Author: SkyTate20

Title:Coming Back Home

Summary:After a year of being away, Bridge comes back in town to his old life. Unlucky for him, he'll find out that everything has changed, even his boundaries with his best friend. An admirer will help him getting back to business (Based on Gossip Girl)

Author Note: Believe it or not, but "Gossip Girl" has become my new guilty pleasure (I know it's scary!) but I actually I found in it a good idea for a great story. I hope you will like it as much as I do!

Chapter 1

Bridge Carson is Back in Town

Newteck City can be a great place to live in. I said "can" for a good reason: if you're the normal type of guy who attends a regular school, maybe everything can be ok for you. But think about this: what if you are a regular type of guy or girl, who had won a great scholarship, and has to attend a school full of the most spoilt people you ever met? That's what happened to Skyler William Joseph Tate or Sky for everybody. Being just a 16 years old boy who had won a huge scholarship was a blast for him, but when his father told him what he wanted him to do with it, his life could be described as ended. On top of it, he had to use half of it to pay for his sister Krista's enrollment.

The day he arrived in town with his sister after spending two weeks with his mother in New York he found himself dragging both his and his sisters' suitcases along the main hall of the train station, looking around for his father Wesley: their parents decided to divorce years before and, since Jen, their mother, was always busy with work, she decided to send them living with their father, since he was a "retired" musician "Krista, put that damn phone away and help me look around for dad…" she rolled her eyes as he shook his head: while he was ok being the way he was, she was fighting hard to get a place with the important people of Newteck High, even if that meant doing the worse for them "here he is…" the girl said making him snapping out from his thoughts.

She was right: Wes was running toward them smiling "Hey guys! How mum's doing?" "GOOD!" both of them answered quickly leaving the man confused "with good you mean –I didn't the right thing leaving the city- or –thank God I left that man- ?" Sky and Krista looked at each other: they knew he was still in love with mum, but there's no way she was going to come back. She loved being covered in money, and he loved his music. That was why they divorced "ehm… Dad? We're kind of hungry." Sky said hoping that his father would leave along that conversation and carried on. Apparently it worked, since he saw the man nodded and helping him with Krista's bag. He sighed and started walking slowly, still looking around at the people around him. Suddenly, he stopped. He couldn't believe who he was looking at: Bridge Michael Carson, the love of his life. He was the only one who he ever admired between everybody that went at his school. Even if he was rich as them, he wasn't arrogant at all. He actually was lovely, funny and everything good you could find in someone.

There just was a little problem: Bridge didn't even know who Sky was. Sky was so in love with him, but never found the guts to admit it. It wasn't a problem being gay for him, since everybody knew it and it obviously brought ups and downs in his live. The problem was where they came from: Bridge from the richest part of the city and family, and Sky not. He shook his head and walked away, following his father and sister. He didn't saw behind him a girl looking at Bridge with her mouth opened shocked. Everybody knew the boy, but nobody knew where he has been in the last year. So she did the only thing she could: taking a photo of the boy with her phone and texting everybody in her school the news on the day: Bridge Carson was back in town…

Within 10 minutes, everybody who attended the school knew that Bridge was back. Even Sidney Drew, his ex-best friend. She looked down shocked at her mobile screen and paled. Why he was back? Was he back for her boyfriend? Everybody knew that Flynn liked Bridge, but Sid came first to him and asked him out. The guy, reluctantly, accepted. From that moment they were dating, and nothing had gone wrong once, since now. She exited slowly her bedroom and started looking around for him. As she walked along the many corridors her house had, she saw her guests looking at their mobile with the same expression she had. She rolled her eyes angry. She then spotted Flynn at the end of a corridor and grabbed him by his arm and dragged the confused boy back to her room "Sidney what are you-" He was stopped by the girl's lips on his own, as he was pushed toward the bed in the middle of the room "take a wild guess Flynn…" the boy smiled as both begun undressing. Sid was still thinking about Bridge: if he was back for Flynn, this was probably going to stop him for good.

Half an hour, Bridge arrived at Sid's house with a taxi. He smiled at the idea of seeing his best friend again. He entered the gate seeing many people from his school in the garden and smiled at them. What he didn't understand was why everyone turned the other way when he entered. Shaking his head, he made his way inside the huge hose and saw his mother talking with other women "Mum!" at that, the woman turned and saw his son running toward him "Bridge! I thought I was going to see you at the hotel" "I couldn't wait! I really want to see him… wait a minute, where is he?" his mother glared at him "he's not here stop it. Now go with your friends" she said coldly and turned back to her friends. He looked at his mother colder than her: Maya Carson didn't want her big secret being discovered. He walked away from her and started looking for Sidney, avoiding the shocked looks he was receiving from everybody. Apparently, being away for a year had made that impact.

He turned one last corner and came face to face with Flynn. His memory suddenly flew to that night. Lucky for him, Sidney came out from a room in the same moment he saw Flynn making his way toward him. He sighed as he saw his best friend looking at him "I missed you so much girl!" he said hugging her tightly. The girl, however, didn't hug him back but Bridge didn't notice it "I'd like to stay but I'm really tired. I'll see you tomorrow at school" he said and kissed the girl cheek before running away. Sid glared at him: apparently he was back, and he wasn't planning to go away again.

Next morning, in the Tate's loft, the family was having breakfast and Wes held up a Rolling Stone magazine, where an article with the best rock band of the 90s where "I'm at 9th place! How cool is that??" he looked at his children's faces and, where he didn't saw any trace of emotion, he threw away the magazine and looked at what his daughter was doing "what are those cards?" the girl suddenly smile proud of herself "these are invites of a party some people are going to put up tonight. A girl saw my handwriting and said if I did these I was invited" Sky rolled his eyes at her "you know that they're only using you right?" Wes said "don't start it again dad! If it was for you both of us would be nobody!" she said exasperated as she got up and walked out from the house slamming the door. Sky got up and followed her but, before he was out, he turned to his dad "don't worry dad, I don't care about being a nobody. I'm happy with it" he saw his father nodding slowly from the corner of his eyes as he shut the main door.

On the other side of the town, Flynn was waiting outside Bridge's hotel for him "Flynn?" he turned and saw the boy in front of him "what are you doing here?" he looked into Bridge's eyes and got lost in them, as always "you rushed out from the house yesterday…" Bridge got where he was going to go and stopped him "I'm sorry, I have to get ready for school before it's late-" "Bridge-" "NO!" the boy shouted angry "I'm not back for you. Sid is my best friend, and she loves you. Things have to be like they are. Nothing else" He said before running inside the hotel, leaving an heartbroken Flynn beside him…

So! Do you like it? You don't? either way, let me know what you think please!