This was delayed a bit longer than I would have liked! I'm hitting a bit of a writing rut at this point. Everytime I write a story, I always have a beginning and an end, but the middle is what I'm always stuck in. Anyways, this is in Sienna's POV, not much is really happening but I kind of wanted to establish how Sienna and Dan met. This entire chapter is set during the time Dan and Blair have their big confrontation at his office, so this is what Sienna was doing in the meantime. This shows what Sienna has and what she could potentially lose. I'm going to try and get the next chapter up soon but I'm thinking the next chapter will be my last update for awhile because I'm starting to pack everything for my dorm in University, which starts in only 2 weeks! I will try and update as much as I can while at Uni because I'm dedicated to this story. I've actually written the ending already, which is split into 2 chapters. I'm trying to work on an epilogue as well! The next chapter will feature another face-off, well actually there will be 2 face-offs and an appearance by a certain character that you will know by the end of this chapter!

R&R always plz! Mistakes are mine!

Don't own GG or their characters! Song used in this chapter is "I Am" by Mary J. Blige.


(Sienna's POV)

I woke up this morning to the clatter of pots and pans. Rushing out to the kitchen I find Dan, groggy as hell, amidst the commotion, trying to make waffles.

"No offence baby, but you look like hell. Did Brady make you drink more than you should've?"

"Uhmm… yeah I guess? I'm sorry about that and I'm sorry about this mess that seemed to have woken you up."

"It's no problem Dan, I was about to start my day anyways. Maybe you should leave waffle making out today and pick-up a bagel or something on your way to work."

"Yeah, I guess I could really use a bagel with cream cheese today."

"Good. Now come here, you haven't given me my morning kiss, yet."

After a much too quick kiss, Dan, still pretty hung-over, took a slow shower and changed.

Before he walked out the door, I somehow felt compelled to say,

"Dan, no matter what happens I want you to know that I love you so much. I want you to promise me that when we are married, that I am the one and only person in your heart."

I don't know why I said it like I was foreshadowing something, but I did. Dan looked at me confused for a minute but shook it off and replied,

"I know you love me and I love you, too! You are the one and only person in my heart, now and always. Does this have something to do with Bla-?"

"No, this has nothing to do with your old acquaintance, Blair Waldorf. This is just about you and me. The future Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Humphrey. You know I love the sound of that! I just needed some reassurance to know that this is not some fairytale dream I've dreamt up and that this is real."

"Well, I assure you Sienna that I'm not going anywhere, unless I'm going with you."

At this point, Dan was already on the other side of the threshold as I was leaning on the doorframe. In between a few more pecks I coyly said,

"Aren't you a sweet-talker, Romeo? I think you should get going before my fiancé sees you, though."

Pulling away, Dan walked down the hallway and before I shut the door, I could hear him yell back,

"Maybe I should stay for a bit longer to meet this guy… I hear he's a real handsome fellow but I'd like to see for myself."

I tried to stifle a smile but I couldn't help but laugh at his comment.

But now…down to business.

As a TOC for an elementary school, I'm often not working... which is good for my current predicament. As I sit in front of my laptop, the morning sun bounces off a picture frame to the right of me.

Picking the frame up, I see that it is a picture of Dan and me smiling like kids in a candy store, in front of the Trevi Fountain in Rome. With the photo in my hands, it brought back the memory of how we met and how we came to be.


Flashback –

(Summer 2012)

Wandering aimlessly around the warmth of Rome in tears and mascara streaking down my face, I know I look like the hellacious day I've been having. I was fired from work, warned for an eviction from my landlord, and was thoughtlessly dumped by my so-called boyfriend. Things couldn't get any worse today, right? Well, I was certainly proven wrong! I was about to throw a coin into the Trevi Fountain to make a much-needed wish, when some incompetent jackass nudges me into the fountain as he walked by!

"I'm so sorry!"

Clumsily getting out of the fountain, soaking wet, I turned around to face the man ready to bite his head off about not knowing his manners. I assumed it was some old perverted man with glasses and a receding hairline trying to get his libido revving but I did not expect him to be anything but. This mystery man seemed so guilty and apologetic with his mop of dark-haired curls and a thick jawline that would swoon any woman.

"No, it's fine… I've had a terrible day so a swim in the fountain is actually quite refreshing."

"Haha! Again, I'm sorry! My name is Dan by the way, Dan Humphrey. To be honest, I think you've added to the beauty that is the Trevi Fountain."

He sticks out his hand thinking that I would just accept his apology – and I did because he was so damn cute.

"Hello Dan. My name is Sienna Vattani. If I wasn't soaking wet and if I didn't know any better, I would have thought that was a pick-up line."

"Uhh….umm…I…I"

"It's okay! I didn't mean to get you all flustered and blushing. You know what, in order to save you from further embarrassment why don't I buy you lunch?"

"Umm... sure? Though, shouldn't I be asking you because I embarrassed you by making you take a swim in the fountain?"

With Dan, I had the best lunch date as far as I could remember. Dan, like me, had a tendency to ramble. He said that he was a writer and that he was actually on a writer's retreat in Rome. He was roaming around Rome to find inspiration and just happened to bump into me, which actually gave him an idea for a new story plot.

I guess you could technically consider our lunch date as our "first date" but when I tried to ask Dan for a real date he said that he was still majorly hung up on some girl who hurt him pretty bad. I gave him my number anyways, if he just happened to have changed his mind.

After a week, he called and I was ecstatic! We decided to meet for every date at the Trevi Fountain where we met. Everything was great and steady for about a month, until I found out his writer's retreat was coming to an end, which of course saddened me.

So, during his last week in Rome, we had one last date… a lunch date at Trevi Fountain.

"Sienna, I know this is kind of last minute, but… I'm headed to Paris when I leave Rome and… and I'd like for you to come with me!"

"WHAT?!" I must've looked like a hot mess as I was practically choking on my sandwich.

"Yeah! I mean it! Come with me, please? Look, you've told me you've always wanted to visit Paris – you can try to become an elementary school teacher like you've always wanted to be, you can eat French food at a dainty café, awe at the designers during fashion week, explore Paris – all with me by your side."

"Isn't that a bit reckless, to ask some girl you met a month ago to move to another country with you?"

"I'll take that as a yes."

To capture that moment, taking a picture in front of the Trevi Fountain seemed like the only logical option.

So, that's how I find myself packing my whole life in Italy to move to Paris with a guy who made me take a swim at Trevi Fountain… and I couldn't be any happier!

End Flashback


Remembering that memory clear as day, it fueled me more than ever to keep Dan. The only way to do that is to get Blair Waldorf out of the picture, which means I need to outscheme the so-called Queen B.

Researching Blair Waldorf has been a piece of cake – this website known as Gossip Girl has an entire archive dedicated to her. I've also been rereading both Inside and Cast Off. I didn't think about it at the time, but damn, this Clair woman is definitely Blair. Dan had told me that he had written a lot about the girl he had once been so hung up on, but since he met me, she has been put on the backburner. That's all a lie now because even though he wrote those words a long time ago, I know that he still means every single word of it – both the good and the bad. Dan was never a good liar to begin with – the fact that he claims he's looking for a lost letter from his sister proves that. I can't believe how much Blair has a hold on Dan… even after all this time after she destroyed him.

Ain't nobody gonna treat you better
Ain't nobody gonna touch you better
Ain't nobody gonna love you better
Boy, than I am, than I am

When you're out at night and you're in the streets
And you have time to yourself
Think of all the love that you get from me
That you can't find nowhere else

When you're far away and I'm not around
And temptation fills your heart
Think of all the ways that I'm faithful, babe
And to replace me would be hard, 'cause there's nobody

Ain't nobody gonna treat you better
(No, nobody)
Ain't nobody gonna touch you better
(Nobody)
Ain't nobody gonna love you better
(No)
Boy, than I am, than I am

(Nobody, nobody)
Than I am
(Nobody, nobody)
Than I am
(Nobody, nobody)
Ohh, nobody's gonna treat you as good as I am

You can try to act single if you wanna
You can go ahead and mingle if you wanna
You can even behave like
You don't care

But you know
(But you know)
Like I know
(Like I know)
That you ain't that foolish, who you foolin'?
You won't ruin what's been here all along
You ain't movin' from what you got at home

Ain't nobody gonna treat you better
Ain't nobody gonna touch you better
(Ain't nobody gonna touch you)
Ain't nobody gonna love you better
Boy, than I am, than I am

(Nobody, nobody)
Than I am
(Nobody, nobody)
Than I am
(Nobody's gonna touch you)
(Nobody, nobody)
Ohh, nobody's gonna treat you as good as I am

I just want you to know, baby, I love you so
There is no need to go lookin' for nothing more
'Cause I've got everything you'll ever need right here
But if you feel that you need to leave, just know

Ain't nobody gonna treat you better
Ain't nobody gonna touch you better
(Ain't nobody)
Ain't nobody gonna love you better
Boy, than I am, than I am

Ain't nobody gonna treat you better
Ain't nobody gonna touch you better
Ain't nobody gonna love you better
Boy, than I am, than I am

(Nobody, nobody)
Than I am
(Nobody, nobody)
Than I am
(Nobody, nobody)
Ohh, nobody's gonna treat you as good as I am

(Nobody, nobody)
Than I am
(Nobody, nobody)
Than I am
(Nobody, nobody)
Ohh, nobody's gonna treat you as good as I am

As I am
As I am
Ohh, nobody's gonna treat you as good as I am

(Nobody, nobody)
As I am
(Nobody, nobody)
As I am
(Nobody, nobody)
Ohh, nobody's gonna treat you as good as I am

Thanks to Gossip Girl, I found out that Blair unceremoniously dumped sweet Dan, like the bitch she is, to return to her socialite life and to Chuck Bass, the scumbag of the Earth. Now, the two are living in some Paris mansion, have a daughter and are apparently engaged… for a while, which speaks volumes about their relationship. Even as they live the seemingly perfect life, it's still not enough for Blair as she wants more! More, in this case, is seeking comfort in Dan, my fiancé!

From reading all the posts from Gossip Girl and from Dan's novels, there seems to be only one person in the world that knows what makes Blair Waldorf tick. I've known my good "friend" for a while now… we actually go way back. I'm expecting a call from this individual today, so hopefully the first part of Operation: Hands Off will go off without a hitch.

The phone ringing shakes me out of revenge mode as I believe my contact is on the other end.

"Hey Sienna. I'm in! I have everything you need to go beast mode as your heart's content on Blair Waldorf!"

"That's great to hear! You better get ready because we are going H*A*M! Jersey Shore better watch out because this "situation" is going to be way bigger than that GTLing Guido!"

"Well, remind to get ahold of MTV… we could our own reality tv series on taking down bitches! Look...uhmm… I got to go but I'll talk to you soon ok?

"Bye… Serena."