Chapter 1: (1,826) Days with Serena
Title reference: From the 2009 film "(500) Days of Summer"
"I love you…" three words Serena came to say and feel more every day for the past five years. "Three words, eight letters" as someone very close to her would say, and for this person these words never seems to be enough. It has been five years later. Five years today since she really started living and now on the day of her fifth wedding anniversary with the man of her dreams she can really look back and appreciate the life she has.
"It's Beautiful," Serena said as she gently picked up a tiny Harry Winston platinum pendant in the shape of a wooden jigsaw piece with the number five engraved into it. It still surprised her sometimes how much he knew her. That she wouldn't want an extravagant gift, and that those small corky traditions like giving wood for a fifth year anniversary would really tickle her. -"I'm glad you like it". "Who would have thought that we would have come this far? Two beautiful kids, our marriage, our careers, even my friendship with Blair has been able to stand the test," she said looking over her shoulder while putting on the pendant. She walked back into her closet to finish getting ready for an anniversary dinner Blair and Chuck was throwing for her at their home. She put on a tight cream-colored Matthew Williamson dress with intricate embellishments paired with her favorite pair of Louboutins. She looked down at her mirrored glass vanity filled with perfume and glanced at the picture of their two children Fitz and Payton. Serena got a little nostalgic thinking about how she and Blair both had been pregnant with their second child at the same time with two girls coincidently. Are you ready Serena? A voice bellowed from the outer room. "Just a second" she called as she grabbed her clutch and cut off the light. "Ready" she walked up and put her arms around him "happy anniversary" and for what seamed like the hundredth time that day she said "I love you, Nate Archibald"