Serena woke up early in the morning; she can't sleep well for the past few days. Wondering if she should call Dan the reporter, she want to talk to him and tell him what's on her mind but she just don't know the right timing to call him.
She hates it when she have to make decision, that's one thing about Serena. She hates making choices and making decisions but now she have to do it. She needs to talk to Dan Humphrey, so she dial the number.
"Hi, Dan Humphrey's office please?" she says while still laying on the bed. Her heart is beating faster as if she's calling Nate while he is with Blair in the morning.
"I'm sorry, we don't have anyone in the system by the name of Dan Humphrey" the receptionist said politely.
"It can't be!" she said confused "he wrote a piece about me the other day and I know he's working there" she said trying to justify herself.
"Let see what I can do, can you hold on please" she said.
3 minutes...
"I'm sorry Miss but Mr. Humphrey has quit the company 3 days ago" she said again.
"3 days ago?" Serena asked again as if she didn't hear it clearly. 3 days ago was the day when his article about her came out. "Okay, do you know where I can contact him?" she asked.
"I don't think that I have the authority to do that Ms, I'm sorry" she said again.
"Alright, I understand. Thanks" Serena said hanging up the phone. Now, she's questioning herself whether Dan quit because of her or because of some other reasons. She was rude to him the last time and now he quit the newspaper. Her thoughts was interrupted by Nate's text, she got up the bed and head straight to the shower.
Hilton Hotel, Afternoon.
Serena Van Der Woodsen, the socialite who every guy would die to date but she chose Nate as her boyfriend. This is the normal weekly routine for them, Nate will wait for her in the hotel room and she will magically be there too. Both will have their own separate rooms but that is just a cover-up.
She rings the door and Nate open it and kiss her on her lips.
"You're late?" Nate said while closing the door.
"Was doing things when you text" she said coldly. She's tired of being the other woman and to do this to Blair, it's not a good thing. Blair is her best friend; her closes friend and she always treat Serena as her own sister.
"What's wrong?" Nate asked concern. Serena came in with worries on her face; she's not as cheerful anymore. She turn around look him in the eye, he knows something is wrong.
"My mum is setting me up with her friend's son" she said walking slowly towards Nate.
"Oh! You can't go, right?" he said being selfish and not wanting to look Serena in the eye.
"Why? I've been with you for 3 years and I'm sick of being the other woman Nate!"
"I told you, I need time"
"3 years is not time for you?"
"Just give me time, I need to tell Blair slowly" he said, wrapping his arms around Serena "I want you and not her" he said.
"I already said yes to my mum" she said pushing Nate slowly and she take her handbag on the bed.
"What, now?" he asked confused and a little bit furious.
"Yes, it's for lunch" she said looking at Nate "his parents and my mum is going to be there with us" she said smiling.
"So, it's not a date!" he said hugging Serena again "thank you, god!" he said while kissing Serena on her neck.
Dan walk around the Upper East Side for what seems like hours, he discovered that the girls here is far more fancy than the Upper West Side where he have a loft. Funny thing about New York, each part of the town have its own character and his least favourite is the Upper East Side.
He stops for coffee at his favourite spot here whenever he's on this side of town, the Java Girl Coffee Shop. He sits for awhile, some girls were staring at him and he doesn't feel comfortable. He was going to take a look at the magazine rack to read some magazines but he better not.
He walks again only this time, he walk to his parents place on East 65th Street between Park Avenue and 5th Avenue.
"Hi, Mr Humphrey" the doorman greeted him with a warm smile.
"Hi, George... how are you today?" he asked while sipping coffee on his cup.
"I'm doing good sir; they're all waiting for you"
"Joy!" he said, describing his feeling about meeting with his parents. He seldom sees them and he do not intend to meet them too soon, not after he quit his job.
After awhile of being in front of the stairway, he decided to walk in to the dining room where he can hear people laughing and talking. He turned to the corner and passes the coat closet. Being a reporter and journalist he is, he can't help but to analyze every detail of the coat.
"Not this type of girl again" he said to himself, dragging his feet to the dining room with a warm fake smile he greeted "hi everyone" he said looking around the dining room and was shock to see Serena.
"Christ!" Dan said loudly, looking at his mom and she is not please of Dan's behaviour "I'm sorry, I'm late mother" he said walking towards her and plant a kiss on her cheek.
"This is the Van Der Woodsen" Dan's mom introduces Dan to everyone on the table "this is my son, Daniel Humphrey Cooper"
"The infamous Prince Niel Cooper" his sister said mocking her mom. Princess Dahlia Hermoine Cooper, the famous princess of Ireland.
"Prince Niel Cooper?" Serena said mumbling to herself but Dahlia heard her.
Dan wanted to seat beside his sister, but his mom already set his seat beside Serena. He look at her and smile while she look at him with disbelief.
"You two know each other?" Dahlia asked as she can see tension between those two sitting opposite her.
"No!" both said in unison.
Serena look at Dan with disbelief, this is like a 360 degrees change on his appearance. The last time she met him when he was wearing his jeans, black polo t-shirt and glasses with a messy hair style and now, he is clean and proper. It's unbelievable.
"Will you excuse me for awhile" she said excusing herself and she nudge Dan on his elbow to follow her to somewhere where she can talk to him "May I know, where's the bathroom?" she asked Dan, as she was searching for an excuse to get Dan out of there.
"Bring her to your bathroom Dan" his mom said asking him to take her to his room.
"Mom!" he said furiously.
"It's okay!" she said.
Dan's room.
"So, Daniel Humphrey is actually a Prince?" she said looking at him, taking a seat at his work desk. "Prince Daniel Humphrey Cooper, also known as Prince Niel Cooper" she said to herself while still looking around at his room where there is pictures of him riding horses and a lot more things.
"What's your point?"
"You're not so different from me!" She said disgusted, here she thought that she said something awful to him before.
"You don't know who I am!" he said.
"You're wrong! I do know who you are; you're Neil Cooper... the Prince who is very famous for partying, treating girls like dirt and hey! He went to jail too" she said "so you have no rights, in telling me that I don't respect myself and Nate is just using me" she said but was stopped by Dan.
"You're wrong, you know why? Because that is not me! That's my brother. Tell me, how the next future king can have this kind of reputation... Im the next, which I was the one who get the blame! You think you still know me? I didn't do all those things, it's my brother. When he rapes a girl, I get the blame. When he robbed a bank, I'll get the blame"
As Dan continues his story about him, Serena can't help to feel sorry for him. She also caught a glimpse of Dan's eye, which is filled with sadness.
"So please, spare me... tell me you know me by reading things about me that is so not me, it's sickening"
"And that's why you're Dan Humphrey?" she asked softly.
"No, that's why I never want to be here with my parents" he said, looking at the watch on the wall "we should go down" he said, opening the door and walk down to the dining room.
"What took you so long?" Lily whispered to Serena, she really wants Serena to be with Dan as he is the Prince but Serena ignored her question and look towards the front door. It's Blair and Nate holding hands and was smiling and teasing each other.
Dan saw the way Serena look at Nate and Blair, he knows she don't feel comfortable whenever Blair and Nate is near but what can he do. He have no right in Serena's life.
"Blair!" Dahlia said greeting Blair as she approaches the table.
"They know each other?" he asked Serena and Serena nodded.
"You're the only one out of this society" she said whispering as her eyes glances at Nate who was shocked looking at her.
"This is my brother, Neil Cooper" Dahlia introduces Blair and Nate to him, and they have this confused look on their face "do you know him?" she asked.
"No, he looks kind of familiar" Nate said looking and analyzing Dan. He know that he met him somewhere but he can't recall.
"Serena is Neil's girlfriend" said a husky voice who just budge in and took a seat at the main dining table.
"Father!" said Dan.
"Nice to meet you again, Ms Van Der Woodsen" he said. "You're going to be a perfect match for my son" he said.
Serena just smile while her eyes still looking at Nate. Blair and Dahlia excuses themselves as they need to talk in private.
"Dan, when are you going to come back to Ireland?" his dad asked.
"Soon..." Dan said but his dad interrupted his words, Serena sees the look on Dan's father and look at Dan. He's not happy and now the story that he told her earlier, fall into place. His dad always looks down on him, no matter what he does. Nothing is good enough for his father.
Dan excuses himself, as no one is at the table beside his parents and Serena's. He wanted to go into the spare room downstairs where he heard voices in the hallway. Not a surprise, its Serena and Nate.
"What are you doing here with a Prince? He looks familiar" he asked, holding onto Serena's arm.
"I told you what's going on, my mum is setting me up with her friend's son. It's you who didn't tell me the truth. You said you're going to see your mum for lunch, and here you are with Blair?" she asked furiously, "another lie from Nate!" she said.
Dan heard everything and that's when his sister came up to him and offers him a glass of wine. He look at his sister and notice Blair.
"I gotta go" he said, leaving Dahlia and Blair alone, they're confused and decided to follow Dan.
"There you are?!" said Dan as he lean over and kiss Serena on her cheek "hi, I'm Neil Cooper. Prince of Ireland" he said offering his hand to Nate as he introduces himself personally to Nate.
"Wow, you're lucky. He never introduces himself as a Prince before you know" Dahlia said taking a seat at the spare living room while Blair hugs Nate from behind and whispering things on his ears while Nate giggle towards it.
Serena watches Nate and Blair together like that again and again; she's sick of seeing both of them like that. Nate promised her that he doesn't want Blair anymore but by the look of it, they're still going strong. As she was wondering, she just realizes that Dan was wrapping his arms around her waist from behind. She looks at him and smiles shyly.
"I'm saving you" he said leaning over to whisper it to her so no one else could hear him.
"Thanks" she blushed.
"God, you look good together" Dahlia said while snapping some photos "and this I'm going to show dad, Dan!" she said leaving the room.
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