"Why do I have to go to kindergarten?" Whined 5 year old Serena van der Woodsen.
"Honey, you're gonna make a lot of friends and see Blair!" said Lily van der Woodsen.
"Fine,"grumbled Serena as she got into the limo.
When they reached Constance Billiard/St. Jude's Co-ed kindergarten, Serena saw her dark haired best friend, Blair, was there talking to two boys. One with golden hair and the other with black hair.
"Hey Blair!"
"Serena!"
Blair rushed up to hug her best friend; Dorota was right! Serena did come!
The two little boys came up to Blair and Serena.
Serena smiled at both of them. "I'm Serena."
The boy with black hair grinned and said,"Chuck Bass."
The golden haired boy extended his hand. "I'm Nate."
Serena smiled and shook his hand.
"Who's that?" She asked, pointing at a dark haired boy standing by himself.
Blair merely waved a hand. "Some kid from Booklyn."
"You mean the place with the big bridge?"
"Yea!"
Nate and Chuck glanced at each other and shrugged.
Nate's voice suddenly peeped up. "You guys wanna go play?"
Blair looked up at the handsome 5 year old. "Sure!"
Serena frowned. "I'm gonna talk to that kid." She pointed to the boy standing by himself again.
Nate looked a little disappointed while Chuck and Blair beamed.
"Okay, if you're sure," mumbled Nate obviously not wanting her to leave.
Serena walked over the boy standing by himself and introduced herself.
"Hi! I'm Serena! What's your name?"
The boy looked around to see if she was talking to someone else, but there was no one by him.
"Oh, hi. I'm Dan."
"Wanna play in the sandbox with me?"
"Sure!"
She grabbed his hand and pulled him towards the sandbox.
"Let's make a castle!"
Dan nodded and started filling a red bucket full of sand.
Soon they had a big castle.
Dan looked at Serena and asked,"Who lives in there?"
"Princesses and Princes! Oh and Kings and Queens!"
"Who's the princess?" Asked Dan.
"I dunno, but I think you should be the prince!"
"I think you should be the princess 'cause you're pretty." Dan muttered as his cheeks turned pink.
Serena was about to mumble something when the teacher called them in for snack time.
She grabbed Dan's hand and lead them inside.
She took animal crackers and juice from the lunch lady and sat down next to Dan.
Serena leaned over to whisper in Dan's ear. " I hope you don't think I have cooties."
"I don't think you have cooties. I like you." Dan whispered back.
"I like you too."
Dan smile grew bigger. "Really?"
Serena nodded eagerly. "My mommy said that when two people like each other a lot, they're boyfriend/girlfriend."
Dan looked down at his shoes and turned red. "You wanna be boyfriend/girlfriend?"
Serena beamed at Dan, her blonde curls bouncing. "Sure!"
Just then the teacher asked for the students to throw their trash away and sit on the Magic Carpet, which was a carpet full of shapes.
The teacher, who shall now be called Mrs. Bowman, asked for them to go sit on a shape.
Once the class was settled, she went to stand in the front of the room.
"Who here knows how to read?"
A few people's hands shot up, including Dan's.
"Okay," smiled Mrs. Bowman. "I want the people with their hand raised to take a partner up to the Reading Tree House and read a book to them.
Dan took Serena's hand in his and led her up to the Tree House along with Blair and Nate and Chuck and Vanessa.
"Can I choose a book, Dan?" Pleaded Serena.
Dan nodded and smiled at her.
He watched as she chose, The Frog Prince.
He failed to notice that Vanessa was staring at him sadly. He only had eyes for Serena.
'She's perfect.' Thought Dan. 'She's so pretty."
When they all sat down to read, Mrs. Bowman saw that everyone's eyes traveled to someone else. Vanessa's went to Dan, Chuck's to Blair, Blair to Nate and Nate to Serena. Dan and Serena were just...together.
Recess time came fast and soon they were all outside. Serena and Dan were about to go on the swings when Chuck and Nate approached Dan.
"Hey..Dan, right? Can we talk to you?" Asked Chuck
"Sure."
Dan let go of Serena's hand and walked over to where they were standing.
"You have to stop being Serena's friend,"said Chuck.
"Why?"
Chuck sighed. "Well see, I like Blair and Nate likes Serena and Vanessa likes you. So I was wondering if we could like trade?"
Dan shook his head. "No. I like Serena and she likes me!"
Chuck stepped forward with a grimace. "Look, I like Blair and he likes Serena, so we gotta be together!"
Dan stepped forward too. "Too bad!"
That was the final straw for Chuck, he pushed Dan to the ground.
As soon as Serena saw Dan fell, she rushed over.
Dan stood up and winced when he saw his bloody knee. He then punched Chuck in the stomach.
"Oof!" Chuck flew backwards into the grass.
Mrs. Bowman rushed over to see what had happened. "Oh!" She cried when she saw Dan's knee.
"What happened?"
"I fell."
Mrs. Bowman bent down to examine his knee and said,"I better take you to the nurse."
Serena stepped forward and said,"I can take him. I know where it is."
Mrs. Bowman nodded and watched as Serena took Dan's arm and wrapped it around her shoulders to support him.
When they were out of earshot, Serena started talking. "Why were you fighting with Chuck?"
"He told me to stop being friends with you."
"Really? Why?"
"Cuz he said that the guy with brown hair liked you and that he likes this Blair girl and someone named Vanessa likes me. He asked to trade."
Serena glanced at him. "You said no right?"
Dan blushed. "Yea, cuz you're my girlfriend."
Serena looked down at her feet and led him to the nurse's office.
The nurse disinfected Dan's scraped knee and put a large band-aid over it.
"Are you okay?" The nurse asked.
Dan winced a little and said,"I'm fine."
"Okay, you can go back to recess. Just try and be careful to that knee of yours."
Dan nodded and followed Serena out the door.
She suddenly stopped and turned around to face him.
"Thanks for helping me get to the nurse."
"You're welcome."
Serena kissed Dan's cheek and then pulled away.
"What was that for?"
"For choosing me."
Dan smiled and reached for her hand.