A/N: Come on people I need reviews. Let me know what you like and maybe if you have any suggestions on where the story should go. I want to know.
Irresistible
Chapter Five
It was the happiest that Kristen could remember being as she stood at the mingle hour after the book fair. Some people were in line to get their books signed, but the entire thing had been a success with over a thousand people showing up and reporters from some of the biggest newspapers and even a reporter from Time Magazine who took lots of pictures of her and Marissa. She smiled widely as she walked around and was congratulated by people. Of course all her friends were there and drooling over Marissa and it made Kristen laugh. She spotted her dad in the corner and she waved at him as she made it his way.
"I am so proud of you Krissy-Girl." Her dad said as he gave her a big bear hug.
"Thanks dad." She said happily as she turned and looked at the entire event. "I'm proud of myself and Suze of course who has used her inhaler at least ten times tonight." Kristen said with a laugh.
"Well go mingle more with all of your guest. I'll be here." Her dad said.
"Thanks daddy." Kristen said before she started walking back through the event as she walked she felt someone tap her shoulder and she turned around to see the last person she had expected. "Chuck Bass what a surprise." She said as she stood with her arms crossed.
"Nice job with the book fair. I never thought anything with books could be an actual social event." He said with a small laugh.
"Yeah." Kristen plainly answered back.
"I got you a gift." He said as he held up a small gift bag and handed it to Kristen.
"Er…thanks." Kristen said with a polite smile. "Umm thanks for coming." She said.
"You are very welcome. I was strangely curious." He said as they stood there.
"We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths." Kristen said with a smile.
"What?" he questioned.
"It's a quote from Walt Disney." Kristen then said with a laugh.
"Awesome, I guess." He said returning the smile to her.
"So I better mingle more, but thanks for coming." Kristen then quickly said.
"Yeah, I guess I will call you about the project." He then said before giving her a wave and walking towards the exit. Kristen starred after him confused to what just happened. He never seemed like the type of guy to for one be curious and then show up to something like her book fair, but then thinking she knew that with everyone there was something hidden no matter the appearance they showed to the world.
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Walking into his suite Chuck took off his coat and turned on the light. He walked through the empty room and to the counter where he poured himself a glass of scotch. He then made his way over to his couch and sat down putting his feet on the table and he sipped from his glass as he let his mind wander. No matter how hard he fought it his mind kept wandering back to the thought of Kristen who suddenly was the most beautiful girl he had ever seen. No matter all the models he slept with or any of the girls he came across there was something about Kristen that captivated him and he didn't know what it was, but whatever captivated him drove his actions. All his actions he could tell were driven by her personality, her intelligence, and just the presence that she emitted. She was beautiful, but still modest and she didn't flaunt and was content with her life no matter the situations.
That afternoon at school he caught himself looking at her throughout the afternoon. No matter where he was as long as she was near his eyes would wander towards her or his ears would wait for the sweet sound of her voice that captivated him. Right after school he then found himself wanting to go to her event. He had remembered everything she had told him about the event while working together though he always pretended to not hear at all. He then before the event wanted to give her something. He didn't know why he wanted to, but he felt like he had to especially with the fact he didn't want to admit, but he missed her. The only problem though was that she was angry with him and he knew he had to at least find away to fix it.
He thought back to in class that morning when he had made her laugh and the sweet sound of her laugh as hit enveloped his senses. The feelings he felt were quite similar to the feelings that Blair had given him, but there was a huge difference he could tell. For one the feelings were a lot stronger and she had captivated him in a different way. With Blair it was all about the sex and the feeling of her body in his hands, but with Kristen he just wanted to strangely be near her and just wanted to hear the simple sound of her laugh. He then thought back to the day when he had poured himself a drink while they were working together and she was upset. At that thought he took his glass and walked over to the sink and poured it out. He then thought that maybe if he changed she would be somewhat interested because clearly to him he wasn't going to win her heart the same way he had done others.
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Coming home Kristen was so happy with how the fair had gone. Right after the fair she, her dad, and Marissa, and Susan went out for dinner. When they came home she left her dad and Marissa downstairs while she went in her room in anticipation of opening the gift from Chuck. The entire night all she could do was stare at it, but she wasn't sure about opening it, but she knew she wanted to. She sat her purse on the bed and then took the white gift bag and opened it. She had to dig past all the tissue paper and
then she pulled out a light teal box that she knew right away was from Tiffany's. Opening the box inside there was a beautiful pair of diamond earrings. She gasped and then took them from the box. Holding them to her ears she smiled before placing them back in the box. She went through the bag an she found a small white envelope that she opened and there was a plain white card with a scribbled note.
Your event is pretty good. Congrats on it being a success and I hope we can finish the project together.
Congrats Again,
Chuck Bass
Kristen read the note over and over and she smiled. She put the card back in the envelope and the card back into the bag. Setting the bag next to her bed she sat down at her vanity that now didn't contain books like before, but make-up. She looked at herself in the mirror. Since going to the salon with Marissa Kristen had felt like she was morphed into a totally different person. She smiled at herself before she heard the sound of her cell phone. She stood from the vanity and walked to her purse and pulled out her phone. She looked and saw the name on the screen was Chuck.
"Hi." Kristen said answered.
"Hi, Hi." He said quickly making Kristen want to laugh at the nervous sounds in his voice.
"Hey thanks for the earrings they are beautiful." Kristen said happily.
"You're welcome." He answered. "Hey listen I was hoping that we can work with the doll tomorrow."
"Sure I guess." Kristen answered.
"Great tomorrow at noon here at the hotel." Chuck said.
"Sure, that's fine." She answered. "See you then."
"You, too." He said and then there was a click. Kristen then burst into laughter once she made sure the phone connection was gone.
Waking up Kristen walked into the bathroom and washed her face before going back into her room yawning. She looked at the clock and it was 9am. She went downstairs where Hannah was sitting eating a bowl of cereal. Kristen gave her a wave as she walked into the kitchen and grabbed a bowl of cereal. Sitting there they heard the house phone ring and then the maid walked into the dining room where Kristen was sitting across the Hannah.
"Miss. Kristen a call for you." The maid said as she handed Kristen the phone.
"Hello." Kristen said.
"Krissy I have been trying to reach your cell and kept getting voicemail." Susan said sounding like she was out of breath.
"What's the hurry?" questioned Kristen.
"Have you seen Gossip Girl today?" Susan asked.
"I never look at it. It's a bunch of garbage." Kristen said in a matter-of-factly tone before taking a bite of cereal.
"It isn't garbage when you're on it!" exclaimed Susan.
Quickly Kristen spit her cereal out. "On it?" she then asked as she stood from the table and ran upstairs to her bedroom and opened her laptop. She typed in the address and there was a picture of her standing with Chuck when he was giving her the gift. She let out a gasp.
"I know right." Susan said happily. Kristen then clicked to read the story.
School Nerd Turned School Hottie
So do you know who Kristen Deluz is? Probably not, because I had no idea who she was until she showed up to school yesterday looking like a totally different person. So little Miss. Senior Kristen Deluz was one of the biggest nerds in school and she shows up to Constance , St. Jude with a total makeover looking like a total hottie wearing a wool coat that everyone has seen in the window of Bloomingdales and drooled over with the fact that the coat cost 10,000 and she also had a limited edition Marc Jacobs tote. The thrift store shopping nerd totally turned herself around. Word is that Chuck Bass couldn't keep his eyes off her all day and he even showed up to the "Book Fair" she was throwing (I know so nerdy) and he was spotted handing her a bag that some sources say contained something shinny from Tiffany's. I can't wait to see how this pans out.
XOXO, You Know You Love Me
Gossip Girl
Kristen read the article at least five times before she actually spoke to Susan who was waiting for a response. "Umm wow."
"So is it true. Did Chuck actually give you a gift?" Susan asked.
"Yeah." Kristen said as she starred at the picture.
"Was it from Tiffany's?" Susan asked.
"Yeah." Kristen answered.
"You are so in!" screeched Susan.
"Er…sure." Kristen said rolling her eyes as she walked over to where she had sat the box with the earrings. Pulling them out she ran her hands over the diamonds. "Listen I gotta go, but we will talk later."
"Alright." Susan said.
Walking down the street Kristen held the doll. She now realized that she wasn't that embarrassed as she was at the beginning to be holding the doll in her arms. It had grown on her. She made it to the hotel and took the elevator up, but this time seemed to different from the other times because she actually felt nervous. She tried to shake the nerves, but for some reason she kept feeling them. She shook her head as a thought came into her mind. She thought for a second that she might actually have a crush on Chuck. She laughed then at the thought before exiting the elevator and walking to his suite. Knocking on the door it opened right away and Chuck stood there as always dressed like a grandpa.
"Thanks for actually coming." He said.
"I thought I should, you know at least come. You seemed like you actually wanted to work." She responded before he moved to let her in. he closed the door behind her. As she walked over to the couch she saw a copy of Marissa's book on the table. "You are reading the book?" she questioned.
"Er..actually yeah. I got one last night and for some reason I started to read and actually liked it." He said with a laugh. "I saw the acknowledgement to you in the front. That was awesome."
"Yeah it is." Kristen said with a smile his way. "I brought the doll that you can take care of while I do the finishing touches on the paper."
"Can you add something to the paper for me?" Chuck asked.
"What do you have?" Kristen asked.
"I actually wrote like five pages." Chuck said as he handed a CD to Kristen.
"You are serious?" she questioned.
"Yeah." He answered.
Kristen popped the CD into her computer and opened up the file and laughed. "You actually wrote part of the paper."
"Yeah, pretty much. I hope it doesn't suck." Chuck said.
"Actually so far it's pretty good and totally works in the middle of the paper." Kristen said with a smile his way.
"Great." Chuck said as he took the fake bottle and simulated feeding the doll. There was at least five minutes of silence between them as Kristen worked on the paper. "Hey I know it's none of my business, but how did your mom die?"
Kristen sat back on the couch and looked at him. She then looked down at her computer. "She died during the collapse of the first tower on 9/11." She answered calmly.
"That's rough." He then said on response. "Sorry for your lost. You had to be like 10 at the time. I know I remember that day pretty clearly."
"Yeah me too." Kristen said. "Actually you were in my class. Mrs. Fern's 5th grade class at Ridge View Prep Academy."
"Hey wait, I remember you." Chuck said with a smile as he sat the doll to the side and then sat on the couch next to her. "You wore pigtails everyday."
"That was me." Kristen said with a laugh and Chuck smiled at her. Kristen then quickly put her attention back to the paper as she felt his body gravitate closer to hers. She turned and he was right next to her. His hand moved into her hair. Kristen felt like she was barely breathing as his face was so close to her own and she felt his breath on her face. It all went in slow motion to her, but their lips were together and his arm looped around her waist as they kissed. Kristen only ever kissed one other person before and that was her friend Brian, but for some reason by some strange instinct her hand automatically was on his shoulder as he pulled her in closer. Quickly Kristen broke away. "The…the…the…paper looks pretty…pretty…good." She breathed.
All he did was smiled as he still held her close to him with his hand still in her hair. Kristen then quickly moved from his arms and started packing her bag. She threw her laptop into her bag quickly and she stood. "If you could keep the doll for the weekend that would be awesome." She said quickly as she nearly tripped while making her way to the door.
"Kristen I'm sorry." He then said.
"It's alright, I really have to get going though." She said quickly before making her way out of the door and down the hall to the elevator. She stood in the elevator trying to even out her breathing because at the moment everything was uneven and she felt like she was going to pass out. She had no idea what to think about that moment in his room. She couldn't believe that he had kissed her and she really couldn't believe that she actually liked it.
A/N: So review please, I am off to study for a Geography quiz :-)