Everyone was on the terrace at The Empire Hotel. Chuck made his way over to Blair who was socialising with a bunch of women.
"Blair, I need to talk to you." He uttered sternly
"Excuse us, ladies." Blair forced a smile at them before turning to face Chuck, "Yes?" She replied, unamused
"How did you know... where Jack was?" He warned
"I don't remember." She gave that old doe-eyed stare "Must have read it somewhere."
"Blair." He repeated, firmly. "Don't toy with me."
"I'm not" She shrugged
"If there's any truth to that blast, I need to know... Did you sleep with Jack this summer?" His voice expressed his frustration
"No. I already told you, I must have read it online." She groaned
"Tell me the truth." He found it hard to attempt a low tone.
"Ohh you want the truth. Well, I was going to wait till we were further into the festivities but alright."
"Blair!"
"The question isn't who I'm sleeping with, the question is who are you?"
"What?" He shook his head
"Your little lady in white... is in fact a lady of the night." She sighed
"Low blow, Blair."
"Really? Then why don't you ask her?" Blair smiled sweetly before turning away, leaving Chuck speechless.
Chuck went upstairs and headed to his suite. Eva was just putting her earrings on. She turned to face him but her smile quickly faded after noticing the expression on his face.
"You know." She rubbed her forehead, Chuck paced around the bedroom
"How could you not tell me?" He continued to pace around the room, avoiding eye contact with her
"I... didn't want to until I knew how serious we were. After our honest conversation I realised it was time."
"So why didn't you?"
"I tried. You were pre-occupied all day, consumed by thoughts of Blair and your uncle. I assume she's the one who told you?"
"At least someone did." Chuck snapped
"Oh, so I'm not supposed to trust her, but with you, she's just being supportive."
"Look, this isn't about Blair." Chuck said firmly
"No? Is that why you keep giving her chances to meddle with us? you chose to believe her before having a mature adult conversation with me."
"I don't think this is one of Blair's games, she could've outed it at the party, she chose to tell me privately."
"Look!" Eva put her foot down, "I'm tired of having the same argument. Chuck... I have accepted your past and all your Blair issues with no judgment and I will continue to do so as long as we stick to honesty, loyalty and trust. Either you do the same for me, or let me know now."
"You're right... I'm in no position to judge."
"Really?" She asked
"Yeah." He sighed, "It's fine with me."
After the announcement Chuck and Nate went up to the suite for a breather.
"Here." Chuck handed Nate a drink "Sorry, about Juliet."
"It's for the best." Nate sighed, "Was never going to work out."
The elevator doors opened and Dan appeared
"What are you doing here?" Chuck scoffed
"I'm here to talk to Nate." Dan replied, not so much as a glance at Chuck.
"There's nothing to talk about, Dan. We both agreed to stay away from Serena, and you couldn't. I told you, you gotta talk to Vanessa more than me."
"I told you, it wasn't like that. Besides weren't you just talking to her downstairs? Look that's beside the point, you know we were only helping Blair. Which by the way I noticed, Eva's still here?"
"Does your mouth ever close?" Chuck asked, "And yes, why wouldn't she be?"
"Because..." Dan sighed, "She's a-"
"-None of your business, Humphrey."
"Chuck, come on! I know it's you. But I saw the website, there was a price list and everything."
"I'd rather not take relationship advice from a guy pining over my stepsister while his bohemian brooklynite is left in the dark."
"Hey, I'm not pining over anything."
"Would Vanessa like to know that you spent all day with Serena?" Chuck asked and Dan glared at Nate, who just shrugged. "Yeah, Nate tells me stuff. He's my best friend, get over it."
"Are you threatening me?" Dan's voice raised, "Two can play at that game Chuck. Does Eva know you kissed Blair? ...Yeah, Serena talks too."
"Hey! You leave Blair out of this." Chuck snapped
"Guys, that's enough." Nate pleaded
"No." Dan hissed, "I'm not taking this crap from him. Who are you to talk to me about my relationship? You pretended to be a whole other person to get a girl to like you, just so you could hide the fact that Blair dumped you for taking advantage of my sister!"
"Don't even!" Chuck warned
"What? Tell the truth?" Dan snapped back
"Humphrey, I'm warning you, I will end you."
"Listen, do yourself a favour, don't threaten the guy that will gladly give you a black eye for the third time."
"Alright! That's enough. Dan come on! Outside." Nate grabbed Dan and took him downstairs.
"I don't believe it." Blair shook her head in disgust "Look at them." She indicted to Chuck and Eva, who were stood together at the table in front of them.
"Wow. Well, I guess it's a good thing. Now he knows and he's okay with it, right?" Serena asked "You don't want him back do you?"
"No!" Blair scoffed, "I'm just... sick of all the lies between them."
"Blair..." Serena laughed, "Oh the irony." They watched as Chuck kissed Eva's cheek before she went to get drinks
"Alright. I've seen enough." Blair retorted and walked off
The next day
Blair was at Columbia.
"I'm sorry miss Waldorf, but the position has already been filled. Feel free to talk to my assistant if you have any questions regarding the class." Miss Chamberlin said before walking off.
Blair, already irritated, was about to walk into the office when Chuck Bass walked out of it.
"You?!" She glared at him
"Oh, hey Blair." Chuck grinned at her, "As much as I hate to deprived myself the satisfaction of you begging me, I should warn you, there's an admission's test for this class."
"What?" She cringed,
"Yes... First question is... what was it? Oh yeah! How did you know where Jack was?"
"You can't do this!" Blair snapped
"Is that your answer?" Chuck mocked
"Chuck!"
"Come on, Blair. After the show you've put on, I doubt you'll shy away from a little foreplay?" He smirked
"Alright..." She hissed, "Bring it on."