...Chapter Eight...
...A Confession and to the ER...

Meanwhile, Nate went over to Blair's in search of Rayanna. He stepped out of the elevator and saw Serena, Dan, Vanessa, Eric, Jenny, and Chuck's Uncle Jack. Blair walked down the stairs and crossed her arms over her chest. "Nate, what are you doing here?"

"What's going on? Where's Ray and Natalie?"

"We don't know where Rayanna is and I was given strict orders to keep you away from Natalie."

"You can't be serious, Blair." Nate tried to get closer to the stairs, but Jack blocked him. "Blair..."

"No." Jack shook his head. "You're not going any where near my niece, so I suggest... you back up."

Nate scoffed. "So, you all know that Natalie is Chuck's daughter?"

"Yeah, and so does Chuck." Jack smirked.

All of a sudden, Nate sat down, then Blair walked up to him. "What are you doing, Nate?"

He looked up at her with watery eyes. "I fucked up. I did something stupid and it found me."

"What are you talking about?" asked Serena, as everyone got closer to Nate.

"Well, if you haven't heard it yet... I'm sure you will." Nate took a deep breath. "Not too long ago, I slept with Haley, she moved to California, and now she's back with my son." Everyone in the room had their jaws dropped to the ground, in complete shock.

A few minutes later, Blair said "You have a son?" Nate nodded. "How do you even know he's yours?" Nate reached into his wallet, pulling out a picture and gave it to Blair. "Did you just find out about him?"

"No... I've known since he was nine months old."

"So, that's the secret you kept from Ray?" Blair paused, to calm herself, so she wouldn't blow up. "You know what Nate? I hope Ray never forgives you, that is completely unforgivable. You cheated and you lied. I would expect that from Chuck to do that to Whore-gina, but I know he'd never pull that shit on Ray. He loves her and respects her way too much to hurt her the way you did."

Nate nodded, stood up. "Okay... if you see Ray, can you tell her that I need to talk to her." then Nate got into the elevator and left the building, looking for Rayanna some more.

As everyone was processing everything that just happened, Natalie came down the stairs and softly said "Aunt Blair?"

"Yes... Sweety?"

"I don't feel good."

Jack walked up to Natalie, put his hand on her head and neck. "Babe, she's burning up."

Blair grabbed her phone. "Okay, nobody panic... Dorota!"

A few minutes later, Dorota came down the stairs. "Yes... Miss Blair?"

"Grab me a thermometer... STAT!"

Within a minute, Dorota brought a thermometer and gave it to Jack. "Okay, I'm going to put this under your tongue. Can you keep it there until it beeps?" Natalie nodded, then thirty seconds later, it beeped and Jack looked at it. "We have to take her to the hospital."

"Why?" asked Blair.

"Her temperature is 105.2."

Blair nodded. "Okay... come on, Natalie. We're going for a ride."

"I want my mommy." Natalie cried.

Jack picked her up. "Aunt Blair is going to call your mommy and we'll see her at the hospital." she nodded, then laid her head in the crook of Jack's neck as everyone got into the elevator.

Jack still had Natalie in his arms as everyone piled into his limo. Blair slammed her phone. "Shit, I got her voicemail."

The limo took off to the hospital, Jack grinned. "Maybe you should call Chuck."

"It's worth a try." then Blair called Chuck's phone.

After the third ring, Chuck answered his phone. "Hello, Blair. How can I help you? Are you and my beloved uncle having problems again?"

"Chuck... No, that was only one time and you know we're doing fine."

"Just checking."

"Listen... do you know where Ray is?"

Chuck looked down at a sleeping Rayanna, laying next to him. "As a matter of fact, I do know where she is."

"Okay, her phone is off and I need to get a hold of her."

"That will be easy... hang on." Chuck put the phone down. "Ray, wake up."

"Why, Chuck?" she mumbled.

"Blair wants to talk to you." Rayanna nodded, then held out her hand. "Blair?"

"Um... yes, Chuck?"

"Here she is." Chuck gave the phone to Rayanna, then went into the bathroom.

Rayanna yawned. "Hello?"

"Are you there... with Chuck?"

"Uh... yeah."

"Yay! Operation kill Whore-gina's wedding is in full effect."

"That wasn't my intention, but the way things are going... I say, fuck it."

Seconds later, Rayanna heard Jack in the background yelling "Tell her about Olive!"

"Okay... the reason for this late call..."

Rayanna cut her off. "Olive?"

"Jack's nickname for Natalie... because her middle name is Olivia, right?"

"Yeah, it's cute."

"Anyways... don't panic."

"I'll try not to, but okay."

"After Nate left and I'll tell you about that part later, but Jack took Natalie's temperature and it was 105.2."

Rayanna sat up and yelled "What!"

"Don't panic... we're taking Natalie to the emergency room, here in Manhattan."

"Blair... you can't call me up in the middle of the night and say 'don't panic, Natalie, and emergency room' all in the same sentence and expect me not to panic."

"Sorry."

"Okay... we'll be right there."

"So... you and Chuck are coming together?"

"Yes, Blair."

"Yay!"

"Goodbye, Blair." then Rayanna hung up and got her suitcase to get dressed.

Chuck walked out of the bathroom, seeing Rayanna fully dressed, and he raised his eyebrow. "Where are you going?"

"We... are meeting Blair at the hospital."

"Why?"

"Natalie has a fever of 105.2." Chuck nodded, then got dressed. When he was ready to go, both of them got into Chuck's limo, then headed to the hospital.

...

They got there in fifteen minutes and saw everyone in the waiting room, including Dorota. Chuck laughed. "Party in the waiting room."

"Where's Natalie?" asked Rayanna.

"Don't panic."

"Blair." Rayanna cut her off. "You gotta stop with the 'don't panic' when it comes to Natalie. Panicking is the first thing I do."

"Okay then... chill out." Rayanna couldn't help but to laugh at Blair's choice of words, that were no different than don't panic. "Have you chilled?"

"Yes, Blair... I'm skating on ice."

"Good. Now, the doctors are examining her right now. When they're done, they'll come and tell us what's wrong."

"It's nothing too serious, right?" asked Chuck.

"They're thinking it's some kind of flu." said Serena.

Rayanna and Chuck sat down, then Rayanna groaned. "Okay, so why was Nate over at your place, Blair?"

"He was looking for you and he wanted to see Natalie... but.."

"I wouldn't let him go upstairs." Jack said, with a grin.

"And." Blair started. "He told all of us." she pointed to everyone in the waiting room. "Except for Dorota... anyway, he told us that he knocked up your sister and she's here with his son."

"Interesting." Rayanna nodded.

"He even had a picture."

"He did... I didn't know that."

"He also told us that he's known about him, since he was nine months old."

"I didn't know that either."

"I'm sorry, Ray. He just up and told us, because he said that we were going to find out anyway."

"That's fine... but I'm done. With both of them."

...

Five minutes later, a doctor came out, looking at a chart. "Party for Natalie Malone?" he looked up and saw everyone stand up. "Okay... let me rephrase that." he paused. "Very big party for Natalie Malone."

Rayanna giggled. "Yeah, all of us is here for Natalie. I'm her mother, Rayanna and this." she pointed to Chuck. "Is her father."

Chuck held his hand out. "I'm Chuck Bass."

The doctor shook it. "Dr. Ross." he let go, then looked back at the chart. "I'm the pediatric doctor on call. Okay, Natalie is going to be just fine. Yes, she had a fever and it's gone down to normal since we gave her some motrin." he looked at Rayanna. "I have a question... how long have you been here?"

"We just moved from Hawaii."

Dr. Ross nodded. "Okay... her body isn't use to the climate change. Going from warm and clear air to cold and smoggy air, can take a toll on a little kid. But, she's going to be just fine."

"Thank you, Doctor." Rayanna smiled. "When can we take her home?"

"As soon as the nurses bring you release papers, then she'll be good to go."

Rayanna nodded and Chuck said "Thanks."

"No problem." then Dr. Ross walked out of the waiting room as everyone sat back down in their seats.

Vanessa saw the sad look on Rayanna's face. "What's wrong, Ray?"

"Natalie's going to be fine." said Jenny.

"No, it's not that."

"Then, what is it?" asked Eric.

"It's just that... I can't take Natalie home. I left it there with Nate and Haley."

Chuck grabbed Rayanna's hand. "Stay with me."

"Done." said Blair.

"Are you sure, Chuck?" asked Rayanna.

"Of course, he's sure." Blair butted in.

"Blair..." Chuck, Rayanna, Serena, and Jack said in unison.

"Okay... okay. I'll keep my mouth shut."

Rayanna laughed. "Good luck with that." Blair giggled, then stuck her tongue out at Rayanna.

"So... will you stay with me, Ray?" Chuck asked again. "Both of you."

She nodded, with a smile. "Okay."

Within twenty minutes, the nurses gave Rayanna the release papers. Chuck, Rayanna, and Natalie were in one limo and everyone else was in the other limo. Blair and Jack was going to have a blast, taking everyone home.