CHAPTER 5

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."

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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."