Thanks for all the reviews, here's the next chapter! Only a few more to go. I'm aiming for about 4 more. It is very short, but enjoy!
Chapter 10: The Choice
"Blair? I need an answer. What's it going to be?" Gary asked her again, stopping his circling to face her.
Blair tried to move, but found she was glued to the floor. She was like stone. She couldn't function. She wasn't in any condition to make this big of a decision. What if she made the choice to not go back, and regretted it after awhile? What if she decided to go back and her life was a living hell and she wished she'd just chosen to die? What if she stayed her forever because of her indecision?
"Time." Blair managed to choke out.
"What?"
"I need time."
"You need time?"
"Yes. I need time to think it over." Blair told him, regaining her voice.
"That's not usually how these things work…"
"Please!" Blair pleaded, also realizing that she could now move from her spot on the floor where she had previously stood rooted. She stepped towards him. "Please, Gary. I just need a little bit of time to consider this. This could be the biggest decision I make in my life!"
Gary looked down, then back up. "Alright. I'll give you two hours. Then I need to know what you're going to do."
Blair exhaled in relief, "Thank you so much!"
She turned and walked towards the end of the hallway. She really needed to figure this out… live or die?
Blair wandered around the hospital listlessly. An hour had gone by since she'd left Gary and she was no closer to making her decision than when she'd left. She hadn't yet gotten up the courage to go into her room. She was afraid the scene in there might sway her one way or another when she wasn't ready to be swayed. Gary was right, her whole relationship with Nate (and that was one long relationship) had been a lie. He'd been in love with Serena, and he'd so often dumped her on Chuck. Looking back on it now, it was more like Chuck was her boyfriend all those years, not Nate…
Suddenly an alarm went off in her head: Chuck! Why was she brooding over Nate, when Chuck was her boyfriend? Was she still that hung up on him? If she was, what was she doing with Chuck? Did she really have feelings for him, or was he just a substitute for Nate? Was she just leading him on? Why was she having these doubts?
She was startled out of her confusing thoughts by a sudden tingling on her hand. What was that? She felt it again. She had no idea what was going on… For some reason she knew that she had to go back to her room. She started off in the direction without another thought.
Blair stopped short when she came to the doorway of her room. There was only one occupant inside: Chuck. She felt the tingle again, stronger this time. She looked down at her hand, then back to her bed. Then she saw it, Chuck's hand gripping hers, the hand that was tingling. But that wasn't the reason it was tingling. The tingles came from different points on her hand, not the whole hand. She walked closer to the bed, and then she saw it. The reason for the tingling. There were small drops of water on her hand. What was that? Her eyes widened when she saw the source: Chuck. Chuck Bass, crying? Hell must have finally frozen over…
Blair bit her lip. As she surveyed Chuck, she came to a sudden realization. He'd said he'd loved her, but could she say the same for him?
Blair walked very slowly back to Gary. She'd made up her mind, now she had to live with it.
Gary smirked as she approached. "Made your decision?" He asked, looking very over-confident. Blair bit her lip, looking down at the ground.
"Yeah…" She told him reluctantly. She looked up mournfully… "My decision is…"
A/N: OK, this is extremely short, I know, but I wanted to drag it out some more. I'll finish the rest of her decision and the aftermath and post it within a few days so that nobody kills me. Please review!