Charlotte's Point of View

I knew in that very minute I was in a lot of trouble. Chuck just gave me this look that made my stomach turn. I looked at the rest of the table and I saw everyone had gone. My phone buzzed.

From Jude: we left the minute we saw Chuck come in. we are all on our ways home. We'll come get our stuff another day. Best of luck on surviving the Bass. Xoxo

Those bitches left me. Chuck took the phone from my hand and grabbed my arm. He pulled me out of the building before anyone could settle the tab. There was this guy waiting outside and he gave me a gross smile. He walked up to me and started to open his mouth, but first Chuck shoved him back. "Make one single remark and I will have everything your family owns. The girl is only 14, you pervert. So stay back." Chuck was being such a dick right now.

Once in the limo, the end was beginning. "Serena calls me and you are nowhere to be found. Not five minutes later I see Gossip Girl posted a picture of you all over some old man. Anything you would like to add? Try to plead your case?" he was being sarcastic now. "What's the big deal? I got a little crazy tonight. No harm done. My friends do it all the time. I just wanted to see what it was like." I knew I should have kept my mouth shut. "So your friends talked you into it? Well then, I suppose you won't be hanging out with them when I am not around. That won't matter though because as of now you are grounded. Once we get home, straight to bed. We have to go to Lilly's brunch tomorrow." My mouth fell open at his words.

Grounded? "Chuckkkk. You can't ground me" I was basically crying now. Good God, I am spoiled. "Bubby, please. It won't happen again. Bubby. No." I threw myself in his lap and cried. I pulled out Bubby. That's what I used to call him when I was little. Little and he would swing me upside down. Chuck sighed and hugged me. "Charlotte. Stop. You are acting absurd. If you keep crying you are going to make yourself sick. You need to learn you can't drink and party. Its reckless." He was trying to console me, but I just kept crying.

The limo stopped and Chuck helped me out. I was sniffling in the elevator and the people in there with us looked at me funny. What? Never seen a girl crying while wearing a silk mini dress? Once at the penthouse, I went and got a glass of water and sat at the table. Once I finished my glass, I headed to my room and out my pajamas on. I laid in bed and couldn't sleep. I hopped up and went to see if Chuck's door was open it was. I wrapped my blank around myself and stood in the door way. He was up and typing on his laptop. Monkey went right in and hopped on the bed.

"I left the door open tonight. I had a suspicion you would come here. Charlotte, lay down, you are dead on your feet." He held his hand out to the empty side of the bed. I curled up next to him. He typed on his computer for a while then looked down at me. "Bubby, can I not be grounded? I won't do it again. I don't want to go to school and sit at home." I was tearing up again. Chuck let out a sigh and took my hand. "Charlie, you know I can't let you off free. I'm trying to do for you what Dad didn't do for me. Set boundaries and limits. Protect you from all the bad." He sighed at the end of his speech. Dad? I hadn't really thought about him much.

My Dad was a cold man. I don't think he ever even wanted a girl. He hardly payed me any attention. The parade of nannies and au pairs were there for that. Still, I missed him. He was family. "Okay, Chuck. I see your side. A little bit. But I won't be happy about this." I huffed out. I turned over on my side and curled into my cover. Time to form my sleeping nest. Chuck turned the lamp off and soon we were both enveloped into the gentle arms of sleep.

Time Lapse: Till the next morning

I woke up with just Monkey. I padded down into the kitchen and it held both Chuck and Nate, and Serena. I blinked a few times and my eyes were all sore from my many tear episodes. Serena walked around the island and hugged me. I just love this girl, she's amazing. "Char, I was thinking, you and I could ride to brunch separate from the boys. Have a little girl time. Maybe pick up some flowers? Or movies and have a sister day?" Serena's offer was so tempting. "I would love to but I am grounded. I don't get to have fun. I'm going to get dressed. Bye." I literally stomped down to my room. I made sure to give an angry hair flip and slam the door.

As I sat on my bed I hear Chuck let out a cry of pain. And Serena raised her voice. "Chuck! Grounding her? You had picked up your first hooker by 14 and I was already smoking pot and having sex. I think you can lighten up. or do you want me to hit you again? I will!" she was yelling at Chuck! "Serena, she gave me a heart attack. She needs to know that isn't okay. This is the best way I know how." Chuck sounded like he was the one pleading his case in front of Serena. "So punish her if it happens again. Give her some slack. This is her first time doing something like this." Serena should become a lawyer. Chuck groaned and gave a meek "Okay."

Now in my closet, I pulled on a Kate Spade bow chambray top and an off white lace skirt. My off white oxfords pulled the outfit together. I pulled my hair up into a loose messy bun and added a floral head wrap style head band. I grabbed my purse off my desk and walked back into the kitchen. Chuck and Nate were gone.

"Where did Thing 1 and Thing 2 go?" I asked with a smile. "Something needed checked over by Chuck. I didn't really listen to what they said. You are a free woman again! Let's go get some flowers to give to my mom and maybe she'll let us be lazy all day." Serena. The blonde, goddess of energy.

We took a cab to a flower stand about a block from the Palace. We picked out Lilly a nice mixed bouquet. The walk was nice. "S. What did you do to Chuck this morning? I heard him cry out." I was genuinely interested. "I beat a little sense into him. He was being a Basshole." She was funny. "I cried and cried last night and couldn't manage to get him to relent. I even called him Bubby. And I cried in his bed." I was thinking about last night. I acted like a toddler and Chuck didn't beat me. Hmm. "You are his pride and joy. You guys have a very special brother/ sister bond. He'd give it all up for you if that's what you wanted.

Her statement made me warm up inside. Chuck was my best friend. He cared for me and loved me through anything. He was my Bubby.