She glanced at Nate briefly before turning away to the window again.
«What do you want, Nathaniel?» She hated being rude to him, but she wasn't sure if she was able to face him just yet.
«I just wanted to check if you were alright» She sighed quitely. Like hell she was. But Nate was the last person on this planet she would ever tell the truth. Even after all that happened, she still cared about him a lot. And cared about his opinion on her. Telling him the truth meant that he would learn how careless and light-headed she was. And she still liked thinking of him as of her prince charming and of herself as of his princess. Pure and innocent. She used to be a princess for him. Though he never truly was her prince. She realized it just now. But their relationship was still something that she associated with a fairy-tale. How weird, huh?
«Well, I am perfectly fine, so you can keep walking» She really hoped he would, but instead he sat on the sill right in front of her. Avoiding his gaze definitely became much more difficult now.
«No, you're not» He looked kinda offended now. They've known each other since kindergarten. How could she assume he couldn't tell if she was or wasn't alright? «C'mon, Blair. You know you can't fool me»
«What do you want to hear from me, Nate?» She looked up in the sky: it was going to rain. Perfect. Weather matching the mood? How cliché. «I thought you made it perfectly clear that you were done with me»
«I still care about you. And I know you good enough to tell that leaving for France is a bad sign»
«Well, my social life wasn't that serene anymore, was it?» She smirked and finally looked at him.
«So I've heard» He broke their eye contact, looking away immediately. «But I thought Serena talked you out of it! And you decided to stay»
«Did she tell you that?» He nodded. «Well, I changed my mind then»
«What, all of a sudden?»
«Yes, all of a sudden!» She raised her voice a little bit. This whole conversation was beginning to annoy her. She knew she couldn't take it anymore so she jumped off the sill and without second glance at Nate began walking rapidly towards the ladies room. Just when she was almost by the door, a hand grabbed her forearm... Flash... «C'mon, baby, I know you want me». «Please, let me go». She was sobbing heavingly, but her body was numb, probably from the drug, and she was too weak to fight him off. «I won't tell anyone, I swear!» He chuckled. «Baby, you know you want me too». He grabbed her by the forearms and brought her small form closer, crushing his lips on hers... Flash... She screeched. The hand let go, and she realized it was just Nate, who now was looking at her worriedly. Her scream seemingly attracted the attention of the whole school, as several doors opened letting out surprised students, who started whispering right away. Blair began to shake involuntarily. Flash... She was pushed down on black-leathered sofa... He tore apart her shirt and was gushing all over her breasts. She was trying to push himm off her, but he was too heavy and she was too drugged. She bit her lip when his hand made its way to her waistband... Flash...
«Hey, Blair, are you ok? I'm sorry I scared you» She couldn't even look at him. She was about to burst into tears. Everyone around was looking at her, smiling and gossiping. She could hear some girl, supposing that Blair had lost her mind after the story with her and Chuck, and spent past two weeks not in France with her dad, but in rehab. She was panting now and couldn't focus her gaze on anything.
«Oh my god, I think she's about to lose her consciousness! Call a doctor» Blair closed her eyes and leaned on the nearest wall so not to fall indeed. She could feel Nate right beside her, telling her something, but she couldn't make out what. Or even see him. Everything became blurry...
This class was a definition of boredom. Only 15 minutes passed and he couldn't wait for it to end so he could meet with Blair. He wasn't very comfortable with leaving her by herself yet, but he had no other choice. He had already missed a lot of classes recently, 'cause even the thought of Blair sitting in his suite all alone made him shiver.
She was skipping! What a lucky girl! And he had to sit here, looking at his watch all the time! They could've go to the Central Park, just the two of them. Drinking her favorite latte and looking into the sky. He glanced at the window. It was cloudy outside. Okay, so Central Park probably wasn't that great idea after all. His thoughts were suddenly interrupted by the loud scream that sounded so much like...
«Blair!» He ran out as fast as he could. Once screaming stopped, it was hard to figure out from which part of the school it was heard. He stopped in the middle of the corridor. She probably was still in the girls' wing. He didn't wait any longer.
The first thing he saw was a group of students and Nate with Blair in his arms in the middle of it. Chuck was next to them in one second.
«Chuck?»
«Give her to me» Nate didn't want to, but he had a feeling that Chuck knew better... He put Blair on her feet, and before she started to fall again, Chuck easily picked her up and pressed his lips to her cold forehead. «Everything's ok, Blair, shhh, it's me».
«Chuck?» He could barely hear her so he leaned closer to her face. «Take me home, please?» She sobbed and clung tighter to him. He nodded and kissed her once again.
When they were passing Nate, he blocked their way.
«Do you need help?»
«No, I can handle it from here» Nate moved closer and whispered in Chuck's ear so nobody could hear them.
«What's wrong with her?»
«How is it any of your business, Nathaniel?! Just move away and let us go» The one thing Chuck Bass wanted in this moment was to take Blair home as soon as possible and to make sure she's fine. And the one thing that was preventing him from doing it was Nate Archibald.
«How is it any of yours, Charles? I think I have a right to...»
«You lost all of your rights. It's neither the time nor the place for this shit now. You wanna talk? We will talk. Now, get out of my way before I do something you will regret» Nate did what he was told to, but before Chuck with still unconscious Blair in his arms could dissapear behind the corner, Nate yelled that their conversation wasn't over.
«Of course it's not, Nate» Chuck smirked to himself...
Spotted. B freaking out and losing consciousness in the middle of classes. And Nate Archibald himself is the reason. What did you do this time, Nate? And why did Chuck took care of your princess?
Hopefully, we'll learn the answers soon.
You know you love me,
xoxo
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