CHAPTER 5:

"TO WHAT DO I OWE THIS PLEASURE?"

Serena took Blair's phone out and dropped her bag on the floor of her bedroom. She placed the phone on her bed then started to pace back and forth throughout the room. Serena would occasionally sneak a glance at the phone, lying on her bed...taunting her.

What should she do? Should she just let Blair handle this by herself? No, I'd be a horrible friend if I just do nothing! Should she tell Chuck? NO! Blair would hate you if you tell him, Serena! Don't be stupid!

But, Serena had to make a decision. Do nothing, or call for help. Blair would probably hate me if I do either, Serena thought. The real question is, which choice would benefit Blair most? Who knows what Jack will do to her! But Serena isn't the best person for something like this.

So with that, Serena grabbed her phone out of her bag and dialed a certain someone's number. It rang. And rang. And rang. "Come on! PICK UP YOUR DAMN PHONE!" Serena yelled into the reciever of the phone.

She was about to hang up when it stopped ringing and a familiar voice spoke. "Good evening, sis. To what do I owe this pleasure?"

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Chuck sat at the 5th floor bar in the second wing of The Palace Hotel, sipping a meeting at Bass Industries went quite well. They discussed his future in the company and some of Chuck's ideas for the future of the company.

But, ever since his little run in with Jack earlier he couldn;t help but still wonder: what is he after? Wait, why do I care? Chuck asked himself. He says he's not after Bass Industries anymore, or, at least, he says he isn't. Why do I care so much?

Chuck shook his head, as if trying to erase his own thoughts. Forget about it, he ordered himself when his phone rang.

He looked down at the screen. It was Serena. Chuck wasn't exactly in the mood for her to give him another one of her famous "If you want Blair, you gotta go after her and tell her you love her" speeches. He stared at the screen for what seemed like ages. To pick up or not to pick up?

"To hell with it." Chuck muttered to himself then answered the phone. "Good evening, sis. To what do I owe this pleasure?"

"This is important, and it might hit you kind of hard, so please don't interrupt me, are we clear? It's hard enough to say once."

"Crystal."

"It's about Blair"

"Why am I not surprised?"

"What did I just tell you!?"

Chuck sighed and rolled his eyes. "Sorry, keep going."

"Anyway, I don't know how to say this. Umm..." Serena paused for a second.

"It's hard to not interrupt your little story when you keep yaking such long breaks in between each sentence!"

Serena was silent for a bit. No doubt annoyed by Chuck's snarky comment. Then, she just blurted it out. She described how she found the links in Blair's phone, what were in the links, and the conversation she overheard between Blair and Jack.

"Chuck, I think he might be blackmailing her!"

Even though he still held the phone to his ear, Chuck was hardly listening. Blair slept with Jack? Chuck got up and walked to the glass window behind him. He peered into the windows in the other wing of the hotel through the one in front of him to keep his mind off of the thought of Blair in bed with Jack. It wasn't working.

How could she do this to me? How could she do this period? Now the anger was kicking in. Yah, I left the country! I left her. But that is no reason to jump into bed with my UNCLE!

Suddenly, something caught Chuck's eye. In one of the windows in the other wing of the hotel he saw...Blair! She seemed upset. Angry. Then there was Jack. Jack pushed Blair against the wall, pinning her arms. She seemed to be struggling. Fighting to break out of Jack's grasp, but he was too strong!

Then, without warning, Blair kicked Jack in the groin with the heel of her Jimmy Choo's. Chuck cringed, Ouch! Jack moved his hands from her wrists to his groin, yelling in pain. Chuck couldn't help but smile at Blair's quick thinking. His Blair. Kicking him gave Blair the chance to run away. She ran for the nearest stairwell and the next thing Chuck knew, she was out of sight.

"And Chuck, I think Blair's bullimia is coming back! She looked awfully pale and-"

Chuck wasn't listening anymore. He had to get to Blair! He dropped his phone and also ran for the nearest stairwell.

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ch. 6 will be up as soon as possible!