Ever since the truth came out about Chuck, Blair didn't have many friends. She had Serena though but Serena also had to spend time to with Dan so she decided to do some shopping occupy herself ignoring the twittering comments points and stares thats when she bumped into Bass.

"Great." She muttered looking down as she said it.

"Warldorf you okay?" Her head shot up and she met his eyes. She was sure she could see genuine concern there but that couldn't be right.

"What do you care?" She snapped back determined not to let her resolve crumble.

"I care always have always will. Look blair im sorry for what I said I thought I could fix things with Nathaniel, and being near you in any way shape or form wouldn't of helped that, but he still doesn't want to see me. Im in the same position as you here." The tone of his voice and the look in his eyes were almost pleading. She didn't know why or how but she knew she had to continue the conversation, she couldn't tear herself away now.

"How?" She questioned her anger fading slightly.

"No one even speaks to me after betraying Nate no one will hear my side I mean anyone would be stupid to turn down Blair Warldorf. Look friends? Please?" He practically begged and she felt her resolve to stay as far away from his as possible crumble into tiny little pieces.

"Okay Chuck but this is your last chance I swear and its only because I have nobody right now I mean no one. Coffee?" She smiled and he knew that was her way of sealing the truth so he smiled back. He didn't smile often but Blair always managed to bring one out.

"You going to tell me whats wrong?" He unnerved her she couldn't get a grip on him, most the time he was a complete asshole trying to get a rise out of her but other times other times he looked at her with genuine concern as if he really wanted to listen and help her.

"Yeah okay if you want to know that badly."

"I do." They entered a coffee shop and chuck bought them both drinks. "So whats going on?"

"My mother found out me and Nate broke up and that theres no way to fix it." He just looked at her for a second he saw the hurt written all over her face, he also knew he was the cause of that.

"She doesn't know why right? I mean Eleanor Warldorf is one woman that terrifies me"

"No your safe but naturally its all my fault, because im not skinny enough or pretty enough or interesting enough to keep an Archibald." She looked down and Chuck could see how upset she truly was and he knew it was about her mother and not Nate. He put his hand on hers.

"Blair your mother must be blind your the most beautiful girl in school, if you got much skinnier you'd be underweight witch lets face it not attractive, and Blair Warldorf can keep any guy on his toes and if Nate Archibald cant see that then screw him. You don't need him to define you i'm taking you out tonight, as friends of course." She smiled slightly at the compliments but then her face dropped when she realised what he had suggested.

"No way gossip girl will have a field day, not to mention the girls at school."

"Then ill take you under the radar, and don't worry we will stay far away from victrola. But you need to let loose be the blair i know" She smiled at him.

"Thank you chuck."

Later that day Blair was on the phone with Serena.

"So you and Chuck are going out somewhere together is that a good idea?"

"Were friends besides you will be on standby incase i need a buffer right?"

"Of course ill be at Dans but ill be wherever as soon as you need me."

"Thanks s I think he might be right I need this."

"As much as I hate to say it I think Chuck might be right too"

"Hey do you have to be so mean about him all the time?" Blair said defensively.

"Hmmm why so defensive b has someone got a crush on Chuck Bass?" Blair scoffed.

"Please I do not but were friends, and everyones so negative about him all the time. If you took the time to get to know your step brother to be youd see he takes it pretty hard."

"Come on Blair i'm joking around." Serena laughed. "We all know you have a Chuck addiction though."

"Do not." Blair protested.

"Come on blair you two can barley be in the same room without ripping eachothers clothes off."

"So not true and ill prove it to you tonight, but right now chucks coming over in about 5 minuets."

"Already?"

"He wanted to come and keep me company. He says I shouldn't be hiding out here but if I must then I cant do it alone. He's bringing dinner over."

"Your night in shinning armour."

"Serena stop it me and Chuck are just friends thats it!"

"Okay well stay away from the bedroom and if you feel yourself being pulled in text me."

"I will."

"Ill let you go to your date love you b bye." Serena hung up before blair could protest it was so not a date. Then she heard the elevator ding and Chuck step out.

"Chuck! Hey!"

"Miss me?" She scoffed again this was becoming quite a habit. Well if everyone would stop being so ridiculous she wouldn't have to.

"Not even i was just on the phone to Serena and I forgot you were coming." She lied. She just didn't think he'd be here so early? Chuck Bass was late to everything.

"Well i can go if you-"

"No no its okay stay." He smirked at her.

"Okay well i bought dinner." He motioned to the bag. "And no I didn't ask you what you wanted because i already know what you order from your favourite tai place on the corner." Her eyes lit up. She loved it when he did little things like this for her, its things Nate never- she stopped her thinking bad. Chuck is just a friend she smiled her thanks and got some plates, because UES teenagers did not do eating out of take out containers. She motioned for them to sit on the sofa as they ate.

"Really chuck thank you for everything really after everything going on at school its nice to have an acctual freind who knows me well enough to know my favourite food and what exactly I order."

"Im sure Nathaniel used to do that it all the time though you know before-"

"What you screwed that up?" She raised an eyebrow at him but the smile still plastered on her face told him she was joking.

"Well yeah."

"Actually no he didn't. I think you were always right me and Nate weren't meant to be, as much as i wanted it, i had to forgive him for cheating on me with my best friend, I sleep with his while we were broken up and i'm the bad one?"

"Maybe it was the whole lying thing?"

"I never lied Chuck I never slept with him. We nearly did but it didn't feel right at that time so i didn't sleep with him. We never made it far enough. You know how Nate can be so well Nate so no I never lied to him I just didn't tell him."

"Wait what you didn't sleep with him at cotillion?"

"No Chuck. I didn't I only kissed him like that cause I saw you there, and well we decided to try again. But were done. For good."

"You used Nate? To make me jealous?" he looked at her completely perplexed.

"NO! Well maybe at first I did then you turned into Chuck Basshole and I knew I made the right choice." He looked down guiltily.

"Look Blair i'm sorry."

"It's fine behind us. In the past. Were friends now right?" She smiled a him sweetly.

"Right." But inside he screamed no. He wanted so much more from her, so much more than friendship, so much more than sex even. And Nate's not speaking to him anyway why couldn't he be with blair oh yeah because she dosen't want you.

"You okay?"

"Im fine so where is your mother?"

"After our little fight she went to paris on "business" she gone for the next two weeks."

"So your here all alone?"

"I have Derota"

"But at night isn't it scary?"

"You live alone?" She raised and eyebrow trying not to laugh.

"Yes that may be true but i'm Chuck Bass nothing scares me."

"I admit it is lonely."

"Why don't you come and stay with me. At least for tonight and yes i have more than one bed, more than one bedroom in fact i upgraded so Nathaniel didn't have to keep sleeping on the sofa but he doesn't exactly use it now."

"And you really don't mind having me around?"

"Why would i?"

"Well you know your Chuck bass"

"Chuck Bass is starting to changed I'd love to have there, besides I don't like the idea of you here all alone. Why don't we go and do some shopping? Rather than you pack a bag of clothes to bring with you ill protect you from all the nasty people." She looked at him he was being so nice so caring and the house was completely empty. She could wrap her self around him right now they wouldn't even have to go to the bedroom, she was shook out her thoughts when both phoned beeped gossip girl .

SPOTTED: C entering the Warldorf penthouse with tai food cosy date for two is it who knows? But im going to be the first to know you know you love me xoxo gossip girl

"This is why I can't go out."

"This is why you can everyone already knows that im here whats the harm in going out proving were friends?" She nodded and agreed after a few hours of shopping a thousands of dollars on Chucks part, she insisted she would pay but he wouldn't have any of it, he had the items sent back to his suite they were under the agreement she could leave any time without upset or offence, but he had bought enough clothes for her whole time just incase. She ignored all the whispers as promised chuck scared everyone away as soon as he heard any whispers about her they got in the limo to there next destination the most high class bar in Brooklyn which was very low class to them but Brooklyn was always under the radar. They walked in and saw Dan Humphry.

"Chuck and Blair together? And in Brooklyn have I stepped into an alternate dimension or something?"

"Funny Humphry Blair doesn't want to be spotted be anyone. So I figured Brooklyn was the place." Chuck ordered them both a drink as they sat by San who was obviously waiting for Serena.

"So you two?"

"Just friends." Chuck said mostly for Blair's sake knowing how much she despised the boy. Not that Chuck cared for him much either he saw blair glancing at the pool table.

"Do you want to play?"

"I don't know how."

"Come on ill teach you."

"You know how to play?"

"I have one at my suite not that you would notice you always were more interested in the bed." He whispered it almost seductively but with a humorous undertone so she wouldn't run away.

"Haha come on then." They took there drinks to the pool table and Blair picked up a queue.

"You cant even hold it right come here." He wrapped his arms around her, and she stiffened he was about to pull away, when she relaxed into his she was going to let loose she decided Chuck always had that effect on her. Dan watched on, yeah right just friend the only people those two were fooling were themselves. Then he saw Serena walk in who sat by dan she ordered a drink.

"Chuck and Blair are here?"

"Brooklyn is under the radar apparently." He smiled at her. "The just friends over there." He said it dripping with sarcasm, and Serena laughed knowing exactly what he was talking about.

"They are just too damn stubborn I tried talking to Blair. Which had no effect whatsoever. They both clearly have feeling for one another. Chucks even admitted it to her they've both forgiven each other, and Nate wont speak to either there just too stubborn." She signed. Then she heard blair laugh at something Chuck said. She Didn't hear what but that was a genuine Blair Warldorf she hadn't heard in a while. "And for some unknown reason he makes her incredibly happy. But enough about the weirdness that is chuck and blair tonight is about us."

A/N i have most of this story written so ill et some some more chapters up very soon