It is not love that is blind, but jealousy.
-Lawrence Durrell
He that is not jealous is not in love.
~St. Augustine
He stood debating wheatear he should bend down and kiss her forehead, which would most probably mean she would wake up, and did he want that? But being very selfish, he leaned down and placed a soft kiss on her forehead, he needed to hear her say she loved him before he left.
"morning" she whispered after a while, a smile playing on her small lips, her eyes still shut close.
"Morning" he whispered back, smiling down at the beauty in front of him.
"Do you have to go now?" she questioned, slowly opening her eyes.
"yes, I just wanted to tell you I love you. And that I have a reservation for us tonight at 19.00" he smirked at her.
"ah, I love you too" she said honestly, her eyes shining at him.
"here" he said, placing a small wrapped gift in her hand. "don't worry too much about the prize, I got it for free" he explained, kissing her lips once more before getting up to leave. The last thing he heard before he closed the door behind him was "love you, see you tonight", making him smile. How he loved her too.
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Oh the weather outside is frightful, It doesn't show signs of Pauseping, When we finally kiss goodnight, The fire is slowly dying,
But the fire is so delightful,
And since we've no place to go,
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
And I've bought some corn for popping,
The lights are turned way down low,
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
How I'll hate going out in the storm!
But if you'll really hold me tight,
All the way home I'll be warm.
And, my dear, we're still good-bying,
But as long as you love me so,
Let It Snow!
She sang the words as took on her clothes, let it snow was one of her favorite songs next to last Christmas and all i want for Christmas is you. The present was on her bed, still wrapped. She wanted to wait a little to open it, get excited about it, but to be honest she wasn't sure if there was any way he could top yesterdays present.
"no Coco, stay there and eat" Blair ordered as she closed the zipper of her grey Hervé Léger skirt.
The dog simply just looked up at her but continued dragging her tray of food around.
"just like Chuck, never listens" Blair joked, tugging her silver tank top into the high waist skirt. Once she was done dressing, she looked down at her watch, seeing she was actually using too much time, she had to meet with this Alex person in just 30 minutes and it would take at least 25 minutes to get to where they were meeting, and she needed to get a cab first. She quickly grabbed the Chanel bag Chuck had given her and threw it over her shoulder. She grabbed the present off the bed, and hurried out the door. Telling Dorota she was leaving.
On her way down in the elevator, she opened the present. Inside was a black box with two bottoms, almost looked like a key but there was no actual key. But inside the present was a piece of paper with Chuck's handwriting.
Well I was thinking you'd need a way to get around, when I have the limo and all and I do not want you driving taxi. I hope you like it, I got it as a present but I have the limo so it will do you more good. Have fun today.
Love you
-C
She knew was it was then, but couldn't really believe he would give something like that to her.
She quickly made her way out of the elevator towards the door, and there where the limo was normally packed, was a beautiful silver car, well maybe sports car was more appropriate. She didn't know much about cars, but this one was definitely an Aston Martin. Such a beautiful car.
Luckily he hadn't put a huge bow on it, that would have been just embarrassing.
She pressed the first button the key he had given her, causing the car to make a clicking sound and she was able to open the door and slide into the soft leather. Smiling as she sat the car into motion.
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She arrived at the restaurant at exactly 12.30 as they had agreed yesterday on their texts. Getting out the car, making sure to lock it behind her. She looked around the place in front of the restaurant in such for a girl about her age.
"Blair Waldorf?" came an unfamiliar voice from behind, much deeper than any girl voice. She quickly turned around, finding herself starring into the most blue eyes she had ever seen. Looking up and down the stranger, she quickly realized that Alex was not a girl, he was definitely not a girl. Tall and muscular, with shaggy blonde hair. Dressed in light jeans and a black t-shirt under a white jacket. She nodded her head at him to state that she was indeed Blair Waldorf. He smiled hugely at her, showing of a set of perfect white teeth. The only thing Blair could think was how much he looked like Nate.
"Alex Hanson" he introduced himself, extending his hand for her.
"Nice to meet you" Blair commented as she took his hand in hers.
"likewise" he said in a thick accent that Blair first noticed now, she would have to ask him about that later.
"so shall we go in?" Blair questioned, gesturing to the entrance of the Greek restaurant.
"sure" he agreed, walking towards the entrance. The waiter quickly found their table and they sat down.
"Nice car" he commented, pointing out the window at her car, were two young kids stood taking pictures in front of the vehicle.
"thanks, its new" Blair explained, laughing at how the boys stood drooling over her car.
"any occasion?" he asked, picking up his menu.
"well not really, it was a gift" Blair told him, picking up her menu too.
"wow, I don't know anyone who would give the new limited edition Aston Martin away and actually I don't even think you can buy it in normal shops" he started, continuing on about something with horse powers, making Blair laugh.
"You would get along well with my fiancée" she commented, her heart warming at the word fiancée. However it made Alex frown.
"engaged, figures" he commented under his breath, surely not meant for her ears so she choose to ignore it.
"So anyway, were are you from. You don't sound American" Blair questioned, reading through her menu.
"well I'm not" he smiled; "I'm born in Sweden but my father died when I was 7 and my mother's new husband lived here so she moved me here when I turned 10" he explained, which made perfect sense. He looked very Scandinavian.
"I'm sorry" Blair said, how horrible to have your father die when you were only 7.
"thanks" he looked up, gesturing for a waiter to assist them. The young girl who came towards them, had to step back and take a deep breath when she saw Alex, and only then did Blair realize he would probably be seen as hot, but in her eyes he was nothing. At least not compared to her man.
They talked for hours at the restaurant before going to the library in Blair's car, Cyrus had asked Alex if they had time to go find some information for him. And since Blair had until tonight they decided they might as well help their new boss.
After two hours at the library, they were still working hard.
"maybe he was just kidding" Alex suggested from his place on the floor.
"I highly doubt it" Blair laughed, a little frustrated, she needed to get home and change soon.
"okay well then I suppose we ought to keep going" Alex sounded just as frustrated, but didn't mind it as much as Blair. He enjoyed spending time with her. Trying very hard to ignore the huge rock on her finger. The guy who had given it to her most probably didn't deserve her, and just had a lot of money.
"yea, I just have to write to Chuck and tell him I won't make it tonight" Blair explained, pulling out her blackberry from her Chanel bag.
He could of course had just offered to do it and let her go but he was way too selfish, it was much better if she spend the night with him rather than this Chuck who he assumed was her fiancée. That lucky bastard.
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"No Karen, I told you 15 times, I need this deal to go through by tomorrow. I need to set up the theatre before I can give it to Blair, and the hospital wing needs to be dealt with before December 18" Chuck demanded, shaking his head frustrated at his secretary, a nice woman in her late 30s, who Chuck normally adored, but nothing seemed to go right for him today. It was a good thing he had dinner plans with Blair in an hour, she would make it all better.
"of course Mr. Bass" Karen hurriedly said, writing down on her notepad.
"Its Chuck to you Karen, I'm sorry, I'm a little stressed out today" He explained, leaning back in the big leather chair frustrated.
"it's okay Chuck, it says in your calendar you're meeting with Blair tonight so that should make it better" Karen said with a smile, her and Blair had become very good friends. Blair had insisted on finding him a secretary, one she would trust completely and she had.
"yes well…" Chuck started, but was interrupted by the ringing of his phone signaling a new message. Seeing it was from Blair made him smile and open it.
Chuck, I'm so sorry but I'm working with Alex, and we can't find for we're looking for so I need to stay here and won't be able to make it for dinner, so sorry. Rain Check?
Love you
B
He wanted to be angry at her for canceling but he couldn't, she was sorry and she had to work. He had to cancel dates in the past for work so it was only fair.
"well that was Blair, she had to cancel" Chuck explained, getting a good idea, "how long has it been since you've been out to eat?" he questioned his secretary.
"well I would love to Chuck, but my sister is coming to visit me today" She said sadly; "why don't you call Mr. Archibald?" Karen suggested before leaving his office to get her work done.
That sounded fine, and if he knew Nate and Serena well, Serena would be at work late on Thursdays. So Nate would be free. He quickly picked up his phone pressing speed dial 2 and placing it at his ear.
Nate picked up after two rings; "Nate Archibald speaking" his best friend said into the phone.
"hey man, what are you doing tonight?" Chuck questioned.
"Well nothing really, Serena is working late" Nate told him; "Why?"
"well Blair had to cancel on me, so I was thinking maybe you would join me" Chuck explained.
"Sure man, I just need to run by the library for Serena, she wants a book on pregnancy" Nate explained.
"Well okay, just meet me at the plaza when you're done" Chuck told him, saying good bye before hanging up.
Spending the night with Nate would be fun, but no where nearly as fun as spending it with Blair.
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"Blair?" Nate exclaimed, as he walked into the library, finding Blair laying across one of the sofa's in the back of the library reading a thick book, but what surprised him most was the man that sat leaned against the sofa's leg reading an even thicker book. He looked like some male model.
"Nate?" she said surprised looking up from the book.
"Hey" he said, walking towards her, holding the three pregnancy books tight in his hand. "what are you doing?" he asked when he came closer to them.
"reading" Blair laughed, showing him her book.
"okay" Nate simply agreed, a little confused.
"how about you?" Blair questioned, looking up at him.
"Serena wanted some pregnancy books" he explained, showing her the three books he had found, clearly seeing how Blair's eyes fell a little sadder as he mentioned Serena's pregnancy.
"right" Blair simply said, looking back down at the book.
"well I better go, see you on Saturday Blair" Nate said with a smile and one last glance at the model by her side. How could she do this to Chuck?
"yea, bye Nate" Blair said with a smile before turning back to her book.
"so what now Alex?" Nate heard her ask the man by her side, who smiled up at her, like a little horny teenager.
He quickly made his way out of the library, he couldn't bear it anymore, this had to be a mistake. Of course she wasn't cheating on Chuck, she wouldn't.
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"Hey man, sorry I'm late. The traffic was insane" Nate apologized as he sat down on the chair opposite Chuck.
"no problem, I ordered you a scotch" Chuck told him, smiling at him as he sat down.
"thanks" Nate said, and without thinking he started telling Chuck about what he'd seen; "I ran into Blair after we talked" Nate explained, watching Chuck's eye lit up at her name, if she was cheating he would be devastated. They had just gotten engaged and everything.
"yea?" she questioned, taking a sip of his scotch.
"at the library" Nate explained, not sure if he should tell Chuck the rest, but they were best friends and Chuck had the right to know. "she was with someone"
"yea I know, her and her new friend Alex. She's going to work with Blair in the new year, I didn't know they were at the library but I guess that makes sense" Chuck said, clearly unknowing of the fact that Alex was a boy not a girl.
"uhm Chuck, Blair didn't tell you Alex is a boy?" Nate asked hesitantly, not looking up at Chuck.
"what?" Chuck questioned in shock, waiting for Nate to look up at him.
"well the person she was with, in the library most definitely was a man" Nate explained, watching Chuck understand. But he didn't say anything, just sat there starring out into the air.
There were two possibilities, either Alex was a man and she just hadn't told him or she was with someone else who weren't Alex. Either way, she was lying for him.
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Once Blair arrived home in the late evening, she expected to find Chuck there, either doing work or sleeping but he was nowhere to be found and Dorota was fast asleep, and Blair couldn't bear to wake her up. Well he could take care of himself, so she sent him a text and went to sleep. It had been a long time since she had last read as much as she had today but they had found it and actually got along quiet well. The whole comment Alex had made in the beginning of the day completely forgotten by Blair. They had agreed to meet for coffee tomorrow and Alex had promised to help her prepare a present for Chuck.
She fell asleep quiet quickly, her last thought of course being about Chuck.
Two other places in New York two men on the same age also fell asleep thinking of her. One on his best friends couch, the other in a small apartment in Brooklyn.
A/N: So this was the beginning of the jealousy, hope you liked it and I hope you have ideas for what I can do in the next chapter. And I need present ideas, I'm running low. I have some really lame ones planned out, but it would be nice to have some better ones.
Anyway, please reviews people, it means so much to me.
REVIEW and give ideas.