A/N: Sorry it's taken a while to update. Thank you all for your wonderful reviews and please do keep them coming! Hope you enjoy the chapter... Let me know if you do ;D

This was extremely boring. Blair usually loved the balls at the Upper East Side; it was her chance to show the uptight bitches of New York City that Blair Waldorf is the epitome of class and sophistication, a chance to make people envy her. But right now, she's not in the mood because Chuck is staring at her from across the room with that brooding look on his face. And what she wants to do right now is neither classy nor sophisticated. Shaking her head slightly, she tried to join in with the mindless gossiping of the people around her, but her heart was just not in it. Her heart was currently on the other side of the room with a certain Chuck Bass. Blair was extremely grateful when Serena interrupted her thoughts.

"Hey B, you alright?" she asked, noticing the lost look on her best friend's face.

"Yeah S, I'm good. Great actually. Wonderful...." she trailed off as she saw a young, skinny, extremely pretty girl wrap her arm around Chuck. Serena followed Blair's gaze and sighed when she saw Chuck. This was going to be a long night.

"Look, Blair" Serena began.

"Don't 'look Blair' me. Did you just see that?" Blair demanded, clearly furious.

"Yes." Serena replied with a sigh.

"That Mother Chucker!" she exclaimed, cracking her knuckles.

"B, why are you letting this get to you?" Serena asked, wincing at the clicking noise.

"I'm not! Why do you think i'm letting it get to me?" Blair replied defensively.

"You always crack your knuckles when you're upset" Serena said grabbing Blair's hands to stop her from playing with her fingers. "Blair, maybe you're jumping to conclusions, maybe they're just friends....oh" She bit her lip as Chuck began making out with the girl.

"That's it. I need to find a guy now. S, you gotta help me even if you do have terrible taste in men, Dan Humphrey being the prime example" Blair glanced at her best friend who was glaring at her. "I didn't really mean that, look Chuck's obviously moved on and that means I should move on too. It's important that he knows i'm moving on and so..."

"Let me guess... you're gonna move on?"

"Precisely" Blair smiled at her logic. "And I think i'm gonna move on with that guy over there" She began walking towards a good looking guy on the other side of the room. Serena rolled her eyes at her friend as Blair began to introduce herself, flirting shamelessly. Turning her head slightly, she saw Chuck staring at Blair and the stranger with a look on his face that could only be described as livid. She bit her lip. She would never understand the relationship between those two for as long as she lived. She folded her arms as Blair came over, a spring in her step, curls bouncing.

"His name is Joshua and he's getting me a drink" she smirked, looking over in Chuck's direction discreetly. "Did it work?" she asked Serena anxiously. Serena remembered Chuck's expression and nodded.

"So he's seen me with him?" Blair glanced at Chuck again, and saw his face. "And he's jealous! Oh my god he's jealous! This is so great! Don't look at me like that S" she said as she saw her friend's disbelieving expression. She then walked off towards 'Joshua' her hips moving seductively for Chuck's benefit who was still watching her from across the room, completely ignoring the girl at his side. Blair whispered something in Joshua's ear before returning to where Serena was standing. Upset at the lack of attention, the girl moved closer to Chuck, only to be roughly pushed out the way. She then proceeded to storm off while Blair looked on smirking. Chuck began walking over to her and for once there was not a hint of a smirk or a smile on his face. Serena squeezed Blair's hand before leaving the two of them to work through their non-existent problems by themselves.

"Blair, what do you think you're doing?" Chuck asked tightly. Blair smiled at him.

"Having fun. Just like you were with your stupid skank" She replied angrily. Chuck smirked at her obvious jealousy.

"The skank has a name" He replied coolly, enjoying her furious expression. He finds her so hot when she's angry.

"Oh really? Well what is it then?" Blair asked, a hand on her hip, desperately resisting the urge to crack her knuckles again. Instead she bit her lip, but Chuck noticed even the smallest changes in her body language and she knew he'd seen when his smirk got that little bit wider.

"I don't remember. But she did have one." He reassured her, trying to keep his expression serious.

"Were you born an asshole or was that just a trait that developed over time?" Chuck's laugh died on his lips when Joshua came over to Blair, wrapping a hand around her waist.

"Would you like to dance baby?" Joshua asked Blair, who nodded eagerly in response.

"I'd love to" she whispered as she leaned in close to him and allowed herself to be taken away. Chuck watched as the two of them danced, Blair's head resting on the man's chest, his arms wrapped tight around her body. Without thinking the action through, Chuck went over to Blair grabbing her arm.

"Ow. What do you want Bass? Can't you see i'm busy?" she demanded, clearly irritated.

"It's Serena, she really needs our help" He replied quickly, knowing that it was the only way to get Blair away from the idiot she was dancing with and alone with him. Blair turned to Joshua.

"Sorry you'll have to excuse me for a moment" she told him before turning to Chuck who held out his hand to her. She took it without questioning him and he quickly pulled her along to the nearest room. Blair looked around.

"S?" She asked. Suddenly realization hit her and she whirled round.

"It was a lie? You lied to me?" She asked appalled.

"Of course it was a lie Blair!" he told her, frustrated.

"Why Chuck? Why would you do that?"

"I'm guessing you're looking for something a bit more adequate than 'to get you to sleep with me'" he replied, eyebrows raised.

"God, this conversation is just screaming out for a sarcastic 'you've got to be kidding me'"

"Oh come on Waldorf, you know you want me too" he told her, walking closer to her. "Even from across the room there was sexual tension, don't deny it Blair"

"Yeah, you felt horny and I felt tense" she replied, taking a step back. "I can't believe you dangled that girl in front of me like that" Chuck noticed the hurt on her face and felt guilt wash over him.

"Yeah well I think you got me back for that Waldorf" he replied remembering her head on the stranger's chest. Blair looked at him, the hurt still evident in her expression.

"I'm sorry Waldorf ok?" Blair looked up at him in surprise.

"What did you say?" she asked, and Chuck would have found her baffled expression cute if he didn't have to do one of the things he hated most in the world- apologise.

"I said i'm sorry Waldorf, now will you shut up and kiss me?" he mumbled quickly. Smiling Blair leaned in and kissed him passionately. He moved them over so they were lying on the bed. However their moment was interrupted by Serena's high pitched squeal.

"Oh my god. Blair, do you not remember what happened the last time someone walked in on you two? We all ended up in a closet." Blair looked up at her friend, a smile on her face.

"Well what are you gonna do? You can't teach a Basshole new tricks"

"How true" Chuck replied, ignoring Serena's protests and returning to where he had left off.