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"I want you...."

The words haunted her through the entire night, not allowing her to rest for even a minute. All she could think of was the way his hand had glided across her bare arm as his other hand attacked her thigh. Every inch of exposed skin he had touched remained set aflame. She could still feel his hot breath breathing against her throat, causing her heartbeat to flutter and pound wildly.

She had told him that it was absurd. That she couldn't... she wouldn't repeat that with him again. That their parents were to be married within a matter of days and she couldn't bring herself to do it once again. If she were being honest with herself, she was only using that as an excuse to protect herself. Protect herself from the primitive effects Chuck had on her and how incapable she was of forgetting a single detail from the night after Victrola. She could still remember every caress, every murmured word, every mating of the tongue. How exquisitely wonderful it felt to have him buried inside of her, to feel him invade her body in a way no other man had before. In a way, she feared, no other man would again. It was the most intimate, most satisfying, most soul stirring moment she had experienced in her life, and it scared her to death to know that she had shared it with Chuck Bass.

Chuck had stubbornly stuck with his terms for the agreement. Trailing his hand further up her thigh, grazing her hip and running up her stomach, he'd cupped her breast suddenly and pushed her against the back of the couch. He trapped her with his weight as his hand kneaded her nipple and forced a unwarranted whimper to escape her lips. He'd smiled triumphantly and crashed his mouth fiercely against her lips. It was instantaneous how the fire had erupted, how her lips parted automatically and her tongue darted out to swipe against his own. He tasted of scotch (the ever present drink of choice) and mint and he smelled like all male, distinctly Chuck. She had instantly felt faint and felt her inhibitions escape her. And just as his hand had begun to trail from her breasts to the fire below, he'd pulled away and stared at her, his expression wild-eyed and breathless.

"You see... You want it just as much. So do we agree?"

Blair tossed in her bed and slammed her fists against the bedsheets.

"You have until the end of the week... Before our parents marry," she had rushed out, knowing he could never accomplish what she wanted him to accomplish before that time. Knowing that he'd lose and she'd win, and she could be at peace knowing that there would never be anything between them anymore.

"That's easy enough..." he'd responded smugly as he traced his hand along her collarbone. "So do we agree?"

Damn that insufferable man. Damn that insufferable, infuriating, incorrigible man. She had wanted nothing more than to slap him across his smug face. Forget the whole deal and find other means to ruining Nate and Jenny. But she had been so stupid, so carried away in the intoxication Chuck provided for her that she had nodded with wide eyes and parted lips and allowed him to kiss her once more before he had walked out of her room.

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Blair waltzed through the school doors, arm in arm with Serena, laughing as the quirky blond recounted her story of a first date with some new guy Dan... something or another.

"And B, he was so sweet. He was awkward and fumbling. It was so adorable."

"Don't you mean tacky?" Blair provided as she curved her eyebrow and stared over at Serena who rolled her eyes and pushed at her shoulder and continued to giggle.

"I've never been with a guy like that. And I really like him. But the end of the date was horrible..." she continued.

Blair nodded as she spotted Chuck at the far end of the Constance hall talking to Jenny Humphrey. He was leaning in close, in the very manner she had found him the last time when she'd caught him talking to Jenny. Blair's shoulders tensed as she watched Chuck grin wickedly and the blond blush ferociously at whatever he had just whispered to her.

"Blair!" Serena shouted, interrupting Blair's focus and causing her to turn her attention back to whatever she was saying. "Earth to Blair. Come in Blair," Serena mocked as Blair turned over to her and stared at her in confusion.

"Yeah? What? I was listening..." Blair lied innocently as she tried to smile for Serena. Unfortunately, there was a very sour, disgusting taste in the pit of her stomach and it was rising to the back of her throat, making it almost impossible for her to fake any sort of sweetness into her features.

"Really?" Serena asked in disbelief as she untangled their arms and cocked her hands at her waist. "So how did Dan end the date?" she asked in challenge.

"He waved... he waved..." Blair threw out casually, her eyes seeking out Chuck and Jenny but finding that they were already gone. Great. He's probably off screwing her in a bathroom somewhere...

"How do you do that?" Serena asked in confusion as she continued walking with Blair to their lockers.

"Do what?" Blair asked, trying to ignore the thoughts creeping into her mind of Chuck and Jenny.

"I know you weren't listening to me. But you knew exactly what I said," Serena laughed. "You must tell me how to do that. The skill might come in handy for all the times I daze off in class."

Blair smiled awkwardly and pulled open her locker.

Serena stared at her and then mimicked her motions, opening her own locker as she spoke. "Blair... what's wrong? You've been so weird lately..."

Blair shrugged her shoulders as she flung her bag inside and pulled out some books. "I have no idea what you're talking about, S. I'm fine."

"Is Chuck giving you a hard time now that you guys are living together?" Serena asked, throwing a sideways glance at Blair as she shoved things into her locker.

"No. Not at all. He's been decent enough."

"You're lying. You're eyes are doing that thing where they don't match your mouth," Serena grinned as she shut her locker door. "I think I hit the nail on the head with narrowing it down to Chuck. Now spill, B," Serena prodded as she leaned against the wall and stared over at Blair who pretended to be interested in something in the far reaches of her locker. "Oh come on, B. I may play the pretty, dumb blond at times, but I think I know you and how you tick."

"Serena, there's really nothing to tell."

"Serena!" a male voice called from somewhere down the hall and interrupted the interrogation, allowing Blair to breathe a sigh of relief.

Serena turned around to find Dan rushing over to her, flushed and already stuttering. "I... Look... I wanted to apologize. For last night... For the way last night ended..."

Blair looked at Serena with repulsion displayed heavily on her face, but Serena was too lost and engrossed in what Dan was saying to even pay attention to her.

"I'm Blair Waldorf," Blair cut in, trying anything to cut through the stupidity and awkwardness of Dan-something-or-another's speech. "Serena's best friend."

Dan looked over at her, as if noticing her for the first time, which struck a nerve with the brunette. "Oh. Of course. Serena has told me so much about you..." Dan said as he extended his hand.

"That's odd. Serena has never mentioned you before today," Blair shot back, acid-sweetness lacing her every word.

Dan shook his head, embarrassed as he pulled his hand away from her tiny grip. "I'm Dan. Dan Humphrey."

Blair's eyes widened as she caught on to his name and stared up at Serena quickly. Serena gave her a questioning expression. "Humphrey...? As in Jenny Humphrey?"

Dan smiled slightly as he hitched his messenger bag higher on his shoulder. "No as in Dan Humphrey. Jenny is my sister."

Blair glared at Dan angrily and sucked her teeth as she slammed her locker shut and excused herself to Serena. "I've gotta go, S. I'll catch you later."

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She found him in the patio, as always hidden in the far corners, smoking a joint with Nate. She felt herself miss a step as she spotted Nate and mentally cursed herself for being so stupid. She could face him again. She could even be civil. He didn't have to know that he had hurt her. And he especially didn't have to know that she was set on destroying him and his newfound happiness.

Chuck caught eyes with her first. It was funny, now that she thought about it. Chuck always seemed to notice her presence much earlier than Nate ever did. And every time she caught eyes with him, he always sent her a dark and dangerous look she had never been able to identify before. Now she knew what lied behind his eyes. Wicked desire.

She flushed and mentally cursed herself for being so stupid.

"Waldorf-Bass," Chuck said in his irritatingly smarmy voice. "Join us." He extended his hand with the lit up joint and smirked.

Blair scrunched her nose and cocked a hand on her hip as she stared up at both men sternly. "Firstly, don't call me that. My mother may be willing to change her name, but there is no way in hell I'm changing my own. Secondly, I'd rather not touch that toxic death trap, thank you very much."

"Always a pleasure," Chuck whispered gently as he took another lungful of smoke, his words hinting at a greater kind of pleasure.

Blair squared her shoulders and cleared her throat. "Nathaniel... Do you mind if I borrow Chuck for a minute?"

Nate smiled awkwardly as he shrugged his shoulders and grabbed the joint from Chuck's fingers. "Now I'm 'Nathaniel'? I guess that's how I know I'm on your Naughty List..."

"Jerk," Blair mumbled as she pulled at Chuck's sleeve and rolled her eyes at Nate.

Chuck laughed throatily as he allowed himself to be dragged away by her. "If I knew you liked it this rough..."

Nate laughed as his friend's words trailed away with their retreating forms.