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When Blair's alarm clock went off at six thirty she quickly hit the snooze button and groaned heavily as she buried her head in to her pillow. She had only slept about three hours, her feet were still hurting from the uncomfortable boots she had worn and her fight with Carter was still bothering her, she hadn't meant to hurt him. Despite everything she still cared about him. Rolling over on her back she sighed heavily. She hated Serena with every fiber of her being in this moment.

Feeling Dan stirring slightly before rolling to his side and slowly started to trail random patterns across the skin of her stomach visible under the tank top she wore, leaving goosebumps in his wake.

"Good morning." His voice was horse and deep.

"There's nothing good about it." She mumbled back not opening her eyes.

"You wanna play rookie with me?" His hand ran across her stomach to her hipbone and

stopped to run small circles with his thumb there. Her skin was hot and soft, he could spend hours just tracing her body with his fingers.

"You mean skipping school?" She raised an eyebrow at him, still not opening her eyes. His warm hand against her felt comforting, she didn't want him to stop, ever.

"Yeah..." He felt the goosebumps under his fingertips and smiled inwardly, glad that he had the same affect on her that she had on him. He pushed her tank top up and ran his hand under her breast, tickling her ribs with his soft touch.

"I can't, I never skip school." She made an attempt to get up but Dan gently pushed her down again.

"Dan..." She half whined half moaned when he kissed her shoulder softly.

"Yes?" He mumbled against her skin.

"You're a bad influence." Her breathing was getting shallow as his lips continued up to her neck. She felt arousal starting to build up deep within her. Dan shifted on the bed so he was laying half on top of her and she welcomes his weight.

"You're too sexy." He kissed her cheek before stopping and looked down at her, their lips only millimeters apart.

Blair opened her eyes to look at him with confusion, wordlessly asking why he stopped. She leaned up to kiss him but he backed away making her inhale deeply in irritation. She wanted to kiss him, why was he making it hard for her to do so?

"Stay here with me." He whispered against her lips, his eyes dark and his breathing as shallow as her own. She stared up at him with hooded eyes and stroked his cheek, she felt the stubble against her hand, his breath against her skin and him pressed against her hip, she felt a stronger surge of arousal run through her.

"Okay."

Dan barely heard her before her lips were pressed against his. Hot, wet and erratic. He kissed with fervor and didn't ever want to stop, he tried to think of any other time when he felt like this but couldn't. She was his drug.

She was running her hands down his arms and his bare back, scratching his skin once his lips found a paratactically sensitive part of her neck and he growled in response. She widened her legs so he could lay in between them, now feeling all of him pressed against her.

"Blair, you need to get up..." Serena walked in without knocking but stopped dead in her tracks when she saw the couple on the bed.

"Serena!" Blair scowled as Dan buried his head in the crook of her neck, out of embarrassment or amusement she wasn't sure.

"Oh cool, a morning show." Nate appeared behind Serena smiling way to bright, the pain killers obviously doing wonders for him.

"Shouldn't you be in bed? And get out." She glared at the pair and resisted to flip them off.

"Yeah, actually you should." Serena turned to Nate who nodded and padded away to Serena's bedroom. "But seriously B, get up we have that presentation today and you know I can't do it alone. If you two wanna go for a quickie that's fine, but I need you to be dressed and ready in fortyfive minutes." She closed the door quickly and it wasn't long until they heard Nate and Serena talk in her bedroom.

Blair sighed in annoyance as Dan rolled off her.

"So that pretty much killed the mood." Dan said looking up at the ceiling.

"No kidding." Blair ran a hand through her hair, feeling the hair spray still there from the previous night. "I have to take a quick shower." She got up from the bed and removed her shirt. "Wanna join me?" She smirked from the doorway as Dan nearly ran towards her and laughed when he crushed her against the doorframe, his lips once again on hers.

"We have to be fast."

"You do realize that the walls in our apartment is like paper thin right?" Serena was sipping on her soda as Blair was on her second cup of coffee during their lunch break. They were enjoying the warm spring day with a few of their classmates.

"I do." She said calmly as she eyed the Starbucks across the street from their school, contemplating if she should run back to get a third cup of coffee. How Serena could be as alert and happy as she was Blair couldn't for the life of her figure out. She felt like a zombie, walking from class to class in a daze.

"So then you know that when you are having sex, I can hear you."

The few other girls around the table who had been talking quietly with each other now turned with interest to the pair.

Blair stared at her friend for a few seconds, the blonde was staring back with a smirk on her face.

"Oh, you don't think I don't hear you and Nate going at it at night?" She raised an eyebrow. "Why did you think I never had sex in our apartment before?"

"I never really thought about it." Serena seemed to drift off in deep thoughts as she gazed forward which gave Blair enough time to finish her lunch consisting of fruit yogurt and coffee, lot's of coffee.

"How's Carter in bed?" Tiffany asked Blair as Serena seemed to be somewhere else.

"Fine." Blair answered curtly, not interested in talking about her private life with these girls, it would only result in them telling everybody and soon the whole school would now. She already had a reputation because of Carter, there was no reason to make it worse by telling them that it wasn't Carter who she'd spent the night with.

After a few minutes of silence Serena turned back to her with a wide eyes.

"So you're saying that you hear everything?"

"Yepp."

"Everything?" The blondes voice raised and a few students at tables around them turned to look at them.

"Yes Serena, I hear everything. That includes your extremely dirty mouth and Nate's slight over fixation with you ass." Blair scrunched her nose at the latest memory of Serena screaming and Nate's deep grunts keeping her awake.

"But... Why didn't you tell me?" She sat tense at the table. Blair grabbed her hand gently and smiled knowingly.

"Would it really had made a difference?" When Serena didn't answer she let out a heavy breath. "Why is this bothering you so much? I mean, out of the two of us you're the sexually open, free spirited one."

"Yeah, but that's what I chose to tell you, there are private things that I don't share."

"Well S, sorry I didn't tell you." She patted Serena's shoulder in a not so comforting way and then looked at her clock. "Class is about to start, you ready for the presentation?" She gathered her notepad and a book.

"Yeah, I guess." Serena sighed heavily.

The presentation went well, even though Serena had been distant during the whole thing, but it wasn't something Blair and their teachers wasn't used to. When they were done they returned to their seats and Blair fished her phone out of her bag while the teacher was occupied with the two boys that were standing in the front of the classroom. She saw that she had two new messages and a missed call. Normally she would have ignored it, but the thought of Dan texting her forced a smile on her face and her curiosity got the best of her. As she suspected the first message was from Dan.

Dan: So here I am in math class and all I can think about is you on your knees in the shower.

Blair had to suppress her complete mix of emotions which consisted of shock, arousal and amusement. Deciding to text back, she quickly pressed the buttons.

Blair: I'm in school Humphrey, stop texting unappropriate things.

She hid the phone in her sleeve and continued to listen to the students in front of her but she couldn't focus. Thoughts of Dan kept popping up and the small smile wouldn't leave her lips. A few minutes later she felt her phone vibrate and the smile got bigger. She wondered if he had the same problem concentrating in class as she was.

Dan: What can I say, you've ruined me Waldorf.

Deciding to answer the text later and at least try to focus on what was going on in front of her she put the phone back but only seconds later she remembered that she had another message and she wanted to make sure that it wasn't her mother asking about their once a month dinner. When she saw that the text was from Carter she felt her stomach freeze up. Carter was the last person she expected to hear from and it made her uncomfortable just seeing his name on the screen. Knowing that she would feel uneasy until she knew what he wanted she read the message.

Carter: I'm sorry about yesterday. Can you meet me tonight and we can talk?

She didn't know why but she felt like she was about to panick. Why she was having such a strong reaction she wasn't sure. Nudging Serena who sat beside her she wordlessly showed her the phone. Serena immediately frowned and shook her head no.

"We have to work together." Blair whispered.

"Yeah, but you don't have to talk to each other at the club now do you?" She whispered back.

"That's mature." The sarcastic reply made Serena huff in annoyance.

"Excuse me, Miss Waldorf, Miss Van der Vodsen, isn't this entertaining enough for you? Maybe you'd have more fun in detention this afternoon?" Mr. Rodgerson, their teacher was looking at them with narrowed eyes behind his to big glasses.

"No sorry." The girls mumbled and fell silent, feeling Rodgerson's eyes on them.

When Blair got out of class thirty minutes later she texted Carter.

Blair: I'll be at your place at seven.

Blair was sitting on Serena's bed next to Nate as she ate cheerios from a bowl. She had done most of her homework and gotten an hour long nap and she felt like a new person. It was amazing what a little sleep could do.

"You're seriously going to see him?" Serena asked from the doorway, she too eating cereal.

"I have to. I don't want there to be weird at the club, for anyone." She was nervous but she didn't want to admit it.

"Why at his place though, couldn't you at least meet out in public?" Nate put his hand on her knee and squeezed. "He's crazy Blair."

"Come on, he's not going to hurt me guys." She pushed his hand away and finished her cereal and stood up. She quickly grabbed her jacked and purse before turning at the front door.

"Oh by the way Serena, it's not even been one day and I'm eating cheerios instead of a home cocked meal. I want an entree and desert for tomorrow as compensation." She didn't bother to hear Serena's response, instead she hurried outside. The quicker she got this done, the quicker she would get home so she could finish her homework and then hopefully talk to Dan.

Walking down the familiar streets Blair was anxious to get to Carter's. She wanted to get this over with. Her phone suddenly started to ring and she searched through her bag hurriedly. Looking at the caller ID before answering she saw Dans name flashing across the screen.

"Hi Humphrey." She forced herself to keep her composer calm.

"Hey, what are you doing?" Dan was lying on his bed with his computer on his lap, looking through movies.

"I'm actually on my way to Carter's." Deciding to be honest with him she bit her lip as she waited for his there was none she silently cursed herself, she should have lied. "He said that he wanted to talk, I think he deserves that." She tried to explain.

"No Blair, I get that." He began silently "But I don't want you to go alone, I mean, what if he hurts you. I can come too."

Why was everybody so worried about carter hurting her, she wondered. He wouldn't do that to her.

"It's fine Dan, he won't. We're just going to talk. There's no need for you to come all the way down here, if anything it will make things worse." She reached the subway station. "Look, there's no cell service in the subway and I have to take this one."

"Where does he live?" Dan didn't want to hang up, he didn't want her to be alone with that guy.

"Why does it matter?" She sighed heavily.

"Blair. Tell me." His voice was stern and she felt a blush come over her cheeks. Why was his voice so damn sexy?

"East10th and 2 avenue." She looked at her watch, the train would come any minute. "I have to go, bye." She hurried down the stairs without hearing Dan respond.

Blair knocked on the door to Carters apartment which she still didn't know how he paid for. It was a roomy three bedroom apartment that he shouldn't be able to pay for on his salary. She had asked him about it once and he had told her not to worry about it.

"Hey, thanks for coming." Carter said as soon as he opened the door. His hair was wet and he was only wearing sweats. Blair forced herself not to stare at his abs, she was still attracted to him, that hadn't changed.

"Yeah sure." She was going to be civil, they were going to be fine she thought as she entered the apartment.

"I'll be right back, just gonna put on a shirt." He walked to his bedroom as Blair removed her jacket and sat down on the couch. She felt the leather against the skin of her naked legs, maybe this hadn't been a good idea. The apartment brought back memories which she didn't want to think about right now.

"Do you want anything to drink? Eat"? Carter returned sipping on a beer.

"No, thanks I'm fine." She tried to smile but it probably looked as fake as it felt.

"Okay." He sat down in the chair furthest away from her which she was happy about. "I want to apologize, for everything. How I handled the situation, for Nate and calling you names." He was leaning forward on his elbows, his knees far apart and he was looking at her with earnest.

"Shouldn't you apologize to Nate, you know since he has two broken ribs thanks to you." She leaned back a bit on the soft furniture, her arms crossed over her chest.

"I will. But I think you're more important." He took a few sips of his beer sighing heavily when the bottle was empty. "Look, I don't want there to be any tension at work, which is why I wanted to see you. I wont ever treat you the way I did last night. There won't be any problems. But you have to understand that you kind of surprised me. I thought, I thought we were heading somewhere." He moved to sit beside her on the couch. His arm was on the backrest of the couch and he was close, too close.

"That's all I want. Us being civil, no drama. And I'm sorry for not telling you." She said softly as she tried to put some space between them without him noticing. He did. "I care about you Carter, I do."

"But?" He leaned in closer again and she could smell his cologne, it clouded her senses. He smelled good and she wanted to close her eyes. This was so familiar, so safe. She felt Carters hand run small circles on her shoulder and saw his blue eyes focusing on her lips.

Finally her brain seemed to work again and she moved away, now pressed against the armrest. "But I care more about Dan." She said feeling horrible, she had been so close to kiss him. She didn't want to do that to Dan. "I think I should go." She said standing up but Carter grabbed her wrist.

"Don't." He whispered and kissed her hand softly.

"Carter, stop." She angrily moved away from his grip. She quickly put on her jacket and headed for the door but Carter was too fast. He moved himself in between her and the door.

"Don't go. We need to talk." His voice was so soft but his eyes were cold. Blair was beginning to worry that her friends were right, she shouldn't have gone alone.

"We have nothing more to talk about. We will work together, nothing more." She reached for the handle but once again he took a hold of her wrist.

"I think you want more though." Suddenly his lips were pressed against hers. It happened so fast, too fast for her to react. The familiar feeling was back and she fell in to the kiss. His hands were moving to remove her jacket as she was backed up against the wall. All of a sudden Dan popped up in her head and Blair felt nauseous. Carter tasted like beer and cigarettes and she felt like throwing up. Using all her power to push him away he backed away a few steps and Blair ran to the door as fast as she could.

"Blair. Blair wait! I'm sorry!" He was going after her, she could hear his steps louder and louder behind her. Luckily she reached the elevator and the doors closed behind her before he reached her. Her heart was thumping hard in her chest and her brain was on lockdown. What the hell had just happened? One minute he was being sweet, the Carter she was used to and the next he was grabbing her and kissing her. She felt her eyes water and a couple of tears fell down her cheeks. The doors opened and she quickly walked out of the building but she heard Carter yelling her name. He must have taken the stairs down she realized and she started to walk faster. She noticed that it had begun to rain, great she thought. Looking behind her as she heard Carter yell her name again she walked in to something hard.

"Oh I'm sorry."

Blair looked up to apologize to the man and her eyes widened in shock to see Dan standing in front of her. His expression matching her own.

"Dan, what are you doing here?" She asked trying to remove the remaining tears on her cheeks subtly, but they kept running down her face. She wanted to run, she didn't want Carter and Dan to run in to each other here, during these circumstances. She grabbed his hand to drag him away but he didn't budge.

"I told you I didn't want you to go alone. Are you, are you alright?" He looked at her concerned. "Did he hurt you or something?" He cupped her cheek gently.

"Blair, come on I'm sorry..." Carter came running out the door stopping when he saw Dan and Blair.

"What did you do to her?" Dan moved a couple of steps closer to Carter who didn't move a muscle.

"Nothing man, relax."

"Dan, come on let's just go." She tried to grab his hand but he moved away, closer to Carter.

"Did you touch her?" They were only a couple of feet away from each other now.

"Believe me, I've touched her. Many, many times." Carter grinned smugly at Dan, his eyes glimmering.

Dan didn't think at that moment, it was as his body and his mind weren't connected as his fist landed on Carter's cheek and he stumbled back.

"Dan!" Blair yelled and once again tried to grab his hand. This was exactly what she wanted to avoid. People were staring at them and she wanted to disappear.

"What the fuck?" Carter was rubbing his cheek as he stared at Dan. "So the little Upper East Side baby has some balls then?"

Dan charged forward again but was suddenly held back by a man.

"I think that's enough." He said as he forced Dan back.

"Please Dan, let's go." Blair was pleading behind him. He looked down at her and his rage disappeared when he saw her face. Her eyes were big and filled with tears, begging him to stop.

"Touch her again and you'll be sorry!" He yelled to Carter as he shook the mans hand off him. Carter kept smirking and gave a small wave before returning in to the building.

"Can we just go?" Blair pinched her nose and looked down at the ground. The rain was getting worse, she was angry, sad and cold. She wanted to crawl in to bed with a cub of hot tea and a good book.

"Yeah, I've got my car." He took her hand but she didn't take a hold, she simply let it be there, hanging slightly in his bigger hand. They walked to the car where Dan's driver was looking at them with interest.

"Where too Mr Humphrey?"

"Brooklyn, to Blair's." He stroked her hand with his thumb as the car started to move. She was turned away from him looking out the window. "Are you okay?" He asked gently.

"Yes." She didn't want him to see the tears that once again were in her eyes.

"Hey Waldorf," He nudged her shoulder with his "look at me." She didn't turn and he sighed heavily. "Blair, tell me what's wrong. What did he do?"

"He kissed me. But right now he's not the one I'm mad at." She turned to look at him with an icy stare. "Why did you do that? Why did you come when I told you not too? Why did you hit him? I had things under control."

"You were running out crying? Obviously you did not have the situation under control." He was confused, why was she mad at him? He had done what every man would do, protect his girl. That's what she was, his girl.

"You hit him in the middle of the street. You are lucky you weren't arrested." She crossed her arms across her chest.

"Are you seriously mad at me for defending you?" The disbelief in his voice was apparent.

"No, I'm kidding." She said sarcastically. "You didn't need to defend me. He wouldn't do anything."

"You said he kissed you, was in consensual?" He was getting angry too now, but mostly he wanted to know.

She was silent for a few seconds, thinking back. Was it consensual, no. Did she lead him on, yes.

"No, but I didn't push him away at first." She confessed quietly. She saw Dan draw a deep breath. "But then I thought of you and I pushed him away."

They stared at each other, the small confines of the car forcing them to be closer than either one of them would have liked at the moment.

"Carter was a part of my life and I do believe that he would never hurt me, but you're already a bigger part of it. But Dan," She grabbed his hand tightly. "you can't protect me from every man that goes a little to far. Not when I have the job that I do. Is it okay for people to say things to and about me, or touch me inappropriately, no of course it isn't. But it happens sometimes. You can't be this jealous."

"This is not about me being jealous. This is about me defending you when he disrespected you." Dan wanted to hit the seat, why was she acting like this?

"We're here, miss." David, the driver announced.

That was fast. Must have been very little traffic Blair thought.

"Look, what do you want me to do? Be okay with those sorts of comments?" Dan looked at her with sadness.

"No. But you need to understand that it happens in my line of work." The door behind her opened and she was about to get out but stopped and leaned against him, kissing him on the cheek. "Would it be okay if I had some time to think?" She asked in a small voice.

"Wait what? Are you breaking up with me?" Dan's eyes widened and he felt his heart beat faster.

"No. I just need a few days. I'll call you okay?" She stroked his cheek and he covered it with his own. "I'm not breaking up with you Humphrey, your mom would get to much satisfaction out of it." She tried to joke but realized that it wasn't particularly funny. Dan smiled weakly in response.

"I'll talk to you in a few days then?" He asked in a low, shy voice.

"Yes. Bye Humphrey." She kissed his lips softly before leaving the car and running in to her building to get out of the rain.

The entire drive back to the Upper East Side Dan was in a daze. He had woken up so happy and now it felt like someone had stomped all over his chest and stomach. It's not a break up, it's not a break up, he kept repeating the words until he reached the penthouse. Ignoring Jenny and his parents badgering him, he went up to his room and put on music as loud as possible and let out an aggravated scream.