A/N: It's a little later than I thought, but here's the next chapter :) By the way, I've started a new progress type thing on my profile and I'll be updating that regularly to give you guys an idea of how it's going.
xoxo Kate.

Disclaimer: I do not own Gossip Girl or its characters

Rated: T mostly for language.

Blair woke up smiling, but she wasn't entirely sure why. It was of course Christmas morning, but how special could Christmas be when she was locked away in dreary old England with the Royal Family. Then as though she was grabbed by the arm and yanked backwards into a dream, she remembered. She had every reason in the world to smile. She wasn't in England, she was in France, at her father's Chateau and Chuck was here. At that thought she ran to the bathroom and brushed her teeth. A quick glance in the mirror told her that her hair looked fine so she bounded down the stairs to the living room. She was surprised to see everyone was there but Chuck. Suddenly her heart dropped; maybe Chuck being here had been a dream after all.

Harold turned toward Blair with a huge smile on his face. "Merry Christmas Blairbear."

Blair ran towards her father and hugged him tightly. "Merry Christmas, Daddy." It was so good to have some sense of normalcy, even if she did dream one of the most elaborate dreams she ever had. She was too embarrassed to ask her father if it had actually been a dream. If she asked and it had been a dream, her father would think she had gone crazy. On top of that he might feel bad for not being as thoughtful as dream father. So instead she asked with wide eyes, "Is it time for presents?"

Harold chuckled at his beautiful daughter; her eyes were shinning and even though she hadn't really done any preparation this morning, she practically glowed. He hadn't seen her this happy in a very long time, possibly ever. His chuckling was due to the fact that she was so excited about Christmas morning that she didn't want to wait on Chuck. "Well I thought that we should probably wait on everyone to wake up before we started in on gifts."

Her hair is not gold, her lips sweet surprise
Her hands are never cold, she's got Bette Davis eyes

"Everyone?" Blair asked softly looking around the room. Was it possible that he meant Chuck? Was last night really not a dream? She decided to risk it. The worst he could possibly say was that Chuck was in New York. "Do you know where Chuck is right now?" Blair asked letting her father interpret the question either way.

"Still asleep I'm afraid." Harold said shaking his head and smiling. He hadn't woken up either of them this morning, thinking that they had both had big days yesterday and most likely needed some quality sleep.

She'll turn the music on you, you won't have to think twice
She's pure as New York snow, she got Bette Davis eyes

She was relieved to know that she hadn't actually dreamed Chuck being there. Quite honestly that would have probably sent her spiraling into depression. But since it wasn't a dream and he was actually here and in fact just sleeping, Blair had a plan. She grinned mischievously as she turned and headed towards the stairs. On her way up she called out, "Merry Christmas, everyone."

Everyone downstairs chuckled at Blair as she shot up the stairs and Harold simply shook his head; yes, he definitely had a daughter in love.

And she'll tease you, she'll unease you
All the better just to please you

Once Blair had reached the second story once more, she slowed her footsteps, making sure each step was quiet and measured. She crept down the hall to Chuck's doorway, which she opened just a crack to peek in. Sure enough, there Chuck was, sleeping soundly in the plush bed.

Blair smirked before gently pushing the door open and carefully placing one foot inside. She tiptoed her way into the room until she was standing at the foot of the bed. Blair thought for a moment how peaceful Chuck looked. He was sleeping with a smile dancing on his face. Then suddenly she pounced, landing on top of him and rustling his hair. "Wakey, wakey Bass. It's Christmas morning."

She's precocious, and she knows just
What it takes to make a pro blush
She got Greta Garbo's standoff sighs, she's got Bette Davis eyes

"Jenny, Serena, whoever you are get off me." Chuck growled, squeezing his eyes tight.

Blair shook him and bounced. She realized that Chuck was still half asleep and just like her, he had no clue where he was waking up.

Chuck tried to throw her off by twisting his hips. "This better not Eric, Dan, or Nate, because that is a whole different level of bromance that I have never wanted to explore."

She'll let you take her home, it works her appetite
She'll lay you on the throne, she got Bette Davis eyes

Blair smiled; Chuck was always like this in the morning. Right as he was about to wake up he seemed to be caught in an almost impenetrable sleep. Throughout the night, he wasn't too difficult to rouse but when it was morning, you almost needed an air horn to get him to wake up, or you just had to let him get up on his own. However, she had learned long ago a few things she could do to speed up the process. She took her right hand and slid it under the covers, down his chest, and into his boxers. As she softly stroked, she leaned forward and placed her mouth right at Chuck's ear before speaking. "Don't worry, I'm not anyone you've named." Then almost as an afterthought she ran her tongue along the outside of Chuck's ear.

She'll take a tumble on you, roll you like you were dice
Until you come out blue, she's got Bette Davis eyes

Chuck didn't want to wake up. He had been dreaming one of the best dreams of her he had ever had, so when someone decided to jump on him, he didn't really care for it. He assumed it was Jenny, but Serena was another possibility if she was excited enough; it was after all Christmas morning. Groaning he tired to dislodge the mystery person. If this was one of the guys he was going to kill them, this was pushing the lines of friendship right here. He knew it could technically be any of the five of the group since for some reason the Humphrey duo was suppose to show up for Christmas at the Basses since Lily was the only parent in town. They had planned it so long ago. When he felt a hand go into his pants he knew it had to be Jenny though; no one else would dare. However the voice in his ear claimed otherwise and Jenny would never . . . "BLAIR!" Chuck said sitting up suddenly and remembering everything.

She'll expose you, when she snows you
Hope you're pleased with the crumbs she throws you

Blair was now quite tangled up with Chuck due to his abrupt motion. She giggled and wrapped her legs tightly around his torso as she withdrew her hand. "Merry Christmas, Chuck." She whispered huskily before leaning in and kissing him.

Chuck tightly wrapped his arms around Blair as he returned the kiss. His hands moved quickly to the hem of her nighty and quickly traveled up and under. He heard her moan against his lips as he slipped his hands down into the back of her underwear and squeezed. This was by far the best wakeup call he had ever received.

Blair rubbed her body against his. Shifting her hips back and forth gently as she nibbled lightly on his lip before returning the kiss. As she did she moved her hands up his back to his hair.

She's ferocious and she knows just
What it takes to make a pro blush
All the boys think she's a spy, she's got Bette Davis eyes

Chuck was in awe. How had he forgotten how frisky Blair was in the mornings? He moved his head to kiss her neck and felt her fingers tighten in his hair.

Blair broke away gasping. "Chuck as much as I hate to do this, we have to go downstairs. Everyone is waiting on us."

Chuck groaned in frustration. "Blair, I'm going to need a cold shower first." He said gesturing downwards.

And she'll tease you, she'll unease you
All the better just to please you

Seated as she was Blair knew exactly what he was talking about. She smiled and gave him a quick kiss on the mouth. "I think I can fix that." She said deviously before ducking under the covers.

"Blair, what are you . . . Oh God." Chuck said as he felt Blair's mouth doing just what she said and fixing his little problem. His stamina was never good in the mornings and in this case it was probably a good thing since they were in a hurry. He was growling within minutes. Damn she was good.

She's precocious, and she knows just
What it takes to make a pro blush
All the boys think she's a spy, she's got Bette Davis eyes

Everything would have been fine if Harold Waldorf hadn't walked into the room, the moment she succeeded in solving his not so little problem.

Harold's eyes were wide with shock and he flipped around. "Oh God, Blair."

Chuck wanted to say something but he wasn't entirely sure what to say. In all his years of womanizing, the only parents who had ever walked in on him with a girl were his father, and a mother who wanted to join in the fun. This was a whole new level of awkward. "Mr. Waldorf, umm."

Blair quickly withdrew herself from under the covers. "Daddy!" She shrieked. "Why didn't you knock?"

Harold turned around trying to withhold any looks of judgment but still feeling extremely embarrassed and slightly angry albeit not really. "The door was cracked and I assumed you two were just talking or kissing. I didn't realize . . ." He said trailing off.

Blair covered her face with her hands. "We'll be right down, Daddy." As she dropped her hands she climbed off the bed. "I'm sorry you walked in on that." She said, extremely embarrassed. Her father had just seen her giving a blow job to Chuck Bass and she seemed way more upset than he did. What was the world coming to?

Harold smiled a small smile at his daughter and placed his hands on her shoulders. "Don't stress it baby girl, it's fine. Just next time lock the door." He said withdrawing his hands and leaving the room.

"Oh. My. God." Blair said as she leaned back against the now closed door. Chuck had managed to pull on a pair of pajamas instead of boxers after seeing Blair's dad in a pair and was now walking towards her.

"Hey your dad said not to worry about it. Let's just forget it ever happened." Chuck said kissing her cheek, before she nodded. Then as an afterthought Chuck added, "But thank you for the amazing wake up call Waldorf."

Blair smiled and opened the door. "I'll expect you to repay the favor sometime in the future Bass."

Chuck smirked. "Gladly." He said before following her out the door and down the stairs. Oh how he had missed having Blair Waldorf in his life.

"We're here." Jenny called, using the spare key under the fire hydrant just in case there was no one up yet. "Serena, Chuck, Eric, we're here." Jenny called seeing a coffee pot on and knowing that someone MUST be awake. This was going to be a strange Christmas for sure. Allison was in Europe with her new boyfriend and Rufus had signed up to do a Holiday season tour before he knew about Allison's Europe trip. When Nate found out that his mom was simply heading back to the Hamptons for Christmas and Bart got called off on Business, apparently Christmas isn't a big thing in China, the new crew decided to just have Christmas together and Lily, the one remaining parent, had been thrilled to host. They had set a price limit of thirty dollars on all gifts, which had made things a little bit difficult for Serena, Eric, and Chuck. None of them were used to the thirty dollar rule and Jenny fully expected everyone to cheat. She had even broken the rule on one present.

Eric came bounding down the stairs fully clothed and Serena burst out of her room all within a few seconds of Jenny calling, causing Jenny and Dan both to burst out laughing.

"Anxious to see us?" Dan asked walking over and giving Serena a quick kiss. "Merry Christmas."

"Merry Christmas to you too." Serena said smiling and giving him a quick kiss back.

Just then Nate walked through the still open door. "Hey guys," he said setting an arm load of presents on the counter. "I tried to catch up with you in the lobby but I just missed you."

"Sorry man." Dan said turning toward Nate, pulling Serena in front of him and wrapping his arms around her as Jenny walked over and went through the same exchange with Nate.

Dan looked to Eric, "Is Jonathon coming?"

Eric smiled. They were all so great about the whole gay thing. He was kind of amazed that none of them ever gave him crap about it; but then again they were his friends. "Yeah, he'll be by later after he does the morning stuff with his parents."

"Cool." Nate said snuggling into Jenny's neck.

As everyone continued Merry Christmas-ing each other Jenny suddenly realized that someone was missing, Chuck. She hadn't heard a word from him since she had walked in the door and looking around she noticed that he wasn't simply hiding off in some corner. "Hey guys, where's Chuck?" She called out, moving from the hold of Nate's arms.

Eric looked around as well. "I haven't seen him once this morning." This was odd, he figured that Chuck was probably glad that everyone was going to be here, not off hiding away. Chuck had told him a while ago that he wasn't looking forward to Holidays alone, Thanksgiving had been bad.

Serena shrugged. "He might still be asleep. You know how hard he is to wake up." Serena didn't think that there was anything unusual going on, this wasn't a big surprise to her; Chuck was always the last one up.

Everyone nodded, including Jenny, but in that sense she was determined to wake him up. She smiled and headed towards his bedroom. "In that case, I'll fix that."

As she walked in she noticed that the bed was made. "Uh guys, I think you should come in here." She called out as she walked further into the room. The drawers were askew, with random items falling out. Chuck had left to go somewhere and he had left in a hurry. That's when she spotted the note on the bed. She saw everyone pile into the room from the corner of her eye as she began to read Chuck's note. Strangely it was addressed to her.

Jen,

I've gone to spend Christmas in France.
Not sure when I'll be back.
Tell the others about the letters.
Merry Christmas,

C. Bass

At first Jenny was in shock. There's no way that meant what she thought it did; but why else would he have taken off without even a phone call and to France no less. Plus, he wanted her to tell the others about the letters. She could hear the others asking what it was but she blocked them out because that could only mean one thing, Chuck was with Blair! "Ohmygod!" she screamed. "Ohmygod." Then suddenly she was jumping up and down screaming.

"What is it Jenny?" Serena asked rushing forward and taking the letter that Jenny held out to her. Jenny had stopped jumping and watched Serena carefully as her eyes scanned the letter. She looked back up, "So you are excited that Chuck has ditched us to spend Christmas in France alone."

Jenny smiled even larger. She could tell that Serena didn't get it, but she really wasn't supposed to. That was why it had been addressed to Jenny; she was the only one who knew enough to understand what the letter meant. "That's just it Serena, he's not alone."

Nate walked forward and snatched the note from Serena's hand. After reading it he looked at Jenny, "Serena's right Jen, Chuck's just ditched like always. He'll probably spend a couple days in France before heading south to Monaco for New Years. He usually hosts a party there for the event."

Jenny just shook her head still smiling. "You don't get the note guys because you weren't meant to." With that she started walking the room, searching the drawers, the letters had to be around here somewhere, unless Chuck had taken them with him; but from the looks of the room, she didn't think he would have had time.

Dan stepped forward, always the concerned brother. "Jen, I know you and Chuck are friends, but do you really think, it's a good idea to be searching through the drawers of Chuck Bass." It was something that he himself would never dream of doing but Jenny always did have all the guts in the family.

She ignored him as she kept searching. "Think guys, who does Chuck know that lives in France." Before anyone could answer she added. "That isn't a hooker."

Everyone looked at each other puzzled; but it was Serena who spoke. "The only people I know in France are Harold and Roman, Blair's dads."

Jenny smiled. "Bingo." But she was still searching for the letters.

Nate raised his eyebrows. "So you are saying that Chuck is spending Christmas with Blair's dad and his gay lover?" He had a hard time buying into this one.

Jenny laughed. "You still don't get it do you?" She finally spotted what she was looking for and pulled out the small stack of letters, noticing that the note had now been passed all the way through the group. "I'm curious as to why none of you have asked about the letters Chuck mentions in the note?"

Eric narrowed his eyes. "What do you know that we don't?" He was really and truly the smartest of the group, if you didn't count Blair and Chuck but they were mostly just geniuses for scheming.

Laughing again, Jenny earned a few glares. "Quite a bit, from the looks of things." That's when she held up the letters for everyone to see. "Chuck and Blair have been writing to each other, almost the entire time."

Everyone's eyes practically bugged out of their heads and their jaws almost fell on the floor. It was Dan who spoke this time. "I knew it! I knew there was something going on with you two. You've been the middle man haven't you? The other day at the Subway, you were passing him a letter!" The last sentence was more of an exclamation than a question.

Nate looked confused as did Serena but Eric just simply nodded as though things were finally making sense.

Jenny nodded as well. "Blair sent Chuck a letter. He thought it would be best if letters didn't start arriving at her home from him so he gave me the letters and I mailed them to Blair. In return, Blair mailed her letters to me and I passed them on to Chuck. It was insurance so that they didn't get caught. I wanted to tell you guys but Chuck wouldn't let me. He thought you guys would think he was weak for not being able to let go. But the only reason that Chuck would just take off like that for France is if he knew that Blair was going to be there too."

"Oh my God." Serena said softly before running and hugging Jenny. "You are totally right."

Then as though it had finally clicked that two of their best friends had found a way to finally be together, everyone started jumping up and down screaming; even the boys. Suddenly Jenny stopped. "Does anyone know Harold Waldorf's number?" Jenny asked smiling.

Serena nodded. "It's on the emergency contact list next to the phone." And as she left to retrieve it they followed.

Jenny looked at Eric and smiled. "Go get your laptop. You are about to get your present early." Then she turned to Serena, "Can I use the house phone? My cell doesn't go international."

"Of course." Serena said, stepping back to where the guys were standing, watching Jenny go. Eric came down the stairs just as she punched in the number and she told Eric which gift was his, holding the receiver away as the phone rang just in case. It was Harold Waldorf who answered. "Mr. Waldorf, this is Jenny Humphrey. Merry Christmas to you to. I was wondering if you could do me a favor?" She asked grinning as Eric opened his gift and pulled out a webcam.

"What's going on?" Blair asked as she was being led to sit in front of a desktop computer.

Harold just smiled. "Sit right here darling. This is a little unexpected surprise."

She cocked her head slightly and looked towards the screen, which was currently centered on a black box. Suddenly, the box clicked to life and before her stood Jenny, Serena, Eric, Nate, and Dan. Her eyes lit up with surprise.

"Merry Christmas B!" They said, almost all at once.

Blair's face broke out into a gigantic smile. "How did you guys even know that I was here?" She asked mystified.

Jenny grinned. "It took some decoding of Chuck's note but I figured it out about half an hour ago. Then once I explained to everyone about the letters, I realized that we could use the gift I just gave Eric to talk to you, providing that your father had a webcam."

They heard Harold off to the side. "Which luckily I did because of the fashion web show Roman hosts."

Nate, the one who still almost didn't believe that this was really happening, said. "Is Chuck really there with you?"

Blair laughed and turned slightly in her Chair before motioning with her head. Soon enough, Chuck came into view only seconds later. "Sorry for the disappearing act guys." He said taking Blair into his lap.

Nate shook his head disbelievingly. "Wow. This is incredible."

Serena screamed as though she couldn't possibly hold it in any longer. "B!!!! It's so so good to SEE you! I miss you girl."

"I miss you too S." Blair said smiling sadly. "I miss all of you. Even you Cabbage Patch." Blair said jokingly as she looked to Dan who so far had been fairly silent.

He shook his head slightly. "I've missed that you know." It was so strange to be at St. Jude's everyday without being insulted by Blair Waldorf.

"I know." She said, frowning slightly. "I wish I could talk to you guys more but it's hard. I don't have an international cell and no internet in the house."

Everyone nodded solemnly before Jenny bounced in her seat. "Enough sad stuff, it's Christmas and we have presents for you." While they were setting up the webcam, they all realized that not only had every single one of them bought a gift for Blair, they had brought it with them.

Blair smiled. "Gifts? You guys didn't need to get me anything." She couldn't admit she was intrigued. This had truly been the second greatest surprise of her life; the first having occurred last night.

"We'll have to unwrap them for you." Jenny said shrugging. "Anyone want to go first?"

Eric volunteered. He moved to the front where he unwrapped his gift. It took him a minute to complete unwrap it because he was extremely precise with his wrapping technique. Finally, after what seemed like forever he held it up so that Blair could see. I was a head band, but not just any head band. There was something about it that screamed Blair Waldorf. It was black, with small red appliqué flowers attached over the entire surface, with a few rhinestones here and there.

"E I love it!" Blair shrieked, excitedly. It was so her that it scared her.

Next up was apparently Serena. Her unwrapping took only moments as she was always more a make-sure-everything-is-covered-and-go kind of wrapper. Soon enough she was holding up a picture collage of photos from the past eighteen years. There were even some recent ones, without Blair in them.

After that Dan stepped forward. "So this was kind of a surprise find but here you go." Dan said as he unwrapped a book. It was Breakfast at Tiffany's. "It's the novella by Truman Capote published in 1958 with three short stories. I found it in a used bookstore and thought it was perfect." Blair's response told him that it was ideal.

Nate came next. "So I kind of fell back a little and went traditional." Blair smiled knowingly as Nate unwrapped and withdrew from a small box a charm for her charm bracelet that Nate had given her for her tenth birthday. He had given her a charm every year since. This was a charm of the Empire State Building. "For New York you know?" He said as Blair smiled at him enchanted knowing that it very much broke the thirty dollar rule that had been established. "Oooo Nate broke the rules." Blair teased.

Last up was Jenny. "So this definitely was within the rules," Jenny said as she withdrew from a box a dress. It was a deep red, one shoulder silk dress with a crème silk bow around the waist. "I made it." She said smiling at Blair's reaction.

"Jenny it's beautiful and you shouldn't have." Blair said with a smile. "You guys are all so wonderful she said as a tear drop fell down her cheek."

"B don't cry." Serena said quickly, noticing Blair's tears. "Now that we know we can do this we can talk again. How about the same time on Thursday?"

Blair nodded. "Merry Christmas guys."

"Merry Christmas, Blair and Chuck." They singsonged back as Jenny reached forward and turned off the monitor.

Blair watched as the screen went black. "It was good to see them." She said, leaning back into Chuck.

He gripped her tightly to him and nodded.

"You've been awfully quiet." She said placing a soft kiss on his neck.

"I see them all the time." He said placing one of his own on her forehead. "Come on, it's time for your present from me." He said quietly and Blair smiled.

A/N: Don't worry the next chapter is another full of CBness. Reviews always appreciated.

Song: Bette Davis Eyes by Kim Carnes (Leighton Meester does an awesome cover of it) I changed like two words :)