Author's POV:

Sometimes we are so blind by things and persons than we are unable to see what has been there since the very beginning. The principal cause of blindness is not the uncertainty but the obviousness; some things are so obvious that we are blinded by them in the same way we are blinded by the sun when he lights directly into our eyes.

Chuck was observing Serena from the corner of a room; it was his party but she was its star. In fact, Chuck had thrown the party for Serena; she was born to shine and she needed to remember it. Chuck knew very well the people like Serena because people like him were usually accompanied by them. He was the darkness itself, the son of the night and the king of the shadows. He knew the darkest secrets of the human soul and he was covered by the scars of that knowledge. He was attractive in the same way night was: mysterious, ambitious, dangerous, secretive, handsome and cold. Serena was the exact opposite, she was the sun itself. She was as beautiful as a summer day, as cheesy as it may sound, she was carefree and happy, magnetic. She had known some pretty dark things too, she was not an innocent and helpless girl at all but she simply did not care. Watching Serena's radiant smile and the crowd that had gathered around her Chuck remembered how things used to be before Blair and Dan, before everything that has turned them into the persons they are at the moment. Blair was the fighter because she had to work for everything while Serena was the centre of the world effortless. She was the sun so the earth, naturally, rotated around her.

He then thought that maybe the impossibility of his love story with Blair was linked to all of that. Blair had always wanted to turn the darkness in her into light; she wanted to be the sun too. She wanted to be happy and carefree, magnetic and radiant. She did not want the magnificence of the night but the shining of the day. He, on the other side, never wanted to be anything else than what he was. Chuck Bass knew he could never be the sun; he was condemned to darkness since his birth. His father did not want a son, he wanted an heir and he raised him as that. He couldn't be carefree; he had an empire to build. He belonged to darkness and he loved it, if Serena was magnetic, he was fascinating. Watching her from a distance he realized something that struck him, Serena VanderWoodsen was one of those people born to be happy and he found it outstanding. They understood each other because they complemented each other: she was the day, he was the night and none of them wanted to change that. Surprisingly enough, the light of the sun had ended up being the only true constant in Chuck's life.

Serena was surrounded by lot of people; some have been nice to her and some awful but, as always, she did not care. She was not one to hold grudges against people; she gave what she had to give, took what there was to be taken and left. That was life, she thought: things happen, you get hurt, you go on. Each day the night ends coming but each day the Sun shines again in the morning. People usually thought the day and the night were in a constant battle but she knew better, they had come to accept they needed each other to exist. They let the other be to be able to be them. People did not get that because everybody has expectations. "I love you as you are", my ass she thought! Yes, you love someone as he is for the first few months then you want more; you want different, you want to him to become your phantasm. Look at Dan, as much as he likes to claim it, he never accepted her as she was. She was too shiny, too posh, too rich, too carefree, and too happy. Deep down, Blair was easier to be with for him because she has more problems than her. She needed a man by her side to make her confident, she needed a daddy. Serena did not want to be educated; she just wanted to be loved for who she was.

She was not paying attention to any of the people she was talking to. She knew he was watching her and she wondered what he was thinking. He always looked as if he had a big and powerful secret, as if he knew the key to the human existence. He was not even twenty-five but he looked as a forty confident man. He was a magnet to her, always has been. He was as solid as she was aerial. He was his rock and she was his sunshine. She knew Blair and Dan were going to walk in at any moment and she was nervous about it in the morning but not anymore. There was no fear in her because he had thrown this party for her, they had each other and the way he was watching her make her feel so incredibly powerful. She understood Blair's behaviour towards him now: his eyes held so much power than those of any other man. She had never felt more beautiful, never more confident, and never more luminous. He knew who she was and he did not try to change her but he did not accept her either, he did something better: he encouraged her to be more and more herself. In exchange Serena promised herself to never judge him. She knew how dark he was and how bad he could be but she did not care because she also knew how hard it was to be him. She then thought that if they had to confront Blair and Dan they would do it together so she excused herself and made her way towards him.

Lily was still accepting her break up with Rufus; she hated to admit that her mother was somehow right. She loved Rufus and could live with him in Manhattan but Brooklyn? He had said he felt insulted, it was not her intention. She simply did not belong there. She was Lily Van der Woodsen and, as much as she had wanted to deny it, it was something she could not change. Her eyes fell upon Chuck and Serena; at least they were going to take it well. Since the Dan and Blair affaire they did not feel very comfortable about Rufus. She could not blame it. She suddenly realized how magnificent they look: her golden dress clashed totally with his completely black suit. She was the light itself, he was the darkness and together they just looked natural. She made many mistakes in her life but she has done good work with those two. The image of Bart popped in her head: she imagined how pride he would feel if he could see his son right now, looking as the finest predator. Lily knew Bart had countless flaws but, even if he did not show it, he loved his son deeply. Then she thought that, strangely enough, Chuck and Serena looked like an improved version of them. Then she saw Blair and Dan walking in the room and hoped that her two beautiful children would survive this as they had survive everything else.

Serena looked at Chuck telling him she was perfectly fine and took his arm in hers. Chuck had been taking care of her lately but deep down she knew that all of this was even harder for him. She did not miss the surprised look on Blair's face when she acknowledged how close her and Chuck were, she enjoyed it a lot. Dan was the first to speak and Serena rolled her eyes. Here he goes again with his adult act, he was so predictable.

"Chuck, your party is really nice".

Oh god, thought Chuck: how much lame he can get?

"Thank you Humphrey, I am glad you like it".

Blair was throwing a murderous look at Serena; it looked like this was a cat fight. Serena had stopped competing long ago, she always won so she stopped playing to make Blair happy but that was over, at least for tonight.

"Are you not going to yell at me like the child you are Serena?"

Chuck looked expectantly at Serena while Dan pulled discreetly on Blair's arm indicating to her she had gone too far.

Serena tightened her grip on Chuck and smiled her 1000 KW smile before answering in the sweetest tone she could manage.

"Oh no dear, I have gotten over you! You know, children get over things very easily, especially when they are not worthy pinning over for more than a few days".

Blair did her best to stay as still as a statue and smiled.

"So we are good now?"

Serena wanted to punch her in the face; did she really think it was going to be that easy? Chuck rolled his eyes, what had they done to the original Blair?

"No, we are not good. As I told you, we are over. You and Dan found love and that is wonderful. I hope he loves you enough to compensate the loose of your three childhood friends. I am not going to insult you or yell at you because I do not care anymore. So, if you excuse me, we are going to stop wasting our time with such insignificant beings because Chuck and I have a party to host. Enjoy!" and with the biggest smile ever seen in the Upper East Side, Serena walked away taking Chuck with her while Blair contemplated her with hatred written all over her face.

Chuck and Serena stumbled in Chuck's balcony laughing; they were greeted by a very happy Monkey. Serena loved that dog and Chuck adored her for that. When they had caught their breaths, Chuck looked at Serena.

"That was fucking awesome!"

They broke in laughter again.

"Yeah well, I was so tired of being the good passive victim. Fuck them both!"

Monkey barked enthusiastically at that while Serena caressed him.

"Oh yeah huh, you agree too. You are such a good boy".

Monkey preferred Serena to Blair since he had noticed that with the blond around him his master was happier than before and to Monkey Chuck's happiness was its number one priority.

"We should go back to the party", said Serena while looking out at the horizon.

"Screw the party, I love this view".

Serena smiled, she did too.

"Why do you love the New York's skyscrapers so much Chuck?"

"They look so powerful always rising above everything else but they could scroll down so easily. What I love the most about them though is the view they give you".

Serena smiled at his words; he was like her own skyscraper. She did not know what took over her; it could have been the moon shining over their heads, the rush from her conversation with Blair or the need to forget about a love that was still deep in her chest. It could have been all those things together but she knew better than that; magnetism was a physic force and not even Serena Van Der Woodsen or Chuck Bass could stop it. They had delayed it for years but, in the end, the universe would impose its laws. Serena Van Der Woodsen obeyed those laws and leaned until her lips were on his.

Author's POV:

But you can only be blind for a limited amount of time. Sooner or later, everything reveals itself and once you have recognized the existence of something obvious, there is no turning back. You cannot look at anywhere else".

What did you think of that? I can just tell you it has just started. I know a lot of people do not like Chuck and Serena as a couple but I do not really see why. Don't worry though; they are very far of becoming one yet.

I am looking for a beta reader for this story so if one of you feels up to it, let me know!

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