AN: Ok, so just to clear some things up. Blair left at the end of their sophomore year. So around June. I just wanted to clear that up. If anyone has any questions just ask. I'm changing a lot of things around. So its going to be confusion at first but it will clear up as the story goes on.

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from and Here, Again.

Chapter 2

Here he was, again. Walking in the park, alone. It been that way for quite sometime now. Just waiting. Waiting for what seemed like eternity. She was supposed to have come back months ago. He had been on edge the third month waiting around her apartment, he'd even gone so far as to actually listen to the gossip around school and checking on Gossip Girl daily. But as the months went by he began to doubt and withdraw. Never once giving into temptation.

He had worked hard to get clean; and he meant clean. Not just sober. He had stopped his whorish ways for quite sometime now. His pot-head days were long gone. This sudden change in behavior did not go unnoticed by his peers. His focus was actually placed on school and college applications. He need to bury himself in something; to keep his mind off of Blair. He had to stay clean.

Although the need to stay clean was most likely do to the fact that he was still waiting for Blair. His thoughts always seemed to linger in regards to Blair. He could give up now. He remembered the last time he saw her. Her dull eyes and her gaunt, twig-like figure still haunted him. He had broken her and now he wait for the chance to put the pieces back together.

Here she was; not three months like originally planned but a year and a half later. She hated being back but it was the only way. She missed the fresh air, the open skies, and the peace that came with life in the middle of nowhere. This place made her itch that she could not by any means scratch. She had too much to lose. She had given up too much to lose him now. This was part of the deal. Mother didn't want anymore line on her body. God forbid someone see, what would people say. Her reputation might be ruined.

'Not that her mother was going to have much of a reputation once word broke of her daughter's mistake. "Mistake" thats how her mother referred to him.' Her fist curled as she thought of her mothers cruel words. The very thought of her made her serene state of mind turn to blind rage. 'How dare she refer to him as a mistake. He was perfect in every sense of the word.'

There she was after a year and a half. She looked different. She was smiling, she was happy. She was Blair again, not the Blair that left. She was pushing a stroller through the park. A stroller...

Before he realized what he was doing he called out her, "Blair..."

She turned around looking around, when she saw me her smile faltered somewhat. She quickly collected herself and slowly walk towards me. He met her halfway there and reached to hug her. She almost jerked back but hugged him back.

"Hey, how are you," she ask trying not to look him in the eyes.

"I've been great. Where have you been, I thought that you were only supposed to be gone for three months," he said looking into the stroller. He probably didn't remember. After all it occurred during his experimental phase a while back. pot had taken a back seat for a while to alcohol and some more hardcore drugs. His memories were hazy about those few weeks. They didn't work out, they took too much out of him and made it noticeable. He had to be discreet. So, he went back to his use of marijuana.

"So, who's this?" he asked reaching into the stroller to touch him. She almost panicked but she stopped herself, calming herself. He couldn't know. The only time she'd given into him was when he was too strung out to remember anything. She knew it was the only time they could without him noticing the lines.

"This is Eli.."she took a deep breath," my son."