x x x
"She is everything I need that I never knew I wanted She is everything I want that I never knew I needed"
--"She Is" The Fray
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4 Years Later
Blair Waldorf glanced at the time on her cell phone and cursed herself for being late. Again. It seemed that ever since Sophia had been born she was cursed with never being able to get anywhere on time.
"Mommy why are we in such a hurry?" Sophia asked looking up at her mother as they sped across the sidewalk.
"Because we're late for meeting auntie Serena, and uncle Dan and daddy for dinner." Blair explained trying to hail a cab. She cursed herself for not foreseeing this and having Nate order them a car. Serena was going to kill her for being late again. That was a fact.
Sophia tilted her head to the side in curiosity. "But we're always late so why is it such a big deal that we're on time today?"
"Because I promised Auntie Serena we would be on time for once and we're not."
"Oh."
Blair smiled at her daughter. "When we get to Auntie Serena's 你 get all your birthday gifts though, Daddy brought them with him."
Sophia's eyes lit up at the mention of presents. Blair still couldn't believe that it was four years 以前 today that her little Sophia had come into the world. Her daughter was beautiful, there was no doubt about it. With her eye's and nose, and Chuck's smile she could melt even the coldest of hearts. Sophia was smart, charming, and she could be devious when needed. But her every whim was taken care of so there was rarely the need to be devious.
"I 爱情 presents. Come on mommy lets hurry. I want to open them."
"Your wish is my command princess," Blair stated scooping her daughter into her arms and hurrying down the street.
x x x
"Does everything look okay?" Serena Humpherey, nee 面包车, 范 Der Woodsen asked her husband Dan, as their two children, Cooper and Emma ran around the penthouse wildly.
"It looks fantastic. Soph will 爱情 it." Dan replied looking around the living room. Serena had decided to decorate it with 粉, 粉色 and white party decorations for Sophia's birthday.
"Good." Serena replied flopping down onto the couch. "Cooper don't pull Emma's hair!" Serena continued scolding her four 年 old son as he tried to torture his two 年 old sister.
"But mommy!" Cooper started.
"No buts, 你 don't pull your sisters hair!" Dan finished as Cooper pouted and stomped off to his room.
"He is such a handful." Serena sighed as Dan sat down beside her.
"I wonder where he gets that from." Dan asked looking at his wife.
Serena hit him lightly on his shoulder "Shut up. I was never a handful, I was just...a handful."
"Exactly."
There was a knock on the door and Dan got up to answer it.
"Hey Nate how are you?" Dan asked waving him inside.
"I'm okay, traffic was terrible getting here, but its four on a friday in New York so 你 really can't expect any better. Are Blair and Soph here yet?" Nate asked handing his 夹克 to Dan's and Serena's maid.
"No not yet." Dan replied heading towards the living room.
Nate followed him and he hugged Serena when she stood up to greet him. "You look good Serena." Nate told her smiling after the hug had ended.
"Thanks. Just four 更多 months. How are 你 Nate?" She asked as the three made themselves comfortable in the living room.
"Good. Work has been keeping me busy though. Too many companies filing lawsuits against each other this year."
"Hopefully it will die down soon. Where the hell is Blair? She promised she'd be on time today!" Serena exclaimed.
"I told her I'd order her a car, but she insisted that she walk with Sophia."
At that moment they heard the front door open and Blair scolding Sophia about something 或者 other. "I know, I know, I'm sorry we're late." Blair stated walking into the living room with Sophia running ahead of her. "Hello darling," she continued 接吻 Nate quickly on the cheek.
"Daddy!" Sophia squealed pulling on Nate's pant legs.
"Hello angel, happy birthday." Nathaniel replied scooping her into his arms. "And how old are 你 today princess Sophia?"
"Four."
"You're growing into such a big girl."
"I know. Where's Cooper?"
"I think he went to go play in his room sweetie why don't 你 go take a look?" Serena told the curious brunette. "And happy Birthday Soph." She finished.
"Thanks auntie Serena." Sophia replied as Nate put her back down on the floor.
"Happy birthday Soph." Dan added as she ran off. The adults heard her yell "thank you!" over her shoulders as she made her way to the play room.
"I don't know why 你 two pretend to be the perfect married couple in front of us," Serena started once Sophia was out of earshot. "We both know you're married 由 law only."
Blair groaned and took a 座位 下一个 to her blond haired best friend on the couch. "Serena we've been over this a million and one times. This is so Chuck doesn't get curious and start asking 问题 about what he shouldn't be questioning. And Sophia needed a father figure so Nate and I thought it would be best if we got married and just told everyone that Nate was her father."
"Yeah but really guys, she's going to figure it out when she's older."
"By then she'll just see her parents getting along. At least Blair and I are friends. That's a lot 更多 then 你 can say for most married couples now isn't it?" Nate added coming to his wife's defence.
Shortly after Sophia had been born, Blair and Nate had had a long talk and decided it would be best if she told everyone that Sophia's father was him. People already suspected so anyway. The two decided it would be best to get married and try their hand at giving Sophia a real family. They quickly realized that there was no romance there, simply friendship, but the two continued to be married. On the outside they were the perfect married couple, with an absolute doll of a daughter, and on the inside, they were really the best of friends.
"Don't 你 think it would of been easier to tell Chuck--"
"Serena I'm not getting into this with 你 again!" Blair exclaimed.
"But--"
"Honey just let it be okay?" Dan asked laying a hand on 最佳, 返回页首 of Serena's. Serena nodded at her husband's request and the four 老友记 fell into an easy chatter about anything and everything. They discussed Dan's upcoming book, the upcoming red and white 圣诞节 ball, how Sophia and Cooper were adjusting to school, and Dan and Serena's new arrival due in four months.
They had a fantastic dinner, full of all of Sophia's favorites, sang happy birthday, had cake and opened presents where the little girl was spoiled rotten. But then again when 你 had parents as rich as she did there was nothing else to be expected.
After dinner, Nate apologized and 说 he had to run back to the office because he forgot a file he meant to bring 首页 with him that night. He told Blair that he'd have a car waiting for her and Sophia when they left since the temperature was dropping and the sky looked like it was going to snow.
Dan excused himself to go put some final touches on his latest novel leaving Blair and Serena alone to talk.
"Blair just answer me this and then I'll drop the whole Chuck issue for a while. Do 你 ever get lonely living the way that 你 and Nate do? Don't 你 wonder what if?"
"Of course I do, but she's all I really need. I never knew she would be, but she is. And I refuse to ruin Chuck's family, I refuse to be that woman."
Serena sighed and absently ran her hand across her stomach. "Okay, if you're sure."
Blair nodded her head, determination evident in her eyes. "I am."
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Blair unlocked the door to their penthouse and told the doorman to just leave Sophia's presents in the hallway. She carefully and skillfully carried Sophia down the hall and into her bedroom.
She gently woke the little girl up. "Soph, honey just wake up for a few 分钟 so we can get 你 into your pajamas." She wispered into the small brunette's ear.
"But I'm sleepy mommy," she whined opening her eyes.
"I know it'll take not even two minutes. That's my girl." Blair 说 as her baby sat up on the bed.
Blair quickly helped her get ready for 床, 床上 and gently laid her down and covered her. "Happy Birthday princess, I 爱情 you." Blair smiled leaning over and 接吻 her forehead.
"Loves...you...too." Sophia 说 in between yawns.
Blair stood up, made sure her night light was on, Sophia was terrified of the dark, and closed the door. She walked past the hall and ignored the presents, she'd get Nate 或者 the maid to take care of them later.
She settled down on the plush sofa in their 巢穴, den, 书房 and switched on the television, trying to find something to watch for a few hours before she would be ready for bed. 或者 at least that's what she told herself. Really it was just a way to distract herself from thinking about him. Every other 日 of the 年 she managed to ignore his very being fantastically, but on her daughter's birthday, it took everything she had in her not to.
She sighed and ran a hand through her hair before deciding on some new 显示 that had come out that September. She knew that it was late, and that she should probably go to 床, 床上 或者 Serena will kill her for being out of it tomorrow morning at work, but she couldn't bring herself to get up from the couch.
She still remembered everything about him, the way his hair fell into his eyes, and that smirk that always meant he was up to no good. But most of all she remembered how he made her feel something, something real. But none of that mattered anymore because when he married her it was all washed away.
She heard the front door open and close and the familiar footstep of Nate in the hallway. He came into the living room and sat 下一个 to her.
"You okay B?" He asked. He knew how hard this 日 really was for her.
"Yeah, I'll be fine."
"You sure?"
"Mmhmm. I don't need him, I have Sophia, she's all I need."
Nate nodded and wrapped his arm around her. "And 你 have me too."
"I know. You've been amazing Nate. 你 really have, and I can't thank 你 enough."
"You letting me be apart of that little girl's life is thanks enough. Come its late, lets go to 床, 床上 或者 Serena will kill 你 tomorrow."
A small smile broke out on her face, he was right. Nate usually was. So she stood up and followed him to their room. They never actually slept together, but it was nice to have someone there to keep 你 安全 from everything at night. That night she slept peacefully, and it was the first time in four years that she didn't wake up when it was 2am.
x x x
"She is everything I need that I never knew I wanted She is everything I want that I never knew I needed"
--"She Is" The Fray
x x x
4 Years Later
Blair Waldorf glanced at the time on her cell phone and cursed herself for being late. Again. It seemed that ever since Sophia had been born she was cursed with never being able to get anywhere on time.
"Mommy why are we in such a hurry?" Sophia asked looking up at her mother as they sped across the sidewalk.
"Because we're late for meeting auntie Serena, and uncle Dan and daddy for dinner." Blair explained trying to hail a cab. She cursed herself for not foreseeing this and having Nate order them a car. Serena was going to kill her for being late again. That was a fact.
Sophia tilted her head to the side in curiosity. "But we're always late so why is it such a big deal that we're on time today?"
"Because I promised Auntie Serena we would be on time for once and we're not."
"Oh."
Blair smiled at her daughter. "When we get to Auntie Serena's 你 get all your birthday gifts though, Daddy brought them with him."
Sophia's eyes lit up at the mention of presents. Blair still couldn't believe that it was four years 以前 today that her little Sophia had come into the world. Her daughter was beautiful, there was no doubt about it. With her eye's and nose, and Chuck's smile she could melt even the coldest of hearts. Sophia was smart, charming, and she could be devious when needed. But her every whim was taken care of so there was rarely the need to be devious.
"I 爱情 presents. Come on mommy lets hurry. I want to open them."
"Your wish is my command princess," Blair stated scooping her daughter into her arms and hurrying down the street.
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"Does everything look okay?" Serena Humpherey, nee 面包车, 范 Der Woodsen asked her husband Dan, as their two children, Cooper and Emma ran around the penthouse wildly.
"It looks fantastic. Soph will 爱情 it." Dan replied looking around the living room. Serena had decided to decorate it with 粉, 粉色 and white party decorations for Sophia's birthday.
"Good." Serena replied flopping down onto the couch. "Cooper don't pull Emma's hair!" Serena continued scolding her four 年 old son as he tried to torture his two 年 old sister.
"But mommy!" Cooper started.
"No buts, 你 don't pull your sisters hair!" Dan finished as Cooper pouted and stomped off to his room.
"He is such a handful." Serena sighed as Dan sat down beside her.
"I wonder where he gets that from." Dan asked looking at his wife.
Serena hit him lightly on his shoulder "Shut up. I was never a handful, I was just...a handful."
"Exactly."
There was a knock on the door and Dan got up to answer it.
"Hey Nate how are you?" Dan asked waving him inside.
"I'm okay, traffic was terrible getting here, but its four on a friday in New York so 你 really can't expect any better. Are Blair and Soph here yet?" Nate asked handing his 夹克 to Dan's and Serena's maid.
"No not yet." Dan replied heading towards the living room.
Nate followed him and he hugged Serena when she stood up to greet him. "You look good Serena." Nate told her smiling after the hug had ended.
"Thanks. Just four 更多 months. How are 你 Nate?" She asked as the three made themselves comfortable in the living room.
"Good. Work has been keeping me busy though. Too many companies filing lawsuits against each other this year."
"Hopefully it will die down soon. Where the hell is Blair? She promised she'd be on time today!" Serena exclaimed.
"I told her I'd order her a car, but she insisted that she walk with Sophia."
At that moment they heard the front door open and Blair scolding Sophia about something 或者 other. "I know, I know, I'm sorry we're late." Blair stated walking into the living room with Sophia running ahead of her. "Hello darling," she continued 接吻 Nate quickly on the cheek.
"Daddy!" Sophia squealed pulling on Nate's pant legs.
"Hello angel, happy birthday." Nathaniel replied scooping her into his arms. "And how old are 你 today princess Sophia?"
"Four."
"You're growing into such a big girl."
"I know. Where's Cooper?"
"I think he went to go play in his room sweetie why don't 你 go take a look?" Serena told the curious brunette. "And happy Birthday Soph." She finished.
"Thanks auntie Serena." Sophia replied as Nate put her back down on the floor.
"Happy birthday Soph." Dan added as she ran off. The adults heard her yell "thank you!" over her shoulders as she made her way to the play room.
"I don't know why 你 two pretend to be the perfect married couple in front of us," Serena started once Sophia was out of earshot. "We both know you're married 由 law only."
Blair groaned and took a 座位 下一个 to her blond haired best friend on the couch. "Serena we've been over this a million and one times. This is so Chuck doesn't get curious and start asking 问题 about what he shouldn't be questioning. And Sophia needed a father figure so Nate and I thought it would be best if we got married and just told everyone that Nate was her father."
"Yeah but really guys, she's going to figure it out when she's older."
"By then she'll just see her parents getting along. At least Blair and I are friends. That's a lot 更多 then 你 can say for most married couples now isn't it?" Nate added coming to his wife's defence.
Shortly after Sophia had been born, Blair and Nate had had a long talk and decided it would be best if she told everyone that Sophia's father was him. People already suspected so anyway. The two decided it would be best to get married and try their hand at giving Sophia a real family. They quickly realized that there was no romance there, simply friendship, but the two continued to be married. On the outside they were the perfect married couple, with an absolute doll of a daughter, and on the inside, they were really the best of friends.
"Don't 你 think it would of been easier to tell Chuck--"
"Serena I'm not getting into this with 你 again!" Blair exclaimed.
"But--"
"Honey just let it be okay?" Dan asked laying a hand on 最佳, 返回页首 of Serena's. Serena nodded at her husband's request and the four 老友记 fell into an easy chatter about anything and everything. They discussed Dan's upcoming book, the upcoming red and white 圣诞节 ball, how Sophia and Cooper were adjusting to school, and Dan and Serena's new arrival due in four months.
They had a fantastic dinner, full of all of Sophia's favorites, sang happy birthday, had cake and opened presents where the little girl was spoiled rotten. But then again when 你 had parents as rich as she did there was nothing else to be expected.
After dinner, Nate apologized and 说 he had to run back to the office because he forgot a file he meant to bring 首页 with him that night. He told Blair that he'd have a car waiting for her and Sophia when they left since the temperature was dropping and the sky looked like it was going to snow.
Dan excused himself to go put some final touches on his latest novel leaving Blair and Serena alone to talk.
"Blair just answer me this and then I'll drop the whole Chuck issue for a while. Do 你 ever get lonely living the way that 你 and Nate do? Don't 你 wonder what if?"
"Of course I do, but she's all I really need. I never knew she would be, but she is. And I refuse to ruin Chuck's family, I refuse to be that woman."
Serena sighed and absently ran her hand across her stomach. "Okay, if you're sure."
Blair nodded her head, determination evident in her eyes. "I am."
x x x
Blair unlocked the door to their penthouse and told the doorman to just leave Sophia's presents in the hallway. She carefully and skillfully carried Sophia down the hall and into her bedroom.
She gently woke the little girl up. "Soph, honey just wake up for a few 分钟 so we can get 你 into your pajamas." She wispered into the small brunette's ear.
"But I'm sleepy mommy," she whined opening her eyes.
"I know it'll take not even two minutes. That's my girl." Blair 说 as her baby sat up on the bed.
Blair quickly helped her get ready for 床, 床上 and gently laid her down and covered her. "Happy Birthday princess, I 爱情 you." Blair smiled leaning over and 接吻 her forehead.
"Loves...you...too." Sophia 说 in between yawns.
Blair stood up, made sure her night light was on, Sophia was terrified of the dark, and closed the door. She walked past the hall and ignored the presents, she'd get Nate 或者 the maid to take care of them later.
She settled down on the plush sofa in their 巢穴, den, 书房 and switched on the television, trying to find something to watch for a few hours before she would be ready for bed. 或者 at least that's what she told herself. Really it was just a way to distract herself from thinking about him. Every other 日 of the 年 she managed to ignore his very being fantastically, but on her daughter's birthday, it took everything she had in her not to.
She sighed and ran a hand through her hair before deciding on some new 显示 that had come out that September. She knew that it was late, and that she should probably go to 床, 床上 或者 Serena will kill her for being out of it tomorrow morning at work, but she couldn't bring herself to get up from the couch.
She still remembered everything about him, the way his hair fell into his eyes, and that smirk that always meant he was up to no good. But most of all she remembered how he made her feel something, something real. But none of that mattered anymore because when he married her it was all washed away.
She heard the front door open and close and the familiar footstep of Nate in the hallway. He came into the living room and sat 下一个 to her.
"You okay B?" He asked. He knew how hard this 日 really was for her.
"Yeah, I'll be fine."
"You sure?"
"Mmhmm. I don't need him, I have Sophia, she's all I need."
Nate nodded and wrapped his arm around her. "And 你 have me too."
"I know. You've been amazing Nate. 你 really have, and I can't thank 你 enough."
"You letting me be apart of that little girl's life is thanks enough. Come its late, lets go to 床, 床上 或者 Serena will kill 你 tomorrow."
A small smile broke out on her face, he was right. Nate usually was. So she stood up and followed him to their room. They never actually slept together, but it was nice to have someone there to keep 你 安全 from everything at night. That night she slept peacefully, and it was the first time in four years that she didn't wake up when it was 2am.
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