Dinner and Intervention
A/N just as a friendly reminder, this story is rate M
"Dinner. Tonight. The Empire." Dan read the text aloud to Blair.
"I thought he was still in Japan." Blair said as she read over an article written by one of the interns.
"He got back yesterday." Dan said yawning. They had returned from Miami that morning and he hadn't slept very well while there.
"NO!" Blair screamed in her sleep.
Dan rolled over and put his arm around her. "Blair, wake up," He said as he shook her.
Blair's eyes flew open and she allowed them to settle in the darkness. "It was about Serena again." She said tearing up as she clung onto him.
"Blair," Dan yawned as he pushed her sweaty hair off of her forehead, "I know you're worried about her, but right now I'm worried about you. You've hardly eaten."
"I know." Blair sighed. "I just have a lot on my mind."
"Try to get some sleep. I'm right here." He said as he cuddled next to her.
When they had arrived in Miami they had found out that their assistant had incorrectly booked a two-bedroom suite as opposed to two suites. They decided to roll with it and Dan had never been more thankful for an error, when in the middle of the night he heard Blair's high pitch screams. He rushed to her side and stayed with her until she fell asleep.
"Are you going?" Blair asked as she moved to her next article.
"Yeah, when Chuck Bass starts uttering one word sentences, it's a command not an invitation." He yawned again.
"Maybe you should go get some rest." She said knowing that she was probably the reason he was so tired.
"I'm fine. Remember, sleep is for the weak." He smiled.
"Maybe you're weak then?" she laughed when she saw him yawn again.
"Waldorf, get to work, dinner's in an hour and Chuck Bass will go Chuck Bass if we're late." He said as he moved on to the next article.
"Chuck Bass is already Chuck Bass and if Chuck Bass gets all Chuck Bass, who cares because he's already Chuck Bass." She smiled knowing that he had no idea what she was saying in his sleepy state.
He looked at her confused and said, "That may be the most times you've said his name in thirty seconds in three years."
"You really don't want to know how many times I used to say 'Chuck Bass'" she laughed at his horrified face.
"And this conversation just went south. We need to get back to work though. We need to be out of here in twenty minutes."
Blair and Dan arrived to find that Jenny, Nate and Eric had already arrived.
"Where's Chuck?" Dan asked pulling Blair's seat out for her.
"Why?" Blair asked, "are you going to go Chuck Bass on him?" she smiled as she took her seat.
"I'm about to go Chuck Bass on you." Dan said as she broke into a fit of laughter.
"Did this conversation just go kinky?" Nate asked watching them amused. "What does going Chuck Bass mean?"
"Good question." Dan said expecting an answer from Blair until he saw the mischief in her eyes and he decided he didn't want to know. "What's going on?" he asked before Blair could say anything.
"That is a good question Daniel." Chuck said as he walked into the private room. "As you all know, I just returned from Tokyo yesterday and I am proud to announce, that I have just acquired Tokyo's largest independent hotel. I wanted my closest friends to find out first." He said as a waiter came in with glasses of champagne.
"Congratulations." Dan said standing up and pulling Chuck into a man hug.
"Thank you, it'll be a few months before the acquisition is complete, but it's looking very promising." Chuck smiled as he toasted with his friends.
"You doing okay?" Chuck asked as he took a seat next to Dan.
"I'm fine. It's just…this whole Serena thing is really taking a toll on Blair." Dan sighed as he watched Blair in an animated conversation with Jenny.
"What's going on?" Chuck asked concerned that he had missed something while he was away.
"Well," Dan sighed, "Blair and I actually spoke with Serena Saturday night. To say that things ended badly would be an understatement." Dan gave Blair a small smile when he saw that she was looking at him.
Chuck caught the moment and put down his glass. "Is something going on?" he asked.
"What?" Dan asked confused.
"Between you and Blair?" Chuck asked watching Dan intently.
"Other than us being business partners and friends?" Dan asked. "No."
"You don't have to lie to me Daniel." Chuck said eyeing him.
"And I wouldn't, but there's nothing going on…" Dan said getting confused.
"I'm just saying" Chuck said taking another drink of his scotch. "You're a good friend Humphrey, to me and to Blair, and if you have feelings for her, you don't need my blessing." Chuck said sincerely.
"Um…thank you Chuck, but seriously there's nothing going on between us." Dan said still confused.
"It's just, you know I love Blair, and you know I've screwed up so many times with her. I've made so many mistakes and I would take back all of them if I could." Chuck said as he looked over at Blair who was making a face at Jenny who she was telling a story. "You're the one person that I would trust to take care of her. The one person that I would trust to love her like she deserves to be loved."
Dan stared at Chuck and grabbed his empty glass of scotch, "Seriously, how much have you had to drink?" he asked.
Blair smiled as Jenny excused herself to the restroom and Nate replaced her.
"So what's going on between you and Dan?" Nate asked as he saw Blair look at Dan for the hundredth time that night.
"What are you talking about?" Blair asked.
"It's just, you've been making eyes at him all night. You guys spend every moment of every day with each other. Are you guys shacking up?" Nate asked interested in the gossip.
Blair almost spit out her wine. "What? No, I am not 'shacking up' with Dan Humphrey."
"Really?" Nate asked kind of disappointed that he wasn't getting any privileged information.
"Yes really! I can't believe you'd even ask me that Archibald!"
"You guys are awfully chummy." Nate said as he watched Dan talk to Chuck and take a glance at Blair.
"We're just friends." Blair said as she gave Dan a small smile as he caught her eye again.
"Something's definitely going on." Nate nodded talking to himself.
"Oh shut up Archibald." Blair said as she hit him on the chest. She then made her way over to where Dan was talking to Chuck. "You ready to head out Humphrey?" Blair asked giving Chuck a small smile.
"Yeah, maybe I'll get some sleep tonight." Dan said getting out of his chair and Nate, who had just walked up gave Blair a smirk. She glared back at him. When Dan went to grab his coat his phone rang. Dan looked at his phone. "Hey Lily, what's going on?" he asked. "Yeah, I'm with them right now." He said, as he looked at the rest of them confused. "Sure, we'll head over." He said and then hung up the phone.
"Lily wants us all to come over." He said as they looked on. "She wants to talk about Serena."
They all arrived at Lily's penthouse to joined Rufus and Lily in the living room.
"Thank you all for coming here tonight." Lily sighed. "I went over to Serena's place to talk to her and she's gotten worse. I don't know how to get through to her, but something needs to be done."
Blair and Dan looked at each other. "Lily, we tried to talk to her on Saturday night, and she didn't want to hear what either of us had to say," Dan said.
"She threw a cup at me." Blair said, "a cup. At me!"
"I know dear, but she's going through a lot and I think it would be best that we have a unified approach. If she sees that all of us are there and how much we care for her, then maybe she'll change her mind."
"Mom, with all due respect, I've been back for a year and I've tried to talk to her everyday. She's going to have to hit rock bottom." Eric said.
"I'm pretty sure rock bottom for her is going to have to be death." Chuck added sadly.
"It doesn't have to be that way." Rufus said.
"We were just hoping that all of you could join us here next Wednesday. A doctor from the Ostroff Center will be joining us to stage an intervention." Lily stated.
"We can't make it." Dan said looking at Blair. "We fly out to Seattle Tuesday night."
"And I'll be in Tokyo." Chuck said.
"I understand that those are all busy meetings for you three, but Serena needs to get better." Rufus said.
"And Dad, I spent a lot of time trying to help her get better. I don't know how or when she's going to get better, but I can't put my life on hold hoping for the best for her." Dan said.
"I understand that Daniel, but what's one night?" Lily asked hoping he would change his mind.
"It would be one night in a string of many encompassing the last four years of my life." Dan sighed. "Honestly, I don't mind helping out, but I can't back out of plans or important meetings to make way for Serena' problems."
"Dan," Rufus said, "she really needs the help."
"She's needed the help for four years! And I've tried, I've tried, but I'm not going to be the one who's able to reach out to her. I agree that maybe a unified front would help." Dan sighed as he let his shoulders drop. He turned towards Blair. "You want to reschedule our trip to Seattle?" he asked her.
"I'll see if we can push the meeting to Friday." Blair said as she grabbed her Blackberry and started making the arrangements.
Chuck also grabbed his blackberry and said, "and I'll cancel my trip to Tokyo."
"I can't believe that we had to change our plans for Serena again." Dan said as he sat on Blair's bed and began pulling off his shoes.
"It's not that big of a deal Humphrey!" Blair called from where she was washing her face in her bathroom.
Dan had agreed to stay with Blair after their trip to Miami until they were sure that she could sleep through the night.
"It is a big deal Blair." Dan said as he angrily yanked off his jacket and tie. "I used to wonder why I couldn't move on. Now, I'm fairly certain that there's a rope behind me holding me back." He said as he climbed into bed.
"Think about the positives in this." Blair said as she made her way out of the bathroom and into her bed. "If for some insane reason this actually works, then she'll be at the Ostroff Center and we won't have to worry for awhile."
"I'm not supposed to worry now." Dan frowned as he began rubbing Blair's back to help her fall asleep.
After a few moments, Blair rolled over to face him and laughed.
"What are you laughing at?" Dan asked confused.
"You will not believe the conversation that Nate and I had tonight. He seriously asked me if you and I are 'shacking up.'"
"What?" Dan asked. "I would say that was crazy, but I kid you not, I believe Chuck Bass actually granted me permission to court you."
Blair burst into laughter. "I don't even want to know where they get these ideas from."
"You can't really blame them." Dan said, "I mean we're together 24/7 pretty much. We work together, we eat together, we live in the same building, and right now we technically are sleeping together. I can see where they'd make those assumptions."
"True, but they know us, so they should know how absurd that is." She laughed.
"Well," Dan smiled, "if I remember correctly, it wasn't even a week ago when you were kissing me in the foyer."
"I just needed a distraction." Blair said settling more into bed. "It didn't mean anything and I felt nothing."
"That's because I didn't kiss you back." Dan teased. "If I would've kissed you back, I would've rocked your world."
"I'm sure," she rolled her eyes "Dan Humphrey would have no idea how to rock my world."
"Care to make a wager?" Dan asked with mischief.
"Sure." Blair smiled. "If my world isn't rocked, then you must accompany me to the Opera this weekend."
Dan groaned. "I was just kidding," he rolled over so he was facing away from her, "I'm okay with not being able to rock your world."
"Nope!" Blair smiled, "That counts as a forfeit and you're going with me!"
"Blair!" He groaned, "Fine, but if I win and I rock your world, then for the next week breakfast, lunch, and dinner, all served to me by you. All week." He said.
"Deal." Blair smiled as she held out her hand for him to shake on it.
When he placed his hand in hers, she used it as leverage and wrapped her arms around his neck as she pulled his lips to hers. He was so surprised by the action that he immediately froze when he felt her lips brush up against his. Blair was about to pull away and claim victory when Dan rolled over on top of her and began to deepen the kiss. Blair wrapped her arms tighter around his neck as she felt his tongue slide against hers.
Dan unable to resist the electricity parted only to allow Blair to pull his wifebeater over his head. Their lips met again and Blair rolled over to gain control as she swiftly pulled her own tank top over her head. Dan couldn't control his urge and instantly allowed his hands to roam over her bare breasts as his lips met the area between her neck and shoulder.
Blair allowed a soft moan to escape her lips as she felt Dan's lips move to her left nipple. Blair unable to control the sensation between her legs any longer rolled them over allowing Dan to be on top as she pulled her thong down and threw it on the floor. She immediately then reached for Dan's boxers which she pulled away easily. Blair grabbed a hold onto Dan and positioned him near her entry.
The reality of the situation hit Dan as he felt her soft fingers wrapped around him. "Blair," he said wrapping his hand around the wrist that held him. "Think about what we're about to do." He said staring into her eyes. "If we do this, there is no going back."
Blair stared into his eyes as she shook off the hand that was holding onto her wrist and pulled him into her as she wrapped her legs around his waist. "I want this." She said as she crushed her lips to his. "I want you." She whispered as she pulled him even closer as they crossed the line of no return.
