Hello fellas :D I know it took a while for this chapter to be updated, I like wrote half of it and then had a brain fart and wasn't able to write anything xD Don't hate me, I'm trying ;(
Well this is obviously the first chapter of the new story, hope you enjoy.
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The way she felt at the moment was almost euphoric. Who thought an underdog such as her, a weird documentary girl would end up with no else than Nate Archibald, the hottest subject on the UES ever. Not to be fooled, he annoyed her at first. The whole I'm a poor- rich- lost -boy act made her want to punch him with her camera, but actually spending some time with him showed her different.
Unlike the majority of pretty much anyone in Manhattan, he had consciousness and awareness. He was sweet and confused all the time, one more reason to love him.
But there were down falls too, a lot of them. For one, the whole female student body (and some older female teachers mind you) held a grudge against her. She was never the popular one, dating the most popular boy didn't seem to change that, not that she wanted to. She was disgusted with all the pretentiousness and money being thrown around, life had a deeper meaning than money and pretty faces. If only she could completely convince Nate it was that way.
Turns out you can take a boy out of the UES, but you can't take the UES out of the boy.
But Nate has changed to better, though the whole family drama he has been trough was awful, it taught him the real values in life, or so she hoped for.
There was one big dilemma she had to face daily, the one in form of Blair Waldorf.
Sure Nate has said countless time things between him and the girl he spent half of his life with were over, but could she be sure?
It's Blair Waldorf. Everyone knew Vanessa couldn't stand her, everyone also knew Blair couldn't stand Vanessa even more, especially now that she's dating her high school sweetheart.
And of course. Both Nate and Blair could refuse to even look at each other, pretend like the other one's not in the classroom or completely deny the other's existence on the street, but the fact remained…Blair was still wearing her ruby red ring and Nate didn't get rid of his green sweater or the golden heart pin in it.
Blair was not the only one ''against'' them.
Chuck never really liked her in the first place. Much less now that he was so pathetically trying to rebound with his best friend after sleeping with his girlfriend. Cliché, cliché.
Nate was spending most of his time hanging out with her or at her café, so Chuck couldn't get in touch with him if he wanted to, neither could Blair. God knows none of them would step on Brooklyn sidewalks without a tetanus shoot.
Dan's not totally on board with it too. He gives her a look of disappointment now and then. Being the hypocrite he was, by his standards, everyone on the UES was scum…besides his lovely perfect Serena. The sound of her name made her flinch.
There are times she thinks she's just a rebound girl, that the only reason Nate hangs out with her is to forget about the porcelain bouncy brunette and her betrayal . To hide out. But then he kisses her and he tells her she looks beautiful, it sends her flying and she forgets about Blair, Chuck, Dan, Serena and the entirety of the UES...for a while.
It has been a long day and even though he loved spending time with Vanessa, he couldn't wait to get home.
As soon as he entered their house he was greeted by a commotion. There were wrapped boxes in the hallway, a few suitcases, their maids were everywhere at once packing stuff and panicking.
He ignored the mess and went right up to find his mother. Just like he thought, she was in the library.
''Mom-'' he said cautiously, she seemed really concentrated, he didn't want to startle her ''-what the heck is going on down there?''
The blonde turned around and beamed with a big smile as she saw him – that's weird, he thought. His mother was never really the one to cherish you with love and all that crap.
She went ahead to give him a hug and kiss his forehead, even weirder.
''Nate, where have you been whole day-''
''-well-'' she didn't even give him a chance to answer, it's not like she cared….yeah that seemed more normal
''-I'm packing-'' she said. Nate's eyebrows furrowed
''For what?'' he asked her suspiciously
''I didn't tell you?'' she said, still beaming with fake happiness
''you never tell me anything'' he muttered to himself and started walking around the library room
''What?'' his mother asked confused
''Nothing mother-'' he was getting inpatient ''-you didn't answer my question''
''It's summer Nate, we're going to the van der Bilts'' she said casually and left Nate frowning in surprise.
''What? You're going to grandpa? No way, what about Hamptons?''
Anne wasn't surprised about her son's freak-out, after all Nate still was on cold ground with Grandfather van der Bilt since the whole incident.
''Nate-'' she said calmly trying to urge him to look at her ''- don't you think I want everything to be as it was? Huh? I do, but we can't have that back…not yet. They are still your family, you grew up there. Don't you miss Tripp, even Maureen…did you know they are engaged?''
He half listened as his mother slathered all this information on him. Up till now he had his mind set that he would say goodbye to that family for good, but she kind of had a point.
''I can't-''
''Why couldn't you?'' she had no idea what was going on with her son. ''Like it's not enough that you're barely home anymore. Speaking of, I haven't seem Chuck or Blair in such a long-''
''-and you won't'' he cut his mother down angrily at the bare mention of the names. He didn't know which one made him angrier, but he did know which one broke his heart in half hearing it.
Anne sustained from her frown, not having an idea what was going on in her son's life for a while. She wanted to change that, but Nate was giving her nothing.
''You have to come with, you haven't got a real reason to stay-''
''-I have-'' he said and the room filled with silence ''-I have a girlfriend, Vanessa'' he finally says out loud. So maybe he should have told his mother about her a long time ago, they were in fact dating for a good 5 months, he just couldn't. He felt like he would be disappointing someone, when in fact he was just doing it to himself. It was all the UES poison injected in to him and the belief that his family wouldn't appreciate anyone without an etiquette.
Anne was for one left wordless. Last time she checked Nate was close to an engagement with Eleanor's daughter. Nate has never even mentioned this girl, it all made a lot more sense now. She still had no idea what has gone down for the two of them, but she was sad not seeing Blair around, that girl would always bring good energy with her, she gave Nate a reality check and kept him grounded, it seemed like she brought the best of him out. Too bad her son could never appreciate the good things in life. Always the free spirited one, not caring about the consequences.
''For how long?''
''A while-'' he spoke cautiously, his mother didn't seem mad, but she seemed suspicious. ''-I'm sorry I didn't tell you, but I knew how you'd react''
She frowned at him in utter confusion ''What do you mean Nathanial''
''She's different-'' well that wasn't helping ''-she's from Brooklyn
At the moment Anne felt like her son was doing this on purpose, so he was spending his days in Brooklyn with some Brooklyn underdog. Yes it was hypocritical and yes she was acting like a snob, but she knew Nate never had interest in anything crossing the lines of UES and this felt like a provocation.
So he was right, now that his mother knew he had a girl without a pedigree, she was quiet. Even though she was the disappointed one, he felt like it should be the other way around.
''That's exactly why I didn't tell you'' he said angry and left the room. Anne ran after him, yelling in process
''I didn't even say anything, stop making assumptions, you're just like your father'' she said, knowing really well how it stung
Nate stopped in his tracks hearing her. Just like your father….just like your father.
''God, I didn't mean that-'' she said looking at her son's hurt stricken expression ''-you're not like him, you're better than that… but sometimes-'' she can't find her words ''- forget about it.''
There was a moment of awkward silence floating around. The tension was back up and the atmosphere was similar to what it was a few months ago with all the corrupt drama. Summer was finally there, they should be careless and free. Just for once she wanted her son to have that, sometimes she forgot he was just 19 and didn't have his life figured out. So despite herself, she spoke up.
''I'm sorry, I know this has been hard on you and I know I was a hypocrite, I don't want you to be one. So, why don't you take your new girlfriend with us?'' she spoke loud and clear, Nate was dumb founded.
Maybe his bark was louder than his bite; he knew Vanessa didn't think much of him being wealthy, just like his mother didn't think much of Brooklyn. But Vanessa also said she accepted him the way he was, she was smart, wonderful, beautiful and so much more, he wanted his whole family to get to know her, to fall in love with her like he did.
''Really?'' he asked his mother with a smile
She smiled back, but the burden was still on her chest ''Really. Now I have to hurry up, the car is already waiting for me. I'll send another one later for the two of you''
''Has anyone seen Blair? We have to be on our way to the van der Bilt family reunion soon, where is that girl?'' Eleanor asked the staff
''Blair Cornelia Waldorf-'' her mother yelled from downstairs. Blair rolled her eyes, getting up from her bed unwillingly.
''What mother?'' she asked, standing on the top of their staircase
''My dear god, tell me you're not in your night gown at noon-'' another eye roll ''-we don't have time for that, please tell me that your suitcase is all packed up''
Suitcase? What did she need her suitcase ready for? Were they visiting her dad and Roman in France? A wild grin stretched over her features. That was definitely a good start of the summer. God, she doesn't even have her clothes packed up, her mother would kill her.
''Just give me a sec-'' she yelled and disappeared ''-Dorota, my room, now!''
Dorota entered the girl's room to find half of her once organized closet on the floor
''Miss Blair-'' the maid stated in shock
''Not now Dorota, you need to help me pack while I throw on something cute-'' she said while trying out several outfits ''Quick!'' she yelled and threw a sundress over in her direction.
''Fine, fine, Miss Blair…remember to breathe'' the maid said while packing most of the things she knew would be essential. After she packed the necessary clothes she started with the jewelry. There was one particular object she was unsure what to do with. She examined the ruby ring in her hands for a while. The young brunette still didn't have the heart to get rid of it, Dorota remembered how much Blair has cried over this past months after a certain blue eyed boy. She would often hear her sob at night, swearing to herself it would be the last time. But it wasn't. So she decided to slip the ring in to one of many Tiffany boxes and seal the lid.
''Have you packed everything?'' Blair emerged from the bathroom, looking like a doll.
''Yes Miss Blair, everything's in there'' it is now
''Nate-'' she said nervously and played with one of her dark locks of hair ''-I don't know about this''
Nate put his hand over hers and gave her a warming smile ''Relax, everyone's going to love you'' even though he's half sure he's lying trough his teeth.
They're walking down the street, he said there was a car waiting for them. Their stuff has already been taken care of, god knows how. Nate suddenly stopped at a particular limo that in no way fits in to Brooklyn. He noticed Vanessa's mouth stretching in to a frown
''This is our ride?'' she asked a little paranoid
''Yeah'' Nate says awkwardly, he knew she wasn't used to all of this, and if the limo was already too pretentious for her, how is she going to react when she sees the van der Bilt mansion with built in swimming pools and golf courts.
She nods quietly. If she wasn't insecure yet, it definitely got to her now.
There you go. Please tell me if you like it so far, would you like it to continue or is it not that good? I don't know, I'm letting you decide. Xo L
