原文:
When Blue Meets Blue
Dan
watches her sometimes. She never notices, probably because her eyes are
always focused elsewhere… specifically on him. He's the Golden
God of the Upper East Side, and every girls perfect fairytale prince.
Dan's own sister has a crush on him. But he doesn't seem to notice all
those girls falling at his feet, he only notices Dan's girlfriend – the
same way she notices him. Dan hates it when he catches those moments
passing between them. Dan tries to look away, he really does, but he's
hopeless. It's like watching a train wreck for him, he just can't help
himself. He's held in their thrall for those few seconds when they allow
their eyes to meet. Her blue meets his blue, and they meld.
Dan's
breath always catches in his throat during those times. A dull ache
starts in his stomach, moves through his heart, and lodges in his lungs.
He's paralyzed by them – taunted by the closeness that will never
totally fade. He might be crazy, but he thinks Nate will always have a
piece of her. She gave it to him a long time ago, and she's never
offered the same to Dan. Nate knows the history of her favorite color,
while Dan can only guess at it. He knows she's all about purple right
now, but just last week she mentioned she was a blue girl, and he'd
never known that. He wondered at the time if that was influenced by
Nate's eyes, and hated himself for that. She'd never done anything to
make him doubt her, but he did.
He doubts so much about her now.
She told him she's never loved anyone but him. He was so thrilled when
she said that – as corny as it sounds he thinks joy actually bursted
within him. But now, when he catches those moment between them, he
thinks she was lying. How can she look at Nate the way she does if Dan
is the only one she loves. He doesn't think it's possible. He's never
looked at anyone but her in that way.
Blair caught him
once, watching them. She looked at him with her usual disdain when she
did, but there was some pity under the surface that absolutely killed
him. Blair understood, she'd been him once upon a time, fighting a force
that seemed pretty damn immovable. Serena left, Nate strayed… and yet
still here they were right back where they started, and he had to face
it, they started with each other. Blair had been kind enough not to
sugar coat it for him. She'd told him flat out that they would never be
over each other, not in any real way. They would say they were. They
would date other people. They would pretend to be just friends, really
good, really old friends, but that would never be the truth. Nate and
Serena's absolute truth was that they would never really be done. Blair
told him to stop watching them, accept it, and he might just end up with
the girl. Did he really want a girl with only half a heart to offer
him? He guesses he does, because he's still with her.
He took a
nap with her last Sunday. It was a beautiful sunny day in the city, and
they'd cuddled up on his old bed. When they'd fallen asleep they were