"I can't win, I can't reign
I will never win this game
Without you, without you.
I am lost, I am vain,
I will never be the same
Without you, without you."
Chuck padded slowly down the hill after Blair. He had given both himself and Blair some time to cool off. He felt guilty for screaming at her, yet a part of him was glad she heard it. He had kept so much pain inside of him that he felt relief letting it out. Maybe a different time or place would have been more appropriate, but he was so caught up in the moment he didn't have time to think before he acted.
He found her sitting by the bank. Her shoes were lying next to her and her feet were dipped in the water ever so slightly. Her small knee caps were up to her face, her brunette curls cascading down her legs. The moon shone on her face, revealing small tears on her cheeks. She was breathtaking as always, even more so in the moonlight. He slowly walked up to her and took a seat on the ground next to her. For a couple of moments, the only sound was the sound of Blair's labored breathing and the sounds of Paris. She finally spoke.
"She was always yours. From the moment I found out I was pregnant. DNA or blood bonds couldn't separate her from you." Chuck stared into the moonlight, his heart aching. He had wanted that life with Blair so bad. Watching their little girl take her first steps, smile for the first time, taking her to first day of school and walking her down the aisle towards the main Chuck approved of. He had thought about it all, even when Blair had told him it wasn't his child. Something made him feel attached to the child. Maybe it was because he loved Blair too much, but he loved that baby as much as he loved Blair, a feeling he had never had towards anyone else before. Chuck took a deep breath.
"You don't know how guilty I feel about that night." Blair looked over at Chuck, who was still looking at the water. His breath hitched.
"I'm the reason she's…dead." Chuck crackled. Blair stared at him blankly.
"I should have told you when I was on the phone with you. I was just a coward. The same as in high school. I was a failure of a father figure and more importantly as a lover. If I would have manned up and said what needed to be said on the phone, none of this would have ever happened." Blair sniffled, tears spilling down her face.
"Why didn't you tell me you felt this way?" She squeaked. He turned to face her, his eyes filled with dark hurt.
"When was I supposed to tell you? You wouldn't even be my friend! You ignored me like last season's fashion line and pretended like we never happened or that I never changed for the better so you could have a better conscience exploring the life of Royalty and the life of a Brooklynite!" Blair looked down at the dirt and then back up at Chuck.
"Every day, it hurt me to see you." Blair started. Chuck finally met her eyes.
"It made me think of the life we could have had. The life we should have had. With our daughter in it." A tear rolled down Blair's face.
"The baby meant so much to me. But all I did was ignore her. All I did was think about myself. I always put myself first, like I did in high school." Blair shook her head.
"After she died in that accident, a part of me died with her. I felt so helpless, so ashamed, so alone. Seeing you in that hospital bed, hooked up to a million wires and clinging to life, I decided that I was going to protect you from the monster I had become in honor of my daughter. I put my faith in the church, maybe too much, but I thought staying away for you would really do you well. All it did was rip you apart." Chuck nodded slowly in agreement, locking his eyes with hers. She sniffled softy.
"I'm…so sorry. I'm just…lost. I'm lost in myself." Blair paused, her breath hitching.
"Somewhere along the way, I lost Blair Waldorf and became Blair Grimaldi. Then I hit my lowest and became Claire and now, I don't know who I am." She gazed into Chuck's eyes. Chuck smiled faintly and looked at the ground.
"I can remember being in this position a few years back. Henry Prince?" Blair looked at him intently. She dug her fingernails into the grass.
"It's much easier to run away then to face yourself." Chuck looked into the water. Blair nodded slowly in agreement.
"I hated Chuck Bass. I hated him for being a failure as a son, a failure as an individual. But most of all, I loathed him for destroying the only thing he ever loved. Then failing to protect her and save her and our baby." Blair started to silently sob, tears pouring down her face. Chuck looked up and thumbed one away. He hated to see her cry. His heart was breaking into a thousand pieces.
"I still haven't found my way back because I've realized something. Something I had forgotten when I lost Chuck Bass, or have chosen to forget. My only home is you, Blair. I'm not Chuck Bass without you. I can't be myself if you are not at my side. And this year, I felt like I was dying because I was. I rely so heavily upon you that it's unbelievable. I hate it, but it's the truth. We both know it." Blair sucked in a breath and batted her eyes. The motion made Chuck's heart yearn for her.
"Chuck, I know I've hurt you. And I know I can't take it back. Just like you cannot take back trading me for the Empire. But I just want you to forgive me like I forgave you." Her voice cracked and she started to cry harder.
"Because…I can't be Blair Waldorf without my true Prince. I can't have a future. I can't be happy. And it's taken me until after all of the hell we've been through to realize that when I should've listened to my heart for once and known it was true." Chuck brought his hand up to her face. She shivered under his touch.
"I can't forgive you right now Blair. And you have to respect that. It didn't take you overnight to forgive me either." Blair nodded into his hand.
"…but I love you. And I never want to leave you ever again. I want to be with you until the day my heart stops beating. Because right here, right now, we can be together. As Chuck and Blair, Blair and Chuck. It might be scary or sudden, but I'm all in." He said, echoing her words. She grinned through her tears and caressed his hand. He suddenly leaned in and kissed her. Blair had forgotten how much she loved his kisses. They were soft and delicate, yet powerful. They made her heart thump loudly in her chest and her body flush. Dan, Louis, Carter, Cameron; no one's kisses were like Chuck's. She immediately deepened the kiss, getting on her knees and pushing into him. He reciprocated the act, and soon they were lying in the grass making out like a couple of teenagers. As Blair reached for Chuck's belt buckle, he stopped her.
"I just want to cherish what we have right now. Right here. We don't need to rush into anything." He whispered in her ear. Normally, she would have been furious with him, but she understood they had a long road ahead and it was best not to jump into anything intense. She wrapped her leg around Chuck's waist and snuggled into his chest. She felt his lips graze the top of her head. The moonlight shone on the couple, who were focusing on solely themselves. Neither of them ever guessed that they'd ever be in each other's arms again. They were so overwhelmed with an unexplainable joy that neither of them could say a word.
"I love you Chuck." Blair suddenly blurted unconsciously. Chuck smiled.
"I love you too, Blair."
"I won't soar, I won't climb
If you're not here, I'm paralyzed
Without you, without you.
I can't look, I'm so blind
I lost my heart, I lost my mind
Without you, without you."
-Without You-David Guetta
FINALLY AN UPDATE! Well, I'm going to start making some excuses. First, I went to Canada on a Mission Trip to help fix houses in a Native American town. Next, I went off to Colorado to visit some family friends with my grandparents and venture through the mountains. On the plane ride home from Colorado, I wrote the first chapter to my sequel of All We Have Left, What We Have Now. I think you guys are going to like it :) However, I want to finish my other stories before I start a new one. I came home from Colorado feeling inspirational, and then my inspiration just vanished. I kept opening this story at midnight every night and writing stuff down that didn't make sense because I was tired. And here it is almost 2 AM and…I'm writing this story. So if it doesn't make sense, I'm sorry. I tried. This was really only intended to be a one or two shot, so it's going further than I'd like it to. But a lot of you love it, so I am continuing it and I did find some inspiration for it.
But WHAT DO YOU GUYS WANNA SEE IN THIS STORY? Only planning on doing two more chapters, maybe an epilogue. Do you want a Chuck and Blair date? The reconciliation was really the main focal point of this, so I'm not really sure what more to add to it. Let me know what you want to see more in I Think I Like You ;) LEAVE A REVIEW!
I hope the song choice wasn't too corny or poppy. I thought it was pretty fitting for the situation though. I was really envisioning the beautiful cover Lea Michele did on Glee. I know some of you are skeptical of Glee covers, and I understand that, but Lea has the most beautifulvoice and really killed it and made me like the song, so check it out on YouTube if you want. You won't regret it. It's like an eargasm ;)
Anywaysss leave a review letting me know if you liked the reconciliation or not and what more you want to see!
YKYLM XOXO, Becca
P.S: HOW ABOUT THE SEASON SIX SPOILERS? Becca is gonna like this season lots. Lotssss of CB sexy time. Muahahaha ;)
