband suffer too.
Not too many years ago, nobody would have thought that their life would turn out like this.
Serena was a model now and jetted around the world all the time.
Chuck Bass finally sold his hotel again and bought his shares of Bass Industries back. The company doubled its annually win each year since.
Serena and Chuck were both singles now. After their attempts to make it work with their high school loves (who were ironically Blair for Chuck and Nate for Serena) which lead to much frustration and hurtful break-ups, Blair and Nate found back together for the third time. And you know what they say about the third time…
This time they work out. Free from the family pressure and the obligation, far away from New York, Blair and Nate finally found their personal way back to each other.
At some point they admit to see the future by each other sides. So a big UES wedding party were held and Serena was maid of honor and Chuck was Nate's best man of course.
But all of this didn't matter for the second Blair Waldorf took all power she had left to bring her and Nate's beloved little son Alexander Harold William Archibald I. .
And the whole five minutes afterwards when the NJBC eyed the perfect, luckily blond, little boy in bliss until…
"Ugh, Waldorf, what the hell is this that's coming out of you there?" a really drunk Chuck asked after he congratulated and hugged his best friend Nate and get a first row seat to watch when the afterbirth plopped out of Blair.
"CHUCK BASS! Stop staring at my South!" Blair scream-whispered to prevent her baby boy's first hearing loss but still scaring Chuck off from doing what he just did, while Nate gave him a small glare and Serena rolled her eyes.
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"WHAT?" Blair yelled shocked when Nate came out of the shower. She clearly misheard him.
"Yeah, I called Chuck. I mean, he's the godfather and all." Nate replied nonchalant. Blair was sitting on the bed and just trying difficult pairs of shoes for the night when her usually beloved husband told her who he choose to babysit this evening.
"And you thought it would be a good idea to leave our one and a half year old baby alone with Chuck Bass of all people, yes?" anger built inside her and Nate could feel it. Over the years his sensors for her moods got way better than they had been when they were teenager.
"Come on, it's not like he hasn't babysit him before." Nate retorted.
"Yes, oh thoughtful husband of mine. But that time Dorota and Alex's nanny were here too." Blair shouted.
"If you so scared we can still cancel." Nate suggested slight hopefully.
"No way, Archibald. You promised me this and we'll go." Blair returned.
"Well then you have to trust Chuck I guess." Nate concluded and Blair opened her mouth to respond but a whimper on the baby monitor was heard and she turned around and went to her son's room.
"Hey baby. Did daddy and mommy wake up, sweetie? Don't worry. The Bass-hole is going to take care of you. Otherwise mommy will kill him." Blair cooed.
"ma!" Alexander cooed back.
"I highly doubt that." a sly voice sounded behind Blair.
"Bass." Blair nodded at him.
Nate came now dressed from their bedroom in the hallway where Chuck leaned against the nursery's doorframe and Blair just picked their son up.
"Hey, man." Nate greeted him.
"Nathaniel. I must say, I'm disappointed." Chuck declared.
"What is it, man?" Nate asked confused.
"Well, I come here to babysit your offspring and the first thing I've to hear is your wife's plan to murder me. That's almost rude." Chuck smirked.
"You know what's almost rude, Chuck Bass? Combine this purple bow-tie with turquoise suspenders." Blair mentioned nonchalant as she walked closer with the baby.
Nate and Chuck both chuckled at her comment.
"Hey there, little guy. Do you remember me?" Chuck asked the baby.
"Uck!" Alex screamed in delight.
"Well, two more vowels to go, Alex." Chuck smirked as he stretched out his arms to take the child.
Blair handed him over. "Or only one. That would expression my feelings every time I have to face you too, Bass." Blair smirked.
"Oh, not a problem at all. I bet grandma Eleanor would LOVE to hear THAT as his first word." Now it was Chuck's turn to smirk.
"Okay, enough you two. Blair, please come on now or we're going to be late!" Nate intervened.
"You're right, Nate." Blair sighed but followed him to the cupboard next to the elevator to grab her coat and her purse.
When they were ready to go, Blair turned around to gave Alexander one last kiss on his forehead and threaten Chuck one last time with an almost scaring smile. "Chuuuuuck, if anything happens to my baby, punishment will be beyond everything you can imagine, understood?"
"Perfectly, Mrs. Archibald." Chuck nodded grinning.
Blair got in the elevator and she and Nate waved at Alex who returned the gesture.
When there were only seven inches to go before the elevator was completely closed, Chuck started to talking again. He couldn't let Blair get away with that threatening, could he? One last chance to piss her off…
Seven inches.
"Now, that we're alone Alex…"
Six inches.
"…there's something…."
Five inches.
"…I think you should know…."
Four inches.
"….now that you turned a year old…."
Three inches.
"….and you'll go to kindergarten soon…"
Two inches. Blair frowned by now. She knew with one look on his face that he was up to something.
'…..and there will be tons of girls…*
One inch.
"….has anyone told you about the birds and the bees yet?"
"CHUCK BAAAAASSS!!"Blair yelled inside the closed elevator. Chuck laughed before he went inside the living room to turn on some Disney movie for Alex who was almost asleep again.
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"Won't you ever talk to me again, now?" Nate asked Blair, only half joking.
They were in the Vanderbilt limo on their way to a surprise.
"Don't be ridiculous, Nate. I just wondering about something."
"Care to share your thoughts, love?"
"Don't you wonder sometimes too why Chuck behave like he does? I mean all the teasing, I think he's just lonely. And that makes me sad somehow."
"Blair." Nate returned sharply.
"That's not what I meant. I don't love him that way anymore. You should know that by now. We're married for more than three years."
"So you don't care for him anymore?"
"I care for him as a friend. Just like you. Like we always have."
Nate pulled her closer. "I know." Nate sighed. Blair froze and turned her gaze slowly to meet her husband's ones.
"I know that sigh. What are you hiding, Archibald?"
Nate cursed himself.
"Well, there's something I haven't told you but you have to promise not to tease him."
"I promise."
"I mean it, Blair!"
"So do i. Now spell it!"
"He's in love."
"WHAT?"
"Chuck's in love."
"You can't be serious." Blair grinned. Chuck Bass in love again? Not possible. Not that she didn't want him to move on. In fact she wanted him so much to do so. But, somehow, the thought of it was ridiculous. Chuck Bass was never in love. Not even with her. "With whom?"
"Remember your promise?"
"Come on, Nate."
"Do you remember the girl from the Snowflake Ball? Justine?"
Blair bursted out in laughter. 'Oh Chuck, you just hooked yourself quite a lot of jokes.'
"Blair, you promised!" Nate whined.
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"So which DVD is it going to be, Alex?" Chuck asked the small boy in his arms as they stood in front of the DVD shelf of the Archibald living room.
"Bear!" Alex exclaimed.
"Paddington Bear. Again? Really? Come on, there are so many nice movies here." Chuck pleaded. Watching children movies was embarrassing enough. But watching one and the same again and again was torture too.
"BEAR!" Alex commanded as he pointed at the DVD with the bear who wore a blue jacked, a red hat and yellow gumboots with a pout.
"Kid, I tell you. You may look like your father but this need to re-watch a movie at least thousand times and THAT pout are screaming Waldorf."
Alex gave him a toothless grin in return.
"Ah, and there's the Archibald smile again." Chuck laughed and shook his head.
Alex frowned for a moment before he pointed to the shelf again and commanded "BEAR!" when Chuck wasn't quick enough for his opinion.