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9. Breakfast At His Best

Breakfast was definitely awkward. Blair had told Serena what had happened that night when they woke up. But Lily and Eric were surprised, especially after what they saw last night. It was all lovely then. Serena tried to start a conversation but it was hard knowing that Blair didn't want to talk at all and Chuck SHE didn't want to talk with, it only left Eric and her mother.

'So Mum, when uhm… is… Bart coming back?' Serena asked nonetheless she knew the answer.

'I think he will arrive Wednesday at JFK but he has a couple of meetings afterwards so you will see him Thursday, most likely.'

Back to silence again. Blair sat opposite to Serena and actually next to Chuck who sat across Eric with Lily at the head of the table with Chuck and Eric on her sides. It wasn't really optional once Lily had told her where to sit.

'Blair can you pass me the butter please?' Lily asked with a bright smile on her face. She either had to throw the butter over the table or pass it to Eric first. There was no way she was going to interact with Chuck. Not ever, but not certainly this very moment. She passed it to Eric after seriously considering throwing the butter. She passed it through overdramatically so that everyone could've seen something was going on between Chuck and Blair. Lily raised her eyebrows and stared at Chuck who was gazing past Eric with a mouth full. He looked dreadful. Blair did the same thing and gazed past Serena as if something terribly interesting was happening outside.

The butter now stood next to Chuck and Lily. Blair just took another piece of bread before realizing the butter was on the other side of the table. DRAMA!

She cleared her throat and looked meaningful at Serena. 'Serena, could you ask' she didn't dare saying his name 'someone, to pass the butter?' Blair finished her question. Serena raised her eyebrows and said: 'Chuck, could you pass the butter to Blair?'

'No, I shall not. But if you want the butter sis, by all means.' And he passed the butter across the table. Serena shook her head and passed it towards Blair.

'Did I miss something?' Lily wondered looking at Serena who just shook her head.

Now Chuck cleared his throat. 'Serena, could you be so kind to ask miss Sunshine over here to pass me the butter?' Chuck said slightly annoyed.

'Ok. I am not your 'pass through girl'. You two should really work out your issues!' she put the butter with a loud 'boom' beside Chuck's plate.

'What issues?' Chuck smirked. And Blair said: 'I have no idea what you're talking about.'

Serena couldn't believe this and excused herself towards her room. So did Blair which left Eric, Chuck and a surprised Lily at the breakfast table.

Blair was ready for school and waited for Serena in the hallway. It took ages before she was ready so she decided to go already. When the elevator arrived she was just pressing '0' when Chuck arrived wanting to step in. She looked at him with no emotions. She didn't even step aside. Her plan was to ignore him for as long as possible. It always worked with her parents. He couldn't pass without her stepping aside so he had to either push her aside or wait for another elevator. He considered his next move but decided not to let Blair control his life. He put his hands on her shoulders and gently pushed her aside. While he did that he looked deeply in her eyes. She didn't look back. When he could pass he stood with his back against the wall and Blair near the doors with her back towards Chuck. Her body had shivered at his touch. At his gaze. Ignoring Chuck was much harder than she realized. With her parents she could go on for days, sometimes weeks. It wouldn't be very different anyways as they weren't that much around. And, of course, you weren't in love with you parents. You wouldn't have to shiver at every gentle touch. You wouldn't feel weak, everytime they looked at her. You wouldn't feel the fluttering in your stomach everytime they spoke. But I'm NOT in love with, ugh, Chuck, Blair reminded herself. Definitely not. She could just feel that he was looking at her. Eew, what a perve! Though if they had switched places, Blair wouldn't be able to keep her eyes off him either.