Dan smiled to himself and looked out the window.

"Yeah." he sighed happily

"Well are you going to tell me or...?"

Dan took a deep breath, "Um... well. I guess there's only one way to say it." he paused, collecting his thoughts "Blair is pregnant-"

Rufus stared blankly, surprised

Dan continued, "With our child. She didn't want to tell anyone before Serena's wedding so that the focus would be on her... but." He sighed "Honestly, Dad, I cannot think about anything else."

"I would guess not." Rufus said, finding words - still completely shocked "What are you going to do?"

"I don't know" Dan blurted out without thinking but then continued, "I love her... she loves me. We both love being together."

"Have you thought about asking her to marry you?" Rufus interjected

"Yeah. Yeah, I thought about that."

"Does it feel right?"

"It does to me. I... I just don't know where she is with that idea."

"There's only one way to find out. Have you talked to her about it?"

"No, not yet. I mean, we just found out yesterday."

"So you haven't had much time to process."

"No."

"Ah..." Rufus said thoughtfully

"She lives in Paris and I live here."

"You could move to Paris? Or she could move here?" Rufus suggested casually

"Yeah..." Dan said, his gaze shifting out the window "it's just moving so fast. I was hoping we could have a relationship and now..."

"Now you have a family."

"Right. A family. With Blair." Dan shook his head, smiling

"Are you happy?"

"Yes." Dan said softly, almost to himself. "too happy. I can't help feeling like I am waiting for the 'other shoe to drop'."

"You aren't kids anymore. Maybe it's not like that. Maybe everything you went through before... all of that was leading you to right here. Right now."

"Yeah."

"Make the most of it. If you love her, tell her. Don't play it casual and wait around. You two will have an inseparable bond for the rest of your lives and how you react now will define the type of man you become. I saw what happened to you when she left last time. Do you think you could bear that again?"

"No." Dan said definitively

"Well, then I think you know what you need to do."

"Yeah." Dan smiled "Thanks Dad."

"Of course..."

"Just, uh, don't tell Lily. At least not until after the wedding..."

"I won't."

"Blair doesn't want anything to get between Serena and her big day."

"Of course. It's nice that they are friends again."

"Yeah, it is... Dad, I am completely in love with her and... and I have been for a long time."

"I know." Rufus smiled and patted his shoulder

They finished drinking their coffee and walked back to the apartment. Dan read the paper and typed out some ideas for his next book while waiting for Blair to return from her appointments with Serena. Suddenly he heard the elevator doors open and the two girls giggling as they came in.

"Dan...!" Blair said walking over to give him a hug

"How was your outing?"

"A success. Fingers and toes are painted" Blair said showing Dan evidence

"Ah... nice."

"And Serena decided how to have her hair done. It looks amazing." turning to Serena "He did such a good job."

"Yeah. Have you been here the whole time?" Serena asked

"Yeah, I hung out with my Dad, but he went with Lily to a benefit an hour ago."

"What are you writing about?" Blair asked peering at his computer

"Just ideas for my next book."

"The next great Dan Humphrey novel, eh?" Serena questioned

"Something like that." he smiled at Blair "Are you ready to go?"

"Yeah." she replied turning to Serena "What time tomorrow?"

"Uh... I'm not sure yet. I'll text you."

"Okay." she went over and gave her a hug "I had so much fun today."

"Me too." Serena said "I love you B. I am so glad you are here."

"Of course! I wouldn't miss it for the world."

Dan and Blair left, grabbed a bite for dinner, and went back to the loft. They watched a movie and fell asleep together.