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Post by Adrienne on Jan 24, 2011 0:37:15 GMT -5
After a plane ride and 6 hours in a carriage with a rambunctious 8-year-old, pregnant Adrienne couldn't have been happier to see the Chateau Enjolras. Chuck had never been to this one before, and now that dinner was over with she was looking forward to asking his opinion.
They'd retired to the library, Evie and David in bed and Nicki off reading in his room.
"You know soon I'm going to resemble a beached whale."
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Post by Chuck Bass on Jan 24, 2011 0:45:37 GMT -5
Chuck grinned.
"Well, maybe not a beached whale," he teased.
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Post by Adrienne on Jan 24, 2011 0:46:54 GMT -5
"So what do you make of the place?"
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Post by Chuck Bass on Jan 24, 2011 0:50:01 GMT -5
"I don't know if it's a chateau or a city," he said, walking over towards the fireplace.
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Post by Adrienne on Jan 24, 2011 0:51:13 GMT -5
Adrienne laughed.
"Nicki and I were born here. They tried to get you and me to stay in that room but it creeped me out just a little too much."
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Post by Chuck Bass on Jan 24, 2011 1:08:03 GMT -5
Chuck idly picked up a delicate looking little figurine on the mantle and looked at it.
"No matter what you do," he said with a cheeky grin. "I can't imagine you as a child."
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Post by Adrienne on Jan 24, 2011 1:09:59 GMT -5
"There's a photo somewhere; Maman took us to a studio when we were little. We can find it tomorrow."
A pause.
"You know how Nicki's friend is coming? The one he's been seeing for a while now? I think he's proposing."
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Post by Chuck Bass on Jan 24, 2011 1:16:08 GMT -5
"The pretty Russian girl?" he asked as he set down the figurine and moved over to a large chair. "How long as it been?"
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Post by Adrienne on Jan 24, 2011 1:17:20 GMT -5
She nodded. "Over a year. He only just got around to kissing her."
Her brother... well, he was a product of his own century.
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Post by Chuck Bass on Jan 24, 2011 1:31:11 GMT -5
He snorted. "Always the gentleman," he said, amused.
"Then again, we went about a year."
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Post by Adrienne on Jan 24, 2011 1:33:11 GMT -5
"There's a difference between a year of functioning under the false pretence of just-friends and a year of active courtship. It took a baby to get us married," she teased.
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Post by Chuck Bass on Jan 24, 2011 1:37:56 GMT -5
"Is that resentment I hear?" he teased back raising one eyebrow.
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Post by Adrienne on Jan 24, 2011 1:39:12 GMT -5
"No, you managed to make an honest woman out of me so all is forgiven." She smiled. "I'm happy for him. He'll have to ask her father, of course."
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Post by Chuck Bass on Jan 24, 2011 2:04:11 GMT -5
"Class, money, manners: something tells me he'll be fine," he said with a dismissive tone.
Chuck leaned back a little in the chair and motioned for her to sit down on his lap.
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