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It was the time they spent truly alone after the dinners that made the four the unchallengeable rulers of the UES. However it may have seemed to the outside, they could not have been torn apart.
In public, they were four people in the same social circle. Blair and Serena were best friends. Nate and Chuck were best friends. Blair and Nate were together. Nate was in love with Serena. To the outside world.
But to them, in the security of Chuck's hotel room, none of them loved anyone more than the other. They loved each other equally. There were four of them. It wasn't normal, but it worked for them.
Jealousy.
It wasn't something they understood. Sure, Blair was jealous of Serena in the outside world. Sure, Chuck was jealous of Nate in the outside world. But in that room, every single one of them was perfect, was incomparable.
Serena was a blond bombshell. She was the fun one. She was the one who made them forget.
Blair was a mysterious beauty. She was the composed one. She was the one who made them remember.
Nate was a heartthrob. He was the relaxed one. He was the one who made it ok.
Chuck was an ass. He was the desperate one. He was the one who made it start.
And he didn't know how he still managed to stay a part of it. As far as he could see, he brought the least to the group. He was the useless one who didn't matter. But somehow, for some reason, they seemed to need him just as much as he needed them.
And none of them ever showed anyone in public. None of them needed each other in public. In public, they did what they had to do, what legacies were supposed to do.
And it was Bart that kept them going. Chuck took the beatings for this.
