A/N : So it has been awhile since i've been inspired to write a fic but i've recently gotten hooked to the show and so I thought i'd give it a shot. Based on the song by Matt White - Wait for Love. Please read and review, feedback is more than welcome! Enjoy! x

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Chapter 1: Prelude To A Kiss

Nate

"I'll wait, will you?"

Exhausted I collapsed on my bed, closing my eyes and rubbing my temples, trying to get that memory out of my head. The way she had looked at me when I said those words; shaking her head, her voice saying one thing but her eyes another. We had been friends for so long, I knew her better than anyone, I knew she hadn't meant what she'd said.

Obviously I didn't know her at all because the next thing I knew, she was gone. No explanations, no goodbyes.

What else was I meant to do but try to move on? Pretend like nothing happened. Pretend that I hadn't put my heart on the table and had it ripped apart. I had to get over her. But even as time passed, deep down I knew I was still waiting. Waiting for what, I didn't know anymore. Waiting for the impossible.

Blair and I were destined to be together. The perfect couple; the eventual union was a given. I knew I was lucky to have someone love me and trust me completely, but it didn't make me feel any better. If anything I felt guilty for having that, undeservedly. I loved her. But I wasn't in love with her. She was like the little sister I never had, the girl I would do anything to protect. She deserved better but I didn't have the courage to let her go, to be alone. Not since she left.

Fate had a funny way of messing with us. There would be no heartache in this world if the person we loved, loved us back; if we were programmed to share that unconditional love with one person and one person only. No complicated love triangles, no regrets, just smooth sailing and a lifetime of happiness. But it was never that easy.

And now she was back.

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Serena

"I didn't come back for you!"

Even now, the words sounded so cold. The hurt in his eyes, the way his body recoiled as I yelled those words.

I hated what we had become. I kept telling myself that it had been a mistake; the night at the wedding. But how long could I lie to myself? If it had just been a mistake, if I felt absolutely nothing for Nate, then why did I feel like this? Why did staying away, keeping my best friend happy, make me feel nothing but pain? Our roles in life had been etched in stone a long time before we were born and never did the happy ending involve a future for Nate and I, together.

Back then, I had no choice but to get away. Free my mind of those eyes, that smile, his touch. How that had backfired. If anything, boarding school had only made things worse. With no resolution, he was all I could think about before the guilt seeped in and I thought of Blair and her faith in us.

Now that I was back I had no choice but to make amends. I couldn't forget all the reasons I needed to get away in the first place. I wanted to be a better person. The past was the past.

This was my new beginning.