Lyon, France
Chuck stood in her doorway watching her sleep for what seemed like hours. He walked over to her when she finally began to stir. Blair was starting to wake when she felt the bed dip beside her. She was lying on her back and she felt someone gently pulling her hair behind her back. Then she felt a hand trailing down her back, over her arm, settling on her hip. She smiled. She knew that hand. She quickly turned over and came face to face with the man she had missed more than anything. He smiled and said hi. That was all it took. She catapulted out of bed and into his arms like he was an oasis in the Sahara. He held her to him and didn't let her go. She was home. In his arms, she was where she knew she would be forever. He felt the same. They stayed that way just holding each other for a really long time. They only broke apart when Blair pushed him off of her to run to the bathroom just in time to make it to the toilet. He was right behind her pulling back her hair and handing her his handkerchief when she was done. He pulled her back into his arms and they just sat on the floor in the bathroom. He finally broke their silence. "You need to start getting ready if we're going to make it to the doctor by 10:00 a.m." Blair turned around, shocked that he knew about the appointment. "You know Bass it is customary for the woman to tell the man that she is with child." Chuck just smiled at how cute she was when she was sort of mad. "I'm sure it is but in this case you forgot one important factor regarding the man." "Oh really, what did I forget." Chuck gave her his best smoldering eye look and simply stated, "I'm Chuck Bass."
Blair got ready for the doctor and they both ate a small breakfast that Roman had prepared for them. Chuck had hired a car service and their driver was waiting for them to take them to the doctor. They were both nervous on the drive into town. "You know Bass, you broke all of the rules concerning your punishment. You found me and you contacted me well before the end of the three month period." Chuck smiled, put his arm around her and pulled her close to him. "Well techically I didn't break the rule about finding you because your note did not say anything about someone else finding you for me. I did break the no contact rule but in my defense I think in your hurry to leave the country you forgot about the addendum." Blair looked up at him and smiled. "What addendum?" "The one that clearly stated that the no contact rule would become null and void if you were found to be carrying my child." Blair chuckled. "Oh yes, that addendum, you're right I must have forgotten. How silly of me. How did you even find me let alone find out about the baby?" Chuck smirked. "Well your subterfuge was well played and I only found you a couple of weeks ago. It was Nate who figured it out. He was reading one of your credit card statements and it said you bought something at the Gap in Croatia and stayed at the Radisson. That was when I figured out you were here. I found out about the baby 10 minutes after you left the pharmacy yesterday. My P.I. heard your entire conversation. I was in the air 2 hours after that." Chuck noticed that Blair had gotten very quiet and he asked her what was wrong. "Are you upset that I'm pregnant? I mean we never talked about having children and we're both so young..." Chuck looked at her like she had lost her mind. "Upset, are you kidding? Yesterday may have been the happiest day of my life. What could possibly make me happier that having the woman I love more than anything in the world carrying my child. Yes we're young but I think we both know that we have been through more than most who are far older than us. We have nothing to worry about. We're ready for this and you are going to be an amazing mother." Blair snuggled in to Chuck as he pulled her closer to him. She was so happy that he was here. She couldn't wait for the doctor.
The doctor saw them right away and after running a new test he confirmed that Blair was in fact pregnant. He said her numbers were high and he wanted to perform a vaginal ultrasound to make sure everything was okay. He told them not to worry that this was routine and painless. Chuck helped Blair lie back on the table and the doctor began the test. As soon as he inserted the probe they were immediately assailed by a loud thumping sound that was going very very fast. Actually, it seemed as though there was thumping on top of thumping. The doctor looked over at the screen and a very large smile came across his face which instantly calmed Chuck and Blair. He pointed at a dot inside a faint circle on the grainy black and white screen and told them that was their baby. Then he pointed to a dot right next to the first one, inside the same circle, and told them that was their other baby. "Congratulations! You're having twins. You are very lucky. They are identical. It is very rare. Twins are usually fraternal." Chuck and Blair were speechless. She tried to focus on what the doctor was saying but it sounded like a jumbled mess. Twins? Identical twins? The doctor said she was 9 weeks along and she should take it very easy and avoid all stress until her second trimester which was at the 12 week mark. He told her to continue to take her prenatal vitamins. He then explained that a full term pregnancy was 40 weeks long but the term for twins is usually much shorter than that and she could go into labor as early as 34 weeks but he would like to see her get to 36 weeks. Blair continued to look at him like he was some sort of alien his words were of a strange language that she didn't understand. The only thing she heard was her due date which was April 26th of next year. Chuck started asking lots and lots of questions once the doctor was finished speaking. As always he was paying attention. He wanted to know if it was safe for her to fly, what foods were good for her, what foods she should avoid, should she refrain from physical activities, could they still have sex, how long could she be on her feet each day? Blair was reasonably certain that Chuck was going to have her carried out of there on a litter. Her ears immediately perked up at his questions. She could see the wheels spinning in his overactive, hyper-protective, dominating mind. If she didn't stop him she had no doubt that she would be spending the remainder of her pregnancy in some sort of hermetically sealed bubble. "Doctor aside from taking it easy and avoiding stress may I continue to live my life as I normally have?" Chuck glared at her. He knew what she was doing. The doctor insisted that as long as she avoided stress and took it easy she could continue to live as she normally did. He told her that her morning sickness should subside after her first trimester and she would have more energy then.
Chuck had reserved a suite at Hotel Le Royal and he took Blair there after her appointment. As soon as they got into the room he made her take off her heels. He gently pulled her over to the couch and sat down with her. "Blair, I think your pregnancy will run a lot smoother if we establish a few ground rules." Blair scowled at him, "don't you mean a few Bass rules?" Chuck didn't even try to defend himself. "Look this isn't going to be a normal pregnancy and you know how I worry. I want this experience to be as stress free as possible and I think that it will be if we could just decide on a few behavioral limitations." Chuck could see that Blair was getting madder by the second. "Hear me out, I'm sure some of them will be open to negotiation." Blair was starting to seethe. "Fine, what are they?" Chuck relaxed and let out a long breath. "Well, obviously you need to take your vitamins and make sure you eat properly." Blair just looked at him like he was an idiot. "I also want you to limit your daily physical activities." Blair raised her eyebrow at him. "Restrict them how?" "Well, I don't think it's unreasonable to ask that you stay off of your feet for most of the day and speaking of your feet your heels will have to go. You can't risk falling in them you could hurt yourself or the babies. They're not safe." Blair stood up and Chuck thought he could see smoke flowing out of her ears. "Let's get one thing straight Bass. I may be pregnant with your offspring but right now they are in MY body. A body that is not going to be kept at home barefoot and pregnant which in case you haven't noticed is exactly what you are suggesting, no make that demanding. I am not going to sit home all day swelling up like a hot air balloon eating bon bon's. You can take your rules and shove them up your..." Chuck stopped her mid rant. "Careful sweetheart insubordination is a punishable offense." Blair gave Chuck the sweetest smile she could muster while telling him that she knew there wasn't a chance on god's green earth that he would punish her in her delicate condition. Chuck reminded her that she wouldn't be in this condition forever and he was more than willing to keep a running tab of her offenses. Blair just huffed and started yelling that he couldn't just order her around and it wasn't even like they were married. Chuck got up and took her hands in his and said, "About that" Chuck lowered himself down on one knee, let go of her hands and pulled the small black box out of his pocket. He looked up at her while opening the box revealing her rather large diamond engagement ring and said, "Blair Cornelia Waldorf will you marry me?" Blair looked down at him her smile radiant, forgetting whatever they were fighting about, and said the word Chuck had been longing to hear. "Yes"