Intoxicated.

Harry turned his body towards Blair, fully facing her with wide eyes.

“Do you still like me?” Blair repeated, this time her voice became more stern as she stared down his emerald eyes. Harry didn’t say a word and just downed his drink.

“If not, then you’re sympathizing me and you’re using this marriage as a way to save our friendship. Again, I won’t be a part of this fake marriage” Blair stated

“It’s not, Blair” Harry argued.

Blair stood up and looked down at him, “Kiss me then”.

Flashback

2 years ago

Blair was alone in the piano room of their school, creating a piece for their school’s banquet happening in a few days. She visits the piano room frequently ever since she started playing, that even her house felt more foreign. It was her sanctuary out of all the drama and chaos, she was more herself in this room; just her and the piano she loved so much. Her fingertips met with the keys so beautifully, a smile on her face was plastered as she moves with the symphony she’s creating.

“I heard her dad was arrested for fraud” Blair heard from outside the piano room, causing her to stop playing.

“So much for the I'm-so-perfect act, now that she’s not that rich what else can she offer?” another girl laughed.

“Personality?”

“Yeah right?!” and the girls laughed out loud.

Blair felt tears stream down her face as she closed the keyboard of the piano.
The two gossiping girls looked behind only to be met by Harry’s angry gaze. They immediately stopped talking and gulped, Harry walked past between them and into the piano room. He made sure that he bumped into the girls' shoulders, hard enough for them to get the message.

He saw her sitting on the bench with a sad look on her face, he wanted to reach up and wipe her tears for her but knowing Blair, she already wiped them on her own.
“What are you doing here?” Blair whispered.

“Picking you up, it’s lunch” Harry smiled from ear to ear, he knew how much it made Blair smile back no matter the situation is because it reminds her of the cat in Alice in Wonderland, and she did.

She was still smiling as she wiped the remaining stains on her cheek,” People might think we’re dating if you keep doing that”

“So that’s why those girls are jealous of you” Harry joked, Blair rolled her eyes in return.

“It’s not a bad idea,” Harry said sitting by the window seal.

“Stop”

“I’m serious Blair”

Blair blinked a few times before looking back at her friend, her best friend. Louis was usually the one to propose such crazy ideas but this time Harry was out of line, not that it never crossed Blair’s mind what it's like if they crossed the boundaries of being just friends. Butthe thought scared her.

“Are you doing this just to stop those girls from gossiping about me? Because I can take care of myself just fine, Harry” Blair said in all seriousness

“Hey-“

“Or maybe because you’re thankful that my mother is your mom’s doctor?”

Harry then sat beside her and took her right hand, massaging it knowing that it was tired from playing,“When are you going to stop doubting people”.

“There’s no other reason. Other than the fact that I don’t want to be just your friend, Blair” Harry softly spoke, emphasizing the word “just”.

“No…” Blair replied with the same tone.

“Why not?”

“Because such relationships don’t last” Blair smiled at him

Harry knitted his brows in confusion, as Blair inched a little closer to him

“But I will give you permission to kiss me,” Blair closed her eyes, holding a playful smile on her lips,” just once”

Harry moved closer, swiftly moving his hand on Blair nape as he can smell her Cherry Blossom scented perfume. Her lips were the only thing he could focus on, but something in him was telling him not to do it. He didn’t want this to be given to him that easy. He then kissed her cheek playfully, causing Blair to laugh, filling in the empty room with her sweet laughter. Harry reciprocated the action.

“Come on we’re going to miss lunch, girlfriend”

Blair fluttered her eyelashes as she met Harry’s eyes and once again laughed towards each other, enjoying their secret language as the autumn leaves fall outside the window.

End of Flashback

“Are you challenging me? Like before?” Harry smirked

Harry suddenly stood up from his stool and stepped closer towards Blair, frightening her. She took a step back but Harry grabbed her waist, their faces becoming inches apart, Blair can feel his breath fan one her face as he tilted her chin closer, their lips almost touching. She wanted to anticipate what’s about to happen next but she knew that Harry couldn’t bring himself to do it. The feeling was more tensed than sweet and playful this time, it wasn’t a high school banter.

Blaire looked down, remembering the last time she was in the same position with Harry.

“Forget it” Blair spoke and moved away from Harry, ” you can show me how you feel in a different way”

Harry sighed and crossed his arms, Blair went back to her stool and sat on it.

“The game involving that scholarship girl” Blair smirked

“If you lose I get to have your car” Blair continued

“Which one?”

“The one your mom left”

“The Porshe?” Harry scoffed,” And what’s in it for me, a simple kiss? No way.”

“You get to have me. Marry me, make me your girlfriend, whatever” Blair stated

Harry’s eyes looked like it was going to pop out of his head, he stared at Blair for a minute almost as if he was asking her if she was serious. She broke away from their stare down and took a deep breath, placing Harry’s hand on her heart.

“Use me”

“Fine” Harry quickly said, agreeing with Blair's wager.

Harry remembered that Blair proposed a dare that night at the gala, where she also revealed how Nick dumped her for his first love, which was the girl he almost ran over a few days before that. At the time Harry was caught up in the fight he just had with his dad that’s why he was not interested in helping Blair sabotage the girl. But now that he found something in exchange he was more than willing to do it if it meant that he could finally get Blair.

He approached the chair Blair was sitting on, placing both of his hands on the bar island locking her between him and the table instantly. He lifted one of his hands to tilt her chin, his thumb brushing over her lower lip creasing the bite marks that she implanted from her habit.

“Because what I’ll gain will be so much more amazing”

Blair grabbed hold of his wrist away from her lips,” I’m not asking for you to fall in love”

” I know” Harry smiled at her silliness. He fixed her hand that was holding his, noticing it was the injured one. He gently folded her fingers together and placed his palm over it, his thumb grazing over her’s.

“No one could replace you”

“Just make sure she gets completely smitten with you,” Blair said in all seriousness, brushing off what Harry just said.

“Why does it sound like you’re talking about yourself?” Harry arrogantly smiled, earning a kick in the groin from Blair.

He groaned as he held on his aching crotch as he landed on the floor, he suddenly laughed and said, “Fine, and then I’ll dump her. Okay” with all smiles.

The next day Blair and Harry met up at the crash pad after school to talk more about their new victim, Louis entered the room limping since he used his window again to sneak out of his house and took a bad fall. Louis knew that his two best friends we’re plotting, not only did they talk about it last night in their iMessage group chat but what other reason would they be up at this hour.

“You almost killed her and she didn't call to press charges?” Blair said

“Please nobody could hate me” Harry arrogantly said and winked

“Hey! You just sounded like Louis right there,” Blair lectured.

“Best way possible is to run into her coincidentally’ Louis said as he stepped into the suite.

“And the master has arrived” Harry approached his best friend with a high five.

“That's true, but try not to be rude or unamused while you’re at it,” Blair said rolling her eyes.

“So what are you guys exactly betting for this time??” Louis said as he takes off his jacket

“Blai-“

“M-my private jet” Blair quickly said, throwing Harry a shut-up look.

“And what will you get if you win?” Louis questioned

“The Porsche” Blair smirked

“Hey!”

“It’s a done deal” it was Blair’s turn to wink at him, remembering what Harry said last night

“Loser must go on a hunger strike for a week” she added.

“Good thing I bought pastries from Paris before one of you lose” Louis smiled as he held up three bags filled with LA PETIT patisserie.

“You went to Paris?” Harry asked as he opened one box of cheesecake

"So that explains why you're not present at school earlier"Blair smiled.

“Yeah, the girls stood me up last night and I was bored” Louis simply said

“Because the pastry shop at 22nd street is just too far,” Harry said dramatically, making both of his best friend laughs. But he wondered why Blair didn't tell Louis what their bet was.

Later that afternoon Harry headed to the district library to look for Claire, remembering that this was the place where he almost ran her over, He also did some snooping on her scholarship details courtesy of Blair and found out that she's tutoring a few elementary students here after school. He looked around but she was nowhere to be found. He settled in a small coffee shop to get a drink before going to the other floors.

“Welcome to Coffee Cloud, what would you like?”

Harry was too busy scanning the menu to look at the woman behind the counter

“Iced Vani-“

“It’s you”

Harry finally looked at the woman in front of him and finally recognized the familiar voice, it was Claire dressed in a simple white polo and black pants, a brown apron covering it all and her soft brown hair tied up in a simple ponytail.

And all Harry could come up with was,” Oh hi”.

He wanted to slap himself. They settled on a table outside the coffee shop, Harry still got his Iced Vanilla Coffee. Claire, on the other hand, felt very awkward since not long ago this guy almost ran over her, but she couldn’t help notice that he was quite handsome and very refined. But he acted like a jerk that night which made Harry less attractive for her.

“How’s your knee,” Harry asked, peeking at the side of the table to check if she still had the bandage on but she’s wearing pants

“Oh. It’s healed” Claire softly said,” it’s just a cut, no biggie” she smiled.

“I really am sorry for the way I acted that night” Harry apologized as Claire sat in front of him.

“I was out of it so it’s alright” Claire plainly said.

“I’m surprised you haven’t pressed any charges” Harry took a sip of his cold drink.

“I didn’t think that I need to, you did help me” Claire stated.

“I was kinda hoping you would call” Harry tried to be flirty but by the look on Claire’s face, it wasn’t working.

“Are we done here? I need to work” Claire said, sounding frustrated.

“Are you free after your shift? I really want to make up it to you” Harry smiled sweetly.

Claire stood up and mocked his sweet smile,” I’m not pressing any charges so you can drop the act”.

And with that Claire walked away, leaving Harry at the table smirking to himself. She was really pretty, but Harry could tell she's not into the things Blair was into. She was simple.

“You’re going to be more challenging than I thought”

Notes

OKAY SO LAST UPDATE! I'll be leaving in a few hours :) I hope this is enough for you guys!!! I promise i'll try to update if i could. I KNOW TWO WEEKS IS A LONG TIMEEEE.

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So now I kind of introduced Claire in this chapter :) What do you guys think about her? AND CAN WE TALK ABOUT HARRY AND BLAIRS HISTORY?! OMG. I SHIP THEM SO HARD. A LOT OF HARRY AND BLAIR FEELS HAPPENING IN THIS CHAPTER.

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