"What a night." Nate yawned as he and Chuck slumped on the couch at their suite.

"Yeah.. well it's all over now. Everything is."

"Yeah, but you shouldn't have used Jenny."

"What?" Chuck glanced at Nate, dumbfounded, "If anything I did that girl a favour. Her designs are officially on the map."

"Yeah but that's not why you did it, you did it to get back at Blair."

"Can you blame me?"

"Chuck... Jenny's been through a lot too."

"No one put a gun to her head, Nathanial. And yes, I should have helped her but incase you didn't notice, I was having a pretty bad day too."

"Look, I know that night is tough on you and Blair... But can you imagine what it was like for Jenny? She wanted to wait... and she ended up losing her virginity out of sorrow to a guy that doesn't care enough. I know how that feels, I can only imagine it was ten times worse for her."

"...Well, seems like she's gained a better outlook than the rest of us. She went back to Hudson... starting fresh."

"Maybe you should take that advice." Nate suggested.

"Miss Blair, Mr Chuck is downstairs." Dorota said calmly.

"Chuck." She sighed, "The war is over, you won. Can we just leave it at that."

"I'm not here to rehash tonight's hysterics."

"Then... what are you here for."

"...The reason we can't turn the page, is because we've gotten so used to avoiding it... And it may have taken Eva and Jenny to get here. But I need to be honest with you..."

Blair remained silent,

"Losing you was one of the hardest things I've ever had to go through... So when I woke up to Eva, it all kicked in. I couldn't bear to be Chuck Bass. So I became Henry Prince. A man that didn't cause all this destruction, and Eva helped me become him. I wanted to be the man you told me to be in Paris. But I couldn't face New York without Eva... I thought you were going to be my wife, Blair. I hadn't even imagined a life without you... So I created a new one. But it's time I face reality and tell you what I should have that night at the train station... I still love you... and I always will. I know it won't change how you feel. But I hope it makes things easier, because we need to stop holding onto the pain... Let's face it. It was no one's fault. It was just...-"

"-Tragedy." She interjected, "So... what do we do now?" She wiped a tear from her eye

"Form a truce... Do our best to move forward. Start over..."

"I guess, I can do that."

"Me too." He agreed, "I'll see myself out."

"Blair, don't cry." Serena comforted her

"What would you do... if you were me, what would you do."

"The question is, what wouldn't I do..." Serena replied, "For the right guy." She smiled at her.

-Flashback

"Your world would be easier if I didn't come back."

"That's true.. But it wouldn't be my world without you in it."

"Blair?" Chuck got up abruptly as she walked into the Empire suite, "I wasn't expecting to see you..."

"I came to tell you I appreciate your honestly. It can't have been easy, admitting what you've done. In fact, it's been hard for me lately."

"Well... I do feel a weight is lifted."

"...It has been hard to face you after it all. I spent all Summer convincing myself I was over you and all of it... Seeing you with someone else, was so painful. I guess I hadn't even fathomed you'd move on so quickly... even if you didn't, I didn't know that. All I knew was you were happy, and left me here... amongst all the destruction you left behind."

"Blair..-"

"-I'm not finished. I was so mad at you, I wanted you to feel as bad as you made me feel. But whenever you'd come to me, with that glimmer of hope, I grew weak, and I couldn't let you make me weak again. So I pushed you further away. I pushed you to make you hate me. It was the only way I could continue to hate you back. In fact, hating you was the only form I had to deny the truth, and it helped. But not enough. No matter how much I hate you, it wouldn't take the pain away. I thought it would help me get over you but..."

"But what?" Chuck asked, urgently

"But I still felt weak as ever. As much as I wanted to forgive and forget that night, I didn't want to be weak."

"You're the most powerful woman I know, Blair."

"A powerful woman, doesn't lie to herself. I realised, a weak person denies her truth."

"...What are you saying."

"I'm saying.. I..." She took a deep breath. "I've tried to deny it, avoid it, kill it... I thought it would be easier. But living without you, is the hardest thing I ever had to do... What I'm trying to say is... I love you too." She smiled as a tear streamed down her face. Chuck's face lit up as he pulled her close to him, and kissed her. Holding each other in their arms felt like the biggest pain reliever they were searching for.

"Say it twice." He mocked and she laughed, between kisses. "Seriously, say it twice." He joked again

"I love you, Chuck Bass." She breathed out in-between passionate kisses, "I always will... I love you... I love you..."