Chapter Twenty Four- Marriage on the Brain (Part One)
[Dan's P.O.V.] [Monday]
My eyes began to flutter open once the warm and soothing rays of the sun came against my body. Feeling her pressed up against my bare chest, I swore to myself that this was how I could live forever…this and being in Florence, Italy of course. It was still a mind trip for me, I mean I went from nearly losing the girl due to a whole bunch of circumstances that kept us apart for a year to having the girl. Years ago the girl would have been Serena van der Woodsen, but I never would have thought that it would have been her best friend, Blair Waldorf. Looking on fully at how the sheets barely covered our bodies even though we were as close as could be with her laying half of her body up against me and one of my legs entangled with hers, the sheets still barely covered our naked bodies. We officially had two weeks in Florence, Italy and I fully intended to make the most of it because its not everyday a boy from Brooklyn gets to experience the lap of luxury like The Westin Excelsior in Florence, which was conveniently located Ponte Vecchio, Uffizi Gallery, and the Palazzo Pitti. When we got in last night, the only thing that was on our mind was to just crash and maybe do some other stuff but the main focus was to get relaxed after such a long flight over here. Reaching over to grab my cell phone to check out some information on a couple of things I wanted to do today, she began to stir awake.
"Good morning" Blair said still half asleep as I went on my language app to see how to respond in Italian
"Good morning to you, my beauty" I tried to say in Italian as she just scrunched her face up at me
"Stick to English" Blair said as she leaned up to kiss me "What are you looking at?" she asked once she broke the kiss
"I was looking at a translator, which I will still master how to speak by the way, regardless of your lack of faith" I laughed
"It's not lack of faith, its lack of pronunciation on your behalf" Blair teased as I pinched her side playfully causing her to squirm "Humphrey!" she squealed
"You'll speak Italian too?" I asked her as I continued my attack of tickling
"Okay, okay. I'll try to speak Italian" Blair laughed before I finally let up on her
"There you go, we're exploring and learning new things" I declared "How'd you sleep?" I asked as I pulled her closer to me
"Well after our nightcap, I slept like a baby" Blair smiled before I leaned in to give her a quick kiss on the lips
"Our nightcap, that sounds so innocent compared to all the things we really did" I laughed
"Absence makes the heart grow fonder, and the sex better" We both said before we busted into laughter before she cuddled up closer towards me, placing her hand on my chest
"We almost didn't make it" Blair softly told me
"I know" I sighed
"A year to be exact" Blair replied as she looked up at me
"Fifty-two weeks, and three hundred and sixty-five days…that's how much to be exact" I replied "A part of me feels like we've been robbed of a year, robbed of a chance" I told her as I rubbed her arm in soothing manner "Thanks to Chuck, Ross, and my dad" I sighed
"But we're here. We found our way back…surprisingly" Blair replied
"What do you mean surprisingly?" I laughed
"I mean c'mon, it's us…I don't think we were meant to be some epic love story or any love story for that matter" Blair told me
"No, but that's a thing about a love story, it could come from anywhere. Technically we do fit the mold of the common love story though, opposites attract" I replied
"And here we go with the clichés" Blair laughed
"The clichés make way for the literary classics, Romeo and Juliet to exact" I said
"Oh! Lovers suicide, that's rich" Blair laughed at me
"It was still an opposites attract" I replied
"I'm not boasting at the fact that I'm going to kill myself over losing you" Blair said
"Okay, I can understand but point is that we are a love story…in an odd way, we are a love story" I said
"You truly believe that?" Blair asked
"Yeah, I believe it" I smiled at her before she slowly rose from the bed to straddle me "I'm really starting to believe it now" I laughed before she leaned down to kiss me
"I like when you say sweet things" Blair whispered to me in between kisses
"I like how it makes you smile" I replied as my hands took on a journey of their own on her body before I leaned up to kiss the nape of her neck while her hands ran free in my hair. Pulling her close against me, I could feel her grinding motions begin to make me more excited that intended. I had planned for us to go to the museums and do all the tourists like things but I soon found myself slumping into a whole new set of plans for the day. She began to tease me with her lips, which made my futile attempts to kiss her pointless, as she was enjoying this whole power too much.
"We should probably get ready" Blair whispered in my ear as I grabbed onto her waist as her grinds began to feel like thrusts to me
"I like what we're doing now" I laughed softly as she began to kiss my neck as I did hers
"But we're in Italy and we should really take advantage of it" Blair replied softly
"I'd rather take advantage of you" I said as grabbed her butt firmly which brought her closer to me as I kissed her chin
"Humphrey" Blair replied weakly as I rolled on top of her
"Think of this as me touring you" I laughed as I looked down at her
"You've explored me" Blair replied
"But not in Italy" I joked as she just laughed at me "This will only be about two hours or so…I'll be quick" I laughed before I captured her lips in a passionate manner. Beginning my attack on her neck, I could hear her whimper in my ear as I took my hands to arch her neck so that I would have a greater access to her neck. Slowly taking my hands down to hers, I pinned her hands back as I continued on with my assault on her sweet spot. Wrapping her leg around mine, she moved it up and down my leg in a manner that just made me want her right then and now. In one motion, I entered inside of her causing her to let out a muffle moan as she bit down softly on my shoulder. Nothing about me wanted to go slow as the amount of pleasure I was feeling was enough to drive me insane. Thrusting deep and fast within her, I could hear moans ring heavily in my ear as well as the springs on the bed. It was big difference in this bed because at times I honestly felt like we would break it. My thrusts began to slow down a bit as I felt both of us reaching our climax. Reaching up to grab the top of the headboard, I sped up my speed before we finally reached our peak.
Deepening the kiss, her hands ran wild in my hair before she gripped the sides of my face. Sitting up on top of me, she slowly began to grind against me in a nice and slow motion that caused me to moan in complete pleasure. Leaning down, she captured my lips, clearly letting it be known that she was in control now as I guided her hips in her slow grind against me. Sitting up, we went back and forth with our tongues dueling in battle of pure curiosity before she sped up her pace against me. Laying back, I just clenched my eyes shut as the pleasure became so intoxicating to me that it was all I knew at that moment as I just moaned out her name. I could feel her end coming near as her body began to tremble before she finally collapsed against me. Our breathing was more erratic than ever as we were both coming down from our high as she just lay against my chest. Taking my hand, I pushed away a strand of hair from her face before we finally just peacefully drifted off to sleep.
[Blair's P.O.V.] [Tuesday]
Our first day in Italy had not been as successful in the sense of exploring Florence like we had hoped, due to sexual reasons, but I'm glad to say that we made it a conservative effort to get out of the bed, bathroom, living room…basically out of the hotel room because any place in the room was a spot where we could have christened. Although I wanted to explore, a part of me was happy that we still couldn't get enough of each other. It was like we only thought about the other at every second of the day, and giving into him was only becoming easier by the minute since it had been so long since we were intimate with each other. We joke and say that we have a years worth of sex to catch up on, which we like to believe is a joke, but its starting to feel like the real deal. But I like this whole can't keep our hands off each other because its just fun, its fun having sex at any moment in the day with someone I love very deeply. Call it the romantic in me. Sitting at the Mattina Day Café, we both had worked up quite an appetite, as we just ate our lunch after going on a few morning tours of the Uffizi Gallery.
"I talked to Eliot this morning, when I was band from the hotel room" Dan told me as I just laughed at him still continuing to eat my fruit
"Oh, yeah. What did he say?" I asked him
"He was a little bummed that we just up and left, but he's enjoying his time at the penthouse seeing as he met someone" Dan replied
"He's probably turned the penthouse into a sex house. I can see it now…a bra on the lamp. You're officially living in a sex house" I said
"I think I'm getting enough on the road, thank you very much" Dan teased "He also asked if we were eloping" he laughed
"Eloping? That'd be classless" I replied
"How so?" Dan asked
"I'm not getting married in the same fashion Britney Spears did. Please, I want a real wedding…the wedding I almost had" I told him
"The one to Chuck?" Dan asked
"Yes" I smiled "But with a different groom this time. I just want the extravagance that comes along with the wedding" I then said
"Believe me, I know. I helped plan the wedding" Dan sighed as he placed his hand on top of mine once he was done with his meal
"I still don't know how you were able to do that? Help with my then wedding, when everything between us was so up in the air" I said after the waiter came over to take our plates away. Leaning in closer, I soon took his hands as we just began to play with each others hand as we sat there looking out at the Renaissance style buildings that surround us in the square
"It's simple. I did for you" Dan replied "I still cared about you, and I still wanted you in my life…it was just hard putting you back in that friend aspect of it, but I just wanted you in my life" he told me
"So you would have been perfectly fine watching me walking down that aisle?" I asked him with a bit of a smile on my face
"No, I probably wouldn't have gone. That would have been hard to do" Dan said "I loved you. You knew I loved you, so to watch you marry him…that would have been the final dagger" he said in a way in which I truly felt the pain he was going through the past couple of months
"I'm sorry. I'm sorry that it took me so long to tell you what happened, and for not be strong enough to face the backlash" I apologized as he just smiled at me
"Waldorf apologizing. This trip has become memorable" Dan laughed
"I'm being serious Humphrey" I declared
"I know, and I appreciate it. I just don't want to you to apologize for that. Yes, it was hell wondering if you loved me or if what we had was real. It was just hell, and then going away helped a bit but I was just being a coward. I really don't…I just don't want to revisit the past" Dan said becoming a little saddened towards the end
"No, I want to. I mean I really would like for us to talk about this" I said
"Why? I mean we're here now, and I don't want to dredge up the past" Dan said
"Because I want to" I replied sternly
"Fine" Dan sighed as he let go of my hand and I just looked at him
"Humphrey, hold my hand" I told him
"What?" Dan asked with a slight laugh
"Hold my hand. I wanted you tell me how you were feeling not let go of my hand" I replied as he just laughed at me before he took my hands
"Is this good?" Dan asked
"It'll do, the genuine emotion has faded, but it'll do" I said "Now release your emotion" I teased
"I was more than, and even ready to let you go. Each day it was becoming hard to hold on to the belief that we should be together because it felt like everything that could go wrong, was going wrong and I was losing the faith. It was just…it was hell, and it sucked having this uncertainty about everything" Dan said "Watching you walk down that aisle would have been the last thing I wanted to do" he sighed
"So it brings us to here" I smiled as he just laughed at me
"Yes, here" Dan said before he leaned in to kiss me "I love you" he whispered before I kissed him once more
[Dan's P.O.V.] [Wednesday]
The whole day we had just about explored every ounce of Florence that was to be seen. Before heading back to the hotel, we had picked up a bottle of wine from the winery we had visited, to have for our dinner. With ordered room service and a bottle of wine, we were laid out on the floor just laughing and joking about our day. When Waldorf had first started sleeping over at the loft, she'd always wear her fancy pajamas but it was refreshing to see her move away from what she knew and into one of my white shirts with my boxers. Sometimes I'd have to wait for her to change just so I could wear the boxers she wore to bed. All in all, it was just refreshing to know that even though she maintained a sense of I want it all type of attitude that she was still able to be the girl that could be chill and laid back. I'd be lying if I didn't say that the thought of marrying her still stuck with me because with each moment we shared together I just imagined her wearing my ring and telling me about the plans for our wedding that I was sure to think was just another girlie thing. I still wanted that with her, I wanted her to be mine forever…and I guess at moments it scared me to think that we wouldn't have forever. I was unsure where we stood on the marriage topic just due to the fact that it had been our private joke, but I guess by the minute I was growing more anxious as to what she thought about getting married.
"I'm excited for tomorrow" Blair beamed "I mean I'm not excited about getting up so early but we're going to go to Venice" she smiled
"Yeah, it was pure luck that we were able to book a hotel room for tomorrow night" I told her as I finished up my glass of wine
"Venice, the shopping should be amazing" Blair said as she was in pure bliss at the thought of being around the designers she had loved so much
"Define amazing?" I asked
"Humphrey it would be the feeling you get when you re-read another literary classic and find something new about it" Blair replied "That is the feeling I get when I find a good pair of stiletto's" she told me
"Wow, we're equating literary genius to shoes" I laughed
"That's such a typical male thing to say" Blair replied as she hit me on the arm
"And that's such a typical girl thing to say" I replied
"I find peace in retail therapy" Blair replied
"I find peace in…" I said leaning in to kiss her cheek
"I wouldn't think about that because your so not getting any tonight, so I hope you find peace in your two hands because that's where you won't find me" Blair stated
"Well I guess my plan on getting you drunk will have to suffice" I teased
"You'd do better by slipping something in my drink rather than getting me drunk. I don't know if you remember, but I'm not horny when I'm drunk…I'm talkative" Blair replied
"I'll have to figure out another way then" I smiled as I laid my head on her lap as she poured us another glass of wine "Now who's getting who drunk" I told her as she handed me the glass
"Humphrey, I'd rock your world if you were that drunk" Blair laughed
"I'm sure you would" I laughed "Can I ask you something?" I then asked after a moment of silence came between us
"Ask away Humphrey" Blair said
"Would you have married me? When I proposed and you had to think, then when you declined my offer…would you have married me?" I asked her
"That's a random question" Blair said as she took a sip from her glass
"It's a question that's been with me for a while now" I said
"I guess, I mean I didn't expect to really talk about it" Blair said
"You don't expect to talk about something that could have happened?" I asked her a bit confused on why she would think it would have been dropped so easily
"I thought we were past it, I thought that marriage was your way of letting me know you wanted me" Blair replied
"If a guy proposes marriage it means more than wanting someone, it means forever" I told her
"Well have you ever thought about getting married at age twenty-three?" Blair asked
"No, it wasn't exactly in the cards, but you weren't exactly in them either…look how that turned out" I laughed
"Yes, your father said I was a bad influence on you, and Chuck black mailed me. We've had an eventful time thus far" Blair joked
"That we have, but I don't know…I've never thought about the next step in a relationship so when I proposed it was…it was out of instinct, and now I just want to know why" I said
"I think why would be a great way to start off" Blair agreed "I mean I could tell you that maybe marriage could be the next step, but why is my question to you…was it to get me away from Chuck or was it because you really wanted a future with me?" she said
"I love you" I sighed
"If there is one thing I've learned Humphrey, it's that love is sometimes not enough" Blair replied
"Don't we sound all doomed and gloom. Any thoughts on the future of our relationship?" I asked with a slight laugh
"I want to be happy, that's what I want. I can't predict nor can I say what the future will hold for me or us" Blair said
"Oh, my God! Waldorf, you sound so depressing right now" I groaned
"Why? Because I'm telling you the truth" Blair replied
"Just forget it, lets look forward to our stilleto hunt and Venice" I sighed as I sat up
"So your upset now?" Blair asked a little confused
"No, I'm just trying to figure this out" I replied "I'm going to go to bed" I then said as I got up from the floor
"How is going to bed upset going to help anything though?" Blair questioned
"I don't know, but the doom and gloom doesn't help it either" I said
"What is it with you and the phrase doom and gloom tonight?" Blair asked
"Because that's how I feel when you give me answers like I don't know what my future holds or us" I replied
"Because I don't" Blair said as she got up from the floor "Look, I don't and neither do you" she said
"I get that, so now I'll go off to bed seeing as I now know that you can't look into the future" I told her before she sighed as she walked over towards me and leaned in to kiss me "Kissing me isn't going to solve anything" I said breaking the kiss not wanting her to think that she was weakening me with her lips
"I didn't think it would" Blair replied as she began to kiss my neck
"Your avoiding" I sighed
"Basically" Blair smiled before she captured my lips
"We're going to talk about this" I told her before I broke the kiss "But after" I then said
"I could work with that" Blair said before leading me into the bedroom. With a grin plastered all over her face, we backed over to the bed as we both tugged at each other's clothing in swift manner that I couldn't even pin point when her blouse had come off her body. Helping me take off my shirt, she threw my shirt to floor before I pulled her into a deep and passionate kiss. Pushing me onto the bed, she seductively climbed on top of me as she began to undo my belt buckle and then unzipped my pants in one quick motion "You still want to talk?" she asked as she looked on at me
"Talking is over rated" I said before captured her lips in another intoxicating kiss before I deepened the intensity of our kiss
[Blair's P.O.V.] [Thursday]
It was well into the mid morning when we finally arrived to our hotel in Venice, and although Humphrey wanted to stay behind and just relax, I managed to get him out of the hotel room and out and about in the vibrant streets of Venice. I was loving this spur of the moment vacation more and more by the minute. As we walked the streets, I began to notice his attention had turned towards the bookstore that we had passed along the way. As much as I wanted to move on to the stores, I knew that his passion was his books and if I made him pass that up then I wouldn't fully enjoy trying on all those fabulous clothes. When I had mentioned the idea of splitting up for an hour, he didn't seem to protest one bit but still remained a bit cautious of the fact that he wasn't going to be around me. He wanted to enjoy his time in the book store but his main concern was me, so he promised that he would only be twenty minutes and that he wanted me to text him as soon as I had made it across the way to the Bensimon store. I'm not really going to text him every five minutes like he had requested, that was going a little over board but instead I just stayed around in the open area of the street outside of the bookstore while he went inside that way he could still see me. The sights were still amazing so it was still an amazing view even if I was just standing in the town square of Venice. Feeling my phone vibrate, I pulled it out to see that it was Serena calling me.
"Hello" I said in Italian
"Okay, I'll pretend to know what you just said" Serena laughed "How are things?" she asked
"Beautiful. We're in Venice as we speak" I beamed "And its so beautiful" I said excitedly
"Have you been to the Gucci store there, I hear it has all the unlimited styles" Serena said becoming excited for me
"That's on my list, but Humphrey is in this book store right now…he's all paranoid so I'm waiting for him" I told her
"How have things been?" Serena asked with genuine concern as if she were truly beginning to be happy for me and my newfound relationship
"It's been good" I said stifling what I really wanted to say
"B…" Serena said knowing there was more to the story "I'm fine with it now. It took me a while, but I'm happy for you" she said
"It's been great" I smiled
"Let me guess, sex all the time" Serena laughed
"Basically, but the museums and the architecture are just simply beautiful. We saw the statue of David, and I swear I nearly cried because it was that beautiful" I told her
"B, slow down" Serena laughed "I get it, I get it" she said as he laughter began to wane a bit "So have you two been planning your pending nuptials?" she then asked
"Nuptials?" I asked
"B, your wedding. I figured that since you declined Chuck's offer that you'd be accepting Dan's…but then you declined his as well. What are you going to do?" Serena asked
"You sound like Humphrey. He seems to have marriage on the brain as well "I sighed as I took a seat
"Maybe because he proposed to you" Serena said
"But I declined, then maybe told him maybe…but I declined" I replied
"You said maybe, B. You still gave him hope" Serena said
"I know, I know" I sighed "Why does everything have to come so quick for us? I mean can't we just enjoy being young" I stated
"Then tell him that, tell him you want to live it up" Serena replied "He's understanding" she said
"But that's the thing, I'm not sure…a couple of weeks ago, I was a little open to marrying him but now that we're together…I don't know" I told her
"Okay, so you've thrown me for a loop. Do you or do you not want to get married?" Serena asked
"That I will leave up to the Gods. If Blair Waldorf will or will not marry Dan Humphrey" I declared "And if that doesn't work then I guess I'll beat out the average porn star on the amount of sex I've had all on this trip" I replied as she just laughed at me
"Your gross" Serena replied
"Please, the one way to get a guy to forget what he was talking about is to encourage sex. I encouraged and he disrobed" I told her
"Dan and you getting married. That sounds weird just hearing it" Serena laughed "Have you talked with Chuck?" she asked
"No, I kind of got the feeling that he loathed me when I left that night. Then when he found out that Dan and I ran off together…I think he should be furious by now" I replied "Why? Have you?" I asked
"I'm coming home this weekend, and he's all ready summoned me" Serena sighed "He says we need to discuss Lilly, but I'm sure he wants to talk about what I know as far as Dan and you" she said
"And what will you tell him?" I asked
"I will tell him that you two are in fact together but I think we should throw him off on where because this is Chuck we're talking about" Serena said
"This is Chuck, so there really is no need to lie about it because he will find out" I told her "Just tell him the truth" I said
"All right, if you want the truth out then I will tell him" Serena said
"How is Lilly? How is she doing with the whole retrial and everything?" I asked
"She's holding up as best as she can, but I can tell she's worried. Rufus is trying to do all he can to petition the courts but my mother has a target on her back and they will not stop" Serena replied
"Do you need me to do anything? Mother knows a few states attorneys that could look over the case to see if there is proper grounds for the filings" I said
"No, no. In some odd way I think that this is something my mother doesn't want to fight. She made her mistake and she wants to stick with it" Serena said
"Well, if you do need anything. I'm a phone call away and a couple of planes away…I can be there if you need me" I told her
"I know" Serena smiled "Thank you B" she said
"Well, I should head back before Humphrey starts searching for the police to come find me" I laughed
"All right. We'll talk soon" Serena said we ended the call. A smile was painted on my face as just the simple thought of having my best friend back made me smile like an idiot. Just as I was lost in my thoughts of how things were working out, I could see Humphrey coming towards me with bags in hand so that only meant he nearly bought up the bookstore.
"Look who had their own shopping spree" I smiled as I got up to give him a quick kiss "What'd you get?" I asked
"Bassani, Moravia, and Salgari" Dan replied happily as he showed me the books in his bag
"Aren't we becoming world renown" I laughed
"I have to come back for the Calvino tonight" Dan said "But otherwise, I'm good here" he said before he took my hand
"All right, so that means we get to stay out late tonight" I smiled "Oh, I can't wait" I beamed
[Dan's P.O.V.] [Friday]
I think Waldorf had literally bought up Venice for crying out loud. I woke up this morning, and tried to make my way to the living room only to nearly break my neck on all the bags she had about. I have no idea how she intends to bring all this stuff back, let alone travel on with it. I had enquired information about sending the clothes off back to New York, that way we wouldn't have to travel with all the bags. Waldorf of course protested against seeing her clothes leave her but I was able to convince her. Convincing each other now just involved sex, so that I was happy to convince away and get my own pleasure out of it. This whole trip I couldn't count how many times our urges have gotten the best of us, but I loved having the option of having her at any moment of any day. All in all it was just great to be away from Gossip Girl territory, where everyone had access to our lives, but here its just us being in the moment. I had planned a romantic gondola ride for us that evening, so with her running amuck out in the square, I had taken that time to finalize a few of the plans and our upcoming traveling plans with something I know that was sure to make her happy. As we got dressed for the evening, I couldn't help but feel relaxed and truly at ease with everything. I couldn't wait for what came next, and that was a new feeling for me. When we had made it to the gondola, she was literally beaming like a child on Christmas morning and everything just amazed her from the fireworks that they had on display, down to the simple Italian dishes they had laid out for us. For the first time I was glad to splurge on the woman I loved, and I was glad that I was capable in doing so. I may never have the amount of money of that of Chuck Bass, but the money I had, I wanted to buy the world for her if it were necessary.
"The food was amazing" Blair smiled
"So much so that you took mine. Greed is clear, when it comes to you" I joked
"Your as slow as a snail, Humphrey" Blair replied
"But it was still my food" I laughed
"Isn't this the part where you say what's yours is mine, and what's mine is yours?" Blair asked
"Nope, I don't believe I've said that" I replied as I stirred my glass of wine
"My, my. Is Humphrey getting use to the finer things now? You stir your glass like you've acquired a taste for it now" Blair teased me
"The wine is actually good, plus wine here is like a soda…so common" I laughed
"Soda and wine, you've clearly lived the Brooklyn life. Who compares soda to wine?" Blair asked
"That's what it feels like. I mean breakfast comes with a pure white wine, then dinner with a red wine" I said
"I think the wine is of choice" Blair quickly replied "If your not careful then you might become quite the alcoholic" she laughed
"So I've splurged a bit on the wine, but we are in Italy" I replied
"To Italy" Blair praised as we toasted. Taking this moment, I pulled into my bag and pulled out a gift for her "What is this?" she then asked as I handed it to her
"You forget what these look like, you really are slumming it" I teased as she opened the brown packaging to see that it was binded book
"Il mio uptown girl" Blair read to herself "Forgive my Italian, but is this titled…my uptown girl?" she asked
"Yes" Dan replied
"Who wrote this?" Blair asked as she began to search for the author in the binded pages of the book
"I wrote it" I told her as she looked at me in total and utter shock
"What is this? Another book about Serena…" Blair asked as she didn't know whether to be flattered or hurt by the fact that I had bounded a book about my devotion to Serena van der Woodsen. Before she could even complete her sentence I had to interrupt
"It's about you" I said as tears began to well up in her eyes
"When?" Blair asked
"It was a night in which you challenged me to think of things other than Serena van der Woodsen. I had wrestled with ideas, but there was one constant that I couldn't shake that had made me…made me inspired. That night on the roof, you rested so peacefully and I just became inspired" I smiled
"So you wrote a book about me?" Blair asked
"Are you freaked out? Did I cross the line?" I began to ask nervously
"No, no. I just…I've never had anyone do this for me or thought that highly of me to do something like this. I mean I almost fear what you have written and if you plan to go public with it" Blair beamed with happiness
"I did at one point, but then everything happened. Over the year, I had gone back and forth on whether to scrap it, but I just found it therapeutic to write about you" I said
"So I'm going to be bashed in the later chapters?….that's very Mel Gibson of you Humphrey" Blair replied making me laugh at her reference to current topics
"I stopped writing when we broke up, but I had just about finished most of it when we had" I told her "Do you like it?" I then asked as I brushed away a strand of hair from her face
"I love it" Blair smiled as she leaned in to kiss me
"Good" I said I broke the kiss "But I do have bad news though" I then said
"Bad news? Humphrey, you don't follow up good news with bad news" Blair told me
"I'm sorry, but it involves us leaving earlier than we thought" I told her as I got more relaxed in my seat as the soothing sounds of the water began to comfort me
"I'm dying to know this reasoning as to why we have to leave?" Blair asked as she pinched my side "Why are we leaving Humphrey! You better have a good reason" she scolded me
"If you would stop putting bruises on me, then I'll tell you" I said massaging my wounds
"Just trying to comprehend why you would want to leave Italy so early?" Blair asked with a bit of sterness in her voice
"Because we're going to France" I replied "Your dad called while you were out, and I told him we were in Italy…so he suggested that we stop by and spend some time with him. We leave for Sunday" I informed her before she pulled me into a hug "I take this as a sign that your happy?" I asked as she still clung on to me "Okay, this is a happy hug" I concluded
[Blair's P.O.V.] [Saturday]
To say I wasn't excited to see daddy would be a lie, I was more than happy to see him and I just couldn't wait to tell him all about my successes back at home and my new found relationship. I know he probably would have been thrown for a loop seeing as I used to be engaged with Chuck, but I'm sure when he went all travel planner with Humphrey, he concluded that I was probably doing more than sightseeing with Humphrey. The gondola ride was perfect, oh and Humphrey was great as well...okay, well I did have a romantic night with him. I have managed to read through most of his book, and I found that he actually gave me an accurate portrayal, he even managed to make a literary sex symbol. After that night, I just find myself imagining what it would like to be married to Humphrey. I know I declined his offer and had leaned more towards not wanting to get married, but isn't the purpose of finding love be the track to marriage. I mean he was thoughtful, funny, talented, artistic, loved museum, and cinema...he had morphed from the frog and just one drunken night of sex...morphed into a prince. Maybe, just maybe, I'm ready to make that commitment...maybe I'm ready to get married. I don't know, its a lingering thought that I'm finding more and more beneficial. Coming in from his workout downstairs, I could see he had gone hard on the treadmill and I'm sure once I saw the finished product then it would make up for all the sweat he had on him.
"You still reading?" Dan asked as he walked over to kiss me but I put my foot up to block him
"You smell" I protested
"Waldorf!" Dan said "Let me kiss you" he said trying to move around my foot but I was able to move it quick enough to block him
"I don't want a sweaty kiss, nor do I want your sweaty body on my new pajamas" I said
"You don't mind when I'm sweating during..." Dan tried to reply but I stopped him
"Now, is not the time for sexual innuendo's Humphrey. I will ask and require that you take a shower...lather twice, then apply a lot of lotion...then we'll kiss" I told him
"I have to do all of that for a kiss?" Dan laughed
"If you plan to have these lips included in that kiss" I replied
"All right. I will oblige your wish" Dan said as he slowly walked around towards the bathroom. Before I could get used to the thought of how simple it was that he just obliged my wish and did them, I began to realize that maybe this could be the foundation to a healthy marriage with him. That was until he came from behind me and wrapped me up in his arms
"Humphrey!" I screamed out as moved me around against his bare chest so that the sweat was getting on me
"Oh, you'll be fine" Dan laughed as I tried to squirm away from his embrace
"But these pajama's won't be" I groaned
"Well I think I could fix that" Dan said as he laid me back on the sofa
"You can't be serious?" I asked him with a slight laugh on my face but I quickly let that pass because I needed to remain tough, for the sake of our marriage
"I don't joke when it comes to the business of love making" Dan laughed
"Don't we sound macho" I said trying to hold my laughter
"You making fun of me?" Dan asked as he sat back on his knees
"And you've become so wise on this trip" I joked before he began to tickle me "Humphrey!" I called out again as I just couldn't control my laughter "Fine, fine. We can, we can" I agreed as he let up on his attack
"We can?" Dan asked as he laid down on top me, propping himself up so that he was inches away from my face
"Yes, we can" I said softly as he gave me a quick kiss
"I love you" Dan whispered to me as my hands drifted down his back all the way down to his shorts
"I love you too" I replied as he just laughed
"Shall we give this sofa something memorable?" Dan asked me
"If it gives you something to shoot for" I teased before he leaned down to kiss me.
Marriage. If it was something like this then maybe I could get married?