Thank for all of your wonderful reviews, I've never had this many at the start of a story so I really do appreciate it.

If you are wondering where Serena and Dan are, they won't be as highly featured as the other two couples. Mainly because I SUCK at writing Dan and Serena XD

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Tents, Trauma and Too Much Talking

They had been at the camp for three hours, and although they had tried Blair and Chuck still remained tent less.

"Chuck please just hurry up, I am freezing cold" Blair moaned holding her flimsy coat together with her hands and shivering.

"Well maybe if you had brought something that actually passed as a coat then you wouldn't be cold would you?" he shouted back from underneath the plastic tent he was trying to put up.

Blair rolled her eyes "Well if you could actually put up a tent then I wouldn't be out here" she pointed out.

Chuck mumbled something incoherently; he put his arm through a gap in the tent holding out his own coat. Blair looked at it Chuck Bass was being nice? This was obviously some sort of parallel universe.

"What's that for?" she asked rudely.

Chuck sighed "You, you're cold aren't you?" he asked rhetorically waving it at her.

Blair smiled "Thanks, I guess" she replied.

Chuck snorted at her attempt at gratitude "No problem" he replied sarcastically knowing that he would now be freezing for the rest of the night.

Jenny however who's tent was opposite theirs had pretty much put the tent up by herself, Nate was pretty but apparently couldn't put tents together.

"Okay I'm done" she said gesturing to the tent a big grin on her face she was proud of her handiwork.

Nate smiled at her "Well done, sorry I was so useless" he told her.

Jenny smiled "No problem, besides you are now indebted to me for the rest of the trip" she said happily patting him on the back.

He laughed "Mm I guess so" he replied.

Jenny smiled at him "Looks like Chuck and Blair are having some… trouble" she said pointing at the two of them who were now standing outside their tent which was still not up having another argument.

Nate rolled his eyes "Yeh they're kind of indoor people, I don't think they've ever seen mud before" he explained.

Jenny smirked at him "Oh and you on the other hand are Mr Outdoors" she mocked.

"In comparison to Chuck, yes, yes I am" he replied poking her.

Jenny smiled this fortnight wasn't going to be so bad she might even make a new friend.

"Okay folks now that we all have our tents up" their teacher Mr Johnson said and everyone looked towards Chuck and Blair's tent and laughed. "We are going to make dinner, now I will give you all jobs to do so that it's fair. Miss Waldorf and Mr Bass you will be on firewood collecting duty so take the torches you were supposed to bring with you just in case you are out after dark" he said pointing at them.

Blair let out a whining sound "Blair calm down we aren't alone yet" Chuck said loudly spanking her in a dramatic fashion causing everyone around them to laugh.

"I am going to kill you in these woods" she threatened pointing her finger threateningly in his face.

"Mr Humphrey and Miss Van Der Woodsen you can stop canoodling for a start" he shouted causing Serena to blush and Dan to smile lopsidedly "You are going to be setting the table and getting everything ready" he told them motioning to the table that they had to put together.

"Miss Humphrey and Mr Archibald since you two are apparently the only mature students here you can make the dinner" He said smiling at them as if this was some kind of treat.

Jenny and Nate looked at each other "If this is what we get for good behaviour I think I would rather be bad" Nate said winking at her causing her to laugh and her cheeks to flush ever so slightly.

***

"I can't believe I'm stuck with you for two weeks" Blair grumbled as she pulled Chucks coat closer to her body shivering in the cold.

Chuck rolled his eyes "Well if you weren't then whose coat would you be wearing?" He asked feeling the chill himself; he now only had a jumper for protection.

Blair thought for a moment he did have a point "I already said thanks Chuck God what to do you want from me?" she asked him stopping and crossing her arms.

Chuck smirked "I can think of many, many things my dear, but I wouldn't want to make you blush" he replied raising his eyebrow at her.

Blair squeaked indignantly as a response.

"Come on Waldorf if we don't hurry up we'll be out here forever" Chuck said as he went off in the other direction.

Blair eyes widened "Don't leave me by myself Chuck" she cried out. She hated the woods, especially when it was getting dark.

Blair remained still for a few minutes she didn't want to walk off by herself she knew that she would never find her way back again. "Damn that mother chucker" she whispered angrily, and anxiously.

She hopped from foot to foot trying to keep herself warm and distract herself. She heard a crack "Oh no" she breathed as she looked around the trees she was near. "Hello?" she said into the distance.

Nothing, not a sound.

Blair groaned she was hating this more than she hated Chuck which was a lot.

Another crack.

Blair's breathing started to get quicker as she got more scared.

She looked to her left, and then to her right but she couldn't see anything.

"BOO!"

"Ahhh" Blair screamed almost falling over, her heart might have actually stopped for a second at the sound.

She turned to look at Chuck who was almost wetting himself laughing. She started hitting him on the arm.

"You idiot, why did you do that?" she asked punctuating each word with a punch.

Chuck rubbed his arm "It was funny" he replied simply smiling at her.

Blair screamed angrily "Funny? FUNNY? You scared the crap out of me!" she half shouted at him kicking him swiftly on the shin.

"Blair I'm sorry I didn't mean to scare you that much" he explained making an attempt at a begging face whilst nursing his leg.

Blair rolled her eyes "Whatever lets just get this wood, and go back" she said turning away from him in the direction of some twigs.

Chuck smiled as he followed her, pissing off Blair was now in fact his favourite pass time.

***

Back at the campsite Jenny and Nate were struggling with cooking. They had to cook for all thirty of the people on the trip and they only had rice, pasta and some sort of meat.

Jenny wrinkled her nose as she fished out something that resembled chicken, "This is so gross" she said holding it out.

Nate looked at her "I know we are supposed to be surviving but seriously could they not have stretched the budget for some better food" he asked her.

Jenny frowned "Obviously not" she replied as she looked at the bright yellow pasta he was stirring.

"This pasta looks like its on acid" he said he looked at it.

Jenny laughed "It is kind of neon coloured" she answered him as she took out some more chicken.

Nate and Jenny had been shown to the kitchen and forced into wearing chef's whites and hats. They weren't exactly rocking the chequered trousers.

"I think after this meal everyone at school might hate us" she said as she started slicing the chicken.

"I doubt that, they will have all died from food poisoning before they get the chance" he joked.

Jenny smiled at him as she went over to wear his was standing to get something instead she bumped into him as she leant over.

"Sorry" she said as she looked at him, not realising that before the accidental bumping into him that he had been holding sauce.

He looked at her his face and shirt now covered in red sticky gunk. "You're sorry?" he asked her his face and tone serious.

Jenny covered her mouth trying not giggle at him, it was quite hard you didn't often see Nate Archibald lose his cool.

She released a giggle "Are you laughing at me Humphrey?" he asked her and she shook her head laughing again.

"Well if it's that funny then you won't mind if I do this then" he said grabbing a handful of the sauce and smearing it on the front of her clothes.

Jenny gasped "Oh you are so dead" she said grabbing the closest thing to her an industrial sized bag of flour and pouring the majority of it over his head.

He opened his mouth and a puff of cloud flour flew of him. "Oh my God" he said. Jenny didn't even try not to laugh he looked some kind of ghost that had also been blood splattered.

Jenny placed her finger on her chin thoughtfully "I would say it was definitely a look" she said laughing at him.

Nate smiled at her nodding "Yeh well so is this" he replied grabbing a bucket of water nearby and throwing it over her.

Jenny squealed in high pitched voice the water was ice cold "Look at me, I'M ALL WET" she shouted her hair and face now dripping.

Nate smirked "Well at least you aren't laughing anymore" he retorted.

Jenny smiled at him "Uh huh" she said going up to him and getting more of the sauce and rubbing it over his face as if she were painting something.

Nate laughed "Okay stop it Jenny" he said grabbing her hands.

"Let me go" she shrieked as he rubbed his face on her cheek covering her face in sauce too.

"You started it" He said laughing.

"WHAT ON EARTH IS GOING ON IN HERE?" a voice boomed.

Nate dropped Jenny's hands as they turned around to be greeted by Mr Johnsons face he did not look happy.

Jenny looked at him guiltily.

"I give you one simple job and you can't even manage that, well you two can go without dinner tonight and head straight back to your tent" he explained to them.

Jenny and Nate nodded "Um sir could we at least use the shower block first?" Jenny asked sweetly attempting to appeal to his good side.

"I suppose so, but only ten minutes and then you need to be back in the tent" he stated as he motioned for them to leave.

Jenny and Nate left the kitchen their heads down as they made their way back to their tent.

"You know if he thinks no dinner is punishment, he obviously never saw the food" Jenny pointed out. She didn't care if she was in trouble she was having fun and that's what this trip was supposed to be about – kind of.

Nate laughed "Mm, I guess but what are we going to eat?" he asked her seriously he was a guy he needed his food.

Jenny grinned "Did I never tell you the first rule of camping?" she asked him.

Nate looked at her expectantly "Always come prepared" she finished winking at him.

***

It was dark now and Blair and Chuck were still out in the forest, they had found the wood just not the way back to the campsite.

"Chuck we are never going to get back, we are going to die out here and a bear will eat our decomposing bodies" Blair whined, feeling emotional about this whole experience.

Chuck gave her a look "Wow morbid much Blair?" he replied.

"I'm just being realistic" she replied grumpily, she was freezing cold, tired and hungry.

He put his arm around her and for some reason she didn't push it away. "It'll be okay we'll be back before you know it" he said in a soft calm voice.

Blair smiled "Life must be bad if Chuck Bass is the voice of reason" she mumbled.

He chuckled "At least you still have your humour" he said squeezing her arm sympathetically. He knew Blair was hating this whole thing and that she wouldn't be here unless she had to be.

Somewhere in the distance they heard a cracking sound Blair clutched Chuck as she jumped at the sound. Her face now buried in his chest she mumbled "What was that?"

Chuck looked around "I don't know" he replied honestly.

She looked at him "You aren't supposed to say that you are supposed to calm me down" she exclaimed.

Chuck rolled his eyes, everything was movie in Blair's world "I'm sure it was nothing come on we need to get back" he said holding his hand out to her which she gratefully took.

A second later they heard another noise and she was back holding on to him. He smoothed down her hair "Maybe we should just stay here for a minute" he suggested. Blair breathed deeply.

"Okay" she replied her response muffled. She moved her head so that she was looking at him she could tell that he was scared too she rubbed her fingertips across his face without saying anything. He didn't question it just lent his face closer to her. Blair knew that he was about to kiss her so she licked her lips subconsciously.

"Hey guys you okay?" They heard Dan say as he approached them Blair jumped away from Chuck who also tried to keep his cool.

"Yeh we just got um lost" Blair replied, hugging him thankful to see a face she recognized.

Dan was slightly taken a back "Are you really okay or have you eaten some magic mushrooms??" he asked after she let go he was surprised by the sudden affection.

She smiled at him "Yes I'm sure, I'm just glad to see someone other than Chuck even if it is you Humphrey" she said happily. As he started walking and showing them the way back to the campsite.

Chuck hung back for a second, watching Blair walk away. He wondered to himself if he would ever find his way back, back to normal anyway.

"Are you coming Chuck?" Dan asked looking over his shoulder. Chuck nodded walking a couple of steps behind them with his last thought still lingering on his mind.


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