Title: Coming Home
Author: Lightsofparis
Summary: Blair left for Australia fifteen years ago. She's come back to the UES, only for two weeks, for her daughter to get to know her grandmother but then Blair runs into an old flame, and her daughters father and Queen B regrets ever coming back and sometimes even ever leaving.
Authors Note: I hope you like this chapter. This story doesn't make a lot of sense, this chapter won't make any more. It's kind of really rushed. So this is an important chapter, I guess. Did you guys like the Big Blair\Chuck\Audrey\Little Blair stuff in this chapter? Also thanks for reviewing! I'm going to start replying to them.
Disclaimer: I still don't own gossip girl, sadly. If I did there would be some major changes, like Jenny returning and Dan getting hit with a bus or running off to Spain or I would just make him season 1 Dan again.
"What?" Audrey screeched, her legs going limb. She didn't fall though. She was an elegant young women and young women don't fall but she couldn't feel anything, her head hurt and she thought she might pass out. Her "father" reached out towards her, a look of concern on his face but Audrey pulled away.
"Explain!" She shouted, walking backwards and as far as possible away from him. He cringed at this, and stood up straighter. He parted his lips open to start speaking, to start explaining what was going on but he didn't know much.
"Bass, what are you doing here?" Blair's voice echoed off of the walls of the room. Chuck and Audrey both twisted their heads to look at the elder Waldorf approaching them.
"He's my father!" Audrey screamed. Blair's face paled and she turned to face Chuck, pointing a long slender finger at him. She was furious! How could he!
"You" Blair quietly whispered, trying to stay as calm as possible but failing miserably. Chuck looked sheepishly down at the ground, ashamed at what he had just done. He was told not to tell Audrey but he had gone ahead and done so. He didn't feel guilty for long though, Blair had lied to him, well, not exactly lied, just kept the truth from him for 15 years.
"You said my dad died in a crash when you were pregnant with me" Audrey whimpered, she fell down into a pile on the floor, putting her hands over her head. She was screaming, crying, and yelling, now. Shouting insults at her mother and her father.
"You told her I was dead?" Chuck screamed, feeling his own anger being released. Blair looked at Chuck and then back at her little girl. She didn't move towards either one, she stood in the middle feeling like she had been tied down to that exact spot.
"I'M SORRY! I MADE A BIG MISTAKE" She exclaimed, tears flowing down her face. Chuck and Audrey both stopped screaming and Chuck advanced towards Blair, he through his arms around her neck and pulled her close. Blair stiffened at his touch but soon enough she wrapped her arms around him and buried her head in the crook of his neck, whispering 'I'm sorry' over and over again. Chuck rubbed his hand up and down her back. Audrey watched the gesture, her heart softening a little. She coughed catching the attention of both of them.
"Explain" She demanded, pointing towards the couch. Chuck nodded and sat down, Blair followed his lead and sat opposite him on the other couch.
"It's so weird that they had a kid" Serena gushed as she slid the key into the Bass's house. Nate nodded in agreement.
"I always thought they would end up married and with kids; but after Blair like totally stormed out of here and was never heard of again, it totally went out of my mind and even after seeing Audrey, I had no idea she would be Chuck's!" He exclaimed, shaking his head and chuckling at parts. His friends were so messed up and his mind was racing back to that afternoon, when Blair had told Chuck she didn't want to be with him anymore.
"Chuck. I can't do this anymore" Blair quietly whispered. Chuck's eyes flickered up to Blair and Nate stiffened at the elevator door. Blair's heart was racing and Chuck was shaking his head.
"No, no, no, no, no. You said you were all in!" Chuck accused, pushing the newspaper out of his lap and standing up. Blair nodded her head, looking at the ground.
"I'm sorry, I, I, I just don't love you anymore. Your different, your a better person, but you're not the Chuck I fell in love with and even if you changed- it wouldn't be enough. I'm leaving you and New York and that's final. Nothing you, or Serena, or Nate, or anyone could say could make me change my mind." Blair looked straight at Chuck, her eyes staring into his. That's when he broke completely. A tear fell down his cheek, it was quickly followed by another and another. Blair made no move to comfort him, she couldn't. She smiled at him sweetly; but sadly. Quietly said goodbye and left. She didn't even notice Nate standing at the elevator.
"I remember when she left him; He was a wreck for weeks afterwards" Nate explained shaking his head. Serena sighed in response. She remember when Blair left us well. She had been able to cope a little better than Chuck but not much.
"I just, I can't believe she didn't tell him, Y'know? All the bitchy stuff she's ever done makes her look like a hero in comparison to this"
"S. That's not fair, who knows her reasoning behind this." Nate looked at his wife, who was now lying on the couch, arms folded on her stomach, her eyes closed.
"I know. I'm just mad. We had to pick up the pieces after she left without an explanation and it turns out she had his child. I'm just mad, Natie" She explained. Nate whispered a 'I know' before walking over to the other couch and lying down on it. This night had been so long and dramatic. He needed to sleep.
"I know" He mumbled before falling into a deep slumber.
"I don't know where to start" Blair admitted. All eyes were on her now, they were waiting for answers and they deserved some but she didn't know where to begin.
"The start, mum. Start at the start" Audrey said softly, chuckling quietly to herself at the fact that she had used start three times in the same sentence. Blair nodded her head and took a deep breath.
"Well, I loved you Chuck. I really did but when I found out I was pregnant, I couldn't cope. My mother had told me she wanted the business to be moved too Paris because she felt more inspiration there, then in New York but she said it was up to me. I was planning on staying in New York, until, I found out about Audrey. I didn't know what to do. I was scared. I had already lost one child, I didn't want to lose another, and you had said only a month before that you wanted to wait a few years before we started a family and there was no way, I was going to give up Audrey. She was to important to me, so I told my mother that I would move to Paris, she was thrilled, and then I broke up with you. I gave birth to Audrey in Paris, only having Harold, Roman, Eleanor and Cyrus know about Aud. When Audrey was three, Waldorf Designs relocated to Australia, and I moved with it. I've been living there ever since. I left a few weeks into the pregnancy, It was two weeks, I think. Audrey, I told you your father had died because I never wanted to have you growing up thinking that he left you, and it was to complicated to explain. Eleanor only met you when you were very young and when she told me she had cancer and wanted to meet you before she was gone, I couldn't refuse, especially when she said there was no way in hell she would ever step foot in Australia. I never expected for either of you finding out about this. I'm sorry" She explained, laughing and smiling at bits, as did Chuck and Audrey. They sat in silence for what seemed like hours but in reality was only around five minutes. Chuck was the first one to speak.
"Blair's going to be thrilled to have a sister and I'm thrilled to have you as a daughter" Chuck smiled genuinely at Audrey and she grinned back, she wrapped her arms around him, already feeling like they shared a bond. Tears escaped through her eyes and landed on his shirt but he didn't care. He held his daughter tight in his arms and protectively.
Wow- Everybody's shedding tears today.
Well, Well. At least some couples seem to be alright. We want to say a special Congratulations to Serena and Nate - Our golden couple - for lasting more than ten years. May your 13th anniversary be better than your 12th which was a spectacular failure. I'll keep all of you updated on their celebrations throughout the day. Keep sending me tips, your wonderful!
Your old friend,
Gossip Girl.
"Hey, I'm home" Chuck called out, as he pushed open the door to his house at ten in the morning. Him and Audrey had spent the morning getting to know each other and had planned to have dinner together, with both Blair's present. Like a real family, although they definitely, under no circumstances, what so ever, a real family. Blair poked her tounge out at her father as he entered the house. She pounced on him straight away, hugging him tightly.
"I love you daddy. More than anything" She confessed. She wrapped her arms tightly around his neck, nearly choking him to death.
"I love you to, Baby" He said, adding baby as an after-thought knowing it would drive Blair nuts.
"I am not a baby!" She screamed, pulling herself away from her father. Elizabeth laughed, as she and Jena watched the exchange between the two Basses from the kitchen. Katarina soon emerged from her bedroom, wearing her favorite pair of mickey mouse pajama's.
"Keep the noise down. It may be ten but some people are trying to sleep" She complained, picking up a glass and a carton of milk and tipping some into the cup before pouring it down her throat. Chuck nodded and went over to get his own breakfast.
"I'm just so happy to have a father" Audrey gushed over the phone to one of her closest friends Max Davis. Max smiled at the other end, adding another layer of black nail polish to her toes.
"I'm happy for you Rey. He sounds wonderful" Max replied enthusiastically, honestly, she couldn't care less about her friends family drama's. She had a date tonight, with Ryan Mercer, the only downside was she couldn't tell Audrey about it because Ryan was her ex and she still wasn't over him. Audrey grinned.
"Who's the guy?" She questioned, knowing that their was something going on with Max and knowing that their was a boy involved. She flopped down onto the bed on her stomach.
"There's no guy." Max snapped, her heart racing, she couldn't believe Audrey had figured it out. Shit. Then it dawned on Audrey. It was Ryan. Max had always had a crush on him but he was her ex! Audrey couldn't deal with it and so instead she pressed 'End Call' and sighed.
"Aud. Chuck's here!" Audrey heard her mother squeal from downstairs.
Blair Waldorf looked down at Blair. She was sitting on the couch, her ankles folded, she was flicking through an old issue of vogue.
"She's so cute" The elder girl gushes, not being able to take her eyes off of the five-year old with wild red curls. She shook her head and looked over at Chuck, who was sitting next to her on the other couch. Chuck only nodded his head in response. Now that he had calmed down he didn't know if he'd be able to go through with this dinner, he wanted to get to know Audrey but with Blair there, it would just be too hard. He felt a lump rise in his throat but he quickly swallowed it back down. He looked at the stairs waiting for his daughter to descend them and she did. She ran down them and ran up to her parents. The younger Blair looked up from her magazine and at the scene in front of her. She rolled her eyes at how awkward everyone was being, she got up swiftly, and tugged at her dress wishing it would go a little longer.
"Audrey, right?" She asked sweetly, sound older than her age. Audrey nodded her heart melting when she saw her sister. She remembered her from dinner the other night and even though they hardly spoken to each other, she had grown fond of the little girl and now they were sisters.
"Blair, right?" She asked. Blair nods, running a hand through her unruly curls.
"I just love your hair!" Blair coos, scooping the little Blair up into her arms. Little Blair giggles, loving all the attention she was getting. She catches her dad's eye and he winks at her. The older Blair reluctantly places the little girl down on her feet and the young Bass runs towards her father, stopping when she's right in front of him.
"Are you coming to my wedding tomorrow night?" Blair inquired her father. Chuck only rolled his eyes in response and tuck his arms underneath her armpits and picked her up, carrying her over to the dining room. Blair didn't make a fuss, she felt like she was being treated like a princess. He put her down and she climbed into her seat, she puts her elbows on the table and knits her hands together, placing her head between in them, lifting her head up. She sighs in content.
Chuck slides into the seat next too her; Blair opposite the younger Blair, and Audrey next to her mother. The maid comes out holding their dinner. She had been filling in for Dorota for a few months, since she was in Poland, visiting family and friends.
"Thank you" Audrey tells the maid when she brings her, her dinner, a grin stretched across her face. Once the maid had left and everybody had their meals, it was, well, awkward. Nobody knew what to talk about and the young Bass was only interested in her food.
"How did you two meet?" Audrey asks, breaking the silence, she waves her fork in between her mother and her father. Chuck looks up from his plate and looks at his ex-girlfriend.
"We were one, it was at some society gala. Serena and Nate were there and we all became friends. Tada!" Chuck explains, throwing his arms up at the end and adding a smile. Blair rolls her smile, knowing that's not what her daughter meant. She wanted to know how their relationship started.
"No, I mean, like, how did you two begin dating?" She asks, making herself more clear. Blair smirks at the fact that she knew exactly what her daughter was meaning. Audrey watches Chuck, his mouth forms a small 'o' before he answers her question.
"It was complicated but basically after I told her I loved her, we got together" He told her, his voice quiet. He was careful to not mention any sexual activities that may of actually really been the spark of their relationship. Audrey nodded her head mumbling a 'that's sweet' before digging back into her food.
"You two dated each other?" Little Blair suddenly exclaimed, her mouth dropping open, and her eyes going wide. It looked like she thought it was the worst possible news in the history of the world.
"Well, we do have a daughter together, Blair. Audrey's your sister" Chuck explained to her, barely looking at her. He didn't really see the point in having to pay attention to her dramatics.
"But that means you would of had SEX! Like Aunty Serena and Uncle Nate have SEX! It's all gross and yucky. Jena and I walking in on them a few nights ago and it was so sick, we both vomited" Blair exclaimed, yelling whenever she said the word sex. Chuck chuckled at his daughter and pushed his food around on his plate, he didn't even nod his head. This was defiantly weird. He sighs and pushes food into his mouth.
Audrey bites down on her bottom lip and looks at her food, she didn't like the idea of her mother and Chuck having been together in such an intimate way especially when she had already experienced that level of intimacy.
"Gross" Audrey muttered, eating her food, like her dad was doing. The elder Blair looked at the ground and then excused herself from the table, heading in the direction of the kitchen. She needed a drink of water, or something stronger. Chuck quickly followed her into the kitchen.
"Hey look B, I'm sorry about Blair. She doesn't understand social boundaries yet" He starts to explain the moment he walks through the doors. Blair has her back to him and she's sipping something that looks a lot like Vodka.
"It's okay. It just felt weird with Audrey and Blair there." She explained, adding a dramatic sigh at the end. Chuck nodded knowing exactly what she meant. It didn't feel to weird for Blair to be talking about it since she and Jena practically walk in on Serena and Nate in the bedroom every time their together but for Audrey it was a different matter and it was his sex life. Chuck looked around the kitchen and Blair spun around to face him. Her eyes were drawn to his lips and she wanted nothing more than in that minute to have her own lips pressed against his. She starts to weigh the pro's and con's of kissing him. She shook her head trying to wipe the thoughts of kissing Chuck Bass from her mind. Blair's legs started moving towards Chuck, her face was only inches away from his. She knew he felt it, the sparks erupting between them. Chuck's palms started to become sweaty, just looking at her, made him feel something he hadn't felt in such a long time. He closed the small gap between them instantly, placing both of his hands on either side of her face and pushed his lips against hers, his tounge tracing her lips begging for access, she grants the wish and lets his tounge slide inside.