"Sangre Azul"

By SnowyOwl17 and Tenshi noyo ryu taiga aka Peyton Leigh

Disclaimer: We do not own Roswell or Gossip Girl. The "Gossip Girl" we set up for this fic (the email) is in no way the real Gossip Girl.

Summary: When Liz Parker's parents get a divorce, she has to move all the way to NYC where she has to meet and blend in with Chuck Bass and the Upper East Side. Problem is, in New York, everyone loves a good scandal. And what bigger scandal is there than the Chuck Bass... taken? Seems like everyone's going to be watching Gossip Girl for this scoop.

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Chapter Eight

Liz sighed. Once again, she was wandering around Central Park aimlessly. She searched through the trees, hoping to gain a glimpse of something that could capture her attention. She lifted her hand and wiped the sweat from her brow as she acutely felt the hot New York sun beat on the back of her neck. Her hand lifted again to feel the top of her head and winced as her own hair burned her hand. It was times like these that she wished she were capable of reasonably passing as a blonde. Having brown hair was difficult in hot weather. Even more so if it was dark brown.

She walked to the lake, making sure to stay under as much shade as possible. She stopped for a minute to laugh at a squirrel hiding in a garbage can, making noises as people passed by, scaring them each time.

Liz finally made it to the park. She shucked off her flip flops and waded into the water, thankful that she had decided to wear a black flippy skirt instead of pants. She stopped when she was in up to her knees and just closed her eyes and tilted her head back. She listened to the people and the birds.

Soon, the water started to feel too cool and began numbing her legs, forcing her to get out. She donned her flip flops and laughed at the squishy noises they made as she walked.

She dropped onto a bench and had to smile. It had been a long time since she had felt this happy and carefree. Maybe her mother had been right. Maybe New York City was doing her good…

Suddenly, like a dark cloud, thoughts of last night's date came to her. The night had been a total disaster. At first Chuck had ordered her food, which she hated. She wasn't a feminist, but she was capable of making her own decisions. Then, the food he ordered had peanuts in it, which she was deathly allergic to. She had to reorder, which caused her food to be delivered later, not that it mattered because, in the end, Chuck was gone by the time she ate, anyway.

But what bothered Liz the most was that she spent maybe five minutes talking to Chuck before his cell phone interrupted them. She didn't really know whether the rumors were true or not. But to be honest, after last night, she was sure she didn't want to bother knowing.

She got up and started walking a path. She didn't bother looking where she was going as she was in a pretty isolated part of the park. So, naturally, she ran into someone.

Elizabeth looked up into a pair of equally startled blue eyes.

"Sorry. I didn't see you there," Blue Eyes told her as he held out a hand for her to grab. She took the hand gratefully, smiling as she got back on her feet.

Liz looked at him. He was definitely cute. He was wearing track pants and a wife beater, obviously having been out on a run. Liz pouted slightly. He had better hair than her.

Liz shifted awkwardly as she saw him start to scrutinize her face.

"Elizabeth Van Leih, right?" He asked.

Liz's face soured. A Gossip Girl reader. Fantastic.

Blue Eyes must have realized what she thought because he hastened to explain, "I saw you at the Gala," He stuck out his hand, "Nathaniel Archibald. Call me Nate. Welcome to-"

"The Upper East Side. Yeah, I've gotten the memo," Elizabeth replied, annoyed. He had to be the billionth person to say those exact same words to her.

Nate laughed, "I was going to say 'welcome to constantly being scrutinized by the public.' Gossip Girl seems to have taken an interest in you… New Girl."

At first Liz blushed at her mistake before glaring at him for mocking her gossip plight.

Nate seemed to notice that he was skating on thin ice, "Sorry, you just get used to it after a while, but I can see it's too early to be joking about it with you."

"Yeah, just a bit. It's just… Never mind."

Nate stared at her for a second. She obviously needed to talk. Nate thought back to not that long ago when it was him that needed to talk. Back then, anyone with an ear would have worked…

He decided to reach out, "What is it?"

"Okay. There's this guy. I've been hearing some really sketchy stuff about him, but I don't know if it's true. I went out on a date with him, but it was a total disaster, but I didn't really even talk to him the whole night," Elizabeth explained.

"Ahh. Chuck," Nate stated.

"How'd...? Gossip Girl," Liz growled.

Nate just laughed, "Yeah, but no. Actually, Chuck told me. He's my best friend."

Elizabeth blushed red. She had just spoken her inner thoughts about someone to their best friend. Now he was going to tell Chuck!

As if reading her mind, Nate responded, "Don't worry. I won't tell him."

She looked at him skeptically, but nodded anyway.

"Look, I don't mean to pry…" Nate started, but grinned at Liz's sarcastic look of 'then why are you?', "But Chuck's been my best friend for years. Ever since we were five and we both got lost on our school field trip and Chuck basically saved my life when this guy tried to convince me to get in his car."

Liz's mouth opened slightly as her eyes got serious.

"I'm not saying Chuck's a saint… 'cause he's definitely not. But not everything you see with him is what you get," Nate told her seriously, "It takes a lot for Chuck to notice someone and even more for that someone to get under his skin. But once Chuck likes you and gets to know you, that's when you see the pieces of the real Chuck Bass show through."

A frown crossed Liz's face. She didn't know how true what he was saying was, but it did make sense with what little Chuck had shown her. His arrogance, his less than chaste ways, and yet, the way he gently kissed the back of her hand.

"You know what?" Nate asked, "I think you and Chuck's sister would really get along."

Liz blinked in astonishment, "Chuck has a sister?"

Nate grinned, "Step, but that's the point. Chuck and Serena were friends, but they grew apart after Serena left for boarding school. They both used to party and drink and screw around a lot, but after Serena left, she changed. Once she came back, I think Serena saw Chuck as a painful reminder of how she used to be and Chuck saw the new her as a stab in the back to who he was," Nate paused, a look of empathetic sadness on his face, "He saw Serena as a friend. Someone he could relate to. And she just up and changed.

This past year, they've both had to work on going back to friendship, but they had to have something new to bond over. That something turned out to be family," Nate grinned at the irony, "They hated each other, as much as life-long friends can, and now they're siblings," Nate grew serious again, "Serena was in some trouble not that long back. She was sort of being blackmailed. The first person she told that to was Chuck. He really helped her out."

Liz nodded, taking the information in. So maybe there was more to Chuck Bass than meets the eye. Much more…

She saw Nate smile out of the corner of her eye.

…Or maybe this was just an elaborate lie created by the best friend of a playboy.

"I'll think about what you said, Nate," She told him.

Nate nodded and started jogging away as he saw her wander off, her brow furrowed in thought.

She had a lot to think about.


XOXO XOXO XOXO XOXO


Max's knuckles had turned white. After seeing the text messages and the pictures on his sister's phone from Gossip Girl, he had promptly signed up. Apparently, Liz was really Elizabeth Van Leih, an heiress. Isabel had said that Gossip Girl always reported on the rich of New York City so Max had signed up to keep an eye on Liz.

Well, an eyeful is what he got. First this Chuck Bass guy and now this?!

His cell phone lay on the passenger seat of his car, still flipped open to a picture of Liz talking to some guy… a guy who had better hair than Max did… Max frowned.

His hand reached out of its own accord. He had read it a billion times already, but he couldn't stop himself from reading it again.

Hey there, readers. You'll never guess who was seen talking intimately at Central Park. That's right, our very own King N and New Girl. C yesterday and N today? New Girl's going through those two faster than Queen B after her last birthday party spent in C's bed… Looks like New Girl is aiming to be UES's new Queen. Queen New Girl just doesn't have the same ring to it though… Guess we'll worry about that when B's little vaca gets done. Till then, I'll supply you with the juiciest gossip concerning our new found love triangle.

You Know You Love Me

XOXO

Gossip Girl

Max threw the phone onto the passenger seat again, fingers wrapped tight around the steering wheel. What was Liz doing?!

He paused the car briefly to pay the toll. Max growled in impatience. Maybe it had been a better idea to just fly to JFK, but he thought that his parents would be able to find him too easily then, so he flew to Philadelphia and rented a car to drive to New York.

Max itched to drive faster, but the rush hour traffic jams made it impossible to move even a foot. He yelled in frustration and banged his hand on the steering wheel.

"I know how you feel!" the driver from the next lane yelled. Max just glared viciously.

He needed to get to Liz. Now.


Well, it seems that our so called love triangle just became a love square. Is Lost (and Clueless) Boy ever going to find New Girl? And just how will C take his best friend's supposed betrayal of liking New Girl too? Time will only tell on this scoop.

Meanwhile, S has been out of the gossip for a while now. But she is Serena Van der Woodson, so that's about to change and fast. Makes you wonder? Just how truthful is N's sob story about the relationship between step-brother and sister.

What's my secret…? Take a wild guess

You Know You Love Me

XOXO

Gossip Girl