Chuck knows that he is not living up to his promise to try; at least not from Blair's perspective. He leaves early every morning to go to work, only he doesn't. He knows that he needs to get his fears under wraps. That he needs to stop hating the baby that he needs to be less resentful of its intrusion into his life. He does everything he can to make Blair's life easier. To make certain that she and the baby are healthy and happy. Chuck knows his fears are more than either he or Blair to cope on his own. He seeks out the help of a highly respected therapist. He meets with him weekly to discuss his fears about losing Blair's love, about his fears of losing her, or losing the baby. He especially talks about his fears of being a good parent. He talks about what kind of parent his father was, about his on again off again rotating number of supposed mothers and he talks about Lily. The doctor arranges for Doctor Schwartz to participate in a session and answer all of Chuck's fears. He helps Chuck talk through all his negative parenting lessons he's learned and they discuss better ways to handled situations. They discuss the kind of love and support he has gotten from Lily and how it's a positive example of parenting. Chuck comes to learn that you don't have to be perfect if you are able to offer love. Of course this is where Chuck feels he will absolutely fail. The doctor is not so certain. He arranges for Chuck to take a parenting class. Chuck insists on his being the sole student. He learns about baby cpr, baby proofing houses and about burping, about changing diapers (there is no way in hell he is actually doing that in real life) and about hiring the right kind of nanny. He has to admit that the more he learns about babies, the more confident he is that he will be able to handle it. He just doesn't think he will be capable of loving it, or wanting to raise it.
The therapist has been very clear that he needs to find a way to connect with Blair and to the child through Blair. He has encouraged Chuck to spend as much time as he can around Blair without delving into sex. For some reason the therapist thinks that Chuck will hide behind it and try not to deal with the issue at hand. So here Chuck is 4 months into the pregnancy with blue balls. Blair is driving him up the wall! One night they were in the mayor's house and Blair dragged him into the closet and gave him what felt like the most titillating blow job he'd ever had. For some reason her scent had changed and she emitted this scent of sex all the time. If the therapist hadn't been so right about some many other things, Chuck would have tossed him over as being a crackpot and jumped Blair like 8 weeks ago.
So it really should be no surprise to anyone except Blair that Chuck snuck into the apartment each afternoon and slid into bed beside Blair while she slept. He was always careful to get out of bed before she woke up and pretend that he had just some home from work. She slept and he tried to find some connection to the baby. He gingerly puts his hand on Blair's belly. "Well, here we are again. So tomorrow we are supposed to be finding out your sex. That might help. The therapist seems to think we might connect better if I know what you are. Like I don't already know. You're a Bass. Pure and simple, you're trouble." Weirdly enough Chuck feels like he feels the baby move for the first time. It is a little scary and awesome at the same time. The doctor had said they wouldn't likely feel anything until 20 weeks, but sure enough, there is a tiny movement again.
Smiling, Chuck puts his face against Blair's belly. "I think it likes you Chuck." Chuck looks up into Blair's face without really moving his head from her belly looking vaguely guilty. "Hi." Blair just runs her fingers through his hair. "Did I just imagine it, or did the baby just respond to your voice?" "I don't know. Hasn't it moved before?" He asks her. "No, this is the first time." She answers him all excitedly. For a few moments, they are just like all new parents Chuck imagines. They hold each other's hands and press on Blair's belly waiting for it, the baby to move again. "Serena says we need to name the baby something so we can refer to it in public without anyone knowing. I have already vetoed Junior and Butch. I suppose it would be best to wait until after the ultrasound when we know what we're having." Blair hesitated. Chuck laughs and says to her "We know what we're having. It's a Bass." "Yes I heard you, but we are not calling our child trouble! Besides, Bass doesn't indicate sex (she rolls her eyes when Chuck gives her a leer) and by that I mean gender." "Well if it's a girl it is going to be a little witch like you! A Blair witchling." Chuck says to her. "That's perfect actually. We call her a Blair witchling and everyone thinks we are talking about the movie, not your daughter. ""Fine, "Blair fumes "If it's a boy then it's a Chuckling. Like that demon doll form the movies." "Fine." Chuck agrees. Then they look at each other and laugh. They feel another slight movement. "Seems like someone agrees." Chuck says softly. "Mind if we stay home tonight like this?" He asks. "Bass, I've been trying to get you into bed the last 4 months." Blair says, her eyes laughing up at him. "Well, I might just have to take you up on that offer" Chuck grins down at her. He thinks that today is enough progress that he ought to be rewarded and sex rewards are what works best for Bass men. He'll just have to explain that to the good therapist later. Right now, he had a wife to please.