Love is a friendship set on fire."

CHUCK'S POV

I still didn't know what was going on in my head when I accepted to go to the beach to meet a stranger. It's not like I'm lacking a social life. I do not have a lot of free time on my hand and still, I somehow decided that wasting it like that was a good idea. Only it turns out I was… fooled. That Blair girl wasn't there. Instead, I was greeted by this massive crowd of girls, thing I was obviously already used to. So I kind of forgot about her. But a few minutes after midnight, when I was about to go to bed (yes, I know what you're thinking, Chuck Bass in bed so soon? I have my days), another message popped up on my phone's screen.

"#BlairW: Daniel… where the fuck are you?"

I remembered about the previous text I got from her so being the gentleman that I am, I asked her about her friend. Which made this hormonal teenager quite mad. When I realized the situation was actually kinda bad with Serena, I thought it would be nice of me to at least send flowers. I don't know, man, being in the spotlight makes you feel somehow bound to do nice things for your fans, especially when they are in a tough situation like this. But I failed again. That girl was crazy. Plus, she kept calling me Daniel.

So it finally struck me – she genuinely thought I was her friend or boyfriend or whatever. Which made me reread our conversation and things got clearer and a lot funnier. That was clearly a misunderstanding I had to fix. But when I wanted to write her a message and explain everything, a happy (not) announcement popped up: "We are sorry for the inconvenience, but this user has blocked you."

I cocked an eyebrow at my phone. What on Earth was going on inside this girl's head? I couldn't let things get messy for this Daniel, out of some weird 'men support each other' thing. I'm not a bad person, I don't want people breaking up because of me.

So I took out my phone and called Nate.

"So basically you're asking me to break into this girl's account? And unblock you?" he repeated amused a few moments later.

"Yes, that's exactly what I need you to do."

"Y'a got some weird wishes, mate. Call you in 5" he said and he hung up.

Sometimes the fact that he's good with computers comes in handy. The little genius did what I asked him to do without questioning the legality or the morality of his action, which was a good thing. So now I had to think about what I actually wanted to say to this girl. Game on.

#ChuckB.: Hey there, Blair. It's me again. I really am sorry for Serena, tell her I said hi when she wakes up. I can't make it to the hospital because I'm not in NY anymore. If there's anything else I can do, just tell me.

Blair's POV

I was genuinely scared when the message appeared on my screen. Didn't I block the guy already? Was he stupid enough to think that some lame excuse would be enough? And how come he wasn't in the city anymore? Did he buy a private jet and I wasn't aware of that? Where was he, what was all that about?

I ignored him because the doctor came to me and said Serena was stabilized and we could stay with her until the morning. Which we did, of course.

And that brings us back to this morning. As I said, I had just woken up to see both Serena and Christine still sleeping. I silently got out of the room and went to the cafeteria to buy coffee. I bought 3 cups, out of habit, only to have the sensation of a dagger run through my stomach as I realized the third one would be useless. When I got back to the second floor, where the girls were, I tossed one of the cups in the bin, over a familiar bouquet. I suddenly remembered about the last unanswered message. After I entered the ward and placed one of the cups on the table near Chris (who was still sleeping, of course), I logged on starry-eyed. I reread the conversation from the previous night and I realized I had overreacted a bit. I didn't even take the time to ask him how he was, what he was doing, I was just… plain selfish. And he kept apologizing.

#BlairW: It's ok… Just wanted to let you know that the doctors said she might have a high chance of recovery. I miss you. What areyou up to these days?

#ChuckB.: Not much, basically travelling. I've got this… part time job now.

#BlairW: Oh. I seriously need an update. I go home for a few months and when I'm back, suddenly we're like strangers.

#ChuckB.: I don't know, we should probably change that.

#BlairW: Definitely. When are you going to be back?

#ChuckB.: I'm afraid not very soon… anyway, what have you been up to? Thanks for letting me wait on the beach!

#BlairW: Oops, sorry! That's when I got the call about Serena. But you'll never guess who I was about to meet.

#ChuckB.: Who?!

#BlairW: Chuck! Chuck Bass!

#ChuckB.: Uhm…

#BlairW: I know! That was my reaction, too. Haha. He was right freaking there and he was oh-so-perfect. I guess. Not that I actually saw him, but it's safe to assume so.

#ChuckB.: You really like him, eh?

#BlairW: Duh! Remember when I wanted to marry him and have his babies?

It took him a bit longer to respond to that one.

#ChuckB.: You're creepy

#BlairW: Hahaha! Good old Daniel. I still want that, just so it's clear.

#ChuckB.: Are you fangirling right now? You shouldn't, it would scare him

#BlairW: Pshh, bullshit. He'll never know anything about my dark, twisted dreams about him, so I'm safe.

Again, it took him a bit longer before he replied.

#ChuckB.: Sure… so tell me what you'd want to do to him.

#BlairW: things that would make even you blush.;)

#ChuckB.: I'm definitely taking you out as soon as I have the chance

I giggled. It was fun. I had really missed him. He was so much fun to be around. Or to text. While I was talking with him, the rest of the world kind of disappeared. I felt some sort of guilt. Serena was a few meters away from me and I was talking to her boyfriend like all was fine and dandy. If I didn't know better, I'd say he was even flirtin-. I felt a pit in my stomach. No. I can't think about that. Keep your emotions in control, Blair, for God's sake… You're a lady now, keep them in control. You're used to it.

Hello, lovelies & thanks for reading. I'm sorry if you're disappointed by this chapter, I know it's short and pretty crappy, but it's more of a filler. Guess what happens in the next one! I'm so exciteeed. hehe