Last chapter of I'm Just Trying to Save You is on it's way, I promise! This is a Blair/Jenny fic set after 1x03. Enjoy!
The New Serena
"You know, I think I may have underestimated your taste" Blair says as she takes in the strapless canary yellow dress Jenny chose to try on.
They're in the midst of having an experimental girls night in-experimental in the way that Blair isn't sure if she can tolerate Jenny's meek personality alone without additional entertainment for an entire night.
Normally, Blair would have preferred Serena's company over any of her other girlfriends hands-down and without question. But despite the progress they have made since her untimely return back to the UES, things between the former BFFs are still shaky at best.
And so, in the hopes of turning over a new leaf, Blair extended an invitation to her newest doll Jenny Humphrey to spend the night at her penthouse to try on clothes from her mother's newest Spring collection.
The night was designed by Blair to give Little J a chance to prove to her that she belongs in the social circle that she has worked so very hard to rule. It was make it or break it time for the Brooklyn girl.
"Despite the frumpy clothes you usually choose to wear, you can actually pull off this dress off quite nicely" Blair continues, assessing the girl's look from head to toe "You may do okay for yourself after all."
Jenny looks at herself in the mirror just behind Blair and desperately tries to see what she sees.
"You really think it looks okay?" she asks the brunette as she shifts her weight from foot to foot.
"Better than" Blair tells her "Hell, at this rate I can make you the new Serena by midterms."
Jenny's thin eyebrows raise at this statement.
"The new Serena?" she asks, glancing at her reflection once more "Won't the old one mind being replaced?"
At this, Blair smiles a smile that chills Jenny to the bone.
"Honey, the old Serena isn't going anywhere. She's a permanent fixture in this city, even when she spends the summer slumming it in Connecticut-she's never actually gone. You can try to replace her, but you won't succeed" Blair says.
Jenny's eyes go wide when she hears this.
"Oh no, I didn't mean it like that-I, I would never..." she stammers.
"Exactly, not ever" Blair continues, moving a step closer to cup her hand around Jenny's face "You may have a pretty face, Little J, but you can never shine as bright as her-none of us can. Hell, I could set this whole city on fire and Serena would still burn the brightest."
And for a split second, Jenny can see it-the image Blair has painted for her. There among the ash of the great city than once was, she can envision Serena standing as tall as the Statue of Liberty.
Invincible with beauty never fading.
Jenny notices that tears have started to well up in Blair's eyes. She realizes in that moment that this conversation was never really about her.
"Blair, are you okay?" she asks, genuinely concerned.
But Blair, despite her sad eyes, simply smiles the pain away as she lowers her hand from Jenny's face.
"You like Nate, don't you?" Blair asks without a hint of malice in her voice "I've seen the way you look at him."
Jenny doesn't expect her to say this and immediately looks down at her feet.
"Hey, it's okay, I'm not...I'm not worried anymore. At first I thought you might be a threat, because you're blonde and beautiful and have legs for days...but then I realized that those things have nothing to do with why Nate cheated on me" Blair explains.
Jenny's eyes snap back up to Blair's, so shocked her mouth falls open a little.
"I know now" Blair continues "...he didn't fuck Serena on a barstool because she was my best friend or because she looks like a supermodel, he did it because he's a moth and she's the flame. She's the light no one ever fails to see-not even if the whole world around them was on fire. She will always shine the brightest, don't you see that?"
Before Jenny has a chance to answer, Blair leans forward and kisses her on the mouth softly.
It's over so quick that Jenny isn't sure if her lips even moved from the innocent pout they are always set in.
The next thing she knows, Blair has her back turned to her and is already in search of her next outfit.
"When I said I can make you the new Serena, I simply meant that I can make you likable. I can make the boys want you and the girls want to be you. I can take you to all the good parties, dress you in all the best clothes and show you how I run this town. By my side, no one will ever push you around or underestimate your worth ever again" she explains in her normal clipped tone.
Blair then turns around holds out a satin plum-colored dress to Jenny with a smile.
"But be warned-if you ever try to steal my boyfriend or my crown, I will be sure to perform social sabotage at your expense so horrific it will make outing Serena's faux stint in rehab to Ivy reps seem like child's play" she concludes.
"Any questions?" Blair asks.
Jenny swallows her spit before answering.
"Do you have a headband to match this dress?" she asks nervously.
Blair nods before taking her hand and leading her upstairs.
FIN.