Alright everyone, this is the final part. Enjoy!

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New York, part 2

Lily climbed the stairs, and with every step, the muffled sounds from the loft became louder. And with every step she was able to identify a few more voices. When she stopped in front of the door, she could clearly hear a version of Bruce Springsteen's Dancing in the Dark that almost made the glass in the door burst.

She didn't even have to open the door to realize who it was. It had to be Sam. When they were on tour, the others wouldn't even allow him to sing Happy Birthday, because in Rufus' words: 'No birthday could be happy after suffering to a hell like that.'

When she finally crossed the threshold it was like she stepped 20 years back in time. Only a few faces looked up when she entered.

"Tigerlil', you came!"

Anna embraced her and Lily could smell the alcohol on her breath. From over her friends shoulder she smiled at the others, meeting their faces one by one. Trying not to let her look linger on Rufus'.

Anna pulled her along to the couch, handing her a bottle. She wasn't sure what was in it, but she didn't care. It was just like old times. Drinking and hanging out.

God, she missed this.

Half a bottle later, Lily was standing alongside Anna, preforming their version of the Stray Cats' She's Sexy and 17. Encouraging shouts from the guys made them continue with their own song, Lillian Egypt. From the corner of her eye she saw that Rufus had picked up his own guitar and was strumming along with their singing. Lily grabbed Anna's hand and the two of them sat down on either side of him, letting him take the lead.

His voice had always been better anyway.

Several other songs followed, everyone putting their two cents in. Somewhere in their medley of Nine Inch Nails songs the door of the loft opened again. Rufus' childeren entered, followed by her own.

At first they didn't seem to notice a thing, they were discussing something, intensely.

"Hey guys, how was the movie?" Rufus broke their discussion.

"Sucked", "waste of time", "I loved it", "It was okay". With every opinion one of the kids dropped on the couches. When Serena and Eric noticed her, they threw her a strange look. Lily just raised her glass to her lips, the bottle had been replaced a while ago, and returned their look with one that told them they'd hear about it later.

Simon broke the silence that followed their statements with a "Good to know." he turned to Jake "Jake remember that movie we saw? The one we mocked for ages. You thought the redhead was hot?"

"Oh I remember that, you had that song in your head for the next two weeks."

"Tell me about it, I hate that song." Simon groaned.

"Care to tell us which song?" Lily didn't remember the event, it had probably happened after she'd left.

"It was that movie about 5 kids in detention."

"The Breakfast Club! I love that movie!" Serena's face lit up, "Remember mom, we used to watch that when dad was away on his businesstrips."

"Oh I remember that one."

Anna started humming a song, Simon groaned as he pushed a pillow to his ears. "No, please, not that song!"

Anna grinned, and looked at Lily, the two of them started singing, loudly. Quickly joined by the others as Simon crawled further in his corner of the couch. The kids looked at each other and at the adults. Dan and Jenny were a bit more used to the antics of this group, but to see Lily van der Woodsen, no Lily Bass act like this along with them was something they never expected.

Unfortuntately for the children, their parents started to tell some of their early adventures. From the time Dan wanted to be a dog, Serena and Blair had played dress up with Eric to Jenny's princess days. But luckily for them, their parent's friends had some stories for them too. Some even with details they really didn't want to know.

As it turned later, Lily felt the alcohol starting to kick in, her head getting heavier every minute. She rested her head on Rufus' shoulder, and felt his arm sneak its way around her waist.

He kissed the top of her head and she smiled lazily as she looked around the room. Everyone she loved in the same room, Serena talking to Anna, Eric and Jenny learning a drum solo from Sam and Dan talking to Simon about his plans to become a writer and his recently published story. She felt a pair of eyes on her and she turned her head a bit, Rufus was looking at her as if he was trying to figure out what she was thinking.

She smiled at him and snuggled a bit closer.

For the first time in ages, she felt like she was home again.

The End

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This is my first finished story, and I'm very proud of myself for it. Anyway, every song, movie mentioned isn't mine. Obviously.

I hope everyone liked it and I might post another one of my Gossip Girl stories soon. It's a bit late for that post ep I planned. But I don't care ;-)