This chapter is the longest one so far, and something very exciting happens! For Dan fans I added a little bit of him in. Hopefully you enjoy this chapter and please don't forget to review at the end! They're much appreciated
Blair was asleep in her bed, when she felt warm arms wrap around her. She smiled to herself.
"Hello," a voice whispered. A voice she had been waiting to hear since 10am. The owner of the voice twined their hands together, and played with her engagement ring.
Chuck had gone to work early that morning. He hadn't wanted to partly because he couldn't be bothered, and partly because he didn't want to leave Blair. They had been engaged for 2 days, but they still hadn't told anybody.
After his proposal on the roof of Victrola, Chuck had taken Blair back to his penthouse at the Empire and rather than having sex like normal couples would, they'd stayed up all night planning exactly what their wedding would be like. They were way too excited to wait.
They had been doing the same thing for the past two days, and Chuck had taken some time off work to stay at home with Blair. But this morning he had had to go into work, because something vital had come up.
Blair had pretended that she didn't care, because he was going to have to go back at some point anyway, she just wished it hadn't been so soon. Now that he was here though, with his arms wrapped around her, she didn't mind.
"Hello," she said.
"Are you okay?" he asked.
"Yes, are you?" she replied.
"I'm good," he said.
"Hmm," she hummed in contentment.
"When are we going to tell people about our engagement?" Chuck asked. Blair smiled; she still adored the sound of that sentence.
"Well, unless she's really stupid, I'm betting Serena has probably guessed already, considering we both thought you were going to propose that night, and I haven't been home for 2 days," Blair chuckled.
"The obvious has been known to escape Serena," Chuck said.
"True," Blair agreed.
"I say we tell them tomorrow," Chuck proposed.
"Tomorrow sounds good. It's settled then," Blair said. Chuck kissed her cheek and she rolled over to face him. "You know, we still haven't had engagement sex," she hinted.
"Do you know, I was about to say the same thing," he said.
"Well, we'll have to do something about that," Blair said, her hand reaching down to unzip his trousers. Chuck growled and pulled her slip over her head.
"You bet your ass we will," he said and Blair laughed. He kissed her passionately, and she fumbled around, trying to remove the rest of his clothes. When they were both finally stripped bare of all clothing, they continued with their passionate love making.
The next morning Chuck and Blair entered the Waldorf penthouse hand in hand. They both had big smiles plastered all over their faces, and almost burst out laughing when Dorota and Serena came running up to them asking to see the ring. Blair blushed and held out her hand.
While Serena and Dorota where oohing and ahhing over it, Chuck slid his arm around Blair's waist and kissed the top of her head. She looked up and smiled at him.
"I make special brunch!" declared Dorota, and then she skipped away to the kitchen before anyone could stop her.
"Congratulations guys!" Serena said, hugging them both. "I hope you don't mind, but I invited a couple more people to help celebrate," she said guiltily.
"What would you have done if we weren't actually engaged?" Chuck asked.
"Made you get down on one knee and propose then and there! We've all waited on you long enough!" Serena said. Blair laughed.
"I'm sorry! I was biding my time, making sure I had the right woman," Chuck said, and Blair elbowed him.
"You're going to have to tell me how he did it!" Serena demanded.
"Later," said Blair, smiling. "Now though, I want to see who the couple of people you invited are," She continued. Serena looked almost ashamed.
"Serena, what did you do?" Chuck asked. Blair unwound herself from Chuck and went into the living room. She jumped in shock when a chorus of "CONGRATULATIONS!" erupted from the room. There were banners on the wall, food everywhere, and everyone standing around had a flute of champagne.
"A couple of people Serena?" Blair mocked.
"I'm sorry! But we were all excited!" Serena defended.
Serena, Nate, Lola, Lily, Rufus, Eleanor, Cyrus, Harold, Roman, Vanya, Anya, Dorota and even Eric with his boyfriend Kevin, had all turned out to congratulate the happy couple.
"We're all happy for you sweetheart," said Harold.
"And let me just say now, that I will be designing yours and Serena's dresses, assuming that she'll be your bridesmaid," Eleanor said seriously. Serena looked up at Blair hopefully; her eyes wide like a puppy's.
"Of course you can be my bridesmaid Serena," Blair giggled. Serena squealed and threw her arms around Blair.
"I'm gonna be the best bridesmaid you've ever had!" Serena declared.
"You said that the first time," Blair chided. The room went quiet at the memory of Blair's first wedding. The atmosphere changed completely, and it got even more awkward when Chuck cleared his throat and excused himself. Blair watched him walk out of the room and heard him make his way up the stairs.
"Eat, drink, have fun, we'll be down in a minute," she said, and then turned to follow Chuck upstairs. When she arrived at her bedroom door she found Chuck sitting on her bed with his head in his hands.
"Chuck," she said gently, but he didn't lift his head. "Chuck you know this wedding is going to be the one that works. Louis was wrong for me, we all knew it. You're the right one, and we all know that too. And we will have a great life together. We will grow up, raise a family, become grandparents, celebrate our 50th wedding anniversary...you'll see. This is what should happen; this is what I need to happen. This is what I, we, want to happen," Blair said encouragingly. She looked at Chuck again, "You do want this to happen don't you Chuck?" she asked, nervous that he wasn't responding.
"You're questioning whether or not I want to marry you?" Chuck asked, sounding angry. This threw Blair; she thought he'd been upset, not angry.
"No, Chuck, you weren't replying, I was just worried," Blair tried to explain herself.
"Blair, you settled for Louis. How do I know you're not settling for me after Dan?" Chuck asked, sounding broken. Blair's heart started beating double time. She sat down next to him on the bed and wrapped her arms around him the way she had when he'd come to visit her after his father had died, when he'd needed comforting, like he did now.
"Chuck, I am not settling for you. I was settling for Dan and Louis. You are the one I want, you're the one I need. I love you more than anyone or anything else in the world. I love you more than my headbands!" she joked, and she felt Chuck laugh beneath her. "Don't worry about whether or not I want to marry you, because that's already set in stone. Worry about when and where you're going to marry me!" she said seriously.
"Okay," Chuck nodded, and then he stood up and made himself look extra masculine. "Will you do me the honour of becoming my wife Miss Waldorf?" he asked jokingly.
"Well since I already have your engagement ring I guess I have to agree!" she laughed.
"Well then let's go party like there's no tomorrow!" Chuck shouted and Blair laughed very hard. He grabbed her hand and they ran downstairs together. The gathering of people seemed quiet and virginal, so Chuck gave Blair a look before turning up the music very loud and grabbing all the alcohol he could find from the kitchen.
They passed it around to everyone, who were surprised at first, but then decided it would be a good idea to join in, and they all got very drunk.
When Blair woke up the next morning she had the worst hangover ever. Dorota and Vanya had had to leave early to get Anya home, but the rest of them had had way too much fun.
She felt around the bed for Chuck, and soon discovered him lying next to her. He took her hand in his and kissed her knuckles.
"Hey beautiful," he said quietly.
"Hey," Blair replied. She didn't want to move, ever. She was so content in that moment.
"Blair, you know when you were giving me a pep talk last night, you said something about raising a family. Did you mean that?" Chuck asked. Blair was surprised by his question, but she answered honestly.
"Yes, I did," she said.
"Good," Chuck said, surprising Blair even more. She rolled over to face him.
"You want children?" she asked.
"Only if I can have them with you," he answered. She smiled.
"You can have them with me," Blair said.
Chuck still had his eyes closed, so Blair leaned over and kissed him softly.
"Maybe we should start trying?" she asked. Chuck opened one eye and looked at her.
"You mean with our parents asleep in another room somewhere in the apartment?" he asked sceptically.
"I didn't mean right now!" Blair laughed. Chuck almost visibly sighed in relief. "I meant in the very near future," she said.
"I would like that," Chuck replied. They smiled at each other and then agreed it was time to get up.
Chicago
Dan sat idly, working at his desk on his latest novel. He was having serious writers block. He'd been sitting for what felt like hours trying to draft out the next chapter. He had his plan on the desk next to his laptop, but it wasn't helping much.
Just when he was about to get up to go to bathroom, he heard his buzzer go. Walking over to the front door of the apartment, he pressed the button and said
"Hello?"
"Mr Humphrey, your mail's here. You might want to come and get it now, there's a very important looking envelope," said the mail man from the ground floor.
"Uh, okay. Thanks," Dan replied. He opened the door and made his way down the stairs. He nodded to the mail man and then collected the mail from him. He went back upstairs and looked through the pile.
He understood what the Mail Man had meant. There was a thick envelope, with his name embossed in black on the front. He had a sinking feeling about what it might be. He opened it slowly, and found that he was right.
Save the date; June 16th 2013
For the marriage of;
Charles Bartholomew Bass
To
Blair Cornelia Waldorf
Dan sighed and put the card back in the envelope. He texted Serena to ask if she'd gotten hers, to which she distantly replied, 'Yes,'
He thought about Serena often. More often than he would admit. He also thought about Blair, but only when she texted him, or when he thought to text her.
He realised now that their relationship hadn't been real, just something new and different to pass the time. He wasn't even sure if he loved her, but he doesn't think of it often enough to really decide. Besides, she was with Chuck now, where she really belonged, where she flourished. Dan didn't really mind, he'd been seeing a girl off and on for the past few weeks now, and it was finally starting to get serious.
He'd expected the wedding to happen eventually, but he was quite surprised to be invited. He decided to think on it before deciding what to reply with. He may be on amicable terms with Blair and Chuck, but that doesn't mean he'd want to go to their wedding.
New York
2 weeks until wedding
It had been 8 months since Chuck Bass proposed to Blair Waldorf. Since then, so many things had happened that Chuck hadn't even noticed half of them go by. He just handed over his credit card whenever it was needed and turned up for every suit fitting.
The one of the things he had done, however, was go with Blair to choose their wedding rings. Blair wanted something quite plain, so that it wouldn't outshine her engagement ring, and Chuck wanted a thick silver band, so that it would be obvious on his finger. He'd said that he wanted to make sure that people knew he was married. What he hadn't told her, however, was that once Blair had chosen her ring, he had taken it to be engraved. What it said, would be revealed to her on their wedding day.
Blair, on the other hand, had gone over all the wedding details at least 5 times. Venue, reception, rings, bridesmaids dresses, flowers, caterers, priest, music, photographer, guests, wedding dress, groom and groomsmen suits, register, honeymoon. Everything that could be organised had been organised.
One thing that hadn't been sorted was who was giving Blair away. Both Harold and Cyrus had done it last time, but Cyrus felt that Harold should give Blair away, because he knew Chuck more. Blair didn't think it was a very good argument, and was still trying to get Cyrus to do a joint give away.
12 days until wedding
"Thank you Cyrus! I knew I'd get you to accept in the end! I'll see you in a few days, goodbye!" said Blair. She was on the phone to her step father after finally getting him to agree to a joint give away with Harold.
Blair put the phone down and turned to smile at Chuck. They were both lying on the couch, Chuck watching the TV, Blair reading a bridal magazine with her feet on Chuck's lap. It was the first time in months that they'd actually sat down together, relaxed and enjoyed each other's company.
Blair smiled at her fiancé, and he attempted a smile back, but it was sad. Blair noticed this.
"Chuck, what's wrong?" she asked, reaching for his hand.
"We're getting married in 12 days, and neither of my parents are going to be there," he said.
"Lily's going to be there," Blair said, confused.
"It's not the same Blair; you have 2 fathers to give you away, and another one to watch. I don't get to have my father there. I'm not overly sad about it, I just wish he could have been there," he confessed. Blair nodded.
"I understand Chuck. Your father was a huge part of your life, you'd want him at your wedding, just as you were at his," Blair said, hoping to show some understanding as to his situation. Chuck nodded.
"Yes," he said.
"But Chuck, you can't let that spoil our day. Bart would want you to be happy, no matter what you might say otherwise," Blair added.
"I agree. I promise I won't let anything ruin our day. So future Mrs Bass how are you?" he asked.
"Well Mr Bass, I'm very well. Still not pregnant! But very well," she said.
"Blair. You know that you don't have to get pregnant right now. We have all the time in the world for you to get pregnant," Chuck said.
"I know! But I want to make you happy!" Blair admitted.
"Blair, don't get pregnant just because you think it'll make me happy! I want you to be happy too! It will happen when it happens, don't worry about me!" he said forcefully. He was shocked that Blair wanted to get pregnant just to please him.
"Okay," Blair said, and then shifted so that her head was in Chuck's lap instead of her feet. He played with her perfect curls while she told him what she'd been doing that day. He laughed when she told him about her shouting at the florists because they had the wrong colour peonies.
"I wish you could've been there," she said wistfully. Chuck immediately felt bad.
"I'm sorry," he said. Blair smiled.
"I know," she told him. She reached out her hand and he took it in his willingly.
"I could make it up to you now though?" he asked, his other hand trailing down her body.
"No. I am perfectly content right here. Can we just stay like this for a while?" she asked, closing her eyes. Chuck smiled.
"Sure," he agreed, and he let his eyes slip closed.
10 days until wedding
"Hurry up Nathaniel, we haven't got all day," Chuck droned. They were at their last fitting for their suits and Nate was taking a long time in the dressing room. When he finally stepped out his eyes were sad.
"Nate, what's wrong? You look good," Eric asked, he was Chuck's other groomsman. Nate sighed.
"The pants are too tight, which means I've gained weight! Blair's gonna kill me," he said sheepishly. Chuck laughed out loud and Eric guffawed.
"You sound like such a woman Nathaniel," Chuck said.
"Shut up!" Nate shouted.
"At least I'm not the one complaining that my ass is too big!" Chuck argued.
"But Blair..." Nate started.
"Don't worry about Blair; she's worried about so many other things to notice your trousers. Just get them altered, that's why we're here," Chuck interrupted Nate. Nate nodded.
"Okay," he said. "Are yours okay?" he asked the other two. They both nodded.
"Ours are fine," they said.
"Great," Nate said sarcastically, and then he walked back into the changing room and closed the curtain. Chuck and Eric laughed again.
"So, what were you saying about Blair?" Eric asked. Chuck had told Eric what Blair said about getting pregnant, because he knew he could trust his brother, and that Eric would give sound advice.
"She's so worried about getting pregnant," Chuck said, sighing. "I want her to be happy about it, and not feel forced," he continued, he was about to say more when his phone beeped. He walked over to where he'd left his other suit, and fished his phone out of his pocket. It was a text from Blair,
'GET HOME NOW!'
Chuck frowned at the text and immediately closed the curtain around the dressing room; he hurried to get changed, not even putting his tie back on. He left his top button undone, and left his wedding suit in the changing room. His hair was slightly tousled from shoving his shirt over his head, but he didn't care. The text had slightly worried him, and because Blair was so stressed these days, if he didn't immediately get home, he knew he'd be shouted at.
He opened the curtain and ran over to the attendant.
"Hi, I've left my suit in the changing room could you hang it back up for me? I'm Chuck Bass," he rushed out.
"Whoa, dude, what's up?" asked Nate, who had appeared from the changing room and was standing next to a worried looking Eric.
"Blair," was all he said before running out into the street and looking around furiously for his limo. He pulled his phone out of his pocket and dialled Arthur's number.
"Arthur, come and get me now," he said, then he hung up. He didn't notice the group of girls that had been stationed outside the shop, quickly taking pictures of him for Gossip Girl. When Arthur pulled around the corner, he jumped in fast and ordered Arthur to take him to The Empire.
When he got to the hotel, he ran to the elevator. The journey upwards seemed to take forever. As he arrived, everything seemed to move in slow motion. Everything was deadly silent; he was starting to get worried.
"Blair?" he called out. It was silent for a second before he heard her.
"I'm here," she almost whispered. Chuck rounded the corner and saw her sat alone in middle of the couch. She had her legs pulled up and she'd crossed them.
"What's wrong?" he asked coming to sit next to her. She held up a hand to stop him.
"I'm two days late for my period. I took a test, but I'm too afraid to look. Will you look for me?" she asked timidly. Chuck sighed nervously. He looked down at the little white stick; his whole future could be on there. If it had a plus sign, then their whole lives would change. If it was negative, then Blair would continue to worry herself about it, and that was starting to worry Chuck.
He leaned over and picked it up, careful not to look yet. He looked over at Blair and noticed that she had her fingers crossed on both hands. He smiled slightly, took a deep breath, and looked down. His face broke out in a wide smile and Blair gasped. She was looking at him with her mouth open.
"Positive!" he yelled, and Blair snatched the stick out of his hands to make sure he was telling the truth.
"Oh my God!" she screamed. Chuck laughed and scooped her up in his arms. He swung her around and squeezed her tightly. "We're having a baby!" she exclaimed.
Chuck put her down suddenly.
"Wow," he said. "You're gonna be a mom. I'm gonna be a dad!"
"Daddy Bass!" Blair giggled. Chuck touched her stomach gently.
"There's someone in there," he said with awe. Blair smirked.
"Someone that's half me and half you," she said.
"Poor kid," he said and Blair slapped his arm. "The world's gonna have to watch out for this one. Me and you combined, this child's gonna be a supervillian!" he laughed.
"We shouldn't tell anyone until after the wedding. No parents, no best friends, not until we're sure," Blair said seriously. Chuck nodded.
"I agree," he said. He wrapped his arms around her again and she snuggled her head into his chest.
"It's a good thing it's now, so that I won't gain any weight by the wedding," Blair said happily. Chuck thought this would be the perfect moment.
"Speaking of gaining weight, Nathaniel found that his suit pants were a bit tight this morning when we went to the fitting," Chuck smirked.
"What!" Blair shouted. Chuck had a perfect excuse to calm her down.
"Blair, don't get angry, think of the baby," he said, knowing she would have to calm down now. She huffed angrily.
"Fine," she said. "We'll get them altered,"
"That's a good Blair!" Chuck said patting her head. Blair looked up at him, she did not look amused.
At the same time they heard both their phones ring. They picked them up and looked at the screens. It was a Gossip Girl blast.
"What now?" Blair fumed.
She unlocked her phone and read the message;
Spotted: Chuck Bass fleeing Hugo Boss looking sexy and stylish. Careful B, you better hold on tight to your man, you never know what you have, until you lose it to someone else.
XOXO Gossip Girl
Underneath was a picture that one of the girls had taken outside the shop. A worried looking Chuck with no tie, ruffled hair and his top button and jacket undone.
Chuck smirked at being called sexy, he looked up at Blair and she was frowning.
"It's just Gossip Girl Blair don't worry about it!" he said.
"I realise what I have! And he's my baby daddy!" she yelled. Chuck laughed and pulled her into a hug.
Day before wedding!
"Blair! Settle down! Everything is perfect! It's time for your hen party!" Serena yelled in excitement. Blair blanched. She and Chuck had managed to keep her pregnancy a secret so far, but she wasn't sure how much longer it would stay hidden. Serena was insistent that they go out and get completely wasted, and Blair was not agreeing.
"Serena I don't want to be hung over on my wedding day! We can go for a couple of drinks, and that's all!" Blair argued. Serena shook her head.
"Boo! You're no fun!" She giggled.
"You already sound drunk," Blair stated, making Serena frown.
"Oh come on Blair, I'm just trying to have a little fun!" Serena pleaded. Blair sighed.
"Serena, we've been at the spa all day and now we look perfect. There's no point going out, getting drunk and ruining our beautiful faces! Now sit down and shut up!" Blair shouted. Serena's eyes went wide.
"Okay," she squeaked. There was an awkward silence.
"Did I hear shouting?" said a male voice. Blair perked up just hearing him speak. She spun round fast and smiled at him.
"Chuck!" she said gleefully.
"Blair!" he said, imitating her. He looked amused.
"Serena's trying to get me to go out and get drunk!" she said, her eyes widening at him to get him to understand. He raised his eyebrows in understanding and his eyes widened for just a second.
"I'm not sure that's a good idea Serena. She needs to look good on her big day, not hung over," Chuck said wisely. Serena frowned.
"But you're going out!" she argued.
"I can hold my liquor better than Blair," Chuck pointed out.
"That's true," piped Blair from the side lines. Serena shot her a look.
"Maybe I'll stay here with Blair, if she can't go out," Chuck said moving forwards and taking her hand. They'd been to the doctors a couple of days before, and he'd confirmed that Blair was already 3 weeks pregnant. She'd laughed at how just days before she'd thought she wasn't pregnant at all.
"No, you're coming with us!" Nate and Eric appeared from behind Chuck.
"Where do all you guys keep coming from?" Blair asked confusedly.
"Blair, I'm sorry, we but have a night planned out for Chuck that he can't miss," Nate told her. Blair nodded.
"And you're not allowed to see the bride before the wedding, so you can't be here tomorrow!" Serena said forcefully.
"Okay, okay, he's going!" Blair said. Chuck smirked and kissed her goodbye.
"See you two tomorrow," he whispered in her ear, making sure no one else heard. Blair hugged him tightly and whispered back,
"Bye daddy,"
Then she pulled away and smiled. Nate grabbed Chuck from behind and dragged him away.
"Bye!" Nate shouted back. Chuck looked at Blair pleadingly.
"I love you!" Chuck shouted from the corner.
"I love you too Chuck!" she heard Nate shout. Blair and Serena laughed.
"So what are we going to do then?" Serena asked innocently.
"I say, we grab a duvet from my room, plonk ourselves down on the sofa, I'll order room service and some macaroons and we watch Audrey to our hearts content!" Blair suggested.
"I like the sound of that!" Serena giggled and she ran into Blair's room to get the duvet. Blair smirked and padded over to the phone to order room service.
Once they'd settled down, they only got through Breakfast at Tiffany's and Roman Holiday, before falling asleep next to each other. Blair woke up sometime later, at around 2am. She nudged Serena awake, and both of them trudged into Chuck and Blair's room and promptly fell asleep next to each other in the huge king sized bed.
Okay, the thing about everyone getting drunk at the engagement party was a bit random I know, but I ran out of ideas! Please review this chapter!