Dylan wasn't joking when he talked about no other room for Blair to go to. Any other door that Blair came across thinking it was a room where she could lay her head, she would find out it was locked. She was angry as she hadn't had her bath yet, she wished she had done that before leaving Donna's room, but then Donna would have caught her. She cringed at the scenario of Donna walking into her bathroom only to find a naked Blair still lying in her bathtub.
After walking around for hours, not finding a place. She finally came back to Dylan's room. Though she wasn't ready, she could already imagine him laughing in victory, she had just placed his things on the bed when her phone began to ring.
"Hello?"
"Hey girl, I'm outside." It was Jessica, a close friend from her previous workplace, though after Blair had retreated to her whole after she and Richard separated, they've both been a little distant. "I hope you got the text I sent you, I was calling, but you weren't answering your phone."
"Outside? You mean like outside this house, you're there?" Blair was surprised as she hadn't even told Jessica where she lived, she suspected that she must have found out from Samantha. "How did you find it here?"
"I called Samantha, she gave me the address. She was the one who told me to take you out. I'm waiting just outside. I mean, that's if you want to, I was going to come to drag you myself, but then..."
Blair was grateful Jessica didn't come up to the house, knowing the kind of woman Jessica was, she wouldn't stop until she had succeeded in dragging Blair out of the house. "I understand, but you don't need to check up on me. I promise I'm fine."
"You're fine? Ok, so do you want to explain why I am just finding out that my friend got married yesterday."
"What? How did you find out? Did Samantha tell you?" Blair remembered telling Samantha not to tell anyone, but Blair was very close to Jessica too, and she wondered if she had told her because of that.
"Let's just say it slipped when she called. This means you admit it's true and you didn't want me to know. I mean...forget about that, will we come back to that later. Where is Richard? Is he there with you?
Richard? Blair was confused, everything seemed to be happening too fast. "What?"
"Where is your husband? Is he in the house with you?" Jessica questioned. "Give him the phone, I will like to speak to him."
"Slow down Jess. He left...had something to do at work. He will not be back till...I am not sure."
"Something more important than you, his wife? A day after your wedding?" Her voice had risen at the last word. "Girl, Samantha sounded worried when she told me to check on you. What are you going to do now?
"Sleep? I mean...what else is there to do. I'm fine Jessi, but I don't want to step out today, maybe another day?"
"Tomorrow?"
Blair sighed. "Not tomorrow Jessi-"
"You said another day, tomorrow is that. Come on, come hang out with the guys again, we've missed you and you could bring Richard with you."
Blair hadn't told anyone at work that she had broken up with Richard, only Samantha and when asked about Richard, she had simply told them that he went away on a trip. Blair wondered if Jessica thought she was married to Richard because she didn't know why she was asking of him. "Did you say, Richard?"
"Yeah, it's been a long since we all hang out and maybe then I can talk some sense into him for going to work a day after his wedding. Also, when are you coming back to the office?"
"Jessica, slow down with the questions. Okay, one after another."
"I'm sorry," she mumbled.
"You do know Richard isn't my husband right?"
"Eh?"
"I am not married to Richard, he is not my husband. I didn't tell anyone, but Richard and I ended things about two months ago. I am married to someone else."
"Are you messing with me? I swear I already have a headache, all this talk is not helping. Son, you're joking right?"
"I wish I was, but I'm serious. I'm married to Dylan, not Richard."
"Who the hell is Dylan?" Jessica exploded. "Blair, what's going on in your life? Why am I finding out about all this now? It's like I don't even know you anymore. First, you drop your resignation letter and didn't even tell anyone, then you get married and I find out you and Richard ended things, and now you are married, just a few months after that? Are you listening to yourself?"
"I know it's crazy, but it's the truth...Where did you say you are again?"
"Just outside and I am not leaving till you come out. I am your friend and I know we've been kind of distant the past month, but I'm here now. So start coming out. I'm waiting for you."
"Can I at least take a bath first?"
"I'm sorry I can't wait for that, besides I'm not someone you have to smell nice for, just bring yourself over here."
"Fine, I'm on my way."
~~~
Though Blair didn't have the time to bathe because of Jessica, she still washed her face and brushed her teeth before she went out to meet Jessica. Like she had said, her house was parked about a stone's throw away from Dylan's house. She waved Blair over when she saw her. "I was starting to think you wouldn't come." She threw her hands around Blair, pulling her in for a tight hug. "I have missed you, it's been a long."
"Missed you too."
"Come on," she said pulling back. "Let's go somewhere and talk about this."
"Oh no." Blair was shaking her head. "I don't want to go anywhere. Let's just stay in your car instead, are you seeing how I look and I haven't even had a bath yet." Jessica nodded, and together they walked back to her car.
"So about Richard, Do you want to tell me about it?"
Blair rubbed her forehead tiredly "Hold on, I'm trying to calm down. If I start talking now I'm going to cry and I don't want to. Let's talk about something else."
"It's okay if you cry Blair, there is no one here to laugh at you and it's not like crying is a crime, no one is going to crucify you. You are going through a lot, even the strongest of men cry." After helping Blair with her breathing and seeing that she was better, Jessica continued. "But this is serious, do we need to do some saving? Are you trapped, are you being held, hostage?" Blair laughed at the last one, Jessica always had a wild imagination.
"If I was being held hostage, do you think I'll be out here?"
Jessica shrugged. "Fine, how about you start from the beginning? Let's start with Richard. The last time I heard, you and Richard were engaged, and was it an August wedding?" Blair nodded. "And now?"
"We ended things before I dropped my letter at the office. He wasn't ready I guess, because we were fine one day and the next he left. I haven't seen him for months, so I had to move on, I'm married to Dylan now."
"Slow down," Jessica begged. "I'm still trying to process the whole thing. So Richard left?" Blair nodded. "You met Dylan and also got married to him in just two months?"
"Love has a beautiful way of working wonders."
"Love? Dylan is the same guy who left you the day after your wedding? I will ask again, do they have something against you? A sex tape?" Blair raised an eyebrow at that. "Or even something worse is that why you married him? I'm sure if we involve the police, something could be done."
"I appreciate Jessica, but it's nothing. I married Dylan because I wanted to. We had a small wedding, believe me, you're not the only person I didn't invite, most people still think I'm with Richard and he went to work today because he has something important to take care of."
"More important than his wife?"
"Jessica at least this man stood by the altar with me, unlike Richard we ended years of relationship over the phone. This, what Dylan and I have might not be the best, but it will get better."
"I'm sorry I wasn't here for you when Richard broke up with you. That bastard, I never really liked him. He reminded me of my ex, good riddance to bad rubbish I must say, it's his loss."
"Yeah. Jessica, can you please not tell anyone about this, at least not till I'm ready to? I don't think I can handle everyone questioning me."
"It's fine, you can trust me."
"I know, I have to go back now. I'm really tired."
"Come here." Jessica adjusted her seat belt, leaning close, she gave Blair a tight hug. "Take care of yourself and also you should go have your bath you stink." Blair laughed, slapping Jessica away.
"Fuck you."
Blair felt much better after her conversation with Jessica. She had been worried thinking Jessica would be really angry with her and after finding out about everything, she wouldn't want to be friends with her anymore, and although she had been really angry with her, but she reminded Blair that there were people who would always have her bag and support her. After that Blair had cried for a really long time, soaking Jessica's fabric with her tears, while Jessica patted her till she stopped."If you need help, anytime. You know where you can find me right?""Yeah, I have your new address." After that Jessica left and Blair was back home.Blair decided to call Samantha after that, she didn't answer at first, but Blair dialled her number again, this time she did. "Hey Blair, how are you doing?""I'm fine. Jessica just left here, she said you told her to check up on me...and also quite a number of other things."~~~When Dylan arrived, Blair was still up, watching a soap opera while sippi
Blair regretted her decision later on, the room was cold and she didn't have any blanket, just the couch. She sat up in the middle of the night, with the aid of the night plan which was still on, she could see Dylan on the bed, sleeping peacefully."Dylan." She called. "Dylan!" She said again, this time tapping him gently on the shoulder. "Wake up, I know you can hear me!""Even when I leave you alone, you still look for ways to drive me nuts. Some of us have a place of work to go tomorrow morning Blair," he muttered sleepily, brushing her arm away. "What do you want?""I'm cold," she told him. "Give me a blanket or give space so I can sleep." Dylan was lying down horizontally on the bed, and Blair couldn't help but wonder if he did that on purpose just to stop her in case she decided to come back to the bed. "Are you listening to me. You like hearing me beg right? Something about me begging gives you joy, right?"Hearing that a smile came to his face with his eyes still closed. "That
It's been more than a month since the wedding. Blair found herself surviving with encouraging talks from her parents, Samantha and Jessica, they have been the shoulders that she relied on. She didn't know what she would have done without them, actually she was afraid to think on what she would have done. Sometimes, when things were really quiet and dark, she couldn't help but recoil in her shadows, the same place that Richard had found her, before he pulled her out with his love. Richard had been almost everything to her, she became a part of her, became all could think about and that's because she saw him as her saviour. Only he knows of the things she had been going through before he showed up, only he could see past the mask of the smiling face to the scarred one behind. He had shown her a light she hadn't seen for a long time, brought her a miracle. When he left, he had taken all that away.Blair hated him, for the pains he had caused her, for making her believe, when he didn't. S
Erin was much different from the last time Blair saw her, was during her mother's burial. She had sat alone on the bench, dressed all in black, not speaking to anyone who approached her to share their condolences. Blair remembered thinking Erin was really strong, if she had lost her mum, she didn't think she could hold it together just the way Erin did. Blair had later caught Erin crying after she thought that everybody had left. She had wanted to walk up to her, to console her and tell her everything would be fine. But Blair wasn't the judge of life, she couldn't predict if everything will be fine. She also wasn't sure the exact words to say to Erin, there relationship was kind of a forced friendship, so instead she had walked away and called her mother instead to check on Erin.She had on the brightest smile when she saw Blair approaching. "Blair!" She walked over to them quickly, giving her a hug. "It's been like... Well, a really long time," she said after she had pulled back."Ye
Blair had sworn that she wasn't going to answer the call, but it seemed it also wasn't going to let Blair sleep peacefully till she answered it. She bit the hem of her pillowcase in anger while finally reaching out for her phone, with the plan to switch it off, but decided against it when she saw who was calling. It was Dylan's mum. She sat up, rubbing the sleep away from her eyes, she answered the call. "Good morning," she greeted. "Sorry, I wasn't with my phone. Have you been calling for long?""I's fine dear, I haven't. Are you still in bed? Your voice is heavy and kind of rough.""Oh no," Blair said quickly, clearing her throat. "I'm not in bed anymore. I just finished eating that's why, I'll drink some water."Ok good. I need you to run an errand for me, that's of you're not too busy, but this is really important.""No, I'm not busy. What is it, do you need me to come over?" Blair crossed her fingers, praying that she wouldn't ask for that."No you don't have to." Blair relaxed a
"Sir, it's Alexa."Dylan sighed, it was his receptionist. "Come in Alexa." The door opened slowly, Alexa first poked her head in, before the rest of her body followed. "Is there a problem?""N-nothing really sir, I just came to apologize. I swear I didn't know she was your wife. I would never have spoken to her in that manner if I knew who she was, I apologize sir, please don't fire me.""My wife? In what manner?"Alexa's eyes widened with realization as she realized that Blair hadn't told Dylan about their encounter earlier. "Your wife didn't tell you anything?""No." Dylan frowned. "Alexa did you say anything disrespectful to my wife?""I'm so sorry sir. I knew you were married, but I've never met your wife before and when she came in asking to see you, I was...""How many times have I warned you about the way you talk to people?" Dylan suddenly felt like a big hypocrite. He felt he was no different from Alexa, he also had just spoken to his wife like she was trash. "Just leave, I'm
"I don't mean to disturb your sleep, just thought I should let you knowBlair dried her tears quickly, happy that Dylan wasn't looking at her to see them. She got out from the bed, to go wash her face in the bathroom. "A vacation? Where are we going?""Somewhere." He glanced at her. "It was my mother's idea. Apparently, I wasn't supposed to resume work a day after my wedding. It's not a husbandly thing to do and I haven't been treating you right."Blair rolled her eyes. "Well, that's something I expect every man should know...not you though," She muttered entering the bathroom, coming out few minutes later. "What are you doing?" Blair had caught Dylan holding her diary. "That's personal!""Calm down I wasn't reading it, I was only placing back for you, you're the one who left it laying around carelessly."Though they didn't fight as often as the first few weeks of their marriage, there were still occasional arguments every now and then. Blair had been counting, it has been two months
Dylan returned just when Blair was coming down the stairs with her bags. "Let me help you with that," he offered. She was to tired, so she let him. "What are you carrying in here?" He said as he took the bag from her. "We are only going to be away for a week, not a month.""Everything in that bag is very important," she told him. "And that's not all, there's another bag still up in the room." He shot her a look, but she only laughed, enjoying herself."Are you guys leaving already?" Donna asked when she saw Blair, who had just come down from the stairs."Yeah," Blair said giving her a quick hug. "I guess it's still next week then.""Blair, where are you!" Dylan shouted from outside."I better go now, before he comes and drags me out himself.""You guys have an amazing time!" Donna waved as they drove off.Blair had her head phones on, listening to one of Erin's asmr, the one she had specially recommended to Blair. In just the first minute, Blair had to admit that she was feeling more