Manhattan Project
Ok this is an attempt at a General Hospital/Gossip Girl cross over. I don't own wither fandom but I love them to death. It is sat AU in the GG TV-Verse as well as AU in the GH-Verse. Thanks Lottie at Opposite Attraction for helping me out with some interesting plot points...
Spotted...
C running into B and the Jackal in Barney's men's department. Is that the green eyed monster I see perched on C's shoulder...?
"I'm Damian Spinelli who the hell are you."
"I'm Chuck Bass."
The other man said this in a way that he expected Spinelli to already have known this which he surely did not. Spinelli simply rolled his eyes.
"Anyway I'll let you two chat, I'll just." Spinelli motioned that he was half dressed.
"No need," Chuck said as he was interested in who this man that was with the first and only girl he genuinely loved but was scared of giving up his player ways and screwed up by baling on her one too many times.
Spinelli nodded and began to fumble and button up his shirt causing Blair to feel a bit saddened inside and she didn't know why.
"So-um, are you the beautiful Blair's beau?"
Chuck looked from Spinelli to Blair and curved his mouth into one of his trademark smarmy smirks.
"I don't know, am I?"
He placed his arm around her causing her to shrug back in disgust. Though Blair still was very much in love with him she was equally still repulsed.
"In your dreams."
"More like fantasies." Chuck whispered under his breath as Blair took a step toward Spinelli and began to straiten the collar on his dress shirt.
"So Blair what exactly is Damian anyway, is he a rebound from me and Nathaniel or..."
"Damian is just a friend Chuck, can't friends go shopping with friends."
"Oh so you're his fag hag."
Spinelli resented the fact that this Chuck character thought he was gay. He turned towards the mirror and looked at his reflection thinking that he should of spoke up and talked Blair out of the highlights thinking he opened his mouth for everything else. Turning back he still noticed Chuck talking badly about him to Blair.
"So he's not gay, what is he then, some little project. I mean taking some random from the wrong side of the tracks and making them your personal Ken doll..."
Spinelli didn't know what was coming over him. He was a rather Zen kind of guy, a lover not a fighter, however hearing Chuck talk to Blair like this made his blood boil. Summoning up all the strength he balled up his fist and took a step toward chuck aiming to sucker punch him when Blair stood between them. Getting so close to hitting the beautiful brunette Spinelli took a step back.
"Damian violence never solves anything."
Inside Spinelli laughed thinking Blair wasn't in the center of a mob war.
"Chuck," she continued, "if you can't say something nice get the hell out of here."
"This is public property but I'll leave you alone if that is your wish."
Blair just gave him a look. Chuck nodded and gave Spinelli a death glare before striding off.
Once Chuck was gone Blair took a deep breath and placed her hand on his shoulder.
"You held your own ground with Chuck rather nicely Damian."
"Beautiful Blair," Spinelli said causing the brunette to crack a smile, "do you mind telling the Jackal who that most unworthy one was."
"Chuck is just a jealous ex don't mind him."
Spinelli nodded.
"Anyway I like this on you too."
He blushed.
"Thanks I guess, but are you sure about these clothes, I mean they so aren't me."
Blair let out a half smile.
"I mean sure your current skater look is nice and all but if you want a girl like Maxie who is in the center of the fashion world to even look at you a second time, well."
Spinelli nodded.
"Not that she shouldn't like you for you, I mean you are still you...the..."
"Jackal."
"The Jackal," Blair repeated smiling sweetly, "just well, more fashionable that's all."
"That notion eases my fears about being someone I'm not."
"Glad to hear it."
Looking down at his new attire still on him.
"Um can I..."
"Change...yea."
Spinelli nodded heading into the changing room while Blair continued to talk.
"I liked the blue it really brought out the tones in your eyes."
"Thanks I think."
Blair chuckled as he re emerged back in the yellow t-shirt and kaki cargo pants from earlier, his plaid shirt tied around his waist.
"Take it off."
"E-excuse me."
"From your waist it's tacky."
Spinelli rolled his eyes slipping the plaid shirt on.
"That's better."
Making their way to the register they paid for the pairs of jeans and few nice dress shirts they picked out.
"So now that you have the beginnings of a newer more fashionable wardrobe," Blair said as they made their way out of the store, "why not go someplace and change and join me for a drink to celebrate the new you."
"A drink, for starters you are under age and this is a school night isn't it."
"Gee dad thanks for bringing it up."
Spinelli rolled his eyes.
"You don't get out much Damian do you?"
He shook his head.
"Fine but I owe you."
"You owe me."
"For preventing your ass being kicked by Chuck."
"The Jackal could have held his own."
Blair just smiled.
"Well then when can we see each other again?"
"What do you mean?"
"How long are you here in town?"
"I'm here until the party a week from Friday."
"Well then here is my number, maybe we can hook up this weekend."
"Hook up."
Blair nodded as he vacated the car as it pulled up to the Plaza.
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Getting back to the suite he noticed Kate and Maxie weren't there, most likely burning midnight oil getting the launch ready. Sighing he debated changing into his new cloths to through Maxie off however he decided baby steps. Placing the cloths in his suitcase he picked up his ratty messenger bag pondering getting a sleek new bag to fit with his fashion forward new image. Sitting his laptop down he was relieved to see no news was good news and Stone Cold wasn't summoning him back to PC. He then began to look at some online shopping sights looking for more cloths when the door opened and Maxie entered.
"Greetings Maximista is Kate with you."
"Nope, she has some dinner meeting with one of the investors. She hasn't said who but I think she is messing around with Jasper Jacks."
"Mr. Valkyrie," Spinelli said.
Maxie nodded looking at him closer noticing something was different and not the bad different a kind of strange yet comforting weird like the first time he hugged her in Cooper's room what seemed like forever ago. It then hit her, his hair was shorter, more manageable and was lightened bringing out his eyes a bit and making him look rather alluring.
"You did something to your hair, it looks nice."
He smiled.
"You noticed."
"Yea, something like that is noticeable."
"So you don't think it's too much."
She smiled.
"Not at all, well actually, I think I'll kind of miss your messy mop, it was fun to play with."
He pouted a bit as she made her way over to him with a room servos menu.
"So what do we want to order tonight?"
He eyed her curiously.
"Dinner, or did you already eat, I mean I just assumed we would order in and I could tell you all about the dress Freddy is designing."
Spinelli faked a smile.
"Do they have Orange Soda," he simply asked.
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TBC
OK so I seriously DO plan on bringing Serena, Nate, and Dan into this as well as Johnny and Lulu in later chapters (closer to the party) I do have some Chuck/Maxie ideas as well but that is all. My proposed timeline is that this chapter was Wed afternoon/evening and the PARTY is a week from Friday so in essence I have about a week and a half give or take to tell this story...Ideas are LOVED