THE SECRETS THAT CAN DESTORY US

CHAPTER 9

SATURDAY MORNING

WALDORF PENTHOUSE

When Blair woke up she checked the clock next to her bed and it read 8am. Well she thought it is more sleep than I have gotten other nights. Her sleep had been plagued by more nightmares and bad memories, and finally at 2 am after the dreams had driven her to her bathroom, expelling everything that had been in her stomach Blair had again turned to her mother's sleeping pills, so that she could get the 6 hours of sleep that she was now waking from. As she attempted to push herself up and out of her bed she flinched when she accidentally put pressure on her wrists and they still hurt from her previous encounter with Jack Bass. Just the thought of him made her skin crawl and sent her again fleeing to her bathroom to regurgitate the acids left within her stomach. After she was done she got into the shower to cleanse herself of her actions last night and this morning and to try to banish her nightmares from the night before. After she was done she got dressed into a long sleeved sweater dress which was soft against her still bruised body, but also clung flatteringly to her body. Next it was again to her vanity to apply concealer that would cover up the bruising which thankfully had started to fad from her cheek. When she was done she decided that she would head downstairs to have a light breakfast and then maybe some shopping to help her relax before her meeting with Chuck tonight. She still had no idea of how she was going to convince him to stay with Jack as his guardian and leave the company in Jack's hands, if there was any other way she would try to convince Chuck to stay with Lilly, Serena and Erik. He had looked so much more at peace yesterday. It hurt to know that he was healing with her gone from his life, but she couldn't let her secrets come out. They would destroy more than her and she couldn't let that happen.

When she descended the steps she was surprised to see her mother and Cyrus sitting at the dining room table sharing a plate of fruit. "Hi Mom, I thought you weren't supposed to be back until tomorrow," Blair said to Eleanor.

"Oh Blair, it was beautiful there, but I had meetings that I need to be in and I wanted to be home with my family, I missed you dear. Next time you must come with us. You will love it," gushed Eleanor as Blair sat down at the table with her mother and new step-father. This abundance of affection that has come from her mother since she got together with Cyrus is was still a little shocking for Blair to accept, but it was nice to know that her mother had missed her enough to want her to come with the two of them next time.

"Sure mom, next time I think that we would have a great time," responded Blair, trying to keep on a happy face for her mother. Just as she finished saying that her phone came to life and she look down to see who had texted her. It was from Serena wanting to know if she wanted to meet up with her. She texted her back and invited Serena to go shopping with her. Maybe today would be okay and she could start to get back some of the old Blair. The problem was that she wasn't sure she knew who that was anymore; she sure was going to try to find her again though.

Blair was having a good time shopping with Serena, it was like old times before any of the drama that they had been dealing with for the last two years, but Blair could not get over the feeling that someone was watching her, and her concerns were confirmed when she was heading to the fitting room to try some dresses on and Serena had run to the bathroom. Just as she was about to open the door into the dressing room her wrist was grabbed firmly and she was pulled into the room, she would have screamed if the man had not placed his hand over her mouth. "Well, well Blair this does not look like convincing Chuck that his best course of action is to leave me in-charge and as his guardian. Maybe we should go see him and we can show him just what I will take as my consolation prize," as he said this he backed Blair against the wall and pressed his erection into her core. "Of course I will also have to destroy dear Lilly as well, should we go out there and tell Serena how I will make you responsible for the destruction of her family, you know her little brother is still so fragile, and of course when all of this comes out Eleanor won't be able to give her ugly designs away not with the disgrace you will bring to the Waldorf name," with his threats made Jack let go of Blair and left the dressing room unseen and un-noticed by the patrons of the store. Blair though crumbled to the floor and broke down into tears. She was holding her wrist it hurt so much. That is how Serena found Blair.

"B, what happened? Are you okay?" Serena asked Blair with worry in her voice.

"Someone pushed me in here and tried to, but I kicked him and he left. Please Serena I just want to go home. I don't feel like shopping anymore," Blair said through her tears. She felt slightly better, since she hadn't really lied to Serena, it wasn't the whole truth, but it wasn't a lie.

After Serena brought Blair home, she tried to convince her to let her stay with her, but Blair refused saying that her mother and Cyrus had come home early and that Dorota was there if she needed anything. Once Serena was gone Blair raced up to her room and into her bathroom. She was so determined that she didn't see the person who had been leaving her a note in her room that he had stopped by, before she was kneeling in front of the toilet expelling the sushi that her and Serena had for lunch, from her stomach.

"Blair Stop, what are you doing?" came the voice from her bedroom. Blair was mortified how could she have not noticed someone in her room and they saw what she did. As she stood up, she realized that her actions had also raised the sleeves of her dress and the person sitting on her bed had risen and came over taking her wrists gently in his hands to examine them.

Another chapter done. I sure am on a role today. I hope everyone likes it, please let me know what you think.