Episode 04 - Art is a Healer


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In School.
Serena and Chuck.

S: Had a blast last night?
C: What?
S: I saw you managed to return to your old ways...
C: I dont know what you're talking about...
S: Really...so that wasn't you i saw at the bar covered with women?
C: Calm down ok....i was...passing time.
S: Ok...so one minute your asking me to help you out with Blair...and the next minute...just because of one minor set back...you just give up and go back to being your old self!
C: I can do whatever i like ok...it's none of your business!
S: Oh great! So next time dont bloody ask me to help you out ok! if you want to play around then go ahead....Blair can do better than you anyway...i dont know why i keep trying! I should be protecting by best friend from someone like you! She probably wouldn't be satisfied by your kind anyway!
C: Well she was pretty satisfied when she lost her virginity to me...
S: ...What!? keep dreaming Chuck!
C: Oh, of course ...she hasn't told you about that has she....some friend.
S: Your lying....your just making it up...to get to me...
C: (smiles) why don't you ask her....

Serena storms off...
C: (to himself but out loud) I was going to make it up to her...

Serena finds Blair.

S: B? I need to ask you something...you have to be honest...
B: What?
S: Did you sleep with him?
B: Who? NO of course not! are you crazy i hardly know him...geez we only met last night...and im not ever gonna see him again anyway. so its... (interrupted)
S: Not him! im talking about ...chuck!
B: ...(shocked)....oh my god....he told you....the squeel!
S: Blair i shouldn't have had to find out like that! why didnt you tell me B...im your best friend! all this time....and you've slept with him! i cant believe it...when? How! and WHY!
B: it was a long time ago...it was nothing...it was before all of this!
S: When.
B: the..... opening of his club.
S: OMG! i knew something happened back then! i cant believe you didnt tell me! why!
B: I couldn't...i ....was embarrassed.....i knew you'd laugh...cuz it was with chuck...i dunno...i wanted to tell you...omg i cant believe he did this! out of all the things he's done! this is one of the worst! i trusted him with that!
omg has he told anyone else! im gonna kill him i swear! i hate him!!!
S: Dont get mad...he probably only told me...just forget about it ok...
B: No im not gonna let him get away with this! he always does something to ruin everything!
S: Well you did leave last night when you could have stayed with him...
B: All he had to do was ask...and like you said he found alternative company....and me leaving is no excuse for him to betray my trust!

Blair storms off ignores serena's attempt to call her back.

End of day at school...Blair finds Chuck.

B: You!
C: (he turns around and sees blair approaching)
B: What do you think your playing at! i thought you'd changed! you asked for a second chance! i gave you your second chance and you blew it!
C: you're the one that walked out last night! not me...i waited for you.
B: NO, you didnt! i waited for you....for you to just ask me to...to...
C: I did...i have the text to prove it...you said no.
B: You expect me to run after you when you call...!
C: I expected you to understand...to be there.
B: Well it was to late by then......and how could you tell serena about....that night! i trusted you!
C: It just came out! and does it matter, we're all friends anyway...
B: Oh, so who else have you told....im surprised you havent boasted about it on Gossip Girl!
C: I...(interrupted)
B: You really think you're gonna be able to apologise and fix things this time!
C: Blair...(interrupted)
B: (almost in tears) No, ive had enough....i dont wanna hear it anymore...from now on...just dont speak to me...dont look at me...dont even think about me.... just stay out of my life for good....ive had enough! i just hate this ok...i hate you...ok (both seem teary eyed and emotional...as Blair turns and walks away)


The next day...Blair's bedroom.

Blair wakes up....the curtains are drawn so it is light.
Last night Blair came home late and threw herself under her duvet...she cried herself to sleep.
Her dinner had been left on her bed side table, but because she came in at night the lights were off and she didnt notice.
Blair lays on her back and looks to her ceiling. she jumps up due to being shocked at what she see's above her.
On her ceiling is the painting from the art gallery exhibition. the one she liked. the one that wasn't for sale but has somehow ended up on her ceiling....

Blair is confused, it's obvious that chuck has something to do with the painting ending up on the ceiling and feels guilty for arguing with him yesterday.

Dorota enters.

Dt: Oh, Miss Blair you are awake....you haven't eaten your dinner...? Oh...have you seen it.....the painting..?
B: Yes.....how did it get there and who put it up there!?
Dt: oh! it's wonderful isn't it! Your friend Charles arranged it...there were some gentlemen here yesterday after you left for school who put it up there and they told me i was not to say anything until you saw it yourself....it's wonderful!
B: Wonderful???!! You said they came in the morning? (Whispers to herself) He did this before the argument...?
Dt: What?
B: Nothing....
Dt: Oh and the note...what did it say?
B: What note?
Dt: You haven't read it....it is on your bedside table....there (points)

Blair picks up an envelope from her bedside table and opens it.
The letter says...

"Waldorf,

I have granted your wish to wake up every morning and see the painting on your ceiling.
Now grant my wish to wake up every morning and see you next to me.

Chuck"

Blair sighs and takes a deep breath, clearly touched by the note.
With almost tears in her eyes she quickly gets out of bed.

B: I need to get ready for school.
Dt: But what did the note say?
B: (hands her the note) Here read it....leave me to get ready!
Dt: (after reading note) Oh my! Oh my! Miss Blair....is this boy....does he like you?
B: Please just leave me to get ready!
Dt: Yes Miss Blair....i apologise...(proceeds to walk out, before leaving she says...) What he did....the painting...it was very thoughtful of him.
Blair smiles, dorota leaves.

At School.
Chuck is smoking by school entrance. Blair spots him and walks over to him.
Chuck quickly disposes of the cigarette.

B: It's ok, you didnt have to get rid of it.
C: Well, i know you dont like it.
B: (smiles) Thanks.
C: I'm sorry for yesterday.....
B: But you didn't do anything....
C: I told Serena about us. And i've kind of gotton the hang of apologising...
B: (laughs lightly) Well she would have found out anyway....i shouldn't have gotten so angry with you....i'm sorry for arguing with you and for getting angry....i....i'm really sorry.
C: I forgive you........ for everything you've done, and for everything you'll do in the future...i don't care if you get mad at me...as long as....(looks down)
B: As long as...? what?
C: .......I dont know....the other day....at the gallery...when you left with that other guy....i thought that...i thought that it was over...that you'd gone for good....i don't wanna feel like that again. i'll put up with your tantrums as long as you don't leave again.
B: My tantrums??!! since when do i have tantrums....and when i do it's not like its for no reason.
C:(moves up against her, smiles and plays with her hair) Well aslong as you channel all that negative energy into something positive....we wont have a problem....will we?
B: Chuck...(pushes him slightly away) i'm trying to be serious here....
C: Well so am i.
B: Yeah until you started teasing again.....just listen.......i saw the painting...on my celing ....it was the nicest thing anyone has ever doen for me....really.
C: i'm glad you liked it.
B: How could i not....no-one except you would do something like that.
C: Well, i wanna make all your wishes come true.
B: and the note...
C: What about it?
B: Did you mean it?
C: Actually i haven't read it, i got someone else to write that..
B: What! What do you....
C: (cuts her off) Im just kidding! ...(laughs) Of course i meant it....
B: (smiles, he is stroking her now) is that really your wish?
C: .......Yeh
B: It'l take some time.
C: I know....i can wait.
B: Will you?
C: Any doubt?
B: Maybe....your not exactly the....settling down kind of guy.
C: wasn't...but you've...put a different perspective on my life.
B: I have?....so your saying you've changed?
C: Yes. (whispers close to her face suggestively) Any doubt?
B: You smell of tobacco....(turns her face slightly away)
C: (leans away slightly) Look...a lot has happened....with us....i'm willing to put everything behind us so that we can have a fresh trouble free start? Do you want that?
B: What would that mean....for us? is there ........an "us"?
C: What would it mean?....Well it would mean no more arguing....no more games....no more lies...what do you want it to mean?
B: Openness...like now for example....you should be saying something but your not....? you always do this....and its the reason that....i slipped away before...why cant you just open up?
C: (looks to the ground) Ok, (looks into her eyes) I wanna be with you. I ....think....i think im falling ....fallen in...in love with you.
B: You think?
C: ok...i (is cut of)
B: Wait...dont...i dont want to push you into saying something your not ready to say....telling me you want to be with me is enough....we can take it from there....(smiles and strokes his face) I wanna be with you too...
C: It's not that im not ready.....it's just that i dont know anything about love....i dont know how it should feel....i dont wanna say it to you and make you think i feel it when i dont actually know what that feeling is...do you know what i mean?
B: Then how do you feel?
C: I...want to be with you.....your the most...the only...important person in my life and i never want to lose you....you're beautiful (strokes her face) inside out, but especially on the outside! (they both laugh) and i cant bear to imagine you with anyone else....i've never imagined feeling like this....i never thought committment was for me...until i fell for you....you know i never even thought about things like marriage or having kids and a family....but now i kinda think it would be nice....thats if i can manage to get there in the first place! but if i do....id only do it....with you...i dont think i could imagine being committed to anyone else....i really do see a future for us...(kisses her)
B: I can't believe it....i never thought this would happen....not with you.
C: Why not?
B: Well...i never expected that you'd feel this way about me....i know you cared...but i didnt expect you to ...fall for me the way you have....and i...im just so happy right now...i dont ever want this to end...i....i want to be with you for ever.
C: Me to. (they kiss)
B: Will you always be there for me? Always?
C: I hope so.
B: You only hope?
C: I'll try my best, i promise....but you know it's impossible to predict the future...anything can happen...but of course i'll always be there for you unless divine intervention alters that.(they smile and kiss)
B: I'll always be there for you too...you can come to me for anything....when you need to talk or anything...i want you to feel comfortable opening up to me....i can be there for you.
C: I know. (kisses her)
B: I've been through a lot in my life....and most of the time i've had no-one to talk to about it....i want that to change...i want you to be that person....the person who i can go to...unconditionally...any time of day or night...when i need to.
C: Of course....you can always come to me (he holds her to his chest and puts his arms around her tightly)
B: I want you to feel the same way....i know you've had a rough time in your life too...and i want to be that person for you....the one you rely on to be there when you want to talk or cry to.
C: (their embrace ends, instead he leans his forhead on hers) Hey, you already are that person. i told you....you're the most important person in my life....(they kiss for a while)
B: We should get to class...(they kiss) we'l get late (they kiss)
C: So what (he kisses her)
B: Chuck...(he kisses her again, she pushes him off) comon, really lets go. We're late!
C: Fine....! (they walk off, blair holds onto his arm)
B: By the way how did you get hold of that painitng?! it wasnt for sale...
C: Oh, i have my ways...!
B: nothing illegal right?...(their conversation trails off)

END SCENE

Gossip Girl: #Well well well, looks like Queen B has found her mate...but how long will the nest hold?
So Thats all Folks enough about the Upper East Siders and Who am I? Thats one secret i'll never tell!! You know You Love Me xoxo Gossip Girl #

Dont worry it's not over yet....the next episode following on from this will be posted on the weekend....keep tuned!!!