This is my Chairy Day submission. I literally thought this up and wrote it in like ninety minutes. I have done no editing or proofreading so please be kind. I wanted to get it out today. This is set as usual in the "White Lies and Dark Secrets" universe. Hope you all enjoy it. Feel free to let me know your thoughts. Nothing belongs to me.
Blair Waldorf Bass stormed into her husband's home office. Chuck was on a call but took one look at his wife's face and quickly brought it to an end hanging up.
"What's the matter?" He stood up and came around his desk to stand in front of her.
Blair started to pace. "We need to tell him. Today. Right now."
Chuck released the breath he had been holding. He had been scared that something serious had happened. He knew exactly who and what she was talking about.
Blair was now officially six months pregnant with their second child and they had decided not to share the news with Henry until it was a bit closer to her due date. Nine months was an eternity to a three year old so they had agreed to wait until six and a half or if possible seven months. Obviously something had happened to change Blair's mind.
"Why?" He reached out taking her arm gently in his hand to stop her from pacing.
She looked at him slightly annoyed. "I just pulled him onto my lap to read a story and he told me that I wasn't cozy anymore and he wanted to sit next to me instead. Then he looked at me and asked why I was getting fat like Penny's mommy." Blair started to cry. "He called me fat."
As she collapsed into Chuck's arms he pulled her into his embrace and kissed the top of her head. Her hormones were all over the place and for the past week and littlest things would set her off into a crying heap.
He rubbed her back for a few seconds and then kissed her again. "You know you're not fat. It's all baby. He just doesn't understand the changes your body is going through and why." He pulled back from her reaching out and wiping a stray tear from her cheek. "That's enough tears. We'll tell him now. Three months isn't that far away and he can prepare for the arrival of his baby sister."
She sniffled as she nodded her head. "Okay."
They walked hand and hand upstairs and into the playroom where Henry was sprawled out on his stomach on the floor coloring in his Shakespeare coloring book Eleanor had brought him. His nanny, Jessica was sitting next to him.
Chuck asked Jessica to give them some time alone with Henry and she excused herself leaving the room. Chuck sat down next to his son and reaching up took Blair's hand to help her down.
Henry was so engrossed in coloring a scene from "Midsummer Night's Dream" that he didn't even acknowledge his parents' presence.
Blair glanced at Chuck and nodded towards Henry. She didn't think she could talk right now without bursting into tears.
Chuck took a deep breath and then reaching out with his left hand he touched the top of his son's dark haired head. "Hey Hen, your Mother and I would like to talk to you for a minute."
Henry reached out picking up the gold Crayola crayon nodding his head. "Okay Daddy. Look at the fairy." He pointed to the page he was coloring. He looked up at Blair. "What's his name again, Mommy?"
Blair gave him a watery smile. "Puck, darling."
Henry started laughing. "He's funny."
Usually Henry was the one to commandeer the conversation but today Chuck needed to be the one to control it. "Henry, buddy, I need you to stop coloring for a minute and look at Daddy. I need your listening ears."
Henry then looked at his father and knew he was serious. He set the crayon aside and jumped up so he was sitting on his knees. "I'm listening Daddy."
Chuck smiled at his son. "Thanks. Mommy and I we're talking and wondering what you would think about having a baby sister in the house?" Chuck raised his eyebrows hopefully at his son.
Henry thought for a moment and then shook his head. "No thank you Daddy. Tommy has a sister and she takes everything and breaks it. Plus she cries all the time and she poops her pants." He rolled his eyes and stuck out is tongue. "Yuck." Sighing he plopped back down on his stomach and picked up his crayon as he began to color again.
Blair shook her head and decided to take over. Clearly Chuck's vague approach wasn't working. "Henry, do you remember earlier when I was going to read you a story and you said I wasn't cozy anymore?"
Henry nodded his head as he searched for a different crayon. He picked up the dark blue one and smiled. "Because you're fat. Like Santa." He started to sing "Jingle Bells".
Blair took a deep breath counting to five silently in her head. Sometimes her son pushed her limits. Chuck reached out squeezing her hand.
"Henry, your Mother is not fat." He decided being stern and direct was the way to proceed. "She has a baby in her tummy. In a few months she's going to have that baby and you are going to have a sister."
Henry stopped coloring and looked up glancing between his parents. "I already told you Daddy I don't want a baby sister."
Chuck reached up pinching the bridge of his nose. This was not going well at all. "Henry it's not up for discussion. The baby is coming whether you want it or not."
Henry threw his crayon down and pushed himself to his feet standing up. Placing his hands on his hips he shouted, "I don't want it! I won't let it in the house!" He stamped his foot his big, brown eyes swimming with tears. He turned and ran from the room.
Blair looked at Chuck her own eyes watery again. "We upset him." Nothing broke Blair's heart faster than her son not being completely happy.
Chuck got to his feet and reaching down helped pull Blair up. "We didn't handle that well. Let's go try again." He put an arm around her waist and they headed down the hall and to Henry's bedroom.
They found their son sobbing curled up on his bed with his arms wrapped tight around Monkey. Blair went over sitting herself onto the edge of the mattress.
"Henry, talk to us and tell us what's wrong."
He took a couple of deep breaths trying to stop the tears. "You're going…going…to love the baby…more than me."
Blair gasped as she reached out pulling her son to herself. Monkey realizing his job was done hopped off the bed. "Oh Henry, I could never love anyone more than I love you. You need to understand that Mommy and Daddy have enough love for both you and your sister." She kissed his tearstained face several times. "You are my special boy and nothing will ever change that."
Chuck sat down next to Blair and pushed Henry's hair back off his forehead. "Plus Mommy and I are going to need lots of help. Your baby sister won't know how to do anything and she's going to need a big brother like you to show her."
Henry's tears had stopped flowing as he sniffled. "Like what?"
"Like how to sit and crawl and how to eat. She's not going to know how to do anything."
"Can I show her how to feed the ducks?" he asked hopefully.
Chuck nodded. "Absolutely. She's going to have to learn that as well."
Blair squeezed him to herself. "You are probably going to be the most important person in her life."
Henry rubbed his eyes and looked at his mother. "Really?"
"Every little girl needs a big brother to help protect her."
Henry sat there a moment and Blair knew he was working something out in his mind.
"Can I get a rabbit? I want a rabbit and I want to name him Puck." He had asked for a rabbit several times after attending Robert Fuller's fourth birthday party last week. They had hired a magician and he had pulled a white rabbit from his hat and Henry had been obsessed ever since.
Blair sighed. There it was. She was about to say no when Chuck laughed and reached over picking up his son.
"Of course you can. We'll have David build a hutch and then we'll go this weekend and pick out a bunny just for you; the best big brother in the whole world."
Henry started to giggle. "Yay!" He wrapped his arms around Chuck's neck and squeezed. "Thank you Daddy."
Chuck kissed his son's cheek. "You're welcome Hen." He spied the look of disbelief on Blair's face and mouthed, "What?"
She rolled her eyes shaking her head. "Henry, you should go find Jessica and have a snack."
Chuck set him down and he ran from the room.
"A rabbit, Chuck? This is not a menagerie."
"He was upset. If it makes him happy then what's the harm in that?"
She stood up looking down at him. "You spoil him. He knows he can get what he wants. It's not healthy."
Chuck reached out pulling her between his spread legs. "I spoil you and look how well you've turned out."
She smacked his shoulder. "You're an ass."
He leaned forward kissing her protruding stomach. "You love me and you know it."
"Do I really have a choice since you impregnated me a second time?"
He squeezed her hips gently. "I think I remember someone begging me to impregnate her."
She raised her eyes to the ceiling. "Delusions of grandeur much?"
He ran his hand up the back of her thigh and under her skirt. "I think someone needs a refresher."
He stood up scooping her into his arms. She screamed softly and he covered her mouth with his kissing her deeply as he carried her to their bedroom where he spent the afternoon thoroughly reminding her.
