Hey everyone, thanks again for the reviews, I love to get feedback! Just a warning, this story is told in third person and is written from different "perspectives". When you see the XOXO's, the vantage point has changed and in some cases, time will go back a few moments. It should be pretty easy to understand, but I just wanted to give you a head's up. Thanks for reading and don't forget to voice your opinion in a review!
"Blair!" Serena shouted, gesturing for her friend to come over to her.
"What?"
"Come here, I need to talk to you. Like, now."
"Ignore her." Chuck said, turning Blair's face back to him and planting a kiss on her lips.
"I can't ignore her," she said, getting off of the beach chair she was sharing with him and adjusting the straps on her bikini. "She's my friend."
"Needy, is what she is."
"Needy? Bass, who's the one complaining?"
"I have access to more of you than she does, therefore, I outrank her." he said, moving forward and pulling Blair closer.
"We're in a public place!" she said, trying to move away.
"Don't be so shy Waldorf, you love public places." he mumbled, pulling her even closer to him.
"Blair!" Serena shouted, stomping her foot.
"When did she get so assertive?" Chuck asked.
"I'll be right back." she smiled, walking to the other side of the pool, where Serena stood.
Sitting back in his chair, Chuck took a sip of his drink and looked around. There were people everywhere wearing swimsuits, having fun and laughing. Everyone who was anyone was there, having one of the best summers of their lives among Manhattan's elite. Chuck should have been distracted by the many women running around, soaked from being in the pool, but for some reason, his eyes kept drifting back to Blair. It was a good thing he was wearing dark shades because if she knew he was staring, she'd taunt him even more. Blair Waldorf was good-looking and she knew it. Even without trying, she was turning Chuck on by wearing a tiny, string bikini to the party. He couldn't resist her and the more he thought about it, there wasn't much stopping him from pulling her into an empty room and fucking her until she couldn't walk straight.
Suddenly, Chuck was no longer looking at Blair, something was in front him, blocking his view. When he looked up, he saw that the something blocking his view was a someone. A tall, blonde someone.
"Chuck?" she asked, pushing her sunglasses off her face and on to the top of her head.
"Yes?" he answered, looking at her over his own sunglasses.
Did he know her? He couldn't remember her face, then again, if he had met her, her face (coming in a close second to her name) would be the last thing he'd remember.
"Don't tell me you don't know who I am." she smiled, stepping forward, still casting a shadow over Chuck. "It's Vanessa, we met in Monaco."
"Oh, of course." he smirked.
How could he have forgotten Vanessa? She was a gymnast who could contort her body into all sorts of shapes, allowing for outrageous positions. Those few days spent in Monaco together over Christmas would be something he would never forget, so he wasn't surprised that she recognized him, instead of the other way around. He had given her a pretty memorable time too.
"Hot isn't it?" she asked, fanning herself with her hand.
"Scorching."
"You know," she started, tilting her head to the side, then, sitting on the edge of Chuck's lawn chair and placing a hand on his leg. "We could both get out of this hot sun. It's been too long since we've seen each other and I learned a few new moves since I saw you."
"Tempting, but no thanks." he said, pushing her hand away, something he never would have done before he met Blair. She must have had some type of power over him to make him so.....so monogamous.
"Chuck Bass, when did you become such a gentleman?" Vanessa asked, moving closer to him and placing her hand on his inner thigh. "Last year, you wouldn't have thought twice about leaving with me. What changed?"
XOXO
Across the pool, as Serena spoke, Blair only half listened. She couldn't take her eyes off Chuck. It was a good thing she was wearing dark shades because if he knew she was staring, he'd taunt her even more. Blair's head was turned to Serena, like she was interested in what her friend was saying, but she couldn't stop thinking about how badly she wanted Chuck.
"B?" Serena asked.
"What? Yeah-"
"Are you listening?"
"Yeah, of course." she lied.
She turned her head back to Serena, only for a moment, to give off the illusion that she cared, but when she looked back to Chuck, there was some blonde girl standing in front of him. She told herself that the girl was probably lost and needed to know where the bathroom was or something. Trying to ignore the two, Blair turned her attention back to Serena and listened to her for what seemed like forever, all the while, promising herself the girl would be gone when she looked back.
But Blair had no such luck. In fact, the next time she looked Chuck's way, the blonde was seated in her space with her hand on Chuck's thigh. What the hell was going on? Did she have to stick a sign on Chuck that said, 'Property of Blair Waldorf' to keep women off of him?
"Who is that?" Blair asked, turning herself away from Serena and taking her sunglasses off her face.
"B, you're supposed to be listening to my story, remember?"
"Yeah, and I will as soon as I find out who that girl is with her paws all over Chuck."
"Oh her? That's Vanessa Slater, she's supposed to be this really great gymnast. I think they even have a move named after her."
"What is she doing?" Blair asked, squinting into the sunlight.
XOXO
"I know you're still the same person." Vanessa said, moving her face closer to Chuck's.
"Not even close." he said, moving his leg, a signal for her to move her hand. She didn't.
"Don't tell me you've settled down."
"In a way."
"I doubt it'll last." she said, tracing his jawline with her fingers and moving her lips closer to his.
XOXO
As Blair squinted into the sunlight, she could see Valerie, or whatever her name was, running her hand over Chuck's face and leaning in closer. She must have been a maximum of two inches away from his lips a visibly getting closer.
XOXO
"I don't think so." he said, pushing her away. "You can get out of my chair now."
Raising an eyebrow, Vanessa sighed and stood up. After putting her sunglasses back on, she grabbed a pen and a cocktail napkin and scribbled her number down, then set it back on the table next to his chair.
"Call me when you've come to your senses." she said, giving him a small wave and then walking away.
XOXO
It looked like their lips were about to touch when someone walked in front of the two, briefly obstructing Blair's view. The next thing she saw was the girl getting up from Chuck's chair, writing something down, giving it to him, then going back to the party.
"What the fuck?"
"What?" Serena asked, turning to look at Blair.
"He just kissed her!"
"Are you sure?" Serena asked.
But it was too late, Blair was already headed to the other side of the pool, where Chuck sat, looking just as she had left him. It was like the girl had never even been there and he hadn't just publicly snubbed her.
"What the hell was that?" she asked him.
"Excuse me?"
"You just kissed her! Out in the open for everyone to see."
"You're mistaken Waldorf. I didn't kiss her." he said calmly, taking a sip of his drink.
"I saw you with her!" she said, keeping her voice low enough not to cause a scene.
"You don't know what the hell you saw." he said, getting up from his chair. "Nothing happened!"
"Save your lies Bass, you'll need them for the next girl you screw over." she snapped, walking back to Serena, trying to look as normal as possible.
