We smiled so bright the sun went down
Rose above the maddening crowd
We lit the streets with the sweetest glow
We held the globe and made it turn
Wandered through the universe
The men of science observed through telescopes

All for love, we become

Larger than lifesize, wondersome
Great in the eyes of someone
Larger than lifesize we become,
Great in the eyes of someone.

-A Fine Frenzy

He wanted her. He craved her. He relished in the thought of having her. But time was funny sometimes. Sometimes you get what you want and other times you just don't. Chuck Bass knew one thing he wanted Blair Waldorf more than he has wanted anything in his entire life. He wanted to touch her luscious, brown curls. He wanted to feel the way they moved when he touched them. He wanted to see the light reflect off her porcelain skin. He wanted to hold her hand. How cliché Chuck Bass wanted to hold a girl's hand with no ulterior motive. He wanted to wake up next to her. Maybe for forever…to be honest he could not even admit to himself how hard he was falling for Blair Waldorf.

None of it mattered though. He knew that she would be back with Nate soon enough. They were destined to be so to speak and he was just the best friend. Always second best. To his father, to Nate, to everyone really. He would never be worthy of a girl like Blair Waldorf. She would always choice the guy like Nate. The perfect prince who could give her the perfect life. Although, even though he knew all this it was not going to stop him from staring at her, from fantasizing about having her in more ways than just sex, from giving her a reason to choice him.

But he knew that she would never choice him. However, a small voice in the back of his head told him she did choice him. That night at Victrola, she could have given her virginity to anyone, but she gave it to him. To Chuck Bass, the self-proclaimed devil, in the back of a limo. He had never felt emotions so raw and so plain before, he was like a drowning man seeing the light. He had never felt so alive. And for now he was okay with what they were even if it was just a distraction for her. He would reap the benefits and ravishing Blair Waldorf was a benefit that he could not resist.

*Blair's perspective*

She was caught off guard, insecure, on edge, maybe even a little scared whenever she saw him. Her heart would beat for what felt like a million beats per second. It was absolutely terrifying. She could not understand it why did she feel like this around him of all people. He was a womanizer, he used woman as pawns, and his basic code of life was use once and throw away. He had no soul; he could never care for anyone. However, she knew she was kidding herself when she pretended she didn't know him. He womanized for the same reason she threw up. It was a substitute for love. She figured she had always understood him, but she was always so preoccupied with her fantasies with Nate to realize what was right in from of her. She supposed she had always seen that longing underneath his asshole persona. That longing for a place, for love, for acceptance.

They were both just so damn screwed up. They were running against the wind looking for excuses to defy their unspoken chemistry. She knew that she wanted him, but he was so unsafe, running to him would be just like a suicide mission. She knew that he felt something for her. But she also knew that he would never admit it. They had undeniable fireworks. One touch would send the whole town up in flames. But Blair always did like to play with fire. And maybe just maybe setting the town on fire would be fun.

Blair Waldorf thought she knew a lot of things. It was not until later that the things she thought she knew were wrong. However, one thing she knew that if she let herself fall for Chuck Bass he would break her heart.

Constance Billard Courtyard 9:07 A.M

It was moronic even when she walked in a room he could feel it. It was as if they were connected by some invisible rope that tethered them to each other in more ways than one. She looked over at him ever so casually that it could have even been accidental. He knew better than that. She took in every detail of his appearance from his disheveled uniform to his carefully style hair. He moved away from the darkened wall that he had been lounging against and into the light.

He then walked up to her and said, "I thought I would come over and give you a better look."

She raised her eyebrows, "Excuse me Bass, no good morning I didn't even think you were that rude. Remember your manners."

He sniggered at her, "Only if you will teach me Waldorf. There really is no one better."

She smirked with the hint of a smile on her ruby red lips, "Who better indeed. So the wall looks lonely over there, oh why did you abandon it?"

He bitterly laughed at her forwardness and thought only she would realize the irony here, "I feel no reason to be over there when you are over here, unless you would rather we venture over there… well then I am sure that can be arranged."

She was surprised, but did not let it show through her tight smile, "Bass as much as I appreciate our extracurricular activities I do have self-respect and I am not some slut who will roll up her skirt for a quickie against a wall."

"Oh Waldorf you and I both know you would and you are. You like it just as dirty as me and if you weren't oh so subtly trying to maintain the upper hand you would in a second."

She blushed ever so slightly and felt the butterflies in her stomach move if it was possible even faster. She was scared that he was right, but ever the lady she responded, "As if Bass I am not that easy."

He looked at her with a mischievous glint in his eye and spontaneously said to her, "Spend the day with me."

She looked at him as if he had asked her to kill the President, "And ditch school, we are already late as it is." She made an attempt to gesture around the empty court yard and the school.

"Exactly and now there is no reason to even bother going at all. Come on Waldorf live a little."

She was at a crossroads if she was to go with him that would open up doors she was not ready to open and unleash demons that would test them both in more ways than one. She looked at him and at the school and said, "And what exactly would we do."

He laughed a real laugh and said, "Anything and everything."

She looked at him and at that moment she saw something in his eyes, something more than just pools of darkness. She saw for the first time something that was mirrored in her own eyes: hope.

She knew what she had to do she nodded her head slowly and spoke with a sense of purpose, of realization and said, "Okay."

She took the leap and to hell with consequences.

A/N

Sorry for the slight delay in updating I have been really busy. Now I hope you guys like this chapter I finally decided in a time period and it is a slightly AU version of B&C after Victor/Victrola. Guys I would really love some feedback on this chapter or the story in general. If anyone has any ideas just let me know and I will 100% consider them. Also, review, review, review, review. Reviews inspire me to write more! Until next time love you guys! Xoxo Kat