Everyone was presenting. People brought in pies , cookies , cakes , pudding ..etc. Everyone got a chance to try what each person baked. Dan wanted his & Blair's to be the best presentation. He wanted people to compliment them on what they did & ask for the recipe in which they would never give out. It was Serena's turn, & to his surprise , her & her partner didn't bring anything.

They took a few minutes to talk to the teacher , after a while they were excused from the class room. "Next up, Dan Humphrey & Blair Waldorf" They both got up & Dan gave a warm smile of security to Blair. Dan started to talk ; "These cupcakes seem like any other ordinary cupcakes, but they're not, because they were made by no other the Queen of Queens Blair Waldorf , & this guy" he pointed at himself. The classroom started to laugh, Blair glanced at Dan, & Dan just smiled & wincked at her.

"Yes. This guy" Blair began to speak, "the guy that taught me that, to bake, you must need more than a bunch of ingredients, but you also need to give it a little more love , to add flavor to it" people awed at the charisma Blair seemed to be gaining.

"A little collise I may say Blair, but I didn't teach you that, you just found it in yourself, & that is our basic ingredient Love, & well of course, baking powder, milk , water , & all those other ones" the class began to laugh again. "You know," Dan kept speaking, "I think this project was done more than to just earn more money, I think they also did this so we can bond more , so we can get closer to our classmates & find out things about them that we never knew was actually in them. In Blair, I found that she can be caring , sensitive , & able to love"

"In Dan, I found that he can be very fun, smart, & talented" Both Dan & Blair couldn't keep there eyes off each other , "for me, atleast, this baking experience was both fun & rewarding. Fun because, well , I love to bake, & rewarding, because I was rewarded with a new & great friend" Dan said, & Blair happily responded , " I feel the same way." The class clapped & clapped, & one shouted "give us the cupcakes !" & the class cheered.

"Alright, alright" said the teacher , " you two did a great job ,certainly the best & most meaningful presentation. Now you may pass out the cupcakes" Blair & Dan did as told, & by the looks on their classmates faces,

they could tell they both liked the presentation, & the cupcakes.


"Now, I loved all of the presentations. & You all get A's for that, well , all of those who did it" & she turned to look at Serena & her partner. But , here goes the tough part, tommorow , you all will start to sell , & those who sell the most, will earn the prize, those who don't sell at all , will earn an F, & those who atleast tried to sell, will earn an A."

Blair was proud that everyone seemed to enjoy the cupcakes & the presentation. She especially enjoyed the presentation herself. Dan was so open, so sweet, so kind, she actually felt like if he had some feelings for her, she felt like if she no longer had to hide her feelings because he felt the same way.

But sadly, she had a feeling, that was not true. That he was just bieng nice since she cried so much earlier that morning with him, & that he was just glad they were friends. Even though Blair, trying to hide it, wanted much more than to be just friends. The bell had rung, & it was time for lunch.

She started getting her things together when Dan came up to her.

"Hey"

"Hey"

Dan smiled at her, "you wanna go get lunch together, somewhere else?" "Um, sure" "awsome, Starbucks maybe ?" "That'll be nice" "great I just gotta go talk to Serena for a sec, you understand ?" "Yes, I understand." He smiled & left,

& she was left alone.


Dan was hurrying to go catch Serena, he was in a hurry so Blair won't think he's bailing on him or anything. When he found her he caught her talking to Nate ;

"Serena why didn't you bake anything ? I think I gave you enough space to bake something, what, is it Dan ?" "No it's just, I got so caught up with you & Dan & I don't know"

was Dan comprihending right ? Did he just understand that Serena & Nate were spending time with each other while Blair & Dan were busy alone ? That's why Serena didn't want to team up with him, so in her spare time, make it seem like if she was still working on the project, when really, she was with Nate. No wonder they were always flirting, he knew that wasn't normal. Serena & Nate, kissing, flirting, having sex- NO, stop those thoughts, Serena loved him & he loved Serena, she wasn't flirting with him, she couldn't be.

"Hey Serena !" Dan came out & told her.

Nate was staring at him, & he was staring at Nate.

Serena got up & walked towards Dan, "hey baby" she said, & kissed him tightly.

"I'll leave you two alone, I have to go talk to Blair anyways, see ya' Dan." "Yeah, see ya'" "What's up sweetie ?"

"Serena, why didn't you do bake anything ? I thought the baking was going fine, whenever I called you you were busy & all, you cancelled the date to work on the baking, why didn't you bring anything in ?"

he was hoping she would give him a reasanoble response, that it wasn't true what he understood out of their conversasion, & if it was true that she would tell him to just let her go once & for all, even though it will hurt.

"Well, I was kind of planning on baking, but us girls you know, we got all entertained & we just didn't feel like baking."

"& you decided to talk about girls stuff than be with me ?" "No ! No of course not, we always told each other, we're going to bake today, we're going to bake today but we didn't, we atleast tried to ya' know ?"

he gave her a hard look, that's not what she told Nate.

" Okay, i'm gonna go see Blair, we're having lunch together" "you & Blair ? Why ?"

"Because we became friends, that's why"

& he walked away.


Blair was waiting for Dan to come pick her up when everything went black. Someone was covering her eyes. "Guess who" & Blair recognized that voice, the voice she had an argument with earlier this morning. "Nate" he uncovered her eyes, "awe, how'de you found out ?" "I guess i'm a good guesser" "are you still mad at me because of the GossipGirl thing ?" "Yeah, dissappointed aswell. What happened to my sweet understanding Nate that I loved ? I'm changing but to be a better girlfriend & person, you're changing to be a worser boyfriend !"

"Listen, I know I shouldn't have done that, but I really didn't mean harm. I didn't want you to be all mad at me or have an arguement with you, Blair I-"

'Blair, you read to go ?" Blair turned around to reveal the voice that had interupted Nate to be Dan.

"We'll talk about this later, she told Nate, & left with Dan. ":Do you wan't to go on the limouisine , or walk ?" she asked him, "starbucks is kind of right there, let's just walk" he responded, & walked they did. During the whole walk they were silent, every minute Blair would glance at him.

She knew something was bothering him. Once they got to starbucks & ordered what they wanted to eat Blair couldn't help it any longer & asked ;

"Dan, what's wrong ?" Dan looked at her to reveal such a troubled look, like if he was scared the world would end right now.

"Blair, if I tell you this it might affect you too" "I could take it, my morning was horrible anyways" Dan sighed.

'Blair, I have a feeling Serena's cheating on me" Blair's eyes opened wide, "what ? Why do you think that ?" "She's been cancelling dates often, then she didn't want to be my partner on this baking shit, then I overheard her talking to someone on why she didn't bring anything, & she told him a complete different story she told me"

"oh, but that doesn't mean she's cheating on you, & why does this affect me ?" "I overheard her talking to Nate, Blair.

He said that he gave her enough space to bake, & she told him she was too caught up on him & me. & when I asked her, she told me a different story" Blair was about to burst, "THAT SON OF A BITCH !" "Blair calm down ! I know exactly how you feel, but i'm not 100 % sure yet. Please, for the love of god , whenever you're with Nate don't seem too obviouse. But ask him questions, try to make him confess , make him feel guilty , & i'll do the same to Serena. Maybe together we'll both find out if they're really cheating on us."

"Hmm, this is like an episode of cheaters" Dan laughed,

"yeah it is, I can't believe Serena would do this to me, I kind of saw it coming though" 'I can't believe I didn't see it coming" Dan smiled at her, "it isn't your fault, you were just blinded by love, kind of like me" then Blair realized she was blinded by love, but not by Nate, but by Dan. Too concentrated on trying to forget her feelings for him that she didn't realize all the clues that symbolized that Nate was cheating on her.

Blair Waldorf, blinded by love, by Dan Humphrey.