Chapter 2
A few days passed and it was finally Monday. Chuck knew that what he did and what he was planning was going to be a risk, after a brief excursion to the UK to close a business deal for Bass Industries, celebrate his 18th birthday legally with a few drinks, and to clear his head, he finally knew how he'd felt about Blair. Actually hanging out with a few people he knew in London, and realizing that all the girls he'd attempted to chat up looked like Blair...but weren't quite her...really made him realize that. It was fortunate then that when he went shopping in London, Harrod's carried Pierre Hermes macaroons, Falz stockings, and Chanel No. 5 perfume...all things he knew Blair loved. Going to Harrod's made it seem like he'd traveled the world to find Blair's favorite things, when they'd already done the work for him...talk about one stop shopping!
Chuck sat in his limo and kept checking his watch to see what time it was, and would ask his driver, Arthur, if he'd spotted Blair yet, as he waited impatiently for her. The whole dressing casually idea was one he'd thought of in the spur of the moment, as a way to perhaps make his plans easier and because he knew Blair liked covert operations as much as he did, perhaps even more. Still though bringing his limo would definitely tip people off, and he'd debated with himself whether or not to bring it, but since he knew how much Blair loved limos...yeah that's why he brought it.
Chuck was still playing it cool, when Arthur suddenly told him that he saw a young woman walking down the street who might be Miss Waldorf. With a quick glance out the window, Chuck confirmed it, as he gathered his packages, climbed out of the limo, and leaned against it, trying to look cool and as if he hadn't a care in the world. He watched Blair walk down the street carrying a bag, and although she looked different than the version of Blair he was normally used to, he certainly liked what he saw. Blair looked good in skinny jeans and designer engineer boots, because it showed off her shape somehow more than her prissy skirts normally did. And the added touch of a loose gray scarf and a leather jacket were things he liked too. He then started to imagine what she was wearing underneath and how soon he'd be able to find out...but before he could let his thoughts wander any further, Blair approached.
"Hello, Chuck. I got your text message a few days ago to meet you here at four pm on Monday, so here I am. You said to dress casually, so I did...and you did too. You look good in jeans, Chuck." Blair laughed as she quickly eyed Chuck, dressed in jeans, laced up wingtip boots, a blue t shirt, an italian leather jacket, but his hair still combed as usual. He certainly didn't look bad, and the jeans showed off his butt in a way Blair rather liked, just a bit unusual for Chuck Bass.
"Uh thanks...you look good too, Blair. I'm glad you came because I wanted to ask you to...run away with me." Chuck admitted.
"What? Run away with you? Why?" Blair gasped as she dropped her bag to the pavement.
"Yes...Run away with me Blair...for the week, the summer, however long we need...I know we need to talk about a lot of things...so I thought this was the the only way we could it. That's why I asked you to dress casually, so that we could escape the city without anyone interfering." Chuck replied, as he leaned down and picked up her bag and held it for her.
"All right, Chuck, I agree we need to talk...and I love your idea of covertly escaping our friends, family, and least of all Gossip Girl...but still Chuck, why do you want me to escape the city with you to talk? What made you suddenly come back?" Blair asked, her eyes staring right into his.
"Well, I had to come home anyway, but I realized something while I was gone...that you're special to me...and that if you still feel the same way you said you felt about me...we should give it a go..." Chuck admitted.
"Give it a go? Do you mean you want to have a relationship with me?" Blair asked curiously.
"Yes...because you're special to me...and so I thought we could go for it...or at least discuss the matter. That is if you still feel the same way?" Chuck asked nervously curious.
"Yeah of course I still feel the same way! I mean sometimes you still make me angry, you probably always will, but I still love you, Chuck Bass." Blair sheepishly admitted to him.
"Good...uh come here...I have some gifts and some other things I want to tell you and would rather save it for the limo...but first things first..." Chuck said as he drew her close and whispered in her ear "I just thought I'd tell you that I love you too, Blair Waldorf, and have for some time."
"You do?" Blair gasped as she turned his face to hers and he smiled and laughed "Yes I love you." as they then drew each other into a kiss.
They kissed momentarily until Chuck whispered in her ear that they should get out of there and be on their way, so they slipped into the limo and were soon on their way, making out as much as they could in the back of the limo. When Blair wanted to reenact their first time together, Chuck laughed and groaned, saying "Ergh...I'm tempted...but don't you want to save it for the plane?"
"The plane? You mean we're going to fly somewhere?" Blair laughed a bit surprised.
"Of course! I asked you to run away with me, so we are. We can take that trip to Tuscany together that we didn't do last year, because I was an idiot. Or we could see the Seven Wonders of the World...the Coliseum, the Pyramids of Giza, the Taj Mahal, the Great Wall of China, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, and whatever else is left. Or we could go to France to visit your father and Ramon. Or take a trip to Rome and have our own Roman Holiday...or Greece...or wherever you want to go! I'm open to ideas." Chuck replied, bemused.
"Wow, Chuck, those are all great ideas, I'd have a difficult choice...wow...you must really love me, if you're willing to take me to all of those places." Blair pondered as she suddenly realized the sacrifice Chuck would have to make from his newly minted career as CEO of Bass Industries, if he took her to all of the places he'd suggested.
"Yes...I really do. It'll take some sacrifices from work, but it'll be worth it. Despite what you may have done with my uncle Jack...I still love you and have for quite awhile. I think I loved you years ago, when Nate was always your boyfriend and I was your friend...or at least I wanted you because I always saw you as the perfect woman...but it soon turned into love that first time were together. I've been with a lot of women, but being with you felt like...I don't know how to describe it...like I was coming home or something. I was honored to be your first, I wish I could've been your only...but I guess we can't change our pasts." Chuck opened up to her.
"Yeah, I'm sorry about that too Chuck. After our first time together, I hated to see you with other girls, at Victrola's and wherever else. I don't know why I did the stupid things I did these past few months...I wanted to blame it on you, but I realize now that I have to take responsibility for my own actions as well. So for my part of the relationship, I'll try not to cheat...and I expect the same from you. Is that a deal?" Blair replied.
"Ha ha of course! You know how I feel about cheaters, just ask Lily. I'd suggest you ask my father, but unfortunately he's dead." Chuck said as his laugh turned into a sigh.
"Yeah I'll have to ask her sometime...Anyway Chuck how are you dealing with your dad's death, even now?" Blair replied, her voice becoming concerned.
"Honestly, Blair, I take it one day at a time..." Chuck sighed as he became slightly withdrawn.
"Aw...dear, I know. Well, I'm here now, so I'll try to help you. I'm glad you let me back into your life, and that I'm not freaking out over losing Yale and whatever else anymore...because I love you and I was really worried about you there for awhile...I still am." Blair sighed as she wrapped her arms around Chuck and gave him a comforting kiss.
"You were worried about me? Well I was worried about you, even though I was stupid and let Nate try to comfort you, then even went so far as to let Vanessa comfort me in a week moment..." Chuck said.
"Yeah about that, Chuck Bass...hmm...though even if Vanessa's not the tramp Elle or some of your dancers and hookers were...if I ever see you with her in that way...you will not like what I'll have to say!" Blair chided him.
"Well then, if I ever see you with my uncle Jack..." Chuck began.
"Yes I know what you mean...and I far prefer you over your uncle any day, Chuck. Being with him was one of the stupidest mistakes I've ever made and I don't intend to repeat it. Anyway, let's just forget all of that and concentrate on the future and our summer together, as it goes." Blair admitted as she sidled over to Chuck, threw her arms around him, and drew him into a passionate embrace.
Their time together was soon interrupted when they arrived at the airport. Once there, Chuck helped Blair board the Bass Corporate Jet, from where the decided to start by flying to France to visit Blair's father Harold, and then take things from there. While in the plane, Chuck presented Blair with the gifts he'd bought, the macaroons, the stockings, the perfume and lingerie. Blair loved all of the gifts and said she'd thank Chuck in her own way, as she took some of the items into the bathroom. After a few minutes, Blair came out wearing the lingerie, stockings, and perfume, asked Chuck's opinion to which one of his trademark sly grins was his reply. Blair winked at him seductively herself, as she slid onto his lap and decided to reenact few of their favorite moments, their last seduction attempt from the infamous party, combined with their first time in the limo, and a few other memorable moments...and thus they joined the mile high club. And in all actuality the young couple realized the Bass Corporate Jet was even better because it had a bed where they could take it to as well.
