It's a warm spring afternoon and Blair Waldorf is uncharacteristically sweating.
"Patrick honey please stop." She pleads with her son as she chases him around the living room. It's turned into a game and the little boy continues giggling as he runs from his mother. "Patrick please I will not ask you again."
Serena is perched in one of the large arm chairs looking at the event unfold. A smile breaches her face. She could not have imagined Blair Waldorf chasing any one let alone her son around her mothers living room.
Blair notices the smirk on her best friends face and chastises her too.
"Serena don't laugh he thinks this is funny enough."
"I'm sorry its just so cute. He's just so cute when he's laughing."
Frustration creeps onto Blair's features now. The game is getting old.
"Patrick Alexander I will not ask you again!"
Chuck is fidgeting with his tie as the elevator ascends to the top floor. Nate looks to his best friend, he's never seen him this nervous.
"Stop it. It's gonna be fine. God I feel like your Mother." Nate laughs at the thought. When did he become the mature and responsible one.
"I can't help it." Chuck is almost sweating. The last 24 hours have been unbearable.
The elevator bell dings as the doors open and they walk into the Waldorf foyer. They are greeted by and unusual sound, a little child giggling and Blair raising her voice at him.
"Patrick Alexander I will not ask you again!"
Chuck and Nate continue on to the living room to see Blair chasing her son around the furniture. Nate smiles, he had never once seen Blair this flustered and running in her own house. It was so unlike her. Chuck just looked at the little boy and his bright eyes and enormous smile. He was so handsome.
Blair's back was turned when the two men walked in so she didn't even register their presence.
"Serena can you please not feed him candy next time. I can't handle him when he's like this."
Serena is silent. She notices Chuck and Nate and is dumbfounded. God Blair doesn't need this just yet. Blair notices Serena's expression and turns to see what's caught her eye. Her heart drops and all the colour in her face is gone. "Chuck."
She doesn't know what to do. She wants to run but she knows it's too late for that.
Nate can tell she's falling apart already. He knew they should have rung earlier. At least let her prepare. "Um I meant to call.."
Chuck is transfixed on Blair and his son. For the first time ever Chuck Bass is completely speechless.
Little Patrick hasn't noticed anything, so he continues running wild. Serena takes the chance and picks him up. "Patrick do you want to come up stairs and play with your toys?"
Nate notices that Blair is transfixed on Chuck. She needs to talk to him first and he knows it so he goes to follow Serena.
"I'll leave you two alone. Blair I'll just be upstairs with Serena."
Blair knows that within seconds she'll be alone with Chuck and she has no idea what to do. They both watch Serena, Nate and Patrick leave. Before Chuck returns his gaze to her. Blair for the first time since he arrived looks him straight in the eye.
"I uh I know your angry…" she stutters. Her breathing is erratic. She starts to speak again but Chuck cuts her off.
"I'm not angry. I haven't got time to be angry. I've already missed three years."
She notices the spite in his words though and she knows he must be restraining himself.
"I just want to know why? I don't understand why you would tell me you had an abortion." He looks down at the floor, trying to gather his composure but all he can manage is a weak voice, filled with hurt. "Did you hate the thought of us together that much?"
Blair is taken back. She never wanted him to think that.
"No that's not it." Her voice is breaking now.
"Then why? Why did you do it?"
Blair thought of the day those things were said. She never thought her heart could her so bad. Not until today anyway.
"You were Chuck Bass; womanizer and playboy of the Upper East Side. You weren't Chuck Bass teen father. You weren't that person. And I couldn't do that to you. I couldn't let you sacrifice your life over a mistake."
Chuck is gob smacked. How could she really think that. Tears stung both their eyes now. Blair slumped onto the lounge and Chuck moved to be closer to her. He sat down on the coffee table and look straight into her eyes
"It wasn't a mistake. When you told me you were pregnant it was the happiest I'd ever felt. I would have done the right thing by you."
Blair closes her eyes. "I didn't want you to feel compelled to be with me just because I was pregnant or because of some sense of duty." She looks back at him.
He looks at her, tears rolling down her face. He loved her so much. But he never would have thought that she lied to him to protect him from fatherhood. Maybe she really loved him more than he thought.
"Blair you know it wouldn't have been for that reason. The butterflies were real. I loved you. And I would have done anything to be with you."
A heart-wrenching laugh escaped Blair's mouth. God it was never supposed to be like this. He was supposed to be the jackass she'd always know. Not this gentle and caring man. He was making this unbearable for her. But perhaps this is what she deserved?
"I wanted to tell you, you know? It was just the more time passed, the harder it got. I mean I know you could never forgive me for what I did." A deep shuddering sound escapes Blair's mouth as she tries to inhale and keep the sobs at bay.
"How could you? When I can't even forgive myself…"
Chuck grabs her now and embraces her. She resists at first but melts into his chest. God he missed the feel of her, the smell of her hair. All he knows is that he never wants to let go of her again.
"I love you Waldorf. Always have and always will." Chuck mumbles into her hair as she grips onto him even tighter.
"I know we can work this out.. unless of course you.. um and Nate"
He's scared again. What if she still doesn't want to be with him. I mean she was in love with Nate since grade school. God he couldn't bear if she chose Nate over him again once was hard enough but now with his son in the picture. All he knew was that he couldn't let it happen again.
Blair pulled herself out of Chuck's embrace. She looked into his big brown eyes.
"It's not like that Chuck. I didn't come back here for Nate. I just need him to understand what happened between us. I know I got over the white picket fence illusion the day Patrick was born I just need to make sure he is."
Chuck looks at her. He's still scared. He knows Nate is still in love with her as well.
"And if he isn't?"
Blair looks back at Chuck she sees that same vulnerability she saw the night of her 17th birthday.
"I don't know. I can't deal with him. Patrick is my first priority everything else comes second."
He looks hurt and she can tell.
"I don't know what's happening here." She says looking at Chuck. She's scared and it shows.
" I don't know either all I know is that I can't lose the two of you. Not when I've just got you back." Chuck leans in and wipes her tears away with his hand. She smiles. His proximity makes her heart flutter and she knows she's a goner.
"Blair. Um Patrick. Does he know about me?"
She looks at him and shakes her head. "I never knew what to say and he's not old enough yet to start asking." She holds his gaze and inhales deeply. "Would you like to meet your son, Chuck?"
He smiles back at her and the butterflies are back. "Yes. Yes more than anything."
Blair stands up and grabs his hand and leads him up the stairs.
OK I just had the idea of Blair chasing an energetic 3 yr old around the house and this is what followed. Yes/No Tell me what you think or what you wanna see happen.