A Chaotic Wedding

Aimee

Part 2

"I told you. Nate. I have already called her a thousand times, but she didn't pick up, not even once. As for other things, her bag, necklace, earrings… She didn't take any of them." Serena's voice suddenly turned low. Chuck could sense her worried glance at him, "It seems she left in a hurry. I don't know where she is and I have no idea how we can contact her."

He really hated the sympathy in his step-sister's voice. It seemed she now regarded him as some pathetic man who had been abandoned by his beloved one at the wedding, which he (he had no other choice but to admit) actually was. To be honest, he was surprised that he could still hear Serena's blab. He hadn't moved from his spot on the sofa, and was staring at his own hands, the hands which had held her delicate ones in the past four years, the hands which had touched her gorgeous body countless times, the hands he once believed would have the honor to wear their wedding band after today, till his death.

It's not like he had never thought of the possibility that she may get cold feet at the last minute. He knew she may and really should reconsider her agreement to his seriously defective proposal and found out being tied down by someone like him was really unwise. Or if God had mercy, she may decide that he need more time to prove himself and even give him the chance to.

Anyway he expected an explanation. However, life was always cruel to him. The thing he feared most happened. Blair abandoned him even before the wedding begins, leaving him totally helpless.

It was his punishment. He knew that. He had made a perfect girl like her fall in love with him and after that he had the audacity to betray her. She loved him so much that she chose to forgive him. But he should know better. A man who did what he did had to be punished. And if God didn't punish him, he should do the work himself rather than waiting till something like this happened.

Of course she didn't pick up her cellphone. Because she didn't want any of them to ever find her before the wedding. And of course she didn't take her bag, necklace or earrings with her. She probably wanted nothing to ever remind her of him. Surely in their relationship after all those silly dramas he did everything he could to make it up to her. But what once been done could not be undone. He couldn't believe how stupid he was. Did he really think she would marry him? For God's sake, he couldn't even propose properly without ruining it! Why did she want to keep him, not to mention marry him?

But he loved her, so much. Didn't she know that? After a four-year stable relationship didn't she know he could not survive without her? If she wanted to punish him for what he once did, fine, just stay with him and do it. Whether it's flannel nightgown or some props, he would be willing to accept it.

He knew he had no one to blame but himself. But except for the mistakes he had made a long time ago, he really didn't know what he did wrong. Maybe he should have said more "I love you"s to her, just to make sure she didn't forget it. Maybe he should have kept cooking for her like he did in his not-so-patent proposal. He knew she secretly relished in watching him do things that he would ever only do for her, and cooking was one of them. Oh, maybe he should have bought her more jewelry and showered her with sweet love words after their every quarrel. And maybe he…

Maybe he was just not enough.

He blinked several times, trying his best to fight back tears. He knew Nate and Serena were both observing him. And he really hated it.

She should know him. She should know once he said those three words eight letters to her, it meant a promise of a lifetime. She should know once he fell in love, he would never fell out of it. She should know whether she liked it or not, the truth that she was and would always be trapped with him would never change. And even if it would, he would use every possible means to make sure that never happens.

She should know. She was supposed to. If she thought he would just let her run away like this, then she was totally wrong.

"Chuck." Finally Serena broke the silence, "Probably it's not as bad as it seems. You know Blair. She will not… leave like this."

"Yes, man. Maybe she just went away to… do something. She'll come back. I'm sure." Nate added, "Serena have already sent Dorota to look for her. We will figure this out together. Don't worry."

Chuck smiled sadly, then murmured something.

"What?" Nate asked, suddenly felt a surge of panic. His best friend couldn't get insane because of this merciless blow, could he?

"I said I'm going to find her and kill her with my bare hands, even it means I have to go through the whole world to hunt her down." He repeated himself, suddenly not being afraid of the upcoming disaster anymore. Yes. He would find her and yell at her face, and eventually bring her back. If he had to use ropes to bind her and drag her back by hair, he would.

His thought of tracing plan was interrupted by a sudden scream. Dorota's joyful voice pierced through the door, into non-judging breakfast club's ears. "Oh. God! Miss Blair! You back!"

In a blink of an eye Serena rushed towards the door and jerked it open. Nate followed her. In the doorway stood the Blair Waldorf they were desperately looking for, in her wedding gown which was strapless and sleeveless, with a frown of disapproval on her face.

"Serena!" she called, "I've been looking for you everywhere! What are you doing here? Come. I need your help."

She saw Serena's eyes widened, and Nate gaped. Then she finally saw Chuck, standing there, behind their two best friends, with an expression she could not read.

tbc