Hey all! So here's the next chapter. I'm really happy with the vibe i'm picking up for this fic. Just to let you guys know, I will pick up some of the elements from Cruel Intentions since I finally watched it to refresh my memory and I liked some of the aspects of the movie. Don't worry, I'm not going to bring in an Annette character for Chuck (I'd hate myself LOL) nor will I kill off Chuck (I'd hate myself even more and I'd stop writing the day I did such a thing). OK, other than that, I hope you enjoy the sexual tension and intrigue of the C/B relationship now that they're living together. The wedding is yet to come, as in Season 1 it didn't happen until after they had moved in together. Oh, and some of the dialogue is Chuck/Serena dialogue when they were coexisting as siblings, with a Chuck/Blair twist of course.

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Blair felt a feather-like caress against her cheek, intruding into her peaceful sleep. She groaned as she reached her hand towards her face and attempted to swat away the annoying object, whatever it may be. As she felt the beginnings of a petal, it just as quickly pulled away from her face causing her to snap her eyes open. And she looked into the face of the last person she'd expect to be in her bed.

"Oh God. Chuck! Boundaries. Get out," Blair whined as she sat up in bed and stilled his hand against her bedspread.

"Good morning to you too, Waldorf," Chuck chuckled as he put down the flower, a hydrangea specifically because he knew she loved them so, he had used to stroke her cheek as she laid blissfully in sleep. "How glad are you to see our families merged, sis? Now we can wake up to each other every morning. "

Blair frowned and squinted her eyes dangerously. "So glad that if you ever call me that again it'll be the last thing you ever say, Chuck," Blair hissed as she pushed his hand away from her covers and flung her head back against her pillows.

"I love it," Chuck whispered softly, "Our first brother-sister squabble. I hope you're going to make yourself available for more missed childhood memories. Bathing together for example," he suggested huskily as he motioned over to the adjoining bathroom. "We can experience that right now."

Blair scowled as she sat back up against the pillows, pushed her hair behind her ears and took a deep breath. "What time is it?" she asked instead of acknowledging his perverted comment.

"We've got more than enough time to..." he wagged his eyebrows.

"You know, I'm not even going to address your vulgarity," Blair informed Chuck as she slid off the other side of the bed and went to her closet. "Is Nate awake yet?" she asked as she disappeared inside her walk-in closet.

"Long gone. I sent him home around midnight with one of my valets. Looking to harass him so early?" Chuck drawled as he walked over to the door of the closet and stared in as Blair scuffled on the floor with a pile of shirts. Her tush was beckoning to be touched as she scrambled and leaned forward, reaching for shirts in every direction.

Chuck licked his lips as he leaned up against the closet door. "Why do you have this place so messy?"

Blair turned and eyed him angrily. "We just moved in."

"Yeah. Like two weeks ago. Why is your closet still looking like this?"

"Because I'm still having my boxes of clothing being shipped over."

"You have that much stuff?" Chuck asked incredulously.

Blair turned and looked at him again, this time with an exasperated look on her face. "Yes. Now if you're done with the third degree, do you mind giving me some privacy so I can change?"

Chuck smiled smugly as he crossed his arms over his chest. "I wouldn't mind watching."

"Leaving! Now!" Blair shouted as she threw one her blouses at his face.

Chuck chuckled as he started walking away. "You can let me catch the striptease later. See you downstairs at breakfast, sis."

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"And he was just there... It was so creepy. And annoying. And disturbing. And disgusting," Blair spoke quietly as she sat in the patio of the St. Jude/ Constance campus with Serena.

"I'd kill him if I found him in my bed one morning," Serena said with obvious repulsion on her face, gulping down her green tea.

"That's exactly what I'm going to do to him if he doesn't learn how to respect my personal space. And I'm also going to have to call the Head of Security at The Palace and demand some answers for the faulty system they set up in my room. I mean, if that vagrant can just walk into my room, imagine what other kind of vermin can just come and go as they please," Blair bit out unhappily.

Serena laughed. "You know I never quite understood why you and Chuck were so chummy all these years. But leave it to Chuck to ruin that friendship within a matter of hours of moving in with you."

"Please Serena. I stomached him for the sake of my relationship with Nate. And he's quite the conniving villain when needed. But that's all," Blair hurried to assure Serena as she took a sip of her coffee.

"Speaking of which...how are things with Nate?"

Blair stilled her movements and met her friend's eyes. "Honestly...? I have no idea. He's been so...weird I guess you can say the word is."

"Well there's no better time than now to find out," Serena said as she pointed somewhere behind Blair.

Blair turned around and spotted Nate making his way across the patio with Chuck by his side. Her morning just kept getting worse and worse. But she supposed Serena was right. She had been avoiding this discussion with Nate for weeks now, and there was no better time than right now to put it to rest. It would at least alleviate part of the burden she was carrying on her shoulder these days.

Glancing over at Serena and giving her a shaky smile, Blair stood from her seat and rushed over to where Nate and Chuck were disappearing into the building. "Nate!" she shouted as she hurried to catch up.

Chuck turned around first and smiled his eerily disgusting smile that he reserved for his most lewd comments. "Sister. I see you wore the shirt I picked out for you this morning," he said as he patted Nathaniel's shoulder and drew his friends attention.

"I was calling for Nate. Why don't you scurry off and go bother one of your concubine's?" Blair shot back coolly as she turned her eyes at Nate and smiled sweetly. "Sweety, can we talk?"

Nate turned to Chuck who shrugged his shoulders.

"Do you need his permission now?" Blair asked indignantly. "I missed when exactly Chuck had become party to our relationship."

"Blair don't start," Nate sighed out exhaustedly. "Let's go."

Blair glared angrily at Chuck as Nate grabbed her forearm and dragged her away so that they could have Blair's much desired conversation. Chuck grinned lecherously at her the entire time.

Nate whipped Blair around to face him once he had reached a secluded area of the patio and stared at her angrily. "What do you want, Blair?"

Blair stared at him in obvious confusion before the anger kicked in as well. "What do I want?" she asked sarcastically. "Hmm....Let's see, shall we? One: I hardly see or talk to you anymore. Two: every time I do see you, you have this unnecessary attitude with me. Three: you avoid going out with me, giving some lame excuse about some family commitment and then the next thing I know, you're with Chuck drinking and getting high. I'm not exactly privy to what is going on, but I think I have a good idea," Blair growled out angrily, fighting hard to control the volume of her voice and not draw the attention of one of Gossip Girl's troops.

"Oh really? So then if you're so 'in the know' tell me, what's going on then, Blair?" Nate threw back at her, his words cutting her as his tone sent an icy chill down her spine.

"You don't want to be with me anymore, do you?" Blair whispered softly as she stared into his eyes and found...nothing. He was looking at her, but it was as if he were looking right through her.

Nate sighed out frustrated and combed his hands through his hair. Taking her hand in his he sat down at one of the tables and pulled her down with him. "Honestly?" he asked unnecessarily.

Blair simply nodded as she bit down on the inside of her cheek to keep from crying out. This was it. She knew it.

"No I don't. I don't think it's working. I don't know what's wrong, but I'm not happy anymore. And it's not you, Blair. Really. It's me." Nate looked down at their joined hands and shook his head, avoiding her eyes at all costs.

Blair allowed herself a minute to digest what he had just said to her. She felt her heart sink down to the pit of her stomach and then catapult up to her throat all in the span of a second. She felt dizzy and nauseous. Her Prince Charming. Her everything. He was breaking up with her.

Pulling her hand abruptly from his grip Blair stood from her seat, shocking Nate who stared up at her in surprise. "Spare me the bullshit. The whole 'its not you its me' line. Don't try to make me feel better because you're a self-serving, selfish bastard. You just did me a huge favor. Do what you need to do, because I...I don't need you anymore."

Turning on her heels she made her way quickly to Serena, ignoring Chuck's predatory gaze on her the entire time.