Lily's Will
Disclaimer: I don't own Gossip Girl in any way. If I did then Blair and Chuck would be together now, but *SIGHS* I can dream…
Chapter 7
Chuck was in a foul mood when he returned home that evening. If she thought that she was going to go off with Nate every night and leave William to him, then she was sadly mistaken. He was both their responsibility and if she didn't comply, he wouldn't think twice in seeking sole custody. He was sure he would get it, somehow, he thought as his face twisted in a scowl thinking of ways to defame her in front of the court.
"Mr. William, Mr. William!", shouted Dorota.
Chuck walked into the living room as William came running through and bumped into his legs.
He bent down to steady the boy as he looked up at him.
Chuck smiled and said, "Hi William, remember me?"
William looked up at him with an annoyed pout on his face.
"I see you've been hanging around Blair for far too long", he muttered as he bent and picked him up.
"Mr. William", said Dorota as she walked into the living room and stopped abruptly.
"Oh, Mr. Chuck, I not know you home. Where's Miss Blair?"
"Your Miss Blair is on a date with her boyfriend", he said in a hard tone.
Dorota gave him a strange look then reached for Will.
"No", said Chuck pulling back. "I've got him. Why were you chasing him?"
"He has to eat vegetables. He run away every time."
"I'll feed him, go-" he paused giving her unconcerned look, "Do whatever it is you do with your time off."
"You not know what to do with baby. I know, you let him choke."
"I will not let him choke", said Chuck irritated.
She reached for William a second time and Chuck lost his patience. "Dorota, I swear if you do not leave me with my brother, I will fire you."
He heard Dorota say a few words in Polish then she turned her angry eyes at him. "You not fire me. I work for Miss. Blair no you."
Chuck sighed getting tired of the whole thing, "Fine you can watch, but I don't want your input."
Dorota smiled in satisfaction, "Okay, Mr. Chuck."
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"Come on Will, just one bite", said Chuck trying to coax William into eating broccoli.
William turned his head and said, "No."
"Be reasonable Will, I'll give you a hundred bucks if you'll just take one bite", said Chuck frustratingly.
"No", said William again, pushing his plate away.
"Mr. Chuck, you can't pay baby. He know nothing of money. You know nothing of babie-"
"Dorota, I said no input", he said darkly. He would get William to eat it, he thought determinedly.
"Look at Chuck, Will", he said as he took a bite. "Mmm, it's good, now it's your turn", he said putting a piece of broccoli in Will's mouth that was promptly spat back out.
Chuck let out an exasperated breath. This would never work.
"Tired, Mr. Chuck?"
"Dorota, I swear one more word out of you an-"
"Okay, no words", she said taking a step back.
He gave an annoyed look at her mocking stare.
"Here, Will", said Chuck trying a different approach. He handed Will a fork and said, "You can feed yourself. How about that?"
Chuck put a smirk on his face as William took the fork in his hand and put it in his plate.
He turned to Dorota and said, "See, all he wanted was a little independen-"
But he was stopped short by Will's left over spaghetti hitting him on the chest.
He heard Dorota laugh and say, "Is that independence Mr. Chuck?"
He took a rag and cleaned the spaghetti off of his expensive Marc Jacobs shirt. He then looked at Will ready to be firm but before he could say anything, another spoon of spaghetti was thrown in his direction. This time, hitting him right in the face.
Dorota laughed as he took the same rag and wiped his face.
"William!", he said in a stern tone but when he faced the boy he couldn't do anything other than laugh as he watched Will eating spaghetti as well as some broccoli with his hands.
"I guess anyway will do as long as you eat it in the end."
William looked at him smiling then said, "Yummy."
Chuck smiled and said, "Yes, my shirt thinks so too."
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"William!, William! Come here", said Chuck as he chased the boy around the apartment.
He had to give him credit thought Chuck smirking at him. He was very clever for his age. He had him running around chasing after him. He had managed to corner him in the living room. Chuck was on one side of the couch and Will was on the other. Will had this mischievous look on his face, like he believed that Chuck would never catch him.
"Your running days are over William, you better give up."
"No!", shouted William. Chuck made a sudden move and Will ran and started giggling.
This could get monotonous thought Chuck but he couldn't help but smile at Will's smile, it was so much like his own. He hadn't noticed that before.
"Will, it's time for a bath."
"No bath."
"Yes bath. I need one and so do you", said Chuck moving quickly around the couch. As soon as Will ran the other way he changed his direction and caught the boy before he had a chance to run the other way.
"Gotcha", said Chuck laughing down at him.
William smiled at him and put a hand to his face as if making a memory. Chuck stilled looking down at him. In that moment something shifted in him. A feeling that he had never known. He stared into William's brown eyes and knew, this was what a family was. William was his family. No one would ever or could ever take Will away from him.
"Play", said Will smiling at him.
"Okay", said Chuck giving in. He probably would have given in to anything at that moment.
"We'll play for a little while then it's bath time."
Chuck put Will down and he ran away laughing. He had been wrong thought Chuck smiling after the boy, Will's laugh could never become monotonous.
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After Chuck finished showering he went in search of William. He found him with Dorota in Blair's room. He was crying.
"What's wrong with him?"
"He tired, Mr. Chuck."
He took him from her and tried to get him to settle down.
"Hey William, I know you're sleepy but that's no reason to cry."
William just looked at him, rubbed his eyes, and continued to sob.
"What do you usually do with him?"
"I give blanket and Miss. Blair get him to sleep."
Blair, he thought. He looked at the time and a menacing look came over his face. It was nearly eleven p.m. She should have been home a long time ago. No doubt Nate distracted her, he thought darkly.
"Dorota, go to bed. I'll deal with him."
"No, Mr. Chuck, I-"
"Dorota, go get some sleep. You've been with him all day, I bet you're tired."
He watched Dorota look from Chuck to William, clearly torn.
"I'll get him to go to sleep and anyway, Blair should be getting home any minute now", he said convincingly.
"Okay, Mr. Chuck but if he no sleep call for me."
"Goodnight", he said as a reply.
She gave a small nod and said, "Goodnight."
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Fifteen minutes later Chuck was pacing the floor with a still crying William. He had tried everything he could think of but nothing worked.
He tried playing with him, giving him his blanket, and rocking him, none of it helped. He kept crying asking for his bear. A bear he couldn't find through any of his things.
He was getting a migraine as he picked up the phone and dialed Blair's number but it went straight to voicemail.
"Fuck!", he said but when Will's tear stained face looked up at him, his eyes widened.
"Whatever you do, do not repeat that."
Chuck rubbed his temples with his free hand then sat on the rocking chair that he had brought into the room.
He sat with Will and simply rocked. He didn't know how long he had stayed there but he had his cries down to hiccups when Blair came rushing into the room.
"Well, did you finally remember you had someone waiting for you at home?", he asked snidely.
"No, I'm sorry but-"
"But what? You were too busy fucking Nate to remember Will needed you?"
"Chuck!", said Blair in an outraged tone.
Hearing her voice made William turn towards her and start crying again. He outstretched his hands saying, "Bear", in between cries.
Understanding dawned on him. It wasn't a stuffed animal that William was crying over, it was Blair, and that fact only intensified his anger.
William was taken from his arms as Blair held him close rocking him and kissing his tears away.
"He's been crying for you. He's cried for you for over an hour, I hope your romp with Nate was worth it."
"It's not what you think. Let me explain-"
But he didn't let her as he interrupted saying, "If you ever do something like this again, I promise you I will go to court and find a way to get sole custody."
"You can't do that. A judge would never give him to you. He barely knows you and the conditions in Lily's Will were clear. You can't take William away from me."
"Oh yes I can, I can be very persuasive. I'm sure there's at least one judge in New York City, or several if I remember correctly, that can and will be bought. You would never see William again."
"You wouldn't do that to him", said Blair with desperation in her voice.
He smirked. "I would if I thought it was best for him and right now, I think it is."
"It's not, he needs me."
He heard Blair's voice break as she looked down at William and held him closer.
His satisfaction in seeing her fear faded quickly. As much as it gratified him to have Blair right where he wanted her, he couldn't take her tears.
"Just don't let it happen again", he said roughly as he walked out of her room, leaving her staring after him.
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Blair took a deep breath and blinked back her tears. She didn't know how she had ever thought herself in love with him. He was a cruel bastard who would manipulate anything and anyone to get his own way.
But he would not get his way this time, she thought adamantly. No one would ever take William away from her.
She looked down at William and gave him an apologetic smile. "I'm so sorry sweetheart. Nate had a flat tire and he didn't have a spare so we had to wait for-", she stopped herself.
William wouldn't understand anything other than, she hadn't been there.
She kissed the top of his head and wiped his tears as she sat down on the chair to rock him. He instantly wrapped his little hands around her and laid his head against her chest.
She would never let him cry over her this way ever again she promised herself as she started singing him a lullaby. She would make sure he never suffered because of her.
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Chuck was on his way to the bar area to get a drink to soothe his headache, when he passed Blair's room and stopped.
She was singing. In all the time that he had known Blair Waldorf, which was most of his life, he had never heard her sing, not even once. Her voice was surprisingly beautiful but he didn't dwell on that fact as he stopped to listen and stare.
She was looking at William with such tenderness as she sang,
"You are the gift that makes my world complete and you'll never know how much I love you but I'll keep on telling you my whole life through."
Something tightened within him as he took in the look of utter devotion she gave William, no one had ever looked at him that way.
"And I believe in miracles and you're the reason why, so dream on while I sing you my angel's lullaby."
He stepped away from her door and went in search of that much needed drink. As he took a deep gulp of scotch he reluctantly acknowledged that he couldn't separate William from Blair. She was right, he needed her but there was one person who he could separate Blair from, and that was Nate Archibald.
It hadn't been hard years ago and he didn't expect it to be this time either. He would seduce Blair until she'd submit.
He'd use her until he grew tired, then he would move on to the next available woman. He would get back at two people in the process, Blair and Nate. He couldn't wait to see the look on Nate's face when he'd tell him that he had slept with Blair again.
Years ago he hadn't fought back when Nate had shoved him against his limo, but this time he wouldn't be so kind.
He would show her what a grave mistake she had made lying to him two years ago. He would show them both.
As he drained his glass he thought, let the seduction of Blair Waldorf begin.
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A/N: Sorry, sorry, sorry, I'm a horrible author. I haven't updated this in more than a week. I was busy visiting my grandmother and she didn't have a computer or internet so basically I was going out of my mind the whole time lol. But now I'm back so updates should be more frequent now. Anyway on to the story, poor misguided Chuck, how many people think he will tire of Blair once he's had her? Anybody, anybody? No, didn't think so lol. I think that Chuck will end up way in over his head with this little game, but I'm looking forward to exploring it. Also, only Chuck would think a drink would soothe a headache lol. Do you think Blair will give in? If so, how long do you think she will last pushing Chuck away? This story is not going to focus solely on the seduction, there's William to consider as well as Eric and Serena. As well as a few other obstacles I'm thinking of throwing in. This seduction thing will last for a little while, not that long. There's also what Chuck had been doing for those two years, anyone think they can guess? If you liked it, loved it, hated it, whatever lol, just tell me in a REVIEW :o)
XoXo Chrys
