Title: Bass Family Brood
Chapter 13: Bitter Taste
Author: Ellibells
Summary: Post season 3; Bass brood growing up which is based upon my original fic Mr Chuck and Mrs Blair Bass. Chair are married with a full brood of children including Teddy and Evie who are original characters from my Mr Chuck and Mrs Blair Bass: Part 2. Bass Brood central with NJBC… Fluffy, humour, protective Daddy's, fluff, more babies and pure Bass family fun! "And where do you think you are going dressed like that, Evie Grace Bass?"
A/N: Normally I would be sincerely apologetic for how late this chapter was but in all honesty, I had writers block and I didn't want to deliver something that would not live up to my previous and have you all thinking how lacking it was and being disappointed so I took time out, chilled and I am back…I think! If my block has gone, I will leave you to decide that…I hope this was worth the wait :) I do appreciate you all being so patient with me and Mr Chuck and Mrs Blair Bass reader, I am truly sorry for the wait but I have lost inspiration :( so soon I will be wrapping it up and going back to what I set out to do originally with that fic and do one-shot drabbles of Chair fun and fluff, sorry folks :/
*SPOLIER if you haven't seen 5x08*… Who watched GG on Monday! Good god I hate Louis! And the ending…the look on Chuck's face was like, 'shit!' ha! Thoughts?
Leading on from the last, same day, blah, you'll see :) enjoy.
Disclaimer: I do not own Gossip Girl unfortunately! But I do own Ed Westwick…true fact! ;)
"Nate! Where the hell have you been?" Vanessa snapped as she stepped towards him after waiting outside their home for him to appear.
"I've been thinking about what we need to do." Nate replied simply as he stopped in front of her and took a deep breath, he would need it he thought.
"There is nothing to do. Our son is innocent; he was just a chess piece in yet another one of the Basses' games. Evelyn Bass is a terrible influence-" she began before Nate quickly cut her off demandingly.
"Are you listening to yourself! Chuck and Blair may have messed with people when they were younger but I know better than anyone that my best friends raised every one of their children the right way. My son very nearly raped my goddaughter and you think she would lie about something that sick?" Nate shouted until he came to abrupt stop as people began to look as they walked passed the pair on the sidewalk.
"So you're taking their side? Against our son." She spat in hushed tones this time.
"No Vanessa. For the first time, I am doing the rightthing. Something I should have done a long time ago and maybe we wouldn't have been in this mess." He shot back, walking up the stairs towards the front door.
He may not have had much patience left but he didn't want anyone else hearing his family's affairs aired in public for Gossip Girl or god knows who listening.
Storming in the house, he restrained himself from slamming and locking the door behind him, knowing she would follow.
"What the fuck is that supposed to mean?" She yelled after him as she followed him with a slam of the door, finding him in the kitchen pinching the bridge of his nose as he paced back and fourth.
"I thought you were intelligent! What do you think it means!" He hissed back, shooting her the most unpleasant glare she had ever witness from him.
Even at Nate's most disjointed moments, he would never be so angry. He was always so composed even if punches were thrown and something in his eyes told Vanessa this was it. Whether that meant for them or for their son, she was scared to guess.
"I-" Vanessa stuttered, not daring to say anymore, just standing numbly next to the doorway of the kitchen.
"All my life I have been a coward and let other people make decisions about mylife. Not anymore. My life has been full of mistakes because I let other people tell me how to live it, just to please them. I won't do it anymore, Vanessa." He confirmed, looking away from her as quickly as he had said her name.
"What are you saying…" she asked cautiously, hoping the tears that were forming in her eyes weren't apparent.
"That I am sending Benjamin to an all-boys disciplinary boarding school and you don't have a say in what happens anymore. I've been the sole provider for this family since the day we started it and let's be honest; we haven't been a proper family for long time." He stated bluntly. This time looking up to make sure she knew he was being honest.
"You can't make decisions for our son without my consent-" She tried, knowing full well he had more power than she ever would.
"It's either this or I will hand our son into the police. You make the choice, but trust me when I say; Benjamin will resent you for the rest of his life when he knows it was his mother who made that choice." He threatened, the words almost stinging as they dropped from his lips.
The words were like a slap in the face as she swallowed hard, shaking her head a little as Nate stood with little remorse in his eyes.
"So that's it? You're willing to send our son away for god knows how long because you think this is you not being a coward?" She asked in disbelief.
"No Vanessa, this is me protecting our son and teaching him a lesson. He may hate me now but in a few years, I can only hope he will understand what I did was because I love him."
"You'll regret this." She tried in a last ditch attempt to protest as he made his way towards where she was standing.
"I'm moving out." He announced calmly, about to walk past her, stopping so she heard.
Anger flashing past her, she turned to greet his cheek with the palm of her hand, leaving a red mark in her hands absence.
Half expecting it, he nodded his head before leaving the kitchen with a bitter taste in his mouth and a hope that by the time he had packed him belongings, Ben would be home from school.
"Hey, sweetheart…" Blair greeted as she stepped into Evie's room.
It was early evening and after an emotional few days, all Evie wanted to do was curl up in her own bed knowing she was safe.
Sitting on the side of her bed facing the window, she was patting her wet hair dry. It would have looked like she had just had a normal shower like any other day but beneath her plastered content, fading smile, all she could think was how different people would think of her if they only knew that the reason her fingers were wrinkled like prunes was because she had spent the last hours in the confines of the steamy room after allowing her tears to take her as she slumped into the bottom of the shower, crying and gasping for air as the spray of the shower covered any evidence and her red puffy eyes were due to the accident of 'shampoo in her eyes'.
Handing the towel to her mother as she stood in front her, Blair took to towel and placed it on the radiator to dry before coming back to where her daughter was sat and taking her place.
"What's going to happen to him?" She asked quickly, like ripping off a plaster, gazing up to her mother who looked back at her solemnly, unable to lie.
"He's being sent to a boarding school. No one knows how long but he will be leaving quietly." Blair confirmed as she noticed her daughters tense body rest slightly as she announced the news.
Nodding a little, Evie looked down to the floor before she allowed her body to slump against her mother who encouraged her with her motherly arms as they wrapped her.
"I knew all this time…" Blair muttered against Evie's hair as she pulled her tighter, feeling her breath start to slow.
"How?..." She uttered back, closing her eyes as she tried to remember his scent against her skin and how safe she felt in his arms.
"The look in your eyes. As much as I wanted to believe you, I knew there was someone else on your mind", her mother admitted.
"He tried to protect me from going to that room with Ben…I didn't listen…I-I wanted to prove him wrong…he-he warned me and I ignored it…"
"…why wouldn't he stop, mom…why me?..." she asked bitterly, gritting her teeth as the thoughts flooded back.
"I don't, Sweetie…people do bad things in the heat of the moment…I should know…" Blair commented softly, aware that Evie was now crying silently in her arms.
When the room dropped to silence, Blair pulled Evie deeper into her hold, kissing the top of her head as she did so before taking the moment to speak.
"I can't and don't want to image what happened that night but I need you to know that no one thinks any less of you. What he did was horrible but we need to move on and I need you to assure me that you will come to me if you need to talk, or you just need me to be there…and if not me…anyone…just- don't bottle it up because trust me, from experience I can promise you it never works…"
Before allowing the words to completely sink in, Evie nodded against her mother's chest, quickly wiping wet remnants away from her eyes.
"I'm really tired…think I just need to sleep…" she uttered coherently before quickly kissing Blair on the cheek and walking in the direction of the bathroom, but slow enough for Blair to hear her daughter's 'I love you' as she escaped into the bathroom.
The closing of the bathroom door was enough to signal Blair had outstayed her welcome, standing up from the soft mattress and now plodding her way out of the bedroom, taking note on the way out that she heard light sniffles coming from under the bathroom door.
Slumping against the heavy door with laboured whimpers, Evie collapsed into herself; her knees tucking below her chin and her head dropping to her knees as her arms protected the light from her eyes.
As her body wracked with tears, all her mind could replay was the sound of his voice and the feel of his forceful hands marring her body.
The rest was a blur as she cried herself to sleep for the second night in a row.
A/N: I am well aware this is a short chapter but I didn't feel right adding any more to this chapter. I know the wait was long and the update was short but I promise the next won't once I get my mojo back a little! What did you think of Nate/Vanessa convo...?... Thank you peeps if you're still with me, I truly love you all for making me smile :D and happy with your kind words every update :)