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A while later, Chuck and Blair were the only ones left in the ballroom (besides the band and the singers), so they were free to display as much affection as they wanted. Blair had her arms around Chuck's neck as she started to kiss him. "You know," Chuck said in between kisses, "we could always go finish this upstairs."

"Mmm, but I'd like to kiss you a little longer somewhere other than your suite and behind my locked bedroom door." she moaned and kissed him again.

Chuck cocked his head a little to the right and stared at her as they swayed to the music. He'd already forgotten what his life was like before being with Blair. He smiled at her.

"What are you smiling about, Bass?"

He kissed her, a nice, sweet, and gentle kiss. After he pulled away, Blair bit her lip in a way to sort of savor the exchange. When Chuck looked in her eyes and just said those words, knowing that after he utters them, there will be no turning back. "I love you..."

Blair stared at him, mouth open a little, stuttering quietly.

Right when it looked as if she was about to finally reply, someone appeared out of nowhere.

"HEY!" Nate yelled at them as he approached, followed closely by Carter and Serena, with a face that could only be summed up in one word. Fury.

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5 minutes earlier...

Nate stood by the elevator listening to Serena talk about random things. For instance: school and the happenings of that night.

"Nate?"

He looked up and stared at the blonde blankly. "Huh?"

"Are you ok? You look like you've got a lot on your mind."

"Yah, it's just...Blair. I don't understand why she chose to call Chuck instead of me."

Serena shifted her body weight for a second and then finally spoke. "Well, you did embarrass her at her birthday. You know, with that Gossip Girl blast."

Nate made a noise that sounded like a mix between a sigh and a scoff. "How long is she going to use that as an excuse?"

Serena was about to say something when Carter came up behind her from the ballroom. "Hey, guys." Carter wore a certain smug look. As if he saw something that would later give him much pleasure n exposing. "Nate."

"Carter." Nate sneered. He still wasn't Carter Baizen's biggest fan.

"Didn't you have a jacket during the cotillion?"

Nate felt around his body, just realizing he wasn't wearing his jacket. "I must have set it down somewhere."

"Maybe you left it in the ballroom." Carter smiled evilly. Serena didn't have a good feeling about this.

"Yah, I must've. I'm going to go get it."

"I'll come with you." Carter said.

Serena sighed, "I'm coming." Serena was a little quicker getting to the entrance than the boys so she was the first to see Chuck and Blair intimately dancing and kissing. She turned around and said, "You know Nate, I don't see it. Maybe it's somewhere else."

"Well, let me see."

Nate went to go around her but Serena blocked him. "How about I check again because I think I left a lip gloss there anyway." Serena offered casually.

Carter furrowed his eyebrows. "Why can't Nate just look himself, Serena?" He said as he tried to hide a smile.

Nate tried to go around her again. "Yah, Serena, I can go myself."

She blocked him again. "Really. I'll go myself and meet you at the bar or someplace far off."

"Seriously Serena, I'm a big boy. I think I can walk a couple of steps."

He finally made it around her as Serena yelled, "Nate, NO!"

Nate froze as he witnessed his ex-girlfriend draping her arms around his best friend while kissing him. Very passionately kissing him. "What the hell?" he muttered as Chuck backed his head away. He seemed to have whispered something that made Blair stare at him, confused.

Blair opened her mouth to reply but Nate couldn't take it any longer. "HEY!" he yelled as he stormed up to them with Serena and Carter following close behind.

Chuck and Blair quickly backed away from each other as Nate drew closer and closer...

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two more chapter to go til the end! DUNDUNDUN!!! two updates in one day....thats got to be a record!