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He slept peacefully last night, contrary to the exhausting week ahead of him. Small streaks of light hit his closed eyelids directly, he doesn't even bother to open his eyes knowing right ahead it's a bad decision. Dan stretches his arms wide, then wider when his hand drops where it usually brushes past a delicate girl curled up against him. The first thing he sees when he finally forces his eyes open is a little valley in the perfectly white sheets that her body left there. Blair is never the first one to wake up, she rarely sleeps in but can't beat Dan when it comes to this. Every day, 6 am sharp, he fills his system with boiling coffee before even contemplating doing anything else. Today, however, she is ahead of him.
He can hear the faint sound of her voice trying to catch up with a rap song that blasts from her ipod. He can barely contain his laughter at the sight of her jumping around the kitchen in nothing but his worn out Breakfast club shirt and bright pink underpants. He leans against the door frame before bursting her little bubble. Things have been so good for them lately. Finally taking that last step a.k.a. sex might have something to do with it, but Dan chooses not to believe so. The easiness of the morning washes off when his eyes get stuck on a post it in the hall.
'Natie's in town' is written in Blair's perfectly curved handwriting. Reading the little reminder over and over again makes him annoyed, just like the fact that Blair still calls Nate by his childhood nickname. He keeps telling himself to stop obsessing with Nate already, otherwise his head might explode. She's been nothing but cool with the entire situation, or at least that's how she seemed. Below the text is a date, today's date to be particular. Three more hours to go and then it's either do or die. He is no longer in the mood to sneak up and mess with Blair - who is still deeply devoted to belting out Iggy Azalea's Fancy - and proceeds to the bathroom.
''You shaved.'' Blair's face lights up and she beams at him. She shoves a cup of coffee in his hands and basically dances trough the hall to get to her room.
''Well you kept complaining that it prickles when I kiss you.'' His voice echoes through her new apartment. The constant noise from her dorm room neighbors, the city being too far for her liking and the possibility of having to get a roommate were all too much for her to even consider. In Blair's words it isn't ideal but it's just the way it should be. Well, it isn't ideal for her standards, but anyone else would find it incredible, from the glossed wooden floors to the amazingly big - almost floor to ceiling- windows that lit the entire place up. Half of the apartment is still filled with boxes that need unpacking. Along with Vanessa, he offered to help which she politely declined stating ''Only if you were Dorota and knew how to arrange things.''
''It does so, besides, men without beards seem much more sophisticated.'' She replies from the bedroom. Her voice has its usual content tone whilst her step has a certain bounce to it, nothing short of her perfectly settled self.
''Sophisticated-'' he laughs in to his mug ''-lucky you for dating me.'' He jokes grabbing the nearest paper.
''I have class-'' She pops up suddenly, fully dressed with a briefcase in her right hand and a pile of papers tucked underneath her arm. ''-will you stay here or should I take the keys with me?''
'' Um, take them with you, I'll probably go jogging afterwards.'' He murmurs, still indulged in the paper. She is halfway through the door when he remembers. ''Hey, what about Nate?''
She turns around quickly and leans against the door. ''Oh yeah, I'll meet him after my classes, he is set to be here around noon, at least that's what he said-''
''-Oh-'' his voice lowers, he stares at the floor trying to ignore the pinching in the pit of his stomach.
''-It's just-I thought-'' she gets tongue tied ''-it seemed pointless to even try to explain where the apartment is… left alone finding the parking spot, he isn't even a student here, he can't just park anywhere. You know how Nate is, he'd get confused and-''
''Blair.'' He tries to cut her rambling off but she keeps going.
''You could go meet him too, I'll probably be late anyways-''
''Blair-'' he walks over to her, finding no better way to shut her up, he kisses her ''-it's fine-'' he laughs ''-I'll meet you guys here later, okay?''
She hesitantly stares at him for a second, then finally nods. ''Okay-'' she presses a peck back to his lips ''-love you.''
''Damn it-'' Nate mutters yet again as his phone buzzes for the third time in the last five minutes. His hands refuse to leave the wheel, but his eyes make a quick derail from the road to the phone. Two missed calls and one message. His curiosity plays with his mind, but not enough for him to actually check. He's almost there anyways, what's five more minutes.
He eases on the gas pedal in order to really take in his surroundings. He somehow he feels overwhelmed by the entire place. From perfectly trimmed bushes and Victorian looking buildings to perfectly styled students who look like Blair is their personal stylist. This really is the perfect place for her, he can already imagine her delicate little form feeding ducks by the nearest pond, wearing that innocent look of hers – a mask she uses, when really, she is plotting world domination.
He doesn't even bother to find a parking spot as she ordered last night when they spoke, and later explained in details why he shouldn't even try, most of it being you'll get confused. Ironically, she is the one making him confused, only it has nothing to do with the fucking parking lot.
He feels very calm up until the moment he spots a familiar looking dark haired boy. It isn't him, but his heart still drops to his feet, following a tight knot in his stomach. He prepared himself mentally for hurricane Blair, but couldn't, for everything in this world, even think about Dan without feeling guilt. It is sort of stupid, considering that he didn't wrong him in any way. It isn't simple when two strangers are in love with the same girl, when it's two best friends, not only that it isn't simple, it's chaotic.
Dan means more to him than he'd ever let him know, they are men – men who often act like little boys- and men don't do feelings. It's one of the first and the only things his father has taught him that he actually remembers, Be tough, untouchable if needed, never let them see you flinch.
What he did with Blair last year isn't going to happen again. Well, the going behind Dan's back part, the Blair part…oh if only he could do that all the time. He quickly pushes those eye-pleasing pictures off his mind before things get out of hand and he forgets about the whole keeping himself out of it thing.
''Well, well, well. You haven't changed at all.'' Nate immediately turns around as the sound of her voice greets him. He had this whole thing planned where he would be as calm and nonchalant about this as possible… what he never took in to account when planning it out was the affect she had on him in real life.
He grins sheepishly, not hesitating when pulling her in to a tight hug. She leans in immediately, and god, he feels so alive. It's only been a few months, but truly it felt like years to him.
''Is that a good thing?'' He asks when they pull apart. His lips twitch in to an amused smile and she can't help but be thrown by it. He looks the same as in the same handsome posture as ever, the same searching eyes and the same perfect hair…oh the hair.
The only thing standing out since the last time she saw him are his abs. She felt the way they tensed up more than usual when she hugged him, she hasn't decided whether she likes it or is intimidated by it. Dan mentioned something about him carrying on with his jock life so that's probably all to it.
''It's encouraged.''
He intended to mention something in favor of her own beauty but he forgets about it as soon as he notices someone missing.
''Hey, where's Humphrey?'' He asks appearing at ease when really he feels anything but. The possibility that he didn't show up because he hates his guts is what pops to his mind first. The truth is, Nate doesn't know. He can't know because the majority of his conversations with Dan became stupidly unimportant.
He expected Blair to give him the cold shoulder, while he would silently redeem himself to Dan so all three of them can carry on with their unexpectedly perfect relationship. However things are going the exact opposite which only confuses him even more than he naturally is. Dan has no reason to resent him, at least none known to him.
That is unless Blair cracked under pressure and unlocked their little box of secrets. Nausea overtakes his body, it only increases when she doesn't answer right away.
She opens her mouth to speak only to close it as if trying to form an appropriate sentence. He hates it when she does this, trying to cover everything up with diplomatic answers and feigned politeness.
''He said something about running errands-''Blair stops herself, Nate seems more than nervous which puts her in same state. The worst part is, he doesn't even know about her and Dan. She spent the last few nights torturing herself with the possible aftermaths of him finding out.
She narrowed it down to two; either he won't care or it'll drive him out of his mind.
''-he's really excited to see you though.'' Is she lying trough her teeth? Maybe, she doesn't know, not really. For all Dan tells her, she could be telling the truth. But the waver in her voice as she talks speaks for itself. A very intense look of clear dishonesty is passed between them. With all those years of unresolved tension, this really feels like nothing.
Short but it's something and finally Nate makes an appearance :D from now on all three of them should be present, which means the real stuff begins here. Please leave a review telling me what you think. To all of those who follow/ favorite – double kisses! Till next update, xoL
