~All Roads lead to Love~
Introduction. New York.
Disclaimer: I don't own the Gossip Girl series, nor do I own the characters. I don't earn money from this. Created purely for fun. Only the plot is mine.
a/n: New Story! Finally! I intent this one to be long and lengthy. This first won't count, it is pretty small just to catch your attention and get some feedback if you are interested in me posting more of it. Rating may change later.
summary: Blair enlists Dan to help her escape her wedding with Louis, after it turned into a nightmare. Together, they head to Dominican Republic to try and cancel it. Follow them through their journey to most of the United States, as they travel and discover new or hidden feelings.. It starts immediately at the wedding episode (5x13) and exactly at the moment that Louis reveals to Blair that it will be a loveless, contracted marriage (their first dance). Enjoy!
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New York.
It was a nightmare.
Surely, she must have misunderstood him; Louis was a gentleman, a very pleasant, kind and well mannered Prince. There was not a single possibility that what he had just said was true; he could have been very well making fun of her.
But when her eyes lifted to level his, in the middle of the dance floor, all she met was coldness, pride and hatred. The desire to punish her for the fiasco she was responsible for, right before exchanging their wedding vows in the church.
She felt sick and she suppressed the urge to vomit there and now.
This couldn't be happening. Not to her. Not by Louis.
She needed time.
Time to comprehend what had happened, time to make her plans, to see how she should act; what she could do without hurting her family.
She gathered all her guts to excuse herself to the bathroom.
"I need to go to the bathroom" she whispered to him.
He smiled as if he had heard something sweet and amusing. "Surely I don't need to escort you, right? You do understand your situation . . .?"
She swallowed.
"Don't be ridiculous, I'll be back in a minute" she replied and detached herself with as grace as she could master.
On her way to the bathroom, she picked her cell phone from their table, without anyone noticing.
Deciding that she indeed needed to use the bathroom for privacy, she headed there trying to not seem in a hurry. When she entered the luxurious room and safely locked herself in an empty stall, she clutched her hands over her heart, trying to control her breathing pattern.
Replaying over and over Louis's words in her head like a tape, she couldn't spot a single loophole for her benefit.
She had to leave. She had to get out of here.
She needed someone to help her.
Grabbing her phone from beside her, she quickly scanned her contacts list. Her finger hesitated when she reached Chuck's number but she decided against it. Rolling down alphabetically, she found Dan's and pressed the call button without second thoughts. He answered in the fourth ring.
"Um.. yes?"
"It's me, just tell me that you haven't left the feast yet!"
"Blair? wha-why?"
"I made a terrible mistake. I need to leave, I need you to help me" she spoke in a voice that sounded far too urgent and panicked to be ignored or misunderstood.
"huh..ok?" he offered confused.
"Pick up a car and meet me in the entrance in ten. Be discreet. Please" she added and that snapped something inside him; she never pleaded usually.
"In ten" he agreed.
She nodded, forgetting that he couldn't actually see her. "Keep the machine on the ready" she instructed and closed her phone with a snap.
She took a deep breath.
In a spontaneous decision, she dropped it into the toilet and flushed it.
She didn't spare a second look at it before she left the building to the emergency exit.
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a/n: I know it's pretty short but it's just the introduction. Review and let me know if it caught your attention. Thanks for reading.