Devil Beside You Chapter Three
Main Pairing: Chuck/Blair, Nate/Serena
Summary: This is an adaptation of the Taiwanese drama Devil Beside You. It's AU. Blair has a crush on the lacrosse team captain, Nathaniel Archibald, forever and one day she finally confesses. What happens when her love confession accidentally goes to the devil, Chuck Bass? And she also finds out that her mother is marrying Chuck's dad?
"I need hot chocolate, two pieces of cake stat!" Serena ordered the waitress and the waitress rushed toward the kitchen with a nod.
"Great, not only will I have Bart Bass as a stepfather, I will also be the fattest girl at Constance." Blair whined, hitting her head on the table at Serendipity.
Serena sighed. Saying that Blair's life hasn't been going smooth lately would be an understatement. Serena was incredibly worried when Blair called her, crying uncontrollably confessing that she's running away from home and going to live with her dad in France. So Serena raced over there and took her to Serendipity in order to cheer her up. But with Blair's state, Serena was convinced that Blair will only go from suicidal to devastated.
"Blair, calm down. You're so skinny and beautiful. It's only chocolate and beside chocolate is good for you. Now tell me what the hell happened."
Blair sighed dramatically.
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Flashback
"HOw can you marry Bart Bass?!" Blair's hand slammed on the dining room table and Eleanor flinched.
"Blair, control your anger. It's not very ladylike." Eleanor said. "Well it's not very polite to get marry out of the blue when you haven't even told your only daughter that you were dating someone, let alone the scariest man on the Upper East Side."
"It's was a spur of the moment. Barty and I have been dating secretly for six months now. We didn't tell you guys because we know that you wouldn't approve. Oh honey, Barty and I are so in love that we couldn't wait to get marry any longer." Eleanor sighed happily while Blair made puking faces. But Blair suddenly realized something.
"Wait, you guys?" Blair questioned and Eleanor's eyes lit up. "Oh, I forgot to mention Blair, Barty has a son your age. And he's coming over for dinner tonight."
"Ugh! For the sake of my appetite, can you please refer to Bart as Bart, not Barty." Blair demanded and Eleanor nodded her head shyly.
"Sure, anything for you Blair-bear."
"Ugh. Stop with the nickname. Wait, so he has a son?" Blair was sure that she knew who the son was even though she couldn't think of it right now. She tried to think of who is the son of the infamous Bart Bass? Eleanor went to the living room to check herself in the mirror. And Blair was left alone in the dining room with her thoughts.
"Hmm, Bass who the hell is he?" All of a sudden, Blair's brown eyes grew double in size in terror.
"Beside Blair, I think you should know about this guy," Blair remember Serena's voice inside her mind. "his name is Chuck Bass. The son of the billionaire Bart Bass."
"Here is the deal, from today on, you will have to act like my slave!" Blair could also hear the devious voice of Chuck Bass.
NO, No NO!!!! 'This has to be a bad dream, a nightmare.' Blair pinched herself, hoping to wake herself from this horror movie unfolding in front of her. Suddenly she hear the elevator door dinged, signaling a visitor.
Blair ran to the living room to warn her mother when she came face to face with a smirking Chuck Bass. "Hello, sister!" Blair screamed.
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Blair sighed and slammed her head back down on the table. "Oh my god, Chuck Bass is going to be your step-brother?" Serena felt so sorry for Blair. "B, I'm so sorry."
"Me too. I am going to miss you so much Serena. But I promise that I'll write to you everyday and e-mail each other." Serena was confused. "Wait, what are you talking about Blair?"
"You are like the sister I never had. Why can't my mom be a lesbian and marry Lily instead?"
"Cause I don't think God has that much sense of humor to make your dad gay and your mom a lesbian," Serena said, cracking up. "Wait Blair, you can't be serious about moving to France?" Blair nodded her head with absolute determination. "Blair, you can't move. You have to stay."
"Why? I have nothing here, nothing good in my life except for you." Serena tried to think of something that would make Blair stay. 'I got it!' Serena thought.
"Oh Blair, I think you're forgetting something really special." Serena said, trying to lure Blair into staying. "Like what? I have nothing at all."
"Ah, you're forgetting something or should I say someone…" Serena didn't get to finish her sentence since someone interrupted them.
"Blair?" a concerned voice appeared out of nowhere. Blair immediately recognized who that voice belonged to and she immediately turned around, meeting with two amazing green eyes.
"Nate!" Blair's eyes lit up. "Oh, what are you doing here?"
"I like to get hot chocolate in the winter, especially after practice." Nate replied. Blair smiled widely to Nate, who returned the sentiment. "Sorry, but I thought I overheard that you're moving?"
Blair suddenly shook her head profusely. "Oh no, I'm not going anywhere. That was me just listing my options. I miss my dad a lot. He's in France so I was wondering whether or not I should go visit him." Nate grinned.
"Good. I mean it's not good that you miss your dad. It's good that you're not moving. School wouldn't be the same without you in my Biology class."
"Order 93, it's ready!" A waitress called and Nate checked his number. "Sorry, I have to go. I have a family dinner." Nate went to get his hot chocolate. Blair and Serena squealed quietly to each other. Nate came back.
"Mmm, I don't know what's better than hot chocolate in the winter. Maybe the new that you're not moving to another country." Nate smiled at Blair, who was so in a daze. "Bye Blair." he said.
"Bye Nate!" Blair replied dreamily. Nate smiled once more and nodded at Serena before walking out the door. After Nate turned the corner, Blair squealed loudly. "Oh Nate, I forgot about you. At least I still have you in my crummy life."
"Hey, I am hurt. I thought I was enough." Serena joked. "Oh don't take it the wrong way. You're very special to me S, but you're no where near the hot thing called Nathaniel Archibald." Blair joked.
"Well, glad to see you're back to yourself but you still haven't finished telling me what happened with Chuck and the dinner last night." Blair's face turned from utter happiness to anger.
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Flashback
"What the hell are you doing in my house?" Blair demanded.
"Blair, that's very rude. Charles, welcome to our home. This is Blair. Maybe you guys know each other." Chuck smirked at Blair. "Oh yes, Mrs. Waldorf, Blair and I got really close recently." Chuck replied without breaking eye contact with Blair, who was now glaring at him.
"Oh very good!" Eleanor claimed happily. Eleanor was blinded by her happiness that she was oblivious to the actuality that was going on. "Come on, Charles. This way. Dinner is ready." Chuck turned to Eleanor and smiled politely.
"Thank you Mrs. Waldorf. I'm sure that the dinner will be delicious." he was laying it thick on Eleanor who beamed.
"Oh Charles, just call me Eleanor."
"Then please, call me Chuck. I mean it's only right that we should use preferred name with each other. Given that pretty soon, I'll be calling you mom." Eleanor giggled with pure joy. Blair looked at her mom in disgust. 'How can she be falling for his words?'
After a while, they were all seated in the dining room. Eleanor sighed sadly.
"What is wrong Eleanor?" Chuck asked, faking concern. Blair rolled her eyes, which Chuck noticed.
"Oh, I just wish Bart was here then it would be a real family dinner. But he has important business so it's ok."
"Oh, I'm very sad about that too." Chuck replied.
"Oh Charles, I'm loving you like my own son already." Eleanor gushed over Chuck, infuriating Blair.
"Mom, how can you love this impolite, uncaring, fake, bastard?" Blair screamed. Both Blair and Chuck waited for Eleanor's reaction, who looked frozen as a stone. All of a sudden, Eleanor started crying loudly.
"OH I knew it. I knew you wouldn't be happy for me. You wouldn't approve of this marriage because you can't accept anybody else except for your father!" Eleanor cried as Blair watched in shocked.
"Eleanor, don't cry. It's not your fault. Blair isn't for this marriage because she hates me." Chuck replied, with a sigh. "and here I thought, I could finally have a real family that I've always wanted." Chuck faked. His little speech just got Eleanor to cry harder.
"Oh Chuck, I'm sorry but if Blair doesn't accept this marriage, I may have to disappoint you and your father." Eleanor hugged Chuck tightly.
"OH it' s not your faulty. It's mine. It's always my fault." Chuck said, making Eleanor cry even harder.
"Mom, stop crying. Mom?" Blair called to her mother who was unresponsive. "Mom, I accept. I accept." Blair gave in.
"Really?" Blair nodded and Eleanor hugged Chuck even tighter. Blair turned her attention to Chuck and was shocked and angered by his reaction. The asshole was actually smirking and winked his eyebrows at her, signaling that he outsmarted her with guilt. It took all of Blair's self-control not to smack that smirk off of Chuck's face.
End Flashback
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"Blair, you really have to confess to Nate again." Serena declared. "I'm sure that he loves you and when you finally confesses, at least you'll have a little bit of happiness and something to look forward to." Blair started to protest.
"NO BUT! You have to. I'm demanding and putting my foot down. You know that I don't do that unless I absolutely have to. So you have to." Serena demanded. "Ok, tomorrow you have to confess to Nate. Once and for all." Blair nodded. 'Serena is right. It does seem like Nate likes me. Beside it's killing me not knowing whether or not if we'll ever be together.'
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Blair hid behind a column as she tried to calm her nerves. Today was the day. Today is the day that she will be confessing to Nathaniel Archibald and he is going to hear it. Blair tried to breath evenly but her nerves were building up too much. In her mind, there were many scenarios about how she would mess it up or even worse, he'll reject her.
'Breathe Blair. It's just a guy. You can do this. You can do this. I am Blair Waldorf and I command myself to do this.'
Blair nodded to herself. She is doing this by herself today because Serena was stuck in a club meeting. She approached Nate in the hallway, the butterflies in her stomach growing bigger as she got closer. "Nate, I like you a lot." Blair repeated to herself quietly. "I can do this."
Nate saw Blair approaching him and smiled widely, waving her over. Blair smiled nervously and approached to Nate.
"Hey Blair, how's it going? Still missing your dad?" Nate asked. Blair didn't replied, instead, she kept on repeating the phrase in her mind. "Blair, are you ok?" Nate asked concerned. "Blair?" Nate repeated.
"Nate, I like…" Nate stared at her. "Nate, I…I…. I have liked you for a long time now." Blair said loudly, staring nervously at Nate who was in shock.
"What? You like me?" Nate asked confused. "You know what, never mind. I should've know that you couldn't like me back." Blair said, as she looked for the nearest hole in the ground to bury herself with. When she couldn't find any, she decided on running away. As she turned, Nate grabbed her arms. "Wait, Blair, I didn't mean it like that." Nate explained, still holding onto Blair.
"Then which way did you mean it as?" Blair asked nervously. Now it was Nate's turn to be nervous. "I meant, I'm surprised."
"Like good surprise?" Nate smiled.
"Of course. I'm surprised that you like me because I…. I have always liked you too." Nate admitted shyly. Blair felt like the weight of the world has been lifted off her shoulder. "You do?" Nate nodded.
"Yeah, ever since I saw you. I thought you were the most beautiful girl in the world." Nate confessed.
"Then why didn't you say anything?" Blair asked. Nate shrugged. "I don't know, I always thought you were out of my league." Blair laughed. "SO not true." She countered.
The bell rings. "Well, can I walk you to your next class?" Nate asked. Blair nodded. "Yes, sure, I would love that since my next class is the same as your next class." Nate smiled and reached out for Blair's hand nervously.
Blair was finally starting to wrapped her head around the fact that she was holding hands with Nate, the man of her dreams. She wasn't sure what they were now but he did like her back and that left her elated. She looked up at Nate and saw him smiling at her too. She couldn't help but smile back at him.
Her heart stopped when they arrived at the in front of their class. 'No! NO! NO!' Blair hoped to be wake up from what can only be a nightmare. On the wall, in front of their class, copies of her love letter was posted, with a huge group of classmates reading it out loud, laughing.
Embarrassment and utter humiliation was the first thing that she came to her mind. Anger came shortly after. She tried to think of who the hell would do this to her. As she thought about it, only one name came up in her mind: CHUCK BASS.
She remembered the warning that he gave before leaving for dinner last time.
Flashback
"Oh that was a great dinner." Eleanor said, sipping on her wine.
"That was delicious. But I really have to get going." Chuck complimented, genuinely. Dorota came into the dining room and indicated that there was a phone call for Eleanor.
"I'll be there in a minute, Dorota. Blair, why don't you walk Charles out." Eleanor said as she exited the dining room. Blair smiled sweetly at her mother and turned to glared at Chuck.
"Now that we fed you, it's time for you to get out." Blair said coldly and Chuck scoffed. They got up and Blair dragged him through to the elevator, pretending to make nice in front of her mom.
"Now now Blair, you can't be that eager to get rid of me." Chuck teased. Blair hit the elevator button hard and smiled at him tightly.
"You know it's not too late to become my slave again." Chuck said.
"and why would I want to do that?"
"So that you won't be humiliated at school." Blair shook her head. "Like I said, I decided to confess to Nate so you can't blackmail me anymore."
"Who said Nate turning you down will be the embarrassment that I was talking about? Last chance Blair."
"Go to hell." Blair replied with fake sweetly.
"You had your chance. Now all I can say is good luck." Chuck replied hotly as he stepped into the elevator and left her house.
Blair ignored his cryptic message that night and headed straight for bed.
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Now Blair finally understood what Chuck was talking about. Anger consumed her until she exploded. She stepped toward the letters and ripped them down, shocking everyone including Nate.
Blair didn't care about what people were thinking, the only thing she can think of was the fact Chuck Bass needed to pay. She ran out of the building in search of him that she didn't hear Nate calling her name.
Chuck Bass needed to pay for this!!!
A/N: That seemed like a good place to stop. I have never written such a long chapter before. I'm sorry if the characters sounded OC but I was trying to fit the story into the real DBY as much as I can. Hope you enjoy the chapter and don't forget to review. And I probably won't get to update until Friday. So Merry Christmas everyone and to those who doesn't celebrate Christmas, then Happy Holidays. I'll be sadly working on Christmas, anyway I'm getting off-track. Be safe!!