Note: Hopefully this is entertaining to some of you. I have had this idea in my head for a while and I really just want to try this whole writing thing out. I have a pretty good idea of where I want this story to go, so hopefully I can do that. I hope you enjoy or at least tolerate.
Serena and Blair had been best friends since they were five. It was a friendship that pleased their parents, afterall, the Upper East Side was all about whose name you knew, and there were few who didn't know the names van der Woodsen and Waldorf. It was also a friendship that confused those who didn't understand. On the outside, there could be no two girls who were more different. Serena was tall, blonde, warm, and lived for pure, uninhibited fun, while Blair was petite, brunette, calculating, and expected from perfection everything and everyone around her. They hated each other and fought as often as they loved each other and hugged. One pushed and the other pulled. On the outside, they made no sense, but to Serena and Blair, they were sisters. When Serena would forget to do an assignment, Blair would convince the teacher that she needed another day, when Blair spilled paint all over her dress, Serena spilled paint all over hers too. As they got older, this pattern continued. Serena would come to school drunk and Blair would blackmail the headmistress into ignoring it, Blair would throw up her lunch because she had gained half a pound and Serena would rub her back and tell her she was perfect the way she was. One would fall and the other would lift.
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Serena had done bad things to Blair and Blair had forgiven her. Even when Serena had slept with Nate, Blair's first love, and ran away without saying good bye, Blair had forgiven her and Serena had always forgiven Blair when Blair's insecurities about her body, family, and future caused her to be spiteful towards Serena. This was part of their friendship dance. Serena had never set out to purposefully inflict pain on her best friend; it was never out of cruelty or dislike; it was just that sometimes Serena didn't think of Blair at all, not from unkindness, but because Serena enjoyed drifting from one moment of happiness to the next and why should she worry, Blair would always forgive her. Serena would never hurt Blair on purpose and because of this, Blair would always forgive.
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Serena had never been jealous of Blair before, especially regarding their appeal to men. Serena wasn't arrogant, but she was simply confident in her golden hair, long legs, and sunny disposition. She knew she could have any man she wanted, but had learned, from personal experience of course, that she her friendship with Blair was worth more than her gratification from getting what she wanted. Serena had never been jealous of Blair before, so when she felt that she was far angrier than she should be, she was confused. Dan and Blair were just friends; there was nothing to be that upset about. Later, when she tried to destroy Blair's relationship with Louis Grimaldi, prince of Monaco, she was still confused by her motivations. She was now actively trying to hurt Blair, but why? Serena decided to classify it as simple revenge because of course, Blair did start it.
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She reasoned that obviously Blair wanted to hurt Serena by pretending be friends with Dan, and then coming up with a ridiculous scheme that involved kissing him. Again, Serena thought to herself. They kissed again. They had kissd before and that one was not part of any scheme. But why? Blair hated Dan, and they had nothing in common, so this must be some sort of punishment against Serena. She was honestly confused about Blair's motivations in all of this. Sure, Serena had been busy dealing with drama concerning her mother, Lily, and Ben, her former teacher and now, ex-boyfriend, so she had not paid as much attention to her friend. Blair wasn't that needy. Was she? And what is this about Blair going with Dan to movies and art exhibits? Did they realize how ludicrious it sounded that Dan Humphrey and Blair Waldorf, enemies from day one, would be willingly spending time together. And hiding it. Why were they hiding it? Serena was angry, upset, and confused. Angry that her best friends seemed bored with her, upset that they had lied to her, and confused about why this was bothering her so much.
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