-two summers ago-
Olivia stumbled through a crowded apartment party trying to find her friends. She'd come with Chuck and Serena but now she couldn't find either of them. And to make matters worse, she was more drunk and high then she'd ever been before. She had kept sending Chuck text messages asking him where he was but he hadn't replied to any of them.
"Livy!" Serena, was sitting on a strange boy's lap, smoking a joint. "Come here." Olivia entered into what looked like a study. Serena was the only girl in the room and the only guy that Olivia recognized was Carter Baizen.
"Olivia!" He said with a grin on his face. "Come sit down." He made room for her on the couch where he was sitting.
"Have you seen Charles?" She asked Carter and Serena. "I can't find him and I feel kind of funny." Serena shook her head no and went back to talking to the boy that Olivia didn't recognize.
"He's somewhere around here." Carter put his arm around her and Olivia wanted to push him away but couldn't find the energy. "What's wrong, do you feel like you're going to be sick?"
"No." Olivia shook her head and was amazed at the way the room suddenly seemed to spin. "My head just feels really fuzzy. That last drink you gave me was really strong." Carter's hand was running up and down her arm now, stopping to toy with the thin straps of her dress. Olivia hadn't expected to end up at a party when she'd gone out with Chuck and Serena earlier in the day and so she was only wearing a small sundress.
"Aww babe, you're just high." Carter pulled her closer and whispered into her ear. "Don't worry, I'll take good care of you."
"I should find Chuck." Olivia tried to stand but Carter held her in place, she was vaguely aware of his hand stroking her knee and inching higher. Across from her Serena and the strange boy were busy making out and the boy's hands had started to creep under Serena's dress but the other girl didn't seem to mind. "I really feel funny."
"Okay," Carter brushed her hair off of her shoulders. "You can lay down in my room and I'll try to find Chuck for you."
"Thanks." Olivia took his hand as he helped her up and started to follow Carter out of the room. Serena never noticed that she left.
-end flashback-
Olivia couldn't stand the emptiness of her apartment. She took her purse and her phone and decided she was better off wandering around Manhattan than sitting alone in her room bored out of her mind while her friends were in school. She decided that she might as well look for a birthday present for Blair while she had the time. She was just about to enter Barney's when her phone vibrated, signaling that she had a text message.
Chuck: Where r u?
Olivia stared at the text in confusion. After the way Chuck had stormed out of her apartment, Olivia wasn't expecting to hear from him any time soon and honestly, she knew she shouldn't be seeing him anyway.
Olivia: Barney's on Madison Ave, y?
Olivia wasn't sure why she was even texting him back. She should have been afraid that her father or his would check the phone records or that her father was having her trailed- she wouldn't have put it past Juan Soto.
Chuck: Be out front in 15
Olivia rolled her eyes and walked into the department store, she was curious as to what Chuck had to say but she'd be damned if she was going to let him boss her around.
