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Chuck blinked once, then twice, before answering. "Well, Blair, congratulations, I'm sure you and Nate will make great parents."
Blair rolled her eyes. "Nate's not the father, idiot, you are! I never had sex with him. I've only had sex with you."
Chuck sat down on her bed. "Not possible. I take care of my business. We used protection." Blair shook her head. "Well, apparently, it broke."
Chuck blinked. He knew from Blair's eyes and tone of voice that she wasn't lying. His head was spinning. He was going to be a father. Chuck Bass, the boy who had grown up wanting nothing more than his fathers' love, was going to be a father himself. Right then, he promised himself he would be a better father than Bart ever was.
As Chuck's head was finally processing this information. Blair sat down on the bed beside him and rested her head on his shoulder. She was surprised when he felt his thumb start rubbing tiny circles on her back. "Chuck, what are we going to do?"
Chuck looked at her. "Well...do you want to get rid of it?" Blair shook her head. "No. No way, I don't think I could do that." Chuck was surprised when he felt relieved at that. No, he believed abortion should be legal and that it was the woman's decision, sure, but he just couldn't kill a child, his child, his little girl or boy that was currently growing inside Blair. Then something struck him. "Blair, have you thought about adoption?"
Blair shifted, then turned to him and said, "I don't think I could go through with an adoption either. If you don't want any part of it, I understand. But this baby, my baby, our baby...I could not let it be raised by strangers. That would be a fate worse than aborting it for me. I want to keep it. I want to raise it, be it's mom. It's the only option I see fit."
Chuck nodded. "I understand, and Blair, I definitely want to be involved. It's my baby too. I couldn't live with making you go through it alone. You said you wanted to be its mom. I want to be its dad."
Blair's head was spinning now too. It was hard enough processing the fact that she was going to be a mother. Adoption and abortion simply weren't options to her. She had to be this child's mother. But Chuck had a choice. He didn't have to be a father. He was choosing to stand beside her and raise this child together with her. In that moment, Blair found Chuck more attractive than ever before. He was raised by Bart, a man with little to no parental values, yet he was willing to be the father to another human being for her. Blair couldn't stop herself from giving him a sweet, short kiss.
It was a small kiss, only lasting about five seconds, but both Blair and Chuck were overwhelmed by the amount of emotions they could feel in the other. It was the most intimate thing either had ever experienced, and when they pulled away, they could do nothing more than stare into each others eyes.
Eventually, Blair cleared her throat and said, "I have a doctor appointment today at one. Do you want to come?" Chuck nodded without hesitation, resulting in a smile from Blair. Suddenly Blair clapped, "Oh, I have to show you something!" and ran into her bathroom.
Chuck grinned at her enthusiasm, then the reality of the situation hit him. He never would have thought he'd be a dad at seventeen. What astounded him more was that Blair gave him a choice. He could have walked away. He just couldn't bring himself to. He knew that if it was any other girl, he would have walked away, given a choice or not. He couldn't do that to Blair. He had to face facts, he liked this girl, maybe even loved her, and he could think of no other woman suited to bring his children into the world.
Chuck was torn away from his thoughts as Blair rushed back into the room. She plopped down beside him and handed him a thin white stick. Blair grinned, "I figured you might like to see that. You know, as proof that you managed to impregnate me." Chuck laughed.
Chuck and Blair just sat there, gazing at the stick for a few minutes, until Blair finally said, "Okay, I hate to be the one who has to bring up the giant elephant in the room, but, how are we going to tell Nate? Or our parents for that matter?"
Chuck took a breath. "Well...are you and Nate back together?" Blair quickly shook her head and said "No! I mean, no, but he still has a right to know, don't you think? And anyway, I think even Nate will figure it out when I start showing up to school with a baby bump.
Chuck had let his breath out when she had shook her head, but then nodded. Nate did have a right to know. He tensed when he thought about how Nate would take it.
Blair noticed Chuck tense. "You okay? You know, you don't have to tell him it's yours. I can just tell him some random guy knocked me up." Chuck shook his head and said, "No. We need to tell him that it's mine. I'll live with the consequences. I'd rather have the baby- our baby."
Blair looked at Chuck in awe for a moment before attacking him with her lips. Those words were the sweetest thing she had ever heard come out of Chuck Bass's mouth. It seemed that Chuck Bass had a heart that had come out as soon as she had pounced on him in the back of that limo. Who would have thought.
Blair and Chuck's tender moment was interrupted, however, when they heard a gasp and a voice came blasting from the doorway.
"Blair, what is going ON in here?!"
Hmm, now who could that be? Only Blair, Chuck, and Serena know, so it could be anyone. I don't even know yet myself. Nate? Eleanor? Harold?
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