Big apologies to you all, I know I promised I would upload the chapter ASAP if you guys reviewed and some people did (thanks so much) so I'm sorry for not following through on my word…the last fortnight has been so crazy! I've been living in a hotel for the past week so have barely been on the Internet or had access to my laptop where I've been writing this story. So I really am sorry but here is the next chapter, ENJOY!

She was silent for a few moments, trying to absorb everything he had just said. Her head was spinning. She knew she felt something for Chuck but she was desperately trying to quash those feelings. He was Chuck Bass after all, she didn't even know if she could trust him. And what about Nate? He wanted to get back together with her, isn't that what she had wanted. Then why did she sneak into Chuck's bed. Why did she tell Nate that she wanted to stay with Chuck. And why when Adam was on top of her did she see Chuck's face in her mind and pray that he would come and rescue her. Wasn't Nate meant to be her prince? She turned to face him and saw how vulnerable he looked and realised how hard it must have been for him to admit his feelings to her. Before she knew what she was doing she leaned over and placed a soft kiss on his lips. She pulled away slightly to read his face. She saw surprise and relief so she leaned in again and kissed him more passionately this time. He had no idea what this response meant but he was definitely enjoying it. It seemed positive, she hadn't run or bitten his head off. He felt her pull away and wondered if she'd become uncomfortable. She stood up and suddenly dove into the cool water of the pool, her long chocolate curls trailing behind her body as she glided through the water. She surfaced and saw Chuck watching in fascination. She was exquisite and he didn't waste any time in joining her. He dove in and had to quickly grab the waistband of his boxers as he felt them threatening to slide off. He swam over to her.

"This is the last thing I would expect from you Waldorf" he said smirking. They were practically skinny dipping. Her silk nightgown clung to her tiny frame and it had turned see through. He could see her matching lilac bra and panties and he was getting turned on very quickly. He panicked, knowing this would probably scare Blair after what she had been through so he tried to distract his mind, focusing on anything but her beautiful near-naked body only inches from his.

"I was hot" she said innocently. Her nightgown was still damp with sweat from her earlier nightmare.

"Yes you are" Chuck said instantly regretting it. Whilst he usually loved his perverted comments and knew she loved them to he had to be careful that he didn't push her away. She didn't seem shocked though, she scrunched up her nose the way he loved and splashed water at him.

"If you wanted a water fight all you had to do was ask Blair" he said spraying water all over her. She squealed before splashing him back and then quickly ducking under the water and trying to swim away from him. He grabbed her foot which forced her to come to the surface. Their faces were inches from each other. They stared at each other for a moment before she moved in and wrapped her arms around his neck, He pulled her body towards his and wrapped his arms around her waist.

"Do you have butterflies now" she asked.

"Yes" he replied nervously.

"Me too" she said as she lent in and kissed him. Their kiss was slow and tender at first but they soon became lost in the moment and their kissing became more passionate, more forceful and needy. Blair ran her hands through his hair. At first Chuck kept his hands firmly on her waist, not sure how Blair would react if he moved them. He still didn't know what had happened in that room with Adam, he knew she wasn't raped and she had bruises on her body but that was all he knew. But as their kissing intensified he lost control and all clear thoughts floated out of his head as he was only focused on her. He felt her hands running through his hair and he ran his hands down to her ass and grabbed the flesh tightly as they continued kissing.

Chuck hadn't noticed but Blair flinched slightly when she felt his hands move to her ass. She wanted to forget what Adam had done, forget his hands trailing over her body, forget how dirty she felt and she wanted to be Blair again, enjoying kissing Chuck and the feeling of her driving him so crazy he just had to ravish her. So she was angry at herself when his hands landed on her ass and she was distracted from their passionate kiss, plagued by thoughts of what had happened the night before. She tried to ignore them and focus on the guy in front of her. She was thankful when his hands moved back to her waist and she felt comfortable again, once again getting lost in the moment.

Chuck swore he would remember this night forever. They were alone in the pool with only the moonlight shining on them. She hadn't given him an exact answer but he was pretty sure their intense kissing meant she liked him to which only caused more butterflies. He'd never had to think about anyone but himself but it scared him slightly that soon that may change. He didn't know if he was good for Blair but he sure as hell wanted to at least try, he would try his hardest not to hurt her.

He was so turned on, his mind was somewhere else. All he could think about was the beautiful girl clinging to him, her warm mouth on his and a small hand scraping her fingernails down his back. He moved his hands from resting on her waist down to her thighs. He felt her pull away slightly but figured she was just catching her breath for a minute. He moved his hand up her right thigh, creeping closer to her panties. He ran his fingers over her panties and could barely contain himself. He moved two fingers underneath the fabric when suddenly he felt her kick his thigh. He hadn't realised until then that she had stopped kissing him as well and was trying to escape his embrace. He was frozen and didn't realise he still had his arm wrapped securely around her waist. For a moment he wondered if she was playing hard to get, from his past experiences with her she loved to tease him but his mind suddenly came thumping back to reality when he realised she was still kicking him - he had gone too far. He felt physically sick, he couldn't believe what he had just done, he wanted to kick the shit out of himself for getting so carried away.

"Let go" she yelled, splashing about frantically in the water trying to swim away. He quickly moved away from her, signalling that he wasn't going to do anything else.

'Oh my god, oh my god what have I done' he cursed at himself. He had told her she was safe and to trust him and he had just tried to finger her the night after she was almost raped. He realised now that she had been trying to pull away and although he was so swept up in the moment that he didn't realise he now wondered if she would think she couldn't trust him, that maybe he wasn't going to stop.

"Blair I'm so sorry"

She was crying softly, she looked so fragile and broken.

He wanted to pull her into a hug but knew he needed to stay away from her. She swam to the side of the pool and lifted herself out. They hadn't brought towels and he realised how vulnerable she could be to other guys, the way her see through nightgown clung to her body. He jumped out of the water also and followed her. "Blair wait".

Short I know! I have chapter 15 ready to go YAY, so please R E V I E W! I promise that Chair will have some more passion but they just need to build up to that, at the moment the storyline is more focused on what happened to Blair and Chuck being there for her but eventually the heat will turn up! This is going to be a long fic!!