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4. First Night Nerves
Jenny combed her hair as she sat in the tent; it was going to be crazy in the morning now that she couldn't dry it or straighten it or anything. She made sure she got any tangles out and placed the comb in her vanity case, and pulled out a book to read while she waited for Nate to come back.
Jenny always liked reading when she went camping with her family it meant that she could get out of any activities she doubted it would work this time.
She heard the tent unzip as Nate entered he smelt of grapefruits and Armani, it was a pretty impressive combination. She smiled at him as he sat down.
"So when you said you came prepared earlier, you meant food right?" he asked looking at her.
Jenny nodded "Yeh I have some stuff in my bag" she replied as she pulled out a collection of sweets, crisps and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
"Ooh PB and J" he said as he took one of the sandwiches. "Its okay if I have this isn't it?" he asked checking that she wasn't going to attack him again.
"Yeh sure" she replied taking one herself, "I didn't know peanut butter and jelly were your kind of thing" she mused.
Nate chuckled "Well I thought that sandwiches were everyone's thing," he said "but if we had caviar here I would sooo be eating that" he added sarcastically.
Jenny rolled her eyes pushing him gently "That's not what I said" Jenny said.
Nate smiled at her "I know but you assume because I have money I don't like the simple things in life" he said.
Jenny smiled at him "That's not true, you like Chuck and he's pretty simple" she replied laughing.
Nate smiled "True, but you know he's not so bad" Nate said pondering about what he had just said.
Jenny looked at him in disbelief "Well all I know is he did try to rape me the first time I met him, so I can't say that I'm a fan" she pointed out trying not to think about it to hard.
Nate patted her hand caringly "Chuck just doesn't know when to stop, he just needs to be reigned in, he has changed a bit since then I think what you did at the masquerade ball really made him respect you" he replied.
Jenny looked at him uncomfortably as they both remembered what else had happened at the masquerade party. Jenny didn't often think about Nate kissing her, it had been so random and accidental that it didn't cross her mind as meaning anything, but she did wonder sometimes if he still liked Serena.
"I hope that Serena and Dan don't you know have sex while we here, the canvas is kind of thin I don't that kind of mental scarring" Jenny blurted out attempting to lighten the moment.
Nate laughed at her "I don't think any of us need that mental scarring," he pointed out "I mean I didn't really expect the teachers to put a couple in the same tent I mean that is just a recipe for teen pregnancy" he replied.
Jenny frowned "Oh God I don't think I want to be Aunt Jenny quite yet" she thought out loud smiling just at the thought of her brother having a baby.
Nate smiled "That would be kind of weird" he said as he watched her take some of the crisps she had brought and put them in her sandwich.
"What are you doing?" he asked her looking at her disgusted.
Jenny looked at his face "What, it tastes nice" she explained. "Come on eat some" she said pushing the sandwich towards his face. Nate put his hand in front of his mouth.
"I'd rather not" he said pushing it away.
Jenny grinned at him pushing it back in his face "Just a bit, come on you're indebted to me for the tent so just eat it and we will be equal" she offered.
Nate looked at her and considered this Jenny could hold this indebted thing over his head for the two weeks or he could eat the sandwich. "Alright just a bite" he said taking a bite of it. Almost as soon as it touched his tongue he spat it back out.
"That is revolting" He said.
"That's revolting? You just spat half eaten sandwich on me" Jenny said gesturing to her shirt that had specks of bread on it.
Nate laughed "Oh sorry" he said brushing them away, Jenny blushed at this sudden contact and Nate felt kind of weird too once he realised her was rubbing a certain area of her chest. He snatched his hand away.
"How can you like that?" he asked her going back to the earlier topic.
"It's an acquired taste" Jenny replied taking a bite of it and smiling as Nate stared at her.
"You are strange" he said continuing to watch her.
Jenny smiled at him "Well I guess I'm an acquired taste too" she told him and he smiled if that were true he was definitely a fan.
***
While Chuck and Blair had been in the woods someone had put their tent up for them and Blair was thankful that she could finally go inside somewhere slightly warmer.
"Blair can you move your bag?" Chuck asked surprisingly politely.
Blair made a loud exhaling noise as if she were annoyed and moved the bags towards her side of the tent.
"Thanks" he said, as he rolled his sleeping bag out.
"God this tent is so small" Blair moaned as she laid down in attempt to get more comfortable and found herself lying on one of her bags.
Chuck rolled his eyes "It wouldn't be so cramped if you hadn't brought every single piece of clothing you've ever owned" he mumbled.
Blair sat up "I needed options, I've never dressed for camping before" she pointed out "Besides you own more clothes than I do, all those purple suits sure do take up some space" she replied.
Chuck laughed "Well if you must know I brought things that would be good for outdoors, unlike you who decided that her new Jimmy Choos would be perfect for rock climbing" he said holding one of the said shoes in the air.
Blair grabbed it out of his hand "You never know we might go somewhere nice" she huffed praying that rock climbing was not on the agenda.
He looked at incredulously "Blair we are in the middle of nowhere, where exactly would we be going?"
Blair thought for a moment "I don't know I just like to have my things around me that's all" she said finally.
"I'm surprised you didn't smuggle Dorota in" he joked, Blair smiled.
"She didn't want to come, apparently she doesn't like 'the great outdoors'" Blair explained finger quoting the last part.
Chuck grinned "Who does?" he asked.
Blair shook her head "I don't know, teachers obviously"
Chuck didn't say anything he nodded and then he just looked at her; it amazed him that even after hours on a coach and an evening in the woods couldn't make Blair look bad. Her hair wasn't perfectly coiffed like normal and her clothes certainly weren't usual Blair attire, but to him she looked fine, better than fine in fact.
Blair pretended not to notice the fact he was looking at her, she had been thinking about what had happened earlier in the woods, if Dan hadn't come would he have actually kissed her? Blair felt dizzy just at the thought of kissing Chuck again.
Blair looked at him "Chuck I wanted to ask you something" Blair started but was disturbed by the sound of the tent opening.
Serena smiled at them "Hey you guys, I just wondered if you wanted some food, since you missed dinner?" she asked holding out two Tupperware boxes of cold pasta and chicken in her hands.
Blair and Chuck looked at the food and then at each other in horror "Um not thanks Serena, I'd rather starve" she said wrinkling her nose.
Serena made a face of concern "Blair you should really eat something, have you eaten anything at all today?" Serena inquired concerned for her friend, knowing her history with food.
Blair narrowed her eyes "Really I'm fine" she barked.
Chuck looked from Serena to Blair, what was this whole conversation about? He looked at Blair who was doing her best to ignore him.
Serena took the hint "Are you sure you don't want some Chuck?" she asked him again.
"No, no you can keep it" he reassured her.
Serena smiled "Okay then night guys" she said cheerily waving at them as she excited the tent.
Chuck continued to stare at Blair "Stop it" she stated.
"Stop what?" he asked her knowing exactly what she meant.
"Looking at me like that" she replied.
"I was just wondering about something" he told her.
"About what?" she asked him looking back at him.
"What was that whole Serena acting like your mom thing?" he asked looking at her closely.
Blair closed her eyes "Nothing, its nothing okay?" Blair asked not caring to hear Chuck's reply.
"Well if you ever want to talk about it, you know I'm here" he explained squeezing her shoulder, in an unexpectedly caring manner.
Blair laid on her side facing away from Chuck as he did this. She felt overcome by sadness as she thought about her past and how easily it could happen again.
She rolled over to look at him, he was lying down now as well, "Thanks" she whispered and in action that shocked them both, she planted a soft kiss on his lips.
***
Jenny rolled over as she woke up and found herself almost on top of Nate, who was woken up by her sudden movement.
"Sorry" she said pulling herself up and moving off of him.
"That's okay" he replied running his hand through his hair tiredly.
Jenny rummaged through her bag as she looked for her cell phone to see what the time was she pulled it out "Oh its only six, I wonder what time we are supposed to be up at?" Jenny asked him he shrugged his shoulders he wasn't sure.
They then heard a loud klaxon sound blaring through the camp.
"I'd say about now" he replied wincing at the noise.
Jenny looked at him "God this is so over the top, I think Mr Johnson is taking this trip way to seriously" she said as she heard the tent door being unzipped.
"Rise and Shine, now I going to let you two clean up around the camp since you can't handle making food, so get to it" he shouted at them.
"Geez sir this is camping trip not army training" Nate groaned.
Mr Johnson smiled back "Thank you Mr Archibald for that, just get to work" he said.
Blair woke up to the noise of the klaxon screaming with Chucks arms around her waist as they shared just one sleeping bag. She remained still for a minute, as she felt him wake up.
"Good morning" he murmured smiling.
Blair sat up slowly, "What the hell is that noise?" she asked grumpily.
"Well it isn't me is it?" Chuck said providing her with a useless answer.
The tent unzipped and Blair rolled away from Chuck taking the sleeping bag with her and leaving Chuck revealed to whoever it was in just his underpants.
Nate looked at him "Morning guys," he noticed Chuck's state of undress "Christ Chuck you could put some clothes, people came in unaware of your nakedness you know" Blair laughed from under the sleeping bag as Chuck groaned.
"Nate are you done…" Jenny half asked as she stood beside him.
"Nice undies Chuck, tighty whities as well, cute" Jenny complimented him grinning at him.
Chuck pulled his coat over him to cover himself, "It's her fault she has two sleeping bags and one of them is mine" he said pointing at Blair who was now sitting up and laughing at him.
Jenny looked at him "I don't think she picked your underwear though Chuck that's all on you" she pointed out. Nate laughed nodding his head in agreement.
"If you must know they are supportive" Chuck explained.
"Okay then" Jenny replied shaking her head slightly disbelievingly, "I'm going to get on with my litter picking" she told Nate as she turned away.
"Yeh me too, see you guys later" Nate said grinning at the pair of you.
Chuck looked at Blair "You just made me look like a complete idiot" he complained in fact she always did.
Blair rolled her eyes "I'm sorry I didn't realize that you were only wearing those" she said gesturing towards his undergarments.
"Anyway we should get dressed, apparently we have another fun filled day ahead of us" Chuck said rummaging through his bag.
Blair walked over to him on her knees, and placed her arms around his neck so that her hands were on his chest. "Are you sure want to get ready just yet?" she whispered into his ear.
Chuck smirked, "I'm sure" he replied happily knowing that he had Blair exactly where he wanted her.
Blair gasped letting of him, her mouth formed an o shape "You're turning me down?" as she asked him confused.
"That's right" He replied in a sing song voice.
"But last night…" Blair started.
"You kissed me" he reminded her.
Blair laughed bitterly "You didn't exactly push me away" she countered.
"Come on Blair; don't pretend like you thought we'd be all Dan and Serena, that's not us. If you're lucky I'll kiss you later" he offered as if the was irresistible.
Blair folded her arms, "You'll be lucky if I ever talk to you again" she replied turning away from him to pick out her own clothing.
Man, she hated Chuck Bass.
TBC
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