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Chuck's POV-

There were times I was sure my father had the ability to know everything that was going on every second of everyday in every place in the world. I suppose in the long run it didn't really matter because the situation he had put me in already started and vampires may have a lot of powers, but rewinding time was not one of them. Besides, this night could turn out to be rather interesting as long as nobody lost their tempers, though if they did it could be even more interesting or bloody, but either way worked for me as long as their no death. It's not that I dislike death, the exact opposite actually, but death could be messy and the aftermath was always a lot of work and Chuck Bass did not do anything that could be associated with work of any kind.

My father had not only invited Serena, Eric, and Lily like I had first thought. My father had also invited Carter and Georgina along for the ride. I knew inviting Carter was a jab meant to hurt me. Bart was always comparing me to Carter Baizen and making sure to do whatever he could to make damn sure I got the message of how he wished Carter was his son instead of me. Hell, I think he would take Satan as his son before he would ever accept me. It did not come as a surprise to me that Georgina was here; she and my father shared an odd past and that is one of the main reasons I had stopped sleeping with her. It was kind of freaky, even for the great Chuck Bass, to sleep with a girl who was occasionally sleeping with my father. Now I would do almost anything, but that just crossed any moral line I may have had. I couldn't even look at Georgina without picturing her in bed with my father and all of his wrinkled old man flesh because he really was quite old, even for a vampire and for some reason he choice to always appear as a man in his forties or fifties.

Once we all arrived at the Waldorf's, we were hurried out of the elevator and in to the dining room. I let my eyes quickly scan the area and as soon as they landed on Blair, I moved slow for a vampire, but relatively fast by human standards, and sat down in the chair right next to hers which Serena had been headed towards until I beat her there. After a smirk in her direction, I turned to Blair, took her hand in mine, and placed a kiss against her warm knuckles. I could feel Carter watching us as if he were examining the situation in order to learn what he could, but I ignored him as I usually would because it always annoyed him when he was unable to get under my skin.

"Blair, you are looking stunning this fine evening. I see where you get your good looks from." I knew I had to be on my best behavior tonight and so that is exactly what I would do. I realized that everyone probably thought I was compliment her mother, but that was not at all the case. Leaning in close as if I were about to kiss her cheek, I whispered just loud enough that she would hear me, but the other humans would not. "They definitely do not come from your mother and I assume that means you look like your father. No wonder she went in to fashion instead of trying to be a model. Instead of trying to be beautiful and fail, she chose to make beautiful things to draw the attention away from her looks. That is not something you will ever have to worry about."

Blair looked at me and while she said nothing I could tell my comment has please her since her expression was proud and embarrassed at the same time. Her mother had always been a sore spot and I wanted her to know that not everyone thought she needed to be an exact copy of Eleanor. The Queen of Constance was perfect the way she happened to be and one way or another I was going to convince her to see the truth. Blair Waldorf had potential to be something great if only she could get past her own fears and doubts.

"How was school today Blair?" Eleanor, wanting to start conversation, questioned her daughter even though everyone here knew she could care less and the only reason she was putting up a pretense was due to the fact she needed to look good to keep up her reputation as a doting mother. she was asking for the sake of her company and nothing else. "Did you learn anything interesting?"

"Well, I found out that I have an interest in photography." I watched from the corner of my eye as she smirked and sent a twisted smirk in the general direction of Georgina, who right now, had no idea what was going on or why Blair was acting so smug all of a sudden. "Pictures can tell an interesting story, wouldn't you agree Chuck?"

I nodded while at the same time setting my hand on her leg under the table where nobody would see. Her heart rate speeded up almost as soon as my cold fingers brushed up against her thigh. "A picture really can speak a thousand words."

"That is very true." Eleanor stated trying to take over the conversation since she had started to feel left out and needed the attention focused on her. "I am always telling my models they need to try and tell a story with the pictures that are taken. It is very important in my line of business. Oh, that reminds me, tomorrow we are doing a photo shoot where we want to get the local kids involved to show off my new summer and spring line and I hope that all of you will be there. You are just the kind of people we need to sell this line."

"I cannot speak for everyone else, but I'll be there." I replied quickly before Blair had the chance to object.

This would be a good opportunity to bond with her and I would be there to make sure Georgina did not pull any stunts and she would since that is just the type of girl she had always been. They say a picture is worth a thousand words and I was going to make sure Blair and I gave them something that would leave them speechless. She wanted to deny her feelings for me? Well that was fine because as soon as those pictures were developed, she would see with her own eyes how right we were together and then there would be no way she would be able to keep denying it. Tomorrow I was going to kill many birds with one stone.

TBC...

AN: Here is another chapter and I am sorry if it is short, but you all know things are rough right now so I thank you bearing with me. As usual though I do hope you enjoyed this chapter and I would like to see your thoughts. There is more vampire action coming up soon so be on the look out for that.

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