Dan Humphrey stared at the face he thought he would never see again. But one he had dreamed of increasingly often over the past three years. She had looked right at him, said his name, almost inaudibly and turned and ran. He tried to catch up to her, determined to see her closer, to stare at her soft face and look into her doe-like eyes once more. But by the time he pushed through the crowds of students, she was gone.
He would be lying if he said coming to the university hadn't been for the chance to see her again. Of course, there was another big reason. The opportunity he was offered here was amazing. But she was here which mattered most.
He hadn't wanted to get his hopes up, he wasn't sure what his chances of seeing her were. He knew too, that the chance of rekindling what they once had was slim. So that he saw her on his very first night in Paris was unnerving.
He wasn't prepared. He would've known exactly what to say if it hadn't been so unexpected.
Blair had broken his heart when she chose Chuck. He never understood it. They were happy. They shared a love of old movies and exchanged witty banter. She was his equal in word play. They made sense, besides their vastly different upbringing and other obvious juxtapositions.
But then, he was foolish and questioned if she had any doubts about him, that maybe she missed Chuck and would want to be with him. He had been so idiotic, inadvertently pushing her towards him. Just a few days later she said he was right, that she was meant to be with Chuck. As she said it though, her face betrayed her emotions. She looked strained to say it. Not as though she felt bad for him but more so bad for herself.
He didn't get how someone like her could settle back into such a toxic relationship. Time after time Chuck had hurt her and yet, she always ended up back with him. He had cheated on her, basically sold her for a hotel, and so many other awful things yet it didn't seem to matter.
He, on the other hand, took her to movies and brought her coffee and taught her how to fit in at NYU. He supposed he was too dull for someone like Blair Waldorf.
He would always regret posing the question to her. Planting the seed of doubt. But what he regretted more was not fighting for her. Not even trying to prove that they should be together not her and Chuck. He had been cowardly. Still filled with disbelief that Blair Waldorf would want to be with him. So he let her get away.
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Fiksi Penggemar"Humphrey." Blair says so quietly, it's almost a whisper. A name she thought she would never say again. And then, she turns and runs away from him. ---- Three years ago, Blair was told to chose between Chuck and Dan. She chose Chuck and let Dan get...
