Chapter 21-
"Package? I wasn't expecting a package? Did they say who it was from?" Blair asks Dorota as she looks over the box.
"No! They give package, say it's for Miss Blair, I sign for it, bring it here. Don't worry Blair, I listened for time bomb, no ticking." Dorota says winking at Blair.
Blair rolls her eyes as she looks over the box. "Really Dorota, none of my former minions know where I live and a Time Bomb is just not Georgina's style, too messy. I wonder what it could be." Blair asks herself as she continues to look the box over, then she turns to Dorota.
"Well don't just stand there! Get a box cutter and start cutting!" Blair snaps at Dorota.
Dorota rolls her eyes before she heads towards the drawer that holds Dan's Leatherman.
When she returns she starts cutting as Blair looks over it quizzically.
A note was taped to whatever was in there. The object is wrapped in brown packaging. Dorota has a small smile as she hands the note to Blair.
Blair opens it and smiles puzzled.
"Look what I found! Love S!" Is the handwritten note.
Dorota pulls off the packaging tape and chokes on a giggle. Blair looks up at her and raises an eyebrow.
"What Dorota?" She asks irritated.
"Maybe Miss Blair should come look." Dorota says as she holds up the object.
Blair walks over to the front of the object and almost falls to the floor laughing.
Blair can't believe it. Serena's found the painting Guillaume did of her.
"But why the red yarn?" Dorota asks Blair.
Blair clears her throat, "Nevermind that Dorota! Let's put it in my study, we wouldn't want Paul to see this now would we? I'd hate for him to become another Upper East Side cliché, needing therapy because of some past traumatic experience seeing his mother nude in a painting" Blair says as she starts to pick up one end of the painting.
"I did not know you had sat for nude portrait Miss Blair" Dorota says as they start to walk up the stairs.
"It was a favor… for Guillaume." Blair says as she walks up the stairs backwards.
"But why the red yarn?" Dorota asks again.
Blair sighs, "Because I slashed the painting." Blair explains.
"Oh." Dorota says, wanting to ask why, but biting her tongue instead.
Blair rolls her eyes, "I did it because Guillaume and I were dating, and unfortunately I came to surprise him at his studio one day and well, I was the one surprised, because he was there… with a patron." Blair says like she has a bad taste in her mouth.
Dorota nods her head knowing what Blair means.
They get it into Blair's study on the second floor and Blair stands in front of it, looking it over and smiling.
She closes the door when she leaves the room. She grabs her phone and texts Serena.
Just got ur package S! Where on earth did you find it? Blair sends off.
Hahaha, I went to visit the director that Paul is working with on his next project. I almost choked on my martini when I saw this hanging up in his living room. It took a lot of bargaining to get this painting from him. Serena replies
Oh god! You shouldn't have! Blair responds
Why? It really is an amazing painting. Anyhow, I had to promise that one day he could come out with us to New York to meet you.
You didn't! Blair replies.
I did, I hope Dan doesn't mind me bringing around an admirer ;p
Blair ends the conversation and spends the rest of the day, walking in and out of her study, looking over Guillaume's painting.
Dorota swears she hears giggling while Blair is in the study.
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After Blair gets Paul to bed she goes downstairs and into the kitchen where Dan is brewing them some tea.
She leans against the counter with her chin resting in her hand and smiles.
Dan looks at her suspiciously, "What?"
"Nothing, just a good day" Blair answers back.
"Oh do tell?" Dan asks.
"Mmmm, no. You first!" Blair answers slyly.
"Well I didn't have a great day." Dan mutters.
Blair comes up behind him and hugs him, "Couldn't get anything started at the loft?"
Dan sighs, "I keep getting ideas and I start on them, and then they just end up crap. Actually, I keep finding myself writing about you." Dan says turning to her with a cup of tea in his hand for her.
Blair takes the cup of tea from Dan, "Well I am a fascinating personality. Why not Dan? I give you permission to write about me, it can't be any worse than what you've already written." Blair says jokingly.
She stops when she sees the hurt look on Dan's face.
"Dan, I was just joking." Blair
"I know, but… you do know how sorry I am about that right?" Dan asks.
"Dan, I can understand why you wrote what you wrote. Let's be honest, I wasn't the nicest person to you in high school and we parted on…. Bad terms. Just think of it as me making sure you always have something to write about and having a bestseller. I know, I give give give and you just take take take." Blair says with a wink.
"You must be in a good mood!" Dan says putting his arms around Blair.
"Well, I got a package from Serena today." Blair says as she takes a sip.
"Oh? And what pray tell, did my step-sister send you that could have you so giddy?" Dan asks while taking a sip from his own mug.
"Mmmm, maybe you should go to my study and find out." Blair says cryptically.
"I'm starting to get scared." Dan jokes.
"Just go!" Blair says smiling, "I'll meet up with you after I finish off my tea and rinse my cup."
Dan gives her a wary look and heads up the stairs.
After Blair rinses her cup out she heads up to her study.
Dan studies it and Blair comes up behind him, puts her arms around him and nuzzles his neck.
"Penny for your thoughts Humphrey" Blair says smiling into his neck.
"It really is a great painting" Dan replies running his hands along Blair's forearm.
"It is isn't it? I'm surprised you can identify good art, I seem to remember your tastes being dreadful when we first became friends." Blair says teasing his ear with her lips.
"Ahem, my mom is a painter, remember?" Dan says as a shiver runs up his back, "Who painted it?"
"An ex-boyfriend I had in Paris" Blair answers slyly.
"Should I be jealous?" Dan asks.
"Mmm" she says nodding and positions herself in front of Dan, smiling mischievously, "you've met him."
"I have? Oh?" Dan asks cocking an eyebrow up.
"Very passionate French man, dastardly handsome, unbelievably charming, and great in bed." She teases.
"Sorry, I didn't think Louis was that handsome, or charming, just rich." Dan teases back.
"Guillaume would be very offended if he heard that you didn't associate my description with him. You know how passionate French men can be!" Blair tsks tsks to Dan.
"Fuck Guillaume" Dan mutters as he closes in for a kiss.
He picks her up and she wraps her legs around his waist as he takes her in their room to make sure she forgets everything she said about "Guillaume", especially the part about being great in bed.
After they're done he rolls over and spoons her.
"Marry me Blair Waldorf" he whispers in her ear.
She looks back at him and smiles, "No." and intertwines her fingers in his.
She can feel the rumble of his chest as he laughs against her back.
"You know I'll keep asking Waldorf. Us Humphrey's can be quite tenacious." Dan says smiling into her neck.
Blair just smiles as she closes her eyes and falls asleep.
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Late August
"C'mon mom!" Paul yells as he runs down the shoreline.
"No fair Paul! You know I haven't been feeling well!" Blair calls after her son.
She watches as Paul runs into the surf, catching up with his father. Blair sets her towel down and she looks out as Dan and Paul play in the surf.
She sighs and looks out around her. She's always loved spending the last of summer in the Hamptoms. So when Eleanor said that her and Cyrus would be extending their stay in Paris and the house was open to Blair, Blair jumped at the opportunity and invited Nate and Jenny to come stay with them in the expansive Waldorf Hampton house.
She remembers the last time she was at the Hamptoms.
Her and Dan played in the surf the whole time they were here and spent every night in bed. She looks back on this time fondly and with some pain.
Fondly because she was genuinely happy to be there with Dan, and Dan seemed to be just as happy as well.
Painful because she had first heard about Jenny and Nate and this is when her plan had come together as she watched Serena look at Nate longingly while he wasn't looking.
Blair looks out at Dan and Paul play and wishes she could turn back time and have a do-over. But she can't, and she's thankful for being able to be here again with Dan Humphrey.
She kicks off her sandals and walks towards the surf to join Dan and Paul.
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Later on in the afternoon, Paul is napping at the house, Nate and Jenny are at the house laying around and Dan and Blair decide to take a walk along the shore.
They walk hand in hand.
Blair is wearing a blue sundress and she has her sandals in one of her hands as they walk along.
Dan looks over at her hair blowing in the wind and it takes his breath away how beautiful she is.
She looks at him from the corner of her eye and smiles a bit, "You're staring Humphrey!"
"Am I?" Dan asks.
"Yes you are, it's rude." Blair responds.
"Is it?" Dan asks chiding her.
"What? What's on your mind Humphrey?" Blair asks rolling her eyes.
"Just thinking about how beautiful you are, how this, right now, would be the perfect setting for our wedding, you in that blue dress, the wind whipping your hair around and raising the skirt of your dress up, teasingly." Dan answers honestly.
Blair turns towards him and huffs, "I don't know why you keep insisting on setting yourself up disappointment, making up futures that do not exist for us."
Dan looks over at Blair and tucks a strand of her hair behind her ear. "We're getting married Blair, I know it, I can't tell you how, but I know that somehow someway you're going to be my wife, I'm sure of it."
"Wow, crazy much Humphrey?" Blair says with a blank look on her face.
"I can't explain it, I just have this feeling that I'm certain of." Dan exclaims.
"Sounds like I'm not the only one that suffers from warped logic." Blair says poking Dan in the ribs.
Dan grabs her arms and pulls her down onto him as he falls onto the sand.
"Dan!" Blair exclaims with big eyes, "What are you doing?"
"Don't you remember this spot? We spent a lot of time here last time, you liked it because it was so private." Dan says smiling up at Blair.
Blair pushes herself off his chest and straddles him as she starts to rock her hips back and forth.
"I do remember now Humphrey, I also remember them being hurried and frantic; think you can keep up now? You have aged." Blair says as she teases him with the friction the crotch of her panty is creating with his shorts.
Dan grabs at her hips, "I think I can manage Waldorf" Dan mutters as she starts to work on his belt.
And it's exactly as Blair remembers, frantic, hurried, passionate. Dan manages to just get his pants down far enough and Blair just pushes the crotch of her underwear aside as she rides him, gasping his name and saying "yes" over and over again.
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They lay on the beach, in the same spot. Dan with his arm behind Blair's head and Blair giggling.
"I can't believe we did that! I mean, we're parents! What if someone caught us?" Blair says giggling.
Dan looks over at her and smiles, "Well, sometimes it's nice to revisit the past. Anyways, since you've been back, I've started to pick up some of your deviant behavior."
"My deviant behavior?!" Blair says raising an eyebrow.
"Yes your deviant behavior. Smoking pot, sex in public places… You are a bad influence Blair Waldorf."
Blair looks over at him and kisses him deeply. "No I'm just exciting." She whispers to him.
"Yes you are" Dan replies.
She sighs as she rolls back and looks up at the sky. "I can't believe the summer is almost over! I love autumn don't get me wrong, but I also love summers in the Hamptoms. I really missed being here when I was in Paris" Blair whispers.
"We can do it again next year." Dan replies.
Blair looks over at him and lays her head on his chest.
"So is there anything you want to talk about?" Dan asks Blair as he strokes her arm.
Blair looks up at him, "What?" she asks puzzled.
"Yeah, well, puking all the time, should I allow myself to hope?" Dan asks.
"Oh no! Oh no! Dan, it's just some stomach bug!" Blair exclaims giggling.
"How do you know? I mean, we haven't been practicing any sort of safe sex, I know you're not on the pill, I checked your medicine cabinet." Dan admits.
"What if I have an IUD in? Or an implant?" Blair asks.
"Well, do you?" Dan responds.
"No" Blair says with a small smile.
"So?" Dan asks raising his eyebrows.
"Dan, I'm not pregnant, you ask me how I know, I just do… I knew when I was pregnant with Paul, even before I took a test, I can't explain it, I just know." Blair says looking into his eyes.
"But you're not sure, I mean, have you even gotten yourself tested?" Dan asks.
"No, but I'm telling you Humphrey… I'm not pregnant!" Blair exclaims.
"Yeah but still…" Dan mutters.
"Oh my God Humphrey! Are you hoping I'm pregnant? Is this how you think we will get married?" Blair says as she sits up.
"I can't say that it would be horrible if you were… Would it be so awful if you were?" Dan asks as he sits up beside her.
Blair looks back at Dan, "I'm not trying to hurt your feelings or make it seem like it would be so awful, it wouldn't, but… you know it can come back don't you? What would be the point? To just leave another child motherless?" Blair says angrily.
"No, I dunno, I guess, when we were making Cecilia's nursery I couldn't help but imagine this is what it would be like to get ready for a little girl with you, I dunno, you're right it's stupid." Dan says poking at the sand with his feet.
Blair looks over at Dan and feels bad.
"Dan" Blair starts as she grabs his hand, "I understand how you feel, another baby would be wonderful, but it just is not going to happen. Aren't Paul and I enough?" Blair says looking at Dan.
"Of course, of course Blair." Dan answers.
They lay back down and stay there in each other's arms for a while. They eventually get up and walk back to the house, hand in hand.
Later on that night Blair wakes up and runs to the toilet and pukes. As she sits there gasping for her breath Dan comes up behind her and strokes her back.
"I'm sorry I woke you." Blair says as she sits there.
"It's alright, how long are stomach bugs supposed to last? You've been puking for the past week." Dan asks as he kisses her shoulder.
"Just a few days, usually. I dunno. It's probably nothing." Blair whispers as she shuts out the nagging voice in her head that is telling her there is something wrong.
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September
Blair looks at her calendar marking her next scan. She's three weeks out and she's not sure if she should call her doctor to see if she can move it up.
She remembers the nausea that accompanied her diagnoses the last time, but it was one of the last symptoms.
She even took a pregnancy test to appease Dan, even though she knew she wasn't pregnant. She remembers the disappointed look on Dan's face that he tried to cover up.
She grabbed his hand and didn't say anything. She didn't have to. It could be like that with Dan, they could just be together, holding hands, no talking, no scheming, no getting an offending party back. Just comforting each other by simply being together.
She looks back up at the calendar marking her date. She decides it's probably nothing and she will wait the three weeks.
"Mom! Come down and have breakfast with us!" Paul yells up at Blair.
Blair sighs and heads downstairs and kisses her sons head as she takes a seat next to him.
She looks across the table at Dorota who Dan has insisted he make breakfast for. Dorota looks at Blair a little uncomfortable.
Dan comes in with two plates of crispy bacon and some eggs for Blair and Paul. He puts down a plate of Muesli for Dorota, after finding out from Vanya that is Dorota's favorite thing to eat in the mornings.
Dorota looks at her Muesli suspiciously, then takes a bite. She looks over at Dan and gives him a nod of her approval.
"Dad who taught you how to cook? Did you have a maid that taught you?" Paul asks.
Dan snorts as he sits down to join them at the table, "No son, I didn't have a maid to teach me, my parents taught me." Dan says winking at Dorota.
"Your mom cooked?" Paul asked as he looks at his mom with his eyebrows raised.
"Hey! I've cooked before! Remember helping Roman with pasta sometimes?" Blair says as she defends herself.
"All we did was boil pasta, Roman said he'd teach me how to make a real meal, but then we moved." Paul says pouting.
"Well, boiling pasta is an art. If you boil for too long, it's nothing but disgusting mush, too little and it's too al dente. So I have cooked, thank you very much Paul." Blair says as she takes a bite of her bacon.
Paul giggles and drops it.
"So are you excited for your first day of second grade?" Dan asks Paul.
"I guess" Paul shrugs. "Mom? Why does Aunt Serena have to always go back to California?"
"Because that's her new home. That's where Darren works." Blair explains.
"Why can't he work here?" Paul asks.
"I miss her too Puffin." Blair says looking at her son knowingly.
"I told you not to call me that anymore" Paul says as he starts to play with his eggs.
"I know, I'm sorry Paul." Blair says as she picks up her newspaper.
She takes a sip of her coffee and opens up the newspaper to the life section.
Dan watches as she looks confused and then puts the newspaper down.
She reaches for her fork and then stops.
"What? What awful piece of gossip did you read about?" Dan asks teasing Blair.
Blair looks at Dan confused and then shakes her head. "Oh no, it's just, my eyes, I dunno, I got a little bit of double vision for a while."
Paul looks at his mom seriously.
Dan notices the change in his son.
"Is it coming back again?" Paul whispers to his mom.
"Oh no honey! No! It's this awful coffee that your dad made. It's so bad it crossed my eyes!" Blair says as she crosses her eyes at her son, "Dorota, please, take this and make a fresh pot!" Blair says as she hands her cup of coffee to Dorota.
Paul looks at his mom, not fully believing her.
Blair looks over at her son, "Paul, I'm fine, really I am. I'm not worried, so you shouldn't be either. You know what they say about worrying right? Keeps you distracted, not able to see the things that are right in front of you." Blair says as she snatches the crispiest piece of bacon off of Paul's plate.
"MOM! I WAS SAVING IT! THAT' S THE BEST PIECE!" Paul says as he tries to grab the swiped bacon from his mom's hand.
Blair playfully slaps Paul's hand away. "Oh, you know, as your mother, I think I deserve this more, considering the hard work I put in to make sure you are as wonderful as you are!" Blair says as she starts to put the bacon into her mouth.
"MOOOOOOOOM!" Paul giggles and yells, "Dad! Tell her that's mine!"
"Children, if you can't play nicely, I'll have to take you both back to Brooklyn." Dan says as he uses his best impersonation of Blair.
"Really Humphrey?!" Blair says as she turns her attention to Dan, which gives Paul his moment of opportunity and he grabs the bacon from Blair's hand and gobbles it down as quick as he can.
"Do you see what your influence has done to our son?!" Blair says as she looks at Dan and points to Paul who is grinning as he chews, a mouth full of bacon and eggs.
"Oh no! You initiated this whole thing Waldorf." Dan says grinning.
Blair closes her eyes and puts her hands up, "Whatever, we need to clean up, we have 30 minutes to get Paul to his first day of class. Let's all get cleaned up so that we can still WALK Paul to school. If not I'm afraid we'll be jogging him to school."
Dan looks at his son, "You heard the warden! Summer ends now!"
Paul mockingly wails as he walks up the stairs to get dressed. Blair throws Dan a withering gaze before she follows her son up the stairs, as she rounds the corner she throws Dan another look and what looks like a small smile.
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Blair and Dan walk back home after dropping Paul off at school. They stop by a café and walk side by side while drinking their coffees.
"So, that was pretty heavy this morning." Dan says to Blair.
"Oh, yeah. It's awful that he has to worry about that. I wish he didn't have to." Blair says softly.
"Me too." Dan responds, "Blair, you would say something if you thought anything was wrong right?"
Blair looks up at Dan surprised and then looks away quickly. "Of course Dan. But if I was really worried I would call the doctor and get started on the regimen. I can't leave now, we just found each other again." Blair says as she grabs Dan's hand.
Dan looks at her and smiles. "Marry me Waldorf."
Blair looks at Dan and smiles. She cocks her head to her side and Dan starts to feel hope rise in his chest.
He raises his eyebrows.
Blair grins, "No."
Dan feigns chest pain. "You hurt me Waldorf! You hurt me bad! But I'm not discouraged, like I said, I know we're going to get married." Dan says squeezing her hand.
"In your dreams Humphrey." Blair says as she rolls her eyes.
"Mmmmm, in my dreams, we're usually doing something different, which I am more than happy to show you when we get back to the house. You'll have to send Dorota home, what can I say? I'm a bit modest." Dan says.
Blair laughs and walks with Dan to her home where she immediately dismisses Dorota and Dan shows her what his dreams are made of.
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2 Weeks Later
Blair looks at her calendar. Looking at the date marked next week for her scheduled scan. Next to the date is the handwritten phone number of her doctor she has to call the day before to confirm her appointment.
She looks at the date with a sense of foreboding. Since that breakfast two weeks ago when her vision doubled she hasn't had any trouble. No nausea, no double vision. So she knows she shouldn't be worried. That whatever was causing this has passed.
She looks at her calendar again.
She hears her door ring and listens as Dorota opens the door.
"Grandpa Rufus!" Paul exclaims as he runs down the stairs into his grandfather's arms.
"Oh! I've missed you so much!" Rufus exclaims as he squeezes Paul.
Blair watches from the top of the stairs and Rufus looks up at her.
"Blair! You look great!" Rufus says.
"Thank you Rufus, you look well." Blair responds, "So, what's the plan for today?"
"I was thinking, waffles at the loft, then a jam session with my favorite grandchild, and I'd have him back in time for dinner tonight." Rufus says.
Blair starts to go down the stairs, "Oh, Dan and Jenny are at the loft right now working on their own respective projects, so I'm afraid you might have to find somewhere else to play old 90's tunes with Paul."
"Hmmm, well we can do it at the penthouse, Lily won't mind." Rufus says ruffling Paul's hair. He turns his attention back to Blair, "Has Dan been able to get anything written?"
"No it seems like he can't…" Blair says.
Rufus watches as a puzzled look washes over Blair's face. He watches as she tries to reach for the bannister.
"It seems he can't…" Blair whispers.
Rufus tries to catch Blair before she falls down the stairs but it's too late.
"MOM!" Paul screams as his mom lands at the bottom of the stairs.
He gathers Blair off the floor. "Blair! Blair! Can you tell me how many fingers I'm holding up?"
He watches as Blair tries to focus on Rufus's fingers.
Dorota comes in and pulls Blair's head into her lap and tries her best to comfort Paul.
"Mom tell him how many fingers he's holding. Please!" Paul cries.
Finally Blair looks at Rufus with a terrified looks, "Rufus, in my study there's a calendar, next week Monday I have an appointment, there's a phone number written by the date. I need you to call that number and tell them I need my appointment rescheduled. Tell them I'm on my way to Lennox Hill. Dorota, call the car service."
Rufus runs up and calls the number and the receptionist gets the doctor on the line and the doctor says he will meet them at Lennox Hill to schedule a scan as soon as she comes in.
He helps Blair into the town car and holds Paul in his lap. He can feel his heartbeat rapidly.
Rufus calls Dan.
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Dan and Jenny run down the corridors of the hospital.
"I don't understand? Did he say what happened? Blair seemed so fine last week." Jenny asks Dan again.
"I don't know! All I know is she fell down the stairs and the doctor Chuck got her last year is meeting her at Lennox Hill, that's all I know Jenny!" Dan barks back.
"Dan!" Rufus says as Jenny almost runs past him.
"What happened Dad?" Dan asks his dad.
"I dunno. She was walking down the stairs and talking and then all of a sudden it was like she was… confused, and then she tried to reach for the bannister and she fell… I tried to get to her Dan, I really did." Rufus stammers.
"Where's Paul?!" Dan asks tensely.
"He's in the room with his mom, the doctor went in to talk to her and when he came out Paul asked to go in and see her, he's been there ever since."
Dan looks into the room and he feels his throat close up as he sees his son laying in bed with his mom. Blair is sleeping and Paul looks up at her so mournfully.
When Dan walks in Paul looks over at him.
"Dad, is my mom dying?" Paul whispers.
Dan doesn't have any words and he stands there helplessly looking at Blair and Paul in the bed.
Blair stirs and her eyes open.
"Oh Dan! When did you get here?" Blair asks groggy.
"Just now. I can leave if you need to rest." Dan says, not wanting to leave.
"Oh, no, stay. The drugs they give me for the exam make me sleepy." Blair says.
"What… what did he say?" Dan whispers referring to the doctor.
Blair looks down at Paul and smiles. "Hey puffin, is it okay if me and your dad have some time to talk?"
Paul looks up at her, "Talk about what?" he asks cautiously.
"Grown up stuff." Blair says reassuringly to her son.
"I can take him down to get some dessert." Rufus says from behind.
"Thanks Rufus." Blair says and gives him a small smile as Paul slides off the bed and takes his grandfather's hand. He looks at his parents one last time before he exits the room.
"Is there anything I can do?" Jenny whispers to Blair.
Blair gives her a small smile. "Do you think you could call my mom? Her number is in my phone. I would, but I'm just too tired."
"Sure, I can do that, I'll call Nate too." Jenny says.
"Thanks Jenny" Blair says as Jenny walks out the room to give Dan and Blair some privacy.
Dan pulls up a chair next to her bed.
"What did the doctor say?" Dan asks dreading the answer.
Blair takes a deep breath, "The growth is back, it's 20% larger than the first diagnosis I had in Paris. It came on very quickly which would explain why my symptoms progressed so fast this time."
"What does that mean? I don't understand what that means." Dan says as he swallows hard.
"It means that it's bigger than the first tumor, but the doctor says it's not progressed too far into my brainstem… He's going to start me up on chemotherapy again, he's very hopeful, I responded so well the last time and I'm young and healthy and…." Blair's voice starts to falter.
Dan feels helpless. "Can I do anything for you Blair?" He asks softly.
Blair turns her face away from him and he can tell from the ragged breaths she takes in that she's crying. He turns her face to him and he watches as her face crumbles.
"Just hold me Dan. Just hold me tonight." Blair asks him as tears fall from her eyes.
Dan takes his jacket off and climbs into the hospital bed with her and holds her until she falls asleep.
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Okay, I am rushing through these chapters. I really need this fic to be done! My muse for this fic went down in a Bass Corporate Jet over the Atlantic Ocean and her remains cannot be found!
UGH! I can't even with this season. So enjoy.
I'm hoping that I can finish this fic in the next chapter which I am going to get out as soon as possible. I can't fathom working on too much longer after the season finale.
As always, I am so so very grateful to you all that are still reading and reviewing and following. I really appreciate all the kind things you all have to say about this fic.
I would have loved to continue writing them in love, but what can I say? The GG writers are just making that hard for me. So yeah, I'm thinking the next chapter will be the final chapter.