Chuck rolled over as the alarm went off. He reached over Blair and turned it off. His arm fell back onto Blair's stomach. He groaned hiding his head in her hair. She pulled her arm out from underneath his and rubbed her face. The morning after the night before was never a good thing. Blair pulled her hair away from Chuck's face. He kissed her on the forehead before getting out of bed. He lifted his boxers off the floor and put them on. Blair smiled "I prefere them on the floor."

"Well I have a meeting and you have class." Chuck said pulling the duvet off her "I could think of ten other things I would rather be doing."

"Well what's stopping you?"

"I have to work." Chuck replied heading off to the bathroom. "Plus one of us has to be smart and get a college education."

Blair groaned throwing her legs off the side of the bed "Yes but it is very early." She stood up and put on one of Chuck's shirts. She buttoned three buttons and walked in to join him at the counter.

Chuck looked her up and down and taking a sneak peak into the shirt. "You look incredible."

"Chuck why are you going to this stupid meeting anyway?"

"Because being a Bass isn't always so great. Lily can't run the company, she is far to busy in Brooklyn to care about what my father would have wanted."

Blair lifted her toothbrush and applied some toothbrush. She stood looking in the mirror. She smoothed out her hair. She couldn't contain her excitement for college. There would be no Jenny to try and oust her, and no Serena to be perfect, and no people snapping pictures of her to send to Gossip Girl. She could finally be somebody away from the spotlight. She lifted her brush and pulled it through her hair "You know I am so excited to start College. I get to be somebody new."

"I like you just the way you are"

"Aww that was a little sickening"

Chuck smirked "I do try"

Blair smiled as she tied her hair back. She lifted her make-up bag and started to apply it. Chuck kissed her on the shoulder before leaving the room. She had carefully choosen her outfit weeks before now and it was hanging on Chuck's door. He had picked it up for her before the party last night. She had most of her stuff at the dorms already but she didn't like to spend too much time there. Her flatmates were only moving in yesterday and she didn't feel like watching sweaty people unpack.

She finished her make-up and left the bathroom. She carefully lifted the blue taliored dress and jacket from the back of the door, and laid it over the edge of the bed. She picked up the perfect shoes she had to match and set them at the bottom of the bed. She admired her outfit for a couple of minutes making sure she had the right outfit. Chuck watched her for a couple of seconds "Stop doubting yourself, you look great in anything. You look even better in nothing."

"Chuck this is serious. I need to make sure I make a good impression."

"Blair you could wear a bin bag and they would still be eating out of your hand. Just put it on. You suit blue."

"Are you going to be back for dinner tonight?"

"It depends how long I have to stay and fix Lily's mistakes. I'll let you know. I bet you will be so busy down there that you will forget about me"

Blair walked over and kissed him on the lips "I will never forget about you"

Chuck put his hands around her waist and pulled her closer to him "You know you can come stay here anytime you want. I have a key for you so you can come and go as you please." He reached over onto his desk and handed her a pink key.

"Chuck you are giving me a key?" Blair said pushing herself back from his chest. "An actual working key?"

"Of course a working one. Just incase you get sick of slumming it and fancy a nice double bed, with me in it of course."

Blair smiled and kissed him one last time before she turned away from him. She put the key on her key ring and slipped it onto her key ring. She walked out of the room calling goodbye to him as she left the apartment.

Blair arrived at the dorm she had been assigned. The way the movies protrayed it was not the way it was in reality. She walked down the bland dimly lit manilla hall to find her apartment. She unlocked the door and walked into the room. She found a small living room and kitchen combined and five doors, four of which were numbered. She looked around the apartment. It amazed her that a decorator could even find neutral colours that clashed. She looked down at her key and saw she was in room number two. She opened her room and saw the decor in there was not much better.

She walked in and set her bags down. She tested out the bed and found it to be lumpy and uncomfortable. She sighed. The excitment of college had worn off already. She was not used to this. The matress looked like it had been there for years, and the carpet was stained and also bald in some places. The room had a tiny MFI book case and matching desk. She could nearly touch each wall if she stood with her arms spread out. This was not the life she had imagined for herself when she though about going to college. She lay back on the bed and closed her eyes. She tried hard to pretend she was in an Ivy League school. She really wished she had listened to Chuck but of course she wasn't going to tell him that. She was going to suck it up and deal with it because that is what Blair Wardolf does.

There was a knock at the door and a pretty blonde girl walked in. Blair sat up and smiled.

"Hey, I'm Ashley, I'm in room four"

Blair didn't really know what to say. She didn't mean to be big headed but she was always so used to people knowing who she was that she never had to introduce herself." I'm Blair. It's nice to meet you"

"I don't know about you but I am absoultly freaking out. I'm from Chigargo and have no idea where anything is around here."

Blair tried to smile "Yeah it is a whole new ball game for me too"

"We live with two guys. Oscar and Johnny. They went to get some food and beer. I can tell already this is going to be a fun night"

"Food sounds so good right now. What are they getting?"

"Chinese. I think they are just getting a bit of everything. I hope that's ok?"

Blair nodded "Yes that's fine thanks. I am so tired I don't think I will really notice what I am eating."

Ashley laughed "Yeah me too. Well I'm sure you want to get unpacked and what not, so I will leave you to it. We should be eating in about twenty minutes so I am going to go and get plates and stuff sorted."

"Thanks." Blair smiled as Ashley left the room. Blair realised for the first time she was completely out of her depth and completely alone. She had no Hazel and Izzy to fall back on. She had no Chuck to hold her hand when he knew she was scared. She had no Serena to stand up for her in a way that nobody else did. She had no Dorota to bring her, her favourite meal when she was tired. She had nobody with her and she didn't like it. After all these years of wishing everyone would leave her alone, and stop watching her she realised she liked it. More than that she realised she liked it, she realised she needed it. She picked up her phone and text Chuck "I miss you xx".

Blair adjusted her pony tail and smiled. She got up and smiled opening her door "Ashley can I help you with anything?"