My fanfic on Gossip Girl's next generation. Nate/Serena, Chuck/Blair, Jenny/Andrew and Carter/Penelope are married with teenage kids. Andrew, Jenny's husband is a new character that I created.
PLEASE watch the opening credits and character promo on my Youtube channel (Tasha9313)
watch?v=Wz7rZXgnd7g (Opening credits)
watch?v=vyg-E2kDoW8 (Character profile)
But just in case, the families are as following:
Archibald children (Nate and Serena)
Caitlin Serena Archibald (17 year old senior)
James Nathaniel Archibald (15 year old sophomore)
Cameron Howard Archibald (15 year old sophomore) (fraternal twin of James)
Bass children (Chuck and Blair)
Henry Bass (19 year old college freshman)
Zachary Bass (17 year old senior)
Audrey Bass (15 year old sophomore) (Have not decided on middle names for the Bass children)
Humphrey children (Dan and Vanessa)
Michelle Humphrey (17 year old senior)
Jonathan Humphrey (15 year old sophomore)
Ritcher children (Andrew and Jenny)
Samuel Ritcher (17 year old senior)
Isabella Ritcher (15 year old sophomore)
Baizen children (Carter and Penelope)
Sydney Baizen (17 year old senior)
Haley Baizen (15 year old sophomore)
Caleb Baizen (15 year old sophomore) (fraternal twin of Haley)
In 2017, St. Jude's and Constance Billard had been merged into a co-ed school called the Constance Jude Academy after both schools were bought by a new management.
January 2033
The Archibalds were having breakfast at the Archibal triplex penthouse with the three Archibald children dressed in their school uniforms.
"I'm going over to Jonathan's after school," James announced as Cameron cringed.
"Of all the boys in school to pick as your best friend," Cameron began as James glared at him from across the table.
"I could ask you the same thing. Of all the boys in school, Baizen's your best friend?" James fired back.
Nate and Serena glanced at each other uncomfortably. Aside from Cameron, the Archibalds were not fond of Caleb Baizen.
"Well, at least he comes from a family with a social standing unlike that Humphrey," Cameron shot back.
James stood up furiously and was about to leave the dining table, but was held back by his father.
"Calm down, James and sit", Nate sat him back down.
"Dad, you see how he speaks. It gets on my nerves," James said indignantly.
"Your brother has a point, Cameron. It's not right to insult someone based on their social status," said Nate, rebukingly.
"I don't get why our family is friends with the Humphreys. Families like ours should only be friends with families from our social status, not people like the Humphreys," Cameron tried to appeal to his family.
"Who gave you that stupid advise? Caleb?" Caitlin asked sarcastically.
"He has a point," defended Cameron.
"Cameron, we keep telling you, social status has nothing to do with friendship. Having money and a social standing doesn't make a person superior," Serena exasperatedly tried to get through to her son.
"Sorry mom, but I don't believe that. People are born into different classes for a reason," said Cameron as the rest of the family looked at each other, shaking their exasperated heads in disbelief.
Caitlin, James and Cameron arrived the Constance Jude Academy and Caitlin walked over to a bunch of seniors including her best friends Michelle Humphrey and Zachary (Zach) Bass.
"Cam!," Caleb exclaimed as the two boys greeted each other.
"James," he curtly acknowledged James who curtly acknowledged him back. His sister Haley was by his side, looking bashful.
"Hi Haley," James greeted her.
"Hi James," she replied, blushing furiously.
They then parted ways as James and Cameron headed to their Chemistry class while Haley and Caleb headed to their respective classes.
"She's usually not that shy when you're not around," said Cameron.
"You mean she actually says more than two words when I'm not around?" asked James.
"Well, yeah! She's still shy, but not as shy when you're not around," replied Cameron.
"Maybe, she's just more comfortable around you since you're always over at her house, visiting Caleb," James reasoned as the fraternal twins entered their Chemistry class.
It was the period before lunch. James Archibald, Jonathan Humphrey, Audrey Bass and Haley Baizen were in Mrs. Baker's English class together.
"Class, for your assignments, I want you all to divide into pairs of two according the order of your names on the name list. For example, the first person on the list would be paired with the second person on the list; the thired person on this list would be paired with the fourth person on this list and so forth. There are 24 of you in this class," Mrs. Baker explained as she passed the list around the class. "Your partner would be the same for all the class assignments," Mrs. Baker added.
As Haley got hold of the list, her heart skipped a beat as it always did when she saw James. The names on the name list were in alphabetical order and the first 2 names on the list were Archibald, James Nathaniel and Baizen, Haley Elizabeth.
"I bet we're paired together since both our last names start with B," her best friend Audrey exclaimed as she took the list from her. "Ooh," she exclaimed as she saw the list.
Audrey who was third on the list was well aware of Haley's crush on James. She began playfully teasing her bestfriend about being paired with James.
"Cut it out," said Haley, indignantly.
"Your first assignment would be to select a well-known author from the 19th century, do a brief history on the author and interpret of one of the author's novels," Mrs. Baker instructed her sophomore class.
After the class was dismissed, James and Jonathan walked over to Haley and Audrey.
"Humphrey" Audrey greeted Jonathan with disdain.
"Bass" Jonathan returned the greeting with mirrored disdain.
"Hey, since we're partners, I figured we should get started on our assignment this Friday. I mean, since it's due in two weeks," James said to Haley with the friendly smile he always gave her.
"Yeah...sure. Should we meet at my place?" asked Haley nervously.
She was blushing as she managed to string those words together.
"Ok, I'll be over at your place after school on Friday," said James.
"Why are you going over to her place, baby," came a bossy voice that belonged to James' girlfriend, Rachel Zielner who had just arrived with two of her friends.
"Umm..., to work on our English assignment. Haley and I are partners in English class," answered James.
"Funny Jonathan and you aren't partners since you're best friends and everything," said Rachel with an uncomfortable laugh.
"Mrs. Baker paired the class up," James explained.
"Oh, ok," said Rachel, clearly not happy about the situation. But she decided to let it go. "James, let's go to for a movie after school. There's this new movie out that I can't miss," said Rachel, as she inserted her arm into his.
"Sorry Rach, but I'm studying with Jonathan after school. How about tomorrow?," asked James.
"Jonathan and you can study together tomorrow. I wanna see that movie today," she insisted.
"But I already promised Jonathan. How about you see it with your friends instead?, James suggested.
"I wanna see it with you," said Rachel with a threatening tone.
James looked uncertainly at Jonathan. Jonathan signaled understandably that he was fine with the change in plans.
"Alright, we'll go to that movie," James caved.
"Thanks! Carry my books," Rachel ordered as she put her books on his and dragged him away with her to the cafeteria, with her friends and Jonathan following behind.
"Maybe you could take this opportunity to get him to like you" Audrey suggested.
"But he has a girlfriend," said Haley.
"That Rachel? You saw how she bosses him around. Eventually he'll be tired of her being a total bitch and dump her," said Audrey a matter of factly.
"Well, either way, I'm not gonna attempt to break them up. I'm not a boyfriend stealer", Haley replied.
"Okaay, if you insist on following the moral route. But if you change your mind, I could help you. We're family friends and I'm dating his brother so I could easily manipulate things your way" Audrey offered, true to being Blair's daughter.
"No thank you!," said Haley quickly as she and Audrey headed to the cafeteria.
Haley had always admired James and had a huge crush on him. They used to be friends, but as they grew into their teens, Haley's crush on James had made her to too shy to speak to him.
Dan and Vanessa were having lunch together at the Humphrey apartment.
"So, have Michelle and Chuck's son broken up yet?," asked Dan hopefully.
"You mean Henry? Nope, they're still going strong after 2 years," Vanessa answered as Dan groaned.
"Come on Dan, he's a good kid," Vanessa reasoned.
"Vanessa, he's Chuck and Blair's son. He could very well be pretending to be good because he has ulterior motives," Dan said cynically.
"Dan, one can't pretend for that long. Besides, we can't judge him by his parents," said Vanessa.
"He's in college," Dan countered, knowing that he was quickly losing his argument.
"He's only a year older and Michelle herself would be in college next year," said Vanessa.
"Did I mention that he's Chuck and Blair's son?," said Dan, aware that he had already lost the argument.
"Oh, stop," Vanessa grinned.
"Chances are, they'll last and we'll have to deal with Chuck and Blair as in laws won't we," Dan said dejectedly.
"I don't like that prospect either, but we're adults. We can be civil to each other as mature adults. If our daughter likes Henry, it's only right for us to be civil to Chuck and Blair for her," Vanessa reasoned.
"You're right. But I'll only be civil if they're civil," Dan vowed. "I just hope he treats her right," added Dan as Vanessa squeezed his hand reassuringly.
=to be continued=
A/N: Please FOLLOW the story if you want updates. The next part would be posted next week.
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