"Cheers to you, sis. We're family now." Chuck said, raising his champagne glass at Serena.
She rolled her eyes in response. We may be related by marriage now, but that doesn't make us any closer."
The two of them were standing on the balcony in their new home, the van der Woodsen-Bass mansion. They were looking down at the party they were having. Everyone seemed to be having tons of fun despite the fact that the two hosts were not there. Serena was clutching a champagne glass, careful not to spill any on her pale pink dress from Chloe. She knew Chuck was checking her out rather indiscreetly, but there wasn't anything she could do.
He leaned closer to her. "Well, do you want to get closer?" He said, whispering into her ear.
She wiped her ear instinctively. "I have a boyfriend, Chuck. And I thought you were still pining for Blair?" She asked, trying not to wince. Blair and Chuck. Now that was just weird.
Chuck's smirk faded when Serena mentioned Blair's name. "Nah, I'm over that girl. She's got more tricks up her sleeves than I do. She's back with Nathaniel now, I'm not going to get in the way." He shook his glass around, the ice clinking in his signature scotch.
Serena smirked at him. "Aw, now aren't you sweet, Chuck. At least I know you're considerate about…hmm, let's see." She counted off the tips of her fingers. "Two people."
Chuck shrugged. "Speaking of the people we care about, what about you? Where's your boyfriend? If you can even call him that."
Serena frowned. "Hey, insult me all you want but don't insult Dan. Speaking of, I'm going to go find him now." She started walking to the grand stairway, her pale grey satin pumps tapping on the marble.
Chuck followed at her heels. "I'll come with you. Do you think we can get all our closest friends into one room so we can properly thank them for coming? Three quarters of the people that are here I don't even know their names."
Serena laughed. "You mean the girls that you previous slept with that are jealous that I'm your stepsister now?"
Chuck stopped walking. "At least you're acknowledging that you are my family now, sis. And yes, I don't particularly want to see those whores on this important night."
Serena wrinkled her nose but eventually got everyone into the guest bedroom that nobody used. The shelves were filled with many, many books that Bart and Lily probably never had a chance to read, and Chuck probably wasn't able to read, and Serena was too lazy to read.
Serena smiled at Blair, grateful that she wasn't mad about Chuck (who was her former flame) becoming her stepbrother. Blair was wearing a brown tunic over a pair of white shorts, and a pair of white platform sandals. Nate was behind her, but they weren't touching. Kati and Isabel were sitting on the loveseat, texting Gossip Girl, of course.
Weird, Serena thought. She thought Blair and Nate had gotten back together. Next to Nate was Dan, who was smiling at her, although he hated the fact that she now lived under the same roof as Chuck Bass. And as always, tagging behind Dan were Vanessa and Jenny. Erik was sitting on the lounge chair, yawning that he had to be here when he was already part of the family.
"I would like to thank everyone for coming, and you know I never thank people, but I am truly happy that the new van der Woodsen-Bass family has been created. So cheers to that." He raised his champagne glass, and downed it all in one gulp.
Everyone else stared in disgust but then took a sip of their champagne too. After an hour or so of chatting, Blair got bored and wanted to go out and dance.
Blair couldn't stand having to be in a room with both Nate and Chuck. Chuck had decided to stop getting together until she broke up with Nate, but she couldn't do that. But then Nate found out about her and Chuck, and they were history. So here she was standing in a room with two boys who were still very much filled with angst about her. She wanted to go. And dance. Be free. And not judged by the two guys she knew too well.
She attempted to open the door, but the doorknob wouldn't budge. She asked Dan to try it, since he was the closest one next to her, but it wouldn't move either.
"Serena! Help me unlock the door…your mansion has such complicated locking systems." Blair whined.
Serena walked over and attempted to undo it. "I can't. Someone's locked it from the outside."
Hi guys, gossip girl here.
So from what I heard from my trustworthy sources, B, N, J, E, C, V, D, K, I, and S are all locked in a bedroom together in S and C's new McMansion. Who has the key? And how long will they stay in there until they are rescued by a knight in shining armor?
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