A/N: Sorry I have been gone for so long. I was on holiday and then was a bit ill when I got back. I actually have a post! Letmein thanks, I love your reviews because you pick up the wee details. I want you to like Mila, I like her. There is more to come out there. Krazy4spike I'm glad you didn't throw knives lol. Kskss thanks. HnM Skinnys I really hope it's chocolate cake. Thanks. Sandra I'm so sorry. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, I'm surprised too. Akinatuji, thanks, update coming up now. Ronan, Thanks. Ziah Blair and Mila interaction coming up now. Armanifan I thought the vote would be split on Mila. Opps, should have checked that out. Thanks for the review.

Ok thanks to Gracie (Brookebynature) for her awesome betaing. Read and review please.

Chapter 6: A sandwich social

Tabitha knocked at the door to Chuck's suite on Saturday morning; she waited for a minute before looking to Blair. She shrugged her shoulders. The door opened and a petite blonde stood in front of them wearing one of Chuck's shirts. Tabitha frowned and looked up at Blair, who smiled at the blonde. "Hi, I am looking for Chuck"

"You must be Blair and Miss Tabitha. I'm Mila. He's being boring and doing paper work; come on in." Mila smiled and opened the door further to let them walk in.

Tabitha looked Mila up and down sizing her up. Blair pulled the four year old into the living room. Tabitha let go of Blair's hand and walked over to the desk where Chuck was sitting and looked down at the papers. She frowned a little, "That looks like alien speak."

Mila laughed closing the door, "That's because it is."

Chuck set down the pen and lifted Tabitha on to the desk, "Good evening Miss Tabitha, to what do I owe the pleasure?"

Tabitha glanced to Blair quickly before looking back to Chuck, "I don't know what you just said."

Chuck tried to hide his amusement, "What can I do for you?"

"Oh, I wanted to give you this", Tabitha replied handing him a brown envelope.

Chuck smiled and opened the envelope. He pulled out a picture she had drawn of herself, Chuck and Blair. Chuck smiled and looked up at her, "This is wonderful. I love it; it will take pride and place on that wall there. Thank you."

"You're welcome."

Blair smiled. Mila took the picture. She lifted a frame from the wall and took a photograph of Chuck with a man in a suit out of it. She placed Tabitha's picture in it and hung it back onto the wall, "There that certainly brightens this room up. You should draw a few for Chuck's office, it is extremely dull."

"Can I really?" Tabitha asked excitedly

"Yes, you draw as many as possible, and I'll find room for them." Mila smiled, she looked at the picture and then looked back down to Tabitha, "In fact, I am organising a show for my photos. Do you think I could put some of yours up too?"

"You would have to ask Mommy, she is the boss."

Blair raised her eyebrow, "Since when? I haven't been the boss since the day I got pregnant. How long will this last?"

Tabitha shrugged her shoulders, "Who knows?"

"Well I think since I am the boss right now, I say it would be ok if you wanted to draw some things for Mila's show."

Tabitha clapped her hands and smiled at Mila. She looked down at Chuck's paper again. She took the pen out of Chuck's hand and put it back in the pot, "Enough work, too much."

"Ok, what do suggest I should do?"

Tabitha thought for a moment, "Swings."

Chuck glanced up at Blair for a moment. Blair mouthed the words "The park" to Chuck. He smiled for second before looking back down to Tabitha, "I think I need a break from this work. Why don't we have some evening snacks in Central Park? And we could feed the ducks."

"Yeah that's Moms favourite." Tabitha said animatedly

Mila smiled, she was trying not to let that detail bother her. She stood up and walked over to the kitchen. She opened the cabinet and lifted a few items out. She turned round to Tabitha, "Miss Tabitha, would you like to help me pack a picnic for us?"

"Yes please."

Blair really didn't want to like Mila but she couldn't help it. She smiled at Tabitha, "Ok but only for an hour, I need my beauty sleep"

"No you don't Mommy, you are beautiful."

Chuck lifted Tabitha off the table and kissed her on the head quickly. Blair felt butterflies in her stomach as she watched the sweet encounter between the two. She realised she was home now. Mila offered her hand out to Tabitha and the two disappeared into the kitchen of the suite.

"I can't remember the last time I went to the park. I never think to go to the park."

"I love the park." Blair smiled, "I haven't been to the park since I've been back. I think Tabitha will love it."

"It probably hasn't changed that much. The ducks are probably just new ones."

Blair smiled, "I went to a park in Washington but it wasn't the same. It was actually where Tabitha took her first steps. She walked four steps and then fell down. She laughed then cried."

Chuck smiled, "Had she even reached six months by then?"

"She was eleven months and three weeks." Blair smiled, "I was so happy but I had nobody to tell, we had only been there a week."

"Well, now you will have me to share these things with. As long as it is ok with you that is."

Blair nodded "it is, she will love having you there. She told me last night that you were the best grown up she had ever met."

"She makes me fun again," Chuck smiled, "I wish I had of met her earlier. Maybe I would have been able to outsmart her when she was younger."

"Probably not," Blair laughed, "I think she is Albert Einstein reincarnated."

Chuck laughed. He looked at Blair and saw the twinkle was slowly returning to her eyes. He would of course never admit it to anyone but he had missed seeing her eyes more than he could ever have imagined. Blair looked up and saw Chuck staring at her. She bit her lip before breaking the stare. "How are you finding your new job?"

"I love it", her eyes widened, her face become more animated, "I mean, there is still a lot of organise. I need to contact most of your suppliers to tell them they will be contacting me from now on. I am going to update the website, new photos and things like that. Is that ok?"

"Yes, I trust your instincts. The more you work, the more I get to spoil your daughter."

"I don't want you spoiling her too much; she's going to end up like a brat."

Chuck laughed, "I don't think that is possible. Every girl deserves a little spoiling now and again."

Tabitha walked back into the living room, carrying a small picnic basket, followed by Mila carrying a bigger picnic basket. She set hers down in front of Chuck. He opened it and looked up at her, "Did you leave any food in the kitchen?"

"Just the fruit", Mila smiled "Ok I need to go and get changed, did I leave my Uggs here?"

"Yeah they're under the bed. Will you grab me a scarf too?"

"Sure," Mila replied rolling her eyes.

Blair couldn't help but feel a small pang of jealously. She didn't want to admit it, but when she came back she thought that Chuck would have been the same person she left. She realised for the first time she had deep down thought that Chuck would have been waiting for her. As she watched Mila and Chuck she realised that they fitted together. The Chuck she had been expecting wasn't the same Chuck she left, and that was unfair because she wasn't the same person either. Mila kissed Chuck on the head and left the room.

"I like her," Tabitha announced to nobody in particular. Blair smiled at her.

"Me too," Chuck winked at her.

Mila walked back into the room and wrapped the scarf around Chuck. He frowned and fixed it. She stuck her tongue out at him.

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Blair and Mila were sitting on the blanket on the grass. Chuck and Tabitha were down by the pond feeding the ducks. Blair was eating a sandwich, trying not to dwell on how awkward they both felt. She could see Chuck laughing down by the water and was completely amazed how simple things seemed to be between them.

"I think I might have a fight on my hands to get Chuck's attention."

Blair panicked. Her feelings for him were back - if they had even left in the first place - but she thought she had been doing a good job of hiding them. She knew Mila would have figured it out eventually but she suspected it months from now. She took a deep breath, about to speak before Mila cut her off.

"I never suspected I had to worry about a four year old. He is in awe of her."

Blair kept her eyes on Chuck and Tabitha. The guilt washed completely over her. She lifted her drink and took a big gulp of it. She set it back down and smiled, "She has this power to just command the attention of anyone in her presence. We met this guy about a year ago, he was grumpy, but after Tabitha had finished with him, he was like Elmo on Ecstasy."

Mila laughed, "Well I won't complain, I'm glad you two are here. I travel so much it will be nice for Chuck to have some company. He works far too much."

"Believe me, when Tabitha wants attention, she normally gets it. She likes being treated like an adult, and Chuck treats her more like an adult than I do. It will be such a novelty to spend so much time with someone other than me that I guess she will be taking up his attention for a while."

"That's good, I will worry less about him while I'm working."

Blair really didn't want to like Mila, but it was becoming increasing harder. She couldn't help but admit she was good for him. Blair watched as Chuck said something and Tabitha laughed. She smiled, "At least there is someone young enough to understand his humour."

Mila chuckled, "More like someone to find it funny."

"Yes, they seem to share the same level of maturity. I'm not sure if that's because she is so mature or he is so immature."

"It's probably Chuck. I swear he built that playroom for himself."

Tabitha came bounding up to Blair. She jumped onto her, and Blair grunted under the weight of her. Blair laughed and looked at Tabitha, "Was there any need for that?"

"Yes, it was funny."

"Ok then," Blair said rolling her eyes. "How were the ducks?"

"Hungry, they ate so much."

Chuck walked back over carried an empty dish that the bread had been in. He sat down and unbuttoned his jacket. Blair lifted a sandwich and handed it to Tabitha. Tabitha looked at the sandwich and then back up at her, "Is this for me or the ducks?"

"For you."

"Ok but I think the ducks need my sandwich."

"No they don't. Eat it."

Chuck tried his hardest not to smile, "if there is one left you can feed that to the ducks."

Mila lifted a sandwich and set it off the side. She winked at Tabitha and smiled. Blair hated how nice Mila was, she was good with Tabitha, she was obviously good for Chuck, and that annoyed her more than it should. Chuck turned to Tabitha, "Ok we should finish lunch and then how about some games."

"Ok, I'd better eat some more."

"Sounds like a good idea," Chuck laughed and lifted a sandwich for himself. He couldn't believe how easy things were between all four of them. He thought about how simple things were between Blair and Mila. He thought there would have been a lot more drama between them.

"Lunch is really good Mister Chuck, you should work for McDonalds."