A/N: Part two, this is just a two-shot. I won't continue after this chapter. I like Louis, it's nothing against Chuck, really, but in Blair's position, I would have chosen Louis.

After climbing out of bed, again, that morning, Blair grabbed a change of clothes and her phone and headed into the bathroom. She turned on the water of the shower and as she waited for it to warm up, she dialed her phone.

"Hello?" the voice sounded a little unsure, what time was it in New York, anyway?

"Humphrey. I just wanted to tell you, and believe me, I don't say this lightly, you're a genius." Sliding her unoccupied hand under the stream of water to test the temperature, Blair smiled. Their plan had worked perfectly.

"It worked? I mean, yeah, of course it did. You're a beautiful woman Blair, I'm sure you played the part well." Daniel Humphrey barely concealed his surprise through the phone that a scheme he and Blair had concocted when she realized that she would indeed be going with Louis. "He fell for it, then? He 'ran afoul of that which vexes all men'?"

Blair scoffed into the receiver, "Really, Humphrey? Isn't Pirates of the Caribbean a little juvenile for you to be quoting? And don't say it like that. He didn't fall for anything; I was just able to use your plan to persuade him to see the truth."

She could hear Dan chuckling on the other end, "However you want to look at it, I'm glad it worked: show a little skin, dangle what he claims he doesn't want in front of him- it would work on nearly any man. Glad to know princes aren't any different than the rest of us."

The water had warmed appropriately by now, "Oh shut up, I'm hanging up now!" Blair barked into the phone. Softening her tone she added, "Hey, Humphrey?"

"Yeah, Blair?"

"Thank you." With that, she disconnected and cleared the call from her history before stepping into the shower.