Epilogue of The Butterfly Effect

Author: Isabelle

Rating: PG-13

Summary: AU. At age 36, Chuck Bass dies. His daughter, unable to stand the pain and her mother's tears, hires a mad scientist to send her back in time to prevent her father's death. She arrives at present day, Chuck/Blair's senior year, and attempts to get her parents together before the disaster can occur in the future. Has nothing to do with the film, other than sharing a title.

Disclaimer: I don't own Gossip Girl, Back to the Future, The Butterfly Effect, the Time Machine or anything else you can relate to this. The only character that is mine is Kitty, CB's daughter.

Special thanks to my Beta, Tati!!

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" Don't say we aren't right for each other, the way I see it is… We aren't right for anyone else."
The Cutting Edge

The sensation of being warm and comfortable took over her senses, and she wished to stay there forever. She stretched her toes and wiggled them about, stretching her arms over her head and smiling happily.

She'd had the strangest dream.

She sighed and opened her eyes.

Ahhh… All was right in the world. She was in her room.

She shook her head, because she really had had an awful dream.

Kitty took a deep breath and turned to her night table. A picture of William, smiling and happy, stared at her. She grimaced, reached out and knocked it off the table.

Ugh, she didn't know what she ever saw in that bastard.

Then, an all too familiar sensation made its way between her legs. She gasped, running to her bathroom.

She sighed. Her period. Thank God.

She wasn't ready for a baby. She still liked being the baby. And everything with Ian… she wanted to do it right this time.

A fierce knock interrupted her happy moment.

"Kitty!"

Her heart leaped. Her mother. Her own mother.

She scrambled out of the bathroom, rushing to the door.

"Kitty!" Blair cried again.

Kitty unlocked the door and opened it harshly. She blinked, staring at her mother. Blair was there.

Slightly older, wearing a fitted beige skirt, a red cashmere cardigan, and pearls. The her hair was half-up, and she had a small pair of Chanel glasses perched on her nose while she held some sample textures in her hand.

"Mom!" Kitty cried and threw herself into Blair's arms. Blair stumbled back, taken aback. "Oh, my God, Mom, I've missed you so much!"

Blair patted her back, still shocked. Kitty pulled back and then smelled her mother.

Yes! She smelled like her mother.

"Katerina, what is going on?" Blair demanded, taking off her glasses. "And why are you not dressed?"

Kitty let out a sigh of relief. "Where's Daddy?"

A shadow crossed Blair's face. Blair looked down, playing with the fabric in her hand.

Kitty looked at her. Oh, no.

"Where's Daddy?" She asked again.

Blair took a deep breath and looked at her. "I didn't want to tell you this because… Well, because we weren't sure yet… Because of what happened last time."

Kitty's brows furrowed.

"Where's Dad?" Kitty now demanded.

"Well, baby, he wanted to give us some time. Some you and me time."

"I have to call Heloise, I have so much to tell her!" Kitty began walking around.

"You'll see her tonight; everyone is coming over for Sunday dinner." Blair assured her. "They should be here any minute; I don't know why you're not dressed!"

"I…" Kitty looked back to her room. "What time is it?"

"It's 4… please don't tell me you were asleep," Blair chided. "I'll have Bali come in and help you."

"Mom?" Kitty reached out. "Are you ok? You look tired."

Blair nodded and then sighed, entering Kitty's room and taking a seat on her bed, motioning for Kitty to sit next to her.

When Kitty settled next to her Blair reached out and took her hand and this made Kitty even more worried.

"Kitty… you know it's been you, your father and I for a long time…" Blair began. "And you're all grown up, and I have no regrets whatsoever."

Kitty's brows furrowed.

"We didn't want to tell you because… I didn't know how'd you react, and Chuck… well, Chuck was like a kid locked in a candy store."

"Mom," Kitty pleaded.

"I'm pregnant," Blair blurted out.

Kitty blinked. "What?"

"Yup." Blair pursed her lips. "Preggers."

"But… You're old." Kitty stated confused.

Blair's eyes narrowed. "I'll have you know that everything is still in place, and your father can't keep his hands off me."

"Eww!!" Kitty cried. "Visual!"

"How do you think you came about?" Blair snapped.

Kitty slowly smiled. "I think… I may have an idea."

Blair rolled her eyes and stood, kissing Kitty's head. "Get dressed… Oh, is William coming?"

Kitty blanched. "Mom, Will and I broke up."

Blair looked startled. "When? He was just here yesterday!"

"Ugh…" Kitty cried. "Ok. I have to fix this."

Blair stared at her, and Kitty caught her. "What?"

"I don't know… you reminded me of me when I was younger." Blair smiled, walking out.

Bali helped Kitty scramble into her clothes and while she fixed her hair Kitty dialed Will's number.

"Hey, baby!" He greeted.

"Will?" She snapped.

"What happened?" He asked, concerned.

"I'm breaking up with you," she informed him.

Déjà vu.

He sputtered. "What? Kitty – did someone tell you? Because it was ONE time. One."

She rolled her eyes. "It doesn't matter, Will. We're done."

"I didn't even like him!" Will cried.

Him?? Oh, God. TMI.

"Will? Be happy." She said and closed her phone.

She dialed the next number and waited as it rang, happily jumping on her vanity seat as Bali sent her death glares.

"It's not right for you to be making a sick man walk to the phone," Ian slurred on the other line.

She smiled happily.

"So you're still banged up?" she asked.

"Apparently, I fell," he groaned.

"The real version is so much more romantic," she said.

"It is," he agreed.

"Come over," she demanded.

"I'm tired. Time travel does that to you," he quipped.

"Come over," she whined. "I'll never leave your side, and I'll kiss all the bruises away."

"I don't think so. The real Chuck is there. The real Chuck is going to come after me with a club once he finds out his little princess has been knocked up," he remarked.

Kitty blushed, looking down at herself. "I'm not pregnant." Bali was really glaring at her now.

"Well…Shit. I'm never that lucky."

"Apparently my mother is the one pregnant."

Ian was quiet. "It's contagious."

"Maybe airborne."

"Fine. But you better pay extra attention to me," he warned.

"I told you I was going to take care of you," she smiled.

He grumbled.

"Did you know William was gay?" She asked.

He let out a laugh. "Yeah… it had occurred to me."

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"Oh, Katerina, you look fantastic!" Lily greeted her once she came downstairs. She kissed her and hugged her, holding her close.

"I missed you, Grandma!" She whispered, taking in her Chanel number 5.

Lily was startled but recovered, holding her close. Lily smiled at her, touching her hair. "You look so much like your mother."

Kitty smiled, pleased, and went to greet her grandfather, who was asking for her.

"Grandpa!" She squealed and Bart happily embraced her. "I'm so happy you're here, I'm bringing my new boyfriend."

Bart looked startled as Kitty skipped by.

"Where's Dad?" She asked her mother as Blair instructed one of the maids where to place Bart's coat.

"He's coming up," Blair assured her. "He's helping Serena and Eric with the babies."

"Babies?" Kitty asked, perplexed.

Blair looked at her. "The twins Eric adopt- Katerina what is going on with you?"

"Uncle Eric adopted twins?" Kitty squealed.

Blair stared at her, open mouthed. "Kitty," she said sternly. "Were you drinking?"

Kitty just smiled at her. "Ian is coming over. He's my new boyfriend."

Blair's brow rose. "The Winters boy?"

Kitty glared at her. "You know perfectly well who Ian is."

Blair let out a laugh.

"What?" Kitty demanded.

"No… It's odd. A long time ago this… Girl dated his uncle or something – I can't remember. It's been so long."

Kitty's stomach froze. "You don't remember?"

Just then the elevator dinged and in came Serena, bouncing a happy baby in her arms. "Look at him, Blair!"

Blair cooed over it as Eric came out behind her with another little boy and Chuck, who was carrying a baby bag with Heloise tucked under his arm.

"Daddy!" Kitty squealed and ran to him. She sighed contently when his familiar body wrapped itself around her.

"You're always hogging him!" Heloise chided.

"Cause he's mine!" Kitty said to her, giving her a wink.

"What's going on with you, Kitty?" He asked, looking down at her.

She smiled happily at him.

Her dad. Salt and pepper hair in his side burns, laugh lines and crinkly skin around his eyes. She breathed in. Yup. Definitely her dad.

"I missed you," she said.

"You saw me last night," he reminded her, walking with both girls wrapped under his arms.

"I know, I still missed you." Kitty told him, kissing his cheek. "Oh, and Ian's coming over."

"What the hell for?" He demanded.

"He's my new boyfriend," she smiled and Heloise squealed, pulling her to a corner so they could begin the details.

When her and Eric's eyes met, he sent her a wink, then one of the babies began to wail.

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"Our daughter has a new boyfriend," he told his wife as he came up behind her, handing the baby bag to one of the maids.

Blair turned to him and smiled. "I told her."

His eyes widened slightly, taking her in. "And?"

"She's good with it," Blair smiled, slipping her around his waist.

"You didn't… have to explain to her where they come from?" He asked, smirking at her.

"My love, I hate to be the one to say this to you." She leaned in, watching his eyes darken. "Your little girl is most likely not a virgin."

She enjoyed watching him through dinner as he stabbed his potatoes and glared at Ian, who was sitting next to Kitty. They were staring at each other as if the entire family was missing.

"Chuck," she murmured to him. He spared her a glance. "I just hope the next one is a boy – I don't think you can handle another girl."

"Basses are always boys," he replied.

She smiled and, somewhere, she felt she had heard him say this before, but pushed it out of her mind. She turned her attention to their daughter and was filled with the memory of her own times at the Bass' dinner.

She felt him slip his hand into hers and squeeze it. She felt the butterflies in her stomach erupt. She shivered. He always had that effect on her.

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The end

A/N - An extreme amount of thank yous for those of you who took time out and reviewed the story - I really, realy appreciate it! I'm very happy so many of you not only liked the story but enjoyed Kitty/Ian as well. Thank you!