A/N: I wanted to upload this yesterday but didn't get the chance. Anyway here it is. Sorry I've taken so long to update. I went away. Also I will have the next chapter up on Tuesday :) Also this is slightly a filler chapter but without this chapter this story wouldn't be going anywhere. So bear with me. Its all drama from here on out. Merry belated xmas to everyone! Hope you all enjoyed it.

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Chapter 21: What Is He Doing

'Let it ring,' Chuck said against Blair's neck and continued kissing it. She moaned and then sighed.

'Bass, we have to get out of bed anyway.' Was Blair's reply which she did not want to utter but knew she had to. Chuck stopped kissing her and rolled to his side of the bed. He ran a hand- frustrated- through his hair. Blair moved and got her phone. She knew it would be Dan calling her and immediately answered.

'Hey Dan-' she began but was unable to finish her sentence when Chuck grabbed her phone out of her hand. He held up a finger to Blair which she smacked.

'Humphrey, don't you have a girlfriend?' Chuck paused waiting for the reply. 'Wait, sorry, say that again.' Blair gave Chuck an inquisitive look. 'That's why you've been taking up all of Blair's time and forcing us to…' he trailed off when he saw the look on Blair's face. She then moved and sat on top of Chuck and held out her hand for her phone. He raised an eyebrow at her. 'I have a solution for this. Meet us in an hour's time.' He then ended the call and threw her phone aside. He placed his hands on her hips.

'Explain,' she said simply trying to focus on what had just happened.

'You'll understand in an hour's time,' he replied and gave her a smirk. 'Now how should we pass that hour?' Blair smiled at him and leaned down and began to kiss him. She kissed him passionately and left kisses along his jaw and then down his neck. She got to his collar bone and stopped and looked up at him.

'I should shower,' she got up off him and turned back, 'after all if you're going to keep me in the dark about that conversation, then I'm going to keep you guessing with what I was going to do, to you next.' Chuck sighed exasperated and watched her walk to the shower.

'You are difficult!' he yelled after her.

Serena walked out of her room and almost walked straight back into it when she saw who was in the corridor. She didn't however and closed the door behind her. She quietly made her way to where Georgina was huddled in a corner. Serena slowed down when she reached her just enough to realize that Georgina was upset. She couldn't really hear anything she was saying except for one word a name…Chris. She continued to walk on and didn't look back. She made her way to the campus coffee shop and grabbed a cup of coffee. She then headed off to a quick a meeting and was then going to meet up with Blair for a bit. She was walking towards the building the meeting was in, when a few people approached her. They were trying to get people to sign up for this scavenger hunt. The goal was to try and raise money for some organization and at the end of the hunt; if your group was successful they revealed to you the location of what was supposed to be the "party of the year" according to the one guy. Serena stood for awhile contemplating what she should do about this sudden offer.

Chuck and Blair walked into the room. Blair went over and gave Dan a kiss on the cheek.

'Do you know what this is about?' Dan asked her.

'No,' she said and walked back a bit towards Chuck, 'and trust me I did try to find out.' Chuck laughed and sat down.

'Patience is not a strong point for you two.' He then took out his phone and sent a message. Blair scoffed.

'Advocating for patience now are we?' She walked over to Chuck and leaned down so she could whisper in his ear. 'Your actions in the bedroom say otherwise.' She pulled back and gave him a cheeky smile.

'Do I want to know what that was about?' Dan asked and then shook his head. 'What am I talking about, of course I don't!' Just then someone else walked in to the room.

'Nathaniel, just on time.' Blair looked from Chuck to Nate and then shrugged. She walked over to Nate and gave him a kiss on the cheek to say hello. Dan simply just nodded his head.

'You have been hard to get a hold of, Blair,' Nate said to her and gave her a small nudge. 'Chuck did say that if I took up any of your free time these days he would-'

'Not why you are here, Archibald,' Chuck interrupted him and Blair laughed.

'Yes, why am I here?' Everyone's attention turned to Chuck. He gave them all a smile and then began to explain why he had gathered them all together.

'It has come to my attention that the reason Dan has been taking up a lot of Blair's time is because she's helping him put together something for Serena,' he paused and looked at Nate and then Dan, 'and I've been helping Nate put together something for Vanessa.' He paused and caught Blair's gaze. She cocked her head at him. He stood up and walked towards her wrapping his arm around her waist. 'So the way I see it, Nate you're a total expert on Serena and Dan you know Vanessa… so you two can help each other out and Blair and I can well…' he trailed off and he kissed her neck. Blair laughed.

'Good luck boys.' She said towards Nate and Dan and swiftly left with Chuck. To be truthfully honest Blair was grateful she didn't have to help anymore. In a few days time it was up to Dan to show Serena how much he cared about her and she knew tensions would be high for the next few days. She didn't want to be around all the tension all she wanted was to be with Chuck.

Serena checked her phone she was a bit early but as she looked up she saw Blair walking towards her.

'Hey S,' Blair said once she reached her.

'Hey B,' Serena replied and then handed her an envelope. 'Something for you and Chuck before we go shopping.' Blair opened the envelope and took out an invitation for the scavenger hunt. Serena told Blair everything she had been told and informed her that she had signed the whole group up. The hunt Blair noticed was in about a week and half's to two weeks time. She smiled at Serena. 'This should be fun.'

'I'm so glad I found you, Nate and Chuck hate doing stuff like this!' Serena laughed and the two went off shopping.

Three days later

Nate sighed and finally knocked on Dan's door. He was irritated that Chuck had left him with Dan but had to admit that he would know what to do for Vanessa. A second later the door opened and Dan silently stepped aside. Nate entered. They then proceeded to stare at each other.

'So,' Dan began, 'What do you say we skip the bonding and just get straight to the point?'

'Sounds like a plan.' Nate replied and sat down and Dan began telling him the idea he had for Serena.

Blair sat down at the coffee table and checked her phone. She was actually ten minutes late. Yet Chuck wasn't there yet. She waited another ten minutes and then ordered a coffee to go. She walked out and dialed his number. It just rang and finally went to voice mail.

'Chuck,' she said and then paused, 'this time you didn't even call and cancel.' She shut her phone and then switched it off. She took a sip of her coffee and looked up and down the street she was on. She sighed and got a taxi to go back to campus. She hadn't seen Chuck since the day he had set Dan and Nate up to work together. They had made plans that night- which he had cancelled due to an unexpected meeting he had to have with his father. Blair had no idea what was going on but she was determined to find out.

She finally reached campus and went directly to his dorm room. She knocked and waited. She knocked again. No one came to the door. She turned to leave and saw Nate watching her. He was leaning against a wall and had his arms folded- he looked confused. She walked towards him.

'Spill, Archibald,' Blair said seriously.

'I'm just curious as to who you thought was going to answer the door?' It was Blair's turn to look confused.

'You know that's Chuck room right?' she questioned.

'Yes, but you know his out of town with his dad. So again who did you think was going to answer the…' Nate suddenly trailed off when he noticed Blair's expression. He raised his eyebrows. 'Blair?' He asked uncertainly and she looked up at him. 'He didn't tell you he was heading out of town?'

'He must have left me a message, I didn't get.' Blair gave Nate a half smile. He wrapped an arm around her shoulder and they began walking away.

'He'll be back in a few days,' Nate said to her and squeezed her shoulder, 'I'll kick his ass for you then.' Blair laughed.

'And spoil my fun, Nate, I don't think so.' Blair suddenly began to pay attention to where Nate was walking her too. 'Where are we going?'

'To Dan's,' was his sheepish reply. 'Please. I could use you there.' Blair shrugged and continued to walk to Dan's, after all it wasn't like she had anything better to do at the moment.

Two Days Later

Dan gave Serena a kiss on the cheek and stood up. They had spent the afternoon together and it had gone rather well.

'I have to go,' he said and she stood up as well. 'Have to meet Nate and Blair.' Serena raised her eyebrows and shook her head- she knew better than to question him on what they we're doing. She had tried and had gotten nowhere.

'I'm not going to ask…' she trailed off and then looked at him seriously. 'Has Blair heard anything from Chuck yet?' Dan shook his head. 'Has she tried calling?'

'She misses him, Serena, and she is furious,' he paused, 'which means in Blair Waldorf's world she's done with Chuck.'

'What?' Serena exclaimed.

'For now.' Dan quickly added. He gave her another kiss goodbye and turned to leave.

'Wait!' Serena yelled and Dan turned back around. She handed him two envelopes. He already knew they were invitations to the scavenger hunt thing. Serena had already given him his. He took them from her. 'For Nate and Vanessa.' she added.

'You really dragged us all in to this.' he shook his head and she laughed.

'It'll be fun.'

'Yeah, all of us together attempting to work as a team… sounds super fun.' Dan sarcastically said.

'It should be, especially if we're all as positive about it as you are.' Serena shot back and then laughed. 'Go. You're going to be late.' She added a moment later.

Blair checked her phone again. Still nothing from Chuck. She looked up at Nate and then at Dan. They we're having the same argument again. In three days time the special evenings they planned for Serena and Vanessa would happen. They had picked to do it then because both Serena and Vanessa would be done with their tests and assignments for awhile. They had also decided to do it on the same night, as apparently that would prevent either of them from sabotaging the other.

'Dan, you aren't listening to me,' Nate irritably snapped, 'we have been over this. Stop trying to add in these lavish ideas. Serena does lavish all the time. Simple, romantic, fun that's what will win her over.'

'But-'

'No!'

'Fine.' Dan gave up and looked over at Blair for help. She just stayed silent. Suddenly Nate's phone went off. He took it out and saw who was calling. He looked over at Blair and from the look on his face; she immediately knew it was Chuck. She stood up.

'I'll see you boys tomorrow,' she said and before they could say anything she gathered her stuff together. As she was leaving she heard Nate answer the phone.

'Chuck, what the hell are you doing…' is all she heard. Those same words had been running through her head non-stop for days.

Three Days Later

Blair sat down on her couch and opened her book. It was the night of the special evenings for Serena and Vanessa. Blair was nervous for the boys and had told them she would keep her phone with her in case they needed anything. She assumed it was going well for both of them as two hours ago was when the evening had started for both of them. It was now ten and she figured if nothing had gone wrong up until now then nothing would go wrong. It was half past ten when her phone began to ring. She checked the caller i.d. it was Nate.

'Nate? What happened? What do you need?' She quickly rushed out.

'Nothing. Everything's going as planned. I just needed to get something from my room…' Nate trailed off and Blair heard him sigh.

'Nate? What is it?' she waited a moment and then he began to explain why he was calling. When he stopped talking it took Blair a moment to realize she was still on the phone with him. 'I'm sorry…Nate…you're going to have to repeat that.'

A/N: Please review! Tuesday the next chapter will be up.