Hope you guys will enjoy this chapter I call it Fluff to the extreme! And I want to thank LemonLattes for helping me edit this. I was having some issues. But anyway I hope you guys like it.
Father and Son Bonding
He'd only been here for 10 hours and Chuck Bass sat in the rocking chair next to his sleeping wife's bed holding his infant son protectively in his strong arms. It was the first time since his birth that Chuck finally got to be alone with his son.
Ever since his arrival Henry had been with both parents except when Chuck went out to the waiting room to deliver the news that the Basses were now the proud parents of a healthy baby boy. He was also pulled away when he came back into the waiting room two hours later to tell everyone that they were finally ready for visitors. And ever since then they'd had nothing but visitors coming in and out of their private hospital suite. They also had several visits from nurses checking on Henry and Blair and helping her breast feed for the first time (of course his son had no trouble). Finally after Henry's third feeding he convinced his amazing and exhausted wife to get some much needed rest and now he was getting some one on one time with his child.
Chuck continued to rock gently in the chair as he stared at the tiny person in his arms in complete awe. He couldn't help but smile as he watched Henry open and close his eyes and grasp onto of his fingers. He couldn't help smile while he studied his son's features. He was so amazed at how he could see parts of himself and his wife in his son. It allowed him to really see that they created something so amazing together. It might have been only 10 hours but the second he heard Henry's cries for the first time he knew that he was the best thing he has ever done. He knew right then and there that his children would be his best achievement besides marrying the love of his life.
"Hey there," Chuck whispered, "Henry Lucas Bass," Chuck smiled as his son stared back at him. "Do you know who I am?" He asked the baby knowing he wasn't going to get a response, "I'm your daddy," Chuck said. "I'm not sure if you remember but I'm that guy who has been talking to you through your mother's belly everyday for the past seven months," he continued to smile. "And your name is Henry Lucas because you are named after your Grandpa Harold and your Grandma Lily" he paused as he watched his son let out a little yawn. "Your Grandma Lily is my adoptive mother … in fact she is the only mother I have ever known and she is a very special woman. She taught me about being part of a family and she showed me what unconditional love means and she is one of the reasons besides your mother that I am here right now holding you," Chuck continued to whisper while rocking the baby in the chair, "and Grandma Lily is so excited to babysit and take you to Sunday brunches and show you off to all the women on the Upper East Side," he laughed.
"And Aunt Serena, Uncle Nate, and Uncle Eric are so excited to spoil you and take you on adventures," Chuck laughed again knowing Nate probably already bought them season tickets to go watch the Giants.
"Oh and your Mother," Chuck said lovingly, "is the most amazing person I know and like me she is a bit nervous given how we were both raised …we really didn't have our parents around much besides Dorota who by the way was more emotional meeting you then your grandparents," Chuck couldn't help but laugh remembering how when Blair's trusted maid and caregiver (now their maid) came to visit them during visiting hours and how she started sobbing. "I don't know if she was crying for the havoc you will probably bring upon the Upper East Side or because she couldn't believe that we have baby," Chuck smiled. "I'm going to go with she was very happy for us and excited to meet you." He smiled as he felt Henry move and squirm a little bit.
"But back to your mother, she is amazing and you got so lucky because your mommy was born to play this role. She is going to make all your other baby friends you will have so jealous." Chuck smirked at his son thinking about how if Blair could she would take on the role of Queen mom and have an army of mommy minions. "Oh Henry you have no idea how lucky you are," He sighed as Henry moved his tiny feet in the palm of his hand.
"Even though your mother never said anything she was so scared after what happened the last time… that you weren't going to be here," Chuck said with tears in his eyes, "and one thing you will learn about your mother when you get older is that when things bother her she pretends they don't exist and I know she was scared… we were scared that we would never see you," Chuck said with a single tear rolling down his cheek. "But you're here now and healthy and perfectly perfect." He smiled and lifted Henry up to give him a quick kiss on top of his soft head. "I want you to know that I love you," he said bringing Henry back down to his previous position," I'm going to let you in on a little secret," He said quietly, "I don't know much about being a father… I didn't exactly have a very present one in my life and when he was around … lets just say he had certain expectations that I always tried to live up to but somehow always managed to fail in his eyes and I always felt the need to prove something to him," Chuck stopped for a moment and watched his son yawn once more, "Henry Lucas Bass I promise you that I won't be my father. I promise you that I will be as present as I possibly can, to take you to every first day of school, to leave my office when I get a call from school saying your sick, I promise to take you to the park, the zoo, museums, baseball games, and around the world… I will even promise to take you to an amusement park if that's where you wanted to go even though those places are quite tacky" He chuckled. "And while I am going to be learning how to be a parent every step of the way I just want you to know you can come to me with anything at anytime and anyplace," he said lifting Henry back up to kiss his head once again. "I know there will be times where I will yell at you, lose my temper, and even have to ground you and I know that I will make mistakes and let you down but I just need you to know that I love you," Chuck finished as he kissed his sons head yet again.
Just as Chuck was readjusting the baby blue cap on top of Henry's little head he started to hear the sound of somebody sniffling Chuck looked up to see his wife smiling with tears streaming down her face.
"What wrong Blair?" He asked concerned.
"It's nothing these are happy tears," She said as she continued to smile as she began wiping away her tears, "it's just that you are amazing and you are already the most amazing husband and I heard everything you just said to our son," She said as she burst into tears, "Oh god these damn hormones," She laughed, "but Chuck you need to know that you are already a fabulous father. Believe it or not I think you are cut out for this." She smiled as she reached out and began gently stroking her son's cheek.
"You think?" He asked curiously.
"Oh I know and if I wasn't sure of it I'm sure I would have been a lot more careful with using birth control," she laughed as they heard Henry yawn yet again.
"I think that's my cue to put him back in the bassinet," Chuck said as he got up from the chair and carefully put his son into the bassinet next to Blair's bed.
"See perfect," Blair smiled as she watched her husband make sure everything was all right with Henry. "Now come lay with me Mr. Bass" Blair said sleepily as she patted on the extra space in her bed for Chuck.
"Will it help you sleep?" He questioned.
"You know the answer," She said.
"Well then lets get you some rest," he said as he climbed into bed next to his wife and let her head rest against his chest. "You know you were amazing today," he whispered.
"Thank you," she replied as she was almost asleep, "it was a hard job but, so worth it." She smiled lazily against his chest as her eyes began to flutter shut.
"I would have to agree," He laughed.
"I love you Chuck Bass."
"I love you too Blair Waldorf Bass," he said as he kissed her head.
"And we love you Henry," the new parents said in unison before they doze off .
Thanks for all the follows and reviews and favorites for this story! It means so much to me and they really make my day. I have some other chapters already written. I also want to point out that these chapters will each be a one shot and are not in any particular order. This one just so happens to be right after his birth. Hope you liked this and you will leave me a review.
