After she left Chuck's house, Blair immediately went over to Serena's. When the blonde saw her friend's disheveled appearance, she took her in her arms and asked what was wrong. Blair explained the whole situation with her parents and graduation. She also told Serena about what had happened when she went to see Chuck and his cold demeanor.

"I just don't understand, S" Blair sighed once she had explained everything to Serena, "He was just so mean. It was like he was angry that I went to Aaron last time."

"Of course he was. Don't you get it, Blair? You running out on him and into the arms of Aaron was a slap in the face to Chuck. It was just another example of how he will never be good enough for you and how your latest love interest will always be your top priority."

"What are you talking about? I went to him first! And he has ditched me for other girls plenty of times."

"No." Serena argued, "He's never completely abandoned you for some random girl. He's only left if you were with me or one of your boyfriends. You have always come first for him."

Blair sighed and shook her head, "But Aaron is my boyfriend, why wouldn't I go to him for comfort? Why was Chuck acting so jealous?"

"Because he is jealous!" Serena said in exasperation, "He hates Aaron and he can't understand what you see in him."

"But S, Chuck has hated all of my boyfriends."

"And why do you think that is, Blair?"

"Because he is overprotective?" Blair asked, feigning ignorance.

Serena narrowed her eyes, "Really? That's what you think?" She rolled her eyes, "Come on, Blair, stop living in denial. He hates them because he wants to be them; because it is a constant reminder that no matter how close the two of you are, he will never be more than your friend."

Blair opened her mouth to protest, but she paused, closed her mouth and looked at the floor, deep in thought. After a moment she looked back up at the blonde, "S, I think Chuck Bass loves me." She said as if it was a completely new concept.

Serena threw her hands in the air, "Finally, you realize what I have been telling you for years now!"

Blair smiled softly, "I think it's time for me to break-up with Aaron."

Serena pulled her close for a hug as she giggled, "I think you're right."

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Blair decided to end things with Aaron the next night when he came to visit her. One of the football players was throwing a party and Aaron had planned on coming out from the city to go with Blair, so she chose that opportunity to break up with him since it was the first time she would see him since making her decision.

Once they had arrived at the party, Blair found herself constantly searching the crowd for any sign of Chuck while her boyfriend trailed behind her like a lost puppy. She had barely seen Chuck since he told her to leave his house, and because he was never one to miss a party she figured he would be there.

After almost an hour, Blair finally spotted him. She and Aaron were mingling with a few social-climbing juniors trying to get on her good side when Blair saw Chuck across the room. He was leaning against the wall with a bottle of scotch in his hand (he always brought his own alcohol to suburban house parties; they never had anything high-end enough for him). A group of scantily-clad girls surrounded him obviously making attempts to be his entertainment for the evening, although his expression looked less than amused.

Their eyes locked for the briefest of seconds before one of the girls Blair was talking with called for her attention. After politely responding, Blair looked up again, but Chuck was gone. While a wave of disappointment and jealousy washed over her, she tried her best to shake it off. Chuck was always snaking his way through parties, trying to get a good scope of all the guests before he chose his company for the evening, and he wasn't her boyfriend (yet) or anything so she had no reason to be jealous of his attention to other girls.

When she was finally able to get herself and Aaron away from the junior girls, Blair decided it was as good a time as any to break up with Aaron. She asked him if they could talk and when he agreed she led him upstairs to find a quieter place to have their conversation.

The first door she tried was locked, but the second door opened and what she saw behind it stopped her in her tracks. In the room, sitting on the edge of the bed, was Chuck with his pants around his ankles and a dark-haired girl kneeling between his legs.

Chuck looked up at the sound of the door opening and his eyes instantly met the stunned gaze of Blair, who was frozen in the door way with her mouth open.

"Oh my God," She said softly before she gathered her wits and quickly grabbed Aaron's hand. Without a backward glance she stormed down the stairs and out the door, releasing Aaron's hand once they were outside.

Serena had seen Blair and Aaron rushing down the stairs and out of the party. Aaron had looked extremely confused while Blair had seemed to be on the edge of breaking down into tears. Serena tried to go after them, but before she could even make it half way across the room, she saw Chuck making his way downstairs and she knew instantly that he was undoubtedly the cause of Blair and Aaron's quick exit.

Chuck had just finished tucking in the back of his shirt when Serena saw him, but he wasn't paying any attention to her. He wasn't even paying attention to the girl that was trailing down the stairs behind him, trying to regain his attention after his hasty exit from the room they had just occupied together. But Chuck was only focused on one thing: his search for the beautiful girl who had just walked in on him getting pleasured by the random slut behind him; the one girl he had ever really cared about.

When he scanned the room and didn't see Blair, Chuck eyes hardened and he figured that his initial conclusion was correct, no matter how much he had hoped it wasn't. Deciding that he was no longer in the mood for socializing but not yet ready to go back to his empty house, Chuck grabbed his bottle of scotch and his cigarettes and walked out onto the back porch with only his thoughts for company.

As Chuck made his escape from the party, Serena headed out to the front yard in order to catch up with Blair. When she got outside, she stayed by the door when she saw Blair and Aaron standing a few feet away from each other talking.

Blair looked angry as she yelled, "What do I have to say to make you understand, Aaron? I don't want to talk to you. I don't want to be with you. We're done. That's it, now go away!"

Aaron still looked confused as he stepped forward and reached for her, "Blair, please, at least just let me drive you home."

But she slapped his hand away, "No, I'll just walk. It's only a few blocks." Blair sighed and her face softened slightly, "Look, Aaron, I'm really sorry. I just-, things between us never would have worked, you know?"

Aaron rubbed his hand through his hair, "Does this have anything to do with what we saw upstairs?"

Blair visibly recoiled at his words, "What? No." She shook her head vehemently, "No, this is about you and me. I was going to break up with you before we even went up there. This has nothing to do with that."

"Blair-"

"I'm sorry Aaron, but you should have realized that you were never good enough for me. Seriously, a Rose and a Waldorf? What was I thinking?" Blair scoffed and flipped her hair over her shoulder, "Good-bye, Aaron." She said as she turned on her heel and walked away.

Serena ran down the lawn and caught up to her friend. She wrapped her arm around Blair's waist and pulled her close as the brunette rested her head on her shoulder and let a single tear slide down her cheek.

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A/N: This chapter was super hard to write, just because it wasn't working out how I wanted it to in my head, and while I don't think it turned out great, I'm glad to have it done. I'm sorry it took so long, but hopefully the next chapter will be done faster! It's one that I've been looking forward to for a while. I've been working and reworking it for a while now and I'm not exactly sure how I'm going to end up doing it but it's going to be good; hopefully. Lol. Please review and let me know what you thought!