Sorry for the wait, I just got home about two hours ago and decided to post the next chapter. This one took me a very long time and I'd appreciate it if you took a few seconds just to leave a review :) This chapter is packed with drama, so enjoy :) If there's any request you guys have that you'd like to see happen please let me know!

Chapter 10

Blair didn't remember when or even how she fell asleep. All she knew was the feeling she had down there, almost the same feeling she had gotten the day she went to that clinic. She lay there, too exhausted to move from the night before. The left side of the bed was empty, where was Chuck? Blair got up and pulled her shirt down as far as it would go, which barley met her mid-thigh. She hurriedly rushed to Serena's room undetected.

The once dark room was illuminated by light, and Serena sat on her bed, her hand still on the lamp switch, a knowing smile on her face, "Look what the cat dragged in. And where were you all day and night missy?"

"Sleeping," Blair said, putting on a pair of sweats.

"Mhm…"

"Serena-"

"You were busy weren't you?"

"No," she lied, heading to the bathroom. Serena jumped off her bed and followed, a smile still plastered on her face.

"So did you sleep with him?"

"Serena!" Blair yelled mortified.

"You know, you missed the whole party I put on, I hope you at least got a little action since you didn't have any fun at the party I put such hard work into. And I won the ugly sweater contest!"

"Good for you now get out so I can bathe." Blair pushed her friend out of the bathroom and drew a bath for herself. She looked at herself in the mirror, she felt great. Her hair however was a mess of tangles. She sunk into the lavender bath and sighed in content.

Blair descended down the stairs in fresh clothing looking much more presentable. It was early afternoon and everyone was at the table having brunch. She joined at the table and was surprised to see Chuck was the only one not here. She shot Serena a look and the blonde shrugged, popping a grape into her mouth. Blair sighed and placed a piece of toast on her plate for her brunch.

"So mom, where's Chuck?" Serena asked for Blair.

"He said something about meeting with Nate, he's such a great kid," Lily smiled.

Blair sighed, why would he just leave? Chuck confused Blair more than any other human on this planet. She'd be lying if she said it didn't bother her he wasn't here. But what did she expect? Him to be waiting with roses and chocolates? Blair rolled her eyes at herself and pushed the thought away. "Wanna go out today Blair? I'm thinking a nice stroll through Central Park," Serena asked.

"Why not?" Blair replied, stabbing a piece of pineapple with her fork and putting it in her mouth.

"Serena, this is not Central Park," Blair said, looking at her surroundings.

"I know, let's go," Serena pushed Blair out of the cab and grabbed her hand, fast-walking down the sidewalk and making a left.

"Nate said they were at the basketball courts, so I figured we could meet up with them."

"So you and Nate are good then?"

Serena shrugged, "He hasn't brought up the whole 'I love you' and neither have I." Blair zipped her coat up in this weather and stuffed her hands in her pockets.

"Who the hell plays basketball during the winter? There's still snow on the ground!"

"B, guys are idiots. There's Nate!" Serena pointed and waved to him, grabbed Blair's elbow and running towards him. "I don't see Chuck though."

"Oh, I see Chuck alright," Blair snapped. "Sitting right there with Georgina Sparks practically on his lap." Blair rolled her eyes and tore her eyes away from him. Why was he always with Georgina of all people?

"Hey Serena, Blair," Nate greeted with a smile, hugging both. "What'd you want to come out for?"

"Well, I was bored, and Blair needed to talk to Chuck," Serena answered.

Blair's head shot in Serena's direction, "I do not have to speak to Chuck. There's nothing to-"

"Hey, Chuck!" Nate yelled, waving his friend over. "Come here!" Blair watched in embarrassment as Chuck saw Blair and something crossed his face. He pushed Georgina away and fixed his shirt standing up. He slowly walked over to the group of three. "Blair said she needed to talk to you."

Chuck looked at Blair and raised his eyebrows, "Well?"

"Nothing," she crossed her arms and looked in the other direction.

Chuck groaned, "What do you want Blair?"

"What do I want? I want to know why you left this morning!" She yelled.

"And we will take that as our que to leave," Serena took Nate by the arm and the two walked away, leaving Blair and Chuck standing in the center of the basketball court.

"You seriously came all the way here to ask me that?"

"Yes," Blair said, barely a whisper. Chuck looked at her then turned around to see who else remained in the court. "It's easy for you Chuck, you're used to sleeping with girls and then leaving the next morning. I'm not like that. I've practically never had sex, and then to wake and see the guy I did it with gone?"

"Let's go," he put his hand on her back and urged her to move forward. "It's cold out here," he explained, and walked her over to his car. He didn't bother opening the door for her and walked over to the driver's side of the car. Blair let herself in and turned the heat on immediately. Chuck pulled out of his parking spot and drove off down the street.

"Well?" she asked. He ignored her and took a cigarette out of his pack, put it to his lips and lit it.

"I don't know Blair," he said and took a drag of his cigarette.

"Can you not smoke while I'm in the car?" Chuck rolled his eyes and put the window down enough to just flick the cigarette out of it. "Thank you."

"I don't know what the hell I'm doing Blair. I left because I have no idea how to act around you or what to say. I don't do relationships, and I sure as hell never thought I'd have kids. When I'm with you I change, I'm not Chuck Bass anymore, I don't know who the hell I am. I act like I care. I can't be what you need, I can't give you everything you want."

"Well I like who you are when you're with me, I don't like the asshole Chuck Bass. Last night? It was indescribable, and I wake up and you were gone. I felt like crap Chuck. I thought you'd be there, and to wake up alone? That's how I feel all the time. I don't have my mom, my dad, I don't have you, Serena thinks she knows I feel, but she doesn't. I'm completely alone in this."

"Don't cry," he whispered. She raised her hand and quickly wiped away the tears that were running down her face. "I didn't know that Blair. I just, I don't want to be a dad," he shook his head and looked out his window. "I never had a real family with parents who cared for me. That's how I was raised, to be a cold heartless person like my parents. I don't want to have a kid, it'll hate me."

"Do you seriously think you're going to be like your dad, Chuck? You are nothing like Bart. The few times I've spent with you, I've seen the real you, and the real you is a complete opposite of Bart Bass. He's a rude, heartless person, you Chuck Bass; actually care for the ones around you. If you didn't, we wouldn't be in your car right now."

"That's not the real me Blair. The real me sleeps with a girl and leaves the next morning, I don't stick around to see how they're feeling. I don't do that."

"But you can-"

"No. I can't. I don't want to. Caring is too much work, why care? It's so much easier to be an asshole."

"And why's that?"

"People expect less of you. You don't have to live up to people's expectations. I'm driving you home." He pulled out of the parking lot he stopped in and turned on the radio, ending their conversation. The ride back to the Bass house was quiet, neither wanting to say another word. Chuck's eyes remained on the road, and Blair's staring out her window, occasionally stealing glances at Chuck. Chuck pulled into the driveway and Blair got out of the car. "Tell my dad I'll be at Nate's," he yelled out his window to Blair. She nodded and opened the house door, closing it behind her without another glimpse at his retreating car.

Blair walked inside and leaned against the wall as she took off her shoes. Her feet and back were killing her right now. "Blair? Where's Serena?" Lily asked, turning the corner and walking towards Blair.

"Hi Lily," Blair smiled, "She's with Nate. Chuck said to tell you he'll be spending the day with Nate as well."

"I have no idea what's going on with Chuck, he's been acting so different lately. Have you got any clue?"

"Uh- no. I- I don't know," Blair shook her head and walked past Lily into the living room. She felt weird, her head was fuzzy and her eyes were hurting. Her hand grabbed the wall as her vision was no longer clear and she felt dizzy.

"Oh my," Lily was at her side in an instant. "Are you okay, Blair?" She asked, putting a hand on Blair's lower back and the other one on Blair's upper arm. "Let's take a seat on the couch.

"It was just a bit of dizziness, I'm fine," Blair nodded once she was on the couch.

"Are you sure? Do you want me to fix you something to drink or eat? You haven't been eating too well; maybe I'll get you some food. Lay down dear."

Blair sighed but followed Lily's instructions and lay back on the couch. Thinking about it, she was extremely thirsty, "Can I please have some water?"

"Of course," Lily said, grabbing a water bottle and bringing it to Blair. "Do you feel sick? I can call you're mother if you want."

"Uh, no it's okay, I'll speak to her later."

"Okay, well if you need anything just call for me, I'll be in the office," Lily patted Blair's hand then stood up and made her way up the stairs.

20 Weeks Pregnant

Blair's stomach was completely noticeable these days. Because of this, she had decided to return back home with her mother. She couldn't risk Lily or anyone else at Serena's house notice her pregnancy. She was in the process of stuffing her clothing in her bags in Serena's room.

"Don't forget these," Serena said, walking to Blair's side. In her hand was a strip of black and white photos from Blair visit last week at the clinic. "What do you think your mom's going to say?"

"I don't know, probably act no different," Blair said, shoving the pictures in her bag, not caring they were getting bent and wrinkled. Blair stopped doing what she was doing and sat on Serena's bed, squeezing her eyes tight and holding her head.

"What's wrong?"

"Dizzy."

"Blair! You need to eat and get proper sleep-"

"Serena, I've heard your speech 100 times, when are you going to stop?"

"When you listen! I understand you don't like the weight gain Blair, but you're hurting yourself, don't you see this? One meal a day isn't enough for you and a baby. You need to take care of yourself!"

"Please Serena. I just need quiet for a minute." Her head was pounding; she could practically feel her heart through her chest beating. "I don't feel good."

"Do you want me to get someone? Blair can you hear me?"

Blair's arms felt numb, her head hurt, her vision dimmed, she felt weak. "Get someone," Blair croaked, and then everything went black.

The first think Blair felt was her parched mouth. She needed a drink. The second was a pounding head. It was so bad she felt like she couldn't open her eyes. And lastly, she remembered what had happened. She was sitting in Serena's room when she went dizzy. She was lying down, on an uncomfortable bed, and she was felt hot and sticky.

"She hasn't been eating good at all," she heard Serena's voice, but it felt far away.

"I had absolutely no idea," came Lily's voice, a little closer. There were two other voices as well, one's Blair didn't recognize. She opened her eyes and regretted it when the lights above her blinded her. Slowly, she reopened them and they adjusted. She was in a – hospital? Serena was standing in the doorway with one nurse while Lily was about 10 feet away with another nurse. She looked around the room and saw Chuck sitting on a chair a few feet away from her. He looked distraught as he pulled the chair closer to the bed.

"They know," was all he said. Blair's eyes widened, Lily knew? "The doctor told them."

"Is you dad…"

"He stormed out as soon as the doctor told them. That was 10 minutes ago, I don't know where he went," Chuck ran his hand through his hair and pulled on the ends. "This whole thing got fucked up."

"Blair!" Serena exclaimed when she saw her awake," Excuse me," she told the doctor and rushed to Blair's side. "Thank God you're awake, I was so scared!" She leaned down and embraced Blair in a tight hug. Blair looked over Serena's shoulder and at Lily, who looked pissed as she talked to the doctor.

"Is the… is it okay?" Blair asked, not able to say the word baby right now.

Serena nodded, "The baby's okay," she broke out into a hug smile and nodded again, "She's okay." Serena's words registered with Blair and she felt like she was going to pass out again. She looked over at Chuck who was looking in the other direction and looked like he wanted nothing more than to get out of here.

"She?" Blair asked, feeling like she was about to cry.

"Yeah," Serena laughed happily, "She's okay. Blair, you're having a girl!" Blair nodded, mouth slightly parted, and put her hand on her baby bump.

"Blair! Oh my God," shocked to see her father walking through the door, she looked at Serena.

"When they couldn't reach your mom they called your dad," she explained.

"Blair," Harold Waldorf walked over to Blair's bed and bent down to hug her. "I came as soon as they called honey. How do you feel?"

"O-okay," she stuttered, still surprised her father was standing in front of her. Lily and the doctor finished talking and Lily walked over to an open chair and took a seat, her eyes trained on Chuck.

"Excuse me," a doctor knocked on the door and entered. "Blair, can we speak?"

"Yes," she nodded.

"Very good, well your lab results from the blood came back," Blair looked down at her arm and saw a band-aid in the crook of her elbow. "And you have tested positive for gestational diabetes. There is no known specific cause but it is believed the hormones of pregnancy reduce a woman's receptivity to insulin resulting in high blood sugar. Right after birth, it will go away, so don't worry about that. But I've been informed your eating habits are not the best, so you're going to need to work on eating a couple small meals a day instead of three large ones. It's very important you do, as you need to prevent any type of birth defect on the baby. That's most likely the reason you have passed out, and any type of dizziness or bad eyesight is because of the gestational diabetes. Do you understand Miss. Waldorf?"

"Yes," Blair whispered, staring blankly at the doctor. "What will happen to the baby?"

"As of right now? Nothing, the baby is fine, but she is at greater risk to be born fairly larger than most babies, resulting in a C-section at birth. We ask that you check your blood sugar levels four or more times a day as well. We're keeping you over-night to track your progress before returning you home, okay?"

"Yes."

"Thank you, have a good day," the doctor smiled and exited the room.

"Blair?" Serena asked. "Are you okay?"

"No," she croaked, and closed her eyes, begging herself not to cry. Not in front of them. Not now.

"Charles!" Bart entered the room, "Get over here," he barked. Chuck got up from his seat and walked out of the room and into the hallway when Bart was.

"Blair, why weren't we informed about yours and Charles problem earlier?" Lily asked from her seat.

"He wasn't ready to tell you," Blair replied, her throat hurting at each word.

"That is unacceptable," Lily snapped and got up from her chair to go out by Bart and Chuck.

"Mom!" Serena yelled and followed her mom out.

"Can I please have water?" Blair asked her dad. He nodded and grabbed the container and left the room to go to the kitchen. And Blair was alone. "I'm sorry," she whispered. "You don't deserve this," she put her hand on her stomach and looked down at it. It was too big, too noticeable. "If I could change this, I would, for you, for my baby."

"Blair?" Bart asked walking in the room. "I have someone willing to take the baby."

"What do you mean?" she asked teary-eyed. Serena, Lily, and Chuck walked in behind him and Serena walked over to Blair's side to sit with her.

"Adoption, I found someone who is willing to take it off our hands. I've known them for a while, and they're willing to allow you and Charles visits whenever you wish."

"I don't- I don't know if that's what I want," she said honestly.

"It may not be what you want, but it's what's best. You aren't capable of raising a child at 17, and we all known Charles is nowhere near ready to be a father. How do you possibly think you can love and provide for this child at such a young age?" Bart asked.

Blair swallowed, "Chuck? Is this what you want?" Chuck looked at her and crossed his arms then looked the other way. Blair closed her eyes and tears slid down her face. She nodded and took a deep breath, "Okay," she said shaky.

"Blair," Serena rubbed her arm, "don't you want to think about it?"

"It's what's best Serena," Blair shrugged and started crying. Not small quiet sobs with a few stray tears, but big choked cries and a waterfall of tears. Serena gathered Blair in her arms and hugged her tightly. Lily and Bart excused themselves from the room but Chuck remained.

"He's right Blair," was all Chuck said as he sat down. "No one else has to find out about this, it'll be like it never happened. That's what we wanted right?"

"Chuck," Serena warned him. "Not now."

The following afternoon Blair was released and Serena was driving her to her mother's house. Blair had her bags packed and was ready to return home. "I love you B," Serena hugged her as she helped put her bags down on Blair's bedroom floor. "I'll see you at school tomorrow, call if you need anything okay? Anything."

"Thank you S," Blair hugged her back and then let her go to leave. Blair walked to the kitchen and started making herself a sandwich, taking the doctor's advice on her meals.

"Blair," Eleanor greeted as she walked in. "Your father called and informed me on what happened. How do you feel?"

"Better."

"Well, and you and the baby are welcome to stay here as long as you need."

"That won't be necessary."

"Why's that?" Eleanor furrowed her brow.

"Bart Bass found someone to take it after it's born, Chuck and I have agreed."

"Blair, you don't need to listen to what Bart says, if you don't want to then you don't have to, you know that right?"

"Mom, please, it's what's best."

"Blair, you're suppose to raise your children, you didn't see me looking for someone to hand you off to when I was pregnant with you!"

"It's what I want to do mom!" Blair yelled back.

"Blair Cornelia Waldorf, if you give up this child, I will never forgive you for it."