A/N ok so this is my first attempt at fanfic. Infact it's the first thing i've written in 5 years. So constructive criticism please, but don't be too harsh. Ive taken a big chunk of this from the actual show (this occurs season 2 obviously) but tried to put my own spin on it regarding the characters. I know not much happens but im trying to set it up. And in my world, the thieving cow doesnt get her paws on the most important item ever to appear on GG! I know no-one really ships these guys anymore because its over but i've wanted to write something for ages and i can't fall out of love with them! Warning: Don't get your hopes up. Nate does not appear in this chapter. we'll get to him later!

Disclaimer I do not own any part of gossip girl - i mean, i bought the box set but that doesn't count.

Is it too late?

It was thanksgiving and Jenny and Vanessa were stood in the middle of the loft having a heart to heart as everyone bustled around in the kitchen trying to get some sort of dinner ready.

"Look, I'm really sorry about Nate." Jenny was the first to speak. "I mean, if it's any consolation, I don't think he ever really liked me anyway. I mean, I haven't heard from him in weeks. So… " she finished in a resigned voice. She hoped Vanessa hadn't picked up on that. The last thing she wanted was for V to know how much it hurt her that Nate hadn't contacted her at all since the night of the guerrilla fashion show.

'That's just what Nate said about Jenny' Vanessa thought 'So is it just a case of wires getting crossed and they both still want each other? Or did they just not care about each other enough to talk? Well Nate had asked Vanessa to meet up with him so he obviously felt it was just a kiss in the heat of the moment and he didn't have any true feelings for Jenny, so maybe she would go out with him after all…' She gave Jenny a sad smile "Well our friendship is more important than some guy right? So lets just eat some turkey and put it behind us. K?" She questioned. "Okay" the younger girl replied, moving forward to hug her oldest friend. "I missed you" she added as their arms wrapped round each other. "I missed you too" replied Vanessa.

"I call dibs on mashed potatoes!" Vanessa called out as the two disentangled and made their way to the kitchen to offer their help in preparing dinner.

"Oh Jen, your mails been piling up." Dan remembered and slid a large stack of mail towards his sister. "It's mostly catalogues, but still, you should sift through it.

"Okay" Jenny smiled a thanks at her brother and picked up the rather heavy pile.

"Before you get going on that" Rufus interrupted "you care to help me find the marshmallows?" he gave his daughter a big smile, he knew how she loved them on her sweet potatoes and he was rewarded with a massive grin back in return. "Absolutely! I'm just going to put these out of the way first, my arms are about to drop off" she laughed, taking the letters into her room and dumping them in the middle of her bed, then she returned to the kitchen. "Right, Marshmallows!" she squealed. She really did love them!

Later that night Jenny was stood by the kitchen sink, washing up, and had Dan stood beside her with a tea-towel. Rufus was currently in his bedroom strumming some chords on his guitar. He always had inspiration for a song after a visit from Lily. She and Eric had joined them for dinner but had now gone home to see if they could find Serena before thanksgiving was over. Vanessa had left just 10 minutes ago; her sister Ruby had picked her up so they could go see their folks in Vermont. Not their favourite thing to do but they only did it a couple of times a year and together it was bearable: especially since they were expected to stay until the new year.

"So Jen" Dan broke the silence that had enveloped the loft after everybody had left. "I'm glad you and Vanessa are friends again, I mean after what Nate-"

Jenny cut him off. "It wasn't Nate's fault Dan" she told her brother simply. "yeah, it was about Nate but I knew what I was doing OK, it just sort of happened, neither of us meant it to, and anyway, I kissed him first so you can't really blame him for this."

"Yeah but Jen, you're only 15, Nate's older, he should know better, and he was living under our roof, he took advantage of you!" Dan really wanted his sister to understand his anger at his former best friend.

Jenny didn't want to talk about this right now, especially not with Dan, he had his opinions and he stuck to them, he always thought he was right. "Yeah Dan, exactly! I'm 15, it's not like I'm a kid. Look can we not talk about this. It was weeks ago, whatever happened is over" she sighed as sadness flickered across her face "I repaired my relationship with V and I'm really happy that I did, maybe you should think about doing the same with Nate!" She turned back to the pots in the sink, a clear sign that the conversation was over, and carried on washing up in silence. As soon as Jenny had cleaned the last plate, she turned away and walked into her room without another word.

She shut the door and turned around about to flop onto her bed when she saw the mail strewn across it. Well nothing better than a mundane task to calm her down. She began to sift through it. Dan was right, it was mostly catalogues. She put them in a pile to look through at her leisure. Then she started looking through the letters, there was a couple from her bank, one from her mum; they liked writing to each other, it seemed more personal that way. Then there was one from….the rest of the letters fell from her hand as the butterflies were reawakened in her stomach.

"Nate?" she whispered.

A/N so the big question is. do i continue? would you read more? i know it isn't overly enticing you to carry on but i couldn't really think of a good place to stop it. plus its half two and i need sleep. Please Review.