Chapter 2
Blair Waldorf sat primly on the Jitney, hands folded in her lap, staring out the window as the town came into view. The Hamptons, the place where she would spend the last few days of her summer before returning to Constance and to her life, without Chuck. He somehow had managed to get the best of her when he never showed up, but she wouldn't let him see that…she couldn't. Slowly her ride came to a stop and everyone began to file off one by one, she opened her phone and placed a call, "Hey S, it's me, just getting in, I'm a little tired so I'm just going to get in and catch some z's. Brunch and shopping in the morning? " she said as she hung up, leaving Serena a voicemail and making her way off and onto the sidewalk. As the crowd began to part she saw him there, Chuck, a bouquet of flowers in hand, looking as if he just stepped right out of a magazine. For a moment in time Blair froze, the air from her lungs was taken and she had no choice but to stand there, lifeless feeling as if everything around her had just crashed down.
She looked more beautiful than he had even remembered, he watched her gracefully make her way off the bus and stand before him, a vision like none other he had seen before. Chuck extended the flowers out to her, a quiet gesture, unsure of what exactly to say to her first, the words stuck somewhere in the back of his throat unable to make their way forward. Blair only stared at him, her stillness suddenly broken as she shook her head, her brown eyes held no warmth at that moment, just a cool distant glare as she turned away and grabbed the lever of her luggage. She didn't want a car then, she didn't want anything or anyone, she just wanted away from him. She began to hastily cut through the crowd, pulling along her suitcase that she clearly had never toted far a day in her life, traveling down the sidewalk.
Chuck jogged after her, "Blair wait…just wait!" he called out running to her and grabbing her by the arm to pause her.
"Let go of me Chuck." Blair said, snatching her arm back, stopping and looking at him, cutting him with her eyes straight to the core.
"Blair just wait…we need to talk." He said, catching his breath and releasing her from his grip, he just wanted her to let him have a word, it was all he needed right now.
"I have nothing to say to you." Blair said as she stood in front of him, in control of her temper and trying to remember to stay cool right then, she could never let him see her vulnerable again, ever. He was the last person she every thought she would let in and once she did she had totally and completely given herself and he threw everything back at her. She would not make that mistake again. Nobody made a fool out of Blair Waldorf.
"Well I have things to say to you. Look I messed up, and I'm sorry. I just…" Chuck said, trying to squeeze in a few words, his mind was racing however.
"Save it Bass…I don't want to hear it. Look I'm fine. Sure you got me, I have to admit the first few days I spent waiting on you and then finally realizing you weren't coming, they hurt. But like all wounds I healed and you probably saved me from making the biggest mistake of my life anyways. Who would have believed we could have actually been able to make it as a real couple? Nobody, so thanks Chuck. Now if you will move out of my way I have things to do that don't include standing out on the street corner like some townie for the rest of the evening." Blair said, gathering up her luggage again and moving away from him, not looking back even once.
Chuck stood and watched her until she was out of his sight. Could she have really been right? Did he do her a favor by staying behind and not being with her? Somehow he just couldn't believe that, though he was sure many people would agree with that sentiment. He always got what he wanted, and right now he wanted Blair. He'd show her somehow that she was wrong, they could make it.
