Gossip Girl

Hello there upper eastsiders, Gossip Girl here, your one and only source inside the scandalist lives of Manhattan's elite.

Well, well, well it seems as if our prince charming has finally found his princess, that's right Nathaniel Archibald and Serena van der Woodsen were seen at the Hampton's this summer with their hands all over each other. Might I be one of the first to say congratulations and it's about time, but you know what they say a zebra can't change it's stripes. We'll just have to wait and see if N can keep this zebra in check.

On another note it seems as if Queen Bee will have some very heavy competition this year for her kingdom. Sidekick number one better known as Penelope has been stirring up all kinds of trouble for our reigning queen and last year she stated herself that she wanted to run the kingdom, I'll keep an eye out for this one.

The Dark Prince himself was seen making moves all over the city this summer looking for new business opportunities but it seems as if he came up short. Will he be able to break out of his father's shadow and make a name for himself. Will he finally claim Queen Bee as his own well only time will tell.

Rumor has it that lonely boy isn't so lonely anymore there have been numerous amounts of photos sent to me by you showing him and another dark haired beauty that has been keeping him company all this summer but who is she, you know I'll find out.

Well that's it for now upper eastsiders as school begins so does the drama, well the drama never really ends. What scandalous information will we find out next? Be sure to tune in and read to find out. Who am I, well that's one secret I'll never tell, You know you love me

XOXO Gossip Girl.

Serena van der Woodsen closed her cell phone silently after reading the latest buzz from Gossip Girl. Unlike most of the gossip written about Serena this piece of gossip was actually true. She and Nate spent the summer together at the Hampton's along with part of her new extended family Jenny, Erik, Lily and Rufus. On occasion Lily would have to leave on business, but the time she was there made Serena actually feel like they were a real family. She both loved and cherished that feeling.

So she and Nate spent a lot of time together seeing as he and his mom were on vacation in the Hampton's as well. After the Captain's very public drug scandal they agreed (along with Nate's grandfather who provided the accommodations) that they needed to get away. So her days spent with Nate turned into evenings spent with Nate. Then eventually they turned into nights spent with Nate. Their relationship was well hidden for a while but when Nate asked her about the two of them becoming serious, she asked Blair what she thought and somehow word got out and they went public.

Though this public relationship was still very new to the both of them, they found away to make it work without much gossip about them. But Serena figured that it was about to change seeing as school was about to start within the next week. She had been through so much with Nate that she figured their relationship could survive the school year and then after that it was off to college and away from Gossip Girl forever. She smiled to herself as she thought of this and a limo pulled up.

The driver stepped out dressed in a black suit, it was really hot still being summer and all so he made his moves quickly, opening the door for his passenger that was none other than Blair Waldorf herself. Blair took his hand and elegantly stepped out of the limo. She rushed over to Serena whom she hadn't seen the whole summer because she was busy vacationing in Paris with her mom and Cyrus Rhodes. She hugged Serena tightly after the taller girl got out of her chair returning the hug. The limo driver closed the door and drove off.

"Oh S, I've missed you so much" said Blair squeezing her best friend as hard as she could.

"I missed you too B" said Serena hugging her equally as hard.

After releasing their embrace, Serena sat back down and Blair sat down as well. The waiter came to them and after placing their orders. Blair took off her shades and looked Serena in the eye.

"So S you simply must tell me everything that happened this summer between you and Nate" said Blair her eyes shimmering with wonder.

Serena smiled and took a sip from her glass of water. "I thought this would be kind of awkward I mean you and Nate only broke up two months before school ended" said Serena setting her glass down on the table and crossing her legs.

"Oh nonsense S I realized that Nathaniel wasn't the one for me along time ago, besides we've had this talk already. I'm completely ok with you and Nate dating" said Blair honestly.

"Ok, but I want you to tell me about Paris first"

"I don't even have enough time to tell you about all of the crazy Serena worthy things I did in Paris, but hey how about a sleep over at my place tonight we can tell both our stories since we only got the short versions" offered Blair.

"Sounds good B" said Serena smiling as their salads came "So" Serena continued before pouring her dressing on her salad "What's going on with you and Chuck" she asked Blair spit her water out before grabbing her napkin to dab her mouth and smiled slightly.

Nate, Vanessa and Dan were sitting inside a local coffee shop on the upper east side the three of them had become quite good friends during the last school year. Nate and Vanessa even shared a short one month relationship before he gotten back with Blair. She even confided in him her true feelings for Dan after making him swear to secrecy. After placing their orders they began to share stories on what they did that summer.

"So congratulations are in order Nate" said Dan

"Oh yea you and Serena right" said Vanessa

"Wow people are acting as if we've gotten married we're just dating" said Nate "I mean you know Dan, you dated her before."

"Yeah and we all know how that turned out, better luck to you than me I hope" he said

"Whatever man" said Nate laughing "Hey but I did get Gossip Girls buzz and uh this picture right here tells me that you have a little luck with the ladies" said Nate showing Dan the picture of him and the dark haired beauty. Dan closed Nate's phone and looked for their waiter.

"Who is that Dan" asked Vanessa. Nate looked over at her and saw that she looked a little hurt and immediately regretted showing the photo. Dan looked around in search of something to get the conversation off of him.

"So Nate the Hampton's how were they"

"Fine, as always too bad you weren't there though man"

"Yeah I uh was doing an internship this summer"

"Yeah he was really good and he wrote a few papers right Dan" said Vanessa

"Yeah" Nate smiled at the both of them before their coffee came and he took a sip before looking at Vanessa and saying.

"So you going to Constance this year huh?"

"Yeah mom and I had a bit of a misunderstanding and she sort a kicked me out so I moved in with my sister. She said as long as I stay there she'll front the bill for Constance" said Vanessa taking a sip of her coffee as well.

"Well that'll be fun all of us at school together, this being senior year and all" he said patting Dan on the shoulder. Dan smiled nervously before looking down at his cell phone at a text message.

"Oh I uh gotta take this I'll catch you guys later" he said before getting up and placing some money on the table. Nate shifted in his chair to pull some cash out of his pockets as well. Dan walked out of the coffee shop.

"I have to get going too actually Grandfather wants to meet up with me this afternoon says he has a proposition for me" he said placing the money on the table.

"Sounds fun" said Vanessa putting some money on the table as well.

"Very, see you at school Monday" he said before walking out of the coffee shop as well. Vanessa took the last few sips of her coffee before getting ready to walk out as well. As she walked out of the coffee shop she started feeling for her cell phone to call her sister when she didn't find it. She panicked before walking back into the coffee shop over to where she and the boys were sitting. She searched the chairs and even some tables next to her and then on the floor. Suddenly she heard a very masculine voice coming from behind her.

"Excuse me miss but I believe this is yours" said the voice with a southern accent. She stood up and turned around standing in front of her was a very gorgeous handsome young man. He looked to be about two or three years older than her. He had dark brown eyes and shoulder length hair. He stood at about 6 feet tall and had very strong masculine looking hands that were now handing her the cell phone back. She got so lost in his appearance that she forgot about the cell completely until he said something again.

"Miss do you want your phone"

"Huh, oh sorry yes thank you" said Vanessa as she took the phone from his hands.

"My names Owen" he said offering her a handshake. She shook his hand his strong calloused hands and suddenly she felt very small.

"Vanessa"

"Vanessa that's a beautiful name, listen I hate to leave so soon after just meeting you, but I have to be somewhere" he said it so fast that she only caught the last part.

"Oh well thanks again for my phone"

"Sure thing miss Vanessa, we should keep in touch" he said starting to back away from her towards the door. He opened the door when she called out to him.

"But how will we keep in touch"

"My numbers in your phone, don't hesitate to give me a call ok" Vanessa nodded and waved at him like a little school girl as he walked out the door. Smiling to herself she decided to get another coffee.

Lilly Van der Woodsen-Bass-Humphrey was running back and forth in her room trying to get last minute items for a flight she had to board in about 30 minutes while Chuck Bass her adopted stepson was walking behind her trying to convince her to co-sign on a building he wanted to buy.

"Listen Chuck" Lilly said as she stopped for a moment almost making Chuck run into her in the process. "I think your proposal is excellent but the fact stands that you're still too young to make this decision on your own"

"I know that Lilly that's why I need your help if you would just look at these documents and the paperwork…"

"I wish I had time Chuck" he looked a little dejected and she noticed it then she said

"Tell you what do you have a copy of these documents for yourself" Chuck nodded. "Alright place those in my carryon bag" she said pointing to the large bag on the floor by the bed he walked over and placed the paper in the bag. "And I'll look them over on my flight, when I get back we'll both go take a look at this building together and you can further explain what you plan on doing with it, sound like a plan"

Chuck gave his signature smirk and seemed to be pleased by this. "Thank you Lilly you have no idea what this means to me" he said sincerely.

Lilly stopped and placed a hand on his cheek. "I'm proud of you Chuck I really am but you do still have another year left in school and I want you to focus on that first ok" Chuck nodded

"Now when I get back from Milan, we're having a special family dinner and I want you to be there, I know you've been busy but this would mean a lot to me because you are apart of this family. Chuck nodded.

"Now I must be going, I'll be back a week after school begins for you all try not to drive Rufus crazy ok" Chuck smiled.

"I'll do my best. Lilly smiled and walked out the door with her bags in hand. Chuck's phone vibrated he looked down at it and it was Blair calling him he hit the ignore button before walking out himself.

Jenny, Erik and Jenny's other best friend Jane were all seated in her large bed room in the pent house she now stayed in with her new extended family. She was excited to start this new year, especially last year after her whole obsession with becoming an it girl finally came to an end she still wanted to be queen secretly though. But this year all she mainly wanted to do was have fun.

"I can't wait until this new year begins" said Jenny

"You're all excited it's very refreshing" said Erik smiling at her. Jane smiled as well.

"I really hope that I meet someone this year you guys" said Jenny. Erik looked at her funny.

"What do you mean"

"Like fall in love"

"Jenny we're only 15" said Jane

"I know but this was the year that Nate and Serena fell in love" she replied

"Yeah and look at what happened to them the year after" countered Erik.

"But look at them now, they're so happy"

"Well it is nice to see my sister happy for once" Erik agreed

"If they can do it so can I"

"If you say so said Jane"

"So that's it on my new school year to do list are two very important things"

"Please enlighten us" said Erik

"First falling in love" Erik nodded and took a sip from his bottle of water. "And second" Jenny continued "Losing my virginity" Erik choked and spit out the water. Jane laughed. But Jenny had a gleam in her eyes that said she was very serious.

Nate showed up to the location where his grandfather wanted to meet him and waited outside. It was a large building full of penthouse suites and it was about two blocks walking distance from St. Jude's. He had been there for about two or three minutes then another limo pulled up. His grandfather stepped out of it and walked over to him.

"Hello Nathaniel" he greeted

"Grandfather it's good to see you, I trust you're doing well"

"I can't complain, let's go inside shall we"

"Yeah sure but why did you bring me here"

"All your questions will be answered once we get inside I promise" Nate nodded and followed his grandfather inside the tall building. Once inside they took the elevator up to the 25th floor. "Now Nathaniel, I know weren't particularly easy for you last year" his grandfather began as the stepped off the elevator and began walking down the narrow hall way. "But you handled yourself quite well and you stepped up and took care of your mother, you don't how proud I am of you" Nate smiled to himself as the continued walking.

"Thanks"

"Of course, now to show my gratitude I sent you and your mom to the Hampton's this summer"

"Yea thanks we appreciated it grandfather"

"No need it was the least I could do" Nate nodded once again as they stopped in front of two double doors. He looked around no one was there but the bell boy.

"I know you and your mother were moving from place to place looking for somewhere to stay before you left for the summer and well let me be the first to say welcome home" he pulled out a set of keys from his pocket and gave them to Nate. Nate took them and looked at them for a moment.

"Well aren't you gonna open the door" he smiled and then he opened it. The penthouse was larger than the Van der Woodsen's and fully furnished and decorated.

"Wow grandfather thank you" His grandfather smiled as they stepped inside, Nate followed.

"Now it does come at a cost I'm afraid, I know your mother's in Paris right now and you'll be on your own for at least another three weeks but once she comes back she's going to come and live here too"

"Yeah, what's the catch" he asked

"Do you remember your cousin Richard" he asked. Nate scowled. Of course he remembered Richard the little ball of terror. He hadn't seen him in years but what he did remember and what he last heard about his younger cousin wasn't good at all. Richard Arthur Van der Bilt the third or Rick as they called him in the family was the only son of Richard Arthur Van der Bilt the second and Marlene Elizabeth Van der Bilt. His father was a senator in California and his mom was a famous lawyer. But he was a wild child never having his parents around to teach him wrong from right because they were always working gave him the freedom to do and live how he wanted to.

When it came to tabloids in California it was worse than what Gossip Girl prints on Serena and he's a big a womanizer as Chuck but worse. Even though he's only fifteen he'd dated plenty of girls and broken plenty of hearts. He and Nate never got along because they were too different.

"What about Rick Grandfather?"

"Well he's been kicked out of his boarding school in Maine and his parents can't keep him over there anymore so he's going to come and stay in New York for a while"

"Ok"

"He'll be going to St. Jude's when the new school year begins"

"Uh huh" Nate said waiting for the big bomb to drop.

"And he'll be living here with you and your mom"

Nate gave a deep sigh that sounded like a frustrated groan and then the front door opened once again in stepped Rick Van der Bilt with a devilish smirk on his handsome face.

"Hello cousin" he said. Nate groaned this time a lot louder this was going to be a long year.

(A/N: New Characters, Richard (Rick) Van der Bilt- played by Chris J Kelly or Chris Massoglia

Owen- played by Taylor Kitsch)