"Matt and Blair have been joined at hips since they were kids." Caroline
Blair and Matt looked at each other with a mutual smile. Damon felt a bit jealous but knew that Matt had been Blair's support system her whole life. Tyler had told Damon enough about Blair and Matt's relationship to know that they were each other's lifeguard. Katherine looked at Damon and saw him struggling with insecurity. It was always like that, with all the boys in Blair's life they always had to fight for her attention with other male, and it was a known fact Blair Waldorf always had a herd of boys running around her.
But, Katherine always preferred Damon more than the others, he was the only one who was able to keep Blair grounded, who kept her safe and far away from problems. It also was known fact that wherever Blair went, problems always get attracted to her just like Stefan Salvatore but Katherine wasn't going to even think about him. Stefan was a part of her past that she wanted to forget about but couldn't. She still cursed the day she met him, Katherine was so enthralled by Stefan just at the first look. She'd thought that she found her soul mate. But Stefan never cared about her, he always kept running after Blair hoping for her affections. Even when Blair compelled him to love Katherine, his eyes always sought out Blair. It broke Katherine apart knowing that the guys she wanted never wanted her back.
"Hey, you guys up for a mad night, we decided to move this to my house, have some beer, get ourselves drunk." Tyler winked at Blair.
"And miss school tomorrow, no way" Blair replied shaking her head.
"Common B, don't be such a buzz kill. What will Katherine here think? How boring her new friends are." Tyler nodded at Caroline to back him up, "Yea B, we can all go to school together tomorrow." Caroline added.
"But, what about my beauty sleep?"
"Common Blair, one late night won't ruin your beauty. You always look perfect with or without it." Matt said nudging her.
Blair looked at Damon who nodded in agreement with Matt and then at Katherine who just smiled that beautiful smile at her and finally took a long breath and said, "OK, let's do this. Let's all get wasted, but I warn all of you to keep your mouth shut about it. After all, I have a reputation to uphold."
Everyone smiled at Blair's words. Of course she had a reputation and that was of Queen Bee. For all those who weren't close to her she was a vicious, dangerous and cold hearted bitch. Only her true friend's knew the real Blair and Blair wanted to keep it that way. As much as she loved being around her friends she also loved being around people who feared her. But, unlike Caroline, who loved ordering minions around her, Blair liked being untouchable after all that was what gave her the ice Queen Persona.
The group went to Tyler's mansion excluding Chuck and Elena, who went missing as usual. Bonnie decided to join the gang as she realized that Elena wasn't coming back soon. Katherine and Blair kept talking about nothing and everything with Caroline adding few of her own thoughts. Katherine soon liked Caroline's easy way of talking and frankness. She was happy that Blair found such a loyal friend as Caroline. And Caroline was the most loyal of them all, even more that Matt. Caroline never kept anything away from Blair, whatever she knew Blair always heard it from her first and after a few moments of knowing them both everyone knew that nothing was hidden between both the girls.
"So Katherine, why don't you tell us about your family?" Bonnie asked to Katherine suddenly, making all heads turn in her direction. Bonnie had kept quiet for the whole night and they thought it maybe just because she didn't have Elena to support her so they let her be. Everyone was used to Bonnie being quiet after all it was what she always did.
"Well, my parents died when I was very young, so I don't have them anymore." Katherine replied with a solemn expression, Blair felt something in her heart tug and reached for Karoline's hand to take away the sadness. Karoline looked at Blair and smiled knowingly.
"But I have a sister" Karoline said holding Blair's hand.
"Really, where is she?" Caroline asked excitedly. She had already liked Katherine and thought she was cool. She was excited even by the thought of the cool Katherine having a cooler sister for them to hang out with.
"She's lost. I'm here to get her back." Katherine replied her gaze firm at Blair's. A sudden recognition came on Blair's face making Katherine hopeful but it faded as soon as it came.
"I hope you'll find her. And if you need our help with anything, we'll help you, all of us." Blair promised Katherine to which she nodded with a small smile.
Damon watched this scene unfold and was washed back by the memories where a heartbroken Katherine was being held on by a sad Blair after Katherine got rejected by Stefan for the umpteenth time. Damon watched as Blair soothed her sister and promised her that she will make it all right. And she did make it right, even though it was all an illusion; their world was perfect for the short time when Blair compelled Stefan to think about Katherine and Katherine only. It was the happiest time of their life, Damon had never seen Katherine so happy and carefree as she was at that time and Damon himself was happy for that because Katherine's happiness made Blair elated. She was free to love Damon and Damon only and she had loved him more than anything else just like he always loved her.
Damon came back to reality when he realized Blair was missing.
"Where's Blair?" He asked Katherine in a worried tone.
"Don't worry Damon she just went to the rest room with Caroline. She'll be back soon."
Katherine went back to chatting with Matt who was giving her Blair's whole life history, just what Katherine needed. Bonnie at Matt's other side was nodding on Matt's narration. Bonnie had decided after a light chat that Katherine was not a threat to any of her friends so she was behaving civilly with her. But, Bonnie still had a bad feeling about the sudden intrusion of strangers in their life, especially Blair's. And even though Blair was not close to her as Elena was, she still cared about her a lot than her other friends. Bonnie had always felt a sense of protectiveness for Blair, she herself had no idea why, but she did.
Caroline came back to the room alone but before Damon could even stand Tyler asked her about Blair's whereabouts'.
"B said she just wanted a fresh air. I think she had too many drink and you know how on edge she gets when she's drunk so am just here to get her a glass of water and one of your buzz kills." Before Caroline could get to the door Damon took the glass away from her getting out an, "Hey" from Caroline.
"I'll take that to Blair. Why don't you go play with the boys?" Damon nodded at the direction where drunk Nate and Tyler were playing video games while fighting with each other. Caroline looked at them, pinched her nose.
"No, can't do that. She's drunk, vulnerable and alone and I won't let even Matt or Tyler to go near her now so I'll take that." Catherine attempted to take the drink but before she could get to it Damon looked at her eyes and compelled her.
"I never wanted to do this but you leave me no choice, I'll take that to Blair. You go play with the boys"
"Ok, you give this to Blair and I'll go play with the boys." Catherine ran away bouncing towards Nate and Tyler. Damon gave a long sigh, the girl was like a blondie Blair, always being authoritative, even when compelled. Damon shook his head and went out to look for Blair.
He found Blair on a swing at the back yard; lost in her own world. She looked lovely in the moonlight illuminating behind her, making her dark tresses of hair appear bluish by the light. Her porcelain white skin stood out in the darkness and so did her luscious red lips along with those dark brown eyes which were focused on somewhere else. Damon felt his heart do somersaults at the sight of Blair. At that moment he wanted to do nothing more than to hold Blair in his arms and devour those luscious lips whose taste he has been carrying with him for more than a century and half to check if they taste the same. But he couldn't take what he wanted without Blair's permission.
"So you are here. I looked all over for you."
"Damon" Blair looked up startled, "What are you doing here? Where's my Caroline?"
"Your Caroline is in playing with the boys. So, I came here to provide you my precious company." Damon smirked at Blair, handing her the glass of water.
"Strange, Care never allows anyone to get near me when am drunk, not even Matt or Tyler." Blair commented absentmindedly while drinking the water in a single gulp. Damon noticed how in tune both the girls were.
"Wow, easy there. You want me to get another glass of water for you?"
"No, it's okay. I'm fine now. Thanks for the water though. You ought to know, Caroline never leaves my side when I get drunk. It's just strange that she even allowed you to come outside knowing am all alone here."
"Maybe, she trusts me with you." Damon stared at Blair.
"Maybe" Blair looked up to meet Damon's gaze and once again both of them got lost in each other's eyes leaving the world far behind them. Looking at Blair's eyes Damon got enough courage and crossed the distance between them in a single stride. Leaning down towards Blair looked into her deep eyes and when he got the permission he required, closing even the small distance between them he finally kissed her.
So sorry for the late update. Got busy with work loads, study and all. Hope you liked this chapter. Thanks for all the lovely reviews. Keep them coming, they really motivate me to write more. And am confused as to which guy should i choose for Caroline, Matt or Tyler or someone else like Kol? Please do send me your suggestions... thank you so much for reading it :)
