Blair sleepily opened her eyes as daylight began to crack through the blinds causing her to squint. It took her a second to take in her surroundings, as the previous days horrific events came flooding back to her. She twisted her head to look around the room, only to realize she had fallen asleep on Dan's chest and could now hear the steady beat of his heart under her left ear which was surprisingly reassuring in the current situation. She slowly lifted her head and adjusted her position to lay on her pillow. She could now see Dan clearly and literally had no idea how he had managed to sleep in what looked like the most uncomfortable position known to man. He looked pretty rough she had to admit, which was not surprising taking into account the circumstances and the fact that if anything like this had happened to Dan she didn't know how she would get through the day. She really didn't like hospitals especially being alone in at night, this thankfully she hadn't had to experience yet thanks to Dan's all nighter at the hospital. She put a hand out to smooth out a piece of his dark hair, only for him to slowly begin to stir.
He blinked a couple of times, like her looking unsure of his surroundings at first before lifting his body up slightly.
"Hey" he almost whispered before reaching out for her and pulling her into his arms for a hug.
"I don't know how you slept like that you know, you almost looked in pain to me" she stated her head facing the opposite direction as he pulled her tighter into his arms. She was attempting to avoid any kind of conversation on a emotional level to prevent further tears for either of them.
"I would never leave you here on your own, you know that" he whispered before releasing his hold on her.
"So" she said trying to remain upbeat, "you grab a wheelchair and well make a run for it? I think we can be back at the house before anybody notices"
"As much as I would love to do that, I somehow don't think your doctors would be too thrilled" he smiled up at her.
"Oh come on Humphrey live life on the wild side for once" she tried to smirk at him.
"Blair are you trying to get me arrested or something, kidnapping a Waldorf I bet I could go down for a good ten years for that, and that's not counting what your mother would do to me." he stated lightly. "Speaking of which she should be on the plane home from Paris as we speak." he remembered, he hadn't really enjoyed the conversation explaining what had happened to a horrified Eleanor who had assured him she would be on the first possible flight back to New York.
Blair nodded intently dreading the moment mother would arrive, and see for herself how bad Blair assumed she currently looked.
"Would you like anything" Dan asked softly as he moved a piece of hair from her face.
"I'm okay thank you I have everything I want here" she smiled, before composing herself. "Hey since when did I get all soppy, if this is what living with a Brooklynite does to me maybe I should relocate" she laughed lightly.
"Over my dead body are you moving anywhere" he said seriously.
"Dan that's so not amusing in our current situation" she eyed him before playfully slapping him across the chest.
5 days later
"Dan help I need you" Blair almost screamed from her bed which she had hardly left since Dan had brought her home two days ago this was of course down to her leg, which was heavily encased in pot at the moment.
"What's wrong are you okay?" he said, breathing heavily as it became obvious he had rushed upstairs immediately to her aid.
"Yes I just need the remote thank you" she smiled sheepishly up at him as her obliged her request.
"You scared me I thought something was seriously wrong!" he frowned at his giggling fiancée.
"You will be Waldorf, you will be, just you wait till your feeling better and you will suffer the consequences" he smiled down at her before sitting on the bed and putting a arm around her back causing her to rest her head on his shoulder.
"So what we watching?" he asked, assuming it would be one of two things, a pointless daytime chat show, or his preferred option one of their favourite movies.
"I'm thinking breakfast at tiffany's" she said as she turned to look at him, prompting him to kiss her lovingly.