Everybody's a little crazy

Author's note: This isn't a specific Dair or Derena story, it's really a story of Blair-Dan-Serena, not really a slash story either. Both the ships are present in the story and there really is no endgame for one ship or the other in this story. It's also dark and twisted, and may or may not treat the characters harshly and some characters may come across worse than the others. So unless you're a Dair fan who doesn't hate everything to do with Dan n Serena n vice versa for Derena fans…don't read this. This kind of picks up where GG left off, but there is no Henry Bass in this story.

Disclaimer: I dont own GG or any of it's characters.

Chapter 1

This was certainly the biggest day in Dan Humphrey's life. It was bigger than the day he came forth as the author of 'Inside' and definitely bigger then the time he got his first break in Hollywood to adapt his book into his first screenplay. It's more momentous then the day he bought his first condo in the UES. It is even bigger than the day, his life long dream came to fruition, when Serena Vander Woodsen agreed to be his wife, coz this is the day he is actually marrying his life-long fantasy woman.

Dan and Serena were doing a really small wedding at Chuck and Blair's beautiful townhouse, which was to be followed by a grand reception at The Empire; after all it was the most widely anticipated event of the year. Dan was nervous, excited and he was definitely happy, but there was a lingering feeling somewhere in the corner of his heart, that something was amiss, something was missing. He loved Serena, and he had loved her ever since he had first seen her and together they had gone through more ups and downs than imaginable, and the last five years, after he had declared to the world that he was the real face of GG… he and Serena had done everything right and worked out so well, that they were both here today to be tied to each other forever in the union of holy matrimony. All that Dan kept telling himself, during the entire wait for Serena to walk up to him, was that he loved her, he loved her so damn much and she loved him, accepted him for everything he was and everything he is and this was right and meant to be.

Dan couldn't think about anything else right now or let anyone cloud his thoughts, especially the hostess. He couldn't think about Blair Waldorf Bass, not anymore and definitely not now. That chapter was long over and it was certainly nothing but a mistake for both of them, something that had done nothing but complicate their respective relationships with the 'love of their lives'. He was trying very hard to block a busy, indifferent Blair today, she had anyways rubbed it to him earlier that the only reason, she's letting him get married in her house is because Serena's stupid enough to marry him. He and Blair, after he had gotten back with Serena five years earlier, hadn't really been close as they once used to be. They'd tried to be close and be friends again and it had worked for a while, Serena was ecstatic seeing them make progress as friends, but their friendship couldn't last, it got complicated so fast and maybe unlike Serena, him and Blair couldn't just separate the past that easily. They had drifted apart again, like they had never been friends, but Dan thinks it was easy because he and Serena moved away from New York and kept travelling the world for more than two years, while Blair and Chuck got busy trying to raise a family, which unfortunately hasn't worked out for them till now.

Dan once again pushed out every thought of Blair from his head and concentrated on a heavenly Serena, wearing a golden flowing gown descending down the stairs. He looks at her, just as besotted and mesmerized as he had; when he had first spotted her at the train station, when she had come back to NYC from Connecticut eleven years ago. As Serena walks up to Dan and he takes her hand and leads her to the altar, where a priest is standing before them, everybody in the room stands up. Rufus is beaming with happiness for his son, and his new girlfriend accompanies him. Lily is present there with William, although nobody knows the status of their relationship just yet. Even Eleanor and Cyrus turned up for the wedding. Nate is standing next to Jenny and Eric, and the three of them are constantly smiling and laughing. Chuck and Blair are standing in the corner, wearing matching outfits, Chuck is at the wedding, but he's constantly busying replying to his emails on his Blackberry, whereas Blair has been shouting and screaming at the caterers and helpers all day and right now, as Serena and Dan are about to be tied together in their forever, she is looking everywhere but at the altar.

Dan and Serena didn't want a traditional big wedding, everything with them had been everything but traditional. They didn't have a best man, a maid of honor and even a flower girl for their wedding, but Rufus had insisted on the Priest, so they had agreed to that. As Dan looked at Serena, standing in front of him, he instantly knew everything was finally falling into place. The Priest began the ceremony and he then looked at Serena to say her vows to Dan.

Serena was the happiest she had ever been in her entire life today and she felt like at any point all this would just be a dream and she would wake up and none of it would be real. The last five years she had imagined this day so many times, and now the moment was finally here. She looked at Dan, and she was glowing with love and happiness, and with that typical Serena twinkle in her eye, she began, " Dan, I know I cant spin the magic into words like you, but all I can tell you is even if I cant express myself as eloquently, I love you, I love you more than I could ever possibly imagine loving someone. Every day I love you a little more, I want you a little more and every new moment with you becomes even more treasured to me. I knew eleven years ago, that I wanted this, I wanted forever with you and I was ready to wait forever to get it, so Iam glad that its happening today. You had me Dan, at the first awkward wave after our first date and you've had me ever since then. I've not always been good to you in these eleven years Dan, I have used you, hurt you, manipulated you, betrayed you, but not once have I stopped loving you…sometimes I have been oblivious to the feeling, but its never gone away. Dan you've believed in me and you've loved me when I didn't think I was capable of love or trust and I want to spend the rest of my life with you, loving you and thanking you. Dan Humphrey, I want to be by your side always and I will do everything that makes you happy and I will never ever let you go. I love you Dan Humphrey, always have and always will."

The entire room resonated with multiple awws just as soon as Serena finished her vows, and Lily was practically crying and William Vanderwoodsen looked so proud of his daughter. Dan looked even more nervous now, after Serena had finished her vows and before he began his own, he cleared his throat loudly, as if emotion was choking him.

Dan looked at Serena with that puppy dog look in his eyes, and began, "Wow. I mean wow, I don't think even I can trump that one Serena, but I still cant believe that I am standing here today in front of you, You, I mean you're going to be my wife. Serena Humphrey. Everything feels surreal. I had my vows prepared, but I don't think I want to go with those anymore… in fact no matter what I say here today and no matter what I say for the rest of my life, I can never truly express what you mean to me, Serena. I can write pages and pages and books and books about you, to you and I still wouldn't be able to say it all. Falling in love with you was falling in love with a dream, falling in love with a heavenly creature, something that's only imagined in your heart and every day that you were with me, I had to repeatedly tell myself that you were real, a real woman and not just a figment of my imagination. I have loved you Serena, I have venerated you, I think I have literally worshipped you for most of my life and yet, I have hurt you more than I have hurt anyone else in my life. I have insulted you, ridiculed you, broken your trust, doubted you, cheated you and have broken you. I have just done so many terrible things to you, because of my own insecurities and incompetencies, that I don't even know if I deserve you or not. But Iam glad that you are here today and despite everything that I did, you still believed in me. I have made a million mistakes in the last eleven years, some knowingly, some unknowingly. I have made some right and some very wrong decisions, something's that I regret and something's I don't even understand, but all of those, whether in a good way or a bad way, have led me to you. Every tear, every heartbreak, every thing has led me to me my destiny and that is you. You and I have shared so much in our lives, you've been my girlfriend, you've been my ex girlfriend, you've been my best friend, you've even been my best friend's girlfriend, hell, you've even been my step sister, you've been my friend, my family, you've been the reason I have been accepted into this world, you were in fact the very reason that I wanted to be part of this world and today I want to promise you that I want to make you my world, forever and ever. I want to do everything that you want and not just want, I will fulfill every whim and fancy of yours, and I don't care how absurd and obnoxious it is. I want to spend the rest of my life making up to you in every which way, and my life is yours now Serena, all yours. You aren't just a part of me; you are what defines me, for without a Serena Vanderwoodsen, there would be no Dan Humphrey. I promise to be honest, loyal and truthful and I promise to love you forever and strive to be a better man for you, everyday for the rest of my life. "

Dan finishes his vows and the entire room is filled with cheers and applause, Rufus and Jenny are not even trying to hide the fact that they are smiling through their tears, while even Eric wipes his eyes a little bit. Even Chuck looks a little moved, which is surprising, because nobody thought that Chuck would even be listening. Blair on the other hand doesn't flinch, doesn't move a muscle in her face, but stares on without an expression on her face, like its only her body that's present there, but her mind is somewhere else or just not registering anything going on there.

Soon the priest asks them to exchange the wedding bands and just as soon, he announces them to be man and wife and Dan loops in Serena into a deep and long kiss. Serena is squealing with joy, and Lily soon envelops her, while his father hugs Dan tightly. Everybody is crowding the newly weds and gushing and gushing over their vows. Blair walks up to Serena, just as Chuck, Nate and Eric drag Dan to the bar to pop open a champagne bottle. Serena squeals once again and folds Blair into her arms, and as she releases her, she says, "Finally, B, finally, I am finally Serena Humphrey."

Blair forces a smile on herself, and hopes that Serena doesn't notice that its fake and she says, "Iam happy for you S, as happy as I can be, seeing you married your life-long stalker, Dan Humphrey."

Serena just gives Blair a goofy smile and says, "Oh Blair, that's my husband you're talking about now and I know you love him too."

Blair cuts Serena angrily and says, "Serena, I don't love him, in fact I hate him and I don't care…", before Blair can finish her rant against Dan, Serena cuts her off and says, "I was kidding, Relax, but just today of all the days, cant you let it go, I mean the last five years, you've reminded at every opportunity you've had that you don't approve of me and Dan, but all that matters is we are together now, so don't ruin this, don't ruin the most special day in my life B, don't try and take it away from me, please."

Blair in an apologetic tone, says, "S, I am sorry…but", but before she can finish saying what she was saying, Serena is dragged away by Lily whose already got an interviewer lined up for the new couple. Serena and Dan weren't interested in letting any media cover their wedding, but Lily insisted that they give the rights to their wedding coverage to just one magazine, it was to be so super exclusive and their marriage was one of the most talked about events of the year; after all this was a fairytale wedding of two high school sweethearts, one a successful bestselling and award winning young author and the other being the ultimate It-Girl of New York, who had come together despite all the controversies and chaos that had surrounded their lives.

After the media interview got over, Chuck and Nate left saying that they would meet everybody at the reception in the evening. Lily, William, Rufus and his girlfriend followed out soon, as they still had to oversee the last minute arrangements for the grand wedding reception. Eleanor and Cyrus had left too. Jenny rushed to Serena and said, "I know you want to spend time with your new husband and all, but I need you to try your reception dress right now, because I had to make some last minute changes, especially since Dan has literally begged me to make you look more divine than you already look, as if that's even possible, so we need to leave now and Dan can try and survive a few hours without his newly wedded wife."

Serena just smiled at Jenny and said, "Yes, lets go, lemme just say bye to Dan."

Serena went up to Dan along with Jenny and after giving him a sweet kiss on the lips, left with Jenny for her dress fitting.

Dan was now left alone in the house with Blair and Eric, and a number of caterers and helpers moving around.

Eric finally lets out a long breath and says, "So, finally the day is here, I mean sometimes I really didn't think we would see it, but am glad it happened and we are family again."

Dan just smiles at Eric and beams, "Yeah. I can't believe it either, I mean just how crazily luckily Iam."

Eric then tells him they should head out as well, and tells him that he will meet him outside by the limo, as he has to make some calls, whereas in the meanwhile Dan can go collect some of the jewelry, Serena left upstairs.

Just as soon as Eric exits, Dan walks up the stairs and walks into the room, where Serena had gotten ready and starts looking for the jewelry she had left. Suddenly he feels uneasy, as if someone is watching him and just as he turns around, he sees Blair standing at the door, staring at him with an expression he cant quite read in her eyes. She looks a little drunk and sad, maybe forlorn and tired as well, and Dan desperately wants to envelop her in his arms and ask her what's wrong, but he doesn't move, doesn't say anything, till she walks up to him and stands barely a few centimeters away from him.

He doesn't even look at her and says, "I wont be in your way, I was just leaving, I just had to collect some of Serena's things."

He walks past her, and just as he is at the door, Blair says, " Not even once in your vows today, did you say you love Serena."

Dan is taken aback and he turns towards her and says, "What?"

Blair looks at him with a smile on her face, the kind of sweet mischievous smile that he used to love, that usually meant that she was going to win any argument they were going to get into.

She says softly, " Everybody loved your vows and they couldn't stop gushing over it, but you said everything, everything, but that you love her. You said you loved her and you promise to love her forever, but not even once did you say you love her. Why?"

Dan was completely stunned, speechless, he didn't think anyone would have noticed that omission, in fact, to be honest, he didn't even think he left it out deliberately. He said everything that came to him in that moment and until Blair reminded him, he didn't even think he had done that.

Dan said a very weak, "I didn't… I love her, I really do love Serena."

Blair just smiled once again, " Then, why couldn't you say it, and why are you telling me this now…"

Dan was growing impatient and angry with her, maybe he was growing angry at himself, and he just cut Blair off and said, "Blair, you seriously are such an insecure bitch, I mean, even on your best friend's special day, you're doing this, with me, with her husband."

Blair turned red and screamed angrily at him and said, "Humphrey, don't pretend to be the moral husband you're trying to be coz both you and I know who you are and honesty and loyalty aren't exactly your virtues. So don't turn this around on me."

Dan was growing more livid with her, what had happened between them a month ago was a mistake and it didn't mean anything, just like all the other times. "I don't want to do this with you Blair. What happened was a mistake and we both agreed on it. Now, I don't care what hell you're going through with Chuck and just how miserable your life is. I don't want that for me and Serena, I love her and I will do anything to make it work and if you love her even a little bit, you know you will want the same."

Blair's eyes turned red and were filled with tears, and she shouted at him, "Leave. Just fucking leave, Dan." At that moment Dan realized that maybe he was very harsh with Blair and he stepped towards her only a little bit and apologized and said, "Look Blair, Iam sorry, I shouldn't have said what I just did, I didn't mean it…"

Blair turned her back and just whispered now, "Dan, Leave, just leave me alone."

Dan took the cue and quietly shut the door behind him and left, and when he was outside Eric was waiting for him. Before Eric could say anything, Dan just said, "I just couldn't locate Serena's jewelry, it was spread all over the room."

Eric just laughed and said, "Well, that's your wife now."

Dan just muttered to himself, " Yeah, she is."