Brooklyn (Lily is in jail so Rufus is staying in Brooklyn with Dan)

At first, Rufus didn't recognize Dan.

"What happened to you?" Rufus asked Dan. While the swelling of Dan's face had gone down, his face was now hideously bruised with shades of blue and green.

"I don't want to talk about it." Dan said, swallowing a few Tylenol's.

"Do you have any plans tonight?"

"No," Dan sighed, "I think I need some rest. Besides, Gossip Girl is going to make it difficult for me to go anywhere public for a while."

"Does it have something to do with the bruises all over your face?" Rufus laughed.

"Indirectly, yes," Dan winced. "Gossip Girl is talking about me, because at one blissful fifteen minute interval this afternoon, I really liked Blair Waldorf, and she liked me."

"You liked Blair? She liked you?" Rufus echoed incredulously.

"Yes, when she isn't acting like an icy-rich bitch, I really like Blair."

"Well, what happened?"
"Blair left me to go on a date with some European prince and I was beaten up by a girl."

"You were beaten up by a girl?"

"She sucker punched me!" Dan protested, "Besides, it's not like I was going to hit a girl back!"

Dan limped over to the freezer and retrieved a few ice packs. He sprawled out on the living room's couch, groaning with pain. He placed one ice pack on his right cheek, one on his left cheek, and one on his foot.

Rufus laughed, "You look horrible, Dan."

"I feel horrible."

The doorbell rang.

"I'll get the door." Rufus said.

Dan sat on the couch, closing his eyes and moaning.

A few seconds later, Blair Waldorf entered Dan's loft in Brooklyn. She surveyed the paper cups sitting on the kitchen counter with disdain.

"I'll leave you two alone." Rufus said. Then he left.

Dan cracked open an eye. Oh shit, He realized, Blair Waldorf was in his Brooklyn Loft.

Dan straightened himself up, removing the ice packs. He didn't want her to know how much she had hurt him.

"You look horrible, Humphrey." Blair said, echoing the words of Rufus a moment ago.

Dan didn't say anything in response.

Blair walked over to Dan. He edged his body away from her.

"Are you angry at me?" She asked.

Dan threw Blair a look of disgust. "Do you even have to ask me that question, Blair? You told a girl that I was part of the KKK!"

"I think it was your fault, Dan."

"How was it my fault?"

"You were the one who went on a date with a girl stupid enough to believe such a ridiculous lie."

"I don't have time for this." Dan groaned. He replaced his ice-packs back on his face. He knew he must look pitiful.

Blair opened her mouth to say something, but no words came out.

Instead, she moved closer to Dan. She sat right next to him, just looking and not touching him.

Dan tried to ignore her, but he couldn't help but notice that when Blair breathed, her chest rose up and down. How had he never noticed that before?

"Dan," Blair broke the silence, "Let's just have sex right now, and finish this sick thing that is going on between us."

That was when Dan, who had been pretending to ignore Blair very well up to that point, started to have a coughing fit.

"What makes you think I even want to have sex with you? You are ninety-five pounds of girly evil." Dan said.

"Dan," Blair said, "We were pressed extremely close together this afternoon. Don't you remember? Unless you had a banana in your pants that was moving, I know you want me."

"I thought you said wanted to love me if we ever had sex" Dan protested.

"I did." Blair said, "But I wasn't thinking logically at that moment."

That is when Dan Humphrey stopped pretending not to care. He grabbed Blair's hand.

"We can be a great couple. You and I both know it. Let go of your pride and admit to yourself that you like me again."

"No. You are Dan Humphrey. I am Blair Waldorf. We do not like each other."

"Then why do you want to have sex with me right now? Why did you kiss me this morning?"

"Because," Blair began, "I can't stop thinking about you. If we have sex, I would no longer be consumed by you."

"You can't stop thinking about me? You are consumed by me?"

"Yes. Don't pretend that you don't know."

Dan grinned. "You are scared of me."

"Me? Scared of you? You are delusional!"

"You are scared of me." Dan taunted again.

"No, I am not."

"Admit it. You really like me and it is scaring the hell out of you."

"The only thing that is scaring me right now is your bruised-up face, Humphrey."

In a swift movement, Dan kissed Blair. In an instant, Blair had melted into Dan, returning his kisses hungrily as if he was her last supper.

Dan was the one stopped the kiss.

"Why did you stop?" Blair asked. "Don't stop!" She was breathing really hard.

"Admit that you like me again, and I'll kiss you again."

"I am not bargaining kisses with you!"

"Are we still friends?"

"We are acquaintances."

"Then do you want to watch a movie with me, my "acquaintance"?"

"What movie?"

"I just bought the DVD of Breakfast at Tiffany's a few days ago." Dan said.

"I didn't know you liked Breakfast at Tiffany's."

"I've never seen Breakfast at Tiffany's." Dan admitted, "But I know that it is your favorite movie. So I bought it."

"You bought it just because it is my favorite movie?" Blair's heart melted despite herself.

Dan looked at the ground bashfully. What was it about Blair that made him so nervous all the time? "I- I just wanted to watch it with you." He stuttered.

Blair made a show of rolling her eyes. "Well, since you bought it, I guess I can watch it with you, Humphrey."

They watched Breakfast at Tiffany's together. Blair curled up in Dan's arms. Both of them were ecstatically happy but neither of them spoke or questioned each other, for they feared that they would ruin the fragile moment.

As Breakfast at Tiffany's end credits rolled on the screen, Dan's doorbell rang. Dan kissed Blair's forehead before he walked to answer the door. Dan opened the door. His mouth dropped to open

Chuck Bass was at the door, and Chuck Bass looked angry. XOXO-Gossip girl