Breaking Every Rule

Note: Please make sure you read my edited version of chapter 7. I decided to change the ending of it and this chapter won't make sense if you haven't read the newer version.

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Chapter Eight: A Christmas Break Down Part 1

"I can't believe this!" Blair complained as she plopped down on her bed. "I mean, seriously, Chuck. Seven days…I can't last a whole week!"

Chuck groaned, "I know. We need to find away to make this work." He paused, "I'm sure we can still be together…I mean, just because Nate's there doesn't mean we should have to suffer."

Sneaking around definitely wouldn't be easy, though. Nate wasn't the only problem they were facing. The non-judging breakfast club had this trip planned for months. They were supposed to be relaxing on a cruise together in complete and utter bliss. But, ironically, the trip was the cause of most of the stress in Blair and Chuck's lives right now. It would be nearly impossible to be together without being caught. And, sure, the no sex part would be pretty hard, but that wasn't Blair's biggest concern. Her insecurities finally shined through when she looked down and said, in almost a weak voice, "Chuck?" He looked at her, waiting for her to continue. "I need you to promise me something."

"Okay…" he replied, a little lost.

Blair let out a huge sigh, swallowing her pride before speaking again. "If we can't find a way to be together…promise that you won't be with anyone else, okay?" Chuck couldn't help but laugh at how ridiculous her question was.

"Why?" he asked jokingly. "What makes you think you're so special?" Blair clearly misinterpreted his response, because she looked up at him with her jaw dropped and seemed like she might cry. Quick to react, Chuck pressed his lips against hers and then said, "I was kidding. I want you. No one else, okay? You're my girlfriend, remember?"

She slowly nodded and then a seductive smirk formed on her face. "You know, Chuck…just because we may not be able to be together, doesn't mean we can't find other ways to release all that pent up sexual frustration." He raised a questioning eyebrow, and Blair clarified. "Now, I'm kind of knew with this whole 'self pleasuring' thing, so you might need to talk me through it."

"You're not serious." Chuck told her. Even though he had done a lot with Blair, there was definitely stuff that they had yet to try – one of those things being phone sex. But she just placed her arms around his neck and bit her bottom lip before nodding her head. Chuck grinned, but then a confused look formed on his face when he realized something about her proposition. "You've really never 'given yourself a hand' before?"

"I'm a good girl, Chuck." She told him, and then giggled, "at least when I'm not around you."

Before Chuck could respond, the door to her room opened, and Serena and Dan both walked in. "Ugh!" Serena groaned when she saw the two violently making out. "You two should really be more careful. You're lucky it's just me and Dan…we could have been Nate."

Suddenly realizing that Serena was, in fact, with Dan, Chuck wrapped his arms around Blair's waist protectively and then said, "First of all, Nate asked us to pick him up on the way to the airport…and second," he turned his gaze to look at Dan, "You are not to breathe a word of what you just saw.

"Who would believe me?" Dan shrugged, and a satisfied smile arose on Blair's face before she grabbed Chuck's hand and lead him out of her room and downstairs, prompting her Serena and Dan to follow.

~*~*~*~*~

"This is incredible," Dan stated in awe as they all sat down for lunch on the deck of the cruise ship. They were somewhere on their way to St. Martin when Blair the group decided to get something to eat for lunch. "I mean, a private jet, a suite on a cruise ship…it's like Pretty Woman."

Blair scoffed, hiding how upset she was; "You know that entails a relationship with the person who owns the jet, right? I didn't know you swung that way, Cabbage Patch." Chuck couldn't help but laugh, but he made a point to stare into Blair's eyes.

She stared back in that way that always sent chills up his spine, but looked away as soon as Nate grinned at his best friend. "Chuck, man," he started, "that girl has been staring at you for the past ten minutes."

Instinctually, Chuck turned around to see a gorgeous blond checking him out. She smiled at him, and he nodded before turning back to Nate, knowing that he would need to think of an excuse for not pursuing her. "Why don't you take her, Nathaniel?"

"Lovely," Blair scoffed, "telling him to 'take her' like she's a piece of property." Of course, Blair knew what he was trying to do, but just like Chuck, she had to keep up appearances as well.

Nate nodded, "Yeah, man, you know I'm not like that." He sent a small smile over to Blair. Shit. She had just given him the chance to start trying to get her back again without even realizing it. "Since when does Chuck Bass turn down girls?"

Before he could answer, Chuck felt a hand reach inside of his swim trunks and he visibly stiffened before composing himself. "I've been into brunettes lately."

Nate just shrugged and decided to give up the topic and Blair smirked to herself as she rubbed her hand up and down Chuck's package. It was her way of rewarding him for reacting properly to the blond. They both pretended to listen as Serena started to talk about how beautiful the weather was and how she wanted to stay by the pool with Blair for the rest of the day. Clearly, Chuck was too busy getting a hand job from Blair to pay attention; he just nodded at the appropriate times. What he was really thinking was how incredibly lucky he was to have Blair. He couldn't get over the fact that she could hold up a conversation while pleasuring him.

If Chuck had any doubt in his mind about loving Blair (which he didn't), her current actions assured him that he was head over heels in love with Blair Cornelia Waldorf.

Chuck jumped a little in his seat when Blair gave him a firm squeeze, and then looked over at him with a completely innocent face. "Are you okay, Chuck?"

"Uh…yeah." He stated, shaking his head to try and push the amazing sensation out of his mind. "I'm fine, Waldorf."

Blair smiled before looking down at her half-eaten plate of food – sure, she wasn't full, but she decided to make Chuck suffer. So she placed down her fork and removed her hand from his bathing suit before looking at everyone at the table. "I'm done." She glanced at Chuck and he watched her with wide-eyes. "Serena, do you want to go tanning?"

"Sure." She perked up and then got out of her seat, kissing Dan on the cheek before they both walked away, leaving the guys to finish their meals, and leaving Chuck with a hard-on. He glared at her as she walked away, but his face completely changed once she pulled her dress over her head, leaving her in a red with white polka-dot strapless bandeau bikini (which matched Chuck's swim trunks perfectly), to one of pure lust.

"Dude…" Nate looked at his best friend skeptically, "Are you checking out Blair?"

Chuck scoffed, "It's Blair, Nathaniel." He told him, as if that was enough of an answer and brought his attention back to bringing down his enormous erection before they finished eating.

~*~*~*~*~*~

"Chuck looks really good today." Blair observed as she watched him finish lunch with Nate and Dan. "I mean, really, really good."

Serena looked up at her almost-brother and then shrugged, "I don't really see the appeal, B, but to each their own. I mean, you obviously get something out of the relationship."

With a smirk, Blair turned to looked at her best friend and quirked an eyebrow. "I get a lot out of the relationship, S." she cringed, and Blair paused for a moment before letting out a deep breath. "He's really changed, Serena. I know it."

"Well then I'm happy for you," the blond smiled at her best friend and squeezed her hand for support. "So…do you think you'll go public anytime soon?"

Blair just let out a loud sigh and said, "I don't know. I mean, Nate's his best friend, and he still has feelings for me. It would ruin their friendship. Plus…" she let her voice trail off, but Serena knew what she was going to say and finished the sentence for her.

"You're afraid that going public would change everything."

"Yeah," Blair nodded. "Like I said, Chuck's changed, but he's still Chuck. A monogamous relationship is a huge step for him. It might be too soon."

"Too soon for what?" Nate asked as he approached with Chuck and Dan.

Always a quick thinker, Blair let out a slight smile and said, "Too soon to go inside. It's gorgeous out today."

Chuck looked at Blair skeptically, knowing that there was no way she was discussing whether or not to go inside, but, nevertheless, he took a seat on the lounge chair next to her while Nate sat next to him. "So did you guys miss us?" Chuck asked with an eyebrow quirked in an attempt to change the subject.

"So much," Blair replied sarcastically and everyone else laughed.

From there, conversation seemed to pick up and, despite Nate's occasional attempt to flatter Blair and the moments that she felt the desire to pounce Chuck and have him take her right then and there, she was actually having a pleasant time. That is, until an idea popped into Chuck's head and he looked at her, grinning. "Hey, Blair," he started, and she quirked an eyebrow in response. "You want to go swimming."

"No," she scoffed, and why was he looking at her like that? Like he was planning something? But before she could ask, Chuck picked her up and put her over his shoulder, taking her over to the pool. "Bass!" she screeched. "Put me down, now!"

Chuck placed his mouth close to Blair's ear and whispered, "Anything for you, Princess." She let out a sigh of relief, thinking that he would place her back down on the ground, but instead, Blair found herself flying through the air and then splashing into the pool. "Oops." Chuck grinned.

"Chuck!" she yelled, and splashed water at him, but he jumped back. She pouted and then reached a hand up. "The least you could do is help me get out." Nodding, Chuck grabbed her hand, but quickly realized his stupidity when Blair pulled him in the water with her. "Oops." She said when he stared at her in complete shock.

Serena, Dan, and Nate all watched as the couple splashed around in the pool, laughing and clearly having a great time. "I never realized they were such good friends," Nate observed.

"Yeah…" Serena started and looked at Dan nervously in an attempt to think up an explanation. Even if she didn't approve of their lying to Nate, Blair was still her best friend and she would support her. "Well, when I was at boarding school, Chuck took over as best girlfriend."

Nate laughed, "Well he can be kind of feminine…he wears a lot of pink." Both Dan and Serena let out a sigh of relief, glad that Nate was so dense and wasn't catching on. "I guess that's good…" he let his voice trail off as he watched Chuck creep up from behind Blair and dunk her head under water. "Hey, Serena?" he asked, "Is Blair…seeing anyone?"

"What?" she asked, "Why?"

He sighed, "I know I told her that I'm okay just being friends, but I'm not."

Unable to keep himself from contributing to the conversation, Dan looked over at Nate and said, "No offense or anything, Nate, but that's kind of your own fault, isn't it?" he paused, "I mean, you didn't have to tell Blair you were okay just friends, and you wouldn't even be in this situation if you didn't screw things up with her in the first place."

"Dan!" Serena scolded her boyfriend and jabbed him in the ribs before looking at Nate sympathetically and saying, "I think what Dan is trying to say is that you and Blair didn't work out for a reason. She's moving on and is finally happy."

Instead of responding, Nate just nodded and continued to watch his best friend and his ex playing around like little kids (which was extremely uncharacteristic for both of them, and Nate knew it) and decided that maybe Chuck would have a different outlook on things and give him the needed confidence boost to try and pursue Blair again.

~*~*~*~*~*~

"So, Chuck…" Nate started as they walked into the suite they were sharing, "what's with you and Blair?"

Chuck looked at Nate in shock, but quickly hid his surprise, "What are you talking about?"

"I don't know…you guys are pretty good friends, right?" Nate asked, and Chuck shrugged. "You think she wants me back?"

"No," Chuck said bluntly, forgetting to try cover up his resentment towards Nate for asking such a ridiculous question, but the look on Nate's face reminded Chuck that Nate's lack of common sense was the only reason they didn't blow their cover today at the pool. He needed to make more of an effort to make sure that neither of them screw up like that again. "I mean, she's been crystal about that since cotillion."

Nate sighed, knowing that Chuck was right and then spoke, "I know, but, it's just…she looked so hot today,"

Chuck was going to agree, but decided that it was best to keep his mouth shut. Instead, he let out a slight laugh and said, "So that's what this is about?" Nate furrowed his brow. "You don't want anyone else to claim what you still think is rightfully yours? That's fucked up, Nate…even for me."

Confused, Nate furrowed his brow and said, "Wait, what?"

"You still want to be her first." Chuck said, unable to hide his anger, and Nate didn't respond, because on some level, he knew it was true. "Well, let me let you in on a little something, Nathaniel: the Virgin Queen is a virgin no more."

Nate stared at Chuck with his jaw dropped. "Really? I mean…are you sure?" Chuck raised his eyebrows to let Nate know that he was, in fact sure. "How…how do you even know?"

He shrugged, "Like you said, Archibald, Blair is my friend. She told me." Sure, Chuck knew that Blair would be beyond pissed if she found out that Chuck was doing this, and he was being extremely insensitive to his best friend, but he couldn't help it. He needed to get Nate to stop perusing Blair…one of these days he might be successful, and Chuck wouldn't be able to deal with that. So he smirked and kept talking. "She also told me that she came three times that night." Nate flinched, but Chuck didn't stop, "And that he—"

"Chuck!" Nate finally cut him off, visibly upset. "I…I don't want to hear it, okay?" Chuck didn't respond, so Nate just sighed and said, "I think I'm going to go for a walk or something. I'll see you later, man."

With that said, Nate left the room, and Chuck couldn't help but feel a little guilty for being the one responsible for making his best friend so miserable. But he brushed it off because it wasn't intentional…he didn't mean to fall in love with Blair, and he was just trying to make sure he didn't lose her.

He then remembered what he had planned for today and quickly took out his cell phone to send a text.

B,
The spa. Half hour.
-C

He smirked to himself, because he knew that Nate would never go to the spa and it was the perfect escape for the two of them. Of course, he'd planned this a while ago, but he wanted it to be a surprise.

His phone vibrated moments later with a response.

Is this a plan to get me into bed?
~B

Always. I'll see you soon.
-C

~*~*~*~*~

Blair didn't respond to Chuck's last text, instead, she placed her phone in her purse with a huge grin on her face and looked over at Serena, who was getting ready to shower. "I'm going to the spa."

Serena turned to look at Blair, somewhat confused and said, "Don't you need an appointment? I don't remember you saying anything—"

"Chuck just texted me…" Blair let her voice trail off.

"Really?" she looked at her best friend, surprised, "That's very…un-Chuck-like."

She rolled her eyes, "I told you, S…Chuck's changed. He's really trying to be a good boyfriend." She paused before changing into a new bikini (she didn't know what Chuck had planned for them) and then looked back over at Serena, "If anyone asks, I booked a facial and seaweed wrap last week, okay?"

Serena nodded, and Blair made her way out the door and smiled when she called out after her. "Have fun!"

"I will!"

She was waiting for the elevator when she was him. "Hey, Blair." Nate greeted awkwardly, and she let out a slight smile.

"Hi, Nate."

"Listen…" he started, but then shook his head, trying to gather his thoughts, "You want to get a drink or something? We haven't talked in a while—"

"Actually, I'm on my way to the spa." She stated, and Nate nodded. "But another time, okay? Maybe after dinner?"

"It's a date." Nate said, grinning, but Blair looked at him uncomfortably and he quickly corrected himself, "I mean…not a date. Just plans. Between friends."

Blair smiled and nodded. "Right…I'll see you at dinner, okay?"

"Sure," Nate said as Blair walked into the elevator, and for a brief moment, he remembered that Chuck had said something about going to the spa today for his afternoon shiatsu and some other treatment, but he brushed it off. Chuck and Blair? It was ridiculous.

Next Chapter: Chuck and Blair at the spa, dinner, Nate and Blair having drinks and more...

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