A/N: Thanks for the reviews, you motivated me to keep writing this story. Sorry for take so long to update, college has been a pain, with essays in this and coursework in that. Anyway, here it is. Enjoy
Chapter 2: Butter
Serena sat in Butter awaiting the arrival of the mysterious texter. She wondered who it could be. Who would send an anonymous text to her? Blair maybe? An ex? Eric? She couldn't seem to work it out. She took a sip of her martini and sat back.
"Serena? Is that you?" Came a voice from the entrance.
"Nate?" There was a brief pause and then she saw him appear from the other side of the bar, her golden boy.
"Hey"
"Natie" she squealed, jumping into his arms "and...Chuck"
"Hello Serena" He replied, his voice as husky as usual
Then Nate and Serena spoke at the same time
"Did you…" Nate started
"Are you – you go first?" she replied
"Did you send me that text?"
"I was about to ask you the same thing, but no, I wasn't me"
"So who was it then?" Chuck asked
"I have no idea" answered Serena
Only a moment passed before another familiar face entered the room
"Hey Serena" Dan called
"Dan?" All three spoke in unison
"Is he behind this?" Chuck growled.
"Am I behind what? The text? I was hoping you could answer that, Chuck" Dan replied
"Hey you two, stop it, it wasn't any of us, ok? But whoever sent that message reserved a table for five. There are only four of us, so why don't we sit, wait and whoever arrives next has to be the one who sent that text" Nate said, trying to restore calm.
And they didn't have to wait long. Just a few minutes later, a very familiar brunette walked in donning sunglasses and a rather large hat. She saw Serena and the guys sat at a table towards the back of the restaurant and stormed over to them.
"I demand to know which one of you is behind this" She said, almost yelling, throwing her phone on the table.
"Blair…I…is that you?" Serena asked, rather surprised to see her best friend back in town.
"Of course it's me, S." She took off her sunglasses "But still, no one has answered my question. Who was behind that text?" she demanded
"Blair, calm down, it wasn't us" Dan said, trying to get her to stop yelling "Anyway, what are you doing here, why aren't you in Monaco with Louis?"
Blair shivered. "None of your business Cabbage Patch" she said sitting down opposite Chuck.
"Ah, Blair, how good to see you" He said in a husky voice "And I must say, you look amazing, as per usual" he kissed the back of her hand.
"Bass" she scowled "how did I guess you-." Before she'd even finished her sentence, her phone, followed by her friends' ones, rang out. She picked it up of the table and opened the message
Ah, reunited at last, but why? You'll just have to wait and see… But for the time being, why not catch up, you never know what you might have missed…
XOXO
After a round or two of drinks, the group of friends left the restaurant.
"God, I wish I knew who was sending those texts" Blair said. She was walking with Dan whilst Serena and the boys lagged behind. "What can we do about it?"
"Nothing, we just have wait and see" Dan replied
"Anyway Humphrey, what are you doing back in town?" She asked "Last I heard, you were up in Hudson"
"Well, let's just say, Hudson is less inspiring than a tree"
"Why did you stay up there for so long?" Blair asked him, slightly confused.
"Because I like it there, even though I didn't find stuff to write about." He smiled. "I enjoyed seeing my mum and Jenny for longer than a week" He laughed. Blair smiled at him, he was happy, but Dan could sense that she wasn't.
Before he got the chance to ask her what was wrong, Serena, Nate and Chuck caught up with them.
"So, Chuck and I are going back to the Empire and Serena's coming with us, what about you guys?" Nate asked them.
"Well, I'm going back to the loft"
"What about you B?" Serena asked her best friend.
"I…I don't, I don't know" She replied quietly, tears in her eyes.
"Hey, B, what's wrong?" Serena said, wrapping her arms around Blair, who was now in tears. "What's happened?"
"I… We…We broke up" Blair sobbed "it's over….with the prince" She calmed a little "We got divorced"
"Oh B, here" Serena held her friend close and handed her a tissue
"I don't have anywhere to stay, I sold the penthouse because both my mother and I were in France" she let the tears roll down her cheeks.
"I'm sure we can sort something out"
"Hey Blair, why don't you come and stay at the loft? There's a spare room and it feels empty when it's just me there."
Blair was too tired to hit back with a sarcastic comment about Brooklyn and a tetanus shot, she just nodded as Nate hailed a cab for them both.
Dan opened the cab door and Blair got in. "See you tomorrow guys" he said before getting in next to her and closing the door. Blair rested her head on Dan's shoulder as he gave the driver the address to his place.
Nate, Serena and Chuck walked the short distance back to the Empire in silence, all three of them in shock from the news Blair just announced.
XOXO
When the cab arrived at the loft, Blair was fast asleep on Dan's shoulder. Knowing better than to wake a Waldorf, Dan paid the driver and carried Blair out of the cab and up the six floors to the loft. When he got to the door, Blair woke up.
"Hey" He said to her softly.
"You know, you didn't have to carry me up here, I could have walked" she replied in a sleepy voice. Dan put her down and unlocked the door.
"I know that but I also know better than to wake a Waldorf" He said as they stepped inside "Drink?"
"Just some water, please" She said, sitting down on his couch.
Dan walked over to the fridge and got out two bottles of sparkling water. "Sorry if it's a bit of a mess around here, I only got back a week ago" He said, grabbing two glasses and joining her.
"Right now, I couldn't care less about the state your loft is in"
"So, I take it you don't want to talk about it" He asked her after a short silence.
Blair just shook her head "No" She looked down at her hands and a tear landed on her pale blue dress.
"Hey, come here." Dan wrapped a comforting arm around her as she cried silently into his chest. After a few minutes, her sobbing subsided.
"I think I'm going to go to bed now" she said, leaving his warm embrace.
"Ok"
"Do you have a some clothes I could borrow? And by that I mean decent clothes…all of mine are still in Monaco, I only have what I'm wearing"
"Sure, in my room, first unit, top drawer. I'll go and make Jenny's bed whilst you get changed"
Blair opened the drawer and got out a pair of sweat pants and the Columbia t-shirt she got him three years ago when she transferred there from NYU. She was surprised he'd kept it. She slipped the things on, retrieved her toothbrush from her bag and went to the bathroom. Whilst she was brushing her teeth, Dan knocked on the door.
"Blair? Can I come in, do my teeth?"
"Yeah sure"
"Thanks" He said as he opened the door. "Ah, I see you found the t-shirt"
"I thought that after everything that happened, that you'd have thrown it out, why did you keep it?"
"Because it reminded me of you" He said with a small smile. Blair was lost for words.
They both stepped out of the bathroom a few minutes later, ready for bed. Blair followed Dan towards Jenny's old room and got into the bed.
"I'm just next door; wake me if you need anything"
"Ok and Dan," he turned back to face her "Thank you…for letting me stay"
"Anytime" He smiled at her "goodnight Waldorf"
"Night Cabbage Patch"
XOXO