A/N: I am not going to finish ABC Story or Timeline so I decided to make these a bunch of oneshots and two shots and add more stories to the Dair community! :)
OMG I will have Green with Envy up today! School has been kicking my ass and I haven't had time! I am thankful that I finally got a break for the story! :) Happy Thanksgiving!
Babies and Broken Hands
By: Nellbell222
Blair Waldorf had been scared before but never like this. This was heart stopping and lung collapsing fright.
Her whole body is shaking, her breathing is hitching and her eyes are watering with tears of pure fear. Her palms are sweating and her face feels cold on the tile in her bathroom. She has just thrown up for the second time that day and butterflies are flying around in her stomach.
Dan is at work and she is alone in their new home. This is the home which they tirelessly picked out just two months after their wedding. This was exactly seven months from yesterday. Blair picks herself off the filthy bathroom floor and floats to the elevator which then leads her to the drug store on the corner with sunglasses that cover her entire face.
She does not know which one to pick up. They all look the same so she grabs one of each and struggles to the counter.
"New mother?" Blair almost gags but just shrugs with a small grimace.
"I have two at home. A son that just turned three and a one year old. The loves of my life; I wouldn't trade them for the world." It was like she saw right through Blair's "composure" and then saw the underlying anguish.
Blair just takes the tests and hurries up to the penthouse with her hand over her mouth. This time, however, she is not sick from the possible child within her but her own fingers. Her fists pound on the ground and she breaks down. The tears flow wildly and her mind reels at the thought of her disorder reappearing but she calms down enough to rationally think that it was the stress of not knowing.
She should check.
Twenty minutes later, she hesitantly steps back inside the bathroom. Her eyes wander to the several sticks and one, lone cup on the counter. She reads the first.
Pregnant.
Second,
Third, Positive.
Cup, Blue; in which insures that Blair is in fact pregnant. She slides down the wall and her head, eyelids and body feel heavy and tired and she can see herself creeping into slumber. She rests her face on the side of the bathtub and starts to cry.
By the time she awakes, it is almost four thirty and Dan will be home in less than an hour. She gravely stands up and stretches her limbs while disposing of the evidence. Her mother called multiple times as did Serena and her assistant Melody. She had totally forgotten about work in her mental breakdown but that wasn't the worst tragedy.
As on a timer, her phone comes to life and she has every suspicion that it is Dan but she feels relaxed when she sees Serena's name pop on the screen.
"Hello?"
"B! I thought you died! I called you about a million times. Nate and I were at Aegean Café and we were wondering if you wanted to join us for lunch but Melanie called me wondering where you were. Where have you been all day?"
"Her name is Melody."
"Whatever, Blair. But where have you been? You are lucky I didn't call Dan because he would have rushed home in a fit of fury."
Her throat closes up as she imagines Dan bursting into the penthouse and seeing the "evidence" on the counter, jostling her awake and telling her how great this will be or that they should think about other options since they were only twenty five.
"Thank you for not doing that." She says in a small voice, "I am not feeling so well. I fell asleep at ten this morning and I haven't been up since. Sorry, S."
"It's alright B. I'm sorry you are sick. You want me to go to the drugstore on the corner and get you something for you stomach? That lady is very nice there." Blair gasps and almost drops the phone. That lady will know Serena is there for her.
"No, no! I am fine. Dan will be home any minute. Plus I am going to go there myself anyways. I feel alright to do that. Thanks anyways, S. Bye!" She hangs up the phone and reaches for her coat. She needs to leave the house as soon as possible. She cannot face Dan right now. Seeing his smiling face will just remind her of how the baby inside her might have his smile. That makes her sick inside; literally.
Before she can make her escape, she runs to the sink to dry heave into it since there is absolutely nothing in her stomach. In the midst of her heaving, she feels strong arms around her waist and holding her hair back. She closes her eyes and wishes them to go away but they stay exactly where they are.
Dan releases her for her to be able to turn around, which she does not do. He tries to turn her head but her chin refuses to move.
"Blair, what is wrong? Melody called me and said you didn't get into work today. She said you weren't answering your phone either. I was so worried about you! And then I called you and you didn't answer!"
Her hands travel to her own "sick" stomach and she whispers before she can stop herself, "Daddy was just angry with Mommy for not calling him. It's not your fault you made Mommy sick."
"What? Your mom is angry with you too? I couldn't imagine why since you happened to not call anyone back today! Jesus, Blair."
When Blair starts to cry, she holds her invisible baby bump. She hates when Dan yells and she can almost tell that her baby does too. She finally looks at him with a tear-streaked face and his face softens the slightest.
"Blair…I didn't mean to make you cry. You know that but I just worry about you. Just tell me, what was wrong today?"
She is only about 6 weeks but she can almost feel her little baby move inside her. It gives her courage and strength. She, finally, feels happy for the first time that day about her pregnancy. She worried about her baby all day just like Dan worried about her all day. She still has doubts but now, she looks into Dan's eyes and feels safe.
"You really want to know what is wrong with me?"
"More than anything."
"Daniel Randolph Humphrey," she grabs his hand and presses it to her stomach as he gives her an odd look, "You are going to be a Daddy."
His face lights up and Blair knows she will not be alone in this as she felt with her pregnancy scare in junior year. She doesn't need to be scared that she was too young or that Dan will leave because they are married and they are going to have a family. She has her own family now.
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