I Will Reach You
Chapter Four
Chuck and Serena were waiting patiently on their flight being called. Chuck's father was using the jet this week for business or else they would have been well on their way to Italy by now. The airport was busy, full of travellers trying to get to the right departure gate for their summer getaways. The two of them were silent for a while, making the noises around them very loud.
"Why didn't you just meet her Chuck? Was it that difficult that you couldn't open your heart just this once? It's not like you don't know if she loved you or not. You had nothing to lose and she had everything" Serena shouted in a burst of outrage.
"So don't think I am on your side in all of this, I am only doing this for Blair. You aren't going to hurt her like this again, I will make sure of it" Serena said with a louder and angrier tone to her voice.
"Trust me Serena, I am not going to hurt myself like this again. I didn't want her to see the real me and then be alone again. It would be like losing my mother all over again and I just couldn't do that, it would kill me" Chuck said sipping his cardboard Starbucks cup. He glanced up at the screen in front of him and looking at the flight flashing red.
"Serena we are going to have a long wait, the flight has been delayed two and a half hours. I am going to get something a little stronger, care to join me?" Chuck said throwing his empty coffee cup in the bin and heading for the bar.
"Do we have the jet for coming back? I don't think I could put up with all of this coming back" Serena said as she ordered a martini. She took a large swig of her drink to try and calm her anger but she knew she would probably only fuel it.
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"But you don't understand I don't want this baby, you need to get rid of it" Blair said beginning to shout at the doctor who was trying to convince her not to.
"Miss Waldorf, I just want you to think about this, you are making this decision too rashly. What about adoption?" The doctor said calmly resting a hand on Blair's.
"I can't go back to school pregnant, don't you get it? This will ruin my whole future. I am supposed to be going to Yale next fall and if you don't remove this baby you will be the one who crushed every dream I ever had" Blair said snatching her hand away.
"I didn't crush your dreams Blair, you did that all on your own when you decided to have unprotected sex. Do you know who the father is? Have you told him about your plans for your child's life together?" The doctor asked flicking through her notes not looking for anything in particular. Blair rolled her eyes and demanded to see another practitioner. She was going to get what she wanted, that was one thing she was sure of. She didn't want this baby, it didn't stand a chance.
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After Chuck and Serena boarded their flight to Rome, they never spoke the whole flight. For the whole nine hours Serena had her earphones plugged in and was reading a book. Chuck lay back in his seat and stared out through the tiny window into the darkness. He tried to sleep but his eyes wouldn't close. Thoughts of her kept running through his head. Her smile. Her laugh. He closed his eyes to think of her and could almost feel her lips on his own. His eyes flew open when he heard a loud bang and his body was pushed back into his seat. He realised they had landed in Rome. He rubbed his eyes and shook Serena's shoulder, waking her from her deep sleep. They stumbled through the airport and climbed into their warm limo, awaiting their arrival. Chuck's heart started to beat a little bit faster knowing he will see her in a few short hours. She wasn't too far away.
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Blair stormed out of the doctors surgery and into her limo. She was a lot more calmer with the second doctor who talked a bit more sense than the first one. She had realised it was a little too rash and she didn't want to ruin her chances of having more children in the future by having the abortion. She decided she will take her final year of school in Italy, Yale would never know. It would probably give her a better chance if she did study here. She lay back into the seat and began to breath deeply. Everything was going to be fine. She will not even have to look at the baby when it's born and it will go straight into the arms of its loving Italian parents. She placed her hands on her stomach for just a moment and collected her thoughts. Then all in a split second, Blair heard a deafening crack coming from the side of limo. She was thrown from her seat and she felt the roof of car slam into her face. The windows smashed and shards of glass fell all over her and cut her skin to shreds. She was thrown back onto the floor and slammed into the left side of the car. Then Blair Waldorf's world went black.
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Chuck and Serena were asleep in the back of the limo until they were wakened by what felt like 300 sirens flying past their car. They hadn't moved very much in the past half an hour due to a large road accident where a bus collided with a limo and the limo was lying across the lanes. So they both spread out on each of the long seats to catch up on their sleep. Around an hour later they finally arrived at their hotel. Chuck was wide awake by now, hoping to see a glance of her. They checked into their presidential suite with many rooms.
"Can you please tell me if a guest is staying at this hotel? Miss Blair Waldorf from New York?" Chuck said slipping a few hundred euros into the young receptionists hand.
"Yes she is room 8129 but she left early this morning so I assume she would be back soon" The receptionist shook Chuck's hand slipping him the spare room key in his hand.
"Pleasure doing business with you" Chuck said slipping the key into his pocket and heading towards the lift. Serena walked into the empty lift first pushing the P button to take them straight to the top. Chuck pressed a different button and waited for Serena's reaction.
"I have somewhere to be first, don't follow me. I just want to make sure she is ok." Chuck said knowing she was going to fly off the handle.
"You have no right to do that, leave her alone Chuck I think she should see me before you ambush her" Serena said but she understood how much he needed to see her. She kept glancing over at him during the flight and his face was full of hurt.
"Serena I am going weather you like it or not, you can ruin it or not, as long as I get to see her" Chuck said pushing the ground button again deciding he needed to pick up a few things first. When the lift brought him back down he went to a florist close by and picked up the biggest most beautiful bouquet of flowers and bought a bottle of champagne at the bar in the hotel. He pushed the button on the lift again, stopping at 5 floors before the one he needed. The lift doors opened and her room was the very last one on the floor. He reached her door and felt his heart beating so fast as he slipped the key in the door. He walked in and everything was immaculate, like the girl who had occupied the room. He called her name and there was no answer. He sat down on one of the sofas, his gifts in hand, waiting for her to walk through the door. He would wait as long as it took. She was his whole entire world.