A/N: Its about time, I know (:
"You're awfully quiet tonight." Blair commented suspiciously as she and Chuck lay together in each others arms. They were relaxed and calm. That night, after Serena stormed in her fit of randomness, Chuck had came over about an hour later to swoop Blair to bed and she obliged. After all, it only confirmed the inevitable. Chuck was in love with Blair and Blair was in love with Chuck and nothing was going to destroy this power couple. Even when Blair told him not to come over tonight.
"I just didn't think you'd approve of my stopping by. You sounded like you were busy." Chuck replied with a tone of disregard.
She was busy. Just not busy at French club or with homework.
"Serena and I had a kind…of argument. I don't know, it was weird." Blair mumbled with a raised eyebrow. She started stroking Chuck's chest and hoped he would switch the topic of conversation, but no such luck.
"Yeah... I'm aware of that." He told her, choking up slightly.
"Why? Wait, what did you tell her?" Blair demanded sternly, rising up from her and Chuck's love nest to glare at him. Serena better not have outdone herself this time. Not today.
"She came over to Nate's and I heard something…intriguing," he began, getting up and beginning to get dressed. "She came in and all I heard was kiss, look and Blair. Just…why would she say things like that to Nate?"
Blair's eyes widened. This charade was over. He knew. Chuck Bass didn't have an A average, he wasn't exactly Yale material but he knew the dynamics of the two people he knew best; Nate and Blair. She jerked out of her bed and flung her arms around him.
"Listen, you have to believe me when I say that nothing's going on between Nate and I and I have no idea what Serena's talking about." Blair said, keeping her composure.
Chuck looked into her cobalt blue eyes. Of course she was telling the truth. He knew that Nate and Blair were long gone, only destined to be first loves. Nothing more.
"You never have belonged with Nate. Never have, never will."
She didn't protest when he said those words months ago. Maybe because she agreed. Or maybe because such anger rose inside, she lost the ability to form a coherent sentence.
"Who said anything about you and Nate?" Chuck smirked and whipped on his jacket.
"I did. You asked." Blair's gaze averted elsewhere as she fixed his bow tie. He smiled down at her, clearly besotted. He still couldn't believe that he had her. They had their troubles and now Blair and Chuck were enjoying the happily ever after part of the story.
At least that's what he believed.
Chuck kissed Blair's forehead. But she backed away a little bit too quickly for his liking.
"I'll see you tomorrow, okay?" She said hastily, jumping back onto her bed and pulling the duvet over herself so it looked like she was ready for a good nights sleep.
"Okay." Chuck replied, still grinning like a complete fool. It was official, Chuck Bass was whipped.
As soon as Chuck closed the door carefully, Blair leaped out and rushed into her walk in closet, pulled on the first thing she found which happened to be an electric blue slip dress and slipped on a pair of heels. For the first time, she didn't care that her hair hadn't been brushed. Now only Nate could have that effect on her.
"Stupid Serena." Blair muttered as her heels clicked on the elevator floor. She rushed out into a limo and ordered the driver to Nate's residence, just to figure everything out. It was going to be a brisk, to-the-point visit. He better not have said a thing.
"You nearly had me caught there Serena." Nate remarked, half strict, half amused. He wondered for a minute if it could be a good thing. If Chuck knew then at least his feelings wouldn't be shoved right back to the bottom of his heart. At least they would know. But Chuck didn't know. He'd just have to keep his feelings and bury them a little more with every day.
"I can't believe this Nate. I mean you and Blair…" she trailed off with a wistful half smile.
"Me and Blair what?" Nate asked. He always liked to hear Serena's opinion on him and Blair. She always seemed to be rooting for them, even if she did fall into his bed every once and a while. But that was done. Serena knew that Nate was just a mistake. She loved the boy dearly, but they'd never be that couple.
"You two used to be solid. It's just weird. I mean, I expect things to change but Blair and you were like a permanent fixture. And then you two broke up it was like everything else started to change too." Serena explained, running a hand through her hair. The ripple effect of Nate and Blair was clearly evident. "You know if Chuck finds out his heart will break. He's so in love." She added, reminding Nate that he and Blair weren't a fairytale anymore. The fairytale was over and the Prince would have to settle for someone who just wasn't the princess. And the princess would eventually marry the jester. And Serena would end up with lonely boy. But Nate always had the sneaking suspicion that lonely boy loved Vanessa. But we'll just have to wait and see how that little affair turns out.
"Well I must leave you to brood. I wish I could help you." Serena whispered as she enveloped him in hug. Nate patted her awkwardly; he was too distracted to focus on anything right now but Blair.
"Nathaniel Archibald-
Blair stormed inside the Archibald townhouse living room to find Nate hugging Serena. She wanted to accuse them of sleeping together because it's not as if they hadn't before, but then she remembered Serena's legs turned to jelly at the sight of Humphrey.
"I was just leaving." Serena stated as she stridden out of the room, her blond hair flying behind her. Even on a Monday evening, when Blair was tired of school and sex, Serena still looked like that.
"I hope you haven't fucked up again." Blair snarled whilst smiling sweetly at her. She couldn't be anymore angry. Serena shook the comment off like only people like her do and showed herself out.
"Did he say anything?" Blair questioned Nate, looking into his emerald eyes. They still pierced her. You'd think that the effect they had on her would have worn off by the time fifteen years passed, but oh no.
"Chuck doesn't know if that's what you came over for." Nate shot back, making his way to the spirits. Usually, that was Chuck's thing but Nate had the feeling that he'd need to sleep a bit more easily tonight. He ruffled his brown hair, which was still highlighted blond from the summer sun. They hadn't talked properly this summer and she felt it. Something was missing. He was missing.
"You know, sometimes I think what a waste it is to have so much history with someone and then things turn out like this." She commented.
"Yeah well you only have one person to blame for that." He replied, raising one eyebrow. Blair gave him the stare of death. He was right, for once and he knew it.
"You had sex with Serena, twice." She reminded him. Nate set down his drink. He hadn't told her.
"I'm sorry. You weren't there I-
"I wasn't there so you slept with Serena?" Blair proclaimed, the hurt lining her tone. "You know its something you're making a habit of."
"It was a disaster anyway. Surely she told you that." Nate muttered.
"You and Serena are a disaster. We were a disaster. We were just one huge disaster." Blair gabbled. It was the truth. She only had ever fully loved two people; S and N. And those two people happened to be the ones that had hurt her the most.
"I think you should leave. You got what you came for." Nate responded, making his way down the hall to his bedroom and pulling off his shirt in the progress.
It couldn't be wrong to just kiss one more time, would it? An official goodbye kiss, sealing their end once and for all? After all, it would be a better way of ending it rather than their method of separation last time. Blair followed him down. She wasn't going to be left there randomly in his house. He could at least see her off if nothing else. She stomped down the hallway and waited outside until he was decent.
Blair mused for a minute. It was taking him quite a while in there. She wondered if his room had changed since they ended. If he'd tidied up his room after they broke up. Because when they did, Blair did some major spring cleaning which included disposing of pictures of herself and Nate. She even brought herself to take off the ruby ring once, but it felt like one of her fingers was missing.
"I don't care if you're not dressed; I've seen it all before." Blair declared as she opened his door, which was greeted with a hollow laugh from Nate.
His room hadn't changed a bit. Still painted sky blue. Still immaculate with the exception of a few DVDs and video games scattered around. Still smelling all like smoke and all…Nate-like.
"Why are you here Blair? You asked about Chuck I gave you an answer and you're still here." He gasped.
"I miss you. There, I said it." She said, smiling endearingly. Nate's lips curled into a smile. He missed her too.
Blair approached him, her heart beating out of her chest. All of a sudden she was fifteen again and she and Nate were about to have their first kiss. They had kissed before, but it was just pecks on the cheek. Nothing too much, because well to Nate, girls still had disgusting germs that could ruin your life. But he'd forgotten that when Blair kissed him. They fitted together perfectly. They just worked, even when it didn't.
"Don't." Nate put a finger on her lip. "I'm not going to be your mistake Blair. Goodnight." Blair froze as he flicked off the light and crawled into bed. She wondered if she had jumped into bed with him, right there and then if he'd been so quick to send her off then. But I guess we'll never know.