AN: This fic starts late during Season 1 (by the TV show). I have done a lot of research and tried to keep references as close to what they should be (according to the TV show) but I used book-series references or made things up where I couldn't find TV show references. Eric (Is the real spelling 'Eric', or 'Erik'? seems to think it's 'Erik', Google says 'Eric') is 15 at the start of this story, and in his Freshman year at St. Jude's School. I based his age on him being the same age as Jenny, who was 15 in Season 1 according to Wikipedia. Everything that happens from here on out is poetic license - I'm not basing everything on the actual events of the TV-show. Enjoy! =)
Warnings: This is a slash. That means boys doing perverted things to other boys. Not clear enough? Then you are a dumbass! THERE IS HOMOSEXUAL ACTIVITY IN THIS STORY! Consider yourself warned. Also, there is an OC in one of the lead roles, but he's cool… You'll like him ;-P
Disclaimer: I do not own Gossip Girl or any of the associated characters or trademarks. I do not, in any way, intend to breach copyright laws by using this story to make a profit. The content of this story, however, is my own original work. Also don't own Drop Dead, Gorgeous; the band, only the albums.
Can't Fight Biology
Spotted: Euro-heartthrob Adrian Austerlitz-Fuerst; the son of German Hotel Tycoon, Adowolf Austerlitz; moving to the Upper East Side. 994 Fifth Avenue. Hey, isn't that S's address? Xoxo, Gossip Girl.
Eric was in the elevator on the way down from their penthouse when he got the text. It being a Monday morning, Serena was running late and Eric had agreed to meet Jenny so they could ride to school together. When he reached the lobby - still reading the text on his cell phone - Eric walked headlong into… he looked up, quickly apologising.
"Crap, sorry!" It was the guy in the picture on his cell phone screen. Adrian Austerlitz-Fuerst. "Hey, you're Adrian, right?"
The teen standing in front of him - he looked just a bit older than Eric - was tall and skinny. He had pale, vanilla skin and relatively long, shiny dark brown hair. His eyes were a bright, crystal blue and his perfect, lean-but-plump lips had morphed into a confused half-smile. "I am… Uh, how did you know?"
"Long story" Eric said quickly, a blush rising to his cheeks. "It's an Upper East Side thing" He showed the boy, Adrian, the text he'd just received in explanation.
"I don't understand. Someone sent you a text to say I was here?" the blue-eyed boy asked, even more confused.
"Gossip Girl sent me a text to say you're here" Eric corrected, smiling genuinely. Naturally, Adrian didn't know who, or what Gossip Girl was. "She - it's - a tabloid site. She knows basically everything about everyone who's anyone on the Upper East Side… S is my sister, Serena, Gossip Girl's favourite topic"
"I see" Adrian said, his smile suddenly increasing in size. "So I'm a 'Euro-heartthrob'?"
"Apparently" Eric laughed, causing the other boy to blush before laughing lightly as well. "Well, I've got to get to school" he added, indicating his uniform and backpack.
"See you around, then" Adrian said, smiling. He got into the elevator and flashed one last smile before the door closed and he disappeared.
Spotted: Adrian meets not S, but E in the lobby - and we could all see sparks flying… This is going to be fun! Xoxo, Gossip Girl.
Eric read the text which came before he'd even reached the doors. He smiled slightly to himself as he walked to the corner to meet Jenny.
"O. M. G." Jenny exclaimed as soon as Eric was in earshot. "Did you see him? How effing hot is he?"
The pair got into the limo which had been waiting. "Check your phone…" Eric said, pulling a tongue at his friend playfully - she obviously hadn't read the second text yet. She did.
"Shut up!" She basically screamed. "No effing way! You MET him?"
"There's a photo to prove it, Jen" Eric said and she looked down at her phone to make sure it was really Eric in the photo.
"And?" She asked, Eric caught what she meant.
"He seems nice? I don't know?" Jenny didn't know yet that Eric was gay, and to make things even more awkward, she very recently started dating the guy Eric had been 'seeing' since he was at the Ostroff centre. Asher.
Adrian made his way up to his suite - the second penthouse, which had its own elevator. Adjacent his elevator was another, the gold plate on the wall beside it revealing it to be the home of the 'van der Woodsens'. He got his phone out as he got onto the elevator going up to his suite and Googled first 'van der Woodsen' and then 'Gossip Girl'. The two terms, as it would turn out, were linked. Serena van der Woodsen was the mystery-boy from earlier's sister, and Gossip Girl - the tabloid site - had her name all over it. The latest post was about him (Adrian) meeting the boy in the lobby - "E". He subscribed quickly, this could come in handy.
"Great stuff" Adrian said quietly to himself. "I'm famous already. So much for a quiet life away from the media…"
As he'd requested, the apartment had been furnished by the movers already when he arrived and his butler was waiting for him when he got there. The butler was holding his school uniform on a hanger. It matched the boy, E's uniform. 'Naturally' he thought, laughing softly.
"Good morning sir" the old man said respectfully, bowing. "Here is your school uniform. I have arranged for a car to be dropped off for you. The school's location has been programmed into the navigation system inside"
Adrian refused to be driven around in a limousine all the time, preferring to drive himself places, and had given his father a list of his ideal cars to highlight this point. His father had, he was happy to discover, taken the hint.
So, having found his apartment to be in order, Adrian changed into his uniform - accessorising with a few black bands and a steel-studded cuff on one arm - and made his way down to the street again. The car that was waiting for him was an Aston Martin Vanquish S, metallic charcoal. It had been at the top of his list. He smiled to himself before taking the keys from the valet and getting in. A girl across the street had, he noticed, snapped a picture of him on her cell phone. A moment later, he felt his phone vibrate in his back pocket.
Spotted, again! Adrian - 'A' from here on out - leaving his building in a familiar uniform… Watch this space. I definitely smell a story in the making with this one! Xoxo, Gossip Girl.
The latest text arrived very shortly after Eric and Jenny arrived at school and Jenny basically gasped in excitement, in full view of the other couple of hundred people in the area who had received the text.
"Jenny, shhh!" Eric warned, as a few people looked over at them.
"He.. He's coming HERE!" She said excitedly, typing furiously. "And I just checked his profile - Gossip Girl just uploaded it - he's seventeen. A Junior. The same age as Blair and Nate. Perfect!"
"Jenny… Don't get ahead of yourself here. You're dating Asher, remember?" Eric pointed this out, even though he really didn't want to. It would suit him just fine if her and Asher weren't together.
"I'm not actually gonna go after him! I'm allowed to look, aren't I?"
Minutes later, a sleek charcoal Aston Martin pulled up the school's drive and into the small parking lot where very few of the students actually parked. Most people were driven to school in chauffeured town cars or limo's.
The boy who got out of the car, slipping off his sunglasses and swinging a backpack loosely over one shoulder, had basically the entire student body's attention in a split second. Everyone's phone vibrated and no one checked them. They all knew what the text would be about.
The tall, pale boy surveyed the courtyard and, spotting Eric, started to walk over.
"Hey" he said, addressing Eric with an ice-melting smile. "Long time no see?"
Eric hadn't noticed before, but he had a very slight accent. It was incredibly hot. Eric went red again. "Yeah, I'm still sorry about that. I should watch where I'm walking…"
"It's fine. Actually, good. It saved me the trouble of not knowing anyone at my new school. That's always rather awkward… So, I didn't get your name earlier?"
"Oh. Yes. Um, Eric" the blonde stammered. Jenny was slowly returning to her normal colour, and her mouth was no longer hanging open.
"Pleased to, officially, meet you" Adrian said, that half-smile reappearing. "And you are?" this was directed at Jenny.
"I'm Jenny. It's great to meet you, Adrian. I hope you like New York" Jenny would probably have carried on yacking for ages if Blair hadn't suddenly appeared, shoving both Jenny and Eric out of her way.
"Hi, I'm Blair… Waldorf. You must be Adrian. Would you like me to show you around?" Blair asked quickly with her horrid, fake smile plastered on.
"Um. No. I was actually just talking to Jenny and Eric here…" He replied, indicating the two who were watching the exchange silently, looking almost scared. Obviously, Adrian didn't know Constance/St Jude's, or Blair Waldorf. "Do you mind?"
Blair simply looked at Adrian, confused as all hell at the idea of anyone addressing her so, and stomped off - looking pissed and very undignified. Jenny and Eric both started laughing when she was out of earshot.
"You're brave" Eric stated, once his laughing abated. "That was Blair Waldorf… No one talks to her like that and gets away with it"
Spotted: B gets a cold shoulder from the Upper East Side's new spicy boy-toy, A. That never happens. Told you to watch this space, didn't I? Xoxo, Gossip Girl.
AN: So. That was chapter one. There was no lemon, I know. I'm doing the whole character development thing. You can expect some lemon in chapter two, though… Also, I'm keeping the rating down for now, for publicity reasons...
Review, and tell me if you like where this is going… seriously… It takes two minutes =P
The title of this chapter is the name of an awesome 'Drop Dead, Gorgeous' song.
P.S. - Current pairings are as follows.
Eric/Asher and Jenny/Asher. The E/A pairing happens a smidgy-bit later. Got that? (^^,)