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It had been two months and Blair, soon to be Bass, was now five months pregnant and sporting a now noticeable baby bump.
Chuck Bass was busy participating in his weekly board meeting at Bass Industries when he was interrupted by a knock on the door.
"Come in"
"I'm sorry to disturb Mr Bass, but there's someone on the phone for you" Said his secretary Gloria who had appeared in the doorway. He had been surprised when Blair had been fine with him having a female secretary, however Gloria was 43, married and had two children.
"Can't you get them to call back? We're a bit busy here"
"It's your fiancé Mr Bass, she says it's an emergency"
The last word made Chuck get up abruptly from his chair and head towards his secretary, holding his hand out for the phone.
"I'm sorry, continue without me, I'll be right back" He quickly addressed his fellow board members, one of which being his step mother Lily Van Der Woodsen, before leaving with the phone.
"Blair! What is it? Is there something wrong with the baby?" Chuck asked, pacing around his office in panic.
"Chuuuck" Blair whined.
"Yes Blair, I'm here. Now what's wrong?"
"Could you do me a favour?"
"What? Blair I don't understand. Is there something wrong with the baby?"
"Well, not exactly. But I have this huge craving for that Ben and Jerry's ice cream Dorota let me eat when I was sick in 5th grade" Blair explained, as if it was the most normal thing in the world.
Chuck let out small laugh. "Blair, are you disrupting my meeting to ask if I could get you some ice cream?" Chuck asked, amused, although relieved that there wasn't anything wrong with the baby.
"Chuck, don't laugh! I'm serious! Just go back to your meeting and I'll go get my own ice cream"
"Wait, no. Blair don't you dare step out of the apartment, just let me finish up and I'll go and get you some."
"No it's fine, I can get my own"
"Blair, I am not letting you leave our apartment. Now just wait there until I get back, okay?"
"Okay, okay. If you must."
"Good. Now I'll be 10 minutes, okay?"
"Okay"
"Right, I'll be there soon. Bye"
"Oh and Chuck?"
"Yes?"
"Thanks, I love you"
"I love you too"
Chuck hung up the phone, still smirking from his fiancés idea of an emergency, and went to end his meeting.
"I'm sorry, but I have to leave. Lily, can you manage you manage to finish off here?"
"Sure Charles, if something wrong? Is it the baby?" Lily asked, concerned.
"Blair wants some ice cream" Chuck explained with amusement.
Lily laughed, remembering all too well what it felt like to be pregnant. "Well off you go then, you don't want to keep my little granddaughter waiting do you?"
"Thank you Lily" Chuck smiled and bid his farewells to the rest of the board members before heading out the office to buy Blair's ice cream.
"Blair?" Chuck called as he entered the apartment, looking around worriedly when he didn't get a reply.
"Blair?" He called again, however his worrying was put to rest when his gaze fell upon the sleeping figure sprawled across the couch in front of the TV with breakfast at Tiffany's playing in the background.
He chuckled to himself before setting foot in the living room and sitting down on the edge of the couch beside his fiancé.
"Blair" He said softly as he gently caressed her cheek until she started to stir.
"Chuck"
He smiled as her eyes met his. "I brought your ice cream".
His grin widened as she immediately sat up from her former sleeping positing, cradling her now visible bump as she did so.
"I'll go get you a spoon" He offered as he got up and walked towards the kitchen.
"Thanks" She said as he handed her the tub of ice cream and a spoon, quickly tucking in.
"What?" She asked, looking up from her ice cream to see her fiancé chuckling to himself.
"Nothing, it's just I don't think I've ever seen you eat as much ice cream as this. As much food in fact"
"Well I think our baby must hate me because all this ice cream is going to make me fat and I'm already huge as it is" She announced, placing her free hand on her bump.
Chuck sighed before positioning himself close to her so that he too could caress the bump.
"Blair, our baby doesn't hate you, she just has more appreciation of food than you do" He added with a smirk.
Blair scoffed. "Well she could at least decide on something healthy to eat. I mean why can't I have a carrot craving or something?".
Chuck laughed before moving the subject away from her weight, something he knew that she was still having trouble coming to terms with even though she was pregnant. "Well aside from the ice craving, how has your day been?" He asked Blair while re-positioning them so that she was lying against his chest, with the ice cream tub still in her hands.
"Well Serena was here for a bit; oh Nate called as well asking if you wanted to meet up some time to talk. Although I can already guess whatever he wants to talk about is something Serena related".
Chuck laughed. "I'll call him back tomorrow; I'd rather not have to listen to him whining".
"Don't you have to go back to the office? I'm sorry for disturbing you earlier"
"Nonsense, I'm glad to be gone actually and Lily's covering for me today anyway" He explained while playing with her chocolate brown curls.
"Oh good, then you can come with me" She said as she began to sit up, allowing him to help her.
"Come where? What have you planned?"
"Well you see Serena and I were planning to go look at baby stuff tomorrow for the nursery, but now you're here you can come with me instead. If you want to that is." She explained while trying to stand up.
"I'd love to" Chuck smiled. "Just you sit back down and I'll go get your shoes".
Blair laughed, earning a confused look from Chuck.
"What?" He asked, unaware as to what she was fining amusing.
"It's just, if you're going to act like a second Dorota for the next four months, then I wish I was pregnant all the time"
"Well that could be arranged, not that Dorota would be needed for that though" He smirked, kissing her sweetly before he went to collect her shoes.
She smiled. She really loved him and she loved how adorable he was being, however she would never use that word to describe him out loud though. However, her daydream was soon interrupted when she realised what shoes he had placed in front of her.
"Chuck, you brought the wrong shoes. Can you get me my Louboutins?"
Chuck emerged in front of her, smiling. "These are the right shoes Blair. You can't walk around in six inch heels when your five months pregnant".
"I can so. I wore them yesterday when we went to Lily's for dinner"
"Yes, but then you came home and complained how sore your feet were for the rest of the night"
Blair sighed, knowing that she wasn't going to win this little argument. "Fine I'll wear them, it's a good thing they match what I'm wearing though".
Chuck smirked and helped her into her jacket. "Arthurs waiting out front for us".
"Well come on then, this might take a while" She grinned and linked her arm in his and allowed him to lead her towards the elevator.
Four hours later a very tired Chuck Bass returned to their apartment, along with his fiancé and several large bags, some of which had already been brought up by their driver, Arthur.
"You know we didn't have to buy the entire shop today" Chuck announced while trying to get his breath back.
"Oh quit whining, you chose more than half of this stuff anyway" She reminded him whist taking off her shoes.
"True, but the shop owner did say that we could collect it at a later date, as in a few months from now"
"Chuck, we can't leave our baby's nursery empty for a few months! She'll think she's unloved" Blair exclaimed.
"Blair, she's hardly unloved and besides it's not like she can see anything" Chuck pointed out.
"It still matters though. Now help me carry these bags up the stairs"
Chuck smiled and grabbed some of the bags, trying not to give anything away just yet.
"Chuck, why is the door to our baby's nursery locked?" Blair asked as they reached the nursery door, while looking at her fiancé who was now smirking.
"You'll see" He said as he pulled out a key from his pocked and begun to unlock the door.
Blair gasped in awe at the sight before her. The room had been completely redecorated and fully equipped with the necessary furniture. Each wall had been painted a light purple colour with darker purple butterflies painted on top.
Chuck looked at his fiancés surprised face and wrapped his arms around her from behind, gently caressing her baby bump.
"I thought you might like it" He said softly into her ear as he rested his chin on her shoulder.
"Like it? I love it! Chuck this is amazing!" She exclaimed as she turned around in his arms and wrapped her arms around his neck before kissing him passionately.
He chuckled. "I thought it was appropriate, you know?" He said as he looked towards the purple butterflies that had been painted on the wall. "I want our daughter to feel them too".
Blair smiled, feeling tears beginning to surface. "They're perfect" She said, her voice barely a whisper. "She'll be loved as much as I love you".
He smiled a genuine smile and kissed her softly on her lips. The butterflies from all those years ago still continued their fluttering in his stomach. She felt them too, she always would.