It was at that moment that Blair Waldorf realized she had been completely wrong about Dan Humphrey. She had been wrong about Dan Humphrey in high school. She had been especially wrong about Dan Humphrey four months ago. Dan Humphrey was not social suicide- Dan Humphrey was just a really good guy. Why had she always been so cruel to him? Why had she always found such pleasure in insulting him?

Blair suddenly knew the answers to all of her questions- she was in love with Dan Humphrey. The more she thought about it, the more she realized that she had been in love with Dan for a very, very long time. She had only been cruel to him because Dan had liked Serena and not her in high school. Then, when Dan had finally liked her, she had run away from him because she was scared of how much she actually liked him. For she didn't just like Dan, she loved him.

Now she was dancing with Chuck Bass at Serena's birthday party, but she wanted to be dancing with Dan. Blair wished she could take back that night in Brooklyn, when Dan had begged her to stay, and she had slammed the door on his face.

She looked at Dan, who was still laughing with her friends. He was probably going to start dating Serena again, too. Dan would probably only think of her as an ice-cold bitch. And he would be right…she was an ice-cold bitch. Blair felt tears well up in his eyes. She was in love with Dan Humphrey, and he would never love her back. Without Dan, her world full of ambition and social-climbing seemed… unbearable.

"I need to get some air." She told Chuck.

She vaguely registered Chuck beginning to dance with a red-head as she fled Serena's birthday party. She felt dizzy. Her heart was beating erratically. She was in love with Dan Humphrey. He had liked her, yet she had screwed everything up. How could she ever live with herself anymore? Blair walked aimlessly, absently running her fingers down the walls of the fancy New York City building. How could she be so stupid? How could she be that cruel to such a wonderful person as Dan?

Blair understood so many things now. Dan wasn't weak or any of the horrible adjectives she had constantly used to describe him. Dan was just thoughtful and caring; two attributes that Blair had always considered unimportant. Blair sat on a sofa in the building's fancy lobby, hating her selfish self. Tears fell down her cheeks.

Somebody sat next to her on the sofa.

Blair looked up. It was Dan Humphrey. He was so close, that if she were to reach out her arm, she could touch him. She hadn't been this close to him since that fateful night in Brooklyn.

"Are you okay?" Dan asked. He was so calm, unlike Blair, whose entire body was trembling just being near him.

Blair nodded. She wanted to speak, but for the first time in her life, Blair was lost for words.

Dan and she sat in silence. It wasn't the comfortable, amicable silence that they once had. It was awkward as hell.

Tell Humphrey that you are sorry. Tell him that you didn't mean any cruel thing you said to him. Tell him that you are in love with him. Blair pleaded to herself. Just treat him the way he deserves to be treated for once.

Instead, Blair snapped in her rudest tone, "What are you doing here, Humphrey?"

Right after she said it, she winced. Even when she tried to be nice to Dan Humphrey, she sounded like a bitch.

Dan shrugged indifferently. After all, of all people in this world, Dan was used to Blair Waldorf being a bitch. "I saw you leaving Serena's party, and you looked upset. I wanted to make sure you were okay." He paused, "So, how are you doing, Blair?"

"I'm fine." Blair answered, just as a traitorous tear ran down her cheek.

"Then why are you crying?" Dan said, smiling.

"I'm not crying." Blair protested. Yet even as she said this, another tear slipped down her cheek.

"It's okay to admit that you're not doing fine, Blair." Dan said. "You don't always have to bear all of your burdens by yourself."

"But I deserve to be miserable." Blair said bitterly. "I have behaved horribly."

"Don't be so hard on yourself." Dan said, "I know why you're upset, but it's really not that bad."

Blair looked up at Dan real fast. "You know why I'm upset?"

"Yes," Dan said, "I was watching you dance with Chuck Bass tonight. You are crying right now because you are still in love with Chuck Bass, and he did something to upset you a few moments ago."

Blair couldn't even speak. Dan was the smartest guy she knew, but he was completely wrong. She was not in love with Chuck Bass. She was in love with Dan.

"Don't let Chuck get you upset, Blair." Dan continued, "You are going to be okay. You are the strongest person I know."

"I'm not going to be okay!" Blair cried, "And I'm not that strong. I only pretend to be strong."

Dan placed his hand on Blair's bare shoulder. The touch was obviously friendly, but Blair's entire body burned at his touch.

"I know what it is like to be in love with somebody who doesn't love you back." Dan said soothingly, "It is the worst feeling in the world."

"It is." Blair agreed, thinking of how desperately in love she was with Dan, and how he would never love her back after she had treated him so poorly. This thought made her sob harder.

"You just have to hope that someday, the person you love will realize that they love you too." Dan said.

"I don't deserve to hope." Blair said thinking of Dan, "I've treated the person I love so horribly."

"I know it sounds cliche, but one must always have hope. For example, I will always hope that the girl I love will love me back someday." Dan said. He was looking at her very intently at Blair. Blair couldn't even bring herself to meet Dan's eyes.

"Is the girl you love Serena?" Blair asked bitterly, "Because I think Serena still likes you."

"No. I'm not in love with Serena."

"Who are you talking about then?"

Dan raised his eyebrow. "I think it is pretty obvious."

"I don't understand."

"Of course you don't understand, Blair." Dan said, rolling his eyes, "But hopefully someday you will."

Dan got up, and started walking away from Blair.

"Wait, Dan!" Blair shouted.

Dan turned around, his eyebrows quizzically raised. God, he was hot.

"Who are you in love with? Please tell me." She begged, even though she wasn't sure she wanted to know.

Dan smiled. "You already know, Blair."

"I don't know. Tell me. Please tell me." Blair begged again. Since when did Blair beg Dan Humphrey? Hell, when did Blair Waldorf beg anybody?

"You already know, Blair." Dan repeated again.

"No, I don't." Blair said, frustrated. "Please tell me who you are in love with."

But when she looked up at Dan for an answer, Dan was already gone.

Who was Dan in love with?

Wait….

Was Dan saying that he was in love with her?

No, Blair thought, she had wronged Dan too many times. Dan was too good for her…

But… what if Dan was in love with her?

Blair Waldorf stood up.

Even if Dan wasn't in love with her, she was going to make Dan fall in love her.

After all, what Blair Waldorf wanted, Blair Waldorf always got.

In Blair Waldorf's little brain, she started scheming on how to win back Dan Humphrey's heart.

It would have to be the best scheme of her life. XOXO Gossip Girl