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Dancing With Death

Chapter 10

By some miracle, Chuck's team finally secured all the pieces of the map that would lead them to the final destination. The boat was gliding across the water towards the final island on auto-pilot. Everyone was asleep but Blair was finding it difficult to sleep alone. Damn that mother chucker! She was so used to his presence beside her when she slept. Bair tossed and turned in the comfortable king-sized bed. After dinner, the two of them had gotten into a huge fight and Chuck had stormed out to sleep on the sofa in Shawn's room.

Blair pulled on a black satin robe and stepped out on deck, enjoying the feeling of the cool air on her skin. She gazed out into the sea and savoured the night-time breeze, feeling completely at peace.

It was one of those moments where you tend to have a sudden realisation.

And Blair did.

"I love him," she murmured incredulously. She was thinking about him almost all the time! He was obnoxious and arrogant but Blair Cornelia Waldorf was head over heels in love with Chuck Bass. Heck, she couldn't even sleep alone because of him!

"Who?" Chuck silently crept up from behind her.

Blair whirled around, "none of your business," she said haughtily, trying hard not to notice how handsome he was.

Chuck sighed, "fine. Don't tell me. But you should tell him," his eyes travelled down her body.

"Tell who?" Blair frowned, pulling the translucent robe around her more tightly.

"The guy you love," Chuck replied softly, gazing up at the stars.

Blair leaned against the railing. "I can't tell him, Bass."

"Why not?"

"He's..." Blair changed the subject, "why are you out here anyway?"

"I couldn't sleep," he confessed, his dark eyes boring into her.

"Me neither," Blair gave him a small smile.

God, she really did love him. Everything about him was suddenly appealing to her. The way the wind was messing up his usually neat hair, his smouldering eyes, the huskiness of his voice.

What is wrong with me?! The man I love is right in front of me but I can't tell him! Just do it, Blair.

"Chuck," she whispered loudly. "Do you really want to know who I'm in love with?"

Chuck looked at her for a moment. She was gorgeous. There was no doubt about it...he was falling for her again. Actually he had never really fallen OUT of love with her, but he wouldn't admit that to anybody. She probably had a hot French boyfriend waiting for her back home. A boyfriend Roman and Harold probably adored...

He shook his head, "unless it's me...I don't want to know," he said truthfully and looked down at his feet.

Blair smiled and drew closer to him. She took one of his hands in hers. "I love you, Chuck Bass."

He looked up in surprise. "Are you kidding?" he said impulsively, knowing that it was not the right thing to say and that Blair would not be pleased.

Blair raised her eyesbrows, "that's not what you're supposed to say, Chuck." She put her hands on her hips and looked at him expectantly.

He smirked, "I think you're hot, Bass."

Blair grinned involuntarily, "that's not the right answer either." She paused for a moment, looking deep in his eyes. "Aren't you going to kiss me now?"

"As you wish," his lips met hers and she felt herself kissing him with more passion than she had kissed anybody.

They finally broke apart, "you were so hot with the sword today," Chuck murmured husily in her ear, giving her goosebumps.

"Shut up, Bass," Blair replied, kissing him hungrily.

Chuck tugged on her hand, leading her to the row-boats attached to the side of the boat they were on. The boats were to be used in case of an emergency.

"A boat?" Blair whisped, her voice giddy with exhilaration. "Surely you can do better than that, Chuck?" Blair giggled, feeling like a teenager again.

"Oh, come on, Blair," Chuck smirked at her and pulled her into the boat. "Vehicles are our speciality."

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Blair woke up to the sounds of birds chirping and waves crashing on the shore. Chuck was still sound asleep, his strong arms wrapped possessively around her. Blair sat up and realised that they were still in the lifeboat. But it wasn't attached to the larger boat - they were floating in water, nearing the coast of an island.

"Chuck! Oh my god!" Blair shook him awake.

He blinked and muttered, "go back to sleep, Bass." He pulled her closer to him.

"Bass, this is serious. Wake up!" Blair smacked him.

"What the fuck?!" he shot up, rubbing his back and looking around confusedly. "Blair...where the hell are we?"

"I wish I could answer that..." Blair bit her lip. "This is all your fault, Chuck!" she snapped. "You insisted on having sex in the damn boat!"

"Oh please, you wanted it as much as I did," he rolled his eyes and looked around the rowboat. "Hey, aren't rowboats supposed to have oars?"

"Yeah. Why?" Blair said in a distracted tone as she looked out into sea to find their original boat.

Chuck gulped, "we don't have oars, Blair."

"What?!"

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"This island is probably the worst island to be stranded on!" Blair complained as she sat on the beach. Chuck was walking around looking for some form of food. It had taken them about half an hour to drift to the beach of the unknown island, and both of them were cranky.

"There's no fruit or anything," Chuck sighed, plopping down on the sand, next to her. "We're doomed."

"This is all your fault," Blair hissed, she was still sleepy - the boat was not very comfortable.

Chuck yawned, "let's get some rest. Worry about food later."

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"Why the hell did you pinch me, Chuck?" Blair shouted, waking up to find a grey-coloured bird with a dangerous-looking beak staring at her. She rubbed her toe which was throbbing.

"And who are you?" she eyed the bird suspiciously. It blinked at her and tried to eat her toe again. "Ouch!" she yelled in pain. "Damn you!" she glared at the creepy bird.

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