"Blair,"
"Stay away from me Chuck," Blair sniped, turning on her heels and heading the opposite direction. Chuck groaned as he got out of his limo to quickly block her way.
"Talk to me,"
"Leave.Me.Alone," Blair muttered through gritted teeth, before smiling politely at a passing person. Chuck rolled his eyes.
"Stop acting like you're perfect,"
"Stop acting like a no life stalker,"
"Stop-… you know what, I'm more mature then that, unlike you, who still needs to grow up. Don't pretend to be some prim and proper girl that is just so perfect, when you and I both know what you're doing to Serena,"
Blair, who had all this time been trying to walk away from him, stopped dead in her tracks. For a fleeting second, Chuck thought something had happened to her, until she briskly turned to him. Her eyes filled with rage, and her teeth gritted, "Shut the hell up Chuck, I'm not doing anything to her."
"You and I were both there that day," He said smugly.
Blair raised her brow in defiance.
"Seriously, did you see what Bella wore to the party? Can you say, trash?" Blair sneered.
Chuck raised a brow in amusement, "Aren't we a little hater today,"
Blair rolled her eyes, oh look there's that Vanessa girl, what the hell is she doing at such an expensive place," Blair scoffed.
Chuck turned to look in his seat, and smirked when he saw her pull on the uniform vest, "Makes sense now,"
Blair smirked, before turning back to Chuck, "I've got to get going, meeting with Nate in half an hour,"
Chuck nodded, "Alright, I'll drop you home, the limo's outside,"
Chuck followed, as Blair led them toward the door, but a girl at the far corner table caught his eye, and he turned to wink at her but crashed into Blair instead, who had abruptly frozen in front of him.
"What the hell Blair-…" He began before she turned and put a finger to her lips.
Chuck glared at her, but stopped complaining, and he heard the cause of Blair's interest.
"Are you serious?" A young looking waitress squealed.
"Yes! Dan was this close to kissing me today. We were in his apartment, and somehow, I ended up in his arms, and his face was barely an inch from me," Vanessa insisted.
"But isn't he with that blond girl, Serena?"
"Yeah, he is. But, I could tell, he wanted to kiss me, just as bad as I wanted to kiss him. But then he pulled away in guilt." She gossiped, before sighing, "I swear Sarah; I wanted to kiss him so badly,"
Blair opened her mouth in shock.
Blair looked away from Chuck, "So? I didn't do anything to Serena," She snapped, defensively.
"You didn't do anything, exactly. The old Blair would've bitch slapped Vanessa, and then would've been outside of Serena's place within seconds,"
Blair tried to push past him, "So what is this?" Chuck asked, "Let Dan and Vanessa hurt Serena… for revenge?" He asked harshly.
Blair pushed him away from her, "Shut up! Leave me alone,"
He smirked at her, "You know I won't say anything, because I thrive on drama, but you are suppose to be the best friend,"
Blair ignored him, as she walked faster. As soon as she got home, she headed to her room and sat at the edge of her bed. Her mind racing, why hadn't she told Serena yet? Why didn't she want Serena to know that her boyfriend had almost kissed his best friend – the girl that Serena was already insecure about. Why?
And no, Chuck was wrong; it had nothing to do with revenge, well not a big part. A part of her would always resent Serena for her betrayal, but this wasn't about that. All this was attached to one thing, one name… Nate.
A part of Blair was scared. She was so scared. She loved Nate, but a part of her knew he didn't love her the same way she loved him. A part of her knew that Serena would always be between them.
The only thing that made her sleep easy at night was, knowing that Serena already had a boyfriend that she loved. If Serena and Dan ever broke up? … No that was not an option.
Serena and Dan could not break up. It was not possible. Especially after those looks she's been noticing between Serena and Nate, and those guilt filled eyes, she could never forget those eyes. The night she had walked in on the balcony, they both had guilt written all over them. If Serena got hurt by Dan, she would be left vulnerable for Nate to comfort, and that couldn't happen.
She felt guilty every time she was around Serena, but not enough to tell her anything. Not enough to risk her relationship with the guy she loved.
Plus, they didn't kiss. So it wasn't like he cheated on her or anything. Blair thought defensively, she wasn't really hiding anything. This would only make Serena more insecure, and her relationship's fine. Why cause problems in a perfectly good relationship… right.
Serena smiled as she cuddled up to Dan, rewinding the emotional love speech by the main character to the girl. Dan sighed, "We've watched this part a billion times already, Serena," He complained.
Serena clicked her tongue, "I love this part," She whispered, looking up at him happily. He smiled, gently stroking her cheek.
"I know babe, but this is some next old black and white movie we found in my mom's old collection, why did we watch this again?" He asked, mentally kicking himself for agreeing to it.
"Because… the guy was hot," Serena stated innocently, a smile tugging at her lips.
"You find a guy that's been dead and buried for a good fifty years… hot?" He teased, "Wow, I'm dating a freak,"
She nudged him playfully, "Whatever, he's hotter then you,"
A smirk spread across Dan's lips as he rolled on top of her, pining her on the bed, "Oh yeah? He's hotter then me eh," He challenged, his fingers inching toward her sides, finding her ticklish spot, before attacking.
Serena broke out into laughter, squirming under him, "S-Stop," She gasped, "D-Dan!" She laughed.
"Who's hotter?" He questioned, pausing for a second.
"The truth remains the same," She insisted, with a wink.
"Not so easily convinced eh?" He questioned, before continuing his attack.
"Ok-okay," She gasped in laughter, "YOU! It's you," She caved, tears of laughter springing to her eyes.
"Tamed, just the way I like you," He teased, before pecking her lips and rolling off.
Serena grinned, climbing on top of him, "I love you Dan Humphrey," she whispered before leaning down to capture his lips.
Dan wrapped his arms around her, but he couldn't help but remember his almost deceit with a brunette, guiltily pulling away.
"What's wrong?" Serena asked with a slight frown on her flawless face.
Dan shook his head, before flipping them so he was on top of her, "I like to be on top," He whispered slyly.
Nate walked in, and made straight for the bar. He sat on the stool, "One-… Vanessa?" He said surprised, recognizing the girl as Dan's best friend.
She looked up, "Um hi." She greeted, slightly surprised he knew who she was, "Nate, right?" Of course she knew who he was; this is the guy Serena had slept with while he was going with her best friend, Blair. This was the guy that Dan didn't like too much.
"Yeah," He nodded, "One shot of vodka," He ordered, running a hand through his shaggy hair.
"Aren't you under age?" She asked amused, while working on his drink.
Nate frowned, "If I was under age, they wouldn't have let me in here," He pointed out evenly.
"Fair enough," Vanessa shrugged, as she put the shot in front of him.
Nate picked it up right away, and with one throw back of the head, he had gulped it down, before putting it down, "Another one," He ordered.
She raised her brow in amusement, "And what misery are you trying to drown with vodka?" She asked, as she poured him another shot.
Just like before, he had downed the shot within seconds and he glared at her, "None of your business," he snapped, causing her to back away as if bitten.
"Whoa, down boy,"
He sighed, "Look I'm sorry, I just don't want to talk about it," He said shrugging. For the last month, he had been the perfect boyfriend to Blair. He didn't get moody around her, he stopped being distant or uninterested, and had even stopped thinking about Serena, for the most part. He acted like she hadn't come back, and everything was the way it was with Blair before his thing with Serena. He hadn't talked to Serena, or even seen her apart from the rare glimpse on the streets. He made sure to never have his time with Blair coincide with Serena's time with Blair.
And without even noticing it, it was wearing him out. Without even feeling her absence, it was eating at him inside. His heart ached to see her, but even a glimpse of her caused something inside him to burn.
And he knew he resented her for being with someone else.
Vanessa, who had turned to pour someone else a drink, glanced back at the miserable Nate, "You and I have much in common," She whispered.
He looked up to meet her eyes, and he recognized something in her eyes that reflected his own. He could relate with an emotionless dulled look in her eyes, which he knew was a cause of her own doing. Like him, she was also fighting with a part of herself.
As much as he wanted to tell her she was wrong, he accepted defeat, "You're right,"
She smiled, but it didn't reach her eyes.
"Still in love with Dan eh?"
"Still in love with Serena?" She challenged.
Nate let out a bitter chuckle, "Doesn't matter, those two are together, and they're in love,"
She shrugged, "Maybe,"
"What do you mean?" He asked, with a hint of hope.
She shook her head, "I don't know, I just, I guess I just don't want to accept they're in love, but it's okay, I'll learn to deal with it,"
He looked down dejectedly, "Yeah, it gets easier after a while,"
"Does it?" She asked, as she watched him down another shot.
He looked up at her again, unable to hide the pain in his eyes, "It gets easier to pretend,"
A/n Sorry for the long delay, I had exams so I was really busy. Now that they're over,… ;) Read and Review!
