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Blair and Nate ended up walking to school together, but as soon as they got there the queen of Constance parted ways with him saying she would see him tonight for dinner. She had some unfinished business she needed to take care of and his name was Charles Bass. It was a good thing the brunette prided herself on being early to school each day because that meant she would have time to accomplish her task. It wasn't hard to find the only son of Bart Bass since they had known each other for years and therefore she his schedule as well as he knew her. As Blair had known she would she found the bane of her existence leaning against the stone wall of the side of the building with a joint between his lips.

"You lying, manipulative, Bass-hole!" She hissed loud enough for him to hear as she stomped over to him. Of course he did not look up at her right away which only served to piss her off even more. "How could you do that to me?"

"You are going to need to be clearer with what I have done to offend the queen this time." Chuck mumbled around the end of the joint as he took a hit before finally raising his eyes up to meet hers. He took his time letting his eyes trail from her feet, all the way up her shapely legs, stopping to linger on her hips, up past her breasts, and then finally come to rest on her face. "As you said I am lying and manipulative so it is hard for me to recall all of my crimes."

"You sabotaged the phone call with Nate!" Blair snapped crossing her arms over her chest and pulling her black jacket tighter around her. She both hated and loved the way his gave practically ate her up and set her body aflame with a desire she had never known. She hated that the smug bastard knew it as well. He knew exactly how to push her buttons without touching her at all. "You tricked me in order to get me in to bed."

"Easy there Waldorf." He responded snubbing his smoke out against the brick wall he had been leaning against and dropping it in his pocket. Once he had done that he pushed away from the wall and took a step closer to her before reaching out and grabbing her upper arms and spinning then around so her back was pressed up against the cold brick. He placed his hands on either side of her head efficiently caging her in. "You and I both know that if I want to get you in to bed I don't need to resort to petty schemes. You need to face facts princess. Nate isn't what you want. He could never get your blood boiling the way I do. There is absolutely no chemistry between you."

When he lowered head to touch his lips to her pulse point Blair felt her breath catch and her heartbeat speed up. Of course he knew the reaction he caused in her and it only made Chuck even more secure in the fact that with a few well place moves he could have her where he wanted her. Moving his right hand from the wall he let the tips of his fingers trail down her cheek to rest on the edge of her jaw. When her eyes fluttered he couldn't help, but get a little wave of triumph flowing through his body. She may hate him and yet she reacted to him and a reaction was better than nothing.

Even though her only reaction to him may only be a physical one, but any reaction was something he could work with. The game of seduction was a game he knew without a doubt he played better than anyone else. This was a game he could beat Blair Waldorf at. She may be the queen of Constance, but Chuck Bass was the king of all things sex and seduction.

"Nate and I have plenty of chemistry Bass." Blair said after clearing her throat three times in a row. She tried to make it seem as if he was not throwing her off of her game when in reality he had totally turned her world upside down with only one look. Taking a deep breath she made herself remember exactly why she hated him and that gave her the strength to slap his hand away and shove him away from her harshly as she tried to get ahold of her racing heart. "In fact we are going out to dinner tonight. How is that for chemistry?"

Chuck scowled and reached in to his pocket for his joint once more. He would have tried more with her, but people were arriving for school and he could not afford to be seen and have this little moment posted all over Gossip Girl. That would have to wait until he could somehow use it. Lighting the joint he took a hit before bothering to reply to her. "So you are playing this little game again are you? If you are happy living in the land of denial then why should I be the one to burst your bubble?"

"What are you talking about?" The bitch of the UES rolled her eyes not understanding why she was still talking to him at all. It would be better if she just left and did not allow him to get under her skin any more than he had managed to do so this morning.

The billionaire playboy simply chose to smirk at her for a few moments before bothering to reply. "You want to play princess gets her fairytale because it is safe and you live in your little box so afraid to let the real Blair out that merely being in my presence terrifies you. Well let's get one thing straight lover, you can play innocent princess as long as you want, but one of these days the real Blair is going to scratch and claw her way to get out and when she does I am going to be here waiting. Don't expect me to play fair Blair because the girl I want is in there and I won't fight fair in order to get her to come out and play. Have a pleasant day princess."

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Blair sat across from Nate at her favorite restaurant and while this should be a perfect moment she could not get what Chuck said out of her head. It was eating away at her thoughts and she silently cursed him because even though he was not here he was ruining what should be a perfect evening. With a slight shake of her head she tried to shake the thought of Charles Bass right out of her head before she smiled at Nate who was as usual oblivious to anything being wrong. Sometimes his ignorance of the world around him could be both a good thing and a bad thing.

"Well, well, well what a surprise." Blair snapped around when she heard a voice that had been haunting her ever since that night in the limo. Much to her horror she saw Chuck Bass and what must be his female entertainment for the evening standing at the end of the table. Chuck of course had his usual smirk in place. "Blair, Nathaniel, I had no idea you would be here tonight. What a coincidence we all ran in to each other. I would like you to meet my date for the evening Annabelle. Annabelle happens to be part of a very prominent ballet company here in New York."

Dark calculating eyes flickered over Annabelle as if she were nothing. Blair had to admit that she was beautiful in the same way Serena was, but it was obvious that is the reason Chuck chose her. She was a trophy and nothing else, something shiny and pretty to be used in order to draw all eyes their way. "Since she is here with the likes of you it shows not only does she lack intelligence, but she has horrible taste as well."

"Ouch Blair you really know how to wound me." Chuck bit back with a mock wounded expression as he placed his hands against his heart.

"Why don't you guys join us?" Nate asked not really catching the sparks between Blair and his best friend. He thought it was just their usual banter and since Blair had been acting weird all night he thought maybe adding more people to this date would make it less tense. If only he knew the entire reason his ex was acting was because of his best friend then maybe he would have known better, but then again Nathaniel Archibald had never been the sharpest tool in the shed. "We can push two tables together and make this a double date."

"Why Nathaniel I think that is the best idea you've had in a while." The shorter of the two men said with a twisted grin of satisfaction as he pulled out a chair for his date before sitting down next to Blair. He made sure to sit close enough that their thighs were brushing together. "We would be delighted to join you."

Usually Blair loved the fact that the blonde lacrosse player could be so dense at times because he never questioned her about her schemes, but times such as this it could be rather annoying. The last thing she wanted to do was play nice with the mother-chucker, but her dense ex did not seem to get the message. It looked her night which had already been going downhill was about to take a leap off of a cliff. Well she was the queen B and if she was good at one thing it was dealing with less than pleasant situations.

Straightening up in her seat she shot a pleasant smile toward the newcomers. "Yes we would be positively thrilled if you joined us for dinner. I am sure that Charles has many interesting tales to keep us entertained. You wouldn't believe some of things he has gotten in to over the years. I remember when he lost his virginity to the whore of our class and he contracted an STD, his first of many I may add he must have been so proud, and he was too afraid to tell Bart so he convinced me to have my maid Dorota play his mother so that he could get the medication he needed. He had to use this special lotion for a month."

All the color had drained out of Chuck's face, but if she wanted to play dirty then oh they would play. "Yes that was a horrible time, but luckily I had Blair to help me through it. I guess that she owed me one considering the first time she had her period she was wearing a white dress and it happened at the biggest party of the year. Of course when she called me it wasn't as if I could leave her in the bathroom all night even though I was on a date with the daughter of our former headmaster, but I played the hero and went out to get her what she would need and also managed to buy her a new dress from Bendals since I knew she would never wear anything less than the best. I remember having to talk her out of the bathroom stall because she was so embarrassed. Apparently her mother had never given her the birds and the bees talk. I was more than happy to oblige."

A sharp pain popped up in the middle of his shin as the toe of her shoe made contact with his leg. "Well nobody else could give the sex talk like you Chuck considering that you are the biggest man whore in New York."

"I can't help it if the ladies love me." He replied smoothly placing his arm around his dates chair even though his eyes never left Blair. It was almost as if they were the only two people left in the whole restaurant. Even their respective dates seemed to vanish in their minds. Oh this night should play out to be interesting at the very least.

TBC…

AN: So I have noticed that people are adding this to favorites and stuff, but not reviewing. I was hoping that you all could leave a review. It would very much inspire me to keep writing this story. I think this chapter came out alright and even though I am still not feeling the best I wanted to update this story. The next chapter is this one continued and I have decided to skip out on the preview since I want it to be a surprise. Let me know if you all liked this or not.

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