Title: We Used to Be Friends

Author: Shelby Lewis or SimplyShelbySJL

Disclaimer: Ed Westwick has sadly not come to me and asked my hand in marriage, no word from Chace or Penn either. So yes I do not own Gossip Girl if I did I would be writing scripts for episodes instead of fanfiction. So lets hope one day one of them will come to their senses, Ed in particular, but for now I will write here for you lovely fanfiction readers!

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Vanessa got up early quietly going into the kitchen. She stopped when she saw Jenny sitting at the table picking at an orange. Jenny looked up, "Oh umm hi."

Vanessa rolled her eyes going into the cabinet, "What not sleeping in with Nate this morning."

Jenny stood up, "No Vanessa Nate's no my boyfriend he's yours and I have no feelings for him."

Vanessa turned around, "Really Jenny because I'm pretty sure thats what you said last time before you hooked up with him right after we broke-up."

Jenny sighed, "Ugh things we're different and don't act so innocent you stole my letter from him adressed to me Vanessa, not you!"

Vanessa scoffed, "Oh i'm sorry, but you shouldn't have had a letter adressed to you in the first place. You knew how I felt about him and you knew it broke my heart to see you with him! You were supposed to be my best friend Jenny, but in the end I guess you showed true colors at the winter dance, didn't you?"

Jenny's face fell a little and she looked down, "I'm sorry about that okay I don't know why I did it I was just..."

Vanessa cut her off, "Save it Jenny, we're not friends anymore all I want you to do is stay away from Nate and Me, understood? Good." With that she stormed out of the room going out onto the deck sitting on one of the pool chairs and picking at her orange. Jenny sighed going to the bathroom to take a shower and locking the door.

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An older Chuck stood dressed in a black tux and trent coat. He stands in the back corner of the church, unseen by the world around him. He sees Nate and Dan standing up at the alter as the best men. He also sees Serena smiling proud with Jenny and Vanessa next to her.

Eleanor and Cyrus are in the front row along with Harold and Roman. They all look pleased and happy. The church is filled with smiling people, he is the only face filled with hatred. Hatred towards the all for their happiness.

The music starts and the doors open out comes a beautiful girl with chocolate brown curls dressed in white. She starts down the isle with grace taking her time. She doesn't wear a vail, but shows her beautiful face, smiling her doe eyes shimmering. The music stops she is at the front beside a man Chuck cannot make out.

The priest performs the ceramony perfectly and the vows are said. For a moment he thinks right before she says, "I do," she sees him. This doesn't stop her and she smiled filling out the ceramony. The man leans down and kisses her capturing her angelic face with his hands as he does so.

Chuck watches as the couple turns in full view of everyone, smiles on both of their faces. It is Blair, this he knew, but the man beside her is not Chuck. The man that walks hand and hand with Blair on their way to the limo is not Chuck. They leave, but Chuck remains in the corner. The church clears out leaving the last to leave Dan and Nate. Chuck watches as he goes unnoticed and they began to leave, laughing.

Dan smiles laughing as he pats Nate on the back, "Pity Chuck wasn't here, eh Nate?" There is no pity in his voice, only happiness.

Nate smiles leaving Chuck with his last words as he walks out, "People like Chuck wouldn't understand things like marriage Dan because he can't understand love."

With that they are gone. Everyone is gone. No one cares what becomes of Chuck Bass and no one aknoqledges his prescense. He is alone. Chuck steps out of the church all alone, everyone already gone. He looks at the road and sees his reflection in a puddle, but it isn't Chuck. It's a man far more cold and filled with so much for sadness, it's his father.

"NO!" Chuck screamed jumping up in bed almost falling out. He jumps up running to the dressers mirror examining his reflection. He's still Chuck, "It was just a dream," he sighs almost falling backwards.

He sees Eric behind him now sitting up in bed, "You okay Chuck?"

Chuck turns around shaking his head, "I don't know."

Eric laughs a little before getting up, "Well okay then... I'm going to go take a shower."

Chuck watches as the door closes and then sighs walking out of his bedroom. He passes the living room and sees Serena, Jenny, and Aaron all eating silently and looking uncomfortable. He decides to pass it up and head to the kitchen. He stops when he hears familiar laughter.

Blairs in the kitchen blasting with laughter as Dan throws some of his water on her. Dan laughs, "What Waldorf afraid you'll melt?"

Blair laughs, "Stop it Dan I mean it!" She grabs the water bottle and begins throwing water on him. He laughs squirming away, "Oh not so funny the other way around is it Humphrey?"

Chuck stands puzzled on the other end of the doorway. He jumps when a voice comes from behind him, "Its called messing around with friens Chuck, but I guess you wouldn't know about anything with the word friens in it now would you?" the voice is bitter, but Chuck isn't surprised when he turns around to see Nate.

Nate rolls his eyes at Chuck and walks past him through the doorway of the kitchen. Chuck hears Dan and Blair say goodmorning, but Nate is silent. Chuck walks in the kitchen earning a few looks from the other three, but no one says anything.

Instead Dan talks to Nate, "Rough night man?"

Nate sighs, "Yep, if anything Vanessa is even more mad this morning. I mean I don't know what to do she just won't trust me."

Blair scoffs with laughter and everyone turns to look at her. She slowly looks up at everyone biting her bottom lip, "Whoops."

Nate sends a slight glare, "No please share with us what is so funny."

Blair sighs rolling her eyes as she suprises Chuck with jumping up to sit on the counter. She then looks at Nate, "Nate you can't just expect trust you have to earn it and I don't blame Vanessa for feeling the ways she does I mean you do have history with Jenny."

Nate sighs, "Oh my god we had what a few kisses?!"

Blair shrugs, "And its kinda your fault their not friends anymore."

Dan smirks catching on, "Clever Waldorf."

Nate looks up dumbfounded, "What?"

Blair laughs, "Okay look in order to get Vanessa to trust you, you need to fix things Archibald. Not only with you and Vanessa, but you need to fix things between Jenny and Vanessa. Take this from a girl who knows from personal expierence when a guy , cough, Nate Archibald, messes with your best friend, cough, Serena things never really heal up unless you want them to. Like with us you didn't want them to so they didn't instead I patched things up with Serena and we went down the road of destruction."

Nate nodded before sighing, "I guess i'll go talk to Vanessa anyone know where she is?"

Dan nodded towards the outside deck and Nate walked out towards it going outside. This left Dan, Blair and Chuck all remaining silent in the room.

Chuck looked up to see Dan glaring at him, "What are you looking at Humphrey?"

Dan sighed smirking, "Nothing believe me." With that he walked out of the room and into a bathroom the shower turning on. Chuck looked over at Blair, but she ignored him picking at her bannana.

"Morning to you to Waldorf," he stated before pouring a cup of coffee.

Blair looked up casually, "Oh morning Chuck." Damnit, why wouldn't she just use his last name, he thought. He was about to say something else when Carter walked into the kitchen ignoring Chuck and walking straight towards Blair. He smiled, "Morning beautiful."

She laughed, "Goodmorning." With that he leaned in kissing her on the lips. Chuck rolled his eyes why dont' they just get a room... wait no don't get a room. Chuck watched as Blair's eye opened looking over at Chuck for a few seconds before laughing and pushing Carter playfully off, "I'm in dire need of a shower."

Carter smirked watching her leave, "You smell fine to me." Carter then towards Chuck throwing him an extra large smirk and raising an eyebrow. It was his challenge face, but what Carter failed to realize was when you battle against Chuck Bass, you will lose.

Chuck smirked at Carter, "So Baizen tell me how did you and Blair come to be? I mean last time I saw you I was pretty sure you were infactuated with Serena."

Carters smile dropped, but quickly reccaptured itself looking back at Chuck, "What can I say Chuck highschool infactuations hold no weight in the real world and how I got Blair is our buisness."

Chuck rolled his eyes losing his cool, "You don't have anything."

Carter smiled with cockiness, "Oh really because I'm pretty sure I wake-up to Blair every morning back at our apartment in the city. Then again though I favor the nights too." With that he laughed walking past Chuck and into the bedroom Blair entered. Chuck grinded his teeth "dropping" his glass, watching it shatter in the sink.

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Jenny walked into the bedroom, hearing the shower of its bathroom shut off. She looked the bedroom door waiting a few minutes as Eric moved around inside. When the door opened Eric looked at her before walking past her to his suit case grabbing some clothes.

Jenny stood up walking over to him, "You're not honestly still mad are you?"

Eric looked up, "Can I just please get ready in peace Jenny i'm no in the mood to fight right now."

Jenny took his clothes from him, "Exactly neither am I and we shouldn't be fighting because I did nothing wrong. I can't change the past where I was stupid and ran after Nate. I can't change the room assignments of last night, but you need to trust me okay!"

Eric looked at her, "Fine i'll trust you if you tell me you have absolutely no feelings left for Nate what so ever."

Jenny smiled, "The only feelings I have are for you Eric."

Eric kept a serious face, "Promise."

Jenny nodded, "I promise. Now can we please stop fighting?"

Eric laughed a little, "yeah it was pretty annoying."

Jenny nodded, "Took the words from my mouth now I have a problem I need you help with."

Eric raised an eyebrow, "What exactly would that be?"

Jenny sighed, "Vanessa still hates me and like you did she thinks i'm still after Nate which is stupid, but anyways I still feel bad to what I did to her back then and I just want to patch things up you know."

Eric smiled, "That's what the shows for Jenny, trust me i'm sure their going to make you do something with Vanessa just like they probably will with Nate and Chuck and Blair and Serena."

Jenny bit her lip, "Wow me and Vanessa might be the civil one's in the future throw downs then."

Eric nodded, "Exactly." Jenny laughed, "You realize we're dead soo enough right." Eric smiled, "As long as we go out together and with a bang, i'm happy."

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Everyone had been called into the family room for the next activity. Nate and Vanessa were sitting together, but like Blair predicted Vanessa was still giving him somewhat of a could shoulder. Chuck was invited to sit with Eric and Jenny, which he took not having many other options. Blair sat across from Chuck with Carter by her side his arm around her waist and next to him was Dan. Dan was sitting uncomfortably next to Serena since Aaron refused to sit there. They were all in a circle a box in the middle of them.

"What do you think is in it?" Jenny spoke up staring at it.

Blair shrugged, "Only one way to find out." She then grabbed it trying to get the tape off of it and open it, but it didn't go so smoothly when she ended up stabbing herself with a loose staple, "Ow!"

Nate laughed taking the box from her, "Here I'll open it." She gave it to him sending him a playful glare. He opened it and set its contents in the middle of the cirlce. There was a page of directions, a deck of cards, and a smaller box. Nate read the directions aloud, "Today is a time to go down memory lane and in the form of a game. Here you have a deck of cards which you will pass around taking turns reading each card and supplying it with an answer. You cannot move onto the next card until everyone who needs to has answered the questions. Some questions will apply to everyone and others only to a few or one person. Have fun." He smiled sarcastically up at the last part before grabbing a card, "Guess i'll go first."

He sighed reading the card, "Name a best moment between you and your best friend, or ex-best friend in grade school. It must be someone in the room and only you have to answer this question."

Nate looked up his eyes landing on Chuck he sighed rolling his eyes, "Let's see the best moment between me and Mr. Asshole over there. Umm well..." his lips curved into somewhat of a smile recalling the memory he then laughed a little, "I guess it would have to be when Chuck and I stole Serena and Blair's note box and read all their secrets."

Chuck laughed out loud, "Dude that was so freaking funny."

Nate laughed, "Do you remember the one about Blair and Serena talking about Blairs dream about Mr. Floyd."

Chuck laughed finishing for him, "Dude you mean that creeper of a teacher yes that was so funny."

Nate put on a fake girly voice, "oh my god Serena Mr. Floyd is so hott and I had this dream where we got married and had little.." Blair cut him off slapping him in the head.

"I cannot belive you read those, they were private we talked about things like..." she trailed off forgetting about her fight with Serena as they exchanged a look.

Serena reached over smacking Chuck in the head him and Nate both now rubbing their heads, but kept laughing. Nate and Chuck then looked up at each other and realized the reality and slowly stopped laughing. Nate rolled his eyes, "Anyways that was forever ago its not like it matters anyways here Vanessa its your turn." He said handing Vanessa the deck of cards.

Vaness sighed reading the card aloud, "Name a time you and one of your girl best friends escaped some sort of trouble."

Vanessa looked up at Jenny for a moment before rolling her eyes with a sigh, "I guess when Jenny and I snuck back in after sneaking out to go to my sisters concert at one in the morning."

Dan smirked raising his hand, "I knew I heard something that night."

Jenny laughed a little, "Better you then dad if he would have caught me I would have been so dead."

Vanessa laughed a little, "You would have been dead he would have killed me for taking you there without his permission."

Jenny smiled, "That was fun, it scared the shit out of me at the time, but it was fun."

Vanessa nodded before snapping back to reality, "Was being the key word. Those days are long gone anyways your up next Chuck." she said handing him the deck.

He flipped the card and read it, "This one is for the non-judging breakfast club," he looked up at Nate, Serena, and Blair before continuing, "Name a time in middle school you all came together to help one of the members through a serious problem."

Serena, Nate, and Chuck all looked over at Blair. Blair put her face in her hands sighing, "Just get it over with."

Serena sighed, "It had to be when Chuck told me and Nate about what he saw Blair doing in the bathroom."

Blair looked up at Chuck, "I thought Serena was the one who found out that I made myself throw up."

Chuck shrugged not liking to remember when Blair had a problem with being bulimic, "I let Serena pretend she saw you because I knew it'd make the problem get fixed faster."

Nate sighed, "We were their for each other a lot back then."

Blair sighed, "Guess we grew out of it."

The room was silent, the others didn't know what to think because like always the famous four found a way to group together even when they weren't together. Finally Chuck handed Eric the deck of cards and Eric took them wanting a change in mood so he read quickly. He then laughed reading it out loud, "Name a crush you had on your older siblings friends, this can apply to Jenny or Eric."

Serena smiled over at Eric laughing, "This ought a be good."

Chuck looked at Eric, "This was before you found out you liked men too right?"

Eric laughed, "Don't worry Chuck your not my type."

Nate sat up, "Whoa Eric hold on there."

Eric laughed, "Not you either Nate." Eric then smiled over at Blair, "It was Blair, it lasted a whole two days. It was over when she broke my heart showing me even with Nate at Day when we played house Chuck got to be her husbaund and i got to be the dog."

Serena burst out laughing along with Blair, Chuck, and Nate. Blair smiled, "I'm sorry little E, but you were just so small and puppy like."

Eric laughed, "Aw gee thanks Blair."

Nate laughed, "Blair you and Serena used to make us play house all the time."

Blair stuck out her tongue at him, "Yeah and you played it wrong Nate you always wanted to fight and husbaunds aren't supposed to fight they are supposed to..."

Chuck and Nate spoke in unions, "be lawyers and help take care of the children."

Blair stuck her tongue out at both of them and Serena laughed, "We had so much fun back then."

Chuck laughed, "Yeah we did."

After a while it got awkward and the silence came back when reality hit once again. Eric then handed the deck to Jenny who read her card out loud, "Name a time your best friend or ex best friend bailed out out of a stick situation."

Jenny looked up at Vanessa, "Well thats easy it was the time Vanessa rescued me from a very gone wrong first date."

Vanessa laughed little, "Oh my god that guy was such a creeper."

Jenny laughed, "I know I show up at his house to watch a movie and..." she turned red laughing, "I can't even say it."

Vanessa laughed, "Don't look at me I removed that image from my brain."

Jenny shrugged, "Yep... anyways your turn Blair," she said passing the deck to Blair.

Blair took out a card laughing, "Name a time you and your girl best friend showed that your sex definetly dominates over the other."

Blair looked up at Serena her face turning red as she stiffled a giggle. Serena laughed, "We might as well tell them it was us."

Blair laughed looking at Chuck and Nate, "Um do you guys remember that time, freshmen year after gym where you guys stayed behind to take a shower and afterwards your clothes went missing and you got caught on gossip girl dashing into Chuck's limo with only towels on?"

Chuck looked up, "Oh your dead Waldorf."

Nate looked at Serena, "You too Serena that was humiliating."

Serena stuck out her tongue at him laughing, "You guys so deserved it blowing us off to try pot."

Blair nodded, "Yeah that was not cool, but i bet the winter air was against your half naked and wet boddies," she then began laughing along with Serena.

Mostly everyone got in a laughter about that one and Eric smiled, "I wish I could have seen that."

Blair smirked, "Oh you can I saved in indefinetly on my phone." Serena laughed holding out her phone, "Me too."

Blair laughed, "No way." Serena smiled, "How could i not it was the best picture ever."

Blair laughed along with Serena until Aaron cleared his throat, "Can we move on?" Serena and Blair both rolled their eyes and Blair gave the deck to Carter.

Carter pulled out a card reading it out loud his head leaning on Blairs shoulder, "Name a time you helped someone or more than one person in the room expierence something for the first time."

Carter shrugged, "It could be either helping Nate and Chuck get into their first club or smoking their first joint."

Chuck rolled his eyes and Nate laughed a little remembering the moment. Blair scrunched her nose, "Ew your the one who gave them the pot smoking habbit?"

Chuck smiled, "That was him, good old upperclassman Carter."

Blair rolled her eyes, "Just pass the cards Carter." Carter sighed passing the deck to Dan who was beside him.

Dan read the card, "This question is easy, but could cause some drama. Whow as your best friend before high school?"

Dan shrugged, "No drama it was Vanessa hands down." Vanessa smiled as he passed the deck to Serena, not looking at her.

Serena sighed reading aloud, "In high school who was the one person who always understood you, make it a guy this time."

Serena looked up biting her lip before sighing, "It was Dan."

The room got quiet as Aaron glared at Dan who kept his head down along with Serena. Blair spoke up to break the silence, "Okay Aaron its your turn."

Serena passed the deck to Aaron who read the card, "Name an awkward moment between you and someone in the room three years ago."

Aaron sighed looking at Blair who sat up, "Oh don't even think about that Rose."

Aaron rolled his eyes, "It wasn't my fault you didn't have to be such a brat about it and besides who doesn't lock their bathroom door."

Serena looked at him annoyed, "What are you two talking about."

Blair sighed, "Your creeper of a boyfriend walked in on me in the shower after him and daddy dearest moved in."

Serena looked at Aaron, "Why were you even in Blairs bathroom?"

Chuck sat up, "Yeah Aaron why?"

Aaron rolled his eyes, "I needed a towel and her mom told me she had them in her bathroom and the door wasn't locked so i just walked in, it wasn't my fault."

Blair rolled her eyes, "Yeah okay thats why when I screamed at you to get out you stood there forever."

Aaron rolled his eyes again, "You caught me off guard."

Blair faked a gag and he sighed getting up since no cards were left and the game was over. Everyone else got up leaving except for Eric and Jenny. Eric smiled at her, "Well that was interesting."

Jenny nodded, "What did we get ourselves into Eric?"

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