Blair sighed as her car pulled up back to her penthouse.
It had surprisingly well with Columbia.
She was sitting in the oak office, waiting for the Dean to return.
When he walked back in, she rose immediately to greet him.
"Thank you so much for agreeing to meet with me," she stuck out her hand.
As he shook it he replied, "It's no problem Miss Waldorf. Please have a seat."
They both sat, and the Dean watched her for a moment.
"So, Miss Waldorf, what was it that you wanted to discuss."
She took a deep breath. "Well, last year I was enrolled as a student here at Columbia. Unfortunately due to a very complicated chain of events that we don't really need to get into, I stopped attending my courses."
She paused.
"So I was hoping that we could find a way for me to continue my education here."
The dean looked at her again, and didn't say anything for a while as he thought.
"Well, I am very sorry to tell you that we are well into the semester right now, so it's too late to join classes and the dorms are full so we would have no room on campus for you." He paused again. "But I did read your file, and it is very impressive. We would be very happy to have you here at Columbia, so I am offering you admission for next semester granted that you complete your education in four years."
Blair's eyes lit up.
"Really?"
"Yes Miss Waldorf. Just don't make me regret this decision."
"Oh I won't."
"Then welcome back to Columbia."
Blair got out of the car as she finished up reliving another good memory that came from today. She decided she'd take it easy tonight, and just relax.
She went straight to her room and changed into her robe. She pulled out Breakfast at Tiffany's, her secret stash of macarons and an old photo album since she was feeling nostalgic.
She lay on her bed and began flipping through the album. First there were pictures of her and Serena that ranged from elementary to high school, then photos of her and Nate from earlier in their relationship. Then came the photos of the four of them: the Non-Judging Breakfast Club, and then the pictures of her and Chuck.
Blair smiled as she looked at them. They had been so happy back then, and she truly missed that.
She wished she could go back to those days, where everything had been so perfect.
She flipped past a few more pages and bit into a macaron, but stopped immediately when she saw the next photo.
It was a snap shot from an ultra sound.
And just like that, her good day turned horrible. She felt sick and sprinted towards the bathroom.
XOXO
Chuck stood at the entrance of Blair's building.
This was it, he thought. He would give it one last try.
The elevator ride up felt like an eternity, and when the doors opened he was facing an empty penthouse.
"Blair?" he called.
No answer.
"Dorota?" he tried.
But still there was nothing.
Nervously clutching the box from Harry Winston, he slowly made his way up the stairs, to make sure he didn't miss her.
As he reached the top of the staircase, he could see the light in her room and the familiar sound of Breakfast at Tiffany's blaring from her TV.
Yet as he entered the room, there was still no sign of her.
Where was she?
But then he noticed a very faint sound coming from the bathroom.
He held his breath. No, she couldn't be doing this to herself again.
He hurried in there only to find Blair curled up by the toilet, sobbing.
"Blair," he exhaled.
"Chuck?" she immediately went to dry her eyes. "What are you doing here?"
"I wanted to talk to you about something, and apologize for the other day. But what happened? A-are you ok?"
"It's n-nothing" she tried to get up, but he held onto her.
"Blair," he looked at her knowingly.
"Fine," she sat back down.
He waited for her.
"I decided to try and make amends for everything that's gone wrong this year," she started. "Serena and I made up, I spoke to Louis, and I'll be starting at Columbia again next year. I was just looking through old pictures to relax…when I saw one of…"
"The baby?" he asked, immediately understanding.
She just nodded.
In that moment he felt bold, so he took her hand and said "come here."
She complied and they just sat there for several hours, his arms wrapped around her.
He let her cry, and she let herself open up.
XOXO
Blair was starting to feel much better. She hadn't let herself just cry after the loss of the baby. But in Chuck's arms everything felt like it was going to be ok.
In all honesty she wished that they could just stay like that forever.
Her tears eventually dried as she began to come to terms with what happened. She was far from being ok but she was slowly getting there.
She pulled away from Chuck and looked at him.
"Do you want to go back to my room? The tiles are getting a little cold?" she smiled.
He smiled back. "Sure."
They lay next to each other on her bed, and just stayed quiet at first.
"So…why are you here?" she asked nervously.
"Oh well…uh…I…well first I wanted to apologize for how I acted when you came by the other day. I've just been so torn up about everything that happened and I was drunk and bitter about you and Humphrey. But I shouldn't have taken it out on you."
"No Chuck, it's okay, I really deserved it. I was hurting you and Serena and I really don't know what came over me. Humphrey was me running from my problems. I don't want to do that anymore. I'm really the one who should be apologizing. Since you're sober right now I really want you to know I meant what I said. I am truly sorry, about everything."
And before she knew what she was doing she blurted out a few more words.
"I still love you."
She froze after she heard herself. It was too soon for that, and she was sure that she'd lose him now for good.
But instead of saying anything at first he just looked at her, like no other man ever had.
It was a look that made her melt because she could feel something more behind it, and she almost forgot what she had let slip out.
And before she could say anything, he was already speaking. And she couldn't believe what she was hearing.
"Good. Then marry me."
He was holding her Harry Winston ring in front of her.
A/n: Ok wow it's been a while since I've updated since I've been so busy. So I thought this would be a nice holiday treat. I didn't have much time to proofread since I wanted to get it up as soon as possible, but I hope it's not too full of errors. Anyways, this wasn't originally what I wanted to have happen but the idea just kind of struck me and I went with it because I didn't want to drag this story on for too long.
So let me know what you thought, reviews are always welcome!
But I hope you all had a nice holiday season, whatever you celebrate, and I wish you all a happy new year!
xoxo,
A
