A/N - Ahhh, we're so close to Dan & Blair although I have a very bad feeling that nothing is going to happen with them this episode. But a girl can dream. LOL. Anyway, here's chapter 4. I wrote and rewrote this chapter at least 3 times before finally getting it just the way I wanted and to be honest I probably could have given it another review but I'm just tired of staring at the screen. I hope you guys like the direction I'm taking the story. I've already started chapter 5 so hopefully that will be up reasonably soon. Please review! I'll love you forever :)

P.S. This chapter is why I changed the rating to M. :)

Disclaimer - I own nothing. If I did, there would be some serious Dair kissage tonight. LOL.

One Month Later

"Hello?" Dan looks up from his laptop when the door to the loft opens and he smiles when Blair sticks her head in.

"Hey, what are you doing here?" He rises from the table to greet her.

"My afternoon class was cancelled, so I thought I'd slum it in Brooklyn for a while." Blair teases as she moves easily into his arms. "I'm not interrupting, am I?"

"Never." Dan murmurs against her lips before kissing her. It was a soft kiss, but one full of emotion and Blair finds herself deepening it to the point where, when they finally break away, they're out of breath. "You know, I missed you this morning. I've gotten used to waking up with you next to me."

"Well, a girl can only sleep on 200 thread count sheets for so many nights before needing to get back to her 700 count Egyptian cotton." Blair smiles sweetly and Dan just shakes his head.

"Right, I keep forgetting that you're 'slumming it' in Brooklyn." He kisses her once more before heading back to his laptop.

"What are you working on?" Blair drops her bag on a chair and proceeds to take off her coat, hanging on the rack next to the door.

"A paper for my lit class." Dan flips through the book on the table.

"When's it due?" Blair kicks off her shoes as Dan glances up at her quickly when she does so. He can't help but smile when he watches her pad across the room toward him, mostly because he loves the fact that she's comfortable enough here that she'll just kick off her shoes and make herself at home (and she only makes cracks about it being a health hazard every once in a while now).

"Oh, not for like a month. I just want to get a head start." Dan leans back in his chair as she approaches. "It's worth 50% of my overall grade so I can't mess it up."

"Well, do you absolutely need to work on that right now?" Blair gently pushes the laptop away from him and slides into his lap, running her fingers through his hair.

"Ugh, no…" Dan shakes his head with a smile. "I… ugh… I absolutely do not need to work on this right now." It's Blair's turn to smile when Dan cups her face in his hands and pulls her face towards his to kiss her again.

Dan pulls back slightly when Blair's tiny hands reach for his shirt, slowly unbuttoning it.

"What are you doing there?" He glances down at her hands before looking back at her face and Blair stops what she's doing to look at him.

"Wow, if you have to ask, Humphrey, we could have a problem here." Blair raises an eyebrow at him as a smile spreads across her face.

"Ha, ha." Dan's eyes narrow at her playfully. "Seriously, Blair. What are we doing here?"

"What does it look like?" Blair presses her mouth against his as she finishes unbuttoning his shirt and she runs her hands up his broad chest just as he grips the back of her head, holding her in place, and their tongues battle for dominance. Blair's lips are still firmly attached to Dan's as she shifts in his lap, moving so that she's straddling him and Dan lets out a choked groan when she rocks herself against him.

"Blair, we don't have to do this." Dan brushes the hair out of her face as he looks up at her, searching her eyes. "I know sex isn't something that you take lightly and I don't want to rush you. I'm not going anywhere. I can wait."

"I know you can, but I don't want you to." Blair rests her forehead against his. "Dan, you have been so amazing to me and I know that you have to be frustrated, but you haven't pressured me once. The truth is, I was really nervous about taking this step because it's only been a month and you are Dan Humphrey and I am Blair Waldorf and I kept waiting for the other shoe to drop."

"The other shoe to drop?" Dan looks at her, slightly confused.

"Yes, the other shoe - I kept waiting for you to realize that I wasn't worth all of the crap that you've had to take from Chuck or for Serena to realize that she wanted you back…" Blair drops her head and Dan stares at her for a second before lifting her chin to look at her.

"First of all, Blair Waldorf is always worth it." Dan rests his hands on her hips and leans forward to kiss her mouth gently. "And second, Serena? Where did that come from? Or do I even have to ask?" Dan shakes his head with a sigh and Blair opens her mouth to speak but he places to fingers on her lips to stop her. "That's Chuck talking, Blair. It doesn't take a genius to know that he's been whispering in your ear every day since we got together, trying to get you to doubt me. I just had hoped that you wouldn't listen to him."

"Well, considering your history with her, it's kind of hard not to. Plus, she's Serena. If history tells us anything, it's that if someone is given the choice between me and Serena, they're going to choose her." Blair looks away and Dan frowns. He hates that she's so insecure about Serena. Even though her blonde best friend gave them her blessing a long time ago, he always knew that Blair was still uneasy about his past with her. He just didn't realize how much. And of course Chuck, being the bastard that he is, preyed on that insecurity the way he always does.

"I. Don't. Want. Serena." He says the words slow and deliberately to try and get his point across.

"You've said that before and you always end up going back to her…" Blair stares at him with pained eyes. "She was your first love, Dan, and I'm not judging you, because I know how hard is to let go of that. So I'm not mad at you. I just…"

"You know, for someone so smart, Blair, you can be awfully dense sometimes." Dan took her face in his hands and forced her to look at him. "Yes, Serena was my first love and I will always care about her, but I don't have those feelings for her anymore."

"Dan, those feelings don't just magically go away." Blair shakes her head and for a second Dan wonders who she's talking about now - him or her.

"They didn't just magically go away." Dan tucks a piece of hair behind her ear and his heart feels like it's about to burst out of his chest it's pounding so fast. "Blair, they went away when I realized that I was falling for you." Blair doesn't speak and for a split second Dan thinks that she's going to bolt and he unconsciously tightens his hold on her. "I'm crazy about you, Blair Waldorf. I don't even think you know how much."

Blair is quiet for a long time as she looks him. She wishes that she knew how to properly express how she feels about him. She can't say that she loves him because that's not even something she's ever really let herself consider, but whatever it is, it's the closest thing to love that she's felt in a long time and she hates herself for not being able to tell him just how much he means to her. So instead she leans forward and presses her mouth to his, softly. If she can't tell him with words, maybe she can show him.

Without speaking, Blair pulled away, standing up and holding her hand out to Dan with a smile. He follows her silently into his bedroom and stands, watching her as she closes the door and turns to look at him.

"Blair, you don't have to do this…" Dan begins but Blair silences him by wrapping her arms around his neck and lifting herself up to kiss him again.

"I want to do this." She pulls away, running her fingers through his hair. "Dan, I don't know how to put into words how I feel about you. All I know is that I want to be with you… right now. I want to share this moment with you."

Dan searches her eyes for any sign of doubt. He'd be lying through his teeth if he said that he didn't want to be with Blair. Of course he did. He's wanted to be with her every single day for the last month but he doesn't want her to do this for the wrong reasons.

"I just don't want you to think that I'm expecting this." He brushes the hair from her face and Blair smiles up at him.

"I know you don't. I was ready before I ever came here today. And I'm even more ready now." She murmurs, kissing his chest softly and sliding his shirt off his shoulders and down his arms, dropping it to the floor. That's all of the confirmation Dan needs as he grips her shoulders tightly, crashing his lips against hers. His tongue glides across her teeth, silently asking permission and he smiles when Blair immediately grants it. His hands move slowly to rest on her hips for a brief moment, before he wraps his arms around her waist, crushing her against his larger frame. He's held her like this so many times now that he's lost count, but every single time it shocks him at how tiny she is. Blair is by no means fragile and he knows that is fully capable of taking care of herself, but when he's holding her like this he's filled with an overwhelming urge to protect her with everything that's in him.

Dan pulls his mouth from hers to move to a certain spot on her neck that he's learned is her weak spot and Blair lets out a happy sigh. He can't help but wonder if he's the first to kiss her there; if he was the first to discover that particular pleasure point on her body. Jealousy bubbles inside of him at the thought of Chuck kissing her in that particular spot and, in some sick way, it only serves to fuel his desire to prove to her that he can give her more pleasure than Chuck Bass ever could. His hands move to the hem of her sweater and he easily pulls it over her head, tossing it over his shoulder before pulling her back flush against him. The feel of her bare skin on his sends a rush through Dan like he has never known and it causes him to attack her mouth again, trying to taste as much of her as possible as he slowly walks her backward toward the bed.

Blair feels the back of her legs hit Dan's bed and she falls back, pulling him with her, eager to feel him against her again. She can feel his erection against her stomach and her heart starts to pound because she knows that she's about to sleep with Dan and instead of the paralyzing fear that she thought she would feel, anticipation courses through her veins and she can't stop herself from reaching for the button on his jeans.

"Hey…" Dan's larger hands stop her movements and she looks up at him with wide eyes. "There's no need to rush. We've got lots of time." His voice is soft and Blair feels her stomach tighten when she looks up and sees something in his eyes that makes her heart lurch. After that, words are few and far between. Dan kisses her again, his lips barely brushing hers before he slowly proceeds to continue to undress her, kissing ever inch of body as he does so. His hands are rough, a sure sign that he's not a Upper East Side trust fund baby, but in that moment, Blair is sure she's never experienced anything more amazing then the feel of Dan's slightly callused hands brushing across her skin. And just when Blair feels like she's about to lose her mind, Dan finally pushes his own jeans and boxers off and reaches toward the night stand, pulling a condom out of the drawer and sliding it on. His eyes search hers one last time for any sign of doubt as he positions himself on top of her but Blair simply smiles and leans up to kiss him, silently encouraging him.

Her eyes widen and a gasp escapes her lips as he slowly pushes into her and Dan buries his face in her neck, breathing in her sent as he lays still for a moment, allowing her a moment to adjust to him before slowly beginning to move inside of her. Almost like it had a mind of its own, Dan's right hand finds Blair's left and he laces their fingers together while his left reaches up to brush the hair from her face. He wants to go slow, to savour this moment with her, but the sight of Blair writhing under him, panting and moaning his name, causes him to thrust harder, faster, almost desperate. The action seems to spur Blair on because she meets him thrust for thrust.

"Dan…. Oh God…" the words die in Blair's throat as Dan crashes his lips against her, his tongue delving in to explore her mouth again. When he pulls away, he sees tears in Blair's eyes and without thinking he reaches up to wipe them away. His movements slowing to a slow and deliberate pace. He wants to draw this experience out for her as long as possible but can feel her body ever so slowly start to tighten around him and watches her face clench in determination as she bites down on her lip hard.

"It's OK, Blair. Just let go." Dan whispers. Their eyes meet and Blair opens her mouth as if she's going to say something but she hesitates for a second and then pulls his face to hers, kissing him hard as she rocks her hips against his in a frenzy, chasing her release. She lets out a strangled cry that sounds vaguely like his name when she finally comes and Dan decides that the sight of Blair Waldorf becoming completely unhinged beneath him is the single sexiest thing he has ever seen in his whole life. His own orgasm follows close behind and he pulls her close, burying his face in her neck as he moans her name over and over. They stay that way for a long moment before Dan reluctantly pushes himself off of her.

"Oh My God, Dan. That was…" Blair just looks at him as he collapses next to her, wrapping an arm around her waist. "Amazing. That was amazing."

"You were amazing." Dan murmurs against her skin and Blair smiles as she sinks back into him.

"Hmm, I never thought that I would ever do that with a Humphrey." Blair turns her head, a playful smile on her face.

"Yeah, well I never thought I would do that with a Waldorf." Dan smirks down at her and Blair laughs, settling back into his arms and closing her eyes. He watches her for a long time, gently running his fingers through her dark hair. He meant what he'd said to her early. He was crazy about this girl but the truth was it went so much further than that.

"Stop staring, Humphrey. It's creepy." Blair says without opening her eyes and Dan smiles.

"Blair…" His voice is low and Blair slowly opens her eyes to find him staring down at her with a serious expression. "Blair, you know I how I said that I knew I was over Serena when I realized that I was falling for you?" He asks and Blair just looks at him, nodding silently. "What I should have said was that I knew I was over Serena when I realized I was in love with you."

There's complete silence in the room for a few seconds.

Dan, I…" Blair says finally as she turns to look him at him fully.

"You don't have to say anything." Dan whispers, leaning forward to kiss her again. " I know that it's only been a month and it is way too early for me to be saying this but it's the truth. And I know that you're still figuring stuff out and that's OK. I don't expect you to say it back. I know that you're not ready for that. But after what just happened between us, I needed you to know that I love you, that I'm in love with you. You're the most important thing in my life now, Blair, and I don't want you to ever doubt that."

Dan's lips brush across her temple as he pulls her back into his arms and Blair rests her head on his chest. I'm in love with you. You're the most important thing in my life now, Blair, and I don't want you to ever doubt that. She replays his words as she listens to his breathing even out and Blair presses herself closer, tears filling her eyes when Dan tightens his arms around her in his sleep and the same thought echoed in her mind over and over as sleep overtook her - Dan loved her.