5 people who knew Chuck Bass was into Blair Waldorf before he knew.
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Author's Note: First of all I have to thank you guys for your reviews- you are all so sweet, thank you so much! Your reviews make me want to write more and more.
In reply to a question I received from an unlogged reviewer named 'Grace' – Thank you for your review, but no Bart will not be playing any major role in this story again, although he will come into it from time to time.
Also- IMPORTANT: I have received a number of reviews in which people are asking if the 4th and 5th person in this story is Dorota, Nate or Eleanor- I'm afraid they are not and I can't really change the chapters I already have planned. HOWEVER, I am willing to write an additional chapter, if there is a demand, with one extra character finding out about Chuck- there is now a POLL on my profile in which you can vote for who you would like in the extra chapter, so please do go and vote!
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This story may contain mild swearing.
[NOTE: in this chapter, Chuck is 12-13 years old]
2. Georgina Sparks
When did Georgina Sparks first figure out that Chuck Bass was into Blair Waldorf?
While he was on top of her.
They were having their daily after-school make out session in his suite, his tongue so far inside her mouth that she didn't even realise when the words came out of her mouth.
'Want to go…a little further today?', she breathed, grinning at him, as he propped himself up to look at her.
'Why, Georgie,' Chuck said, smirking. 'I didn't know you were that kind of girl'.
Georgina sat up on the bed, looking at his ruffled hair and creased shirt.
'Please', Georgina scoffed. 'You say that like it's a bad thing. If I wasn't that kind of girl, I wouldn't be in Chuck Bass's bed right now with his hand on my right boob. I'll leave the 'saving my virtue for Prince Charming' for the Blair Waldorf's of the world'.'
Georgina stopped talking for a moment, to notice the thoughtful expression on Chuck's face.
'What? Chuck Bass trying to save his virtue?', she said, teasingly.
Chuck snorted, as Georgina brought her lips to his ear. 'Or does the thought of Blair Waldorf turn you on-'
'What ?', Chuck almost yelled, looking at her like she was mad. 'Why…what?'
Whatever Georgina had expected him to do, it wasn't that.
'I was joking', she said slowly, looking at him oddly before grinning slightly. 'Although if you're into the 'I'm so innocent' virgin thing, I could totally finish out my school uniform- I know its at home somewhere, I seem to have lost it after Queller's 15th warning that she'll expel me if I don't wear it the next time she sees me'.
'You're sick', Chuck said. Georgina looked at him, still grinning.
'No, you are', she said, pulling at the buttons on his shirt, slowly unbuttoning them. 'You are, if you find Blair Waldorf hot.'
'Who says I find her hot?', he scoffed.
'You did- but almost throwing me off the bed'.
'I didn't throw you off the bed'.
'You did- It's like you were trying to make room for Waldorf in here or something'.
'Whatever'.
'Hey, do you thinking I could convince Snow White to have, like, a threesome with us if we let her wear her headband in be- UMPH!'
Chuck smashed his lips onto hers, pushing Georgina down onto the bed.
'Shut up', he said, roughly, sliding his hands up her shirt to pull it up. 'And lets do this'.
Georgina blinked at him before letting herself become absorbed in their movements, trying not to think about exactly what might be going through Chuck's head.
He pushed up her shirt to reveal her bra, and just when he was starting on her jeans-
'IIIII PICK MY SKIRTS TO BE A LITTLE TOO SEXY, JUST LIKE ALL MY THOUGHTS THEY ALWAYS GET A BIT NAU-'
'CHUCK!' Georgina yelled out, as they both jumped up, and Chuck climbed off the bed to grab his phone. 'Turn the phone off…where are you going?'
'I'M THE KINDA GIRL THAT GIRLS DON'T LIKE, I'M THE KIND THAT BOYS FANTASIZE…'
Chuck stared at his phone, before picking it up.
'Waldorf?' He breathed loudly, trying to fix his hair from his previous activities.
Georgina couldn't believe what she was hearing. What did the little Snow White ever do to deserve that ringtone?
'…I'll be there in ten', Chuck finished, before hanging off the phone. Georgina got off the bed.
'Where are you going?' she demanded. 'I thought we were going to do it.'
'Later', Chuck said, shortly, re-buttoning his shirt and combing his hair. Georgina looked him, ridiculing him.
'You're seriously going to pass up sex to serve the Virgin Queen', she said.
'Look, I'll be back later', Chuck said, putting his phone in his pocket. 'She just needs some help, I'll be back…'
He opened and walked out the front door, without a second look.
'No, no you don't!' Georgina fumed, running up to the door, before screaming out: YOU'RE GOING TO STAY A VIRGIN FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE, YOU BASTARD!'
He didn't come back.
What, Georgina breathed, what just happened?
*.*.*.*
3 days later, it happened again.
Georgina grabbed Chuck by his collar, ignoring the wolf whistles that came from his group of friends when she dragged him down the corridor.
'Someone's horny', Chuck stated, pushing her hands off his collar. 'I'd appreciate if you didn't damage my clothes off in the process'.
'At this point, it doesn't look like you're much up to removing them', Georgina retorted. 'Are we going to do this, or not? Because I can find someone else to devirginize'.
The last three days, Chuck has been oddly absent, not picking up her calls, not coming to school. It was like….he was avoiding her. Why?
'You're such a slut', Chuck said, with contempt.
'Yes', she said, moving her hand over he shirt. 'So why be shy?'
'I hate you', Chuck said, but didn't stop her hands. She pulled his shirt, pulling him towards her, meeting in a harsh kiss.
'Last chance', Georgina whispered.
'Bitch', Chuck murmured back, but kissed back, pushing her towards a desk, his hands up her skirt.
'But you love it', Georgina breathed as he trailed his hands up her leg.
This was it. This time, she would officially have Chuck Bass eating out of the palm of her hand.
'Chuck', Georgina breathed, closing her eyes.
Suddenly Chuck froze.
Georgina shook him gently, noting his glaze was behind her head. 'Wha…?'
Blair Waldorf stood at the door, impatiently tapping her foot.
'Really, Georgina?', Blair said, briskly. 'Chuck? How original.'
Chuck quickly let go off Georgina, banging her head against a wall accidently, before going over to Blair.
'Oh, you know there's more than enough to go around, Waldorf', Chuck said, breezily, grinning at her, ignoring Georgina.
Georgina noticed the way he subtly flirted with Blair, something he never did with her despite everything they'd done already.
Blair smirked. 'As I'm sure Georgina will eat more than her share of the cake, I wouldn't be so confident with that statement until the day after'.
'Ever the virgin ice bitch, aren't you, Blair?' Georgina bit out, from her corner, fuming.
How DARE that bitch get in the way….AGAIN. Georgina didn't know what was worse, the fact that she STILL hadn't had sex with Chuck yet due to Snow White here, or that Chuck didn't even seem to mind.
'At least I'm not the one here with my legs wide open to all of Manhattan', Blair retorted.
'Girls…', Chuck tried to get in. 'Blair, what's going on?'
Georgina looked at Chuck, and the way his face automatically softened slightly when he talked to her.
'I just wanted to meet up to discuss the Spring Dance coming up', Blair said, as Georgina got off the table. 'You and I are apart of the committee, I thought we could meet up to discuss ideas.'
'I'm sure Chuck would just love that', Georgina said, rolling her eyes. 'Why don't you go get Golden Boy to help you instead? Chuck and I were a little busy'.
'Nate', Blair said, bitingly. 'is at Lacrosse practice. Chuck, you promised-'
'And you really think Chuck's going to leave to help you set up some lame barn dance where everyone have a stick up their ass-'
'Ironic', Blair interrupted. 'Don't you think, slut face?'
'And you really think anyone falls for the whole frigid act you have going on? Half the boys only trail after you because all they want is to see the Ice Queen beg-'
'While you're just GIVING IT AWAY to random homeless people in Brooklyn, I'm sure, you desperate, ugly-'
'The only reason Chuck even listens to you is because he wants to her the story when Nate finally manages to get in between your legs, not that that's going to happen anytime this century, you stupid little bit-'
'STOP!' Chuck suddenly yelled out, glaring at Georgina.
Both girls turned to look at him. Her heart beating hard and fast, Georgina, turned to look at Blair again, imagining the different ways she could injure her and get away with it.
'Georgina, shut your mouth', Chuck said, bringing Georgina out of her reverie.
What?
Chuck turned to Blair. 'Let me just get my stuff, I'll come with you.'
'What?', Georgina said, grabbing Chuck's arm. 'You can't seriously be-'
'Give up, whore-gina', Chuck said. 'When are you going to get it? I'm not interested. In you.'
He followed Blair , who was smirking, to the door, holding it open for her.
'When I do have sex', he said. 'It'll be with someone I'm sure doesn't have an STD at the age of 13'.
And with that, Chuck left, without a second look at her.
That's it, Georgina thought, harshly, Snow White's going to pay.
She kicked over a chair, breaking one of its legs, and went to look for Nate Archibald.
*.*.*
Georgina had needed Serena too, in the end, only she didn't need to go and find Serena.
'Georgie', Serena said, as she put her tray of food down on the table that Georgina was drawing on with a sharpie. 'Blair tells me that you both had an argument- what was that about?'
Georgina smiled innocently at Serena. Of course, Serena would come to her.
'Nothing to worry about', Georgina said, sighing. 'Just…the normal…'
'What do you mean?' Serena asked, as she unwrapped a sandwich, looking confused.
Georgina watched as Serena began to munch away at her sandwich, while alternatively eating chips out of a packet.
No wonder Blair can't stand her sometimes, Georgian thought, eats like a horse, thin as a stick insect and as naïve as a brand new baseball bat.
Georgina sighed again, dramatically.
'Blair doesn't understand, Serena', she said, carefully. 'She doesn't understand that its hard for…people like me'.
Serena stopped eating. 'What's hard for you?'
Georgina looked around, making her eyes as wide as possible.
'You can't tell Blair', she urged, holding Serena's stretched out hand.
Serena pushed back a strand of her golden hair and looked nervous. 'Georgie…'
'It's not anything bad, I promise. I wouldn't want to get you in trouble with Blair. You know that I love you, S'.
The last four magic words did the trick.
'What is it, Georgie?' Serena asked, firmly. Georgina moved closer to the other girl.
'I started a fight with Blair today', Georgina began. 'Because I was frustrated, angry…'
'And?' Serena prompted.
'And…', Georgina inwardly cringed. 'I was frustrated because I was jealous'.
As brilliant as Georgina was at acting, even she couldn't stop the shudder that tore through her body as those words. Yeah, right.
'Jealous of Blair?' Serena said, confused. 'But you've always acted like you hated her…'
'I only act like I hate her because I admire her', Georgina interrupted. 'Secretly. She's always so poised, collected and sophisticated'.
Uptight, whiny and frigid, Georgina amended in her head.
'Oh, Georgie!', Serena exclaimed, hugging the darker-haired girl. 'You're great too, you know'.
'Yes, but-', Georgina insisted. 'I always wanted to be in her little group, you know? On the Met steps. But I can't. I don't know how act and look like Blair…'
'Georgie, I'm sure Blair would love to have you join us on the steps', Serena beamed, clearly glad to see her outsider friend finally want to be apart of the in-gang. 'I'll help you…I'll...'
'I need you to help me with clothes first', Georgina said. 'I need you to take me to the places that's Blair shops at, tell me the sort of stuff she would buy'.
Serena looked worried.
'But, surely you don't want to completely copy Blair…'
'Serena', Georgina said convincingly, squeezing her hand. 'I just want to dress in a way Blair would approve of so I can properly apologize for the way I've been acting towards her. I want to have a fresh start. Surely Blair wouldn't want to stop you from helping a friend change for the good, would she, S?'
Serena looked confused and conflicted for a minute, obviously stuck in the middle of her two loyalties.
'Okay', Serena said, slowly smiling, before bouncing up. 'Okay, of course I'll help you. We'll have so much fun together, Georgie, all three of us on the steps!'
'Okay, so first I need an outfit for this spring dance, what would Blair wear?'
'I thought you weren't going to the Spring Dance, G?'
'I guess I might as well impress Blair by showing up to the dance'.
Sweet, simple, stupid Serena.
*.*.*
Georgina looked at herself on her compact mirror, as she waited for Chuck to open his door. Even she had to admit, Serena had done a good job.
She wore a simple, long, red dress with black sequined straps and a black sequined belt at the waist, with a matching black bow headband that complemented her dark hair which was tied up into a bun.
It was all modest, tasteful, slight retro and very, very Blair-ish.
Georgina was about to ring the bell again, when the door suddenly opened.
'About time, Bass-', she began, before her voice died in her throat. 'Mr Bass!'
Bart Bass stood at the door, looking her up and down.
'Hello, Miss Sparks', he said, loudly. 'Looking for Charles, I presume?'
She nodded. 'Is he here?'
Bart looked her oddly, something shiny in his eye.
Was he…amused?
Georgina gulped, waiting for her answer.
'I'm afraid you just missed him,' Bart replied. 'He's already gone to the dance'.
'Okay, thank you', Georgina said, remembering her manners. 'I'll see him there. Goodbye, Mr Bass'.
She began to walk quickly away from the door, when Bart called her back.
'Miss Sparks!'
Georgina turned around, suddenly really nervous. 'Yes, sir?'
'You look lovely tonight', he said, randomly.
'Thank you, sir', she said, nervously. Surely Chuck's dad wasn't coming onto her?
'However', Bart carried on. 'I don't think you dressing up like Miss Waldorf will help with Charles'.
Georgina blinked.
Is he implying…?, Georgina thought. How does HE know?
With what looked almost like a smile (it couldn't have been, its Bart Bass), Bart closed the door.
'Whatever', Georgina said to herself, as she rushed downstairs to get a taxi.
*.*.*
It had been an hour since Georgina had arrived at the dance hall. She was bored out of her mind, and worse, Chuck hadn't even looked at her.
She sipped some punch, before scrunching her face.
'This stuff tastes like crap', she said. Looking around her to see if anyone was watching, for she pulled out a bottle of vodka from underneath the table, where she had placed it earlier, and began to pour the lot into the punch.
She poured herself some more into a cup, before downing it in one.
'Much better', she said, smiling to herself.
After Serena and Blair still hadn't appeared at the party, Georgina decided to go look for them; she headed upstairs towards the bathrooms, when she heard distant sobbing coming out of it.
'It's not fair, Serena, it's not fair!', Blair was sobbing.
Excellent, Georgina thought.
'He knows he's supposed to come to this party', Blair cried, as Serena hugged her tight. 'How am I meant to make it as queen of Constance if I don't have a boyfriend to accompany me to important events like this? Everyone has dates to this!'.
'I'm sure Nate got the dates mixed up so he didn't realise that he was double booked', Serena explained. 'He doesn't see his dad often, and he said the tickets came from a friend and were really hard ones to come by'.
'But he can go see the basketball game anytime he wants!', Blair wailed. 'And when did I become second priority on his list? I can't go out there…'
Suddenly, Georgina heard someone breathing behind her.
'What are you doing?' a male voice hissed in her ear.
Georgina jumped, almost hitting the door as she spied on the two girls. Chuck stood behind her, his face contorted in anger.
'Chuck!', Georgina said, smiling at him. 'I looked for you everywhere!'
'What were you doing?', he said, ignoring her. 'What's wrong with Blair?'
'Why does it matter?', Georgina said, smirking. 'She can't even find her own boyfriend…'
Suddenly the bathroom door opened, and Blair and Serena came out.
Blair blinked as she saw Chuck and Georgina.
'What are you doing here?' Blair sniffed, her eyes slightly puffy. 'Can't you find anywhere else to have your stupid snogfests?'
'What happened?', Chuck asked, looking concerned, touching her arm gently. Georgina blinked at him.
Seriously, Georgina thought, this is getting old. Why the hell does Chuck care about Blair so much?
'Nate hasn't turned up', Serena explained, as Blair tried to look anywhere but Georgina, who was smiling.
'Prince Charming isn't so charming now, is he?' Georgina said, beaming at Blair. Blair ignored her, and walked away from them all.
'Blair!', Serena called, before running after her.
Chuck looked at them as they went, the worried expression not leaving his face.
Then he looked at Georgina.
'What the hell did you do?', he hissed, glaring at her. Georgina laughed.
'What makes you think I did anything?', she asked. 'Its not my fault that Blair's such an uptight bitch that even her boyfriend doesn't want to be around her.'
'Shut up', Chuck said, before walking away.
'Chuck!', Georgina called, following him. 'Just let her go.'
'Things like this are important to Blair, why the hell don't you understand?', he said, as they walked down the stairs. 'Just leave her alone'.
They walked out into the hall, where people had begun to dance. Georgina and Chuck stood at the side, watching as the lights dimmed to a blue setting and the dance floor became glittery with the mirror lights above.
The first song began to play.
'Chuck', Georgina said, softly. 'Do you want to…'
But Chuck had already begun to walk away, towards Blair who was sitting with Serena by the side, staring at the dance floor.
Georgina stood where she was, as she watched Chuck walk up to Blair and hold out a hand. Blair hesitated for a second, looked at Serena, who nodded at her encouragingly, before taking it.
They both walked slowly to the floor, and assumed position before slowly dancing.
I'm dying to catch my breath, Oh why don't I ever learn?I've lost all my trust,though I've surely tried to turn it around….
Georgina saw the look on Chuck's face, even in the dimmed lighting, as Blair smiled at him; he looked content and happy, a look unlike any she had ever seen on his face before.
He didn't look away from her face, not even for a second. He was completely absorbed in the dance, the setting, and in Blair.
He looked at Blair like she was…the most beautiful thing he'd ever seen. He'd never looked at her like that.
He'd never looked that happy with her before.
Give me something I can believe, don't tear it down, what's left of me, make my heart a better place
.
Finally, it hit her, what should've hit her a while ago.
Georgina stood, awe-struck, as she watched them, still dancing.
She knew Chuck was amused by Blair. Curious even. It never occurred to her that, on some…sub-conscious…level, that Chuck might actually like Blair.
She knew she should be upset, feel like she'd been lead on, but-
God, I can't WAIT until Golden Boy finds out, Georgina thought, grinning. Who knew Chuck had it in him?
Suddenly, in the corner of her eye, she saw Serena stand up and rush towards the other side of the hall.
'Nate?', Georgina breathed.
Nate stood at the other end of the hall and seemed to be explained himself to Serena, who looked at him crossly. Eventually, Serena pointed at Chuck and Blair on the dance floor.
'Well, this is going to be interesting', Georgina said to herself, drinking her vodka-punch.
Chuck stopped dancing as he saw Nate appear, his face a mix of frustration and slight despair. Blair turned to see why he had stopped, before squealing and hugging Nate when she saw him.
Georgina watched as Nate pulled Blair from the dance floor and through the exit of the hall, as she herself walked up to Chuck.
'Well, looks like Golden Boy does care after all', she said softly. 'Guess I was wrong'.
'He didn't care enough to turn up in the first place', Chuck bit out, before he could stop himself. Georgina noticed that his hands became clenched into tight fists.
'That's your best friend', Georgina said. 'And your best friend's girlfriend you're talking about.'.
Chuck carried on staring at the door.
'Let it go', Georgina urged. 'She's taken'.
She couldn't believe she was telling Chuck Bass to stop obsessing over a girl.
Chuck turned to look at after, staring like he hadn't heard a word she had said.
'I think I need some air', he said, before walking away.
'Chuck', Georgina said. 'Oh, for Gods sake, will you walk slower if you insist on going everywhere?'
She followed Chuck as he headed towards the exit that Blair had walked out of with Nate 5 minutes ago, only to bang into him when he suddenly stopped outside.
'What?', Georgina whispered.
Chuck was watching Blair and Nate, as they kissed , at the bottom of the stairs to the school.
'I love you too', Blair squeaked in the quiet that was the outdoors, beaming at Nate, who swirled her around before kissing her again soundly on the mouth.
'I don't know what I was thinking, leaving you here alone', Nate said, stroking Blair's cheek. 'Looking so beautiful , with all these guys around…'
Blair giggled and kissed him on the cheek, hugging him.
They were so taken in by their declarations that they hadn't even seen Chuck and Georgina at the top of the stairs.
'Chuck…'. Georgina said, slowly, unsure, for the first time, what to do.
She looked at his face, seeing the pain etched on his face, even in the dark. It disappeared as fast as it had appeared. But the look of pure devastation, even for a second, on Chuck's face was…unheard of. Impossible.
Georgina was silent as Chuck looked at her, like he was seeing her for the first time, dressed in her headband and Blair-like dress.
'No talking', he said, before pulling her face to his and kissing her hard.
Slightly taken back, Georgina quickly reciprocated, kissing him just as hard. Chuck pushed away for a second, breathing hard.
'Let's go to my suite', Chuck said, firmly, still holding her face.
Georgina nodded quickly, still unable to say anything.
So Chuck likes Blair, She thought to herself, smirking. That's not to say that I won't have my fun messing them both up.
1-Bart Bass-Check
2- Georgina Sparks-Check
3- Serena Van Der Woodsen (subject to order change depending on poll)
4-?
5-?
Song lyrics used:
Chuck's ringtone for Blair: Sexy, Naughty, Bitchy by Tata Young.
Song for Chuck and Blair dance: All I Need by Within Temptation.
Okay, so that's it for Georgina! I liked writing Georgina, but for some reason I don't feel like this chapter measures up to the last one. Its one hell of a lot longer though. It's nearly 4 a.m in the morning here, but I had to write this because it might be a week until I can write next chapter. Please make sure that you've read the Author's Note at the beginning of this chapter and vote in the poll! I'd be extremely grateful. Also, any questions about this story, you can contact me on my formspring account, the link is on my profile .
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