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1 Apology, 2 Horse references and 1 Almost
Chuck and Blair had spent the rest of the afternoon laughing and making out, basically doing normal coupley things. Blair realised that when none of their friends were around, and when they weren't in New York under the watchful eye of Gossip Girl, Chuck was happy to act like her boyfriend.
Chuck was currently taking a shower, whilst Blair decided where they would go for dinner. Blair had already chosen where she wanted to go, so now she was sat on the couch tapping her fingers on the table. She could hear Chuck singing in the shower, it was cute and she had never known him to be so comfortable around someone.
Blair got up and went into the bedroom to pick out an outfit for tonight, she was looking through her many, many dresses when she heard a knock on the door she went through the living room and answered the door and was greeted by a man wearing a suit with a box in his hands.
"Miss Waldorf?" he asked when he saw her.
"That's me" she replied eyeing the box in his hands.
"This is a gift from Mr Bass" he told her handing the box.
"Thank you, here you go" she said handing him a tip as she closed the door.
Blair placed the box on a table and unwrapped it carefully; she wondered what Chuck had bought her. As she pulled open the box her mouth fell open a little bit, Chuck had bought her a… dress. She pulled it out carefully and saw that it was floor length and a deep purple colour with beading around the neck, it was the kind of thing that Blair loved but never bought because she didn't think it would look that good on her, and everyone would tell her how perfect it would be for Serena.
Chuck came out of the bathroom and towel wrapped around his waist and smiled when he saw she had received his gift.
He came up behind her and placed his arms around her waist, his chest was still slightly damp but Blair didn't care that he was getting her wet she was too elated.
"Do you like it?" he whispered his lips by her ear.
She turned around to face him "I love it" she replied and you she added mentally.
"Good" he replied kissing her forehead gently.
"We better get ready then, I've picked the restaurant" Blair told him taking the dress into the bedroom as he followed her.
"Stop staring at me Bass" Blair said as she took of her earlier outfit.
"Can I not admire you from afar?" He asked smiling at her.
Blair looked at him "No because admiration from you always means using your hands" she pointed out.
Chuck laughed that was a fair point.
Blair pulled the dress on and realised that she couldn't do the zip up by herself she looked over at Chuck who was now dressing himself.
"Can you do me a favour?" she asked looking at him he looked up at her.
"Anything for you Blair" he replied, it was a strange comment but a sincere one.
Blair smiled "Will you zip me up?" she asked going over to him.
Chuck smirked "Well I prefer the unzipping part but we can get to that later" he joked, Blair laughed lightly, all conversations turned to smut with Chuck around.
He pulled the zip up while tracing the line of her back with his finger, Blair literally felt a shiver up her spine as he did so. He pulled her towards him so her back was flush with his chest "All done" he whispered kissing her neck sensuously.
Blair released a small moan "Thank you" she replied turning to kiss him on the lips. He immediately complied kissing her back it wasn't a desperate kiss it was sweet and slow just the way Blair liked it.
She pulled away after a moment attempting to get her breath back. He placed his hands on her lower back casually and looked at her "You look really beautiful Blair" he said kissing her forehead softly.
Blair smiled, one day and it would be sooner rather than later she was going to tell that boy that she loved him.
He smiled back at her "We better get going, we don't want to be late" he told her and she nodded pulling out of the embrace.
He offered her his hand and she took it as they walked out of the villa they were sharing.
***
Once they arrived at the restaurant they were seated at the usual Bass table, Blair assumed that Bart must have been here on business a lot.
Blair thanked the waiter for her menu and flicked through it, everything was in Italian, and although Blair studied other languages at school Italian wasn't one of them. She looked at Chuck who apparently knew exactly what it said.
Blair cleared her throat "What are you going to have?" she asked him, he looked up at her.
He grinned "I have no idea, whatever's easiest to say, I don't know what any of these words mean" he told her laughing.
Blair opened her mouth "Oh" she replied. "Then why are you reading as if you can?" she asked him interested in his behaviour.
"If you can fake it your half way there" he replied.
Blair smirked "Mm well as I woman I know all about that" she told him, finally getting the upper hand in their banter.
Chuck raised his eyebrow "I'm not sure I like what you are suggesting Waldorf" he replied.
Blair blinked at him innocently "I don't know what you mean" she said nonchalantly, smiling at him.
He chuckled "Of course not" he replied smirking at her.
"Mr Bass, can I get you and your beautiful guest any drinks?" The waiter asked as he came back to the table.
Blair smiled, it was also nice to be complimented by someone exotic.
Chuck also smiled although slightly falsely "We'll have the bottle of your best red" he stated and the waiter nodded.
"Of course Sir, Madam" he said nodding at Blair.
Blair looked at Chuck "You don't even like red wine" she pointed out.
He smiled at her in his most charming manner "No but you do" he said simply.
The butterflies that Blair had first gotten back at Bart's wedding were fluttering again. Chuck had never done this sort of thing for a girl before and she knew it Blair was very aware he was making an extra effort for her.
The waiter returned with the bottle and asked Chuck if he'd like to try some he shook his head "She would like to taste it" he said pointing at Blair and the waiter nodded.
"Here you go Madam" he said pouring some in the glass, Blair politely sniffed the beverage and then took a small sip and smiled.
"It's perfect, thank you" she said, the last part directed at both the waiter and Chuck.
"You are welcome Miss, let me know when you are ready to order" The waiter said nodding at Chuck.
Chuck waved his hand in his usual bolshie way as means of getting rid of him.
"I'm surprised he doesn't live on a dashboard" Chuck said sipping his wine, even though it taste revolting to him.
Blair looked at him confused "What do you mean?" she asked him.
"He nods, a lot" Chuck explained.
"I think he's trying to be polite" Blair said "Unlike some people" she added directing this to Chuck.
"Sorry that's just the way I act around waiters" he replied tersely, was nothing ever good enough for her?
Blair looked at him slightly shocked by his brashness "I didn't mean anything by it" she said trying to apologise.
"Well obviously you did" he snapped.
Blair fidgeted with her napkin, how did evenings that started so well with Chuck always take a turn for the worst?
"Lets just order shall we" he suggested still tense.
Blair nodded as he called the waiter back over.
***
The rest of the meal had been eaten in an awkward silence, clearly Blair had upset Chuck earlier and she wasn't really sure how to make it better, she wasn't even sure that sex would work.
"Chuck" she said softly to attract his attention he seemed to be in his own world.
He looked up at her "What?" he asked.
"I'm sorry, I didn't realise you'd take what I said so seriously" she attempted he didn't look impressed.
"I tried really hard tonight to impress you and it still wasn't good enough, I'm never going to be good enough am I?" he asked getting up and throwing his napkin down. "My tabs behind the bar" he stated and then walked away from her.
Blair felt the tears well up in her eyes, did Chuck really feel like he was disappointing her. He wasn't, he was so perfect in her eyes that she couldn't even describe how she felt about him. She went over to the bar and told them to put it on the Bass tab.
She left the restaurant and saw Chuck outside sat on a wall, preparing to smoke a cigarette.
She came up to him "You going to smoke that?" she asked him.
He looked at her "Thinking about it" he replied looking away from her again.
Blair sat next to him not caring if her dress got dirty, "You don't need to try hard to impress me Chuck you compared me to a well worn horse once and I still came to Italy with you, there is nothing that you do that's so bad that I'll stop caring about you" she whispered embarrassed by what she was saying for some reason.
He looked at her "Do you mean that?" he asked her holding her hand.
She smiled at him "I'd never lie to you Chuck, I lo…" but before she could get her words out she found that Chuck's lips were on top of hers. He didn't even need to hear her say the words to know what she was going to say, she smiled against his lips.
"So am I forgiven?" she asked.
Chuck smiled "Well you did forgive me for the horse comment, so I kind of owed you one" he replied kissing her again.
She giggled "Yeh that horse thing was pretty bad" she pointed out.
Chuck looked at her "Come on Blair, it wasn't a bad as the horse thing in Godfather, lets put it in perspective" he said lightly.
Blair laughed, "Okay well it comes close second" she said relenting and kissing him again.
Chuck raised his eyebrow "You know I realised that I left before we had desert" he murmured.
Blair kinked her own eyebrow in return "Mm, well we could back inside" she said kissing his neck "Or we could just go back to our own room" she suggested.
Chuck jumped up "I think the latter would be best" he said grabbing her hand and pulling her up.
Blair laughed "I thought you would" she said smiling.
He looked at her carefully "I just want to know that I really care about you too" he said looking deep in her eyes so that she would know he was sincere.
Blair grinned "Oh I know" she replied kissing him.
They walked over to their limo laughing and they both wondered how they could go from making references to a man waking up with a horses head in his bed, to having a sex in a bed. The guessed only they could have weird conversations like that.
TBC
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