A.N. I just want to say more about the pin from Blair's POV, so the story would finally end properly.

EPILOGUE - The Pin

Aimee

Ticktock. Ticktock.

What should she do?

She always knew there was something unexpected going to happen on her perfect wedding day. Maybe a wrong banquet of peonies which was not so pink, maybe a drunk guest who happened to spill some wine out on her maid of honor's dress, or maybe a runaway groom who abandoned her at the altar. Anything, just to make her fairytale wedding not so perfect. As people said, there's something wrong with that kind of perfection. It needed to be violated.

However, she never thought the stupid person who ruined this perfection would be herself.

Ticktock. Ticktock.

What should she do? Oh, God. How could she be so stupid? How could she forget her pin? !

She had given the pin away before. To Nate because of her naive girlish dream. To Marcus only to irritate Chuck. But it had never truly belonged to anyone but the man who was going to marry her today.

She didn't give it to him yet, and the reason was complicated. There was a time that she doubt what would Chuck say or do when he found the pin was sewed on his sweater secretly as she did to Nate. Even she herself had to admit that little accessory was really childish and silly. As for Chuck, he was more likely going mock her mercilessly like the first time she showed him the pin and told him she would sew it on Nate's sweater so her heart would be on his sleeve all the time. Or worse, run away from such a burden since he knew what the pin meant to her.

That was before she accidentally caught him picked the pin carefully with his thumb and forefinger, staring at that piece of jewel absorbedly, almost longingly, then sighed, put it down back in the drawer.

He actually wanted it. This realization made her want to laugh. Who would know the great Chuck Bass was such a hopeless romantic? !

But she was also moved, really. That's when she decided to give it to him on their wedding day, as her promise of love and forever.

He wanted it. And it belonged to him. What's better than giving it to him in the special and significant day on which they would be legally bound?

To others, the pin was just an antiquated accessory. But to them, it was her heart, her trust, her dream, and most importantly, her future. It symbolized everything she could promise her husband who, fortunately happened to be him.

Ticktock. Ticktock.

Damn it. Among all the things which could be wrong on her wedding, why was it the pin?

People might think it's ridiculous, but she had to get the pin and gave it to him.

Maybe she could ask Serena to get it for her. But the blonde would probably dismiss her. "A pin?" she could picture her best friend's heartless laugh, "Don't be so dramatic, B. People won't be able to see it even. And Chuck won't mind whether your pin was on his suit or not. Believe me."

Or maybe she could ask Dorota for help. But… the pin was mixed with their… toys. She didn't want to give her poor Dorota a heart attack after all the "surprise" she got from her and Chuck every time she forgot to knock the door first.

Or Nate? No. he was probably already driven insane by Chuck.

Ticktock. Ticktock.

Damn it! She had to get the pin by herself.

Never had she thought of the possibility that her love showing behavior would be mistaken as running away.

XOXO

Stupid stupid bastard! She cursed him under her breath as her fiancé kneeling before her, murmuring apologies against her sensitive skin. How dare he? How dare he accuse her of running away when he himself was always the coward in their relationship? How dare he hold her so damn tight that it actually hurt?

Damn him! How dare he propose to her in the first place? ! And why the hell did she say "yes"? !

The answer to all the questions was the same one. He was afraid of losing her. She could see it in his eyes, hear it in his voice. He was scared as much as she was.

She had forgiven him a thousand times before, and she had to forgive him this time. Because all the scare, the hurt, the curse and the apology were their love.

They love each other.

But he had to pay. As her husband.

She finally smiled. Maybe her stupid husband would make her suffer to no end in her married life, but still, it was her happily ever after.

Their happily ever after.

fin