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After Blair had decided to blow him off and go in search of Nate herself Chuck had gone to find little Jenny Humphrey. He was silently feuding over his conversation with the queen of Constance. After what had happened the night before she was still all about Nathaniel. Chuck Bass was not used to being dismissed by a woman and he would not let it go unpunished. He had decided to change the rules of the game so that they would be in his favor. He had enjoyed his night with Blair Waldorf and he was not quite ready to give that up anytime soon. She obviously needed a reminder of exactly who he was and what he was capable of. It was a simple case of mathematics in his opinion. Chuck wanted Blair, Blair wanted Nate, and Nate wanted everything. All he had to do was take Nate out of the equation and Blair would have nobody to turn to.

A flash of blond caught his attention and he recognized it to be little J. He knew it was her because of the bracelet she was wearing. He and Blair had both made sure she was wearing a piece of jewelry which they could use to identify her. As Chuck approached her he let his eyes roam over her figure. She was hot and if the billionaire playboy didn't have plans which included his favorite brunette then he probably would have given her the Chuck Bass freshman tour, but he would have to put that off for another time. "Jenny there has been a change of plans."

"What change of plans?" The young naïve blond girl whirled around to look at him. From under her mask Chuck could see her face heat up with a blush. He got that reaction a lot and as always it made him smirk. There wasn't a woman on the face of the earth would could resist him expect for maybe Blair, but he would make sure that did not last long. "Blair didn't say anything."

"Blair doesn't always know what is best for her." He responded in a clipped tone as he looked past her to Blair who had spotted Nathaniel across the room. He glanced back at Jenny and smirked when he realized she was staring at his best friend with the typical teenage girl with a crush expression. This could only work in his favor. "Besides I doubt you want our queen B to know that you actually have feelings for her ex."

"What?" Her eyes widened and for good reason. Everybody knew the lengths Blair Waldorf could go to when it came to revenge. Jenny Humphrey may not be a genius, but she wasn't stop and she did value her life. She knew that if Blair ever found out the truth then everything she had done to try and gain a reputation would be destroyed and that probably would not be the only thing. "I don't-"

Chuck leaned in close so that he could whisper in her ear. To anyone watching it would appear to be nothing more than two lovers sharing a moment when in reality this was about as far from romantic as one could get. "There is no trying to bullshit me little J. I know you have feelings for Nate and that is why you agreed to help us. Well now I am going to help you and you are going to help me unless you want the truth to come out."

The young girl from Brooklyn knew that when Chuck Bass issued you a threat you should take it seriously. If anyone was scarier than Blair then it was Chuck Bass because he had the money to put behind each and every one of his threats. Still, Jenny did not want to appear weak and so she straightened her spine and glared at the boy standing in front of her. "Why do you think I would help you? You have nothing on me to prove what you are saying is true. All I have to do is go to Blair and tell her about what happened here and you will lose everything."

"I suggest you leave the emotionless bitch act to the girls of our school who can actually live up to those expectations and for the record I do have proof." Chuck laughed and shook his head. He was impressed she had the nerve to stand up to him, but her efforts were not all that impressive. Reaching in to his pocket he pulled out a couple of pieces of rumbled up paper before he started reading from them. "I think the first few lines are my favorite though they lack your brothers creativity when it comes to writing. 'Dear Diary, I will never understand what he sees in her. Of course she is beautiful, but she isn't nice and Nate deserves someone who is nice. Did I tell you that he bought me a bagel the other day before school when we ran in to each other? He said that I looked nice and that I was a sweet girl. He didn't say sweet kid and so that means he sees me as more than just a little girl. Why can't he see that he deserves someone who will appreciate him? Why won't he see that he belongs with me?' You know I should thank you for keeping your diary in your purse because this was gold. What do you think our queen B would think if she saw this?"

"You went through my purse?" Jenny demanded as she made a grab for the papers in his clutches, but failed when he held them above her head. "Those are my private thoughts and you have no right to be reading them."

"And yet I have read them many times. I think I have them memorized." He mocked before tucking them back safely in his pocket and out of her reach. "Now as much as I love this conversation I have better things I could be doing with my time. Do we have a deal or do I make sure Gossip Girl publishes your private thoughts for the world to see?"

"What do I have to do?" Jenny said after letting out a defeated sigh. It looks like she had just literally fallen in to making a deal with the devil and there was definitely no pun intended.

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Nate and Blair finally made it to each other in the center of the room. Blair for her part tried to stay cool and unemotional. She needed to separate the boy standing in front of her from the one she had imagined sharing her life with. Nathaniel Archibald had hurt her and she couldn't forgive him for that. He'd hurt her too many times to count. Nate on the other hand had been unable to take his eyes off of her. He really did miss her and now having her so close it reminded him of what he had lost. Sure he still wanted Serena, but he had thought about this a lot. Serena was never going to be a sure thing and yet Blair had been devoted to him and never strayed. At least with her he knew he could have a sliver of happiness.

"You look beautiful tonight Blair." Nate told her as he leaned in to kiss her cheek.

"Thank you." She replied taking a deep breath to try and calm her nerves. Lucky for her a waiter passed by and she grabbed a flute of champagne before quickly downing it in one big gulp. She could feel herself start to relax almost instantly. "Is that what you wasted half my night for? I thought you had something you wanted to tell me?"

Her ex-boyfriend smiled genuinely and reached down to take her hand in his. "You're really going to make me work for forgiveness aren't you?"

Having been reminded of his betrayal Blair ripped her hand from his. He may say the right things, but the fact of the matter was he had hurt her more than anyone else ever had. "Nate you are lucky you are getting a chance at all."

His bright blue eyes dimmed as he let go of her hand and took a step back. "I know and that is why I don't want to mess this up. Look, I know that what I did was wrong. I have been beating myself up over the choices I made since it happened. I had a moment of weakness, but that does not mean that everything we have had since we were kids should be tossed idly to the side. I want to try to make things works Blair I really do. Just tell me what I can do to make this better."

You can look me in the eye and tell me that you love me and don't want Serena. You can look at me just once the way you have always looked at her. Blair wanted to say all of this out loud and yet she refrained. Instead she took a deep breath and put on her best tough bitch façade. "This isn't something you can put a band aid on Nate. Saying you're sorry doesn't make this go away. You hurt me and I-"

Blair was suddenly cut off when Nate swooped in to kiss her. He pressed his lips against hers softly before wrapping his arms around her waist. Blair froze before she kissed him back. It was odd because deep down this is what she had wanted to happen and yet for some reason she could not get the thought of Chuck and his kisses out of her head. Oh ew! Here she was thinking of Chuck Bass when Nate was kissing her. Shaking away thoughts of the Bass-tard she kissed Nate back trying to get those old feelings to return. It was nice as far as kisses went, but it wasn't all fireworks like it had been when they were dating.

As the kiss continued the brunette was plagued with images of Nate and Serena and what she imagined happened at the Shepard wedding. They passed by way to fast and played on a loop. She could feel her stomach roll as she pulled away from him quickly. "I'm sorry Nate, but I can't do this right now."

Her ex looked crushed, but he nodded. "I understand Blair and I shouldn't have tried to rush it. Look how about we get out of here? Let's go and get something to eat and we can talk and I mean really talk. I promise that I won't try to kiss you again. Well at least not without permission from you first."

Blair nodded thinking that to be a good idea and yet first there was a toilet with her name on it in the restroom waiting to be filled up with her untold resentments and her fears. "That sounds like a great idea. Just give me a few moments and then we go and get something to eat."

"Of course." The handsome blond boy told her moving a strand of hair from her face. "For the record if you are going to freshen up then you have no need to do so. You are beautiful Blair."

"And you need to come up with better lines Archibald especially if you want to earn my forgiveness." She smiled before turning from him and heading in the direction of the bathroom.

She did not notice Chuck watching her from the corner of her room with a concerned look on his face. He knew exactly where she was going and what she was planning on doing. He wasn't oblivious to her pain like his best friend and he wouldn't let her self-destruct like this. Setting his drink down on the nearest passing tray he let his gaze sweep around the room once in order to ensure that nobody was watching him before he went off after Blair. This was not exactly the opening he had been hoping for, but it was an opening none the less and he would take what he could get.

TBC…

AN: I think this chapter turned out alright and the next chapter will basically be a continuation from this point on. Be happy though because there will be more Chair interaction and I know you all love that. I do hope you liked this and please review because I like to hear your thoughts. It makes me want to update faster.

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Preview for the next chapter:

"You're in the wrong bathroom Bass." "Can't you read the sign on the door or did you feel the need to torment me some more."

"As much as I would love to claim that I came to torture you I was actually worried about you. I saw the little show you put on with my boy Nate." "I also know what you are doing now or were about to do before I showed up. Waldorf I am worried about you. Are you bulimic again?"

"That is none of your business."

"I think it is and let me point this out, but if kissing your ex gets this sort of reaction from you then that isn't exactly a sign saying you belong together."

"It was a delayed reaction from what I did with you the other night." "I had to do something to get you out of my system."

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"How could you Blair?"

"How could I do what?" "Jenny what are you doing here and what happened to your face?"

"Don't act like you didn't threaten her because you saw us having coffee the other day." "I can't believe that I actually wanted to make things work with you. You are never going to change are you?"

"You think I did this?" "And you're one to talk about change! You screwed Serena while we were together and then you lied about it. I know you are in love with her."

"You know what? I do love her because out of the two of you she is better for me. At least if I am with her I don't have to worry about her beating up poor defenseless girls."

"No you only have to worry about her screwing anything with a penis!"