Like clockwork, a shiny limo appears in front of Vanessa Abrahm at exactly 7 o'clock.
She hesitantly hops in as the driver opens the door for her.
Chuck Bass was sitting in the corner, scarf clad and all.
"Hello, gorgeous" he purrs and smiles, raising his glass before taking a drink.
Vanessa rolls her eyes as she situates herself a seat away from him.
He quickly hands her a drink.
"Let's not beat around the bushes," she states "don't waste my time, what do you want?"
"To be friends." he replies casually, grinning wider.
Unbelievable.
"I'm not going to tell anyone."
"I'm not worried." he lies.
"Like hell you're not." she tilts her head back, downing her champagne, "It just doesn't make sense."
"I'm telling you, I'm not worried."
"Not that." she looks him straight in the eye, studying him closely, he was so hard to read.
"Why would the squeaky clean Queen B Blair Waldorf cheat on Nate Archibald for someone like-"
"Like me?" he asks, smile wiped from his face.
She smirks.
After moments of silence Vanessa realizes that Chuck Bass, for the first time she's seen him, was striped of the hideous womanizing, manipalitive, overprivledged mask he hides behind. He looked even, dare she say it, vulnerable.
He turns away and takes a deep breath.
"You care about her, don't you?" She asks sincerely.
"Please." he responds, chuckling softly.
"You wouldn't waste your time trying to shut up some girl from Brooklyn if you didn't."
He didn't respond.
"Face it, you care. And I don't. Whatever the two of you have going on, it's none of my business. So you don't have to worry." she says "I'll pretend it never happened."
He gave her a questioning look before smiling genuinely.
"Thank you."
"Look, I understand more than anyone what it feels like to have feelings for someone you're not supposed to. It's not easy."
She smiles and grabs for her purse as the limo pulls to the side of the busy street.
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Two days later Chuck Bass found himself at another useless charity event. Chuck makes his way to the bar and was automatically greeted with a whiskey. He looked around the room. As usual Dan looked out of place, Serena smiled like a fucking idiot, Kati and Iz were on there phones and Blair and Nate glowed like the perfect golden couple. They were holding hands and pressed together. Their outfits complimented the others perfectly
Everyone looked at them as if they were UES's own Brad and Angelina. Chuck scoffed. If only everyone in the room knew that while Nate was sound asleep last night Blair Waldorf was in his suite purring and moaning Chuck's name. He smirks and takes a sip of his whiskey.
"These events are painful, aren't they?" Nate asks as he approaches Chuck, patting Chuck on the back "I could really use a smoke, wanna go?"
Chuck turns around from his bar stool only to stop moving as Eleanor and Mr. and Mrs. Archibald approached them with Blair trailing behind.
"Nate," Eleanor says "Your parents and I were just talking about what you and Blair would do next year. Seeing as how you two are inseperable they might have to combine Yale and Dartmouth."
Blair's face lit up. Nate smiled akwardly. Everyone laughed. It was stupid comment. So fucking lame, Chuck thought.
Chuck rolls his eyes and slips away as the laughter continued ringing behind him. He didn't care to turn around to see Blair eyeing him suspiciously.
Chuck slips onto the balcony and closes the door behind him. Grabbing his phone he scrolls down to the bottom and hits send before thinking twice.
"Hello?"
"Can we meet? Please?" He was desperate. He was sure he sounded so too.
"Um..." Vanessa hesitates, Chuck Bass did sound desperate "Sure. I'm at home if you want to-"
"I'll be right there."
Vanessa closes here cell phone and sighs. What the heck was she doing?
Within minutes Chuck Bass pulls up once again in his shiny limo. Vanessa opens the door before the driver gets to her. Chuck was staring back at her, quite surprised that she was standing there looking at him.
"Get out of your car."
"What?"
"You have legs Bass, let's take a walk."
He smiles, shakes his head and slowly climbs out. Vanessa closes the door behind him and leads the way down the busy New York street.
They walk togther in silence for a good amount of time before reaching central park. She stops in her tracks.
"Is there a point to this?"
Chuck looked at her dumbfoundedly trying to search for something to say but he had no idea why he called, why he asked her to meet him or why the hell he dismissed his driver and was walking around Central Park aimlessly.
"I-" he sighs "you said you understood more than anyone."
"I see." Vanessa nods and continues walking
Chuck catches up to her, "You were right. It's not easy."
"Of course I'm right."
"I can't fuckin do anything without thinking about her. I can't stop screwing other girls just to try to forget her, I can't stop dreaming up ways to murder my best friend for christ's sake." Chuck blurts frustratedly.
"Does she know this?" Vanessa asks.
"No..." he replies quietly.
"How come?"
"Because," he replies, like it was an actual answer.
Vanessa looks at him questionly.
"I'm Chuck Bass." he finishes.
Vanessa pauses and looks at him, then she bursts out laughing like it was the funniest thing she's heard all day. Chuck ends up laughing also. They continue their walk talking about all things forbidden love. It was such an odd situation for both of them. Being with the least likely person they'd be caught dead with, revealing to each other more than they ever would a close friend. Chuck Bass felt like for the first time in ages a weight was lifted off his shoulders.
They both failed to notice the cell phones snapping away at the odd occurence.
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Blair Waldorf sat at her laptop scanning Gossip Girl. She read the headline over and over again, afraid she'd misread.
"WTF? C and V?
SPOTTED: C and V in Central Park strolling like they've known each other for decades. We're just as surprised. Has this new romance been brewing right under our noses? And since when does Chuck Bass stroll through Central Park? Is he changing his ways? S and D, anyone? We'll keep you posted.
xoxo
Gossip Girl"
Blair read it again and again. There had to be a hell of a good explanation.
A/N: Sorry for the very little Blair lately. It's hard to get into her head. The story finally has a direction and I'm very excited about it. Hope everyone is still interested. And don't worry about Vanessa. Still completely Chuck/Blair.