The Ruby Ring and the Heart Pin
The ruby ring and heart pin are both of Blair's accessories, one of them more meaningful in the show than the other, but in the books it was Nate who gave them to her. p_drunkwriting shares these snippets from It Had to Be You:
“There.” Nate pointed to a small, plain gold heart pendant hanging from a black silk cord. It was simple and elegant and the black cord was actually kind of sexy. He could imagine it dangling from Blair’s neck when they did it. It would look cool-a nice contrast-with the white cotton bra she was wearing. “That’s it.” He signaled the saleslady behind the display. “That’s what I’m getting for you.”
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“She was dying to tell him that she had sewn the gold heart he’d bought her at Tiffany into the inside of one of the sweater’s sleeves so that he would always be wearing her heart on his sleeve. But Nate would only want to cut the heart out and make her wear it again. She liked it better where it was, hidden against his adorable skin.”
“Hey, where’s the heart I gave you?” he asked suddenly, as if reading her mind. Blair lifted her head. “In a safe place.”
Her heart on his sleeve, indeed.
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“Since the summer got all messed up and you don’t wear the heart anymore,” Nate said, pressing the little robin’s egg blue Tiffany box into Blair’s hand. She tore the lid off the box and snapped open the black velvet ring box. Inside was a delicate brushed gold band set with a gorgeous deep red ruby. It was the most beautiful ring she’d ever seen. She shoved it onto the ring finger of her left hand and threw her arms around Nate’s neck. In the movie that was her life, he’d just asked her to marry him, and the answer was yes, oh, yes. Definitely-yes!”
She was so glad she’d found another use for that ugly Elsa Peretti gold heart pendant. The ruby ring was so much better.
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