A/N: Thank you sarah, Han, aiyoo, Gemma, and xXx Gemz xXx for reviewing chapter 3 of my story. :D
Before I start this chapter, I would just like to rant on the season finale… Actually, one thing sums it all up: I DIED!!
Well, I can't wait to see what the writers have in store for us next season… I hope they don't kill me again. I would please like to see Dan and Serena together again… and Chuck and Blair FINALLY together… Please?? And lastly, please get Nate a new love interest, so he wouldn't have to choose between Blair and Serena again.
Okay, that was the rant. Whew! At least I got it out of my system. Now, on with the story…
Oh, and please review. :D Thanks!
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CHAPTER 4: A Perfect Way To State the Obvious
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You perfectly know what I want to talk to you about…
"Did she send you?" Dan let slip, without thinking. As he realized this lack of brain activity, he mentally nudged himself for appearing so self-absorbed and conceited. He knew it was about Serena, but bringing it up this way, as if Serena desperately needed him and couldn't stop thinking about him, was… not cool.
Most importantly, it isn't as if he wasn't guilty of the same thing.
She was taken aback by his greeting. Before she could raise an eyebrow and make a harsh comment, in utter Queen Bee fashion, she stopped herself. Instead, she took a deep breath and reconsidered the purpose of having to interact with the self-absorbed and conceited person in the first place.
I'm doing this for my best friend, she thought.
"She loves you so much she didn't want to lose you. She didn't want her past to ruin the relationship you had… which was close to perfect, by the way," she said straightforwardly.
"And no, she didn't send me. I'm here on my own accord," she said bluntly. She just needed to add that.
Dan looked at the brunette thoughtfully. It felt a bit, no, very, very uncomfortable to be standing there, staring at each other. They started walking with no destination in mind just for something to do.
"What happened to her or how she was in the past is not really important to me," Dan started.
"What's important is who she is now, because who she is would be a reflection of what she allowed herself to learn from the past," he finished, knowing all too well that indeed, Serena learned so much from her past.
"But what if the past didn't just bring some things to learn but a really serious consequence?" she asked, empathizing with her best friend.
"Then, I would like to be there and help her deal with the consequences," he said.
With a sigh, he let himself continue, "I broke up with her because she can't talk to me. She didn't trust how much I love her. She didn't give me a chance to understand what was going on. I knew that she didn't sleep with those guys at the bar, but I still didn't know what was happening. I wanted her to trust me."
"I still love her, I really do, but it can't go on that way," Dan said quietly and honestly.
Dan was surprised with himself. As if waking from a dream, he shook his head sporting a very perplexed look on his face.
"And I really don't know why I told you what I just told you," Dan said quickly, almost mumbling, earning an equally disoriented look from the girl.
"You're Blair Waldorf… and I'm… Dan Humphrey," he said, proving his point and breaking the daze.
He looked at her fascinated. He found it utterly weird to suddenly open up very comfortably to someone he wasn't really close to… Actually, to put it more accurately, he found it utterly weird to open up to BLAIR WALDORF.
"Cabbage Patch," Blair started, in a matter-of-fact tone of voice. "A perfect way to state the obvious, but what's more obvious is that you're telling me all these because I'm her best friend and you know that I'll take care of her and be there for her. You do still love her," she said knowingly, with a smile on her face.
There is still hope.
"You're not so bad, Dan Humphrey," she said approvingly.
"And neither are you, Blair Waldorf," he said.
They started parting ways, both replaying what just happened in their heads. Before they were too far from each other, Blair turned towards Dan's direction.
"But, eww! Don't use our names in the same sentence ever again," came a very Blair-like comeback.
"I wouldn't dare," was the answer.
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A/N: Please review. :D I'm getting closer and closer to the Dan/Serena meeting, haha! :D