Title: Reality is Never a Picnic.
Show: Gossip Girl
Pairing: Blair/Serena, Georgina/Jenny.
Rating. M
Summary: This is a sequel to Truth, Lies and Everything In Between. Blair and Serena barely have one night together before Georgina is back in their lives. This time she is involved in a murder and begs Serena to help. Serena mistakenly thinks she can help Georgina without Blair finding out, something she soon comes to regret. Vanessa's feelings for Jenny become apparent to Dan, who is not happy about it at all, nor is he happy that Jenny is mixed up with Georgina, who could be a murderer. Chuck is determined to find out a secret he thinks Blair is keeping and ends up doing what Chuck does best, making people miserable.
Disclaimer: I own nothing. The characters belong to the CW, Warner Brothers, College Hill Pictures Inc.
Chapter 1.
Serena arrived at the breakfast table to find her mother waiting, clearly unhappy about something, "What's going on?"
"You have the nerve to ask that after I wake up to a text message asking me if both my children are in fact gay." Her mother said, more annoyed about being the last to know than the Serena was in love with Blair.
"What did you hear?" Serena asked, not wanting to say anything until she knew what her mother knew.
"That's the point Serena; I should not have to hear things from some stranger about who my daughter is in love with." Her mother said, tossing her hands into the air, "Now, I will ask you this point blank so you can clear all this up for me, are you in love with Blair?"
Serena couldn't hide her smile, "Yes. Yes. Yes. I'm in love with Blair and I don't care who knows."
"Before I dare react to this, are you saying you are 'in love' with Blair? Are you sure this isn't just a love between two close friends?"
"Oh mother, I think I'd know the difference, but maybe I could use some help. Blair is still my best friend, but are these types of thoughts usually associated with friends? If I want to kiss Blair all over and I have a strong desire to see her naked and touch her and feel her body against mine, does that mean I'm her buddy, her pal, her friend?"
"There is no need to get smart with me young lady." Lily said with a hint of a smile, "It's just that you two are so close so it is possible the line between love and friendship has been blurred a little."
"Mom, I love Blair. It's that simple. It's not a phase, it's not a mistake, it's the real thing. We're finally ready to tell the world, well sort of, Blair might not be quite as ready as I am, but we're still in love."
"Okay, I'm not going to argue about it. I'm happy for you if this is what you want. Is it what you want? Are you sure about this?"
"I've never been so sure about anything in my life." Serena added as her smile grew even wider, "I've known how I feel about Blair for years, but I wasn't ready to admit it myself, let alone to Blair, but now we are both so happy we finally got it all out in the open."
"You say Blair isn't sure about telling others, maybe that's not a bad idea. Keep it to yourself. It's private, why tell everyone?" Lily said, looking up from her coffee cup, "Besides, if by chance it doesn't work out, it might be best not to limit your options."
Serena laughed, "I see, so you think this is going to end and I'm going to run back to Dan or Nate or the guy down the hall, but it's not. I'm not into Blair because she's my friend, I find her sexually attractive and I want to be with her in every way."
"Well, I guess you have it all figured out." Lily said, resigned to the fact that nothing she said was going to change a thing, "I'm not trying to ruin this for you, honestly, but this is a big step, being in love. It changes things and there will likely be a lot of obstacles you'll have to overcome and not all of them will be fair."
"If you mean that not everyone will accept us a couple, I know that, but I don't care." Serena said boldly, before relaxing and smiling back at her mother, "The only people I care about are my family and friends and if they accept me for who I am and accept Blair and I as a couple, I'll have everything I want."
Lily loved seeing her daughter so happy, but she couldn't help asking some difficult questions, "Are you really so sure that Dan, Nate and even Chuck will accept this so easily? From what I could tell Dan liked you a whole lot and I believe Nate still has feelings for you and Blair both, while I heard through the grapevine that Chuck and Blair had some type of relationship as well. They might not be so understanding."
"Oh mother, would you stop trying to bring me down." Serena said, her smile finally fading from her pretty face, "If you think I haven't thought about all that then you don't know me very well. I'm not some naïve girl who has no clue what lies ahead, but you know what, with Blair by my side there's nothing I fear. So if you don't mind, I'm going to see my girlfriend now."
Lily could only watch as Serena grabbed her purse and tore off out of the room, the slamming door the final proof she had once again made things worse.
Out Front of Blair's Apartment.
Chuck's limo drove up and stopped directly in front of where Blair was standing. Chuck got out, smiled at Blair, "So are you ready to have some fun?"
"With you?"
"Of course with me, who else do you have fun with?" Chuck grinned, pulling out a bottle of scotch from his jacket, "Wanna get wasted before school today?"
"I don't think so." Blair said, turning to avoid Chuck, "I have much better plans today."
"If you've got something better to do let me know, maybe I can join you." Chuck asked, continuing to follow Blair wherever she moved.
Blair laughed and shook her head at Chuck, "I think this is something I can do on my own."
"Why the big mystery? What do you have planned?"
"Nothing big." Blair said, trying to hide her excitement, but her smile could not be contained, "I'm just meeting Serena and we're going to hang out that's all."
Chuck looked at Blair, studying her closely, "Something's going on. You have a secret and you don't want me to know it."
"That's ridiculous." Blair said, annoyed at Chuck's dead on appraisal of the situation, "Anyway, I have to go, my car's here. I'll see you around."
"Oh you will see me, because this is a quest of mine now." Chuck said as he watched Blair get into her car. He tapped on the window repeatedly until she rolled it down, "Why not just tell me and get it over with? You know I'll find out, I always do."
"If I think you need to know, I'll be sure to tell you." Blair said with a smile, closing the window as Chuck scrambled to pull his hand out.
The Humphrey Home.
Dan walked to the front door, opened it and smiled as he saw Vanessa smiling back at him, "I didn't know you were coming over."
Jenny came running into the room, still trying to put on her left shoe as she stumbled towards the door, "Hi Vanessa. I'm almost ready."
"It's no problem, we have lots of time." Vanessa said, smiling at Jenny and then back at Dan, "You don't mind if I walk to school with Jenny today do you?"
"Of course not." Dan said, trying his best not to look disappointed, "I didn't know you two were so close."
"Well, we've got to know each other quite a bit since you and Serena have been together."
"Oh right, well that's great then." Dan said, grabbing his keys from the table, "Anyway, I'm taking the car, I'm guessing you two don't want a ride?"
"No." Jenny said quickly, grabbing Vanessa's hand and leading her away from her brother, "Tell dad I'll be home for supper, but I have things do after school."
"You tell him." Dan snapped.
"No, we're going to be late if we don't get moving, so stop being annoying and tell dad." Jenny yelled, knowing she would get her way in the end.
Vanessa smiled at Dan and shrugged her shoulders, then felt Jenny pulling at her arm and off they went as Dan looked on.
Georgina's Hotel Room.
Waking up from a very long and much needed sleep, Georgina looked at the clock on the night stand, tossed her sheets off and hopped to her feet. She took a couple steps, looked down and let out a blood curdling scream and jumped backwards.
On the floor was her old friend and drug supplier, Melky. He had numerous bullet holes in his back and blood filled the floor around him.
Georgina stepped around his body, grabbed her cell phone and called the only person she trusted.
Serena pulled out her cell phone, saw Georgina's name and wanted to ignore it, but knew it was best to face her head on, "What do you want?"
"Melky's dead. He's in my room and he's dead. Someone shot him." Georgina explained in a frantic voice, "It wasn't me. I don't know how he got here. I need your help."
"Is this a joke?" Serena asked with a slight smile, "I never know what to believe from you anymore."
"Do I sound like I'm joking?" Georgina yelled, staring down at the body on her floor, "He's dead okay. Dead."
"Then call the police." Serena said, wondering why she had to state the obvious, "If you didn't do it you have nothing to worry about."
"Oh sure, that's how it works." Georgina snapped sarcastically, "He's dead in my place and I talked to him last night, so it doesn't look good. Can't you just come and help me out. We can take the body to the east river and dump it."
"Are you crazy? By that I mean, crazier than you usual?" Serena said, enjoying her chance to get in a few zingers against her former lover, "I'm not moving a body. Besides the ewe factor, I'm pretty sure it's illegal and I'm not committing a crime for you, when you easily could've killed him."
"I told you I didn't."
Serena laughed at Georgina's bold declaration of truthfulness, "And you are so honest Georgina, why would I ever doubt a word you said?"
"Fine, be sarcastic at a time like this." Georgina said, knowing she'd created the doubt in Blair, "I know I've made mistakes, but I told Melky no last night. He called saying he had some new stuff in and I told him I wasn't interested. He didn't believe me, but I hung up and told him not to call me again."
"How could you not hear gunshots?"
"I don't know." Georgina said, trying to remember back to last night, "After I hung up, I went to the fridge, grabbed a bottle of water, went back to bed and started reading for a while and that's all I remember until I woke up."
"Look, I still say you need to call the police. You don't own a gun do you?"
Georgina cringed at Serena's question and her silence was all the answer Serena needed.
"Well, isn't that great." Serena said, not even surprised by Georgina's latest drama, "You better look for it and you better hope it hasn't been fired."
"Melky gave it to me after we had a run in with some rival drug dealer. They threatened to make an example out of me if Melky didn't move his business elsewhere. I've never fired it in my life. I don't even know how." Georgina explained as she walked back over to her bed, knelt down and slid her hand under her bed, pausing when she felt the box attached to the box spring. She opened it and reached her hand inside, her face went white, "It's gone. The gun is gone."
"If he just gave it to you, then it's not registered to you, right?"
"No, but my fingerprints will still be on it. Why is this happening?"
Serena sighed as history continued to repeat itself anytime she got involved with Georgina, "You can't run from this. As much as you might hate the idea, you really need to call the police, tell them what you know and hope like hell you didn't kill him."
"Nobody will believe me. Nobody ever believes me." Georgina said, her emotions getting the better of her as she wiped the tears from her ghostly white face, "Serena, I know I've done some things I'm not proud of, but we used to be more than just friends and I need your help. Please, come here and help me do this. I can't do it alone."
Serena hung her head down and wished like hell she wasn't going to say what she did, "Fine, I'll be there as soon as I can. Keep the door shut, do not call anyone, just wait until I get there."
"Thank you." Georgina said with a relieved sigh.
Blair walked up just as Serena tore off in her car, causing Blair's big smile to change into a look of pure annoyance. It got even worse as Nate walked up to her.
"Hi there." Nate said with a warm smile, "We haven't talked a lot lately and I just wanted to see how you were doing."
"I'm great." Blair said rather unconvincingly, "How are you? Are you still seeing Vanessa?"
"No, that didn't really work out." Nate said with a nod, "What about you and Chuck, are you really seeing him?"
"No, not at all. That was a mistake." Blair said, hating having to discuss what she'd just as soon forget, "I was at a low point in my life and I did something destructive and I regret it more than you'll ever know."
"Really?" Nate said with a hint of a grin, "Because Chuck calls it his greatest moment in life up to now."
"Well Nate, as you know, Chuck is an idiot and obviously delusional." Blair said calmly, smiling at Nate as they shared a laugh just as Chuck walked up to them.
"Don't tell me Nate is your secret?" Chuck asked, causing Nate to look confused and Blair to cringe.
"What secret?" Nate asked, feeling left out as always.
"It's nothing. Chuck seems to think that since I'm happy I must have a secret." Blair said, ignoring Chuck as she spoke directly to Nate.
"She does have a secret. Look at her, she's glowing, she hasn't been this happy, well, since I've known her. If it's not you and it's not me, then maybe she found herself a rich sugar daddy." Chuck turned to Nate and grinned, "Is your dad still chasing younger women?"
Nate didn't find it amusing at all and pushed Chuck across the school yard, "Stop being an ass."
"I was kidding." Chuck laughed, before continuing what he did best, "But you have to admit; it's not that much a stretch"
"I said shut up." Nate said, using his fist to get his point across as he decked Chuck with a whirlwind right hand.
Blair smiled as Chuck hit the ground, "See what happens when you put your nose where it doesn't belong. Keep it up and you'll have my shoe print on your chin next."
Before Chuck could reply Jenny and Vanessa walked into the school yard to see Chuck wiping the blood from his lip.
"Are there fights here every day?" Jenny asked, enjoying the idea that Chuck was getting more of what was surely coming to him.
Walking up to Jenny with a smile, Blair glared down at Chuck, "Just when Chuck stops by, but they aren't fights so much as they are punching practice for all of Chuck's enemies and even his friends get to play."
Picking himself up off the ground, Chuck looked right at Jenny, "Laugh it up ladies, but I'll have the last laugh. You can bet on that."
Blair laughed as Chuck scurried off before turning her attention to Jenny, "So where's your psycho girlfriend?"
"She's not a psycho and she's not my girlfriend." Jenny said, not expecting to play defence so soon in the day, "We're just friends."
Vanessa stepped in front of Jenny and gave Blair a dirty look, "Do you have to cause trouble every second of the day?"
"I just asked her a question." Blair replied, ignoring Vanessa and moving behind her to get face to face with Jenny, "Remember when I said if you want to live in this world people are going to talk? Well, if you keep hanging around Georgina you better get used to it, because she's trouble and people are already talking about her pretty new girl toy."
"Shut up." Jenny yelled, slamming her foot to the ground, not really sure what else to do to show her displeasure at Blair's constant jabs.
"You really like her don't you?" Blair asked, a cute smile crossing her pretty face, "Okay, I'll let up on Georgina, for you, but just be careful around her. I'm not kidding when I say she's trouble."
"Do you know how many people told me you were trouble and to stay away?" Jenny asked with a proud smile, "You know what, I didn't listen to them because I saw something in you that nobody else did, well nobody but Serena and I see that same thing in Georgina."
"Oh god, don't compare me to her." Blair said with a cringe, "I need to find out where Serena went, so you have a nice day."
Vanessa glared at Blair as she walked past her and moved right up to Jenny, "You sure can pick em can't you, first Blair and now Georgina. You do have a thing for bad girls don't you?"
"No. Not really." Jenny said, trying to keep from smiling, "Okay fine, maybe I like the bad girls, but I don't think they are all bad, just misunderstood."
"I sure hope you're kidding, but I'm going to stick around and make sure you don't get hurt." Vanessa said with a smile, putting her arm around Jenny as she did.
Jenny pushed Vanessa's arm away, not finding the humor in her comment, "Why can't anyone believe I'm right about Georgina?" Before Vanessa could say a thing, Jenny had disappeared inside the school.
End of chapter 1.