Remembering Old Times?
Why did it have to come back to him? Maybe it was just his fate?
Just when he thought his life was on track his past had come back to haunt him. She had come back to haunt him.
He hadnt spoken to Serena since that hari at the cafe. Since he had hurt Blair's feelings, for the umpteenth time. He had a habit of doing that, of course he had never meant to hurt her but somehow he always did...they always hurt each other....out of habit.
He remembered their first fight in New Haven....
It was Blair's birthday.
Trust Chuck to forget! He knew when her birthday was, he had even made plans for it a bulan in advance, but put them on hold because of work, he had just lost track of the tanggal because of being so busy.
She waited all hari for him to mention her birthday...she thought he might have been pretending to forget, but he wasn't, he even went to tempat tidur and fell asleep. She jumped onto the tempat tidur and shook him to wake him up.
B: Chuck!
C: (after waking up) What? What happened?
B: I hate you!
C: Why...what have i done now?
B: Do anda know what bloody hari it is today?!
C: No, what? (lies down and closes his eyes)
B: Chuck! Look at me!
C: Im trying to sleep.
B: (after a short pause she whispers, fighting back tears) its my birthday today.
Chuck opens his eyes, looking at her, trying to remember the date.
C: (he immediately sits up) oh shit...i cant believe it...i didnt forget...im so sorry...(he tries to take hold of her, she pushes his hands off) please, dont be angry... I didnt forget, i was making plans like a bulan yang lalu but i had to put them on hold because of work...i just lost track of time...im so sorry, ill make it up to anda i promise...(he puts his hands on her arms again)
B: Saying sorry doesn't change the fact that anda forgot my birthday! Im not going to just forgive anda that easily!
C: But Blair ill make it up to you, i cinta you. (he moves closer to her on the bed)
B: Well i hate you!
C: anda know anda cinta me (he gives her a little ciuman on the lips)
B: No im still angry with anda i hate you!
C: But i cinta you.
He kisses her, she looks away from him but he kisses her again, she couldn't resist him because she loved him so much and she knew deep down that he loved her too, even if he did forget her birthday! So they continue to ciuman and make love.
Things were easy back then, he knew she loved him, she would forgive him for anything, and vice versa. It was only after their 2nd tahun together that the cracks had started to show...the rest was history...
He looked at his clock, 8am. He'd woken up later than usual. He didnt really have much to do today, only a morning meeting at work and then the rest of the hari was his to do as he pleased. Maybe he'd try and meet with Serena again. atau at least catch up with Dan, he felt like he needed an old friend to hang out with.
He rolled off his bed, being alone sucked. An empty bed, breakfast for one, no one to help him look for his keys in the morning, no one to forget to ciuman before leaving for work...it had become the story of his life, the lebih he tried to convince himself that he was doing ok and that it was the way he wanted his life to be, the lebih he hungered for a companion.
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Serena is at Blair's apartment. Bella is also there.
S: So...Bella, how's school?
I (Isabella): It's fun...i get to do lot's of painting!
S: Aaaw...that's really sweet...have anda made any of me?
I: Yes...lot's.
B: She bring things halaman awal all the time...whenever she does paintings anda Zach and Dan are always in them!
S: Aaaaw that's so cute, you'll have to tampil me them Bella!...(Bella wonders around playing with a toy, Serena and Blair at sat at the dining meja after drinking some coffee) ....so is everything ok?
B: Yeah...why wouldn't it be?
S: Well....i haven't really spoken to anda properly since that hari at the cafe....with Chuck.
B: We spoke....on the phone remember, anda asked me if i was ok and i told anda i was fine.
S: Yeah, but we didnt talk about what happened, i tried going after anda but you'd already got into a taxi.
B: Look, it's in the past, im over it....i dont care what he thinks of me....he's nothing to do with me....he's your friend.
S: Which is why we should talk about it...you're probably going to see much lebih of him now....maybe we should just have some sort of agreement...you know, about whether anda want to talk to him atau have nothing ot do with him...etc.
B: anda can be friends with him....and if he's around anda at the same time as me, i cant really stop him from insulting me atau trying to wind me up...as far as im concerned im not interested in talking to him. If he wants to play his old games then let him.
S: I'll talk to him...get him to be civil. Forgive and forget.
B: (puts her head in her hands, with her elbows leaning on the table) Why did he have to turn up S....why! I dont want him near me...(looks over at Bella) atau her!
S: hey (touches Blair's hand) maybe this could be a chance to prove to Chuck who Bella..(interrupted)
B: No! No way S! He's not coming anywhere near my daughter! I dont even want to discuss that!
S: Ok...im sorry...im just saying....that maybe one hari it will have to be a possibility.
B: Over my dead body!
S: Look...this may not be about you....it's about Bella...her wish...remember, to see her daddy just once, even if for just a second.
B: Well she's seen him...with anda at the park. Im serious S, its a no. Neither he atau Bella can know the truth about who her father really is. (gets up to put the mugs into the dishwasher)
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Chuck is in his office finishing up from work. He is about to leave when Serena turns up.
C: Woah...shouldn't anda and baby bump be resting at home?
S: Yeah probably....but i needed to talk to you.
C: Maybe a phone call would be safer in such circumstances.
S: Look, i went to the hospital yesterday with cramps, but i haven't had any since...im not due for another 8 days so im probably aman, brankas for now. Im sure this wont take that long judging oleh your past capacity of holding a conversation.
C: (he laughs) Looks like Brooklyns sense of humour has rubbed of on someone.
S: And i wonder whether your father's incapacity to have any feeling towards another human being has rubbed off on you? (smirks)
C: (looks offended) I was actually trying to be nice to anda right now...i have nothing against you.
S: I wasn't talking about me...
C: Oh, let me guess....you're here to defend your best friend, it's like a broken record.
S: And so are you....so predictable...
C: Hows that?
S: anda hide your true feelings oleh pretending to hate, anda cant tell someone that anda missed them so instead anda tell them you're sad to see them back.
C: I dont know what you're trying to get at here.
S: What i wanna know is why anda treated Blair the way anda did at the cafe...surely we've all grown up since 5 years ago...bear no old grudges...what exactly will anda get out of treating her like that?
C: If she doesn't care why do you?
S: What makes anda think she doesn't care?
C: Well if she did she would be here polluting my ears.
S: (smirks) Whatever Chuck..maybe thats just your way of indirectly asking me if Blair does care...?
C: No...i just dont see the point of anda trying to get me to be friendly with her...to me she's just another passer by.
S: Well she's my best friend...if me and anda are going to be friends....(stops and puts her hand on her stomach, twitching in slight pain)
C: (watches her) Are anda ok?
S: (looks back up at him, composing herself) Yeah im fine....where was I...yeah, if me and anda are going to be friends, you're going to be seeing a lot lebih of Blair..
C: Why...dont tell me you're still having brunch parties and masquerade balls
S: Chuck! Im trying to be serious here! anda need to get your act together....stop the games...next time anda see Blair, please just make an effort to be nice...she'd really appreciate it, and so would I....you never know, anda might actually realise that anda like it.
C: Like what?
S: Talking to Blair again...you might actually like it.
C: I doubt that.
S: If anda say so...i know anda Chuck Bass...you could never resist Blair. Even if it means taking digs at her....you're way of keeping some sort of relationship going with her.
C: anda misunderstand hatred.
S: (laughs) Chuck, please, anda could never hate someone anda love...love is too important to you....(waits for him to respond, he doesn't) i can read anda like a book......you'd forgive her for anything eventually...wouldn't you? If only she knew...(she stops again, sequels in pain) Oh no....not again.....(looks up at Chuck) dont worry it's just ....(breathing heavily) cramps...happens all the time....
C: (rushes over to her, holding her up) Well im sure that only happens when the baby's ready to pop (points down to the floor under her feet)
S: Omg! Chuck! My water broke! My water broke! The baby!
C: Calm down...it's ok...i've got you...(he holds onto her and she gives up on trying to stand up)
S: Chuck! The baby! It's coming!
C: Sssh...calm down...what shall we do?
S: I can't do anything right now!
C: Well i dont know do I?! I've never done this before!
S: Well maybe if anda stuck around 5 years ago, you'd have the experience!
C: Is now the time to bring that up!
S: Get me to a hospital now! Im not giving birth to my baby in Chuck Bass's Office!
C: I'll call an ambulance.
S: No, i cant wait for them...you have to take me! Now!
C: What! Are anda serious!
S: (grabs him oleh the tie and pulls his face right towards hers) Im not going into labour on your purple revolving chair! Do anda want to be the one to give birth to this baby? No i didnt think so now take me to the hospital!
He helps her up and they go to Chuck's car. It takes them 15minutes to get to the nearest hospital and Serena is still squealing in pain. Chuck is totally confused and worried, he has never seen a woman in labour before and isn't sure about what is going on.
Once at the hospital Serena is escorted to her own hospital room oleh a few nurses. They get to the room and Serena grabs Chuck's hand as he tries to pindah away from the door and back outside.
S: You're coming in with me!
C: What? No! I cant...i dont know what to do!
S: (by this time they are already in the room) anda just have to sit selanjutnya to me and take all the screams and the punches! Please...just do this for me...no one else is here!
C: I can call Dan
S: Yeah...call him but he wont get here until a few hours, he's out of town.
C: Blair?
S: (screams in pain, Doctors are trying to calm her and give her instruction) Call Blair....but she's at the children's hospital...with Bella....she had an appointment....omg! It f****** hurts!!!
C: I'll call Dan & Blair....ill take your cell phone.
Chuck leaves the room for a moment.
He calls Dan first. Dan is out of town and tells Chuck to stay with Serena as he will most likely miss the birth. Chuck promises to do anything he can.
He then calls Blair.
B: hey S, what's up.
C: (pauses at the sound of Blair's voice, then hears Serena screaming again) ummm...it's Chuck...
B: What...are anda doing with Serena's phone?
C: Ummm...she's gone into labor....she was with me at the office and now we're at the hospital...she's having the....baby.
B: (sighs) Omg! Really! I dont believe this! Dan is out of town!
C: I know, but im with her, she wanted me to let anda know so anda could come.
B: omg....im...busy right now...
C: She told me you'd be at...the children's hospital...how long do anda think you'll be.
B: ummm...it was supposed to take up the whole day....observations and stuff, i had an appointment...with...Bella. Tell Serena to hold on...i'll be there as soon as I can.
C: How long?
B: like i said, it's a hari thing, i might not get to Serena until the evening.
C: Why so long? Is everything....ok?
B: Ummm...yeah... i was just worried about Bella...it's just an overprotective mother thing...getting the kid checked out every time she just so much as sneezes....thanks for asking.
C: It's ok...anyway...im with Serena....so it's not like she's alone....in fact she's kinda screaming for me to get back in there...i cant believe im going to have to watch her give birth!
B: (giggles) Good luck...you know, it's actually quite an amazing thing, giving birth....you might enjoy it.
C: (silent pause) I should go to her.
B: Yeah...take care....of Serena.
C: anda too.
He hangs up the phone and rushes back to the room, he sits on a chair selanjutnya to the tempat tidur and tells Serena that both Dan and Blair will take a while to get here....she grabs hold of his hand and squeezes it very tightly whilst taking in gas from the mask diberikan to her oleh the Doctor.
(Note to readers: The labor is not based on fact, i know labor can last for hours, but ive had to portray the labor in an unrealistic way just because i wanted Chuck to be the only one there while the baby was born!)
It was a quick birth, much quicker than when Zach was born...that wasn't the only thing that was different...this time the baby was a tiny little girl. So beautiful, with a head full of hair! The Doctor wrapped a small blanket around her and handed her to an exhausted Serena....she was in tears....Chuck leant over Serena to take a closer look at the baby....he smiled and even touched the baby's face.
C: Wow...all that pain for such a tiny baby.
S: I know...but it's worth it isn't it?
C: (he smiles at Serena) Yeah...she's beautiful...congratulations....im sorry that Dan couldn't be here.
S: anda know....he didnt want to go out of town...he had a feeling id give birth in his absence...id been having contractions for the past few days.
C: (plays with the baby) Oh...she's crying again....sorry.
S: Its not your fault...it's good for them to cry. Apparently.
C: That was probably the craziest experience of my life!
S: Really?
C: Definitely...i didnt think giving birth to a baby could be so dramatic.
S: Well it's definitely dramatic (she laughs)...but its a miracle....you spend 9 months with a little baby growing inside you....knowing the whole time that she exists...then anda get to this hari and i know it's probably the most painful thing ever....but it really is worth it....look at her...she's beautiful....and they grow up and it only gets better...i mean look at Zach and ....Bella....they are such amazing beautiful kids...it really is worth all this....and for them to be in a loving family...just knowing that they're your responsibility and they depend on you...it's so important for them....knowing who their parents are...knowing that they have people who cinta and care for them. (Chuck just reflects on what Serena said, looking away from her)
The selanjutnya 15 menit atau so the Doctors carry out their standard procedure, taking the baby, washing her, putting her in the baby bed, cleaning Serena, redressing her etc...
S: anda know the first pregnancy is a lot worse!
C: Really?
S: Yeah...actually...Bella's birth was pretty bad...(Chuck looks away, as if to say he didnt want to hear anything about her)....Blair was a bit....unwell at the time...under stress and so on....it was probably one of the worst days of her life....at one point she wouldn't let the baby out....she was trying to hold it in....she wouldn't let the Doctors near her....she was screaming, throwing things...it was so painful to watch....no one was able to calm her down....they had to inject her...to make her feel drowsy...it gave me the chance to lie her down and talk to her....she gave up the fight in the end....Bella was born...they had to put her on a few drips, she had stuff wrong with her but she was fine after a couple of weeks. Ever since, Blair has been so overprotective of her....she's always taking her to the Doctor atau the hospital every time Bella gets a cough atau cold....she gets worried....
C: Thats why she's at the hospital today right.
S: Yeah..i guess so....she's been through a lot anda know....and she hasn't coped well until now. In the beginning....after....you left, things were so bad....im surprised she got through it. I just wish.....you hadn't left....we could have fixed things...we could have...
Just then the door bangs open and Dan storms in...
D: Omg i missed it....i missed it didnt I? (he rushes over to Serena)
S: hey (they kiss) yeah anda pretty much missed it...(she looks over to the incubator)
D: Omg...thats the baby....(the baby is not visible from where he is standing so he rushes over and looks into the incubator, seeing the baby asleep) wow....it's a girl right....she's beautiful....
C: (walks over to Dan who is now lifting the baby into his arms) She is....it didnt take long for her to come out...
D: I cant believe it...she's finally here...Chuck...you're a life saver...you have no idea how grateful i am for anda being here...for Serena...thank anda so much...
C: Dont worry about it...it was an amazing experience....im glad i was here...
S: Yeah...at least anda finally got to see a child birth!
D: Yeah...it's crazy...im sure you've got scars all over anda arms...Serena can get quite violent when she's in labor!
C: (they all laugh) Yeah...she was pretty aggressive!
S: hey anda two try giving birth to a baby! I have every reason to get violent! anda have no idea how painful it is!
They sit for a while just admiring the baby and talking. 20 menit after Dan arrived Blair also turns up, Bella is also with her. She enters the room almost as excited as Dan was.
S: B you're here!
B: Omg....S (she runs over and hugs her before turning to look at Dan with the baby) wow...she's gorgeous....so cute...(goes over to her and plays with her hand) Dan....she's so small!
D: I know...do anda want to hold her?
B: Yeah of course....(picks up the baby and then bends down to tampil Bella) Look Bella....look at the new baby....
S: Yeah...you have a new sister now!
I: Yey mummy is she my sister?
B: Of course she is...she's beautiful isn't she?
I: I've always wanted a sister! can i touch her?
D: Yeah of course anda can.
I: (after touching the baby, Isabella notices Chuck and recognises him, she goes over to him and touches his knee) Oh...your Aunty Serena's friend from the park?
B: (Chuck ignores Isabella, so Blair intervenes, she pulls Isabella away from him) hey honey come over here.....(she then looks to Chuck) Ummm...Chuck...how did anda find the child birth? I know Serena can be kinda crazy during labor.
C: (looks away from her and stands up) it was fine...(he walks over to Serena) Hey...im gonna make a move....i'll call you...
S: No, stay Chuck....please.
C: I think i should just leave...
B: Yeah because you're pretty good with leaving (says this without looking at him)
S: Chuck.....thanks for today...it meant a lot to me....i dont think i would have been able to have coped so well if anda weren't here...you were really good.
D: Yeah man, im surprised anda didnt run out of here like i tried when Zach was born....i almost threw up!
S: Yeah...and how anda didnt panic when my water broke in your office...you being so calm kinda helped calm me down...
C: anda call that calm? (they laugh) anyway....take care...of yourself and baby....i'll see anda soon...(he kisses her forehead) Humphrey...take care.
D: Yeah...and thanks again, for every thing...see anda soon. (Chuck leaves)
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He sat in his car....it wouldn't be much of a long drive home, but he couldn't seem to pindah his hand to start the car....he was too busy trying to take in everything that had happened today. Seeing Serena's baby being born was like a significant event for him...something extraordinary...like nothing he'd ever experienced before. He was in awe. Those tiny hand and tiny feet...the smell of the baby...the little squeals and cries coming from such a little mouth...the baby was beautiful....it was truly amazing. He had been touched...deep inside...for a moment he wished he was Dan Humphrey...just so he could feel what it would be like to be a father at such a magical time...Chuck bas, bass wishing he was Dan Humphrey? What was wrong with him....he had to get out of there, back to his own life....he starts the car and speeds off home.
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Run away Bass...
