A/N: I just loved the little story I carved out with So Close that I thought I would continue this story with this sequel. I named it after the Switchfoot song Learning to Breathe.

Title: Learning to Breathe

Summary: Kaelyn found herself in New York's Upper East Side, but after getting her heartbroken she takes an offer to attend a school in London to get away from what broke her heart and that's the love of her life Chuck Bass.

Chuck has to cope with Kaelyn actually leaving and he has to deal with the trouble of knowing that he broke her heart. He starts to slip back into his old ways, but will the pull of Kaelyn have him fighting for her love against Ian a charming Englishman who has shown Kaelyn love and how a woman is to always be treated.

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Chapter 1 –

It's Spring!

Hey all of my favorite Upper East Sider's it is spring and that means love is in the air. Though things haven't been the same since Chuck Bass horribly broke Kaelyn Ryan's (Serena van der Woodsen's cousin) heart and she suddenly disappeared to attend school in London. Though I hear London is beautiful this time of year and right about now I would so rather be there. Well not soon after Kaelyn left, Chuck then broke up with Blair, but she was fast to get her place back with Nate the pour soul. Serena and Dan's little romance now entirely bores me and drama is need to be had. Chuck need's to get off his high horse and fly to London to tell Kaelyn how much he loves her, but I can't see him doing that from the bottom of a bottle at a strip club because that's the only real place he has been lately. Every night he is spotted going home with a new girl on his arm. Poor thing he is also suffering from a broken heart. Though spring break is right around the corner and I hear that Miss. Kaelyn might be coming into the city to visit her family. Please come Kaelyn we need something interesting.

You Know You Love Me

XOXO,

Gossip Girl

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Kaelyn sat at lunch with her roommate Roxie and their other friends. Upon arriving in London at her new school Kaelyn was fitted in a room with Roxanne Morris who was a sweet Irish girl with the stereotypical bright red hair and lots of freckles. Roxanne's mother's family was Irish royalty and her father was an American politician. They sat with their friends Jessica Hart and Tristan Forrester. Kaelyn fit in well with this group of girls. Of course everyday she spent time with her good friend William. She had been there for about two months and she loved the place. She had been in contact with her friends in New York like Jenny and of course she talked with Serena and the rest of her family. At the moment they were all trying to convince her to come home for spring break, but she was still unsure of it. Every time she thought of going back, Chuck came into her mind and she couldn't bare it, but she was so much more on the road to getting over him. She tried to spend less time thinking about him and with all the school work she had it had become pretty easy.

"Kay!" William said as he walked up to the table where Kaelyn and the other girls sat at. He gave her a hug before turning to the others. "Good Afternoon ladies."

"Good Afternoon William." Roxie said flirtatiously. Roxie had the biggest crush on William, but so did almost every girl in school.

"So this weekend is an off campus weekend so how about we all chill at my parents vacation place down south." William said.

"That sounds fun." Kaelyn said.

"Maybe Ian will be there." Jessica said as she playfully elbowed Kaelyn.

Ian McAffrey was William's best friend that Kaelyn met her first week of school. Next to William, Ian was the most handsome boy in school and everyone including Kaelyn knew that he liked her. Ever since he met her he was after her, but Kaelyn remembering her past mistakes and still being in love with Chuck resisted. She had spent some alone time with Ian, but every such time she made sure it was no more than friendly. A few times he had tried to kiss her and once he succeeded. Kaelyn told him that she was dealing with having her heart broken and she just wasn't ready to date anyone, but Ian had just smiled and told her he was just going to wait for her and when she was ready he would be there if she wanted him too.

"Yeah he'll be there. He would never miss a chance to be near Kaelyn." William said with a laugh. Kaelyn playfully hit him in the head.

"Oh shut it Will." She said with a laugh.

"What you know it's true." William said.

"Yeah I do." Kaelyn said with a smile as she saw Ian walking her way.

"Good Afternoon all." Ian said as he sat down next to Kaelyn with a bottled water in his hand. He was still dressed from tennis practice.

"Good pratice?" Kaelyn asked.

"Best." He said still a bit out of breath. "Coach really worked us good today."

"Well that mean's you're going to win." Kaelyn said flirtaously.

"Of course, love." Ian said as he put his arm around Kaelyn. Kaelyn just smiled and put her head on his shoulder. She had never flirted so much ever, not even with Chuck, but there was something sweet about Ian that she just adored about him. While sitting there Kaelyn thought that maybe she had moved on. At the thought of Chuck her stomach still turned as if she was going to puke, but it didn't flutter like it had before. She knew that her feelings were slowing going away, but she still loved in. She thought maybe if she did make the choice to move on that that love wouldn't stay very long. Every thought she had was still so much of a gamble on her heart and she didn't want to risk it breaking again.

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Chuck lifted his head from his pillow as he heard the knocking on his door. He pulled his body out of the bed and to the door. He opened it with Nate standing outside. Nate just shook his head as he looked at Chuck's state of being. He hadn't shaved in a while and Nate was pretty sure he hadn't showed much either. Chuck was starting to look more and more like a homeless man everyday. Nate walked over to the wink and wet a towel that he threw to Chuck.

"Man clean up." Nate said.

"For what?" spat Chuck.

"Dude you've either got to get over her or fight for her." Nate said as he sat on the couch.

Chuck wiped his face with the clean towel and then threw it on the ground. He sat on his bed and growled in his hands for a moment before then standing and walking to the closet where he pulled out a robe and put it on.

"Fight for her?" Chuck asked.

"Yeah go to London and go get her." Nate said.

"I tried and she was already gone and plus I am just going to fly to London and expect her to take me back and once and for her to pack up all of her things and just come back here no questions asked." Chuck said.

"It's worth a try." Nate said.

"It's bull shit." Chuck spat.

"Hey when I last saw her I could tell she didn't want to leave. She wanted to be with you and only you. Dude seriously I see it with you also. You sleeping with strippers and all the girls in school who will sleep with you. It's just for show to bandage up what's happened to you since she left." Nate said.

"What happened to me is I made a fucking mistake and now after pouring my soul out to someone I actually loved I lost her." Chuck sat back on his bed and place his hand on his head. "Dude I feel like shit."

"Clean yourself up and go get her. Hey, Saturday fly to London and you get her back. She might not be able to come back right away with school and all, but at least you won't feel so crappy." Nate said.

"It might be worth a try." Chuck said.

"Then get packing." Nate said.

"I am. I'm going to get her back." Chuck said as she went to his closet and pulled out a suitcase where he just started pulling clothes out and putting them inside as if he had to leave in the next five minutes. After all that time he was finally going to get her back. He knew he loved her so much and he knew he had did her wrong, but there was only one way to win her back and he was going to have to go to London and fight for her.

A/N: It's a tad short since it was more like an into to the stories and the new characters. Well I want REVIEWS to tell me what you think.