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CHAPTER 4: I'm Chuck Bass
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"Did Dan say where he was going?" Jenny asked as she handed Serena the wet scarf.
"Actually, he wanted to check why you guys were taking so long," Nate answered oblivious to the effect of his previous doing.
"Huh? But he saw us from here, right V?" Jenny asked Vanessa, just as oblivious.
Vanessa appeared to be watching Serena position the wet scarf on Blair's forehead but she was spaced out that she hadn't heard Jenny's question at all. She was too concerned and bothered by Dan's desolate expression as he quietly passed them just seconds ago.
"There," Serena whispered as she finished. She muttered a small thank you to Jenny and Vanessa, briefly looking at the younger girl and failing miserably at trying to avoid the other.
Then and there, two souls shared a moment allowing their eyes to say what their lips couldn't. A pair of gray eyes desperate for answers pierced intensely at the lonely, teary, guilt-ridden sea of blue that hold answers. The emotions overflowed uncontrollably as one tried to explain and the other tried to comprehend.
Then all of a sudden, in the deafening silence, Vanessa understood.
How could she not? It wasn't just in her eyes but clearly written all over her face... In big, bold letters.
Without a word, one broke the staring match by turning her back and setting off.
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She was glad to have at least seen the door close. If she hadn't, she would have never easily found him in that bright and shiny hallway. She approached the door and stood quietly, scared to have to see him as he was: broken. She didn't know what to do to make it all go away or if she actually had it in her to do so.
But she loved him and she would do everything… Anything.
She pushed the door gently allowing a small amount of light to enter the dark room. She could recognize his silhouette anywhere but it was his sigh that gave him away. A sigh that meant he wasn't okay.
"Please leave me alone," Dan said.
"Are you going to be okay?" Vanessa's concerned voice echoed through the vast marble room.
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He wasn't ready to see her, but she was there.
But wait…
Didn't he just hear her voice? He heard her, but saw HER- two different hers.
When he entered the room, he was hurt and broken…
And now, apparently, psychotic and completely out of his mind.
Something was terribly wrong with him.
If the room had a window, he would have seriously considered jumping. But then again, weren't they in some sort of fantasy where anything could happen? Finding that reason enough, he turned to face the gorgeous blond and was greeted by a smiling, extremely beautiful Serena Van Der Woodsen… And, suffice to say, his own confused reflection.
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Okay, I love the smile and the utter gorgeousness but definitely wrong emotion from Serena, he thought as he stared at Serena's glowing face… and wrong direction from me, he thought as he saw his own reflection almost covering hers. There was barely enough sanity in him to comprehend that it was actually a mirror.
In complete Dan Humphrey fashion, his mind started to tick and go into overdrive. Before he was ready to face her, her warm hand brought him back to reality. Defeated, he turned and faced…
…a very worried-looking best friend.
"Dan, are you okay?" Vanessa asked. "You look like you just saw a ghost," she finished.
Dan was speechless. He wordlessly turned again only to see Serena as she was. The only difference was the extra-confused expression on his face and the extremely different person actually behind him. Despite the confusion, he couldn't tear his eyes away from her.
She was PERFECT.
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Barely an hour passed and Blair was still sleeping like a baby. Nate and Jenny set off to look for something, anything that would bring them back to the real world. Well, an idea of where they were was actually good enough.
And so, Sleeping Beauty was left with her prince and… fairy godmother? Me, a tease? You know you love me…
Her head lay peacefully on her best friend's lap as her feet were cradled on his. If it weren't for their concern, they'd be bored to death by now. An hour has passed and she still lay motionless. Serena was deep in thought when all of a sudden,
"Why did you leave her hanging?"
Chuck looked questioningly at the blonde.
"When you were supposed to leave for Tuscany together," Serena clarified as she waited for an answer.
"I was busy with father… dearest," Chuck said sarcastically.
"Father dearest, huh? And what in the world did you talk about that it took you hours and actually kept you away from her," Serena said, looking at Blair's sleeping form.
"Nothing you should know of. It's top-secret." Chuck said mockingly almost cringing at the memory of what his father said.
Serena couldn't help rolling her eyes at him. It was a serious question, which he so naturally put off. After a few moments of silence,
"Do you love her?"
They were both taken aback by the question; she, for having blurted out her thoughts so carelessly and he, for not knowing what to tell her, but knowing all too well what he felt. Thinking she couldn't take it back, Serena looked at Chuck waiting for a reply.
"Well, sis," Chuck started, trying to stall. "Love is such a strong word."
"Just answer the question, Chuck," Serena said seriously. When would he ever grow up, she thought
She was dying to know. Who wouldn't? Her best friend was on the line here. She knew how Blair felt about him. She just wanted to know if the feeling was mutual.
Chuck looked at Blair's peaceful face and for the first time, he was speechless. No nasty comments, no conceited remarks, nothing. He was torn between covering up and actually telling his half-sister the truth. Before his silence could be significant,
"I'm Chuck Bass," he said.
"How many times do you have to say that for me to know, Chuck Bass?" Serena said sarcastically.
"If you know me, and I assume you do, that should be reason enough," he said looking her in the eye for a split second and averting his gaze to the opposite room.
The feeling of being taken- aback consumed her that day. But this was, hands down, the most taken-aback she felt that day, or ever. That split-second look Chuck shot her was the culprit. Serena van der Woodsen never saw that expression on Chuck Bass' face, ever, but somehow she knew what he was trying to say.
"But it shouldn't get in the way of how you really feel," she whispered. "What you feel, THAT is Chuck Bass."
Before he could answer, the subject of the conversation began to stir.
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A/N: Again, I'm so sorry it took me forever. Please review. I actually just updated because of the wonderful reviews. I'll be dead in school tom. Oh well… xoxo