A/N: Couldn't remember how much older Carter is then Serena so I made him 3 years older. Edited because Carter is 4 years older then Serena.

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Childhood

She's 5 and he' s 9. She's all giggles and blonde hair and pink ribbons. He's already decided he's above the playground games and sandbox sessions. When she approaches him he just keeps leaning against the slide, oblivious and indifferent.

"Hi." She says smiling broadly. "I'm Serena." He looks her up and down like he's seen the bad guys do in his favorite James Bond movies.

"Baizen. Carter Baizen." He replies like James Bond. She giggles.

"Chuck said that you won't play with us because you're too old." She says bluntly as only a child would. "But I told him that you'd play house with us." He pretends not to be interested but he can't help but admire her golden hair and ocean blue eyes. James Bond would have already swept her off her feet.

"House is for little kids." Carter replies and her face falls.

"But Nate has the chicken pox and Blair said I could be the mommy. Normally she gets to be the mom but she doesn't have anyone to play the daddy so she said I could be the mommy this time." Serena babbles on.

"Can't Bass be the daddy." He asks and her nose wrinkles.

"Chuck! Eew! He's got cooties!" In spite of himself Carter laughs. "Please." Her eyes are wide and pleading and she's biting her lower lip in a way that tells Carter she'll be trouble when she's older. He's watched a lot of James Bond and he knows a temptress when he sees one.

"I'm too old to play house but I'll make an exception for you doll." He says moving off the slide. She grabs his hand, her face lighting up into a wide smile.

"Oh, Carter!" She exclaims practically dragging him to where Blair and Chuck are arguing. "You're the coolest boy I know." She announces blushing before they join the bickering brunettes. Carter smiles in spite of himself.

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He's 11 and she's 7. He spots her first from across the park. Her nanny is flirting with some jogger and Serena is swinging on the swings. Carter hides his surprise under his jacket and marches over to her.

"Hello doll." He says and she smiles wide.

"Carter!" She exclaims jumping off the swing and hugging him. "Do you wanna play in the sandbox?" He smirks because she still loves the sandbox that he gave up years ago.

"I have a surprise for you." He tells her motioning with his head towards his hidden hands. "Do you wanna see it?" She nods excitedly, hoping it's a butterfly or a puppy.

He slowly moves his hands out and opens them. Serena screams because it is a gross, ugly frog and not a soft puppy or a beautiful butterfly.

"That's a horrible surprise Carter." She says scowling at him.

"Haven't you heard the fairy tale?" He asks her. She bites her bottom lip as she thinks and he can't help but wonder whether she will look like Ursula Andress when she grows up. Coming out of the sea in a white bikini.

"The Frog Prince?" She asks. He nods. "It's really a prince?" Carter nods again and her face lights up even more. "Blair says that every girl should have a prince."

"You should kiss it and he'll turn into a prince." Carter says moving the frog closer to her. She wrinkles her nose.

"I dunno I might get a wart." Serena says unsure.

"Those are toads this is a frog." Carter says matter of factually. She believes him because he is older and his eyes are sparkling at her.

"Okay." She closes her eyes tight and leans towards the squirming amphibian. Carter hesitates then throws the frog to the side and pressing his lips against hers like he's seen James Bond do a hundred times.

"Serena!" Her nanny has apparently struck out because she is barreling towards them. Serena stares at him wide eyed as she is pulled away.

"I told you the frog turned into a prince." Carter yells after her proudly. Serena raises her hand and touches her lips.

"You're no prince Carter Baizen." She calls.

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She's 9 and he's 13. It's Blair's 9th birthday and Carter has managed to sneak in. The theme is Audrey Hepburn and Carter wonders if Audrey was ever a Bond girl. He seriously doubts it.

After listening to Chuck Bass brag about having kissed Kati Farkas in the closet Carter tells him that Kati is waiting for him upstairs in Blair's room. Of course this is a lie because Blair is upstairs getting ready and Chuck nearly loses an eye when Blair throws her mother's eyebrow pencil at him. Carter smirks quietly to himself. Suddenly she is there with her hands on her hips and her head tilted to the side.

"Why did you trick Chuck?" She asks angrily. Chuck is her friend so of course she protects him.

"For a laugh." He replies leaning against the wall and sipping on his Coke, indifferent as ever.

"It's not very nice." She tells him as if he didn't already know it.

"Thanks mom." Carter replies, rolling his eyes. She pouts at him and he once again wonders if James Bond ever knew a girl like Serena Van der Woodsen.

"If I was your mother I'd spank you." She tells him with a toss of her blonde hair. He smiles delighted.

"I'll let you spank me even though you're not my mother." He offers with a wink and her mouth falls open.

"Carter Baizen!" She is astounded. "I'm never speaking to you again!" She storms away, stomping her feet.

"Doll, I'm going to marry you one day." He calls and she sends him a glare over her shoulder. He just smiles into his Coke because he really hopes she changes her mind.