Chapter Four- The Runaways
[Blaire's P.O.V.]
That's a good one, I should write that one down. Wait, how many should I put all together…if I'm going to do this thing than I want a bit of class to be added to this. What am I talking about? I'm entertaining the thought of being sex buddies with Dan Humphrey….that's nothing you can just add class to, especially when class was never there to begin with. Dan isn't that bad but he's not my idea guy that I thought I would be having frivolous romps in the sack with, I mean don't get me wrong the two times we had sex was good…it was transcending, worthy of a repeat…okay, he's great in bed, but its still HUMPHREY! No. I need to rethink this, in fact I need to schedule another appointment with the doctor to see what part of the cerebellum would allow me for one second to think its okay to just have casual sex with Dan Humphrey because that would officially be the sign of me losing my mind. But….no, there can't be a but in this. Just as I begin to go back and forth like the raving maniac that I am, Serena steps off the elevator and into the living room. Stashing my typed up and well organized list of rules away for the casual intercourse agreement under a pillow, Serena moans in frustration, it's clearly guy problems but since she's dating Ben now she might as well get you use to the frustration.
"Visiting the prison grounds not as fun filled like it first was?" I ask in my prissy tone that I'm painfully beginning to realize
"Blaire" Serena said not appreciating the comment all too much
"What brings you here S?" I sighed
"Ben. He's just so hot and cold" Serena said "One minute I think we're really moving forward with our relationship then the next he's all you should stay away" she complained
"First of all options is a new thing for him, hot and cold I mean, he's only had one option in the big house and the other was to not drop the soap. Second, if he's playing games then let him go" I replied
"But I care about him" Serena said
"And I care about Charlie Sheen, but he's still messed up" I then said "Is he really worth all the fuss?" I asked
"Are you still upset about Chuck? I mean you're a little meaner than usual" Serena then asked me
"Am I still upset? S, he's marrying another girl. Yes, I'm very upset but I'm moving past it" I told her
"So this is you moving past it? By trashing all other relationships around you" Serena asked me
"Trashing? S, I'm suppose to be your friend not your minion. I'm telling you truth, and truth is I think your making a mistake with Ben" I told her finding it a bit hurtful that she thought my opinions were because I was bitter about Chuck
"You haven't even taken the time to get to know him because if you did then I think you would really like him B" Serena lobbied
"Sometimes Serena I don't have to meet the new him in your life because I just know you…I know how you are when your truly happy and this isn't you being happy, this is you trying to make a filet out of damn Vienna sausage" I said
"What do I need to do to convince you then?" Serena laughed to herself finding it a bit amusing that I was so piercingly protective
"Find a new guy" I laughed
"Okay, will do. I'll just pull out encyclopedia of men and pick one out" Serena laughed
"In your case Serena, that could very well be true" I laughed
"No, but seriously, I'm sorry that I haven't been around to help you with the whole Chuck deal. Things have just been so crazy with my mom and Ben" Serena reasoned
"It's okay" I assured her "I'm handling it" I sighed
"You should run off to an exotic country and just go on a shopping spree. Learn a new language and go after a prince" Serena described of me
"Run off? I don't run off when I suffer the quote on quote heartache" I laughed to myself as Serena couldn't help but belt out a few more chuckles than I had
"You run off. You seek a fantasy as opposed to reality, that's just how you handle things. I know I have a tendency to run off but I've done the break ups enough now to just party my way to the next" Serena said
"I agree with your description of you, but I'm still hung up on the description of me…I only quote of quote ran away once but I had good reason. Chuck slept with Jenny Humphrey for crying out loud, and I do happen to have a father in France, S" I replied
"I'm very aware of where your father lives but B, c'mon" Serena laughed
"I'm being serious S" I told her "I don't run away" I then said
"You do" Serena smiled as I just frowned at her just thinking that had to be a false accusation that I would have to change. Leaning forward to grab my purse, I quickly stuffed the itinerary I had been working on all morning and made my way over to the elevator leaving Serena surprised by my sudden gestures "Where are you going?" she asked as she watched me wait for the elevator
"I need to do an errand, literally" I told her before I stepped on to the elevator
[Dan's P.O.V]
My dad keeps calling me. I'm a bit intrigued to pick up but I'm starting to make somewhat of progress with whatever crap I'm trying to write that I don't want to break concentration. Last night, Ryan and I catered a party for Elle magazine, we hung out with a few of the models for a bit afterwards but I basically played the sober guy because Ryan decided to get smashed. I told my dad about it and he got pretty upset but it's not like I'm making a habit of it, I just go out once every week that happens to fall on a weekend day. Dad's been riding me a lot lately and I think its because he's afraid that I'm following down the path of Jenny, which is weird since she's younger than I am, but I hate it…I hate the constant nagging of me. Lilly tries to be the calming force between us but I know she's even concerned about me…enough so that they try to organize little interviews for me when its suppose to be family dinners. Serena has managed to conveniently avoid those, which I am greatly appreciating because I'm not quite sure how I would handle being near her at the moment but I've come to accept that we will never be officially more now than ever. Hearing a loud knock come from the door that sounded pretty familiar to me. Opening the door I couldn't help but laugh because low and behold there was Waldorf on the other side looking more flustered than usual as she stormed passed me while I closed the door behind her.
"Hello" I said strangely as she took her coat off and then pulled out a piece of paper to hand to me "What is this?" I asked
"You can read, right?" Blaire asked looking serious
"Yes, I can read. Terms of Casual Sex? Did you really make out a list of terms?" I asked her surprised to even think Blaire had that amount of time to do something like that
"I'm not just rolling around in the sack with you just for the hell of it. I need purpose, if there can be some found, I need to know that your not trying to take advantage of me at my fragile state" Blaire told me
"Are you serious?" I asked again
"Humphrey, will you just read the terms. I think you'll see that they're pretty agreeable" Blaire continued to push
"Blaire, I'm still trying to grasp the idea of you literally sitting at a computer to write this" I told her
"Don't be silly, I had Darota write this" Blaire replied as I looked even more shocked that she had done that
"You told Darota?" I asked her
"It's Darota we're talking about. I tell Darota everything" Blaire replied
"Your amazing. Your just unbelievably amazing" I said shaking my head in disbelief "I need a beer, I really think I need a beer" I said walking into the kitchen to grab the beer I needed so badly. Popping the top I wasted no time in chugging while Blaire began to read down some of the terms
"Fifth, no talking after sex" Blaire read before I cut her off
"Why can't we talk?" I asked
"Because it makes it feel all…awkward. I prefer going to sleep or leaving if you can" Blaire said "We might have to think about having our encounters at the Four Season because I'm pretty sure your thread count is less than twenty" she said
"Blaire" I said softly trying to get a word in
"Then the air temperature in here never seems to be quite right, it feels a bit nippy. I have a tendency to get cold easily.." Blaire said before I quickly put the beer down to pull her into a kiss just so she could shut up. Quickly pulling away from the kiss after a few moments of responding to the kiss, Blaire shoved me away "Read the rules Humphrey! No kissing unless its leading to sex" she stated as she pointed it out on the paper
"Look, Blaire. I really don't care what's on that paper, but if we do this then we do this. The point is to step out of ourselves, not restrict ourselves even more. It's just sex" I said
"Just sex? You must think your talking to Serena because Blaire Waldorf has never had just sex. I've made love, so just sex is not something that gets me all hott" Blaire replied
"Well we're not in love nor will we ever be, so call it scratching the itch" I told her
"Then if that's what you want to call it then I suggest you take a flea bath. These terms are here for the purposes so we can at least have dignity about ourselves" Blaire said
"We both got dumped by the people that were the loves of our lives, the dignity left" I told her
"Yeah, well I still have mine and I'm not about to roll around with you Humphrey because I feel like being Serena" Blaire told me "These rules are good and you hate to admit that because it wasn't your plan" she said
"Okay" I said before I grabbed the list of rules again "No crossing boundaries after intercourse. No heavy breathing. Toe nails should never exceed….you've lost it" I then declared becoming annoyed with the list
"The toe nail things was specifically for you" Blaire smiled
"You know I'm actually starting to believe this whole control thing is just you…I mean seriously and utterly just you" I told her before my cell phone began to ring and I checked to see that it was my father once again calling. A bit happy that it was him because I knew this conversation with Blaire would continue on if I didn't pick up and I needed a distraction right now "Yeah, hey Dad" I sighed
"Hey. I was just calling to make sure that you were coming tonight?" Rufus asked
"Tonight?" I said a little confused before Blaire handed me an invitation out of her purse
"White wine party" I read to myself "Yeah, the originality of the names for these parties are starting to suck" I whispered to Blaire before returning my attention back towards my dad
"So? Are you?" Rufus asked me
"I'm not sure. I have a lot of stuff to work on, and I might have another catering event tonight with Ry…" I babbled on before I heard my dads sigh of frustration on the other end "Look, I can't promise anything but I will try to be there" I then gave in and said
"That's all I want" Rufus said a bit happy before he ended the phone call
"Why are you dodging your dad now?" Blaire asked
"I'm not dodging my dad" I said walking out of the kitchen and into the living room to straighten up a bit
"Since when has catering events taken precedence over a party? That's avoiding if you ask me" Blaire said following behind me
"Good thing I never asked you. Don't you have something to do? That internship or something to get to" I said hoping that would inspire her to go somewhere so that I could be left alone
"It's the weekend Humphrey, and I think your trying to get rid of me. Well, I'm not leaving until you agree to our terms" Blaire said
"I'm not agreeing to those terms Blaire" I quickly said
"Just agree to the stupid terms Humphrey!" Blaire said throwing a temper tantrum as all I could do was laugh at her "This isn't funny" she then declared
"It kind of is" I smiled before I made my way over to my room while I slowly unbuttoned my shirt to throw at her "I think I broke rule number fifty six, unnecessary disrobing" I teased before I closed the door behind me after entering my bedroom
"Your so damn difficult" Blaire yelled out from within the living room
[Blaire's P.O.V]
Maybe Humphrey was right. These parties have lost the originality when it comes to the naming of them, I mean once you get passed the Black and White Affair, The White Party, and The Masquerade Ball then you pretty much run out of names to call parties. Though I do think Lilly just wants an excuse to throw a party these days seeing as she was living the lavish lifestyle, but then again that was what she was used to. Stepping off the elevator I immediately saw Ben and Serena off in the corner of the room talking while Rufus and Lilly snacked on some of the desserts. It was always a shock to see Rufus at these type of events because lets face it he's a newbie to this world, but now it just seemed like he was Lilly's lap dog that followed her around where ever she went. I know they are in love and all that but its hard to see love when your always staring at the persons ass as she follow behind them. Humphrey would never admit this but I do think he wished that his father never married Lilly because slowly but surely he could see his father's personality change, but then again his personality had to change with raising a wild child like Jenny. On her worst days Jenny made Serena seem so much tamer but then again Serena did the drug circuit so she still might have a leg up. I'm noticing more and more that I bashing Serena a lot today, maybe I'm a little pissed at her still with the whole comments about me running away.
It's been about two hours in and I've managed to mingle with just about everyone in the room, but I do have to admit that this party is beginning to wear on me. I made a bit of nice chit chat with Ben, who was clearly trying to hard for my tastes but I don't think there is a thing that he can do to make me like him because I still haven't seen anything yet to warrant me liking him. Serena was overjoyed but if she knew my thoughts than she wouldn't be afterwards. I doubt Chuck will be coming to the party now, he's probably off banging a girl that isn't Raina knowing him, but then again this is me not caring. Listening on and on to Serena basically pimping Ben out to be this grand guy it almost feels like they're talking as one now because what they're both saying is too much alike for my tastes. Trying to look interested in what people are saying is becoming harder for me but it does allow me to organize what I have to do for the day. Just as I was beginning to work on the tasks of next week in my head, I saw Humphrey step off the elevator looking a bit peeved, I hope he doesn't look over towards Serena because that'll only make him more upset, but he made a straight bee line for his father and Lilly.
"Really? Really? You had no right!" Dan yelled at his father who was trying to calm him down while everyone turned their attention towards Dan and Rufus "No, don't ssh me. What gives you the right to just call my boss and have me fired?" he asked
"What is going on?" Serena whispered to me
"I don't know" I replied as we both looked on intently at the situation
"Your wasting your time, you think your doing something but your wasting you time. You need to start looking for a job that can be a career and stop goofing around Dan" Rufus scolded his son
"Wow! You're a class act. Not everyone can marry into money like you. Last I remembered of you back in the Brooklyn days you were taking odd end jobs at nightclubs just to pay the rent" Dan sneered and I silently clapped to myself because that was a good comeback even for Humphrey
"Well I did what I had to do to pay the bills. This has nothing to do about me, this is about you and your lofting through life" Rufus replied "I'm worried about you is all" he then added
"Lofting through life? You've got to be kidding me. I'm paying the bills, I take care of myself, and I stay on top of my schoolwork…what more do you want?" Dan declared
"I want you stop barely surviving. Lilly and I have been talking and we think it would be in your best interest to just move in with us for a bit so we could help you find a job" Rufus proposed as Dan just scoffed at the idea
"Your insane. You've really got your head up your ass if you think I'm going to leave my home to live in a penthouse" Dan laughed to himself but if he truly thought about then he'd realize it was a step up from the loft, hell a deluxe room at the Plaza would be a step up from the loft
"We'd really like for you to consider this Daniel" Lilly said
"My answer is no. I stay at the loft" Dan replied "Now I have to find a job to pay the rent because my father cost me mine" he said before he turned to leave
"Dan" Rufus called out but Dan just kept walking and for a moment I could see Serena glaring on at her mother as if she seemed a bit upset for Dan. That's strange because not too long ago the blonde screwed him over for inmate 5701. I should go check on Humphrey, he was beyond pissed when he left and going home angry can always lead to something bad. Making a few quick good-byes I grabbed my coat and purse then left the party.
[Dan's P.O.V]
Why do movies always simplify everything? I mean when life seems so crazy in reality you can just come to a movie and it just simplifies. Movies are the simplifiers in our life, I'm calling it that and there is no changing of that. I'm on my second movie and I feel a little better but I'm still very much pissed at my dad. What was he thinking? He acts like I'm just suppose to convert over to the Upper East side life like he did, like its suppose to be that easy or I would embrace it….no thank you, I dated the Upper East side and I don't want to become that life. Walking the darkened streets with a bottle of yahoo in my hands because I'm pretty sure if I have a beer bottle in my hand at this time of night the police would think I was drunk off my ass. I cut through the basketball courts on my way home because it's the quicker route on my way back to the loft until I see a limo pull up in front of me. Rolling my eyes because I all ready know who it is…there is only one person who would show up to Brooklyn in a limo at this time of night and I was not in the mood for this, so I take another swig of my chocolate milk and continue to walk. I hear her door open and close quickly as she begins to walk in a fast pace behind me. I don't have to turn around to know that she's probably becoming annoyed that she has to chase after me but I'm not stopping. Opening the door to the building, I make my way upstairs and she's finally growing tired of my silent treatment.
"Will you talk to me?" Blaire asked as we entered the loft
"I'm not in the mood Waldorf" I replied as I headed straight to my bedroom while I began to undress
"You know this is me showing concern for you. I saw the argument with your dad back there and I kind of felt for you" Blaire said
"Thank you. That makes me feel all warm inside" I tell her before I begin to unzip my pants "I'm disrobing if you haven't noticed" I then say
"How about you stop. I mean I'm trying to talk to you" Blaire said
"What? What? What do you want to talk about? Because I'm not talking about your stupid terms because I'm not agreeing to them. In fact I take the offer of the table, I don't know what possessed me to think that we could even be sex buddies" I tell her with much annoyance in my voice
"You can't take it back, its all ready on the table" Blaire replies
"I think I can and I just did" I answer back before she quickly walks over towards me, for a moment she looks me dead in the eyes then takes a deep breath before she pulls me into an intoxicating kiss. Quickly undoing the zipper on her dress, we waste not time in taking it off before we fall back on the bed. Going back and forth with control she finally just gave in to me, and with the many moans she screamed out during sex it was clear she had no problem giving me the control.
[Blaire's P.O.V]
Rolling over onto my back after what was hours worth of sex, I quickly wrapped the sheets around my bare body before I look over to see that Humphrey is putting his boxers back on. Yeah, this is something I'll never get used to even if I try with all my might but the sex was great and hit the spot. Heading into the kitchen I can hear him open the fridge before he walks back inside with a bottle of Gatorade and a pizza box in hand before taking a seat at his desk. I try to hold back my look of disgust because he's literally eating cold pizza and actually enjoying it, I'll never understand the myth of eating food cold when it was originally served hot. Grabbing my underwear, I slip it on before I sit up in the bed before I start to check my phone to see that I have a few texts from the girls at work. I'll deal with that later because I'm pretty sure Epperly is demanding something that will have me stressed out in the blink of an eye and I don't want to deal with that. Piece by piece I begin to put my under garments on while Humphrey just eats and drinks in silence making wonder if he's come to regret our agreement, but then I think back to how we were in bed about thirty minutes ago and I find it hard to believe he'd hate the agree.
"Are you leaving?" Dan asks me "Is that a part of the terms?" he then asks but sarcastically
"I don't like to make it habit of sleeping here, that's not my style" I quickly replied "Plus your clearly eating and need silence in order to do that" I then point out
"Cold pizza and Gatorade, dinner for champions" Dan declares "You don't have to go, if it makes you feel any better I can just sleep in Jenny's room" he suggests
"No, I really need to go home. I have to get up early tomorrow" I tell him
"I saw two tonight…I purchased the ticket for one but ended up seeing two" Dan tells me as he begins on his last piece of pizza and I somehow know what he's talking about
"That bad" I reply "What's been going on?" I then ask
"He's been going on. Ever since he said I do things changed…he's not Rufus Humphrey, he's Rufus van der Woodsen" Dan said as I couldn't help but let out a little laugh at that statement which made him smile a bit
"Marriage does change people, even parents. You should hear him out though" I suggest
"Why? I'm not going to leave the loft and move in to the penthouse. Serena lives there and Chuck frequents there…those are two solid reasons for me to stay here" Dan tells me and I begin to understand the Chuck reasoning because I would hate to be in the same room with Chuck as well
"Then if no solution of his works, then….screw him. I kind of think you'll figure it out" I tell him "I mean your somewhat smart and your fairly organized" I then add
"Are you complimenting me?" Dan smiles
"No, I'm just tired of their always being family drama. I think we've had our fair share at parties now" I laugh
"Yeah, well I have to find a job that will help me afford rent so that should be fun to start on" Dan laughs as he sets the box of pizza aside and finishes off his drink "So about those terms? We really need to throw them out" he begins to say
"You know how I feel about the rules" I quickly fire back at him
"And you know how I feel about them" Dan replies "We just had great sex without them, you can't tell me you were even thinking of the rules then" he tells me
"You breathed heavily in my ear for a bit, it began to sound like a panting dog on a hot summers day. Then you do this toe thing that really annoying, I forgot when I was writing the rules but I'll just add it to the list" I begin to mention all his mistakes of our encounter while he just laughs at me "You really should be writing these down" I tell him
"I'm not writing any of this crap down" Dan laughs
"Oh, and no Birthday Sex" I tell him as he just groans
"Oh, c'mon. That was just invented…you know to where you can publicly be proud to talk about it" Dan said
"I'm not about to let some song dictate when I have to have sex. If the guy was that damn sexy then he'd be getting it on every day besides just his birthday. Besides whats the big deal about Birthday sex" I questioned
"Because that's when you can be a little more creative than the rest of the times" Dan smiled
"Yeah, that will be a hell no" I quickly shut that topic down "I'm not some whore Humphrey" I then state
"For Birthdays you could be, and you could make it a respectable thing" Dan tried to reason
"Well lets hope by any of our birthdays this arrangement will be over with" I tell him
"I have pity on the next guy you date because if he's not getting Birthday sex than your sex life won't amount to anything" Dan says
"Don't talk about my sex life like that, your sex life is going to suck because all you'll be getting is Birthday sex and blue balls every other day of the year" I fire back at him as we both go back and forth in our banter.