Hey. Well I've had this idea in my head for a while and a few days ago I decided to make it a fanfic. So I added a few characters, made a few storylines and BAM! I have a story!
I hope you guys enjoy it. Read. Review. Let me know what you think. Oh and I'm not very good with the commas, fullstops and other grammar stuff so don't bother trying to teach me, my English teacher's no better! And one more thing...I have quite a habit for starting a story but never finishing it so a lot of encouragement to continue would be nice, only if you want to of course!
So I guess now all that's left to say is enjoy...
Disclaimer: I don't own Gossip Girl, I'm not nearly that creative. I don't own the characters either...except for the ones I made up.
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Gossip Girl: The Next Generation
Chapter One - Happy New Year
Hey people, Gossip Girl Jr here! Just reminding you all of the New Year party at the Humphrey home tonight. Everybody who's anybody was invited so I hope to see anyone that matters there. And make sure you find some one to kiss at midnight! You wouldn't want to ring in 2031 alone! I've got to finish getting ready but I'll see you all there.
You know you love me.
xoxo Gossip Girl Jr
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"Here we are Miss Bass" the driver said as the limo came to a stop. Taylor nodded to the driver and stepped out into the New York air. It was cold, she didn't like that. She wasn't very used to that type of weather but she put up with it because she knew she didn't have a choice. Her father didn't give her a choice. In fact her father had been very secretive lately and she didn't understand why. First he moved her across the country, then he sent her to a New Year's party with a bunch of people she didn't know and only said he'd join her later. But still Taylor put up with it because she loved her father and knew that he'd eventually tell her what all this was for. He never kept secrets from her and he never lied to her, that she was sure of.
As Taylor stepped inside the elevator she couldn't help but feel nervous. She may not have known the people she was going to see but some of them knew her, or at least had heard of her. To them she was only a rumor, only a few people really knew she existed for sure, and she didn't know exactly what to expect from those people.
When the elevator finally stopped and she stepped out she felt a rush run through her body, she would never admit it but she was terrified. She walked up to the tall blond woman greeting guests at the door and asked her "Are you Serena Humphrey?"
The woman looked at her, Taylor knew she recognized her, she was just wondering from when and where.
"Yes. Do you have an invitation?" Serena said to her. Taylor was surprised to hear the Serena's angelic voice. She'd heard it many times before in the movies Serena had starred in but it was strange meeting her in person.
"No but my father said once I got here I should talk to you" Taylor explained, "I'm Taylor Bass". Serena's expression changed from wonder to complete surprise.
"Oh my God! Taylor, you've grown so much!" Serena said to Taylor happily.
"You probably don't remember me but I was there when you were born, and now you're a teenager!"
Taylor just smiled awkwardly at the famous actress standing in front of her. Serena tilted her head as she looked Taylor up and down.
"You look just like you mother, except you have your father's cheekbones" Serena said.
"And his personality, or so I've heard" Taylor added. It was strange but she felt comfortable talking to Serena.
"So where is he?" Serena asked.
"Taking care of business. He told me to come here and he'll text me when her arrives, just as a warning notice" Taylor explained.
"Of course. Well come in, have a drink, meet everyone" Serena said welcomingly and brought the teenage girl into her large living room. A man with black hair and a short, stubbly beard walked towards them.
"And who's this?" He asked in a deep voice.
"Dan, this is Taylor" Serena began, "Taylor Bass." Dan raised his eyebrows at the information. "Taylor, this is my husband Dan" Serena introduced. Dan extended his hand for Taylor to shake.
"And I'm also your godfather" Dan added awkwardly. Taylor could tell that he wasn't sure what to say.
"Well Taylor, why don't you go around and talk to a few people? I just need to talk to Dan about something" Serena said to Taylor who just nodded shyly and walked away.
"Just don't tell them your name" Dan said to her. Taylor already knew not to do that. Her father had told her there was a few people who couldn't know she was here yet and Taylor had a few ideas why.
Once Taylor had left hearing range Dan turned to Serena and asked "What is going on?"
"I'm not sure" Serena replied, "but isn't this great, he's back! And he brought his daughter!"
"I don't think your looking at this the right way" Dan said to his wife.
"What's so bad about it?" Serena asked.
"What if some one asks her who her father is? What if some one recognizes her? What if she talks to Blair?" Dan said with a look of genuine concern on his face.
"What if who talks to me?" Blair asked as she joined the Humphrey couple.
"Georgina" Serena said thinking quick.
"You invited her?!" Blair asked angrily.
"No. She means at the parent-teacher meetings, next month" Dan improvised. Blair gave them a questioning look. She just nodded as if they were crazy and walked to her husband. Dan gave Serena a look that said that was a close one.
"We'll talk about this later okay, I'm going to find the kids, maybe they can make Taylor feel a bit at home" Serena said. She kissed her husband on the cheek and went off to find her children. She found them with their friends in the kitchen.
"Hey can I ask you guys a favor?" She asked her kids and their friends.
"Sure. What is it?" Audrey Archibald replied to Serena. Audrey was the younger, female version of her father. She was always very helpful and she seemed to look up to Serena. Serena realized that the Archibald daughters were only a few of the people that under no circumstances should run into Taylor.
"Never mind" Serena said and walked away from the group of teenagers.
"So how was your Christmas?" Audrey asked turning back to her friends.
"Great, except for I never got a present from you Joyce" A girl called Daphne Turner said mainly to Joyce. Daphne was the queen bee of Constance now and she was kind of a bitch. She had auburn wavy hair that went down to her shoulders. She had a huge crush on Joyce Lifton and everybody knew it. She was convinced that he liked he back even though he'd never asked her out or even kissed her, but she was planning on getting a kiss out of him tonight.
Joyce rolled his eyes at Daphne. She was a fine girl but she was extremely clingy and annoying. He was getting really sick of her, in fact tonight Joyce was just completely sick of the Upper East Side. Everyone had just been talking about their expensive holiday and the girls were having a competition on who got the most fashionable designer clothes for Christmas, and at this point Joyce just wanted to be alone.
"I'm going to get some air" Joyce announced to his friends and left the kitchen. Daphne got up to follow him but he told her not to. It worked seeing as Daphne did anything he told her to. It was handy at first but now it was just getting ridiculous.
Joyce walked back into the main room and out onto the balcony. He took out a packet of cigarettes from his pocket and lit one up. He hadn't had a smoke all day and this moment felt like heaven to him.
"I wish I'd brought cigarettes" He heard a voice say from beside him. Joyce jumped a little, he hadn't realized that he wasn't alone. He turned and saw a beautiful girl standing beside him. She had dark chestnut curls falling past her shoulders. She was wearing a chocolate colored gown that made her dark brown eyes stand out. She was very tanned for a New Yorker in winter and she seemed mesmerized by the city lights. She was holding a small bottle of scotch in her hand which Joyce found a little strange.
"Where'd you get the scotch?" Joyce asked, "Dan hates scotch, he'd never serve it at his party. I should know, I live with him."
"I always keep a spare bottle in my bag, just in case" The girl answered him.
"Your the first girl I've ever met who likes scotch" Joyce said slightly impressed at the girl before him.
"It's my dad's favorite drink. He practically lives off it. Only alcohol you can find in our house" the girl told him. She turned to look at him and smiled. He was very handsome. He had dark black hair and mystical blue eyes that seemed very easy to get lost in. She smiled at him, Taylor sure knew who she'd be kissing at midnight.
"Wanna switch" she asked him referring to the cigarette and the scotch. He nodded with a smirk. He sipped her scotch as she took a long puff of his cigarette.
"I love scotch" he whispered.
"Is Dan a strict dad?" Taylor asked him conversationally.
"He's not my dad, I just live with him" Joyce said.
"Is Serena your mom?" she asked him. He shook his head.
"My mom died a few years after I was born. She was friends with Serena and asked her to raise me" Joyce said.
"I'm sorry" Taylor said.
"It's okay, I'm used to telling people that story" Joyce said looking out at the city.
"I'm sure that doesn't include strangers though" Taylor said taking another puff of his cigarette.
"That's true, but I don't normally share cigarettes and scotch with strangers either" He said turning back to look at her again, she looked very familiar but very unique at the same time. He thought she looked like a younger version of Mrs Archibald, but there was something different about her face. She truly was a beautiful girl. For some reason, maybe out of impulse, he told her that. She blushed a little but smiled at him. She really did look like Mrs Archibald, only she was much more beautiful. The resemblance was uncanny though.
She was about to say something to him but her phone rang from her bag. She took it out and started reading a message she'd just received. Joyce just watched her as she replied to the sender.
"I've gotta go tell Serena something but I'll be back" Taylor said to him and walked back inside, leaving the mystery boy waiting for her.
She scanned the room for the famous blond actress. She finally spotted he talking to a woman with the exact same chestnut colored hair as her. Taylor knew who she was, she'd seen pictures of her before but it hadn't actually hit her that they were in the same room for the first time in seventeen years. She walked towards the two women but stopped about two meters away. Serena noticed her and excused herself from the conversation so she could talk to Taylor.
"He's here" Taylor informed her. Serena nodded and went to meet up with him but Taylor stopped her.
"That woman your talking to, is that my..." Taylor couldn't finish the question. Serena nodded unsure of what to make of this.
"She hasn't changed since your graduation, I've my dad's old yearbook" Taylor told Serena.
"Why don't you go back to the balcony, I'll tell your father where you are" Serena said. Taylor nodded and walked away. Serena turned around only to go face to face with Blair.
"Who was that?" Blair asked suspiciously. Serena started brainstorming on a way to make Blair completely forget what she'd just asked her.
"Chuck's here" she said to her best friend.
"Bass?" Blair asked, Serena's trick clearly had worked.
"Do you know any other Chuck?" Serena said to her and walked away to meet up with the man who once was her step-brother.
"What's going on?" Nate said to his wife as he joined her only seconds after Serena had left.
"Chuck's here" Blair said angrily.
"Bass?" Nate asked.
"Do you know any other Chuck?" Blair replied with Serena's answer and ran after her best friend. Nate followed her, eager to see the man for the first time in seventeen years. Blair called out after Serena trying to stop her but once they'd reached the hall it was to late. Serena was standing outside the open elevator doors and Blair saw him step out. He was as handsome as he had been last time she'd seen him. He looked like he hadn't shaved in a while but he still looked gorgeous. His hair was combed to one side and he was wearing an expensive looking navy suit.
"Hey Chuck!" Serena exclaimed and hugged the man before her.
"S, good to see you off screen for once" Chuck said to her in his low seductive voice. It hadn't changed at all.
"I'm surprised you've seen any of my movies" Serena said slightly impressed that he bothered.
"Only the porno ones" Chuck said with a smirk and Serena slapped him playfully on the arm.
"Well look who's back in New York" Nate said from beside Blair.
"Nathaniel, long time no see" Chuck said walking over to his old best friend and shaking his hand. Chuck turned to look at the goddess standing beside Nate.
"Waldorf, or should I say Archibald now" Chuck said, his previous smirk wiping of his face.
"Chuck" Blair said through gritted teeth.
"How about we go inside, catch up on everything" he said to everyone but kept his eyes on Blair. The four of them entered the room, Blair lingering behind the other three.
"Chuck Bass, it's been a while" Dan said joining the past foursome.
"Daniel" Chuck said nodding towards Dan, neither of them really liked each other but they'd learned to respect each other and act civil.
"So tell us about California" Nate said to Chuck. Blair didn't want to hear about Chuck's successful life in California so she walked away to find some one that could distract her.
Chuck told Nate and Serena about his life and his job, he told them everything excluding his daughter of course. After half an hour of talking he excused himself and went to get himself a drink.
"What are you doing here?" Blair asked walking up to him.
"Well I'm parched" Chuck said wittily.
"I meant in New York" Blair said angrily. Chuck just smirked, he missed winding her up like this. Blair rolled her eyes at her former love.
"Nate tells me you named your first Archibald offspring Audrey, when I asked why he said you told him that you first born daughter's name had to be Audrey because that's how things were supposed to be" Chuck said starting a conversation Blair didn't want to get into.
"Well, I wanted to erase my previous mistakes and doing things right was the way to do it" Blair said to him. She was trying her best not to let him get to her.
"Yes well your previous mistake is out on the balcony. Would you like to meet her?" Chuck said. Blair was speechless.
"But...I made Serena bring her to an orphanage, even I didn't know where she was! Did you hire a private investigator?" Blair said even more angrily than before.
"No, just Dan Humphrey. You didn't honestly expect Serena to keep this from her other half" Chuck said. Blair was outraged. She didn't know who she was angrier at, Serena for telling Dan where she'd sent Taylor or Chuck for secretly bringing her to California with him.
"So, what's she like?" Blair asked. She wasn't sure what else to say to him except that.
"Me" Chuck answered, "she looks like you though. Made it kind of hard to raise her, I mean every time she smiled..." Chuck trailed off. Blair looked down, she knew she'd hurt Chuck in the past, in fact it had only hit her now that that last time they had seen each other they were fighting.
"I'm going to check on her. If you want to talk to her that's fine, but I told her everything so don't be surprised if it takes her time" Chuck said to Blair.
"Everything?" Blair said. He just nodded and walked towards the balcony.
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Taylor had been talking to Joyce for a long while now. She still didn't know his name but she liked him, he was nice and funny. They'd just been standing there smoking and drinking scotch while switching stories about California and New York. Joyce felt a little tipsy at this point, he didn't know whether it was because she was beautiful of because of the scotch but he turned to the mystery girl and asked "Will you kiss me at midnight?" Taylor smiled seductively.
"Why wait till midnight?" she said and kissed him deeply. He tasted like scotch and cigarettes but then again so did she. Their kiss got deeper and deeper. She was very talented at this, another talent she'd inherited from her father. Joyce was quite skilled as well but Taylor had had better, she'd just never admit it to him. The kiss was good but they heard the balcony door open behind them. They broke apart and turned to see who it was. Taylor's father stood their smirking at his daughter and her mystery man.
"Daddy! This is..." Taylor began until she realized that she still didn't know his name.
"Joyce" Joyce informed the two. Taylor smiled at her dad.
"Always use protection" Chuck said to them and went back into the main room. Taylor blushed a little and Joyce laughed.
"Your dad is awesome" Joyce said to her.
"I know" Taylor said smugly.
"So you know my name, what's yours?" Joyce asked her. Taylor decided to play a little game with him. She winked at him and followed her father into the main room. Joyce tagged along behind her. Taylor walked to over to one of the waiters to get a drink, Joyce followed her but was stopped by Mrs Van Der Woodsen, or Jenny as she preferred it.
Jenny and Eric had started dating a few months after he had decided he wasn't gay. At this point the whole Upper East Side had forgotten about it.
"Joyce, have you seen Eric?" Jenny asked the teenage boy.
"No sorry" Joyce said impatiently.
"Well if you see him can you tell him I'm looking for him?" Jenny said. Joyce nodded and ran after Taylor.
Jenny turned back around to the man she was talking to.
"So you were saying you're a private investigator" Jenny said to him.
"Yes, I've worked on a case for at least five people in this room" the man said to Jenny.
"Have you ever worked for Bart Bass in the past because my husband told me that Bart had a few PIs" Jenny said to the man.
"I haven't worked for Bart Bass but I recognize the name" he said.
"He was very well-known. He was in a car crash in 2008" Jenny said to the PI.
"Oh yes I found out who murdered him" the PI said remembering the case.
"He was murdered?" Jenny asked curiously.
"Yes by Georgina Sparks. She got a hit man to crash into Bart's limo about twenty-three years ago" the PI told her. He then realized his mistake and added "But you don't know this!" Jenny just stared at him in shock.
"Jen" some one said from behind her making her jump. She turned around to see her husband standing behind her.
"Jake wants to introduce his girlfriend to the family" Eric told his beloved wife. Jake was Dan and Serena's youngest offspring. He'd just started high school and he was very loyal to his family so it was only normal that he wanted them to meet his new girlfriend first. The Van Der Woodsen couple walked over to where Serena and Dan and the other Humphrey children and Van Der Woodsen children were standing.
"Well guys" Jake began. He was blond like his mother but he had all his father's features.
"I called you all here because I want you to meet my new girlfriend" he said to his family.
"Well go on, we're all dying to know" his older sister Valerie said to him sarcastically. Valerie was very much like her mother in personality, but she had her father's dark hair and brown eyes.
"Okay everyone, meet my girlfriend" Jake said, "Phoebe Sparks."
Jenny smiled awkwardly. She didn't know whether to say something or to just smile and nod like the rest of them. She wasn't the only one who was speechless. Serena had raised her eyebrows and let her jaw drop a little.
Phoebe had come to join her open armed boyfriend. She looked like her mother in many ways only instead of having Georgina's bright blue eyes she had tropical hazel ones. Some of her facial features were different from Georgina's. Her nose was shaped differently and her chin was longer, probably inherited from her father, whoever he was. The parents just watched as the kids congratulated their brother or cousin. Dan and Serena glanced at each other worriedly.
"So Mom, Dad what do you think?" Jake asked addressing his parents. Serena didn't answer. She knew if she did she'd wouldn't be able to stop herself from saying everything Georgina had done to her.
"She seems very nice" Dan said knowing exactly what his wife was feeling.
"Hello, hello. What's happening here" Chuck said joining the tension-filled family.
"Chuck, where's Taylor?" Serena said pretending that the last five minutes never happened.
"Oh she's off making out with some boy called Joyce" Chuck said simply like it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"Joyce?" Dan repeated a little surprised. Chuck nodded.
"Oh dear lord" Dan said to himself and went towards the balcony, Chuck followed him wondering why the over-reaction.
"What's so bad about Joyce" Chuck asked suddenly feeling a little worried for his daughter.
"He's my adoptive son, very close to the Archibald daughters. Nate loves him, he's always giving him advice on love" Dan said. They both knew what this meant. If Joyce talked to Nate he was bound to find out who Taylor's father was, or even worse, who her mother was. The two concerned father's scanned the room to find the couple. They spotted the two standing beside each other, both with a drink in hand. Taylor had a champagne flute while Joyce had a small bottle of scotch.
"Where'd he get that scotch?" Dan thought out loud.
"Taylor" Chuck mumbled cynically. He knew only his daughter would bring a bottle of scotch to a New Year's party. The two men started to walk across the room to their children.
Blair and Serena started tapping a champagne flute with a fork to grab everyone's attention.
"Everybody, there's only ten seconds to go" Blair said putting an arm around Nate as Serena searched the room for Dan.
"Nine..."
Dan and Chuck rushed past a group of middle-aged women neither of them knew.
"Eight..."
One after the other, they elbowed their way through the people counting down.
"Seven, six, five..."
The two were getting closer but it seemed like the nearer they got, the more people got in their way.
"Three, two..."
They were nearly there.
"One. Happy New Year!" Everyone without some one to kiss called out. Chuck and Dan finally reached their children only to see them both kissing for New Year's. The couple broke apart laughing from all the alcohol. They turned to see their fathers watching them in shock. Dan sighed in relief, at least Joyce hadn't found Nate yet. Dan checked to see if Nate had seen them only to see him and Blair kissing each other like all happily married people do. From the corner of his eyes Dan spotted Chuck watching them too, he thought he saw a sad glint in Chuck's eyes but it went away before he could make sure of it.
"Dan?" Joyce brought Dan's attention back to the tipsy teenagers.
"You're not allowed speak to Nate Archibald about this one" Dan said to the boy he had learned to love like a son. Joyce gave him a questioning look but Dan just gave him a warning glance and walked away to find Serena and apologize for not being there when the ball dropped. Chuck was still entranced by the sight of Mr and Mrs Archibald in love. Taylor noticed this. She knew what he was looking at and she knew who they were and what Chuck felt about them. She gave her father a hug and whispered "It's gonna be a good year Daddy."
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Hey people! GGJr here, I've come to tell you what I witnessed at the Humphrey party. Little Jake Humphrey introduced his darling Pheebs to his darling family. The parentals didn't seem to thrilled to meet her though? Could it have anything to do with her mommy dearest?
Joyce Lifton/Humphrey was spotted making out countless of times with mystery girl. Rumor has it she's from California. She looked a lot like Mrs Archibald. I wonder why that is. Speaking of the Upper East Side's favorite mommy, you'll never guess who's back in town. It's B's former love Chuck Bass. We've all heard of Bass industries, well he's the owner! I wonder if he has any connection with Joyce's California girl. One thing's for sure though, Daphne's not gonna be pleased to here this, so who's going down? Joyce? Cali Girl? Or both?
You know you love me
xoxo Gossip Girl Jr
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Did you like it? Want me to continue? I know it's very confusing but secrets are revealed throughout the story and everything will make more sense.
Anyway review please.
-Marina