"Are you sure you wouldn't want to just wait until university?" Harold Waldorf asked his daughter once again if she was truly ready to leave him to live with her mother.
"Yes daddy. I'm sure." She gave him a hug as they stood in front of her terminal's entrance at Charles De Gaulle.
"But Blair Bear, you've never attended school there before" He repeated his words as he did for the past month.
"Dad, I've been visiting mom every summer for years now... not to mention the few Christmases we all went together to watch the tree lighting" She responded as she had been for a few weeks now.
"You can come back whenever you want. Roman and I will be expecting you to keep in touch. Call me when you land, and before take-off" Harold began to well up as did she. She didn't want to leave her father, but she really loved New York. She would miss her friends in France of course, but she had friends back home too.
She's lived in France for a few years now since her parent's divorce, but most of her childhood was spent in New York. She knew of the other kids, and although doesn't speak to them often when she wasn't visiting, she did enjoy the lifestyle she got to experience alongside them, especially those she recalls growing up with, vaguely. She decided, after her return from her visit earlier that summer, that she would enrol in a school on the Upper East Side to finish her last couple of years of high school. Her father has been convincing her of otherwise ever since, but has failed. Surely her mother wouldn't approve, but to both himself and Blair's surprise she was more than ecstatic at the idea. She even went ahead and applied her to a school where most of her mother's friend's kids of her age were attending.
"Take care Blair" Roman hugged Blair and after another long hug from Harold she headed into the airport, pulling along her Louis Vuitton travel bag, followed by a member of airport staff pushing along three bags of matching Louis Vuitton luggage on a cart. New York City, here comes Blair Waldorf.
New York, a city that could sleep, but the residents of the Upper East Side happen to choose not to, unless with others of course. Young, Rich, and with a lot of time... one can only imagine what they would get up to.
"Chuck" Nathaniel Archibald called on his friend as they rode in a limo around town. Usually he wouldn't disrupt Charles Bass as he had his hands all over a woman, and his tongue down her throat, but he really wanted another smoke.
"Yes Nathaniel?" Chuck had to pry himself out of the woman's grip. Surely she was older than him, but how could one resist a 16 year old male as rich as himself.
"Got anymore to smoke?" Nate asked and was handed a slim, hand rolled, joint from Chuck, who was happy to see Nate was getting high this evening. It helped keep his friend distracted when he finally got into the woman's pants. Nate pulled a lighter from his pocket and before long was enjoying the tingling feelings coming over him as he watched the street lights pass by outside the window in a haze.
Another half an hour later, and Nate was brought back from wherever he was to the sound of the door closing. "Done with her already?" Nate cracked a smile at his friend, not having paid any attention to their actions in the limo after that fourth, possibly fifth joint of the night.
"Well, seeing as you haven't started fucking girls... or anything really, I figured I didn't need to keep her to entertain you" Chuck spoke as he reached for his scotch and poured himself a glass.
"Nah dude. I just want one girl" Nate indicated by raising his index finger, trying not to laugh.
"Oh right, Serena" Chuck smiled "The one who sleeps around, yet hasn't landed in your bed yet. What a surprise" Chuck mocked. He glanced over to Nate who was half frowning, yet obviously still effected by the substances he had that evening to still find Chuck's comment funny.
"You'll see. I'll fuck her. And it'll be great" He reached to grab the glass Chuck was drinking from and drowned down the rest of the drink. He smacked his lips in distaste, but enjoyed the intoxication. He handed back the glass to his friend and smiled mischievously. "X-box?"
Chuck smiled and clicked on the intercom to tell his driver to take them back to the Palace hotel. Smoking, fucking girls, drinking scotch, only to be followed by a night of X-box, this was exactly how the guys needed to end their summer vacation.
"Hey Mom" Serena stopped in her tracks as she saw her mother in the living room. It wasn't part of the plan that she would see her this evening as herself and her friend, Georgina Sparks, decided to head out.
"Hey Mrs. V" Georgina spoke worriedly and glanced over to Serena. They were late to an outing with friends, models, and a couple dealers.
"Oh, hello girls. And here I thought you were staying in tonight" She spoke sarcastically knowing her daughter and the trouble she gets herself into, especially with what she and her friend were wearing. Regardless however, she had a flight to go to in a couple of hours, and the sooner they left the sooner they would get back, tired for walking in heels.
"Yeah, well we won't be long" Serena lied, unaware of all the details, yet trusting Georgina's taste of good parties.
"Alright, but before you go. I won't be here tomorrow, and Eleanor informed me that Blair will be attending school at Constance this year" Lilly began to explain and Georgina muffled a laugh.
"Seriously, that little French girl you hang out with during the summer is staying here" Georgina spoke as she began to recall the two or so times she had briefly met the girl, and instantly thought of her as an annoying brat. Serena rolled her eyes, she didn't particularly mind Blair. She did put on a classy act as did the rest of them in front of their parents, which is the only time she really ever spent time with that girl.
"I'd like you to go visit her tomorrow, maybe take her out to lunch" Lilly instructed, and with a smile, knowing this was her way out of the house tonight, Serena agreed.
"Sure mom. Take care" and with that Serena and Georgina made their way to the elevator to get on out.
"Go figures. I get sent off to Europe this year, and miss nobody gets to come here" Georgina complained
"She isn't that bad" Serena defended Blair, surprised to even consider having done so instinctively.
"You've replaced me already?!" Georgina said in a humorous shocked manner and Serena laughed at her friend's facial expression.
"Come on , you know I'll miss our nights as Savannah and Svetlana" She nudged Georgina before hugging her "So let's make the most out of your last night" She cheered and with that they were on their way.