Hi everyone! I'm so sorry it took so long to update, but this chapter was difficult. And it's pretty unhappy but I promise the next one will be more fluffy again!

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"What a question! Come on, not in the mood to play, blondie?" Georgina teased Nate.

"Aren't you supposed to be getting drunk and high in Manhattan?" Blair asked angrily.

"Oh don't worry. I can do that here as well," Georgina responded.

Chuck leaned forward to whisper to Blair, "Keep her here, I'll take care of this. For good." Blair pulled back and eyed him with shock and disbelief.

"You can't be serious," Blair whispered in return. The worst ideas came to her mind. Chuck glared at her and shook his head slightly. Then he turned around and disappeared. Serena, Eric and Nate didn't notice it because they were too busy staring at Georgina. Blair decided to catch her attention.

"So, Whoregina. Then you won't have time to bother us?" Blair spat out. She knew that there was nothing better to get Georgina's attention than to tell her to stay out of something or to tell her to stay away.

"Ooooh, no, no, no! You, Barbie, Ken, Mini-Ken and Chuckie are going to have so much fun! Where is he anyways?" Georgina asked curiously.

"What make you think you're something else but lucky to still stand here?" Nate asked dangerously. Georgina eyed him for a moment and then started to laugh out loud.

"Oh, you could be almost scary without those man bangs."

Two men appeared behind Georgina and grabbed her arms. The guys were dressed in black suits. Georgina didn't even protest. She just laughed. The guards pulled her out of the club in the inlet where Chuck stood and discussed with Javier.

"So that's she, huh?" Javier asked as he eyed Georgina. "Not that bad."

"No, no one hurts her. Do just what we agreed to. I won't be responsible for Sparks offspring. Am I understood?" The men nodded. Yes, Chuck was a mad, even evil, person when it came to what he loved (Blair), but he wasn't heartless. Javier had offered to sell Georgina somewhere in Asia but that was too heavy even for Chuck's taste. So they decided on Chuck's plan which was simple. There were exactly two people in the world who could stop Georgina – Mom and Dad. So Javier would give Georgie a little OD and drop her at a hospital in San Diego. Chuck already called her parents and they promised to take care of her if they got her back. This was finally the end of the "Georgina frights our lives" area.

When Chuck got back in the club and spotted the four on the dance floor, he knew why all of this was worth it. He never really hated his life in New York, but the only reason he could suffer it was because of those four people over there. Yes, his dad's money brought him many pleasures. But he would have died of loneliness without his best friend and the girls. Eric was nowadays an unexpected plus-one. They were his family and, just like his dad taught him, he would protect his family no matter what. The only good thing Bart ever taught him, he thought bitterly.

Blair spotted him and frowned a bit, but he smirked and walked over to her.

"What happened, Chuck?" Blair asked, curious.

"I took care of it." Chuck said nonchalantly. The four looked at him with concern.

"You guys, she'll be alright. Nobody will physical hurt her, but her parents are on their way to get their little princess," Chuck explained and Serena and Blair started laughing. They knew how much Georgina must abhor her parents and how much her parents despise her. This was the perfect punishment. Afterwards they partied 'til sunrise.

When they left the club, the only sober person was Eric. He hadn't drunk and he knew why. Even Chuck was drunk and babbled. So Eric ordered a cab and managed their way back. When they arrived at the house it was a challenge to get everyone inside. But as he finally made it, Eric locked the gate and the door. He pushed Chuck and Blair in their room, and Serena and Nate in theirs before lying down in his own bed. Much to his joy he discovered another door in his room that led through a little closet back in the hallway. So Eric could use the bathroom without waking up Serena or Nate.

When the house got silent, Eric heard the creaking of a bed and moaning. Chuck and Blair are the most sex addictive people I know, Eric thought as he got up to go to the bath. He opened the door to the closet, slipped through it out in the hallway – and got scared to death. There, in the middle of the hallway, stood Blair, eyeing the door to Nate and Serena's bedroom. She didn't move; she didn't even flinch when Eric came out of the closet. Her face was inscrutable. The door to her and Chuck's bedroom was open and Chuck lie in the bed, snoring.

"Blair," Eric said softly.

Blair's eyes widened as she finally recognized Eric's presence.

"I can't believe it," was the only thing she said before turning around, walking back in the bedroom to Chuck and slamming the door.

Blair crawled back in the bed and laid her head down on Chuck's chest. She listened to his heartbeat. This shouldn't have shocked her. She knew that Serena and Nate would find their way together one day, and she was with Chuck. She loved Chuck! And she didn't love Nate, for sure. So why did this bother her, anyways? She didn't know, but tonight, she found she couldn't sleep.


Chuck woke up when the phone started to ring. He picked it up.

"Chack, my man, it's me. You and your posse need to be at the airport in two hours. But at the normal one. You're going to fly with my private jet from there. It's safer."

"Okay, Javier. We'll be there in an hour and a half," Chuck responded sleepily. He turned his head and was surprised to find Blair awake.

"You okay?" he asked gently before leaning down to kiss her lips.

"Serena and Nate had sex last night." She knew he would ask until he'd reach the bottom of her behavior, so she went ahead and told him. She had been thinking ever since she came back to bed.

"So what? Do you care?" Chuck asked, concerned and angry at the same time.

"No. It just showed me something."

"And what's that?"

"How badly I want to make us work, Chuck. I'm so… so… so sorry for hiding us away to keep the happy bubble alive," she emphasized every word so to make it sound nearly dramatic. She put her hands around his neck and pulled him in a passionate kiss.

"I want that, too, Blair. This -" he pointed at her and then at himself "- is something big. You mean so much to me. I don't want to ever lose you, ever again."

"I want that, too, Chuck."

"Yeah? Can you me promise something then?"

"What is it, sweetie?"

"No more sweet talk with Nathaniel about the good old times."

"If that makes you happy, Chuck."

"It does, love," he said before he gave her another tender kiss.

"Okay, let's get ready to leave," Blair said as she finally pulled back.

"Yeah, let's wake up dumb and dumber. And Eric, of course."

"Chuck, I think we need to keep an eye on Eric."

"Why do you think that, Blair?" Chuck asked, concerned.

"I dunno. He seems so stressed."

"Yeah, well, consider the situation. He's on the run, with us, and with Lily and Bart breathing down on his neck."

"You're right."

"Of course," he smirked.

"Oh, don't 'I'm Chuck Bass' me, Chuck!"


Serena woke up with a headache. Worst hangover in two years, she thought. Suddenly she realized what was around her; which was a naked Nate who had an arm around her waist and whose chest was pushed against her back.

"Oh my god," she whispered.

"Good morning to you, too," he whispered back. She turned around and he was smiling at her.

This can't be good. This won't end good, Serena thought. She frowned.

"What is it, Serena? Don't tell me you already changed your mind again," Nate said angrily as he rose from the bed and grabbed his pants.

"I honestly don't know what you mean," Serena admitted.

"So you don't remember anything from last night?" he asked in disbelief.

"Not much. I remember Georgina's departure. The drinks and the sex. But everything else… well, nothing," Serena said honestly, shocked.

"Well, then let me remind you. You said you were willing to give us a chance. As a couple. Now that we're finally free from hurting Blair, or not hurting Blair."

"Nate…" Serena was shocked. She couldn't remember this conversation.

"No, Serena. That's enough. You fooled me again and I'm so sick of it."

"It's not that I planned on this, Nate!" Serena spat back.

"Yeah, not your fault. As usual," Nate snapped and walked over to the door. When he flew it open, three people nearly fell at him.

"GREAT!" he spat at the three who had listened to them from the door. "But since you're all here. Chuck, would you mind leaving me the car when you fly off wherever you guys are going?"

"What's that supposed to mean, Nate?" Blair asked confusedly.

"That means, I won't leave with you. I'm going back. I've had enough," Nate said with rising anger.

"Nathaniel, don't be overdramatic," Chuck said, amused.

"Fine. Keep the car. I'll find another way," Nate said as he walked through the kitchen on the inlet, taking his suitcases from the trunk.

Serena got out of the bed and dressed herself while Chuck and Eric ran after him to the inlet.

"Eric, you have the keys. Please unlock the gate," Nate demanded, but Eric didn't move.

"Eric, don't do that. We'll talk first," Chuck commanded.

"Nothing else to talk about, Chuck!" Nate screamed.

"Nate, you can't go back. What's left there for you?" Eric asked softly. Blair and Serena appeared in the background.

"Well, answer the question, Nate. What's left there for you?" Chuck teased.

Nate got furious. He threw his suitcase over the gate and climbed over it. The four friends inside were shocked at how easily he'd climbed the fence.

"Unlike you all, I've a mother that cares about me. I should never have agreed to this stupid runaway mission. I genuinely thought that we, as the friends that we were, could do this. But I was wrong," Nate said as he picked up his luggage and started walking down the street.

"We ARE friends, Nate. We still are!" Blair yelled. Panicking, she turned to Chuck. "Chuck, do something!" she commanded. Chuck took the keys from Eric and hurried to open the gate. As soon as it was open, he ran after Nate. But Nate was very fast. He had already made a quarter mile in those two minutes.

"Nate, man, wait up," Chuck yelled but Nate didn't bother to stop. Finally Chuck caught up with him and held him on his elbow.

"What's wrong with you, man?" Chuck asked as he gasped for air. He was definitely not a sports-guy and a smoker. This little run took all of his energy for the moment.

Nate stopped, shook off Chuck's hand and faced him. "I'll tell you what's wrong, man. I've enough. Enough off getting played. I prefer to go to whatever place mommy dearest has chosen instead of get fooled again by her. And that's what she always does. And plus to that I've you and Blair around. Don't get it wrong man, I'm happy for you guys but I can't face your happy couple around while my life sucks every minute more…. Last time it was her turn to run away, now it's mine. Goodbye." He turned around.

"That's crap and you know it, Nate!" Chuck spat. "You're our brother. We're the Non-judging breakfast club. All for one, one for all. If you go home, we go, too."

If Chuck only knew how right he was about the brother thing…

"Are you really trying to blackmail me into this?" Nate asked in disbelief.

"Yes," Chuck answered. And Nate could only shake his head. The nerve! Chuck always knows how make people to do what he wants, Nate thought bitterly as he stared at Chuck.


Meanwhile, down the street

"Serena, what did you do to Nate?" a furious Blair demanded to know.

"Blair! Stop blaming me for his childish behavior!" Serena shouted back.

"Of course I blame you because you're the right one to blame! What did you say to him?" Blair asked.

"None of that is your business, Blair," Serena responded.

"Yes it is. He's Nate, after all!" Blair yelled.

"Okay, Blair. I'll tell you what I said. I said to him that I don't want to be with him. Because I don't want to end up like you and Chuck will! Hurt, heartbroken and hating each other."

"Oh, of course, the GRAND SERENA can make that presage with a full hit rate, don't you think? Chuck and I worked it out. Nobody can turn us apart!"

"Oh, really? Ask me when he slept with me!"

As soon as Serena said it, she regretted it, and she knew she would it regret it soon even more.


Chuck and Nate stopped staring at each other to look where the girls' yelling came from. Of course it was the blonde and the brunette that belonged to them.

Chuck eyed the scene and said without looking at Nate. "Come on, man. You can't leave me with the little, frustrated brother and those bitches over there."

Nate eyed the scene also and as Blair stepped aggressively in front of Serena and took her hands on her hips, he said, "You're probably right."

WHOOMP. The noise was audible from where the girls stood to the location of the boys. Serena backed away from Blair and held the right half of her face. Blair shook her right hand. Blair had slapped Serena in the face.

"No, you're totally right," Nate said as the two of them started running over before worse could happen.

"Blair! What the hell?" Chuck asked angrily but Blair gave him a death glare with tears in her eyes. She looked more hurt and vulnerable than ever.

"Don't you dare speak to me, Chuck Bass, " Blair said, and her voice broke. Chuck looked to Serena. Serena felt the glance on her face but just shrugged and looked at the floor, feeling guilty.

"You guys, can we discuss the rest in the plane? We've only another fifty minutes to get to the airport," Eric said loudly.

"I don't want to go there. Nate, let's go home," Blair said, crying.

"No, Blair. We've to do this. And look at it: you're going to be eighteen in five months. Then we can go back, okay?" Nate asked gently as he took her face in his hands.

Chuck flinched and Serena made a face. Eric shook his head.

"LET'S GO NOW, YOU DRAMA-QUEENS! I'VE ENOUGH OF YOUR GAMES; YOU MADE ME RUNAWAY! NOW RUN!" Eric yelled as nobody before had heard him yelling. All of them, too afraid to do anything else, hurried into the car.