"Bass Residence," Blair chirps into the phone.

"Hey B."

"Hey S," Blair smiles at hearing her best friend's voice, "you aren't calling to cancel our spa day are you."

"Blair you should check gossip girl."

Blair groans, "what now. Has CJ gotten into some sort of trouble, again?"

"Just check it Blair, if you can't remember Audrey's password I can give you Dani's."

Blair rushes to her laptop and flips it open, typing in the website address and inputting her daughter's password. HEPBURN. Blair gasps, "DOROTA," she screams. "I'll call you back S," she slams down the phone.

"DOROTA."

Dorota appears, "Miss. Blair, everything okay."

"Dorota what is this?"

What is it they say? Like mother like daughter, like father like son. AB and CJB will go down in history for this one. I could report about it but you know what they say, a picture is worth a thousand words.

Blair turns around and stares at Dorota, "Did Charles and Audrey have a party while Chuck and I were Paris for the weekend?"

"Yes, Miss Blair."

"Dorota how did you let this happen?"

"Miss. Audrey, she say go out, have fun. She say she have small get together with Miss. Dani. I think it be likes the one you through. I come home. Big mess. Penthouse trashed. I didn't tell you because I didn't want to upset you."

Blair glares at Dorota, "What did she offer you," Blair seethes.

Dorota looks down, "tickets to CATs on Broadway. Miss Blair you know how much I love CATs."

"You have been dismissed, Dorota."

Blair scrolls down the page quickly, cursing at her children under her breath. "Chuck, you need to come home right now," she barks into the phone.

"We need a united front on this Chuck," Blair says in between sips of her martini. "We need to ground them."

Chuck stirs his drink, "Blair, teenagers don't get grounded in the upper east side. That's ridiculous."

"Well then what do you expect we do?"

"What can we do? They had a party Blair, that's what teenagers do."

"They didn't just have a party. The place was trashed and they bribed Dorota." Blair puts her drink down hearing her daughters laugh, "They are here. Remember united front, Bass."

"I don't believe that happened, D. There is no way she could be that idiotic to fall for," Audrey halts her conversation with her best friend Daniella Van Der Woodson as she notices her father and mother sitting in the living room. "Dad, what are you doing home."

"Text CJ right now Audrey and please tell him to come home. Daniella your mother is waiting for you as well."

"Mom, D and I were going to study."

"Sure you were," Blair snaps. "Go up to your room, we will call you when your brother arrives."

"Dad," Audrey groans.

"Listen to your mother, Audrey."

"What do you think is going on," Dani says quietly as she and Audrey go out in the hall.

"I think they know about the party which means your mom knows as well. You better get out of here. I'll call you later," she gives her friend a hug.

Blair paces the room as both her children sit beside her. "Did you two have a party while your father and I were in Paris? Did you bribe Dorota to leave for the night?"

Audrey stares at her mother, "Why ask a question you already know the answer too?"

Chuck eyes his daughter, "Audrey, don't speak to your mother that way."

"Well obviously she knows, Dad."

"Well then you leave me no choice, you are both grounded."

"Grounded," CJ laughs, "are you fn serious? Come on we just had a party, it isn't a big deal."

"Charles Bass," Chuck snaps.

"Well it's true dad, besides neither of you have any room to talk."

"What are you talking about," Blair snaps.

"Come on mom, when you two were in high school dad ran a strip club and you stripped in it," Audrey eyes her mother cooly.

Blair laughs uncomfortably, "and you heard this from?"

"Gossip girl opened up the archives. Oh we read all about you two, Aunt S. and Uncle Nate. All the parties, the drugs, the sex. Goodness it was like an afterschool special," CJ smirks.

"So what give you the right to ground us for something both of you did when you were our age. I bet you guys never got grounded," Audrey argues.

Blair stares at her daughter. She was definitely a spitting image of her but there were definitely some things about that were all Chuck's DNA, "Well that is because your grandmother was never around to care. Go to your room," Blair yells.

"Mom, you can't ground us. Kiss on the Lips is next week. I'll have to cancel my date with Anderson and Valeria will take him. It'll be social suicide," Audrey pleads, "I'm so sorry," she glances at CJ, her eyes pleading for back-up, "We are sorry."

Blair sighs, "Your father and I will discuss it, now go to your room." Blair shifts her gaze to Chuck, "Thanks for your help, Chuck."

Chuck shrugs, "They are right. We can't ground them. As your baby said, it would be social suicide. I know the former queen B wouldn't inflict such a punishment on her daughter."

"There is no way I would allow my daughter to lose out to Valeria Sparks. Audrey is a sophomore this year. She could be queen next year if she plays her cards right, but at the same time we can't just let them get away with this."

"Blair we were allowed to do whatever we wanted, why should it be any different with them? I lived in a hotel for a majority of high school."

"But we did whatever we wanted because Bart and Eleanor didn't care. We told ourselves we were going to be different when he had children."

"We are different, Blair. The fact that we even found out they had a party makes us different," Chuck walks to the bar and fills up his glass, "I am going to restrict their access to the Limo for a few weeks and Dorota will not be picking up after either of them," Chuck takes a sip of his drink, "Are we in agreement?"

Blair nods, "I'll go talk to Audrey. Will you talk to your namesake."

xoxoxoxo

Blair knocks on her daughters door, "Audrey, can I come in?"

"Do I have a choice?"

Blair rolls her eyes, and takes a sip of her martini, "Your father and I decided that it would be fair to ground you but you will not be allowed to use the limo for the month and Dorota will not be following your orders as well as neither of the staff but you can go to Kiss on the Lips. No daughter of mine is going to lose her standing on my watch."

Audrey looks up, "Thanks mom."

Blair sits down next to her daughter, "Audrey, I think we need to get our facts straight."

Audrey looks down, "Sorry for calling you a stripper mom, I know you must have just been really drunk."

"Would you like to hear the whole story?"

"About you and dad?"

"Yes," Blair smiles at her daughter. "Serena, Nate, Charles, and I met each other when we were kids. Nate and I started dating when we 13 but everyone said we had been together since Kindergarten. I loved him entirely, but as I got older I realized I more loved the idea of him and the status dating him brought me. Things fell apart our sophomore year and he cheated on me with Serena."

"But you and Aunt Serena are still best friends. I don't know if I could forgive D for that. How could you forgive her?"

"Serena left for boarding school without saying a word to me," Blair continues, "I was devastated. At the time I had no idea about her and Nate. She was gone for a year and my life started falling apart. Your grandfather left your grandmother and I. Nate was more distant then ever when I needed him the most. I threw myself into life at Constance. With Serena gone, I had no more competition for queen. That is when your father became more to me then my boyfriend's best friend. Chuck helped me plot my way to the top. He was my number one ally."

"Is that when you fell in love?"

Blair smiles, "No, quite the opposite. He disgusted me. I thought he was a pig but he didn't fault me for my plots and schemes. He encouraged them, whereas Nate would scold me."

"So when did you fall in love?"

"Serena returned and Nate told me about what happened between the two of them. I forgave her, and forgave him on the surface. Nate's disinterest in me became evident. Ironically enough the night we broke up was the night his parents announced they wanted us to marry. It was then that I realized Nate was only with me because his parents wanted it. He didn't love me. "

"Wow Mom, I had no idea you and Uncle Nate were so serious."

"The night Nate and I broke up your father opened up his first club, Victrola. I met him there and,"

Chuck enters the room, "and that is where I realized your mother was the most beautiful woman in the world and you should probably stop the story right there," Chuck winks at Blair.

"No, I want to hear it. Is that when you stripped?"

"Your father is right, Audrey. We should probably stop there."

"Is that the night you had sex for the first time," Audrey states bluntly. "Your right, I don't want to hear about that but I do want to hear about what happened with Uncle Nate and Aunt S. How did the four of you manage to stay friends through all of that?"

"There was definitely tension."

"Especially when your mother decided to date Nate again and then again a year later," Chuck remarks.

"What," Audrey looks at her mom, "so you and dad weren't together after that one night."

"It was very complicated. Your father wasn't one for relationships at that time and I didn't want a relationship with anyone that wasn't Nate."

" But wait you and Nate broke up, you said you realized he didn't love you. Why would you go back to him?"

"Because I cared about how people looked at me and Nate was the perfect boyfriend on paper."

"The four of you had a lot of drama," Audrey remarks. "It's amazing that you are still friends and that your children are all friends."

"That is an understatement, Audrey," Chuck kisses his daughter lightly on the forehead, "I think it is time for you to go to bed."

"But I want to hear the rest."

"Then we'd be up for days. I promise to tell you more later. Good night," Blair hugs her daughter, "tomorrow we will shop for your dress for Kiss on the Lips. I'll have Dorota run some intel and see what Valeria is wearing," Blair whispers in her daughter's ear.

Audrey smiles and rushes to her computer.

DaniVW: you are alive?

AWBass: Yes, they actually weren't too hard on us in the end. What did your mom say?

DaniVW: you know, mom. She didn't care that much. She shut up when I told her I heard I told her about all the Gossip Girl posts I saw about her. She didn't even tell dad.

AWBass: You aren't going to believe the story my mom told me tonight about them when they went to high school.

DaniVW: ??? Juicy stuff. More then what we found out on Gossip Girl

AWBass: Yep, I'll tell you tomorrow I'll probably be late for school. I'll have to walk. Daddy is restricting us from the limo.

DaniVW: Well I'll make sure no one takes your place on the steps.

AWBass: Thanks.

DaniVW: Anything for you. Hey I gotta get to bed. I had dinner with dad tonight so I am at his place. You know how annoying he gets when I'm up late.

AWBass: Ok, see you in the morning D.

DaniVW: xoxo

Xoxoxo

Blair sits in front of her mirror and unhooks her pearl necklace, "How was CJ?"

"CJ, was CJ. We discussed it over a single malt."

"Chuck," Blair glares at Chuck from the mirror.

"We already know the boy drinks, Blair. He told me if he causes any more trouble he will make sure we don't hear about it and he won't involve Audrey. That was good enough for me," Chuck smirks, "He's a good kid Blair. He gets good grades, he's dating Tripp and Maureen's daughter, he just acts up for the sake of acting up. He feels like he has to because he's Charles Bass Jr. He has a reputation to uphold, much like Audrey"

"I suppose," Blair takes hear earrings off and shakes her hair out of her tight chignon, "We have good kids. We are good parents. Somehow Chuck and Blair are managing to be good parents," Blair says holding Chuck tightly. "Who would have thought?"

"I did. We excel at everything we do."

"True, especially when we do it together," Blair smiles and walks towards her husband, "I love you. So I was thinking Audrey should host the kiss on the lips after party at the Empire Hotel. That would really show Valeria Sparks. Can you arrange that tomorrow? "

Chuck smiles, "That means they'll have to spend the night there. They'll be out of the house the whole night"

"Exactly," Blair pulls Chuck down onto the bed, "I was thinking we could recreate a certain night at Victrola that evening."

"I'll call Bradley tomorrow to reserve the penthouse for them."

"We definitely will be parents of the year."