Chapter Two- The Wild Brunch

Episode Summary: In the wake of the scandalous Kiss on the Lips party, Serena receives an icy cold reception from her best friend Blair, who reveals that she knows Serena slept with her boyfriend, Nate, before mysteriously running off to boarding school. As if it couldn't get any chillier, Serena decides to take Dan to arch-enemy Chuck's fundraiser brunch at The Palace, where things go wild. Blair finds out that Nate has been trying to get in touch with Serena even though she told him not to and spirals furiously to reveal Serena's sexy little secret to Dan who gets upset immediately and decides to think twice before entering the "elite" world again. Chuck provokes Dan by calling Jenny a slut which causes another scene at the brunch. Jenny contacts Blair to find out whether Chuck has been floating rumors about her after the party only for Blair to find out that Jenny may be useful as a part of the inner circle. Dan finds out that Lily and Bart Bass, Chucks father, are in a secret relationship.


Gossip Girl: Is there really anything better than a lazy sunday? Reading the paper in bed, sipping coffee, scrambling an egg or two. Yeah, right. We Upper East Siders don't do lazy: Breakfast is brunch and it comes with champagne, a dress code and a hundred of our closest friends... and enemies. Chuck's dad Bart Bass is hosting the annual brunch for his foundation. Everyone is invited. Well, not everyone.


Slowly sitting up in his bed still half asleep, Dan reaches over towards his ringing alarm clock and turns the alarm off as he reluctantly realizing that he was awake. Take a deep sigh knowing that he couldn't enjoy the lazy day he had planned for himself just before school started up, he steadily made his way out of bed and headed over towards his window to look out on the city. With the sun shining brightly on him, he turned and made his way to the restroom to start getting ready for work. He hadn't planned to ever work on Sunday, just because there was only so much of Blair Waldorf that he could handle, but last minute items had been faxed into Eleanor that was pressing for him to get out before the deadline or else. Reaching for the lights in the restroom, Dan grabbed his toothbrush before he finally got a good look at himself in the mirror realizing that he looked like he came straight out of hell just by how tired he looked, and after his night with Blair Waldorf…it truly felt like he came from the devils cage he thought to himself. Feeling a twinge of pain come from his arm, he lifted the sleeve of his shirt up to see a bruise beginning to form on his arm but he couldn't help but go back to looking at his face. Just as he began to play with his facial features wondering if he was getting wrinkles, Jenny couldn't help but laugh at her brother as she entered the restroom.

"You're up early" Jenny smiled as she reached for her brush to begin combing her hair

"I'm up in general" Dan shrugged before he looked to see that his sister was dressed as if she were hitting the town "What's with all the clothes?" he asked as he put tooth paste onto his tooth brush just before he ran water over the brush to start brushing his teeth

"This is usually what you wear during the day" Jenny laughed as she answered sarcastically

"Where are you going?" Dan reiterated to his sister

"I'm going to see a friend" Jenny replied

"This early? Who is this friend?" Dan asked

"A friend" Jenny said

"You do know how this will go right? You answer in brief but short sentences, then I'll just ask another question that will try to get to the heart of what I want to know….so I think it'd be best if you just tell me and we can end all the speculation" Dan told his sister

"I'm going to see Eric" Jenny sighed as he turned to look at her with much shock on his face

"Eric? That guy you've been e-mailing?" Dan asked

"Yes" Jenny said as she began to pin her hair up

"Is this like your boyfriend?….how come I haven't met him yet?" Dan asked

"No, he's not my boyfriend….and he's not really in the position to meet people voluntarily" Jenny replied

"Okay, that makes me a bit worried. Why can't he meet people voluntarily? He's not some criminal is he?" Dan asked

"What's with the twenty questions Daniel" Jenny told her brother

"Jen, your going to see a guy that I know nothing about or know little about…I just want to know" Dan said

"Will you just trust me. There is nothing you need to worry about or secretly tell dad about. I promise you that, he is a friend, and I'm going to visit him for an hour tops" Jenny said

"I do like the time limit, that makes me feel better" Dan smiled

"But imagine the things that could be done in an hour" Jenny teased her brother

"Please, please, don't put that image in my head" Dan said clenching his eyes shut in horror at the thought of his sister even in that manner was just horrible

"How was the party? I heard it was epic due to Serena of course" Jenny asked as he just laughed to himself

"It was epic alright" Dan said thinking back on catching Serena with Nate

"Give me the details, don't hold out?" Jenny asked

"Basically a bunch of rich kids dressed up in what is the amount of rent we pay time five, drugs, alcohol, lies, and me being stuck taking Blair Waldorf home" Dan replied as Jenny just sat in admiration

"You took Blair Waldorf home, I'm officially happy for you" Jenny squealed as she hugged her brother in excitement catching him off guard

"Jen, it wasn't like what you think. I hated it" Dan said

"You make Blair out to be like she's some evil bitch or something" Jenny replied

"If the shoe fits, but lets state for the record that those were your words, not mine" Dan said

"How bad could it have been?" Jenny asked as Dan just stared at himself in the mirror before feeling another twinge of pain in his arm, which was probably a delayed reaction of Jenny pressing her body up against his arm.

[Flashback]

Once they pulled up in front of the building, Dan knew that his thoughts of how he was going to get her inside the house was gonna have to come into play because he knew that her petite body was just something that would fool him into thinking she was manageable. Struggling with even getting her out of the car, Dan finally managed to get Blair upright as he dragged her through the entrance and onto the elevator. Leaning her up against the wall of the elevator, Dan hit the penthouse floor button before they made they're way up just as Blair began to come to.

"What the hell are you doing here Humphrey" Blair slurred as she stand still but found her balance a bit off

"I'm asking myself the same question" Dan said to himself as he was desperately wanting to get away from Blair in hurry as he looked on the numbers.

"Where am I?" Blair asked as she began to look around the elevator "Why are we in a box?….are we at your home?" she asked as Dan just tried to hold in his anger about the statement before the elevator door opened up

"Finally" Dan said before he tried to grab a hold of Blair but she hit his hands away from her

"Don't touch me" Blair said as she kept swatting away at his hands

"I have to get you inside, your on an elevator" Dan told her as he kept trying to grab her

"That's what you say to all the girls" Blair said as she began to hit him with her purse and he did all he could to dodge her hits

"Believe me, your not a girl I'd try that on…I'd try it on a dog before I try it on you" Dan said as he noticed the elevator doors slowly beginning to close "Blair, get off!" he whispered forcefully at her before she gave him a final whack that caused him to fall to the floor

"Screw you!" Blair yelled as the elevator doors closed on her

"You've got to be kidding me" Dan said to himself as he got up from the floor

"Where am I?" Blair called out as she continued to look around the elevator once more thinking to herself that Dan has trapped her in his little box of home "Let me out!" she yelled in horror before Dan couldn't believe how dramatic she was being as he simply hit the elevator button for the doors to open to see Blair leaning up against the wall of the elevator

"See, not a home" Dan replied as she slowly began to realize that she may be a bit too drunk before she attempted to take a step but was a bit wobbly as Dan caught her before she had a chance to fall to the floor

"Let go of me!" Blair groaned as she tried to break away from his embrace by punching at him

"Ouch!" Dan said as he hunched over in pain while holding his arm "I'm trying to help you, you psychopath" he told her

"I don't need you help!" Blair stated before she attempted to walk once again but fell to the floor "Ouch" she said grimacing in pain as Dan looked over at the brunette stretched out on the floor just wondering if she had fell hard enough that a soul would magically be pounded into her

"Are you okay?" Dan asked regretfully

"If I say ouch, does that sound like an admission of feeling fine you idiot!" Blair snapped at him as she tried to get up from the floor but found it hard to do in her heels

"Glad to see you haven't lost your wit" Dan said as he walked over to help her up from the floor

"Let go of me!" Blair snapped again as she hit him once more

"Fine. Fine. I don't need this" Dan declared giving up hope that Blair was going to let him help her so he just made his way over to the elevator and hit the button for it to open

"My mother was a fool for hiring you" Blair replied as she steadily made her way up the staircase while Dan just shook his head wondering how he was going to be able to survive working for a tyrant like Blair Waldorf before he got onto the elevator.

"I'm going to lose my mind!" Dan screamed within himself as he held his hands up to his head as he hit his head up against the wall of the elevator.

[End of Flashback]

"That bad" Jenny said in disbelief by her brother's story

"That bad, so Jen, please believe me when I say that we're better off not being a part of that group, we're perfect the way we are" Dan said as he put his tooth brush down

"There's no such thing as perfection though, especially not in Brooklyn" Jenny replied

"It can be after a day in that world. Brooklyn is heaven to me" Dan told her as he headed out of the restroom

"Then where are you going?" Jenny asked

"I choose not to answer in fear of ruining a good teaching moment, but know that my soul will not be corrupted or tricked once more…so we'll leave it at that" Dan said realizing that he was only returning to the dark side before he headed off to his room

"He's going back" Jenny said to herself


Nibbling on a piece of fruit as she looked out at the window, Blair couldn't help but drown out the noise of the cleaning staff with their vacuuming and the clitter clatter of dishes going on within the kitchen as this had become her usual routine in the morning. She had always been around staff, hell it was abnormal to some less than her to even have the word staff in the regular vocabulary, but for a girl like her, an Upper East sider, parents was a noun regularly replaced with the word staff. Darota, her loyal and trusty maid, had always held a special place in her heart just because of the fact that she was the only constant in her life. She had known the young Blair all the way to her transition in to the complicated world of womanhood, so she had come to think of Darota as her family, the constant family that wouldn't leave. Doing her dusting around the living room, Darota looked back at Blair to notice that she had hardly touched anything on her plate as her mind was clearly elsewhere.

"Ms. Blair, you should eat something" Darota recommended to her as she leaned over to grab a raspberry to oblige her wish

"There. I've eaten" Blair replied sarcastically

"Security mentioned that they saw you stumble in early this morning, is Ms. Blair still full of consumption?" Darota asked as Blair just scoffed at the thought that nothing remained a secret around her

"If you must know, I did have one too many but I didn't stumble in…I'm a lady, I would never do such a thing" Blair replied as classy as she could due to the circumstances

"Was Mr. Nate the boy that escorted you in?" Darota asked becoming interested in the events of last night

"I don't remember…I was under consumption, remember" Blair replied as he cell phone began to ring "I see my minions are up" she sighed as she answered her phone "Hello" she answered tiredly

"Can you believe that she actually showed up?" Katy asked still in her school girl crush mode of excitement

"Can you not scream in my ear, people do like to be talked to in a normal voice" Blair snapped at her minion "Now, please tell me she is not babbling about Serena?" she then asked Isabel knowing she was on the line as well

"It's all the buzz. Have you checked Gossip Girl?" Isabel asked before Blair looked over at Darota and mouthed for her to pull up Gossip Girl before Darota dropped her dusting duties and got right on task. Bringing the lap top over, Blair read the update about the wild Kiss on the Lips party

"So she's achieved her goal. Gain buzz, now why has she returned is the true question" Blair said to herself as she became less and less enthused to see her best friend all ready regaining her role as buzz worthy on Gossip Girl

"You don't sound too happy" Katy replied

"Because, she committed a social crime last night. Never crash a party, that's for the classless and…" Blair said just as Dan stepped off the elevator and made his way inside to greet Darota "And the Dan Humphrey's of the world" she said becoming annoyed with his presence as he just strolled in like he belonged, making nice with Darota as if they were now BFF's.

"That is true, party crashing is so late nineties" Isabel reiterated making Blair surprised at how they latched on to her words and made it seem like it came from the Bible by the amount of importance they put to it

"But didn't they make a movie about it, Wedding Crashers" Katy replied missing the point "It was really funny, its one of my faves" she said happily

"Katy, your voice" Blair said as she began to massage her head

"What about it?" Katy quickly replied

"It's annoying me. Lets put it on mute for two minutes" Blair told her as she put her lap top down on the coffee table "I don't want to see Serena at school, and she better not show up at brunch today" she stated

"Your really mad at Serena" Isabel stated "I hope you never get that mad at us" she then said

"Well, you'd never do what Serena did" Blair replied as Dan nervously looked on at her when she had made that statement unsure if she knew what happened last night or not.

"No, never" Isabel quickly replied "Katy, your supposed to reply" she whispered to her friend

"I'm supposed to be on mute" Katy told Isabel as Blair just shook her head at the stupidity they seemed to put on full display at times

"Bored now, I have to go" Blair said becoming tired with their banter before she hung up the phone. "Humphrey, what are you doing here? I thought it was agreed upon that I would get my rest of you on the seventh day" she asked

"That is the arrangement, so don't worry I'm not here to disturb your delecate sensebilities" Dan told her

"I try to do what I always do when it comes to you, pretend you don't exist. Then again I never had to pretend because you don't" Blair replied

"Don't you think a thank you is in order?" Dan asked her

"A thank you, I didn't see that in your contract, maybe you should take that up with Eleanor" Blair replied

"No, I think its suppose to come from you" Dan said

"You'll reach death before you get that" Blair replied

"So lets just forget the fact that I had to rescue you from a disturbing hook up with Chuck Bass, Nate's best friend. Then got brutally beaten the whole time I brought you up" Dan said as Darota looked on at Blair in shock

"It was Mr. Humphrey?" Darota asked

"Call the driver, and tell him I need to run to Marc Jacobs" Blair said quickly getting up from her seat "Then call Nate and remind him about brunch because he has a tendency to forget" she said completely ignoring the statement as Darota just looked at her "Now!" she demanded before Darota motioned to move but Dan stopped her

"I'll do it" Dan said becoming irritated with Blair's behavior just as he made his way into the kitchen

"Follow him, high and mighty might screw up the request" Blair told Darota as she headed into the kitchen. Making her way over to the elevator, she hit the button but couldn't seem to shake Dan's self righteous behavior. Like she owed him anything she thought to herself. The last thing she owed Humphrey was revenge, and maybe that'd have to be bumped up on her list of things to do for the day before the brunch. Just as the elevator doors opened, she ditched boarding and made her way inside her mother's office. Making sure to leave a crack in the door so that she could hear if he was coming, Blair began to sift through her mothers files before she finally found Dan's file. Opening up the file she couldn't help but smile as she had access to his backround information within her grasp "Let's see what you've got in your closet Humphrey" she said to her self as she leaned back in the chair beginning to read on.

Hearing a ding sound come from outside of the kitchen, Dan sighed in frustration as he could only imagine what other mundane task Blair would want done now. The average decent person would have said thank you for assisting me in my drunken stupor but he felt even more stupid to think that decency could go along with Blair in the same sentence. Heading out into the living room not wanting Darota to catch her wrath for his earlier comments, he opened himself up to be the slave for the day on top of completing the assigned task by Eleanor. Once he made his way out to see who it was, he couldn't help but laugh as his day had just got more absurd by the minute with the presence of Nate added to the mix of the day. He could instantly see that Nate was caught off guard, as he didn't know whether Dan had spilled all to Blair or was just here due to work.

"What are you doing here?" Nate asked confused

"That's two for two today" Dan said to himself "Don't worry, I didn't run to come tell Blair about Serena and you" he told Nate. Hearing Nate and Serena linked in the same sentence quickly tore Blair away from her snooping in her mother's office as she was faced to deal with whether she should continue listening or make her appearance known to force a confession out of Nate. The ideas both seemed doable but she knew if she was ever going to get answers then she would have to remain in this position.

"Look, about last night…it was just a moment" Nate replied in his defense

"Shouldn't you be having those moments with your girlfriend, not Serena" Dan quickly replied as Nate ran his hand through his hair in complete confusion

"I know, I know" Nate sighed "I tried to tell Blair, but I couldn't" he said

"So that paved the way for you to make out with Serena last night. Trying doesn't mean you completed the task" Dan said. Hearing those words nearly made Blair fall to her knees as her suspicions had been confirmed, something was going on with Nate and Serena.

"Serena and I…it was a moment, like a caught up in the fact that we haven't seen each other type of deal. I love Blair, I want to make things work with her" Nate said

"I'd believe that if I wasn't used for the cover, which makes me believe that there is more to this story" Dan said "I'm not stupid, you people may think I am but I know when I've been used. Serena van der Woodsen all of sudden asks a guy she barely knows…c'mon, sounds like a set up" he said

"You sure you don't know a thing about this world" Nate laughed

"It isn't funny" Dan replied as he folded his arms

"And I'm not trying to make it all one big joke. I just need a favor from you?" Nate asked

"More favors? You really don't get it, do you?" Dan asked in disbelief

"Look, I understand that I'm an ass and everything under the sun that makes me horrible, but I will tell her the truth…I just need time, today to be exact" Nate said

"Today?" Dan asked

"Before the brunch. In fact I even came by early to talk to Blair" Nate said

"Well she's out shopping at some Marc place or something" Dan said as Nate just laughed

"Marc Jacobs, I know where that's at" Nate laughed "So how about it? Do I have your word?" he asked

"Sure. Fine, whatever. I won't tell" Dan replied

"Thank you" Nate said before he turned to head towards the elevator

"At least I got a thank you from you" Dan said to himself as Nate got onto the elevator "Darota, we should probably hide the liquor. I foresee a rough night for Blair" he called out as he headed into the kitchen.

Leaning up against the door in total disbelief, Blair tried to hold back the tears that were coming to her. Over and over in her head she kept telling herself that she wouldn't cry, she wouldn't shed a tear over the damage that Serena has caused all in the span of her return. She was the fool, in this whole mess she had went from the Queen to the fool, even Humphrey was making her out to be the poor little victim. No, if she was going to go through this so called brunch, she wasn't going to be attacked…she was going to attack back. One by one.


Gossip Girl: Looks like the tables are all set. As soon as the guests arrive, we can start dishing. We hear revelations are the appetizers, betrayal for a side, and exposure is the main course. Yum, sounds good to me.


It always surprised Jenny how down to earth Eric truly was, it was like the fact that he could buy anything at will didn't even phase him…hell his sister being home and stirring up some drama didn't phase him one bit. She originally had just thought of Eric as some regular boy, when they first started talking but it was until he revealed the tid bits about his family that she soon realized who he was. Any outsider would have lamented at the prospect of being close to a Van der Woodsen, but she knew that she couldn't use Eric like that. Recently Eric had done something that he wasn't exactly proud of that landed him the Ostroff center, he hadn't said much about it but Jenny knew that it had to be serious in order for him to be in the Ostroff center. She'd come by regularly to do school work with him that they were assigned over the summer time, but she never questioned as to what brought him here. It was just something she did to make him feel like everything was normal at least with her each day. Coming out of the center, Jenny was a bit surprised to see Blair Waldorf outside.

"Blair?" Jenny questioned as Blair looked on with surprise to see Jenny there

"Jessica" Blair replied

"My name is Jenny" Jenny corrected her as Blair tried to play off like she did that on purpose "What are you doing around here?" she then asked

"I was meeting a friend" Blair lied as she soon noticed an Ostroff visitors tag that read Van der Woodsen on it that was on Jenny before Jenny quickly pulled it off of her

"I forgot to take this off" Jenny laughed at herself

"Oh, its okay. We all forget to tear of rehab clinic name tags" Blair replied

"It's not for me, I was just coming to see a friend" Jenny said

"Aren't you on that homework delivery program?" Blair asked becoming more intrigued with Jenny by the minute

"You mean taking assignments to students, the student to student care program?" Jenny asked

"I thought that's what I said" Blair stated feeling as if she was only hearing a repeat version of her previous question "Tell me, who gets the homework assignments…I mean technically since school starts up tomorrow, it would have to be to a student who wasn't previously here, right?" she asked

"Yeah, it basically goes to a student who has been absent for a certain amount of time, of course their parents have to put them on the program so they can ensure that the student is enrolled and yada yada yada" Jenny replied as Blair smiled as if she had caught on to something big

"I think it's a great that you do this. I mean not a lot people I know partake in school activities, but you, Jenny…I'm sorry, I don't know your last name" Blair said

"Humphrey" Jenny replied quickly as Blair just became overjoyed realizing that she had two for the price of one revenge

"Jenny Humphrey, why didn't I put it together in the first place. Your Dan's sister, right?" Blair asked

"Yeah, I don't really like to tag on to my brother too much because you know, I want to make friends on my own merit…if that make any sense" Jenny babbled

"It's fine. I mean your brother…he's words that I can't seem to describe in the present moment or at least to you, but a girl has to step out of the siblings shadow" Blair replied

"Yeah" Jenny smiled

"Look, if your not doing anything, I was wondering if you could come with me to the Bass Brunch today….but I don't want to mess with any plans you all ready have" Blair asked

"No, no. I'm not busy, I would love to go" Jenny said

"Great, that'll give us a chance to talk" Blair smiled and that's all she need to hook and bait the fish.


His tasks were just about finished and he couldn't wait to get home to sit in front the television to watch the classic movies marathon. Working for Eleanor Waldorf was no easy task, and no task that you could put a set time in which you'd be finished so what he thought would be a quick and easy thing heading in earlier this morning ended up taking him longer than anticipated. As he was getting ready to leave for the day, he noticed Darota struggling with a few of the last minute presents that she was suppose to take to the brunch as a token from Eleanor herself to the board members of Bass Industry. It was always an amazement to him how much they all intertwined in each others world, Eleanor designing dresses for Chuck's father's board members, it seemed like stuff you'd hear off of a movie or something he thought to himself. He couldn't exactly rush out on Darota and pretend like he didn't notice her struggling so being the gentlemen he had yet to be thanked for, he helped Darota out by assisting her to the brunch at the Palace. When he had first walked in it didn't really dawn on him where he was until he saw all the lavishness that went into just a simple brunch. Putting the gift boxes down on a special table, Dan prepared to leave but had accidentally bumped into a familiar face.

"Sorry…." Dan apologized before he realized who it was "Serena" he shook his head "You would be here because this is…I should go" he said before Serena stopped him

"No, I wanted to talk to you actually" Serena told him

"Me or use me to talk to Nate?" Dan asked

"I guess that's fair. Look, I never meant to use you or anything like that" Serena replied

"You invited me to a party and then I caught with someone else" Dan said being discreet knowing that this bit of information couldn't get out at least from him

"And I'm sorry about that. It was a mistake, and I would really like to make it up to you" Serena said

"Me? I'm the last person you need to worry about. I think the fact that the person you were with, is the same person that is with your so called best friend…I think she comes before me in the list of who you need to make it up to" Dan replied

"I know" Serena said "But last night, I really did want to hang out with you" she said

"I find that hard to believe since you never were around, and when you were you always had to go do something…so I find your admission of wanting to hang out with me a bit false" Dan said

"It was mistake, and I don't like Nate in that way. I was just caught up and did something very stupid, but I don't want to be that person you think I am" Serena said

"I use to think a lot about you…you know, in a good manner. After last night, I can't help but think maybe I was wrong" Dan said before his glanced up to see Jenny "What the hell" he then said to himself

"Just give me a chance to make this right" Serena said

"I…I….my sister" Dan said

"What about your sister?" Serena asked noticing his eyes were focused over at Jenny who was soon joined by Blair "Your sister and….Blair" she replied finding it a bit odd that Blair was now buddy buddy with a Humphrey of all people. Unable to take the sight of Jenny and Blair together just for the simple fact that his little sister could possibly be infected by Blair Waldorf, Dan had to figure out what the hell was going on. Making a mad dash over towards them, he could quickly see that Blair was relishing an angrier side to him.

"Humphrey, what are you doing here?" Blair asked

"Question is, what is she doing here?" Dan asked as he looked to his sister

"You never told me you had a sister. Jenny and I ran into each other, got talking and now we're here" Blair replied

"I thought you were visiting then going home?" Dan turned to ask Jenny

"I did, but like Blair said we ran into each other. Why can't I be here? You're here" Jenny said

"Because I was doing my job, now that its complete, I'm leaving" Dan said "You should leave now as well" he said

"Stop being so uptight Humphrey. It's just brunch" Blair sighed as she locked eyes on Serena

"Stay here, and don't do anything" Dan said before he pulled Blair off to the side

"Let go of me!" Blair declared as she hit Dan on the arm

"What are doing? I don't want my sister here" Dan told her

"Frankly, I don't care what you want. So get over yourself" Blair said before they both glanced over to see Chuck make his way over towards the giddy blonde "Seems like she's all ready making friends" she then laughed as she could see steam coming from Dan at the sight of Chuck and Jenny "Welcome to my world Humphrey, strap up, its going to be a bumpy ride" she said as she walked away leaving Dan to wonder what she meant by that statement

"What the hell are you up to Waldorf?" Dan asked himself as he looked on quizzically


After a few moments of making nice with a few of her mother's clients, and playing up the supportive girlfriend for Nate's fathers clients, it was enough to make Blair feel detached from everything in general. Although she had gathered enough information to destroy Serena, she still felt like the true fool in this scenario was still her. Of course torturing Dan with the possibility of her ruining Jenny made her laugh a bit, but even that wasn't enough to shake the feeling she had. Looking over at Chuck trying to deflower his virgin was as sickening to the core, how desperate was he, she thought to herself. Feeling as if she needed to get away, Blair made her way upstairs to Chuck's suite for a drink. Making her way off the elevator, she felt a bit at ease to know that in a few moments she would be able to numb the pain a bit with a much desired drink as she entered into the suite and quickly poured herself a drink. Letting the sting of the drink linger a bit on her tongue, Blair gripped on tight to the glass as she just closed her eyes wishing this weren't her reality. Before she had the chance to fully succumb to her emotions in a quiet but still way, she heard her name being called out by a familiar voice. In that instant she was forced back into her hell as Serena came into the suite looking more pathetic than ever to her.

"What do you want?" Blair asked coldly

"You've ignored me. I thought we should talk" Serena replied

"There really isn't anything to talk about" Blair said "I mean what's done is done, and frankly I'm over it" she told her before taking another sip of her drink

"Will you just let me explain?" Serena asked

"What is there to explain? You crossed the line. You can't spin this one" Blair yelled at her

"It was a mistake, but I never…" Serena cried before Blair cut her off knowing the cliché line that she was about to say

"Never meant to hurt you!" Blair replied angrily "Newsflash, I'm hurt" she the shouted at her

"What can I do? What can I do to make this up to you?" Serena asked

"Leave. Never come back, that would be a start" Blair sneered at her coldly "Everyone was better off without you here. Hell, your mom was actually leading a normal life until you showed up" she said

"You want me gone? That's not going to solve things" Serena replied

"You have no idea how much it would solve" Blair said "I mean things were perfect until you came roaring back into town" she said

"I'm not the same person. I've changed" Serena said

"Spare me, your still the same person crap. I've heard it so many times and it ends in the same result" Blair told her as tears welled up in her eyes "I just….I just never thought you'd betray me like that" she said to Serena, making her feel guiltier by the moment

"I never meant to, its just one thing lead to another and I was drunk….then it just happened" Serena said as a bit of confusion came to Blair in that moment

"One thing lead to another?" Blair said softly as Serena kept babbling on in between tears

"I never meant to have sex with him" Serena finally said and that was it. That was the confirmation upon confirmation that Blair heard that just made her

"You….you. You slept with him?" Blair asked in confusion as she laughed at how things just got worse by the minute "You and Nate had sex" she said just motionless

"I thought….B, I…" Serena said as Blair just put her hand up for her to just stop

"We're done" Blair breathed one last time before she quickly opened the door to see Nate about to knock

"Hey" Nate said as Blair just looked even more horrified "Blair, what's wrong?" he asked before she just ran passed him and over to the elevator

"B, wait" Serena called out as she raced after her friend but she had all ready got on the elevator

"What happened?" Nate asked as Serena hit against the elevator buttons in an effort to catch up with Blair

"She knows" Serena said

"Dan told her?" Nate asked

"I did, by mistake" Serena said before the elevator doors opened and they both got on


Becoming more and more irritated by the second, Dan clenched his fist tight as he looked on at Chuck and Jenny just laughing and flirting with each other. He always knew that his sister would eventually date, and he had more than like some of the guys she had crushed on, but Chuck Bass. The guy was a creep just by appearance, he may have been draped in designer clothing from polo's to designer dress shirts but he was still a creep. Images of what Chuck attempted to do to a drunken Waldorf paraded his mind as not even small talk with people, who just wanted to inquire information about the help took his eyes away from the pair. Extending his hand to rest on her shoulder, Dan did his best to keep his cool but it was when Chuck's hand had traveled further down onto her butt is when Dan just couldn't hold it any longer. It felt as if he was nearly sprinting a mile over towards the two as he made his way over to interrupt, but he was more than ready to yank his sister out of here if need be and by how Jenny was acting…it might have come down to it.

"Okay, grab your stuff. We're leaving" Dan told Jenny as he grabbed on to her arm

"Dan?" Jenny asked in disbelief

"Leave the lady alone" Chuck replied as he shoved Dan off of Jenny

"The lady is my sister!" Dan yelled at him as Chuck just smiled at the thought of corrupting the very girl that happens to be Dan Humphrey's sister

"You don't say" Chuck laughed as Dan looked on to see Katy and Isabel texting a mile a minute

"Yeah, I do and she's coming with me" Dan said before he reached for Jenny's arm but she had pulled away

"I'm not going" Jenny replied just as Blair came racing down the stairs with Serena and Nate not too far behind

"Blair, will you stop please!" Serena called after her friend

"Jenny, lets go" Dan said grabbing on to her arm

"No, Dan!" Jenny replied as Chuck once again stepped in

"Okay, your taking this whole chivalry a bit too far now. If she wants to stay then she stays" Chuck said to him as all the attention in the room turned towards the group

"Have fun with some other random chick, but the girl, my sister, is leaving right now. Jenny grab your stuff!" Dan forcefully told her before Chuck grabbed ahold of Dan by his shirt catching Blair's attention as she soon saw how things were escalating

"We have unfinished business, so do yourself a favor a leave" Chuck whispered forcefully in his ear as Dan tried to shove him off of him

"Chuck, leave him alone" Serena yelled at Chuck as she looked on at the two

"Poor devil, so little time so many sluts to fu…" Chuck managed to say before Dan pushed him off and then punched him. In one motion, that's all it took for every person in the Upper East side to know what had just gone down as he could hear the whispers explode within the room

"Jenny, grab your stuff" Dan said soft enough for Jenny to here

"You weren't happy until you had to embarrass me" Jenny shouted at him as she grabbed her things angrily before she stormed out of the room knowing that their every move was being watched as Dan and Jenny left.

"Darota, have the driver bring the car around…I'm leaving" Blair said to Darota as Serena once again tried to plead to Blair

"B, listen to me" Serena said

"I'm done. I'm done" Blair said pushing past Serena and out into the lobby of the Palace leaving both Nate and Serena behind.

Stepping outside to the sidewalk, Blair pulled out her cell phone and quickly went to her media section on the phone to begin playing back the video. The video in which showed Dan punching Chuck. She had accomplished what she set out to do, all with the help of Chuck's disgusting manner…she had accomplished her goal, but yet in the end…she was the fool.


Pushing the door open in full force, Jenny stormed into the loft and into her room in a hurry as she began to throw her stuff down on the bed. Coming in a few steps behind her with no care of her being upset and throwing a temper tantrum, Dan felt a bit at ease that Jenny was out of Chuck's grasp but he began to fear the toll of his actions on his job. He knew word would travel quickly and that by the time he would wake up in the morning everything would pretty much be signed, sealed, and delivered. Letting Jenny blow off steam for a bit in her room as she grunted and groaned at his actions but he knew with time that she would cool down and then get over it. It was about ten minutes in before she had finally calmed down and was sitting on the edge of her bed by the time he went into her room. He didn't say much at first but just stood there in silence as they both tried to think calm and collectively about what they both wanted to say.

"You should have told me" Dan said breaking the silence

"Your not dad, I don't have to tell you my every move" Jenny replied

"I told you this morning about what that world is like, I specifically made it clear about that world, and you just enter into woefully" Dan lectured

"Dan!" Jenny yelled at him

"Jenny!" Dan yelled right back

"What is so wrong about wanting to be a part of that world?" Jenny asked

"Because we don't belong in that world" Dan said "Believe me when I tell you that its not a bad thing to be from Brooklyn" he said

"For you" Jenny replied "I want to fit in Dan, and I don't know if you noticed or not, but fitting in with the girls at my school basically consists of designers and attending all the parties" she said

"And that's not you" Dan replied

"That's what you want me to be" Jenny replied "I'm not a kid anymore…" she said before he cut her off

"If you say you're a woman, I will projectile vomit on you" Dan said

"I want to try different things. I want to explore more than just Brooklyn" Jenny said

"So you let some jackass like Chuck Bass hit on you, that's as different as you can get there" Dan told her

"It's my life Dan!" Jenny replied

"Not until your eighteen, its not your life just yet…you just rent it until you get full ownership at age eighteen" Dan replied as he pulled his keys out

"Where are you going?" Jenny asked

"Out" Dan replied as Jenny reached over to grab her coat

"I'm going to call Chuck" Jenny said

"No, your not" Dan laughed at her

"Says who?" Jenny asked just as Rufus made his way inside of the house with groceries in hand

"Jenny. Dan. I got food. I'm in the mood to make a messy pizza" Rufus said happily as they both just looked on at their father but Dan had a bit of a wider smile knowing that Jenny's plan had been interrupted

"Yeah, after I don't think you'll be leaving any time soon" Dan laughed as he walked over to the door to leave

"Where you going?" Rufus asked

"I have to go back to work to finish up work, I'll be back in two hours" Dan said before he opened up the door and left

"I hate my life" Jenny said to herself as she just watched her brother walk out like it was nothing


The light from city shined through the darkness of her room as she just lay in her bed staring up at the ceiling. In a span of three days, Serena van der Woodsen had came in a destroyed all that was perfect in her world. All that she had proud of, she had the perfect boyfriend, she had her minions, and she was Queen of it all…but now, all she wondered is what Serena would take next. It had been five minutes since she hadn't heard her phone vibrate, which all fifteen times was Nate probably wanting to tell her sorry a million and one times, and a part of her felt a little relieved to finally just be able to think, think about her next move, just think in general. A single tear drop rolled down her eye as she just thought about the day, wondering if the one success she had was really a success compared to the burned that she had received by the two people she cared for the most in this world. Sitting up in her bed, she once again looked on at the darkness in her room feeling as if this feeling would only continue, it had always been this way in the shadows of Serena. Getting up from her bed, she reached over to take a sip from her glass of water before pressing it up against her chest as the tears continued to fall. Lost in the sadness of the moment, she heard a knock at the door.

"Go away" Blair said softly as she pressed her hand up to her cheek to stop the running tear drop

"We need to talk" Dan said as he leaned up against the door

"I don't want to talk to you!" Blair yelled

"Look, I don't care about your temper tantrum because your going to listen. I don't know how you know Jenny or why your all of sudden talking to her, but if it has anything to do with me…keep her out of it" Dan said

"Leave. Me. Alone!" Blair screamed as she threw her glass at the window

"Glad to see we understand each other" Dan said after a moment of silence came between them . Heading downstairs, Dan heard the elevator doors open and as he made it to the final step he saw Nate come in.

"Hey man" Nate sighed

"Not tonight" Dan replied leaving Nate confused

"I have to talk to her. If we talk then things will be fine" Nate said

"Yeah, for your sake it'll be fine, but for her sake…give her time" Dan told him "Look, I don't know what the history is between Serena and you, but be honest with her because she seems to care a lot about you and all I see, is that you don't feel the same about her" he said

"I love her…I love both of them" Nate admitted "I can't just walk away from her" he sighed

"You can, and you will" Dan said as he extended his arms out so he was grabbing the rails of the staircase so that Nate couldn't get past him

"What are you doing?" Nate asked

"I'm considering her" Dan said motioning up to Blair's room "I should have done it earlier, but I'm doing it now. So give her space" he said as Nate with much thought then turned around to leave.


There's a fire starting in my heart,

Reaching a fever pitch and it's bring me out the dark,

Finally, I can see you crystal clear,

Go ahead and sell me out and a I'll lay your ship bare,

See how I'll leave with every piece of you,

Don't underestimate the things that I will do,

Rocking back in forth in on the edge of her bed, Blair did all she could to control her emotions but she found the pain gaining power over her as the tears just seemed to fall uncontrollably as she looked on at a picture of at a time when things were or at least in her mind perfect between Nate and her. Clenching on tight to her folded arms, she had no choice but to let the tears fall as there was no point in stopping them now, clenching tighter she felt a twinge of pain come from her leg. Looking down at her leg she soon saw she had cut herself from the glass that she had thrown earlier. Tossing her head back in frustration, she ran her hand through her hair before she cautiously made her way from the bed and made her way into her restroom.

There's a fire starting in my heart,

Reaching a fever pitch and it's bring me out the dark,

Laying back in her bed listening to her ipod, Jenny hummed along to her favorite songs but still found her mind wandering. Sitting up a little in her bed, she looked through the crack of her bedroom door to see her father sitting in the living room with his guitar in hand strumming away to the latest haunting melody of his. Getting up from her bed, she walked over to the door and closed it before she leaned up against the door. Looking towards her bed, she saw underneath her bed the box she had received earlier from Blair herself. Slowly making her way over to the bed, Jenny sat on the floor before she reached under the bed to pull the box out. Pulling at a tiny envelope on the box, she opened up and a smile quickly emerged to her face.

"Keep your friends close" Jenny read to herself as she slowly turned to look out at her window

The scars of your love remind me of us,

They keep me thinking that we almost had it all,

The scars of your love, they leave me breathless,

I can't help feeling,

Playing back the memory of when he first met Serena over and over in her head, Dan couldn't help but feel like a fool to think that the girl he had love from a far all this time was nothing like he dreamed her to be. Nothing about this world was what he dreamed it to be he laughed to himself. Grabbing his glass of water, he looked towards the staircase and once again slowly made his way up the staircase. Standing outside of her bedroom door, he asked himself a million times why he felt the need to stay behind, why her pain should even matter to him seeing as she clearly could care less about him. All those questions circled within his head, but yet the overall answer still remained the same with him. Slowly kneeling down, he took a sip of his water once more before he pulled a piece of paper out of his jacket pocket and on it, it read I'm sorry. He laughed to himself for a quick moment before he slid the piece of paper under the door.

"Like you'd even care" Dan said to himself before he slowly rose to his feet

We could have had it all,(You're gonna wish you never had met me),

Rolling in the deep,(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep),

You had my heart inside of your hand,(You're gonna wish you never had met me),

And you played it to the beat,(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep),

Sitting on the outer lining of the tub, Blair finished up her care on her cut as she finished it off by placing a band aid on top of it. For a moment she sat there and just took deep breaths trying to control her emotions that were some what calming down but still had the best of her. Look up at herself in the mirror she felt sympathy for the girl looking back at her. She felt like the flaws were becoming more and more evident as she continued to see herself. Looking at herself she had convinced herself into understanding why Nate might have strayed, why he might have turned to someone like Serena. The girl who had no flaws compared to the girl with all the flaws in the world, in her mind it began to make sense or at least she wanted it to at the moment. Turning to look at the toilet, she slowly sat down on the cold tile before crawling over towards the toilet. Staring down into the hole she felt as if this one time would fix it or at least improve the flaws. This one time would make her feel better, it would make her into the person she knew she was. Pulling her hair to the side, she closed her eyes and took a deep breath before she slowly raised her hand with one finger in erect position as she….


Gossip Girl: But his sister Jenny was spotted with a new dress... gifted from Blair herself. Everyone knows an Eleanor original is the uniform of B's private army. But will J be a loyal soldier? Or will she side with S's rebel forces?

Next Chapter: "Poison Ivy" As the Upper East Side teens from Constance Billard and St. Jude's prepare for a much-anticipated visit from the Ivy League representatives, Blair struggles with revealing a scandalous secret about Serena that may not remain a secret much longer. Dan has his heart and future set on the coveted usher position for the Dartmouth rep, only to be beat out by Nate.