Family Portrait
Sorry that this weeks installment was late...anyways now would be the time to review if your reading and you never reviewed (even just to say hi) as though the muse is all a flutter with ideas for this I just want to know there are people out there who like this. Also any GG aficionados out in reader land who can help me with names of Locals (like the name of the building/hotel the van der Woodesn's and Chuck live, if Blair and/or Nate's residence is named... anyway thanks again
Morning Upper East Siders and it's going to be a good one as a new day brings new drama as our new face in town extends his stay.....indefinitely. What trouble will he stir up...well you know I'll be on it....
You know you love me...
XOXO
Gossip Girl
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Humphrey Loft-That Morning:
The following morning Spinelli sat on the couch which was surprisingly quite comfortable and completed texting a good day greeting to his Maximista when steps sounded from behind him.
"Your still here," said Jenny, with a twinge of venom in her tone as she looked over to the young man dressed in a white tee and a pair of plaid pajama bottoms.
He simply shrugged and watched the young blonde, already dressed in her Constance Billiard uniform head to the counter to grab a pre packaged blueberry muffin. He couldn't help but smile watching her before letting out a sigh.
"I know that the Jackal and his shocked sibling didn't hit it off....but..."
Jenny began to listen to his ramblings.
"I was thinking perhaps a bit of one on one time with my snarky sibling would be in order."
She just looked at him wondering if she should take the new nickname as a complement or insult as he just kept going like that stupid pink rabbit on television.
"I mean Stone Cold has treated me most generously where money is concerned, we can go into the city, go shopping, to lunch...my treat."
She just smiled not knowing who this Stone Cold was and really she didn't care, she was in no mood for a handout.
"I can't," she said without so much as another thought, "I'm on the headmistresses list as is and
I doubt shopping trip with newfound brother would be an excuse to skip..."
She bit her lip knowing what she just said.
"What," she said as if nothing was wrong.
"Y-you called me your brother...does this mean progress is taking shape."
She simply shook her shoulder length blonde bob before grabbing her bag.
"Tell Dan I've headed out," she said not wanting to deal as she headed out.
"Will do," he said behind her.
Maxie's Apartment-Around the Same time:
Maxie didn't know when she actually fell asleep the night before but as her alarm rang she headed toward the bathroom to take a shower. However not before flipping her phone open to read her text:
Maximista
Morning
I Miss U
Spin
A smile pursed her dry and chapped lips as she rubbed them together and began to text him back:
Spin
I Miss U 2
Call 2Night
Max
Picking up her robe she finally made her way into the bathroom to get refreshed for the rest of the day purging herself of all negative thoughts and energy as the warm water caressed her skin.
Slipping into a designer black and white business suit mixed with her own personal flair she grabbed a power bar and her bag and began to head out to embrace the day ahead.
Humphrey Loft- About an Hour later:
Dan had since made his own way out the door to head for school and the young hacker took this momentary alone time to head into the bathroom to shower and change.
Now dressed in a faded pair of jeans and a brown and green striped polo he sat on the couch flipping through some coffee table book of 'Rolling Stone' covers as his father entered the room.
"So," Rufus's voice spoke, "Sleep Well."
The young hacker smiled and nodded.
"So, any plans."
Spinelli shook his head.
"Nope, well I'm still pondering weather today is the day to seize and meet my maternal one or if I should first find a way for young Jennifer to accept the Jackal as if not her brotherly one then as simply a trusted friend..."
"Breathe."
Spinelli simply nodded listening to the older man continue to talk.
"Change of subject, you say your good on computers right."
"This the Jackal is."
Rufus nodded.
"Well then...."
He continued to talk as he instantly knew what his new found son could do.
Constance Billiard/St. Jude Courtyard-Around the Same time:
Dan had arrived at the school's courtyard and immediately spotted his sister talking to a young man and suddenly his stomach felt sick. No, Jenny wasn't being all flirtatious with an upper classmen...again, though Dan kind of wished that was the case as he watched her chatting up her friend Eric van der Woodsen.
He was about to corner his sister, making sure she didn't mention Damian when suddenly a hand caressed his shoulder causing him to jump.
"Bit too much caffeine Dan," Serena van der Woodesen asked as she kissed his cheek with her perfect pink lips.
All he could do was give her a goofy grin as he tried to think of something to say, after all this was Serena, his girlfriend, Eric's sister, DAMIAN'S sister.
Trying not to let the weirdness set in too much he listened to her soft voice speak.
"Relax Dan, Jenny isn't Eric's type."
"Y-you saw me spying," Dan asked.
Serena gave him a guilty nod as her long blonde locks blew in the crisp late winter wind.
"Is something wrong?"
Dan shook his head no when his mind was saying YES SERENA, EVERYTHING IS WRONG, YOUR MOM AND MY DAD HAD A SON..."
Smiling brightly she kissed his cheek yet again as a voice cried.
"Get a room you two."
Serena turned to give her best friend Blair Waldorf a look before the bell rang.
Metro Court Hotel-Around the Same time:
Maxie did a few early errands before entering the hotel where the offices to Crimson Magazine were held on the third floor. So far it was so good and the issue of potential parenthood didn't cross her mind...well that was until she passed by the boutique on her way toward the elevator bank.
"Since when did the boutique have a baby section," she asked herself as she looked into the window and closed her eyes getting suckered into another daydream.
There were two little girls of about three or four years of age playing with a Victorian style doll house and dressed in the cutest children's clothes. At first she thought that she was recalling her and Georgie as children however it was clear that the blonde pigtailed girl was the younger of the two. It was then that a familiar looking man once again appeared.
"Daddy," the blonde girl called running into her father's arms.
"Hey princess," Spinelli's familiar voice spoke.
Maxie opened her eyes, another smile crossing her lips before heading up to the office to do whatever work was needed of her while making a mental note about the boutique as she was now officially a woman on a mission.
Gallery-About an Hour Later:
Looking around the post Brooklyn gallery the young hacker admitted he was defiantly impressed as he was not expecting this from his Rock Star Dad.
"So," he said as he looked around at the gallery's current displays, "what use are my cyber stills to this sanctuary of the arts?"
Rufus pushed back a piece of his own unruly black hair from his face as he smiled.
"Well Vanessa, she was a friend of the family, well she was running a website for the Gallery and...."
Clasping together his hands at Rufus's proposal that he took over the web page he felt like it was all in the cards all along that he embarked on this quest.
"Just tell me what needs to be done and I'm on it."
Constance Billiard/St. Jude Courtyard-Noon-ish:
A few periods had passed as Serena spotted a young man crossing the quad. As she waved to him he looked over at her with his sweet, familiar eyes and began to approach her.
"Hey Nate, long time no see."
Nate Archibald smiled thinking that it defiantly had been a while since he was with his friends.
"I heard about Vanessa."
"Yea, she decided to go with her sister on her European tour, shooting a documentary or something. Gave me the whole long distance relationships suck lets stay friends speech."
Serena simply nodded as she embraced him.
Looking into her eyes he gently brushed a strain of her blonde hair from her face.
"Trouble in Paradise Serena," he asked as she shrugged not knowing what to say.
"It's Dan," she finally replied realizing that by letting it brew inside things could become allot worse off in the long run. "He seemed distant earlier...and well you're his friend."
"You want me to..."
Serena nodded.
"Could you."
Nate nodded and the blonde gave him yet another hug as the next bell rang.
"We should catch up more often," Serena said smiling as her friend and one time lover nodded before walking away.
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TBC
Ok so I hope you liked this installment...you know what to do