Fool Me Twice

The Wedding

Blair Waldorf stood at the foyer of her house with a frown that hadn't left her forehead in the last week. She had outdone herself this time. Everything was perfect for Serena's wedding. The flowers, the fabrics, the guest table, the alter, the clothing, perfume, bouquet, everything.

Serena was upstairs in Blair's room getting ready and the groom party would be arriving any moment. All was set for the Big Day.

"Dorota! Those are the pink Hyacinths need to go over at the alter not the tables. Are you trying to ruin my color pattern?" She snapped.

Dorota calmly removed the flowers from their glass beaded vases and took them over to the alter. 'The alter' was actually the staircase that lead to their living room. The bannister was decorated delicately and an arch put up for symbol. In just a week Blair has managed to make Serena's dream wedding vision come true. It had been nearly impossible but Blair was proud of the result. This was a charming wedding she was gifting her best friend and that made her feel better despite all the other troubling thoughts that she had pushed away again and again the whole week. 

"Dorota! It's half past nine! The groom party would be arriving any minute, why is the carpet bare? Where are the petals?" she snapped again and Dorota shot her a dark glare. 

Blair chose to ignore that. She had been riding Dorota hard for the past week and she didn't mind a glare if that meant she did what was asked. 

Henry ran past her followed by Eleanor and Blair opened her mouth to chastise him but them thought better of it. He seemed happy. Wearing a little suit, pocket square, bow tie and trousers like a little man. She smiled thinking about how excited he had seemed for Aunt Serena's wedding. 

"Blair." came the voice from behind her and she turned to find Dan standing in all his glory. 

He was wearing a silver suit with golden lapels that matched Serena's outfit. His hair was pulled back and it highlighted his eyes golden brown eyes. He was looking at her like he had never before as though he wanted to choke her. Blair gasped softly and took a very small step back which he noticed immediately. 

Before either could say anything she saw Rufus and Eric enter the foyer. 

"Blair! The place looks amazing." Rufus said who entered her house holding his girlfriends hand. 

Eric looked between Blair and Dan and sighed. "I will go see Serena. The place looks magical Blair." he gave a pause and looked unsure. "Try not to kill each other." 

Before she could ask what he meant, Eric disappeared down the hallway. Even if she wanted to follow him she didn't get the chance, as Dan clutched her hand and pulled her into the coat room and closed the door behind them. 

"Humphrey!" she exclaimed catching her breath. 

"Have you had fun Blair? The past week, planning my wedding to your best friend?" he asked menacingly. 

She didn't know how to react to this Dan. He looked feral and hurt and Blair wanted to badly deny the reason for it. 

"What? I don't understand what..." 

Dan didn't let her finish, he advanced on her. 

"Do you want me to spell it out Blair? Would you like that? Well let me say how I exactly feet at..." 

"Humphrey!" she hissed cutting him off. A band of fear surrounded her as she looked into Dan's eyes and realized he wasn't holding back today. 

"We will be late. Serena is waiting for me." she said and tried walking around him and surprisingly he let her.