Epilogue

Author's Note: My apologies for taking so long with this update. I've been working on other stories and wanted to make sure that I did this epilogue justice. It covers the next ten years of the CB/DS saga so I hope you're able to follow the time jumps.

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XOXO

Blair moved into Chuck's apartment at the Palace during her senior year at Columbia. Chuck would have proposed soon after they got back together as he was still somewhat impulsive in nature but Blair made it clear that no matter how much she loved him, she wasn't ready for marriage until she was on her way to building the career of her dreams.

It was hard but Chuck respected her wishes as she made it clear that he was the only one she saw her future with. He was thrilled when she chose law because from early on in their relationship as he always envisioned her in a high-power job.

"So there's nothing I can do to persuade you to work at Bass Industries this summer," Chuck asked her as they walked through the Park holding hands.

"Nope," Blair told him with a smile. "This internship is something I set up all by myself. And who knows, Bass, we might end up on opposite sides of the table one day."

He couldn't have asked for a better segue if he had planned for it, which he did. But hers was even better. He stopped walking and reached into his jacket pocket before dropping to one knee in front of her.

She froze as he started to speak, "We'll never be on opposite sides of the table, Blair. I love you, I always have. You are the only person in this world who makes me happy and I want to spend the rest of my life making you happy. Will you marry me and give me the honor of becoming your husband?"

She just stared at him as he fumbled to get the ring box open. When he did, she saw the most beautiful ten-carat brilliant cut diamond set in a micro-pave platinum setting.

"Blair," he said nervously when she remained speechless, "Please say something. I'm kneeling in Central Park and I've never been more serious in my life."

"Yes," she said quietly as she leaned down to kiss him, "Yes."

He wrapped his arms around her as they stood up, continuing to kiss her. "I love you, Chuck," Blair told him when she pulled back. "I would love to marry you."

Chuck slipped the ring on her finger before kissing the palm of her hand, drawing her to him for another kiss.

They got married a year later, the summer before her last year of law school at Columbia. She graduated at the top of her class and had numerous job offers before she even took the bar exam.

Blair chose the position with the best corporate law firm in the city and went from associate to junior partner in six years. She didn't want to work for Bass Industries because she needed to have something all her own. Chuck was the love of her life and always would be but she needed to maintain her persona as Blair Waldorf, something that kept her very happy and him happy as well.

XOXO

Serena moved into the loft with Dan the summer before his senior year at NYU and they couldn't be happier. They were together three years now and Dan had asked her to marry him each year on their anniversary. She constantly said no; Lily's numerous marriages turned her off the idea, not to mention her mother was still married to his father.

"What's wrong?" Dan asked when he walked into the loft and saw that Serena attempted to cook dinner for him. The pots with burnt food were in the sink soaking, the garbage contained the charcoaled food, and the Indian take-out she ordered was on the table.

"Nothing's wrong," Serena told him nervously, "Can't I try and cook dinner for my boyfriend?"

"Of course you can," Dan said as he put his bag down and wrapped his arms around her. "You okay?" he asked, feeling her trembling.

"Yeah," she said as she tried to get out of his embrace and sit down. "Let's eat before the food gets cold."

"Not until you tell me what's wrong," he said as he pulled her closer.

"Nothing's wrong," she repeated.

"Something is," Dan concluded as he studied her face, "Just tell me."

"I think I'm pregnant," she whispered.

"Really," he said with a big smile on his face as he twirled her around, "That's awesome."

"You're happy?" she asked.

"Are you kidding? This is the best news ever," he told her as he put her down. "We're going to be parents."

"I'm so happy this was your reaction," she said as she wrapped her arms around his neck. "I love you so much, Dan."

"I love you, and you," he said as he kneeled and kissed her stomach. "We're going to be parents," he said again with his hands on her hips and a huge smile on his face.

"We are," she smiled as he stood up only to kiss her again.

After graduating from NYU's journalism school, he continued his work at the New Yorker. He had a running column in the magazine and did freelance work for their online edition. Most of his work could be done from the loft, which he was grateful for once Henry was born.

He and Serena didn't hire any outside help, they decided to follow in Rufus' footsteps and be stay-home parents while working around their child's schedule. With Lily's help, Serena got into event planning and annually organized several events in Brooklyn and Manhattan. She and Dan were living in perfect domestic bliss, minus the wedding.

XOXO

"How are the newlyweds?" Dan asked as Blair and Chuck arrived half an hour late to their monthly double date, both looking disheveled with matching smirks on their faces.

"Very good," Blair told them as she ran her hand up Chuck's thigh once they were seated. "How are the expectant parents?"

"Excited," Serena exclaimed as she put her hands on her still flat stomach. "I still can't believe I'm pregnant."

"And by a Brooklynite no less," Chuck smirked as Blair playfully hit his arm.

"Congratulations you two," Blair smiled as she reached for Serena's hand. "Do we have dibs on being the godparents?"

"You do," Dan said as he looked at Chuck warily, "Him we're not so sure about."

"Dan," Serena exclaimed as she shook her head at her boyfriend, "Of course we want you both to be the baby's godparents. Leave it to you to ask before we do."

"Patience isn't one of my virtues," Blair told them with a shrug as Chuck looked at her with lust in his eyes.

"So you were able to tie down Chuck Bass to getting married," Dan grinned. "How things have changed."

"She's tied me down in more ways than one, Humphrey," Chuck told him with a smirk. "And I enjoy each and every one of them."

"Is everything about sex with you two?" Serena exclaimed as she looked between them.

"Not everything," Blair told them coyly. "But it does feel wonderful to be married. Nothing compares to it."

"I agree," Chuck said as he took her hand and kissed it.

"Okay," Serena said as she pushed the menus at them. "Let's order before you two start having sex right here."

"No need to worry about that, S," Blair said. "We stopped doing it in public years ago."

Dan and Serena were spared more of Blair and Chuck's smutty banter when the waiter came to take their orders. When he left, their conversation veered off of sex and touched on their jobs, their social lives, and of course back to the little one that would be joining them soon.

XOXO

"So, when are you and Chuck going to start a family?" Serena asked as they watched her three-year-old son play on the floor. She was also very visibly pregnant and due to give birth any day now.

"We already are a family," Blair told her. "And children will happen when they happen."

"Well," Serena said as she looked at little boy, "Henry need's cousins. You and Chuck have been married for five years now, when are you going to jump on the baby wagon?"

"We've been trying," Blair said as she watched Henry play, smiling when he waved at her. "But the doctors think my bulimia could have hurt my fertility. It could be years before I get pregnant, if I'm even able to."

"Oh, B," Serena squealed as she hugged her friend the best she could in her condition. "I'm so sorry. Why didn't you tell me before?"

"Because," Blair said as she pulled back, "It does no good to talk about it. You'll be the first to know when I do get pregnant."

Serena pouted as she was sad to hear her friend's revelation but Blair was in no mood to discuss it any further.

"Enough about that," Blair stated as she turned to her friend. "When are you going to let Dan make an honest woman out of you?"

"Stop it," Serena said as she got defensive. "There's no reason for us to get married, it will change nothing."

"It will change everything," Blair told her friend. "It adds an extra layer of commitment. And don't mention the children because that's a given. But Dan's wanted to marry you for years, why do you insist on torturing him by consistently declining him?"

"Our parent's are married," Serena stated. "It's one thing being together but it's another to be married as well."

"S, you and Dan are not blood related," Blair said. "You may be step-siblings and share a half-brother but who cares. You love him and he loves you. Marry the man."

"Fine," Blair said, giving up much too easily for Serena to believe, "But you're missing out. Marriage is awesome."

"Really?" Serena asked with a sly grin. "I heard that the sex stops and you slowly start to hate each other."

"Have you met Chuck and I?" Blair smirked. "The sex never stops, it gets even better. And how could you hate someone you've committed yourself to for life? What's the real reason that keeps you from marrying Dan?"

"I'm afraid we'll change if we get married," the blonde told her. "We're doing so well together and we have almost two children that I don't see how getting married at this point will make any difference."

"It will make a difference because Dan desperately wants to be Mr. Serena van der Woodsen," Blair told her with a chuckle. "He's head over heels for you. That's not going to change."

"I'll keep that in mind," Serena said to get her friend off her back as Henry crawled over to them.

Blair picked up the little boy and put him in her lap, "How is my favorite nephew doing today?"

"Good," he giggled as he pointed at Serena's belly, "Baby comes soon."

"That's right," Blair said. "Are you excited?"

He nodded as both women smiled while Blair bounced him up and down on her knee, thinking how much she and Chuck wanted a child of their own.

XOXO

"You come one step closer to me and I will have you arrested, Humphrey," Chuck said as he protectively cradled his daughter to his chest. She was secure in her carrier facing his chest but he felt more assured holding her to him as well. They were enjoying their walk in the Park when Dan spotted them.

"Chill out, man," Dan said as he ignored his threats while Victoria reached for him. "She likes me," Dan cooed as the baby latched onto his finger.

"That's only because she can't understand what it means to be from Brooklyn yet," Chuck retorted as he replaced Dan's finger with his own and turned away while gingerly kissing the top of his little girl's head. "You have your children to annoy. Leave my daughter alone."

It took Blair and Chuck so long to get pregnant that when it finally happened they were both bundles of nerves. After eight years of marriage they were finally going to be parents. Blair's pregnancy was relatively worry-free and her c-section went as planned.

However, because it took them so long to get pregnant with Victoria, the doctors told them that she would probably be their only child. As disappointed as they were to not give her a sibling, they were over the moon to have her and focused all of their energies into doting on their little princess.

She was the spitting image of her mother but had her father's eyes and was already starting to curl her lip and master his signature smirk. Both Chuck and Blair knew that she would drive all the boys crazy as she grew up, much to Chuck's chagrin.

"When are you going to admit that you actually like having me around?" Dan asked with a grin as he continued walking with them.

"Never," Chuck said straight-faced. "I tolerate you, nothing more."

"Whatever," Dan said as he continued to make faces that made Victoria gurgle with glee. "At least you're not this rude to Henry and Celia."

"Henry and Celia are innocent children, not to mention my niece and nephew," Chuck stated as he shook his head slightly. "You'd have to be an awful person to be mean to children. They can't help you're their father."

"Your wife is best friends with my wife," Dan said. "Can't you at least try to make an effort with me?"

"First off," Chuck started, "I'm conversing with you, so there's the effort. Second, I'm the only one with a wife. The last I heard Serena was still declining your proposals."

"Nice way to throw that back in my face, Chuck," Dan shot back angrily. "Real nice."

"You probably use the same shoddy ring each year," Chuck said as he continued walking, peeved that Dan was still following him. "No wonder she says no."

"Actually," Dan said slowly, "I don't use a ring. Serena said she doesn't want one."

"And you believed her?" Chuck asked as he stopped to face Dan. "Well there's your problem, Humphrey, you're stupid."

"Excuse me," Dan said, now insulted on top of being hurt.

"All women want an engagement ring, regardless of what they tell you," Chuck told him. "Try with a nice rock next time. And stop following me, I want to enjoy the rest of my walk with my daughter and you're ruining it."

Chuck started to walk away, cooing to Victoria when Dan called out, "Thanks for the advice."

'What could it hurt to get a ring?' Dan thought as he began walking in the opposite direction, contemplating different ways to propose to Serena that would guarantee her answer to be yes this time.

XOXO

"You are too cute for words right now," Serena said as she sat in front of Chuck's desk at Bass Industries. He had Victoria with him at the office because Blair was away on business and Dorota was sick; there was no one else he trusted to leave his only child with so he brought her with him to work. The people at Bass Industries knew better than to say anything because if there was anything that set their boss off it was talking ill of his wife or daughter.

Chuck loved when he had Victoria all to himself as he and Blair would compete for who would have her. Blair would usually win but Victoria would fuss until she was back in his arms, choosing her daddy above anyone else, much to his delight.

"I want to say something nasty but because you're referencing my daughter, I won't," Chuck said as he took the little girl out of her seat for the umpteenth time that morning to bounce her up and down on his knee. Everything about her fascinated him. She was the perfect mixture of him and Blair, her mother's beauty and his penchant for mischief.

"It really is adorable how doting you are," she said. "You're a wonderful father, Chuck."

"Thank you," he said sincerely, a quality of his that grew throughout the years. "That's one of the best compliments you could give me."

"It's the truth," Serena told him with a smile. "When does Blair get back? I briefly spoke to her this morning and she misses you both terribly."

"I know," he said. "She called me three times this morning wanting to make sure I was feeding her and taking only the best care of our little princess."

"Have you changed a diaper yet?" Serena asked as she knew that he and Blair only did so under the direst of circumstances. She and Dan weren't fazed by it as they chose not to have a nanny for either of their children, instead choosing to be as hands-on as they could be.

"I did," Chuck said as he curled his lip only to smile when Victoria gurgled happily. "One of the employees volunteered to but he was a little too eager. I don't care if the man has four children, anyone that eager to change a diaper is not to be trusted. And I don't want Victoria manhandled by anyone."

"Always overprotective," she laughed. "But it's good, she is one lucky little girl that has daddy firmly wrapped around her cute little finger."

"That she does," he agreed as he completely pushed the files on his desk aside to sit her on it and kiss her forehead.

"Would it be asking too much to hold my niece?" Serena asked.

"Yes," Chuck told her without hesitation. "I very rarely get her to myself and I'm in no mood to share her."

"You don't think she's distracting you today?" Serena asked with a playful glint in her eyes. "I mean, have you gotten any work done?"

"Yes, I have," Chuck said smugly. "I took the future CEO of Bass Industries on a tour of the building, then we had our morning snack, and we were getting ready for a nap when this strange blonde lady walked in to bother us."

"That strange blonde lady is only the best auntie in the world," Serena cooed as she walked around the desk to tickle Victoria's chest. "And seeing as you're not getting anything done anyway, let me take you both to lunch."

She could see Chuck weighing his options and he knew that it would be easier to get rid of his stepsister if he just agreed to lunch.

"Fine," Chuck told her as he put Victoria back in her seat as he went to put the carrier on his chest, "But you don't get to hold her."

Serena rolled her eyes as she picked up the little girl only to have Chuck take her immediately and securely cradle her against his chest, motioning to Serena to get the door as they made their way to lunch.

XOXO

Dan took Chuck's advice about buying Serena an engagement ring and when he proposed to her on their next anniversary, which marked fourteen years together, eighteen if their on-off years in high school were included.

The ceremony and reception was held at the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens. Lily had the place closed down for them and the wedding was one of the most exclusive social events of the year. Dan and Serena wanted it to be as intimate as possible but that didn't stop Lily from getting carried away. There were only a hundred people in attendance, which was about seventy-five more than the couple wanted but they went along with it.

Victoria looked adorable in her lilac dress as she sat on her father's lap during the ceremony. Chuck never in a million years thought he could be this happy. As he looked at his wife and held his one-year old daughter closer to him, he knew that nothing in the world was more important to him than his family, and he spent every day telling them just that.

The ceremony was beautiful, Dan and Serena were glowing with happiness as their children stood next to their parents bouncing with delight. Blair served as Serena's matron of honor and Nate was Dan's best man. Henry was the ring bearer and Celia made an adorable flower girl. Dan and Serena had a gorgeous day for their outdoor ceremony and the sun was still shining for the reception.

"Now our wives are best friends, Humphrey," Chuck said as he and Serena danced past Dan and Blair.

Blair and Serena laughed as Dan dipped Blair, causing Chuck to glare at his wife giggling in the arms of another man. However, after all these years of them being friends, Chuck knew there was nothing to worry about so he just twirled Serena as he winked at Blair across the dance floor.

Eric was dancing with Victoria in his arms and it was adorable. She was squealing with delight and both her parents were happy to notice that it was being captured on film.

"So," Blair asked Dan as he pulled her to him after twirling her, winking at Chuck who was watching them with narrowed eyes, "Did you ever think this is where we would be when we saw Nanette all those years ago?"

"That you'd be married to Chuck before I married Serena, no," he said with a laugh. "But we did get what we wanted."

"We did," Blair smiled as she and Dan continued dancing. "How happy are you to finally be married?"

"So happy," he told her, beaming as he looked at Serena and then his children dancing with each other. "I didn't think things could get any better but they did."

"I've been telling Serena that for years," Blair smirked. "It only took Chuck and I pushing you both in the right direction for you two to finally seal the deal."

"Then I guess I should be glad we're friends," Dan said to her as Serena and Chuck approached them.

"You should, I know I am," Blair told him before kissing his cheek and then Serena's as Chuck took her in his arms to dance with her.

As Dan and Blair danced with their spouses, they couldn't believe how very happy they were with where life had taken them. Who knew how their lives would have turned out had they not decided to sit together at Film Forum all those years ago?

Thankfully, they never needed to know.

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