AN: I am so sorry this took so long. I was busy with exams :(

But you can't expect much with only two reviews…

I am actually thinking about abandoning the story because I don't know who's still reading and who is not.

Chapter 8

Chuck stood in front of the white door. He reached out to enter but suddenly flinched back, as if he was burned.

He inhaled deeply, looked around and reached out again, opened the door and entered.

It was a simple room, white walls, white floor, white bed and white sheets.

Under the sheets lay a white figure.

He stepped closer and looked down at Blair. She looked so small and vulnerable. Her skin was too pale her ruby lips still blue. He gently took her hand, it was cold and it felt like wax.

He caressed the back of her hand with his thumb and kissed her fingertips.

"Don't do this to me", he whispered. "Don't do this ever again."

"Do you hear me, Blair? You can't do this, you can't tell me you love me and then just give up, you can't steal my heart and take it with you, without even asking, you can't leave and not even saying goodbye, you can't leave me at all. Do you know how much you scared me? The last time I was that scared was ages ago and even back then it was you I was worried about."

"Serena, come with me to the monkey bar" a five years old Nate Archibald demanded.

The blond girl looked up, she glared at the brunette right by her side and said: "Blair and I are playing house. I can't go with you, unless she can come, too."

She smiled at her best friend; she knew Blair had a thing for Nate.

"Sure bring her along, Chuck is here either", he pointed at a quiet boy a few metres behind him.

Both girls stood up and walked over to the boys. "Chuck these are Serena and Blair."

The boy just nodded and kept silent. So Blair rolled her eyes and stepped closer. "Hi, I am Blair Cornelia Waldorf, my Mother is Eleanor Waldorf, she's a designer", she announced proudly.

"Chuck Bass, my father owns the Palace Hotel", replied Chuck in a "my father could buy your mother a hundred times" kind of way..

Blair's face felt but she pulled herself together quickly. "Nice to meet you", she lied with sweetness in her smile and ice in her eyes..

"You're pretty!" Chuck muttered.

Blair blushed. "This boy is so awkward", she thought, "Awkward, but kind of cute."

"You're strange", she replied.

"I take that as a compliment."

"Guys? You want to play with us, or don't you?" Nate asked annoyed.

"Um do we really have to climb?" Blair wanted to know.

"Sure, that's the fun with it. Or are you scared? You don't have to come with us, if you don't want to."

"Well I'll come", Serena chuckled.

"I'll as well, I am not scared", Blair hissed.

"Great."

Nate smiled at Serena and Blair. "Chuck, what about you?"

"Been there done that."

"What you're scared?" Blair asked with bitterness in her voice.

"No, I'm just not in the mood."

"You're such as spoilsport", she showed him her tongue, her mother would be shocked.

But this boy was clearly new money he had no idea how a lady should act, so she could act the way she wanted around him, she could be herself.

"Ugh. Fine princess, I'll do it."

Blair's face felt again.

They went over to the monkey bar and Blair locked up.

Though she had claimed, she wasn't scared, she was. She was scared as hell.

"You're a Waldorf" she repeated the words her mother used to tell her, when she did something unacceptable, "You have to act as one."

And a Waldorf surely wouldn't be scared of a monkey bar.

"Who goes first?" she asked.

"I'll go", Nate said happy about the opportunity to prove how athletic he was.

"I'll follow", Serena demanded.

Chuck and Blair shared a look and he read her like an open book, she maybe acted like a total bitch but he could see that she was just insecure and right now, she was pretty scared.

"Ladies first", he said loudly and bowed to her, when he was near enough he whispered "I'll look after you, so you don't have to be scared."

Her eyes wined in surprise but she said "Thank you."

Only Chuck knew that this was the answer of his second sentence.

"You're welcome."

He smirked, he liked her, and even though she had only eyes for Nate she seemed to like him, either at least a little bit.

Nate climbed on the monkey bar and Serena followed him immediately. They were down again within two minutes and smiled brightly at each other.

"So, Blair it's our time", Chuck said and pushed her slightly in direction monkey bar.

She inhaled deeply started to climb, first slowly but she soon became surer and started to hurry because she wanted to be better than Serena, she wanted Nate to look at her; the way he did look at Serena.

"Blair, slow down!"

She could answer, she just shock her head and hurried up again. Then she stopped, her arms hurt too much, she wasn't the type of girl, who did lots of sports, she was a girl who liked fashion and limos. She tried to hold on, but she failed and within seconds she felt.

The last thing, she heard was Chuck screaming "Blair!"

Then everything went black.

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Chuck jumped to earth and ran to her. "Call 911", he screamed.

He knelt down beside her and turned her around.

"Blair do you hear me? Blair, come on open you eyes."

She didn't do it, she didn't open her eyes, so he did the one thing, he had heard about. If the princess is unconscious you have to kiss her. So he leaned in and crushed his lips against hers.

It worked she opened her eyes.

"What happened?" she asked and all of a sudden she was unconscious again.

"Blair?!"

He stayed knelling beside her, holding her hand until the ambulance arrived. When the paramedics didn't allow him to come with her, he screamed and fought and at last he cried: "But I promised, I'll look after her!"

And a nice woman let him sat by her side all ride long.

"Do you remember when we were in kindergarten and you felt off the monkey bar? You scared me half to death. And I thought, if I kiss you; you'll weak up, you did, just for a few seconds, but you did. Do you think it'll work this time?"

He leaned to her and kissed her lips, they were still blue.

Her lips were cold; there was no life in them.

"After all it's just a fairy tale", he said.

He stoke over her hair.

"Blair you have to wake up, you can wake up, nothing will hurt you anymore because I'll be there for you, and I'll stand by you through anything."

He suddenly remembered where he had heard that sentence before and therefore he added another sentence.

"Because I love you."

"Well that's too bad", whispered a throaty voice. He flinched back and focused on the white figure, with pale skin and blue lips. Blair was finally awake, maybe fairy tales tell the truth after all.

TBC?
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