Hospital
In reply to Blair Waldorf (msg # 13):
Blair had reached the parking lot before Damon caught up with her. "Hey, Waldorf!" he yelled. "Hey!" Blair spun from where she'd reached Cyrus's car and glared at him. "What?" she asked, her tone dripping with icy venom.
Damon stood there in silence, searching for the words to say. "How can I just let you walk away, just let you leave without a trace?
When I stand here taking every breath with you, and you're the only one who really knows me at all"
"Well?" Blair bit out, as much to herself as Damon. She stood there looking at him, waiting to see if he'd actually speak. "How can I just walk away from you, when all you can do is watch me leave? 'Cos we've shared the laughter and the pain, and even shared the tears, and you're the only one who really knows me at all
So take a look at me now; well there's just an empty space, and there's nothing left here to remind me, just the memory of your face"
"I just ...." Damon's voice trailed off as he looked at Blair. "O take a look at me now; well there's just an empty space,
And you coming back to me is against the odds and that's what I've got to face" Shaking his head, he turned to leave.
Almost against her will, Blair took a half-step towards him. "That's what I thought!" she snapped, her furious eyes locked onto his form. "I wish I could just make you turn around; turn around and see me cry. There's so much I need to say to you so many reasons why you're the only one who really knows me at all"
Damon spun and began stalking aross the parking lot to her, his face a mask of confliction. "So take a look at me now; well there's just an empty space, and there's nothing left here to remind me, just the memory of your face"
Blair stood her ground, unwilling to flinch away. "Now take a look at me now, 'cos there's just an empty space, but to wait for you is all I can do and that's what I've got to face"
Damon came up to stand in front of Blair, almost panting, as if he'd had to run a great distance to get to her. "Take just take a look at me now, and I'll still be waiting here"
After a long moment, Blair lowered her eyes, biting her lip as she, too, searched for words to say. "And you coming back to me is against all odds but it's a chance I've got to take" With a sigh, she turned away and began opening the car door, as Damon watched silently. Without either of them speaking, she got into Cyrus's car and drove away, the tears finally appearing on her cheeks as she saw Damon just standing there in the rearview mirror.
"Take a look at me now . . . "