Author's Note: Hello to all. :D Welcome to my first Gossip Girl fanfic ever. I seriously thought I'd never get around to writing one of these, but after watching all the D/S bullshit lately, I just had to write this. May not be the greatest, but it is my first after all and I know I would of drove myself crazy if i didn't write it. Plot bunnies never die.
Warning: I guess the only major warning about this is that it is indeed femslash. Don't like? Don't read. Simple as that. I think that Blair and Serena's chemistry is beyond fantastic and the vibes coming off of them are just too gay to not write about. But if you're, I don't know, blind? and can't see the femslashy goodness that is Waldsen, well now. Click the back button, it'll link back to whatever you were looking at before.
Disclaimer: Don't own a thing. Seriously. Because if i did, Dan would be off with Vanessa, Chuck would have Nate, Jenny would die and Serena and Blair would be together. But alas, I don't. And also, the title of the fic, "Life is a Highway" belongs to Tom Cochrane. I think. I actually prefer the Rascal Flatts version or even the version from Clash of the Choirs. But either way, it doesn't belong to me.
Song Used For Chapter Title: The Changeling by The Doors
Now that all of that's settled, on with the ficcage!
Prologue - But I've Never Been So Broke That I Couldn't Leave Town
If Blair Waldorf would of known then what she knows now, she would of left New York City a long time before she actually did. If she would of known of the golden haired beauty that awaited her in the city of Chicago, she would of willingly hitch-hiked her way across the country. Weather, lunatics, her mother, be damned.
If she would of known of the events in her soon-to-be future, now present, she wouldn't of felt so guilty getting on that plane. She wouldn't of felt so guilty leaving all her friends and family (her mother) behind. She wouldn't of felt so guilty looking into Nate's eyes at the airport. If she only would've known of the eyes that would soon be captivating her by their beauty. If only.
But she didn't. So she couldn't help but feel guilty as Nate rushed up to her, declaring his love.
"Blair!... Don't go!... I love you!" Nate panted in betweenbreaths, somehow making his way past security.
"Nate, go home. I'm going to Chicago and there's nothing that you can do to stop me. I'm sorry, but this is just something I have to do." She said, picking up her luggage off the lounging area floor, getting ready for whenever they decided to board passengers.
"But, how could you just leave me like this? You didn't even tell me you were going. Your maid told me!"
Okay, so maybe she should of told him. But when she really thinks about it, it's not like she owed him anything, not after what he did..
"I thought I was your boyfriend, Blair! You're going to go off and tell the maid before you even tell me?" He was beyond fuming now, but his eyes were still glossy and sad looking. Boy, he sure did know how to break a girl's heart.
"Well Nate, she did help me pack," she says chuckling, trying to soften the mood. Realizing that Nate didn't seem all that giddy at the moment, she continues. "Look, Nate. My flight's leaving and I only have seconds to spare, so I'm going to make this quick.. I don't love you anymore." There it was, all on the table. Short, sweet, and simple as ever.
The look on his face only deepened with shock, just adding on to the sadness. "You what? Blair.. how.. why.. when did this happen?"
"Now boarding all non-stop, first class passengers on flight D11 to Chicago Mid-Way at Gate D. I repeat, now boarding all non-stop, first class passengers on flight D11 to Chicago Mid-Way at Gate D." A woman behind an American Airlines desk announced into a phone.
"That's my flight," said Blair, trying to avoid answering Nate's earlier question. "Goodbye, Nate."
And without a fleeting glance, she was gone. Leaving a very confused and upset Nate Archibald in the middle of JFK Airport, but also embarking on a new chapter of her life. A better one.