Alright here's the second chapter where Nate tells Blair some shocking news and Blair realizes why she has been down in the gutter… Hope you like it.

Disclaimer: I OWN ALL OF GOSSIP GIRL (Just Kidding )

Blair walked into the restaurant she forgot the name of and immediately locked eyes with Nate Archibald. She had forgotten… how handsome he was. It had been almost five months since she had last seen him, since he had gotten together with Epperly, since… Blair shook her head; do not go there she thought.

And so she just focused on Nate, nothing else, and so she couldn't help but simply smile at him, genuinely.

He smiled back, something about his eyes looked lost, and those big trusting eyes were definitely in deep thought.

She walked up to him and shrugged her coat off holding it in her arms.

He still looked lost, seeming to have completely forgotten she was standing in front of him.

Blair set down with a sigh. Only then did he look up and excuse himself for his rudeness.

"Oh never mind that, so I'm not one to admit it but I'm dying for some news or anything, please tell me what you were going to."

Nate's eyes twinkled, "I'll show you."

Blair studied him as she saw he was reaching for something in his bag.

He was still Nate, never changing, the rock who kept everyone balanced and safe. Blair ever so wanted to thank him for always being her constant, for always being there, even if she did break his heart and then broke it again.

She was about to reach her hand out to him but stopped suddenly as she saw a small box in his hands, a small black box to be precise.

"Nate…" She said stunned.

"I just wanted to check with you before I actually propose, do you think Epperly will like it."

"Epperly," Blair repeated still shocked and then grew more so as he opened the box; it was her ring or at least the ring she had always dreamed of. The one that lay all wrapped up in Nate's little black box for another woman.

Blair cleared her throat, "I think Nate that you have to think about this, you have only been together for five months."

Nate rolled his eyes, "Blair I knew you were going to say that but I have thought about this, a lot really, and I never want to be with anyone else but Epperly."

Blair was stunned and all she could say was, "Why did you tell me first?"

Nate's eyes furrowed, "Why wouldn't I have and anyways I wanted to ask you something, will you be my best man?"

BEST MAN! What on earth?

Blair swallowed trying to calm her shock and rising despair all at the same time, "Nate what about Chuck and anyways Epperly hasn't said yes yet." Blair said logically trying to sort through her confused thoughts.

"I know but I want to be prepared and Chuck can't he's going to be with Reina, or as he likes to call it being with Reina and travelling the world, remember?"

Blair almost slapped herself for forgetting and also to compensate her urge to hit Chuck right now for not being able to the best man, IF Epperly said yes.

"Nate, can I… um think about this, because I want to be sure if she says yes… um… okay?" Blair said absolutely dazed and incoherent.

She had to go; she just had to, something weird was happening. She felt worse than before.

"Blair are you alright?" Nate was about to reach over and touch Blair's hand.

But Blair got up too quickly before he could, saying, "Yeah I'm fine, I just remembered I have to be with Serena and… I have to go, "She swallowed finding it hard to say a particular word, "Congratulations Nate, I'm sure you will make… Epperly happy," She finally managed to say.

Then Blair fled from the restaurant and out into the busy streets.

No! No! No! This could not be happening.

Blair Waldorf could not be in love with Nate Archibald, again.