A/N - Hey guys, here's the next chapter. I think it turned out OK. I hope you like it. Please review!
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"Humphrey, stop fidgeting." Blair throws a look in Dan's direction, slapping his shoulder as they approach Dorota's apartment. She pauses for a second at the look on his face, grabbing his arm and forcing him to look at her. "Dan, are you OK? You kind of look like you're about to throw up."
"Well, that's probably because I kind of feel like I'm about to throw up." Dan looks at her with a slight look of alarm. "This is your fault, Blair. I was fine until you started in with that 'we still have to tell Dorota' crap! I've been having nightmares of her killing me and getting rid of the body!"
"You're so melodramatic." Blair rolls her eyes. "Dorota's not apart of the mob, Dan. She's not going to put a hit out on you…" Blair trails off for a second, biting her lip nervously. "But, you know, maybe stay behind me, just in case." She gives him a smile that is less than reassuring before patting his shoulder and turning away. Well, that's just great. Thanks a lot, Waldorf, that really made him feel a lot better.
"Blair…" Dan starts but stops when she reaches up to knock on the door in front of her. Dan finds himself subconsciously moving closer to Blair when the door opens.
"Miss Blair!" Dorota's face lights up at the sight of her charge and Dan finds himself smiling as well when Blair's face morphs into a soft smile of her own. "And… Mr. Dan?" Dorota notices him for the first time and she glances back at Blair. "What brings you all the way down here? Is everything OK?"
"Yes, of course. Everything is fine. Dan and I just wanted to stop in and see how you and Vanya and the baby were doing." Blair says smoothly as they step inside and Dorota closes the door, looking at the two of them closely, and Dan grimaced internally. The jig was so up. Dorota could read Blair like a book and there was no way that she believed that line for a second.
"What is wrong? Who is dying?" Dorota asks immediately and Dan almost laughs because of course someone would have to be dying for Blair Waldorf to step foot in Queens (never mind the fact that she had practically been living in Brooklyn these days).
"No, no there's nothing wrong Dorota. No one is dying, I promise." Dan says immediately and Dorota sighs in relief. "But there is something that we wanted to talk to you about." Dan says slowly. Sweet Jesus, he was a mess. His mouth is dry and his hands are sweating but that's probably because he half expects Dorota to hang him out the window by one leg once she finds out he got Blair pregnant.
"Yes, and it was something that couldn't wait until you got back to work." Blair says slightly cryptically as she looks at Dan expectantly and she can see it in his eyes - the silent plea not to make him do this. He was more scared of telling Dorota then he was of telling her parents. Granted, she couldn't really blame him for that one because Dorota could be incredibly intimidating; way more than Eleanor or Harold, that was for sure.
"One of you need to tell me what is going on right because I am starting to imagine very bad situations!" Dorota interrupts their little staring contest and Blair looks at the older woman for a moment.
"I'm pregnant, Dorota. Dan and I are having a baby." Blair says, reaching for Dan's hand with a smile and Dorota stares at the couple, completely silent.
"A baby?" Dorota continues to stare at them. "This must be joke? You are 'Punking' me, yes? Where is Ashton Kutcher?" Dorota glances around as if she honestly expects Ashton Kutcher to pop out from around the corner at any second.
"No, you're not being Punked." Dan shakes his head. "Blair and I are going to be parents."
The room was silent for a long moment as Dorota stared at the two of them and all Dan could do was hope that Dorota would be supportive of this. Dan knew how important Dorota's opinion was to Blair, whether she would admit it or not.
"You got Miss Blair pregnant?" Dorota's gaze lands on Dan and she stares at him hard, unblinking and Dan actually gulps in slight fear.
"Dorota, please don't be mad. It's OK." Blair steps in between the two of them and Dan audibly sighs in relief. He doesn't exactly feel like a man right now, hiding behind his pregnant girlfriend, but hey, you know what, staying alive to actually see this baby being born is way higher on his list of priorities then his pride at the moment.
"OK? No, this is most definitely not OK…" Dorota's angry eyes land on Dan again. "I always knew you would end up being trouble Dan Humphrey. Miss Blair is good girl and you…"
"Dorota, stop." Blair reaches for her hand. "Do you remember what you told me at your wedding? You told me that all you wanted was for me to be happy." Blair glances at Dan, who is still keeping a slight distance from Dorota - not that Blair really blames him because her polish maid is still throwing dirty looks in his direction even as Blair speaks. "Well, I finally listened to you, Dorota, because I'm happy. Dan makes me happy. This baby makes me happy."
Dorota is quiet for a long time as she looks at Blair before slowly looking up at Dan for a second.
"I have seen change in you since you have been with Lonely Boy." Dorota looks back at Blair, her expression guarded, and Dan makes a face, but chooses not to make a comment about the 'Lonely Boy' crack. Right now he's just relieved that Dorota hasn't strung him up and Blair seems to be making some progress with her.
"More than almost anyone else in my life, I need you to be happy for me, Dorota. I need you to be supportive. You've been there for me my whole life and I can't imagine you not being there for this." Blair takes a breath as she stares at the woman who had for all intents and purposes raised her. "I'm not sure that I can do this without you, Dorota."
"Oh Miss Blair…" Dorota shakes her head as tears fill her eyes. "Of course I will be there, you must know that." Dorota wraps her arms around Blair, hugging her tightly. "And I never want to hear doubt that you will be good mother. I watch you with Anastasia. She loves you and your child will love you even more. This baby is lucky little boy or girl to have you." Dorota reaches out to tuck a piece of hair behind Blair's ear before hugging her one more time. "If you are happy Miss Blair, then I am happy."
Dorota reluctantly pulls away from Blair and turns to look at Dan, who still looks a bit terrified. The two have a silent staring contest for a few moments before Dorota slowly crosses the room to stand in front of him.
"It is your responsibility to take care of her now." Dorota says seriously and Dan nods silently. "Especially with baby on the way. Miss Blair can be… uncooperative when it comes to doing things that she does not like but even if she resist, you must still insist." Dan nods silently. "Come, we must plan daily menu for Miss Blair and baby. We must make sure that they get everything they need to be healthy." Dorota takes Dan by the arm and pulls him toward the kitchen. Dan allows himself to be dragged from the room, throwing a glance in Blair's direction as he disappears around the corner and all Blair can do is shake her head with an amused smile as she follows after them.
XOXOXOXOXOXO
"Lily, what are you doing here?" Blair holds open the door to the loft as Dan's stepmother steps in and looks around.
"Is Daniel home?" Lily looks at her slowly and Blair frowns at the look on the older woman's face.
"No." Blair shakes her head slowly as she closes the door, concern starting to swirl in her stomach. "He's at NYU registering for classes."
"That's good." Lily smiles but it looks… well, off is the only word that comes to Blair's mind. "I was hoping to speak with you alone."
Blair can tell almost instantly from the look on Lily's face that something was wrong. It couldn't be Rufus or Serena or Eric because Lily wouldn't have come all the way to Brooklyn if either of them had had some sort of accident. Blair felt the blood drain from her face. That only left…
"Charles called me yesterday, Blair." Lily says slowly, almost reluctantly. "He's flying in from London next week for a few days on business."
"Oh…" Blair says, slowly moving to sit down at the counter and Lily sits down next to her.
Blair was certain that her relationship with Dan had been, at the very least, part of the reason that Chuck had moved to the other side of the world and she couldn't help but feel more than a little guilty for causing him to be so far away from the only family that he had left. But if she was being honest, a big part of her had also been relieved when Nate told her that Chuck was leaving. She had been relieved that she, Dan and Chuck wouldn't continuously be forced together for one reason or another, which was practically inevitable considering they ran in the same circles and that Dan and Chuck were essentially step-brothers.
As awful as it sounds (and Blair knows that it sounds awful), once Chuck left it kind of felt like the last cloud had finally been lifted off of her and Dan. She was by no means saying that Chuck was the sole cause of any problems that she and Dan had. No, those problems had been because of their own issues, but he had certainly been a catalyst, there was no denying that. It seemed almost ironic that now, just when she and Dan were finally on solid footing and were moving on with their lives, Chuck was coming back.
"Um, did you tell him about the baby?" Blair finally asks and Lily shakes her head.
"No. I didn't think it was my place." Lily reaches over and rests her hand on Blair's. "Blair, sweetheart, I can't even begin to understand how complicated the situation is between you, Daniel and Charles and I don't know what happened between the three of you before he left but clearly it was big enough that Charles felt the need to move to another country." Lily paused for a brief moment, her expression softening. "I see how happy you and Dan make each other, but there was a time when that was you and Charles and, if the situations were reversed, if he was the one who had moved on, wouldn't it have been better to hear it directly from him then from someone else?"
Blair is quiet for a long time as she looks at Serena's mother. She remembers all too well standing in that closet with Dan on Valentines Day, watching Chuck pour his heart out to Raina. She remembers the pain that she had felt in that moment all to well. Would that have hurt any less had Chuck been honest with her about his true feelings for Raina? Probably not, but at least she wouldn't have been so blindsided and utterly humiliated.
"Charles is supposed to call me in a few days with his travel itinerary." Lily's voice brings Blair out of her thoughts. "I can tell him if you'd like, but I just wanted to give you the opportunity to tell him yourself if that's what you wanted to do…"
"Um, right…" Blair nods slowly. "I appreciate you stopping by, Lily and I understand where you're coming from but I need to talk to Dan. His relationship with Chuck… the two of them tolerate each other at best. I just have to see how he feels about this first."
XOXOXOXO
"Blair…" Dan arrives back at the loft later that afternoon to find the living room empty but Blair's bag and coat draped across the couch. Making his way toward the bedroom he opened the door and smiled when he saw Blair curled up in their bed, sound asleep. Their bed? Dan freezes when he realized the slip that his mind just made and he can't help but smile. The truth was he had stopped thinking of everything as 'his' a long time ago. He had long since stopped thinking of this room as his bedroom, this was their bedroom to him.
Dan moves slowly into the room and gently sits down on the bed, careful not to wake his sleeping girlfriend. He watches her for a moment before reaching out to brush the hair out her face.
"Blair…" He whispers, unable to resist the urge to lean down and brush his lips over her.
"Mmmm…" Blair sighs against his lips, her eyes still closed. "Hi…" Her eyes open and Dan smiles down at her.
"Hi." He leans down to kiss her again before stretching out next to her, wrapping his arms around her waist, his hands automatically coming to a rest on her still flat stomach. "How come you're sleeping? Are you feeling OK?"
"Yeah, I'm fine. Just a little tired." Blair settles back against him. "How was registration? Did you get all of the classes that you wanted?"
"Yeah." Dan nods, pressing a kiss onto her neck. "When's registration for you, again?"
"Next week." Blair rests her hand on top of Dan's, entwining their fingers. "I should probably take a look at your schedule for second semester. I'd like to try and coordinate mine so that one of us can be with the baby most of the time."
"That's a good idea." Dan nods with a smile, filled with a sense of pride and love that she was already considering how their lives would need to be adjusted once the baby came. "Speaking of which, there's something that I wanted to talk to you about." Dan pulls away from her to sit up on the bed, resting his back against the headboard and Blair follows suite.
"Um, actually, I needed to talk to you too." She looks down at her hands for a second before looking back at him. "But you go first."
"OK." Dan nods, shifting slightly so he's facing her fully. "Blair, I've been thinking…" He begins slowly, taking her hands and holding them tightly in his. "I'm committed to this relationship and I know that you are too. We're having a baby together and I want us to be a real family…" Dan pauses for a second and Blair feels her heart start to pound in her chest.
"Oh My God, Dan, are you proposing to me?" Blair covers her mouth with both hands in shock as she stares at him with wide eyes.
"What?" Dan's eyes widen as well and the two of them just stare at each other. "Um, actually no…"
"Oh…" Blair drops her hands from her face and looks away slightly embarrassed.
"I did think about proposing to you, Blair, but I didn't want that to be something that we did just because we're having a baby and I didn't think that you would want me to propose for that reason either." Dan lifts her chin gently and forces her to look at him. "I am so unbelievably in love with you, Blair Waldorf, and when I propose to you, it'll be because we're both ready to make that vow and not for any other reason."
Blair is quiet for a moment as she looks at him, his choice of words not lost on her. She can't stop the tears from filling her eyes as she leans over to press her mouth against his.
"I love you." She murmurs before pulling away to look at him. "OK, I'm sorry for going a little crazy there. You just kind of threw me for a second. What were you saying?"
"Well, this is going to seem a lot less epic now…" Dan makes a face and Blair laughs a little. "But, I want you to move in with me. You practically live here anyway but I want it to be official. I want us to actually start building our life together, making a home for this baby… and this suddenly seems incredibly lame." Dan shakes his head with an embarrassed laugh, running his fingers through his hair.
"It's not lame, Humphrey." Blair says quietly, scooting closer to him on the bed. "I want us to make a home together here too."
"You're not going to try and convince me to move into the penthouse?" Dan eyes her and Blair just shakes her head with a laugh.
"Serena's at the penthouse. I couldn't very well kick her out and how awkward would it be with the three of us living there and then a baby on top of that?" Blair shakes her head. "Plus, you're right. I do practically live here. More of my belongings are here then at the penthouse… besides this our home. It's our Brooklyn bubble." Blair says with a shrug and a smile.
"So, you're officially moving in?" Dan looks at her expectantly, a grin spreading across his face.
"I am officially moving in." Blair grins back at him and wraps her arms around him tightly when he pulls her close and kisses her sweetly. She can feel a pool of desire starting to swirl low in her belly and she deepens the kiss to the point where they are both gasping for air when they finally separate.
"Blair…" Dan's breath is hot on her skin as he buries his face in her neck and Blair shudders against him. His mouth finds hers again and she kisses him feverishly, her hormones completely out of control and her sudden overwhelming desire to be with him fuelling her every move. His hands brush across her skin every so lightly as he slowly reaches around to unzip her skirt and Blair's whole body feels like it's on fire.
"I love you. I love you more than I ever thought was possible." Blair's voice is barely a whisper as she plants tiny kisses all over his face. The words are barely out of my Blair's mouth and Dan's lips are on hers mine again. Blair's hands run down his sides, pushing his shirt up, her nails digging into his back, causing Dan to grunt into her mouth and grind his center into hers. "Dan… please…." Blair practically begs and it comes out almost like a sob against his mouth. His control seems to crack and in one fluid motion, Dan rolls the two of them so Blair is beneath him on the bed and, for a brief second, she has a flashback of their first time together - how far they had come since then.
"Blair… is… " Dan's breathing is shallow as he rests his head against Blair's shoulder, trying to gain some control of his senses. "Is this OK? I mean, is it OK for you to do this? It's not going to hurt the baby or anything, right?"
Blair is completely silent as she looks at him and Dan suddenly feels a little stupid for even asking the question. Logically, he knows that it's perfectly fine and all of those pregnancy books he's been reading say that it's fine but he's still a little nervous about it. He half expects Blair to laugh at him instead she smiles and leans forward to kiss him softly.
"I love you for you worrying about us." They both smile at her use of the word 'us'. "We're not going to hurt the baby, I promise."
Without another word Dan's mouth crashes against Blair's again. Everything else is almost a blur of kisses, caresses, gasps, moans and outright screams and it's not until afterward, when Blair is wrapped up in Dan's arms, once again listening to the calming beat of his heart, that she remembers Lily's visit that afternoon. She needs to talk to Dan about that but now just doesn't seem like the appropriate time. Of course, if she's being honest, would there ever be an appropriate time?
Dan glances down at the tiny brunette curled up in his arms and frowns. He knows her well enough now to immediately notice the shift in her mood.
"Hey, what's going on inside that head of yours?" He looks down at her expectantly, a small smile playing on his lips.
"You can read me too well, Humphrey, you know that?" Blair looks up at him, shaking her head.
"Yup. That just means that you can't lie to me." Dan brushes the hair from her face. "Come on, talk to me. What's going on?"
"OK…" Blair takes a deep breath and slowly lets it out before shifting in the bed and sitting up next to Dan, clutching the sheet around her. "First you have to promise me that you're not going to get mad." She looks at him seriously and Dan frowns. He certainly didn't like the sounds of that.
"OK, well, I can't make that sort of promise, Blair. Not until you tell me what this is about." Dan looks at her seriously.
"Lily came by to see me today." Blair says finally and Dan lets out a sigh of relief. Thank god. It was just about Lily. The way Blair was acting, Dan had been certain she was about to tell him that someone had died. "Chuck is coming back to the city next week."
Dan's momentary feeling of relief is immediately gone and he stares at Blair in silence for a long time.
"OK…." His voice is tight and try as he might, he can't keep the disdain from his voice. Dan's willing to admit that Chuck had done the right thing in the end when he finally let Blair go, but he still didn't trust the guy as far as he could throw him. "I'm not really sure why Lily felt the need to tell you. I mean, it's not like you plan on seeing him." Dan glances at his girlfriend and Blair's silence tells him that that was exactly what she planned to do. "Blair…"
"Look, I won't see him if you don't want me to but I just feel I should be the one to tell him about everything that is going on - the baby and now me moving in here." Blair pauses for a second. "Lily, she made a really good point. If our roles were reversed I would want to hear this directly from Chuck, not from anyone else. Maybe if Chuck had told me that he was developing real feelings for Raina, it wouldn't have hurt as bad as it did when I found out." Blair stares up at him with pleading eyes. "My future is with you, Dan, but that doesn't change my past with Chuck. He is just as much apart of my history as Serena or Nate and I just feel like after everything that's happened, after everything that we have all been through, he should hear this from me."
"Blair, I understand what you're saying, I do…" Dan breaks off, running his fingers through his hair again. "But, I don't want you getting upset or stressed. It isn't good for you or the baby. And seeing Chuck is going to upset you. It always does." The two of them are silent as they stare at each other and all Blair can do is nod. She can't blame him for feeling that way and he's not wrong. Her relationship with Chuck had always held a certain level of volatility, even when things were going good between them, so it's understandable why he doesn't want her or their baby around that.
"OK." Blair nods and Dan looks at her sceptically, as he always did when she agreed to something that he was expecting a fight over. "I understand. I won't see him. I'll call Lily and ask her to tell Chuck the next time he calls. At the very least I want him to hear it from her and not read it on Gossip Girl." Blair leans forward to kiss him gently. "It's OK, Dan. I really do understand and I'm not going to do anything that you're uncomfortable with."
Blair settles herself back into his arms and Dan absentmindedly runs his fingers through her hair as he mind tries to process what Blair had just asked of him. He had come to accept that Chuck Bass was always going to be apart of their lives in some capacity and Dan did truly understand where Blair was coming from. He understood why she wanted to be the one to tell him because, whether Dan wanted to admit it or not, Chuck was at least partially responsible for him and Blair being together right now. Neither of them knew what would have happened that night if Chuck hadn't called him to the Palace. In that sense, Dan understood, but he didn't want to be setting a precedent with Chuck. He didn't want there to have to be a huge production of Blair informing Chuck of every single event that happens in their lives.
"I have to be there." Dan says after a long time has passed and Blair pulls away to look at him, slightly confused. "I want to be there when you tell him. I realize that there is no love loss between me and Chuck and it might make the situation a bit awkward but I don't trust him, I don't think I'll ever trust him, so that's my stipulation. I have to be there."
"I can live with that." Blair says with a smile, her expression softening as she looks down at him and she feels her heart swell with love. This right here is just one of the many reasons that she loves him - he understands that she needs to do this and, even if he doesn't completely agree with it, he'll support her.
XOXOXOXOXO
"Blair, I have to admit I was surprised when Lily told me that you wanted to see me." Chuck steps into the foyer of her (soon-to-be ex) penthouse and all Blair can do is stare at him from her spot next to Dan at the foot of the stairs as she feels a rush of nostalgia as she remembers all of the times that she had stood in this very spot and waited for him. "Ah, Humphrey, I wasn't expecting to see you here. Although, I guess I shouldn't be too surprised." Both Dan and Blair give him a look and Chuck shrugs. "Eric has kept me up to date on the goings on back home. He may have mentioned that the two of you were still going strong. You remembered our little talk, Brooklyn. That's good." Chuck gives Dan a look and Blair stares at the both of them in confusion. Little talk? She didn't even want to know.
The three of them stand slightly awkwardly in the hall for a moment before quickly morphs into hostess mode and ushers them all into the living room.
"Can I get you anything, Chuck?" She offers as she takes a seat next to Dan on the couch and Chuck drapes his coat over the back of the chair, taking a seat. He shakes his head and glances around the room for a second before looking and focusing his attention on Blair, completely ignoring the fact that Dan is sitting next to her - a fact that makes Blair bristle slightly. She wishes that he wouldn't act like that because all it does is serve to make this whole think more uncomfortable than it already was.
"What's with the boxes? Is Serena finally moving out?" Chuck leans back, resting one foot on his knee, a slight smirk on his face.
"Um, no." Blair shakes her head, glancing at Dan, who nods encouragingly and Blair smiles, reaching for his hand. "Serena isn't moving out, Chuck, I am."
The room is completely silent for a long time. Too long for Dan's liking to be honest and he watches Chuck closely as the young billionaire processes what Blair's words actually mean.
"Wow, so Blair Waldorf is moving to Brooklyn." Chuck looks almost amused at the thought and Dan frowns, causing Blair to squeeze his hand reassuringly. "I never thought that I would see the day." Chuck shakes his head slowly. "I'm not really sure why you're telling me this. You certainly don't need my permission and if you're looking for some sort of approval, well I'm sorry but I think we all know that's not going to happen." Chuck lets out a weary sigh. "Blair, I want you to be happy. It's all I want and I am willing to accept that, right now, Humphrey is what makes you happy but I certainly don't need to be dragged over here and have it rubbed in my face. I realize that you probably thought that you were doing the generous thing, telling me yourself, but it wasn't necessary." Chuck pulls himself to his feet and reaches for his coat. "Good luck in Brooklyn, Blair." Chuck turns to leave and Blair quickly jumps to her feet with Dan close behind her.
"Chuck, that's not the only reason we wanted to see you." Blair stops him and the term 'we' isn't lost on Chuck as he turns to look at the couple. "I wanted to be the one to tell you. I didn't want you to hear it from Lily or god forbid on Gossip Girl…" Blair reaches for Dan's hand, entwining their fingers tightly and Chuck's gaze lands on their hands for a second before he looks back at Blair. "Chuck, I'm pregnant."
The room is deathly silent for a long time, too long actually in Blair's opinion and she glances at Dan for a second before looking back at Chuck, who is staring at the two of them with an unreadable expression.
"You're pregnant?" Chuck says finally, disbelief evident in his voice. "With a Humphrey spawn?"
"Listen Bass, you better learn to check that mouth of yours because if you don't I'm going to shut it for you." Dan's back is up in defence and Blair can't really blame him. It was hard to miss the disgusted tone in Chuck's voice.
"Dan, can you just give us a second?" Blair looks up at him and Dan stares at her for a second before sighing.
"Fine. I'll just be in the kitchen." He presses a kiss on her temple before shooting Chuck a look and disappearing out of the room.
"You're not actually considering having it, are you?" Chuck asks the second they're alone and Blair stiffens at his tone.
"Please do not refer to my child as 'it', Chuck." Blair snaps, crossing her arms over her chest. "I should have known that you would be act like this. God forbid, you actually do the mature thing."
"How did you expect me to react, Blair?" Chuck stares at her in disbelief. "Did you actually expect me to be happy about this? Not that long ago you told me that you and I couldn't be together because you needed to find yourself and now you're permanently attaching yourself to Humphrey by having his bastard child!"
Blair's eyes widen as she stares at Chuck and for a brief moment she wonders what had possessed her to think that this was a good idea. But, if her past with Chuck had taught her anything it was that this was what Chuck did when he was hurt - he lashed out. It was a defence mechanism that she understood all too well, because for a long time it had been her go to move as well.
"No, I didn't expect you to be happy, Chuck." Blair says finally, shaking her head. "If I'm being honest, I expected this. Regardless of what you might believe, I'm not trying to hurt you. I just didn't want you to find out from someone else because I know what that feels like."
Blair looks away for a second, taking a breath and all Chuck can do is stare at her. Even after everything, she still cared about his feelings, a fact that he couldn't really understand seeing as he rarely had ever considered hers.
"I'm sorry." Chuck says finally and Blair looks up at her, a curious expression on her face. "I'm sorry for not considering your feelings during certain decisions that I made." He dances around actually saying Raina's or Eva's names but they both know that is what he's referring to.
"Thank you." Blair nods, slowly crossing the room to stand in front of him. "Chuck, I…" She breaks off for a second as she looks up into his dark eyes and her heart contracts a little. "I don't know if you're… holding on to some sort of hope when it comes to us but I hope that's not the case. I know that sounds rather egotistical but I just… I need you to understand that Dan isn't going anywhere. He's it for me. He is the person that I want to spend my life with…" Blair blinks back tears as she looks up at him. "I have everything that I ever wanted, Chuck, and I am so incredibly happy. And that's what I want for you."
The two of them are quiet for a long time as they look at each other, their complicated history flashing through both of their minds.
"It's really over, isn't it?" Chuck's voice is low as he looks at Blair with hooded eyes.
"I don't regret a single moment that you and I shared together, the good or the bad, because being with you helped me become the person that I am and it helped me get ready for Dan…" Blair reached up to brush the tears from her face. "You're not a bad person, Chuck. You proved that when you called Dan that night at the Palace and you've proved it all of the other times that you've come through for the people that you care about. There is a heart in there." Blair lays her hand against his chest. "I've seen it, You just need to let someone in, really let them in."
"Blair…" Chuck begins but Blair shakes her head.
"I love you. I will always love you. We're Chuck and Blair, Blair and Chuck. You and I are connected in a way that I can't put into words and I will always be here for you if you need me but I'm not that person for you. I haven't been that person for you in a really long time, I'm not sure I ever was."
"You were that person for me, Blair, once upon a time." Chuck says after a long moment and Blair nods. "I shouldn't have called your child a bastard. That was low, I guess deep down I always believed when you finally had a child, it would be with me." Chuck pauses for a second as he reaches out to tuck a piece of hair behind her ear. "I have no doubt that you will be a wonderful mother." He hesitates for a second before leaning forward to press a soft kiss on her forehead before pulling her into his arms and crushing her against him and Blair holds on to him tightly, knowing that this may be her last chance to really say goodbye to him.
"Please take care of yourself, Chuck." Blair pulls away to look at him, her expression soft but serious at the same time. "Please find someone who makes you as happy as Dan makes me - don't spend your life alone because I don't want that. I don't think that I could handle that."
"I love you Blair. I will always love you." Chuck says quietly, resting his forehead against hers for a moment. "It doesn't matter who else comes into my life, they will never mean to me what you do." Blair pulls away and looks up at him a little uncomfortably. "I might not agree with what you're doing, but if Humphrey and this baby are what you need to be happy, then I'll accept that and I'll be happy for you. Can I just ask you for one thing?" Chuck steps back to look down at her. "You may be living in Brooklyn now and you might give birth to a Humphrey in nine months, but always remember that you are Blair Waldorf and don't you ever let anyone forget it."