Friendly Encounters- Chapter 7

The whole thing that had happened between her and Chuck on the fieldtrip put everything into perspective for Blair. She had totally become lost in the moment and she hadn’t cared about anything other than him. That’s when she decided that it had to stop, she was about to do something drastic but she knew that it needed to be done.
She had to lose her virginity to Nate. It was the only way for things to go back to normal between her and Chuck. Once he found out that she had lost it to Nate, they could go back to being just friends. She knew she was in denial about everything, but she couldn’t think about what she was going to do. Or she would never go through with it.
She had gone and fallen in love with Chuck and that was the worst possible thing that could have happened. He didn’t feel the same way. She knew that he lusted after her body, but after he slept with her then everything would go back to normal for him and he would want to just be friends with her again. And Blair would be left her heart broken. She could not let that happen.
Blair wanted so badly to lose her virginity to Chuck, but that wasn’t possible. She was supposed to be with Nate, he was the perfect boyfriend and that’s what she wanted. Or did she? Things had changed and she was shocked to discover that she didn’t want her perfect little Blair Waldorf life anymore. The life she wanted was anything that involved Chuck, but that was entirely impossible. She didn’t like change and she was going to fight it as hard as she could. She was going to lose her virginity to Nate. Not Chuck and that was final. She was going to tell Nate during school and let Chuck see her hang all over Nate, and maybe then he would finally leave her alone and everything could go back to the way it used to be. It had to for her sanity to remain intact.

XOXO
She sauntered up to him at school the next day. She saw that Chuck was watching her and that made this even more worthwhile.
“Nate, I’m finally ready.”
“Ready for what?” He was being dense as usual.
She groaned inwardly. “I’m ready to make love with you.” She actually cringed at just saying the words to him.
A smile lit up his face. “Oh. Thank god, I’ve been waiting so long for this day.”
She tried to paste a fake smile on her face but she found that she couldn’t quite do it. Her smile resembled a knockoff fake Prada bag. “I want it to be with you and I glad that I can say, I’m finally ready.” She closed her eyes and imagined that she was talking to Chuck the whole time.
She glanced out of the corner of her eyes that Chuck was still watching her. She grabbed Nate and brought his mouth down to hers. Blair’s only reason for doing this was to try and get Chuck out of her mind but Nate actually got quite into the kiss and deepened it. After a few minutes, she pulled away. She fought the urge to actually wipe her mouth free of his kiss.
Nate staggered. “Wow. I can’t wait for tonight.”
She tried to keep the revulsion off of her face but she didn’t know if she succeeded. “Pretty soon, Nate.”
Nate hurried off to class and Blair tried to steel herself on what she had to do later tonight. It was not going to be easy. She heard a slam behind her and she turned around to see Chuck.
Anger was vibrating in his body and she thought that she had never seen him look sexier. There her mind went again, back in the gutter. “Chuck?”
“What the fuck do you think you’re doing?”
She was shocked by his anger towards her. “What do you mean?”
He pushed his body closer to hers. “What do I mean? I thought what happened the other day would change certain things. I thought that you would stop playing these games.”
“I’m not doing anything wrong, Chuck. So I have no idea of what you’re talking about.”
“You don’t, huh?” He growled. “You keep putting your hands all over that fucking boyfriend of yours to make me jealous. And it’s working. But right now instead of just feeling jealous, I feel hurt.”
“Hurt?” She asked, like she couldn’t comprehend that Chuck would ever feel that way.
“Yeah. Oh! That’s right; Chuck Bass has no feelings and shouldn’t feel that way. That’s what everybody thinks, but you know better Blair. You know me. And I do have fucking feelings and you’re starting to drive me crazy.”
She swallowed hard, but his words had got to her and she started to feel guilty. “What do you want from me?”
His face softened a little, although he was still angry. “I want us to go back to how we used to be.”He said as he smoothed his school blazer down. “I want us to be friends again but I want us to be in a relationship together. I know that’s what we both want.”
Blair was aching to say, yes. But that meant throwing all caution to the wind and she wasn’t ready to do that. “I want us to go back to being friends too, but we can’t be more than that, Chuck.”
The furious gaze was back on his face. “Why the fuck not?”
He was going to hate her when she said what she was about too. “I just told Nate I’m ready to do what has been a long time coming.”
He caught on a lot quicker than Nate had. “Blair! You can’t. Think about what you’re saying, you know that you don’t care about him and you always wanted it to be special.”
She tried to move further back against the wall; his closeness was starting to bother her immensely. “It’s too late for that now. I’m eighteen and I think I’m about the last virgin in this school. It’s time to change that and I plan too with Nate.”
“Blair! Stop acting like this. Please don’t do this to me or yourself. You know what we have.”
“I’m going to start acting like you for a change, Chuck. You lost your virginity at twelve and haven’t slowed down once. Maybe it’s time for me to do that.”
He looked at her like she had slapped him. “There’s a difference though, you’re not like that. You could never do it.”
Blair had enough. “I will do whatever it takes to forget about you! I’ll do anything!”
He touched her face softly. “Don’t. I don’t want you to forget me, Blair.”
“Well, I’m going too. So forget about what’s happened between us.”
“We can’t forget it, Blair. It’s too strong and I know what this is all about. It’s you and your idiotic plan for nothing to change. I’m not in your plans, but we can change all that. Don’t do this.”
She heard the pain in his voice but couldn’t pay attention to it or she knew that she would give in to him. “I’ve already made up my mind.”
“So this is what you want to do? How would you like it if I paraded girl’s right under your nose when I knew that you didn’t like it?”
She took a step around him, ready to get away from Chuck. “You always did before and nothing has to change now. You can do whatever you like. I’ve got to go.”
He watched her walk away and felt defeated, if he couldn’t change her mind then nothing would. Chuck then did something he had never done before, he prayed. He prayed to god that Blair wouldn’t lose her virginity to Nate.

XOXO
“Chuck?”
“What?”
“I need your help with something.”
He grimaced at her. “I don’t like the sound of your voice right now. What’s wrong?”
She turned her face away from him. “It’s kind of embarrassing.”
“Blair. We tell each other everything, so just come out and ask me whatever it is.”
“Do you know Neil Thoroughbred?”
“Yeah. What about him?”
She took a deep breath. “I like him and he asked me out. The only problem is I’ve never had a boyfriend or anything.” She took another deep breath. “I need you to teach me how to kiss.”
He chuckled. “Neil? Are you serious, Blair? He’s such a fucking fairy.”
Blair glared at him. “Are you going to help me or not?”
He quickly turned serious. “You’re fifteen. How could you never have kissed anybody?”
“I don’t know, it’s just never happened.”
He looked at her and he could tell that she really did want his help very badly. “I don’t think so. It would be too weird.”
She flipped her hair back and said sassily, “Why? Are you afraid you fall for me if you kiss me?”
He roared with laughter at this. “OH MY GOD! That was the funniest thing I’ve ever heard.” She made a face at him. Chuck continued, “One kiss and only because you’re my best friend.”
She nodded furiously. “Okay, thank you.”
He moved to stand right next to her and placed his hands timidly on her shoulders. He looked at her the whole time while his mouth was descending towards her. She parted her lips, waiting in anticipation to feel what her first kiss was going to be like. His lips were hair’s breath away from hers and they noses bumped. Just as they lips were about to touch, Blair shrieked.
“What the fuck was that for?” He asked in outrage.
“I didn’t think it would feel that weird. I just can’t do it, Chuck.”
“Well, now’s a fine time to tell me.”
Blair smirked. “Did I hurt your ego?”
He glared at her. “My ego’s never been hurt in my entire life.”
She moved closer to him and kissed his cheek. “I’m sorry, Chuck. I know that you were only trying to help me, I just didn’t count on it feeling like that.”
He crooked a finger at her and they shared a hug. “It’s okay, I guess. I still love you, B.”
They shared a laugh.

XOXO
“It’s happening tonight, Serena.”
“Are you serious? Wow! Who are you going to do it with?”
Blair looked at her in outrage. “Nate, of course.
Serena noticed that Blair was angry today and she didn’t want to irk her anymore. “Oh. I thought you were into Chuck though, you said you didn’t have any feelings for Nate.”
“I want it to be with Chuck, but we can never work so it has to be with Nate. I don’t even want to talk about it anymore.”
“Maybe you shouldn’t rush into it, Blair. Take your time.”
She stamped her foot on the cement, in the process scrapping her $500 Channel shoes. “It’s past time for me, I want to know what all the fuss is about. And tonight is the night that is going to mark my entrance into womanhood.”
“Are you positive?”
“Um, Well…” Blair started to mumble. “Never mind what I just said. Yes, I’m sure. I just hope that it was all worth it.”

XOXO
Nate had taken her out for a nice romantic evening to get her in the mood. They had gone to a very romantic restaurant but she couldn’t help feel that the whole evening was a waste on her. She couldn’t help it; she just didn’t feel it for Nate. And that was a shame.
He took her back to his apartment after dinner and proceeded to set a very nice scene for Blair. Rose petals, candles, and satin sheets were all over the place. She took in the surroundings and she had to admit that when she thought about losing her virginity, this is how she imagined it. But this just wasn’t right to her; it was with the wrong person.
“So did you enjoy the evening?” Nate asked, as he led her to his bedroom.
“I did. Thank you for everything.”
They sat on his bed. “Are you sure you’re ready?” Nate asked her; concerned that she was so quiet. Usually Blair could never shut up for five minutes.
She stayed silent for a while but then finally answered, “Yes.”
Her response seemed to please Nate and he leaned into to kiss her. There was no buildup or anything, he just started undressing her. No foreplay. Not like it would have been with Chuck.
When she was down to her bra and panties, she stopped him from going any further. “That’s good for now. Just take it slow with me.”
He nodded slowly, but all he wanted to do was rip the rest of her clothes off and bury himself inside her and show her what it was like to finally become a woman.
He leaned into to kiss her again and inserted his tongue into her waiting mouth. They kissed for a few minutes, until his hand crept down on to her breast.
Blair flinched away from his touch. “Wait, not yet.”
He lifted his head and stared down at her with angry eyes. “What’s going on, Blair?”
She sighed. “I’m sorry. You’re right; I’m being a pain in the ass. Go ahead.”
He continued his grope on her breast and at this point, Blair flung herself away from him. “I’m sorry, Nate. I thought that I could do this but I can’t.”
Nate lay back on the bed while she fished around for her clothes that were lying on the floor. “What’s the matter with you?”
She threw him a glare. “Nothing’s wrong with me. I have to go but I’ll call you tomorrow. I just realized that I have to go see somebody.”
“Is this about Chuck?”
She looked at him directly in the eye. “This has everything to do with Chuck.”

XOXO
She tried the door to his room and was surprised to see that it was unlocked. She went into his suite and saw him sitting on the couch nursing a bottle of scotch. His hair was rumpled and he looked like something horrible had happened to him. She knew that horrible thing was about her.
“Chuck?”
He turned at the sound of her voice and his unfocused eyes landed on her. “Back already? So did you screw Nate?”
She noticed that his shirt was unbuttoned, and she hated the fact that she just wanted to pounce on him, but she hadn’t wanted that with Nate. “I couldn’t go through with it.”
His eyes lit up and he seemed to come out of his drunken stupor. “You didn’t have sex with him?”
“No, I couldn’t.”
“Why not, Blair?”
She thought about lying to him, but decided it was time to be honest. “I was ready to lose my virginity to him and everything was perfect. He had made the perfect setting and then I realized one thing wasn’t so great. He wasn’t you.”
Chuck’s breath hitched in his chest at her words.
She continued, “I’m tired of fighting this thing that I feel for you and maybe if I do have sex with you, I’ll finally be able to figure out what it is.”
He came over to her and lightly placed his hands on her shoulders. She felt the pull of desire instantly. They shared a soul shattering kiss and they both knew there was no turning back. Things were going to be different from here on out.
Their tongues matted and she knew that she had been stupid to have ever fought this. What was the point? She had to take a risk and see if this thing with Chuck would be as great as she thought it was going to be.
She broke the kiss and he looked back at her with eyes hazy with lust. She shrugged off her jacket and all she had on underneath was her bra and panties. She saw Chuck rake his eyes up and down her body and they darkened with even more passion.
She took his hand and let him to his bed. “I want it to be with you, Chuck. I want to have sex with you.”
“No.”
“Excuse me? I thought this is what you wanted.”
He turned away from the sight of her body or he knew he would give into what she was asking him to do. And boy did he ever want too. “I want to make love to you more than anything in the world. But not like this. Because I know in the morning that you’ll regret what we did and you’ll think that I only wanted sex and that’s it. That we can go back to just being friends.”
Blair stayed silent because that was exactly what she thought. That was the problem for falling for your best friend, Chuck knew everything about her and she could never hide anything from him.
He continued. “Blair, we both know that we can’t go back to just being friends, it physically impossible. When we do have sex, it’s not going to be a onetime deal like you think it is. Once will never be enough with you. It’s not just about sex to me, you mean something to me and you’re the only person that ever has.”
Her heart melted at his words and she wanted to make love to him more than she had ever before. “I wouldn’t regret it, Chuck.”
“Blair. I am going to prove to you that I can be a faithful boyfriend to you, because that’s what I want. I haven’t slept with anybody since we kissed and it’s going to stay that way. I don’t desire anybody but you.”
She reached for him, but he didn’t go to her.
She saw his dark eyes fill with emotion. “You wait and see, Waldorf. I am going to prove once and for all to you that I’m the person for you. And when you understand that and stop fighting our passion, we will have that night. I’m not going to rush into it though, Blair.”
A smile came to her lips. She knew what she had to do now. It was her turn to seduce Chuck and she had to break up with Nate. Chuck wouldn’t be able to resist her, would he? She would make sure that he couldn’t.

To Be Continued…

A/N: Alright everybody, here’s the next chapter. This is going to be the last chapter for about a week or a week and a half. I have to take a short hiatus because I have to move. But I should be back and running by the end of next week. I’m kind of pissed to be moving but what would make me feel better is if you like the chapter, to please review it. Don’t let me have a week and a half off without hearing your review. Please, and thanks. Until next week.
-Sam-