Alright! So this is my new NJ project at the moment! I wanted to start something new and you know, give Nate a little competition for Jenny, She's been chasing him for wayyy too long, now its his turn, so tell me what you think? :D Review please and suggestions are GLADLY welcomed! :) Oh and what do you think of Ethan? :D
Today was the day, the day she would go on her first real date with the almost to perfect guy. The day that he would pick her up at the loft and bring her somewhere romantic, but fun at the same time! She sighed and collapsed on her couch next to Dan. She was so excited that she had gotten ready for her date a few hours early, so she didn't have anything to do now. She wore a blue dress up to her knees, silver high heels and a cropped jacket for if she got cold. Nothing too fancy, nothing too casual.
"I haven't seen you this happy in forever" Her brother pointed out, smiling brightly at her. He was so proud of her, ever since she got back from their mothers she had become a completely different person. She was much happier, she was starting to design a lot again and she was pulling up the grades in school. She was Jenny Humphrey again.
"There wasn't really anything to be happy about Dan" she joked, pushing him lightly. She had really missed Dan when she was at Hudson. She missed his long rambling talks about Serena, his protective brother hood, his stubbornness to always be right. One of the big reasons why she came back was because she needed her big brother. Sure she was old enough to handle things without him, but she was still a little girl who needed her big brother to protect her from the world.
"He should be here any minute" He looked at the clock hanging above the television "Be careful alright? I don't trust him much" See. That's exactly what she was talking about, that's what she missed so much about Dan. She hugged him and he raised his eyebrows in confusion "I will, thanks"
When she let go of him, the doorbell rang and she jumped to her feet faster then a cheetah running after its pray….alright, bad analogy, but still. She fixed her hair, straighten her dress with her hands and put on a big smile before opening the door.
"Hey, you're early" Not like she was staring at the clock or anything.
"I know, I just couldn't wait to see you" he grinned widely, his perfect teeth shining. Man why did he have to be so amazing? "You ready to go?" he reached out his hand and waited for her to take it. When she grabbed hold of it, he waved to Dan before the door closed behind Jenny.
"So where are we going?" she asked curiously, squeezing his soft hands
"Oh somewhere" he said mischievously, a smirk playing at his lips, which made Jenny swoon slightly. Ugh. She felt like she was some teenage love struck girl….well…..maybe she was a little, but she hated acting like one!
"Ethan come on, please?" she fluttered her eyelashes, hoping he would give in
"No no, that's not working on me this time" he shook his head firmly, determined to not give in, even though it was really hard for him to say no to her. Why was she so gorgeous?
"Fine!" she gave up, there was no point in trying to get it out of him. Plus she liked surprises, lets see what surprise he had in store for her today.
I mean, the biggest surprise he had ever shown her was that he was different from most of the upper east sider boys. He was actually caring and he liked her….a lot! He wanted to be with her for who she was, not who she pretended to be, he wanted to be with her so much that he did anything in his power to get with her.
When they first met, it was a complete accident.
She was at the Mets steps, waiting for a certain…someone…can you guess who? Yeah, Nate Archibald. She had called him to meet her there because she hadn't seen him in months, she missed him and because she wanted to show him how much she had change during the time she was gone.
"Hello? Nate?" She breathed slowly
"Yeah…..Jenny?" He asked confused, wondering if this was really Jenny he was talking to, I mean, she did leave without a goodbye, and they hadn't been in contact for a long time
"The one and only" she joked, giggling after she had said it
"Hey…." he said slowly. What was he supposed to say? The last time he had seen her, she was in his shirt, on his bed….but it's not like they had done anything, he was and is in love with Serena. That's why he didn't know what to do with Jenny and her feelings for him. On the other hand, he didn't know how he felt about her or her feelings for him either.
"Hey! I'm at the Met steps, meet me here in 10 minutes? I'll be waiting! See you then!" she hung up before he got the change to refuse. Maybe she shouldn't have done that, but she just really wanted to see him.
"Wait!" he yelled, but he was too late, she already hung up on him. He sighed and covered his face with his hands.
So there she waited, patiently, on the steps, alone, drinking her coffee, staring at the people who passed by her, some staring, some not even acknowledging her.
It had been about 20 minutes since she had called Nate and she was starting to think that he was bailing on her. She was about to stand up, until her phone started ringing, a tint of joy hit her. Maybe it was Nate, calling to apologize for being a little late. Her smile soon turned into a frown when she flipped open her cell phone, only to find it be a gossip girl blast.
Hello upper east siders,
How are all my darlings today? Sorry I have been AWOL lately, there haven't been any interesting gossip for me to even write about. But what is this? Little J? Sitting at the Met steps? By herself? Oh J, hasn't Queen B ever told you to never sit there alone, I mean that is total social destruction. Where are all your minions? Oh right….you don't have any, sorry to hear that your throne found a replacement. Good to have you back though Little J, we all missed your b*tchiness and back stabbing behaviour.
Xoxo, Gossip girl
Jenny rolled her eyes and stood up quickly, Gossip girl knew nothing about her, she wasn't the same Jenny who wore those fishnet stockings, or the Jenny who cared so much about what other people thought of her, she never stopped to think about what she thought about herself. She was the new and improved Jenny who didn't give a care about everything she did before.
She was too busy in her thoughts, that she didn't realize that she had bumped into someone
"Whoa, what's the rush?" A male voice helped her pick up the things that she had dropped "Are you alright Jenny?" he asked in concern, handing her, her purse and cell phone
"I'm fine…thanks…how did you know..?" she was about to ask how he knew her name, until he pulled out his cell phone and showed her the picture of herself, sitting on the steps, looking a bit too anticipated
"I'm Ethan Rider" He extended his hand for her to shake "I'm Jenny Humphrey" she shook his hand
And then on their relationship just bloomed rapidly. He became her friend, then her best friend, to someone she had a major crush on, to her boyfriend. She had never been happier to be ditched by Nate Archibald. And why did he ditch? Well…..
His ten minutes were up, time for him to meet up with Jenny. It wasn't that he didn't want to, it was just, when he was with her, he was really confused, he didn't know how he felt about her. He loved Serena, even though they had broken up, but he didn't want to hurt Jenny.
He was about to leave the house until Serena walked through the doors, her hair a mess, her face red, but to him, she looked as perfect as she always did.
"Nate, are you heading out?" she asked, catching her breath. It seemed like she had ran there. And truthfully, she did, but not for him, she was trying to find Blair. Chuck was doing something big for her and he instructed Serena to find Blair A.S.A.P
"No, No! Did you want to talk?" he asked enthusiastically….a little too enthusiastically, which made Serena feel terrible, she didn't have feelings for Nate, she never did, she just wanted to see how things would go with him, considering she never gave him a change. But seeing him like this, made her want to give him an explanation for why she broke up with him
"Yeah I did, take a seat" she said and sat on the couch while he sat across from her.
"Jenny?" Ethan called, waving his hands in front of her face, trying to get her attention
"I'm here, sorry!" She snapped out of her thoughts, shaking her head
"We're here" He smiled, letting go of her hand