Getting Away From It All
A/N: Hey Guys! So I am soo sorry I didn't get this out earlier. I had a huge photography final due and that took up most of my time! It was sooo boring trust me! Who's excited for tomorrow night though???? It's Gossip Girl Night! WOO! So excited!!! I am really hoping for some CB scenes! Cross your fingers! Haha! Anyways, I don't have much to say about this chapter besides I hope you really enjoy it! Haha! Oh and at the bottom I have included a new summary for a Christmas Story I am writing! It will come out in December because I just started it! Haha! Ok and a side note about the lyrics I have used. I love Gavin Degraw and I was listening to the song Young Love and I just thought the line that had innocent and us in it was CB for some strange reason. That's why those words are bolded! Haha! I just think they are the true essence of young love and true love! Haha! Ok now onto the chapter, enjoy and please review!!
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For the young lovers, taking the hill.
One plants a flag while the other is killed.
When the wine pours we raise our cups.
Young love is sacrifice, young love is tough.
Young love is innocent, young love is us.
-Gavin Degraw
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He woke up from what he thought had been a very peaceful sleep. He hadn't slept that good in a long time. He turned over and that's when he hit something, Blair's body to be exact. He was to out of it to lift his head up and push her off. Why is she in my bed? His mind then went back to the storm and the lights going out. He finally lifted his head up, against his own will, and looked at the clock. 7:00 A.M great. He didn't want to get up that was the last thing his body wanted to do.
He had officially gotten four hours of sleep. She had disturbed his sleep in the middle of the night, not that he minded though. He put his head back down on his pillow trying to get the last bit of sleep he possibly could. He was dreading work. He might of dreaded work every morning, but today was different. His father was assigning him on project with a partner. He was more of a do it alone guy so getting a partner put him in a shitty mood.
His father had left out who was going to be assigned to him that was the first bad sign. He didn't particularly like any of the people that worked at his dad's office. They were all, in some ways, just like his father. All trying to be perfect, while Chuck just wanted to get the job done without being the best at the end of the day. His father told him this project would be a big project and that him and his partner would need to do good to get more jobs like this. Perfect.
He turned his head to see if Blair was still asleep and sure enough she was, out cold. She looked comfortable in her sleep. He knew she needed it though since Friday was the busiest day at the bar. On Fridays she would have to stay until four in the morning so he knew he would ultimately have to stay up until four in the morning to make sure she got home. He was going to think about this more until he heard a knock on their door.
He quickly got up making sure not to disturb her and went to answer the door. When he stepped out into the living room he saw what a mess Blair and him had made. There were two pizza boxes on the floor and too many plastic cups to count. That's lovely. He opened the door and to his surprise was met with two familiar faces.
"Chuck!" Vanessa screamed and went into hug him.
He was not expecting this one bit. He knew that Vanessa and Nate were coming in on Monday to stay for the week of Thanksgiving, but they were definitely early. He looked at Nate's smiling figure while hugging Vanessa.
"This is a surprise guys," Chuck said sleepily.
"We know we just thought more time with you the better." Nate said while looking at Chuck suspiciously. One thing Nate knew was the Chuck never had a lack of sleep unless there was a girl in his bed.
"So can we come in?" Vanessa asked.
"Oh yea. It's a little messy though."
Nate and Vanessa walked into the house like they had done so many times, but noticed how the infamous Bass pad was a bit softer and girly. Vanessa looked at Nate and Nate was just as confused. They looked at the living room and noticed the pizza boxes that Chuck was now picking up and the plastic cups.
"Late night?" Nate asked already knowing the answer.
"Yea, uh listen guys I need to tell you something." Chuck said while looking at them.
"Oh god! Did you get married?" Vanessa asked harshly.
"What no. Chuck Bass will never get married." He said while in his mind he knew that phrase was quickly changing.
"Chuck did you get someone pregnant?"
"What! No I did not. That's the last thing I would do." He said seriously.
"Ok man, then what is it?" Nate questioned.
Chuck didn't want to tell his best friends like this. He wanted to tell them having warning and not telling them out of nowhere. He looked at their faces that were planted in confusion. Telling Dan and Serena had been a piece of cake and they had expected it. Nate and Vanessa were much more of your ultimate couple that everyone wanted to be like. He knew he would never be like them, but Blair had got him thinking about the future a little bit.
"This girl named Blair Waldorf that works at Victrola," he started while eyeing Nate, "she lost her apartment because she didn't pay rent one month and she is living with me."
Nate and Vanessa looked at each other and gave each other secretive smiles. Chuck did seem less stressed and nicer when they had walked into the door.
"That's good Chuck." Vanessa said while smiling.
"I thought you two love birds would be pissed at that."
"No not at all." Vanessa said while going into the kitchen and helping herself to some breakfast.
Chuck was surprised. Once when Nate and Vanessa had made one of their "surprise" visits he had had a girl in his bed. They had been mad and said that he needed to work on finding someone.
"So when can we meet her?" Nate asked.
"When she gets up. We had a little bit of a citywide blackout last night. We were up late."
"Likely story," Vanessa coughed.
"Think what you want Archibald, but it's true." Chuck commented while walking out of the room to go take his shower.
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She woke up to her head pounding. She had forgotten she didn't handle alcohol well. She opened her eyes and took in her surroundings. Where am I? Her mind then wondered back to the night before. She looked around and then remembered the blackout. She was in his room and him nowhere in sight. She looked over to the nightstand when she noticed a note.
Blair,
Had to go to work, big meeting. Nate and Vanessa are in the house. Don't be startled. See you tonight at Victrola.
Love, Chuck
Nate and Vanessa were in their house. Oh lord. She quickly got out of the bed and ran to the door and opened it. She was about to walk out until she knew she needed to compose herself. These were his friends here and she needed to make a good impression. She looked down at herself and she knew she needed to change.
She ran to her room as fast as she could and went straight to her closet. What to wear? She looked through her closet and deciding she definitely needed a shopping trip. Nothing was right. After searching for around five minutes she decided on jeans and a cute sweater. Whatever.
She walked into the living room composed. She had never met these people in her life so she had no clue what to except. When she finally saw them she noticed how great they looked together. Something she had always wanted. The lady she presumed to be Vanessa was absolutely stunning. Nate was also very good looking, but nothing compared to the man that was his best friend.
"Hi, I'm Blair." She didn't know really what to do. She wished Chuck was here to introduce them.
Nate and Vanessa looked up from the couch where they were sitting and took in the girl before them. She was nothing like the girls Chuck usually picked out. She was composed and gorgeous. Vanessa liked this choice.
"Hey, I'm Vanessa and this is my husband Nate. We have been dying to meet you," she said smiling.
"Oh really? Me too actually, Chuck talks about you guys all the time. It's so nice to meet you." Blair said while going to sit in one of the many chairs in the living area.
"So how did you get Chuck to actually let you stay here? He is usually not like that, at all." Nate laughed.
Blair had to think for a moment. Honestly she had no idea how she had managed to get Chuck to open up to her all those times at the bar. She only knew that they liked talking to each other and that's all that mattered. She was still confused though. Why did Chuck open his home to her?
"I don't really know. We've known each other for around two years so I guess he knew I needed some help and so here I am," she said.
"That's good. Chuck's a good guy. Remember that." Vanessa said.
"I will."
Blair looked at the two people that she had only known for a matter of minutes. What was strange about all of Chuck's friends were that they were all so welcoming. She could always tell they had been a group in high school. She was glad when they came that they included her too.
"Blair how about me and you go shopping, Chuck told me you had to work tonight. No fun, I'm sure. Nate, we will meet back up with you at Victrola tonight." Vanessa said getting up from the couch.
"I would love that," Blair said.
"Yea, thanks for including me," Nate laughed.
"Whatever, dude." Vanessa said while plopping a kiss on her husband's cheek.
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Chuck was in the meeting. He had been in this meeting for two hours now. The meeting was taking place in his father's office. It was a meeting with fifty other PR people. Chuck hated most of them. The project his father was assigning took a group of two to make happen. His father was picking the groups, of course, which meant he could possibly be stuck with a complete lunatic.
His father was telling them how the project worked they had till Wednesday, the day before the Thanksgiving, to get the project done. The project consists of buying off a place. The team has to go to a place and make the manager sell it to them so the Bass Company could grow. Chuck found it to be a project that he could care less about.
"Charles Bass and Marcus Abbot, you will be working together," Bart announced.
Chuck snapped out of his daydreaming to look at his father. He has to be kidding? He looked at his father's stern face. Shit. His father had of course paired him with the guy that he hated. Marcus was a smart ass, in his opinion, always trying to be better than he was. Chuck knew the layers though. Deep down he knew Marcus hated him as well. They were a like. Smart as hell and always got what they ultimately wanted.
Marcus had been working on the same floor as him for three years now. They had come in at the same time. He knew his father had a spot for Marcus, unlike him. Marcus always showed his father his ability to work much more than him, this concluding him to be a smart ass.
"You guys will be working to shut down the bar, Victrola," Bart stated.
Shit. Chuck was beyond speechless now. His father had to know. He had heard the cruelness in his voice when he said Victrola. One thing he had to give his father credit for was that he always knew what his son was doing.
He gave his father a look that did not go unnoticed by his father. He then decided to just walk out of the office. He couldn't take this anymore. First, pairing off with Marcus, then outing him. Yes, his father was the worst man on the face of the planet.
"Charles, don't you dare walk out of this meeting," his father yelled while walking down the hall.
Too bad he muted everything his father said.
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She was completely exhausted. Her late night, small hangover, and shopping had taken a toll on her. Her and Vanessa's shopping trip had turned into a four-hour one. Blair was glad though. She had needed a break from everything. She had learned on the trip that Vanessa was exactly like Serena. They were both some of the sweetest people she had ever met. They would talk to her like they had always been friends. She really enjoyed that fact. Nate had also seemed like the perfect husband, calling Vanessa every hour.
When she was little she would tell her mother she would be married by the age of twenty. That dream had quickly ended when she decided that she didn't want to be around her mother anymore. She decided they day she left California that she would never get married she didn't need a husband.
She saw him entering the door with a scowl on his face. Rough day? She noticed him walking over to Vanessa and Nate and greeting them. She knew it might sound crazy to some people, but she was glad that she had split a drink on him two years ago. It was a moment in her life she would never regret. She was sure all of his friends knew she had a special place in her heart for him. Sometimes she wondered if those feelings were friend like or romantic like. Whatever they were they were strong.
"Regular," he said while meeting her eyes.
"Coming right up. So how was your day?" She asked while trying to make conversation. "You had that big meeting right?"
"It sucked ass, I rather not talk about it," he said while taking a huge swig of his beer.
"Oh I'm sorry. Well I met your friends and they are great. Now I know that Serena and Dan are coming in on Monday and Erik is coming in on Tuesday. What do you want to do about the living arrangements? Do you want me to go to a hotel?" She asked seriously.
"Blair you're kidding right?" He questioned. "You will be rooming with me. Get use to it." He said laughing.
She was about to finish the conversation when she noticed a strange man eyeing Chuck across the room. He was tall and slender. He had dark blonde hair and had a smirk planted on his face. He walked up to Chuck and smiled at her.
"Good evening, Mr. Bass." The strange man said.
Chuck rolled his eyes. Just what he needed, "good evening, Marcus."
Blair looked in-between the men. Chuck looked like he wanted to punch something and this Marcus character looked like he knew he was aggravating Chuck.
"Can I get you anything?" She asked trying to break the tension she knew was forming.
"You can get me a lot of things." Marcus said.
"Drink wise." She said not missing a beat.
"I'll have what this guy is having."
"A beer it is."
Chuck turned to Marcus. He hated this guy. He was in no way working with him. Him coming in here made him want to pound him even more. He knew he was flirting with Blair to get under his skin. It was working.
"So this is the place where she works?" He asked Chuck.
"You ordered from her." Chuck said possessively.
"You mean that girl is Blair? Bass, I'm surprised you scored so high." He said further taunting Chuck.
"Say what you want Abbot." Chuck said playing cool.
"Look if we are going to be working together-"
"We aren't working together." Chuck said finishing his sentence.
Marcus looked at him. "Fine, Bass have it your way, but either way your little girl is going to lose her job. I don't care what you say, but I know you don't want that to happen. You're going down. Victrola, you, and your girl are all going down." He finished while getting up.
He knew in a way Marcus was right. He knew his father was onto him. He knew that his father knew about Blair. He didn't care though. He had to find away to save Victrola and buy out another bar that his father would like. Some how he knew that it wouldn't be possible though.
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Ok here is the summary! I am really excited about this one! It is based off my favorite Christmas movie of all time Three Days, of course that is usually on the 25 Days of Christmas on ABC Family, but sadly I don't think it will be on this year! :(
The Gift
Summary: They were high school sweetheart. They were Chuck and Blair. They grew up in a small place in New York. Once graduating high school they eloped. They now lived in New York City. He working to bring up Bass Enterprises, she the girl you could never get a hold of day to day. He was drifting and she could tell. Will one fateful night change everything in the blink of an eye?
Tell me what you think!