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"To what do I owe this pleasure?" Chuck asked.
"What? Can't I just visit you?" Nate replied closing the door of Chuck's office.
"Of course" Chuck expressed "but the time you just came to visit me happened long time ago"
"Fine, I came to ask you a favor" Nate relented.
"Shoot" Chuck nodded "What do you need? Just please don't say you forgot an anniversary and need a gift, right now I don't have time to buy a present"
"No I didn't…." Nate began the he got thinking and then continued "I didn't forget anything, though thank you so much for the times you helped with that and by the way I didn't forget too many times" Nate defended making Chuck to roll his eyes "this time I don't need a present but I do need you to do something for me"
"Name it" Chuck assured.
"I want you to go out on a date with Blair tonight" Nate simply informed.
"What? Why?" Chuck exclaimed, Nate was not suggesting he spend a night in Blair's company just the two of them, was he?
"Well I noticed last night… you were a little rude to her… and I'd love for both of you to get along, please, I love you both guys and I don't want you fighting"
"Did Blair say something?" Chuck questioned.
"No, should she?" Nate responded.
"No of course not, I never meant to be rude, if that's the case I'll apologize and problem solved" Chuck suggested.
"No need to apologize Chuck, just take her out tonight, get things straight with her and everyone should be happy" Nate informed.
"Is that what you want me to do?" Chuck requested.
"Yes, I think it'd be a great opportunity for you to talk, to get to know each other without me or Serena interfering, I just want for all of us to get along, you are my people, I don't want you hating on each other" Nate repeated.
"Okay if that's what you need, I don't see a problem fulfilling your demand" Chuck articulated, this was going to be torture for him, but he'd do anything for Nate, he was the closest Chuck had to a family, after the nasty battle with his uncle for the total control of Bass Industries, Nate was the only person Chuck felt as a family, his brother.
"Thank you man" Nate mumbled "By the way, I made reservations for you guys at Tribeca 8 o'clock, don't be late man, I'll tell Blair"
"Sure" Chuck whispered before Nate left his office.
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"Hi sweetie, how are you?" Blair asked once she answered her phone.
"I'm great and I have excellent news" Nate announced.
"Oh! You do? Do tell" Blair murmured.
"Everything's ready for tonight, Chuck would pick you later so be ready" Nate responded.
"Is he? Wow, then, in that case I'm looking forward to it" Blair said not really excited, she was a wreck, she knew this was a bad idea but on the other hand she wanted to see what could happen with Chuck, not that she would allow anything to happen… again, but the thought of having Chuck to herself, to have him near her again thrilled her at the same time.
"Great, then I better l leave you so you can start to get ready" Nate mentioned and hung up.
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Nate is my brother, Nate is my brother, Nate is my brother was the mantra Chuck was chanting since Nate left his office, he couldn't do this to Nate his brother, yes he wanted Blair but Blair didn't want him, and he couldn't mess up things with them, he wanted Blair to be happy and if Nate made her happy or at least she thought Nate was her happiness we wouldn't do anything to jeopardize that and certainly he wouldn't screw things with Nate his brother… oh fuck Nate, he just needed tonight.
"Natalie" Chuck said pressing the button of his desk phone.
"Yes Mr. Bass" his secretary responded.
"I need you to arrange some things for me" Chuck informed.
"Be right there Mr. Bass" Natalie assured.
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"You look different" Dorota observed.
"Different? What are you talking about" Blair responded.
"I don't know, there's like a spark in your eyes, I haven't seen that in a long time, but you look excited, like happy but with a mix of fear, and… your hands are sweating" Dorota explained.
"I'm not sweating, nor excited, I'm just going out to grab a bite, that's all" Blair admonished.
"Where's Mr. Nate taking you?" Dorota asked.
"Mr. Nate is not taking me anywhere, Chuck and I are going out to have dinner" Blair mentioned looking herself in the mirror.
"Mr. Chuck?" Dorota exclaimed.
"Yes Mr. Chuck, now go away, finish whatever you were doing before doing my hair, thank you, but I have to finish getting ready" Blair ordered bussing herself with her jewelry box avoiding Dorota's inquisitive eyes.
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"Good evening Ms. Waldorf, Mrs. Bass is truly sorry he couldn't be here right now, and he asked me to escort you and bring you to him" Chuck's driver informed.
"Good evening Arthur, in that case shall we?" Blair greeted and pointed to the elevator.
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"Coming" Serena responded after someone knocked at her door "Nate! What are you doing here?" closing the robe she threw over her nighty on her way to the door.
"We need to talk Serena" Nate said.
"I don't think that's a good idea, I need to get ready Blair's going to be here any minute" Serena explained.
"Blair?" Nate exclaimed.
"Yes my best friend, your fiancée, brunette, small, doe eyes" Serena replied.
"Very funny Serena… so are you going out with her? Tonight?" Nate repeated.
"Yes, yes, we are going out for drinks, so I think is better if you leave now" Serena mentioned moving back every time Nate came closer.
"Ok, I'll leave it won't take long what I need to tell you" Nate whispered coming closer to Serena, now he was convinced the reason Serena was trying to get rid of him was the same reason he came here tonight.
"Fine just say it and get out" Serena murmured then she felt her back hit something she turned around to see what it was and it felt like a déjà vu, they reached the bar, again, just like in the Sheppard wedding.
Nate chuckled noticing they were near the bar encounter and said "I love you" with a big smile to Serena.
"No you don't, just get out of here" Serena protested.
"You know I do Serena because you feel it too" Nate articulated wrapping his arms around Serena's waist.
"No I don't…" Serena was pushing Nate trying to create space between them "and even if I do, we can't do this, Blair's my sister, your girlfriend, and she loves you and I can't do this to her, she would never forgive me"
"Serena" Nate whispered and with one of his hands lifted Serena's face to look into her eyes "I don't want to this either, but I can't hide how I feel about you anymore, I can't stop thinking about you and not just since the Sheppard wedding I can't stop thinking about you since the day I met you, don't fight this anymore" and with that he closed the space between them and kissed her.
At first Serena was refusing him, she was pushing him away with all of her strength but she didn't want to fight this anymore either so she kissed him back, the intensity of their kiss was growing, Serena felt when Nate was stripping her from her robe and she pushed him away.
"No, no, no, stop, I already betrayed Blair once and I won't do it again, she loves you and you are getting married in a week and a half, so I need you to get out of here and forget about me and if you can't do that, then I'll move out, I'll get out of the country if I have to, I won't lose Blair, she's my sister, the only one who gets me, so please don't make me go away, I won't survive if I don't have Blair in my life…" Serena pleaded a few tears rolling down her cheeks.
"I know we betrayed Blair, I feel awful about it and I don't want to hurt her either, just know that I don't regret it and I can't deny my feelings for you either Serena, I love you and not matter how near or far away you are, it won't change, but I'll respect that, I don't want you away either, I just needed you to know that I love you" Nate assured.
"And I love you too, but this can't be…" Serena replied "no if it means I won't have Blair in my life".
"I do get you too you know, but I get Blair is a part of you and you don't want to lose her like I don't want to lose you, I'll always be here, whatever you need" Nate mumbled.
Serena only nodded sweeping away her tears watching Nate walking away.
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"Where are we? This is not Tribeca" Blair asked once Arthur opened the door of the limo to help her climb out of it.
"I know, but this is where Mr. Bass asked me to bring you" Arthur informed extending his hand to help Blair.
"Bass what the hell is this?" Blair hissed noticing Chuck coming out of the restaurant and the driver walked away. "Explain".
"What? Nate didn't tell you we were going out on a date?" Chuck almost chuckled noticing how furious Blair was.
"Of course he did you idiot, but he said Tribeca and this is not Tribeca" Blair smashed her clutch in Chuck's chest.
"Why thank you Blair, but just so you know I can read too, and I believe it says 'Masa'" Chuck responded.
"Then what the hell are we doing here?" Blair questioned.
"I… I made a slightly change of plans, so we are going to have dinner in here" Chuck explained.
"Fine" Blair relented and began walking towards the restaurant door.
"Ah, ah, ah," Chuck exclaimed subtly grabbing Blair's arm stopping her then he turned her around to talk to her, both were trying to ignore the shiver running down their bodies at their touch, "Nate made reservations at Tribeca yes, and the date he planned is still there so if you want to go there we can take the limo and do that or… or you can stay here with me in the date I planned, but only if you want to, I don't want you doing faces or remarks or complaining, if you want to stay here is because you want to be here with me…".
"I… I don't know what to say" Blair whispered contemplating her options, doing the right thing and go back to the date Nate planned, that shouldn't be any different from the dates they always have or seriously going out in a date with Chuck, with stop-messing-with-my-head-Chuck, it was intriguing her, she genuinely wanted to have a date with Chuck Bass, how would that be? Chuck never dated before, was he really doing this for her? Now she really wanted to be here with him and only him.
"Tic tac Blair" Chuck whispered looking at her eyes, he wanted her to accept, he just wanted to be here with her if only for tonight, then he'll figure out it wasn't a great deal, grow out of the stupid crush he had and move on, after all she was getting married in a few days to his best friend his brother, how could he be doing this, yes for here, he just wanted tonight, he could live with the memories of this day for the rest of his life even if he'll burn in hell for the eternity.
"Okay" Blair said softly "I'd like to stay here tonight" she finished firmly.
"Good" Chuck nodded "We can have tonight Blair; no one even has to know".
"Is that what we have Chuck?" Blair asked and she wasn't referring to the date.
"Tonight Blair, that's what we have" Chuck relented and offered his arm for her to link hers and then they walked into the restaurant.
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