Thanks everyone! This chapter is largely because of GiveEverythigToBeHisAnything...another chapter means another update! For those of you who haven't read "All she Ever Wanted" and its sequel (whose name escapes me right now...just look for her stories lol) as they are great fics!

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Chapter 7

Chuck and Blair sat there silently for hours. He didn't know what to say to her, how he could help her.

"Chuck?" she quietly whispered

"yea?" he said softly, still stroking her hair.

"How are we going to get out of here?"

"Don't worry. We'll get out. Just try and get some sleep okay?" he could see the worried look on her face, " I'll be right here the whole time, nothing will happen to you," he said for the simply reason he had no idea what else to tell her. She did look exhausted though, it had probably been days since she had any decent amount of sleep. She nodded and closed her eyes against his chest.

They were both asleep until they heard the door open. Chuck tightened his grip on Blair when he felt her tense up.

"When are you going to let us out of here?" Chuck growled as Michael and his guards walked in.

"Soon enough Charles," Michael said as the guards surrounded them.

The last thing Chuck remembered was the feeling of hands on him, covering his mouth. His mind raced to Blair but she was already out of reach and then everything went black.

Chuck woke up later in his own bed, in his own room. He couldn't remember how he got there. He looked beside him and there she was, his perfect Blair, sound asleep. He lightly touched her shoulder "Blair?"

She jumped up at the feeling of contact, "No!" she yelled. Chuck immediately removed his hand, cursing to himself he shouldn't have scared her.

"Shhhh Blair it's okay, it's just me."

She looked into his eyes, "Chuck? What happened? How did we get here?"

"I'm not sure. But the important thing is we're here and we are safe. Are you ok?"

Her eyes filled with tears, she couldn't believe she was back at the Palace. She never thought she would get out of there. She smiled at him and hugged him. "Thank you Chuck. Thank you."

He sat there holding her, stroking her hair, stunned at her response. "Don't thank me Blair, I didn't do anything."

She looked up at him, "Yes you did Chuck. You gave away the one thing that you really cared about, your company."

" Baby.. no. You are the one thing that I really care about. I would have given anything to get you back. I'm just....so sorry I couldn't get you back sooner, before..."

Blair silenced him with a kiss. "Don't Chuck. Let's not talk about what happened anymore ok? Let's just pretend like it never happened and we can move on with our lives."

"But I think you should go to the hospital, get checked out. You've been through a lot, just let them look you over."

"Absolutely not Chuck. Then it will get out to Gossip Girl somehow, and I would have to leave the house and I'm just not ready for that right now. Really I am ok, I promise. Please can we just move past it?"

Chuck was helpless to the pleading look in her eyes. He knew that she needed medical attention, but he also knew that it would probably get out to Gossip Girl and that's the last thing she needed right now. Also he was in no position to force Blair Waldorf to do anything. "What if I brought a doctor in to look at you? One of my own. Nothing would get out to Gossip Girl then?"

"Chuck please? Really I am ok. I just...don't want to be looked at or touched or anything right now. I just want to be alone with you. I promise I will stay in bed and get some rest, and if anything starts to hurt or whatever I will let you know immediately."

He thought it over, there was no way he was going to win this one. "fine," he finally sighed, "but you are staying in bed and if you need anything you will tell me and I will get it for you."

"Fine," she agreed. "What happened to tough, thoughtless Chuck Bass? Are you going soft on me?"

"Me? Soft on you? Never," he smirked.

"Shut up Bass, you know what I mean," she playfully hit him away from her.

"I just want to make sure that you are ok. Believe me, once you are better I'll prove to you I'm not...soft. But for now you get some sleep, I'm going to get some guys working on finding Michael," he started to get out of the bed.

"Chuck?" she practically whispered, "could you....umm...stay here for just a bit?"

He didn't have to ask why; he knew she was still upset and scared about what had happened. He lay down beside her. She snuggled up next to him and slowly drifted to sleep. He sat there beside her, thinking about everything that had happened, how he was going to find Michael and make him pay for what he'd done, and how he was going to get his company back. Tomorrow he would find out who replaced him as CEO and then he would get it back. He looked at the sleeping beauty beside him; the important thing was that he had her back, the rest he would just have to figure out later.

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Alrighty, I know another short chapter....sorry. Next one will be longer hopefully. But my dilemma now is A)end it in one more chapter. B) leave it here and call it a day C)write a sequel.

What do you think? Sick of it? Want more? Thoughts please!