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Flirting With Danger – Chapter 15
"Blair!" Serena grabbed her hand roughly and dragged Blair into her room.
"What the hell?" Blair released her hand from her friend's tight grip and put her hands on her hips. "What's wrong with you, Serena?"
"You slept with him didn't you?" Serena asked in a matter-of-fact tone.
"With Jason? Yeah of course."
Serena rolled her eyes, "you know who I'm talking about."
"No, I don't," Blair feigned confusion.
"Chuck Bass," Serena declared. "You had sex with Chuck Bass. Don't deny it, Blair."
Blair examined her nails. "How do you know?" she finally asked, making eye contact with Serena.
"It wasn't that hard to figure out, B. The way you were acting around him. The way he was staring at you. He didn't even hit on any of the air stewardesses!" Serena laughed.
"What am I supposed to do, Serena?" Blair asked in a small voice. "I'm getting married tomorrow!"
"Do you love him?" Serena said without missing a beat.
Blair was silent. "Well, I...
Serena cut her off, "honey, once you have your feelings figured out...let me know and I'll help you out. But right now...I just don't know how I can be of any help."
"But Jason is sweet and charming and basically everything I ever wanted. He'd never cheat on me or compare me to a sweaty horse!" Blair protested, only to find that Serena had left.
"He'd never get your blood going either," Chuck silently stepped into the room. "Never make you moan the way I do, never leave you wanting more. Surely you realise that he's just another Nate Archibald?"
Blair whirled around. "I have to go do wedding stuff." She pushed past him but before she could leave, he grabbed her hand. "Chuck Bass! Let go of my hand or it'll be the last thing you ever do!"
"What are you going to do? Shoot me?" he mocked her. "Don't forget...I have a gun too."
Blair sighed tiredly. "What do you want from me?"
"Blair, you don't love him," he murmured in her ear, sending tingles up her spine.
"Do you love me?" she blinked back tears.
Chuck was silent. "Blair, I..."
"Bye, Chuck."
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"So was he really lying?" Jason demanded. Blair was silent. Ugh, why was everyone ganging up on her today?! "Blair? Did you or did you not do a striptease for Chuck Bass?"
"I did, okay!" Blair snapped. "It was one time! I was sixteen years old, Jason. Why does it bother you so much?"
Jason exhaled loudly. "You know why it bothers me? Because you've never said you love me. Ever." Again, Blair was silent. "Why can't you say it, Blair?"
"Because I'm just not ready yet!" Blair exclaimed.
"We're getting married tomorrow, and you're still not ready?" he shook his head in disbelief. "Do you even love me?"
"Damn it, Jason! Stop being so needy!" she strode out of the room and headed for the beach, her tears flowing freely now.
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"Blair," he came up from behind her. She knew he had been standing with her for the past few minutes. Somehow, she had sensed his presence.
"What do you want, Chuck? Are you trying to screw up my wedding?" she wiped away the tears. "Because you've certainly succeeded in that."
"I want you, Blair," she could feel his eyes boring into the back of her head. She said nothing and watched the waves crashing onto the shore from the cliff they stood on.
"You had me, Bass," she finally said.
Chuck let out a bitter laugh, "I never had you, Blair. Are you referring to that one night in the limo? Or on your seventeenth birthday? Or during cotillion when you had one dance with me and then ran back to Nathaniel?" He paused. "We were teenagers when I had you. That's why we never got it right."
"You can still have me," she said softly. "But you can't even say those three words."
"Are you referring to the words you can't even say to your fiance?" he scoffed. "In fact...can you even say those words to me?"
Blair turned to face him. "We're not meant to be, Bass. No matter how much we want it. We'll never work out." She gave him a sad smile.
"But we can make it work out," he grasped her hand tenderly.
Blair kissed him lightly on the cheek and shook her head. "I'm sorry Chuck. Together we're just...a receipe for disaster. We can't even say those words to each other. Can you imagine us getting married?"
"But you don't love him," he looked like a little boy whose toy got taken away.
"You're right. I don't. And with you I feel more alive than ever, but our relationship is just so...explosive... and I just..." she didn't finish her sentence.
And then she walked away.
Leaving him alone on a cliff in France, one day before her wedding.
The only man she'd ever truly loved but was too afraid to admit it just stood there, respecting her wishes because deep down, he loved her.
And if this was what she wanted...he wouldn't intefere.
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