The Lies We Tell

Chapter 15

Blairs POV:

Lunch with Nate was more than awkward to say the least. It wasn't all silence but quiet enough for us to hear the silence. I was confused as to what was going through his mind. He was being mean to neither me or Chuck but he wasn't exactly being friendly either.

This is how the next month went by. As far as i knew Chuck and Nate were on speaking terms they even hung out a few times. But he was taking more time to warm up to me. I didn’t want to pressure him either. he was still one of my best friends and i did not want to lose him. My patience however could only go so far so i knew today was the day for me to confront Nate and make sure we could still be friends.

Which is the reason why i was taking a car to his house. I felt a bit nervous we dated for years and i cheated on him for years but i still loved him. Our relationship was weird and no one would ever understand it, i don’t think we ever understood it. We stayed together for so long when in reality we both wanted different people.

I had finally pulled up to his house staring at the door but not climbing the three stairs in front of me. Building up my Waldorf courage i climbed the steps and rang the doorbell.

One of his maids got the door and said “Hello Miss Blair come in.”

I walked in and took off my coat and gave it to the maid who i never bothered to know her name. She showed me to the living room where i sat and waited for Nate to come down. I really hope his mom is not home because i certainly don’t want to talk to her right now.

Seems like luck is in my day today because down comes Nate with a surprised look on his face to see it’s me who’s waiting for him. I get up to greet him with a simple smile. He smiles back a bit shy and we just stand there not knowing what to say.

“How are you?” i ask mentally kicking  myself for not saying anything better.

“Fine, what can i help you with?” he responds in the most polite tone of voice.

I sit down hoping that he’ll take my lead and thankfully he does. “I came here to talk” i say while putting my purse to the side.

“Ok i’m listening” he says in neutral voice.

“Look Nate we’ve been friends for a while, we were friends before we dated and i just want to be your friend again.” i say trying to explain what he means to me.

“Look i just needed some time to myself to think things through but you will always be my friend Blair i know that you love Chuck and that’s fine because you and me will always be friends.”

I let out a breath of relief that i didn’t know i was holding.

“thank you Nate” i say with a huge smile on my face and this time he responds. we both get up and give each other a hug. i turn to leave but then turn towards Nate again and say “ i know you don’t need my permission but i know you’ve never actually tried to date Serena because of me. But you and her are meant to be, you need to make your move” i advise him and then leave.

Nate’s POV:

I stay in place for a while thinking about what Blair said. I guess she’s right the reason why i’ve never tried to officially break up with Blair and tried to be with Serena was because of their friendship. I knew Serena would never accept it she was a loyal friend no matter what. However, now me and Blair were really over she was with Chuck there was nothing standing in the way of me and Serena being together. well only one thing: Dan.