Thank you for all of yiur reviews, they are highly appreciated and fun to read at. I hope you still like this story and you'll like my future ones :D but that's not on the repertoire yet, this story is just starting to hook up…so much more things are about to happen.

Also, in this chapter we get scheming, bad boy Nate back, I kind of missed him, had to make him come back ;)

I don't own any characters or songs used, just the ideas are mine.

''I…I-'' her voice was caught in her throat. She was dumb founded. It was like she knew this would eventually happen. She would pretend everything was okay and deny the existence of any potential feelings or needs she had.

There was the option of admitting she maybe did feel something more than just friendship, but what's the point of that? With the way he treated her and the way she treated him tonight, it was basically inevitable to cut off any further affection or even talking.

They were back at the start, only now she won't make the same mistake of letting it be any more than a business thing, they would politely talk about work when needed, pretend nothing happened…no, scratch that, pretend the last two months didn't happen. It would be awkward at first, that's for sure. With time they would both grow to be comfortable around each other again, how long will it take? Probably very very long. And when it happens neither of them will cross the fine line of privacy and anything outside the office; she wouldn't let herself….or him do so.

So what's the point in admitting feelings which, even if they exist, will be washed away in no time.

She was crushed. Blair Waldorf was crushed. Well if there's one thing she was determined to do, it was return the favor. Common courtesy they say, well in that case, Nate Archibald shall be crushed too.

''-no, I don't love him'' she said with such bitterness it would stop your cardio.

''Nathanial, I was thinking-'' Chuck's voice trailed away as he was greeted by a certain blond headed, barely dressed ''lady'' leaving Nate's room. Nate came out a moment after.

The blonde smiled sultry at Nate and held out a card ''Call me, right?'' she said, trying aimlessly to be sexy

Nate passed by her, not even sparing her a glance ''I doubt it'' he said coldly and closed the bathroom door after him, leaving the blonde on the verge of tears.

She was gone in a matter of seconds.

Nate took a second to stare at his mirror reflection. He looked just about the same as two months ago. His eyes almost blood shot from the alcohol he poured in to himself last night, trying to black himself out. Instead of that he ran in to a waitress, she was gullible and he is Nate Archibald, the rest is history. He was back to his old ways…and he couldn't see anything wrong with it.

Well, maybe just that empty feeling of being worthless he had inside.

He heard the clacking of heels along the hall and a smash of doors; it was a good enough sing he could go out now.

He dragged himself across the wooden floor in to the lounge, sitting across his friend who was going through the New Yorker. He raised his gaze from the paper for a minute to look at Nate and decided it was best not to force the talk. He did that yesterday and it ended up with Nate disappearing and returning at the end of dawn, obviously not alone.

''What? You're not going to congratulate me on getting back on track'' Nate said sarcastically

Chuck dropped the paper and draw in a deep breath, he alone was still recovering from losing a certain blonde. If only he knew his best friend was suffering because of the blonde's very best friend. It would all be hilarious if it weren't so tragic.

''I just don't know if it's safe to congratulate, with the tempo you're keeping up, by tonight you could be weeping again for that sex kitten of yours''

Nate smirked bitterly at the comment and shook his head ''No. That's dead and buried now, with no chance of resurrection'' and he meant it at the moment. Last night cleared his head if something. He realized thinking with your brain takes you further than listening to your heart.

Then again what heart? Besides the organ pumping his blood he didn't have one, it was ripped out and crushed some time ago.

''So are you saying you're back to being the cold blooded bad ass Nate Archibald? The one I actually like?'' Chuck asked raising his brow

''There's nothing to come back from, I was always here, just because my bark wasn't loud enough doesn't mean I didn't bite'' he concluded and smirked. It felt deliberating being a villain again.

There was just one thing he had to cross from his list before diving in entirely.

She knocked lightly on the huge glass doors and let herself in to Epperly's office

''Hey, I'm just dropping off the paper work you asked for, all of the forms are filled in'' she said proudly and put the pile on her table. She was grateful after all, for having so much work to do. It always helped her to bury herself in papyrology, it took her mind of all the problems she had, and right now she had a ton.

''You really are extraordinary, though, you can let yourself breathe now , Nate's coming back today anyways, so you won't have that much to do anymore. I'm grateful you two manage to do all of the tasks on time, I mean with all the clients we have it's a mess. Don't forget about that business trip to Spain in two weeks. I'm still not sure who'll they ask for but keep it in mind, okay?'' Blair stopped listening after the Nate's coming back bit.

It was what she dreaded the most. She practiced so many times in front of her mirror, of what she would say if he tried to apologize or make it happen again. She had to be tough and resist anything he had to offer. It was easy doing it with the mirror, she was afraid that when she saw him it would all fade away, like she knew it will.

''-Blair, are you even listening?'' Epperly said pissed off

''Yes, sorry, I haven't' gotten a lot of sleep or whatever-'' she forgot to be professional for a second ''-I'm so sorry, I didn't mean that, I mean the lack of sleep is obvious but-'' her tongue got tied ''-Nate is coming back, that's just….great'' her voice shook and revealed her insecurities

''-for god's sake calm down. As soon as I mention Nate you're all over the place. What, are you in love with him?'' Epperly said, not even realizing what an impact those words had on Blair

''No-'' she shot right out ''-I mean…just no. He's my coworker, that's it.'' She said, hoping she was convincing enough. The last thing she needed now was the whole benefits story coming out in the firm or to Epperly. She would both lose her job and her integrity, then she could really kill herself.

Her phone buzzed as she left Epperly's office. It was Marco. She felt relieved at last, ever since that night a few days ago, when she left him without explanation he wasn't returning her calls or texts, she thought it was over, which she didn't want. She lost enough things to Nate already, she wasn't about to lose her wonderful boyfriend. That blue eyed son of a bitch won't tame her.

''Marco'' she said hopefully

''Yeah, hi'' he said calmly ''-listen-''

''-I'm so sorry-'' she blurted out cutting him off ''-I know I was awful and I don't deserve you being so nice to me, I don't even know why you were with me in the first place, I'm awful. But I really want this to work…I want you'' she said in one breath

''It's okay. It's not over, of course it's not. Sorry for being such a weight on you this few days, I know I shouldn't have but…knowing how good you were with Nate and seeing you two communicate that other night when I met him…I don't know, there were literally sparks retrieving between you two, you could finish each other's sentences if you wanted to…it made me jealous'' Blair frowned at what he just said. So even her boyfriend was claiming her and Nate were ''meant to be''. Too bad she sunk that boat down. Besides Marco had nothing to be jealous about. Nate showed her his real colors. Marco wanted her entirely, Nate wanted her body. Case closed

''You have nothing to worry about with Nate-'' although you should ''-that's done now-'' it's not really done ''-I can assure you, I want nothing to do with Nate'' for now

She finished the talk and beamed with happiness. She never thought she would be the one asking the guy for a second chance, but she did. And it felt so good to have him again. This time she wouldn't let anyone ruin it for her. Not even Nate man-whore Archibald.

Then again, maybe she underestimated his power.

She walked out from an empty office and gotten back to who else than the one who shall not be named.

She dropped her binders on her table loudly, causing him to swivel around in his leather chair. Neither of them spoke a word. She refused to spare him a glance. Even that would be giving him too much attention…he craved for it, so she would torture back.

Nate gritted his teeth together, trying not to let his anger come over him. Why was he angry exactly? He wasn't sure. Maybe it was the fact that one Blair Waldorf dared to reject him; no one ever even thought of that.' No' wasn't in his vocabulary, it was a foreign word. 'Let it go' he tried to calm himself down, but it wasn't working. He always had a bad temper. And he had no mercy.

His new goal was to repay for all the goods Blair Waldorf has given him. And by goods he means betrayal, heart break, crushing his spirit. Now he was about to take it all back, even worse. Revenge is a dish best served cold, and he was about to ice her down.

Step one; make her trust him again.

''Blair-'' he said trying to sound as nice as possible ''-please talk to me'' he stood up and sat on her table, it was the only way to make her communicate to him.

She looked up from her papers and quickly averted her eyes to something else. It was painfully hard to look at him while he was so…goddamn hot. Her plan was to crush him down, with the way he was looking at her right now, the only thing she wanted crushing was her back against the office wall. She sensed blush coming to her cheeks and stood up immediately.

''Why would I want that?'' she said and started pacing around the room. He followed.

He would be lying if he said her ass didn't look alluring to him right now, especially in that tight dress of hers. He run his hands over his face and draw in a deep long breath. He can't let himself lose focus right now. He was here to bang her down, not bang her.

''Because I was awful to you the other night-'' more like you were awful to me, heartless bitch ''-I was drunk and I said things I didn't mean. I'm in all honesty sorry'' he said and faked a pained expression, it always worked when he wanted pity

She finally let herself look at him. Her plan was not to even talk to him, to tame his spirit completely, but how could she do it when he was looking at her with those eyes….ugh. That's alright. Even better, why not play with the bastard a little, make him think everything is okay and then parade around with her boyfriend and poke at his jealous bone. Yes that sounds about right.

''It's okay-'' she said, pretending she was the better man ''-we're good'' she said drily

Nate had to smirk, it was an evil one of that. She returned the favor with a devilish smirk of hers.

Watch out, when two bombs like Nate and Blair start a war, and explosion is inevitable…

To be continued

I don't know about you, but I'm very satisfied with this chapter. I hope you are too. If you want more, don't forget to review xo L