For Charlie's Sake

Disclaimer: I don't own Gossip Girl in any way. If I did Chuck and Blair would be together now. But *Sighs* I can dream…

Chapter 10

Blair returned home after a long day at work. She was exhausted.

She didn't know how many designs she had went over. By the end of the day they were all blurring together.

As she was putting her bag down, Jane walked into the living room.

"Hi Jane, how was Charlie today?"

"She was fine. I gave her her lunch, she took her medicine, we played, and now she is in her room".

"She is probably tired from the day" said Blair.

"Yes probably. She had a visit from her godfather".

"Oh good. Charlie probably enjoyed that".

"You can go now, I will see you at the same time tomorrow".

"Okay Ms. Waldorf have a goodnight".

"Thank you, likewise".

She went in search of her daughter. She was anxious to see her.

When she went into her daughter's room and she saw that Charlie had her hand around a blue kite.

Blair frowned. I've never seen that before, maybe Nate brought it for her she thought.

"Charlie" Blair said and her daughter turned towards her.

"Hi Mommy" said Charlie smiling.

"Hi baby. How was your day? Did you have fun?" said Blair as she kissed her cheek.

"It was good. I had fun. I like Jane, but I like Dorota better".

"Mommy when is she coming back?"

"She will be back the day after tomorrow" said Blair.

"So, did you have fun with Uncle Nate today? Did he bring you this kite?"

Charlie looked at her mother with a puzzled expression and said,

"No Mommy I didn't see Uncle Nate today."

"But Jane said that he stopped by".

"No he didn't, one of your friends came by. He was really nice Mommy. He brought me a kite and promised to take me to the father daughter dance".

Blair's heart started pounding. It couldn't be, it just couldn't.

"Charlie did he tell you his name?"

"No Mommy I forgot to ask, but he signed my cast look" said Charlie as she turned her arm toward Blair so she could get a better look.

Blair looked and stared disbelievingly at the words "Get-well soon, Daddy loves you".

She was overcome with anger. I will kill him Blair thought. He had no right to come into her home.

"What else did he tell you Charlie?, tell me" Blair said anxiously.

"Nothing Mommy, just that if my daddy wasn't ready by the father daughter dance, he would take me".

"What's his name Mommy? Can he take me?" She asked excitedly.

"No he can't Charlie" said Blair sharply.

Tears welled up in Charlie's eyes, "Why not Mommy? It's not fair, he promised he would".

"Well he shouldn't have promised you that without asking me".

"But why Mommy?" said Charlie with tears coming down her face.

Blair felt so guilty. She wrapped her arms around her daughter.

"How about I think about it okay?"

Charlie, sensing that that was the most she was going to get out of her mother, agreed.

After cheering Charlie up, Blair left her daughter in her room and grabbed her phone.

She was furious.

"Hi Mom, yes everything is fine. I was wondering if you could stay with Charlie for a little while there is something I have to do".

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Chuck was in the middle of a business meeting when he heard a commotion outside.

"I don't care if he is in a meeting I need to speak with him now!"

Blair came bursting through the doorway followed by an anxious looking secretary.

"I'm sorry Mr. Bass she wouldn't take no for an answer, Do you want me to call security?"

"No, Barbara it's fine".

"Why don't I take this opportunity to introduce you all to the mother of my daughter, Ms. Blair Waldorf"" said Chuck smirking while looking around the room at all the men sitting around a large desk.

Blair looked around. She was so embarrassed. She didn't think he was really busy. She thought he was avoiding her.

"Would you excuse me gentlemen, There is obviously something wrong and it could be about my daughter".

All the men nodded and he took Blair by the arm and led her into another room.

Once the door was closed, Blair said "why the hell did you just do that? Why did you tell them that I was the mother of your child?"

"You are aren't you?"

"Yes, but ugh" said Blair. "That's besides the point".

"No, I think that is an important point between us".

"Chuck!" said Blair getting impatient. "I didn't come here to argue about that".

"Then what did you come here for, did you miss me already?"

Blair's eyes narrowed "You know exactly why I'm here you idiot and if I hadn't missed you in five years what makes you think I would start now?"

Chuck eyes hardened and he asked "what do you want?"

"Why the hell did you go to my house? You had no right. I told you, you could not see Charlie".

"I have every right, I'm her father".

"Yes, a father that called her a bastard".

"I apologized for that I didn't know Charlie was mine at the time".

"If you want I will say it again, Blair I'm sorry I said all those terrible things to you that night I didn't mean them. Happy?"

"No I'm not. I will never forgive you and that is no excuse. You would be a terrible father you don't know the first thing about taking care of a little girl".

"I can learn".

"It's too late. You're four years and three months too late".

"It's not too late and I will be in my daughter's life. Did you see the face she puts when talking about her father?"

"She gets sad and upset, she needs me" said Chuck.

"She doesn't need you. She needs a reliable father. One that can give her time and love".

"If I remember correctly those are the two things you could never give".

"I've changed, I love Charlie".

Blair's eyes widened. "How easy it is for you to say that now isn't it ironic?"

"You couldn't say it five years ago".

"See I told you, I've changed" said Chuck.

Blair shook her head and said,

"How can you claim to love her when you only just met her?"

"That's all it took. Or are you going to tell me you didn't love her the instant she was born?"

"Of course I did, I loved her before she was born" Blair flustered. "But that's different".

"No it isn't, that's what happened with me. I loved her the minute I saw her. That's what happened with-"

"With?"

"Nothing it doesn't matter" said Chuck hastily.

Blair got angry "you will never change. Charlie wants a father, fine she will have one, but one that she knows, that loves her, that's been there since she was little".

Chuck looked at her with anger in his eyes "Nate will not marry you".

"I'm not talking about Nate, I'm talking about Jake".

"Jake?" said Chuck incredulously.

"Yes Jake, my boss and friend. He has been in love with me for years".

"He has been around since before Charlie was born. He has asked me to marry him on numerous occasions, but now I think I'm going to say yes".

"No you wont" said Chuck vehemently.

"Yes I will. I can do whatever I please" said Blair. "Jake would be a great father".

Chuck looked at her with rage in his eyes, took her arm and brought her to him.

"If you think I'm going to sit around and let some other guy be a father to my daughter you are sadly mistaken".

She ripped her arm out of his grasp and said harshly "You don't have any say".

"Yes I do, that is my daughter I will take her away from you before I let some other man take my place".

Blair paled. "You wouldn't do that".

"Try me" said Chuck.

"I don't think a judge would take too kindly to a father's rights being denied".

"A judge would never give her to you. You abandoned us".

"Are you forgetting? I'm Chuck Bass" he said smugly.

"And anyway I didn't know you were pregnant".

"You left".

"It doesn't matter. At the very least I would get joint custody".

"Can you live with having to let her go on weekends and every other holiday?"

Tears welled up in Blair's eyes. "No I couldn't".

Chuck smirked. "You know what? I'm liking this idea more and more".

"Chuck No! You can't do that!"

"I can and I will but if you don't want me to I won't, all you have to do is one thing".

"What is it?" Blair asked anxiously.

"Marry me".

All the air rushed out of her lungs. She had to take a few ragged breaths before saying,

"Are you serious?"

"Completely. It's the best of both worlds. We both get to see and be with Charlie all the time".

Blair looked at him with rage in her eyes "I will never marry you".

Chuck's angry eyes narrowed, "Then you will lose Charlie".

Blair looked him in the eyes,

"The biggest mistake I've ever done was loving you, I hate you!" Said Blair as her tears fell and she fled the office.

A/N: So what happens now? I originally meant for this chapter to be longer but I couldn't add anything to it. It had to be left there. But if you want to know what happens next, REVIEW!! Will Blair accept marrying Chuck? Will Chuck go through with his threat? I will try to have one more chapter up before Christmas but no guarantees. Tell me what you think!

XoXo Chrys