Authors Note: Hey guys! As always I want to thank everybody who reviews, they make me so happy. Other than that I just want everybody to know that Blair is about 19 weeks pregnant now and that this chapter is probably the fluffiest I've written.

Hope you enjoy this chapter, because I really enjoyed writing it! Oh and review, it only takes a minute, tops!

One week. One week since he saw Blair last, the night they all had dinner. It wasn't that he didn't want to see her nor was he avoiding her. Okay maybe he was but the sudden feelings he had gotten during the dinner freaked him out. Blair was pregnant, she was hurt and confused, if Dan didn't know any better he thought he had went back in time. It was all so familiar but at the same time it wasn't; Blair was a different person from what she was six years ago, she had had to rebuild herself after her relationship with Chuck, she was going to raise a child on her own, she was a woman now, not a scared 21 year old.

And Dan was a man now. He grew up a lot these years, he had too. Blair leaving, breaking his heart, Serena started doing drugs, Jenny came back as a completely new person, no longer angry or scheming, just a hard working girl. The girl she used to be. It had all forced him to grow up. He was in better control of his feelings now, he didn't let himself fall in love. Not anymore. But Blair, oh God, she was Blair. The doe eyed, girly evil goddess who had fascinated him for ten years now. Had it really been that long? It certainly didn't feel like it. Dan could feel himself falling for her again, that feeling he had in the beginning, when they were working together at W. He was completely screwed. And tonight there was a Thanksgiving dinner at the Van der Vodsen's, she was going to be there, as were everybody else. He was double screwed. Vanessa and Serena had prodded him about Blair all week, constantly bugging him, like flies. When he told Vanessa that, she smacked him in the back of his head hard.

"We are trying to help you know."

"But Vanessa, you really aren't. Me and Blair the past." He ignored the way Vanessa looked at him in disbelief, a small grin on her face.

"Blair, would you just calm down? It's not good for the baby." Serena sighed as she unpacked another box. Blair was moving in to her apartment today, why she chose to start moving on Thanksgiving, Serena didn't dare ask.

"Calm down? You expect me to calm down!? Chuck's not going to jail Serena!" Blair was furious. Bart had made sure that Chuck didn't go to jail, even though there was more than enough evidence against him.

"But he is going to Australia, he's not coming back." Vanessa came in with another box "Eleanor made sure he signed the contract. She probably scared the living hell out of him too."

"What if he comes back anyway? I mean, it's Chuck." Blair's shoulder slumped, she felt defeated. She would always have to live with the fear of Chuck coming back in to her life.

"If he comes back, he breaks the contract, if he comes near you he breaks the restraining order, if he comes back you have all of us to protect you." Vanessa threw her arm around her shoulders "You have your own personal army. Besides, both Nate and Dan would gladly punch his face, and dick in."

Dan. Dan.

She hadn't seen him in a week, yet it felt like years. There had been a few text messages, a couple of phone calls but she hadn't seen him at all. She was busy with moving and Waldorf Designs, he was busy doing, well whatever Dan did. Writing and hanging out with Nate she guessed. She wasn't avoiding him. Not at all.

Except she was. She didn't know what had happened last week, all she knew was that it felt odd. She didn't think she would ever have feelings for Dan again; it had always been Chuck, even when it wasn't. But that jolt of electricity when their hands brushed, the way he remembered the smallest details she told him, the way she could cry and laugh when she was with him. It was all odd. And great. And most of all confusing.

"Blair, where do you want me to put this?" Vanessa was still holding the box.

"Oh, that's stuff for the kitchen." Blair was put out of her reverie.

"Why have you not hired people to do this? Why treat us like your personal slaves?" Serena grunted as she lifted another box to put in the nursery.

"Because I want to do this by myself, I don't want somebody else to do this for me. This is my way of getting control of my life, my shrink's idea." Blair picked up a box she knew wasn't heavy to carry to her room. "Besides, you offered your help, I never asked for it!" She yelled as she looked through the box.

"Because I am your friend. I didn't expect you to turn in to a psychotic dictator!" Serena yelled back as she sat down next to Vanessa on Blair's brand new couch, shoes and all.

"You've known me for 23 years, you know exactly how I would act." Blair walked back to Serena and Vanessa. "Get off my couch, you're gonna get it dirty!"

Both girls rolled their eyes but got up from the couch anyways.

"Oh shit, we need to go, the dinner is in a few hours." Serena rushed to get her things "I promised mom I'd help." She walked to the door and waited for Vanessa to join her. "Dinner at seven B, see you in a few hours."

And then they were gone. Blair stood in the middle of the living room for a few minutes looking around. This was hers and her alone. She could do whatever she wanted there, it would be her sanctuary. And in about five months her little baby girl would be right there with her. Just the two of them together. And then it hit Blair, it would just be the two of them. She was ready to be a mother, but doing it alone was a scary thought, a thought that hadn't really entered her mind until now.

Blair sat down on the couch in front of her. Thoughts about late night screaming, spit up and little to no sleep entered her mind, and for a moment she freaked out. But then thoughts of bringing her daughter home from the hospital, her child saying mom for the first time, her first steps entered her mind and she smiled. She was going to be okay.

Dan was late to the dinner, not much but enough for everybody else to get there and shoot him looks for delaying the dinner.

"Finally, where have you been?" Jenny grabbed a hold of his arm and pulled him in to the penthouse.

"I was writing, and then I fell asleep. I'm not even twenty minutes late, and it's not like we ever eat on time anyways."

"I'm starving, and everybody's here already." Jenny led him to the table; the only empty chair was in between his sister and Blair. Of course, Dan thought.

Blair looked up at him shyly, biting her lip. Sighing Dan sat down next to her ignoring the rest of the people who began to gather food on their plates.

"Hey, how are you?" Why was it awkward, they were friends, only friends Dan thought.

"I'm good, started to move in to the apartment today." Blair cut her turkey, using more power that she needed to cut the meat.

"On thanksgiving? Really?"

"Yeah, I wanted to start as soon as possible. And the couple that had the apartment didn't leave until yesterday." Blair stopped eating and met his eyes "What have you been doing?"

"Oh you know, the usual." Dan fumbled with his fork "I started a new book."

"That's good." She began eating again.

The rest of the dinner they only exchanged a few words, mostly Blair talked to Nate and Serena and Dan was talking to Jenny and Eric. Sometimes Blair would catch Vanessa who sat across from her looking at them, frowning, and she would send her a death glare in return.

"What the hell are you doing?" Vanessa whispered, meaning for no one to hear but Nate turned to Blair anyways, when Dan excused himself to go to the bathroom.

"Nothing." Blair whispered back, a slight edge to her voice. Vanessa just smiled at her knowingly and winked.

"Oh shut up." Blair muttered, causing a chuckle from both Nate and Vanessa.

After dinner Dan sat with Nate and Eric, each of them a beer in hand when he saw Blair walking up the stairs of the penthouse alone. Getting up from the chair he was sitting in he followed her. He found her in Serena's old room standing by the window looking out at the city. Dan slowly entered the room, not wanting to startle her.

"Stop lurking Humphrey." She didn't turn around.

"How did you know it was me?" He came to stand beside her.

"Oh please, I recognize your cheap aftershave anywhere."

Dan smiled at her, she had told him once that she loved the way he smelled, so he never changed his cologne.

"You haven't been by." She then stated, still looking out the window.

"Neither have you."

They stood in silence, but unlike before it was comfortable. After a few minutes Blair spoke again.

"Whatever it was that happened last week at dinner, it can't happen again." She turned to him now and grabbed a hold of his hand.

"I know." He had known from the beginning that he couldn't get involved with Blair again. Even though it hurt him, he knew that she needed time on her own, to become her own person again. But as he looked in to her big brown eyes he saw a sadness there.

"I wanted to thank you, for everything. Without you, I would probably still be with Chuck, living in fear. I'm not afraid anymore, even though he…" She trailed of and looked out the window again.

"Even though he won't go to prison?" When she looked at him quizzically he shrugged "Vanessa told me."

"She really need to learn how to stay out of other people's business." Blair sighed.

"She does it because she cares." Blair rolled her eyes dramatically. "Hey," he turned her face to him again "I'm so proud of you. It's only been a few months and you are saying that you aren't afraid. To hear you say that makes me so incredibly happy, I'm getting my Waldorf back." He smiled warmly at her and she blushed.

She turned and sat down on the bed, looking up at him. He didn't move and looked back at her, searching her face for any indication of what she was thinking. A few minutes passed by before either of them spoke again.

"I came to a realization today." Blair finally said.

"Really?"

"I'm raising my child by myself, and as scared I am, I know that it'll be okay." The smile on her face was pure happiness. It wasn't a huge grin nor was it a smirk, just a small, simple smile and it made Dan's hurt flutter.

"I mean, obviously I would like her to have a father, but I think I can do a pretty good job on my own."

He went to sit down next to her and put his arm around her shoulder.

"You will be an amazing mom. With or without Chuck, or anybody else." He put his hand on her stomach and suddenly felt movement under his hand and he quickly yanked it away.

"Oh my God did she just…?" Dan stared at Blair in disbelief.

"She just kicked! Oh my God!" Blair pressed her hand to where his had previously been and grinned at him.

"Wow…"

Later that night Blair was sitting on her bed in her apartment, the bed was really the only thing that was completely unpacked and put together when she heard the doorbell ring. It was late, almost 1 A.M and she wondered who it could be. She looked through the peephole, only to see Dan on the other side, still wearing the same clothes he had at the dinner.

"Dan, what are you doing here?" She yawned, pulling her rope tighter around her body.

"Remember when you were pregnant with Louis child? And you asked me if I thought that Chuck would be able to love another man's child and if it would matter to him. Do you remember what I answered?" He stared at her, when she didn't answer he continued. "I said that it wouldn't to me. And I still mean that."

Blair stared at him, in shock. Did he just offer to…? Before she could finish her thought Dan started talking again.

"Look, I just want you to know that. I know that you said that you were ready to raise her alone, I know that, but just think about it. And if you are sure that you want to raise your daughter on your own, you will do an amazing job. You will be an amazing mom no matter what. But if you feel like you sometimes need help, I'll be there."

Before Blair had the chance to reply Dan walked away, leaving her more confused than ever.