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Serena knew that doing it with Nate would be like cashing in her v-card all over again. Of course, not that they hadn't done it before, but that was mostly an alcohol fuelled hazy blur. Serena remembered sliding down into the chair and well, the rest was history. That night with Dan was so unbearably perfect. Everything had fallen into the right place. Actually, nothing fell. Serena had spent her night planning for it with Vanessa.

Of course. It took Vanessa to make everything perfect for Dan.

She was lounging in her bedroom, waiting for Nate to get his fine ass over there when Lily entered unannounced. The more Serena contemplated it, the more she regretted telling dear old Bartholomew the truth. We all know S has kept secrets before, but she struggled to contain this one. And now the cat was out of the bag, she was going to pay for it. Lily would make sure of it. She sat down on the end of Serena's bed and looked at her.

"I hope you understand the magnitude of what you've done." Lily said in a calm, stern tone.

"What I've done?" She replied outraged. "Mom, I'm not the one sleeping with Rufus Humphrey. And I'll have you know I'm not sleeping with his son anymore either."

"Serena, I know it was wrong. Rufus and I were wrong. However it's not your secret to tell. I'm your mother, for god's sake. Where is your loyalty?" She asked. Lily and Serena were never that close, but in a world where bank accounts and bloodlines mean everything, and their parents provided them with everything their little hearts ached for, the children were expected to at least keep up appearances in return. Serena didn't have a comeback so quickly this time.

"Just why, mom? I didn't care before, but you're married to him now. I thought you'd at least give it a real chance." She said with a frown. At first, she was repulsed at the idea of calling Chuck family. Now of course, she kind of liked having Chuck as a brother; they were two of the same.

"I'm going to call it off with Rufus. I need your help." Lily told her timidly. Serena rolled her eyes in disgust.

"What?" Serena snapped irritably.

"Pretend your back together with Dan." She instructed her. Serena let out a hollow laugh. She wasn't actually being serious, was she? But when she looked back into her moms eyes, she didn't need to ask if she was being serious.

"So let me get this straight." Serena began, practically leaping off her bed, "You want me to give you a reason to break off this affair?"

"I'm in love with him Serena." Her mother told her, "I can't just break things off-

"Tell him you're breaking it off because you want your marriage to work, mom. Isn't that reason enough?" Serena said exasperated.

"You know what I told Rufus what my marriage was last time? I told him marrying Bart was like buying a handbag, Serena. I was comparing this marriage to buying a handbag." Lily answered. Both remained silent for a while, until Serena started giggling. Lily couldn't help but chuckle too. Serena looked out of her window. Everything was so beyond comprehension at this point.

"Serena. I am asking you as my daughter to either fix things with Dan or tell Bart you were lying." Lily told her coolly, hiding her desperation inside.

Serena considered the situation. Tell Bart she was lying? No, no way was she doing that. Her reputation was tarnished enough in the past year without Bart Bass being added to the list of haters. And she was just thinking about having sex with Nate before her mother interrupted the day dream. Fuck Lily, this was her mistake.

"Tell Rufus that it's a beautiful handbag." Serena said simply and in a flurry of indigo blue and gleaming blond hair, left Lily to deal with this on her own.

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"So do you think it's over?" Blair asked Chuck as the limo drove them to their new favourite eatery. Chuck smirked. He was Chuck Bass and well, he knew everything.

"I sincerely doubt it." He said as if he couldn't even care less. "Whether she's with Humphrey or not, if my father still wants her he's going to keep her." Blair smiled. Clearly, the "we get what we want" gene ran in the Bass family. Last night, Blair eventually gave in and actually accepted the date Chuck offered her. Usually, he skipped the part where he had to pretend that he cared and just got the girl straight into bed. Blair however, as he knew, was different. Nate said great things take time and he was right. Things were actually going really great for him and Serena.

Blair looked at Chuck for a minute. God, why was he so…Chuck-like? He had arrogance down to a science, stalker like traits and just everything. She remembered them when they were younger, whilst she was constantly fawning over Nate Chuck would be there, waiting for his chance. Sure, he had strayed but she was going to forgive him. Why? Because he forgave her. Because life's too short to be without the one who gives you butterflies. Although, she would never admit to that. He was the only one for her, all this time, days, weeks, months, years had passed by. She smiled at her own carelessness. She had been in love with him all this time, and she was pretty sure he had been too.

"Well, in other news I haven't been ramming my fingers down my throat." Blair said optimistically. Chuck smiled.

"Good. Because you don't even need to, Blair. That night, when I told you that you were amazing? I meant it." Chuck admitted.

Blair felt her cheeks heat up. Oh yes, she was hungry. And not hungry for food, either. Everybody just wanted a piece of the Bass.

"ChuckIwantYou." Blair blurted out. Chuck furrowed his eyebrows. Could it be? He had actually got somewhere? She mentally scowled herself. What was she doing? She had spent weeks keeping him out and now all of a sudden he'd worked his way back into her heart. The walls she had put up to guard herself came crumbling down and before she had time to take it back, he leaned in and pressed his lips against hers. She pulled away again and he whispered, "Nothing I didn't know before."

Oh yes, the limo sex made a come back that evening.

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Serena knocked on Nate's door and he opened it. "I was just going to over to your place." He began. A big, glimmering tear rolled down Serena's cheek at his doorway. "Hey, what's wrong?" He asked, desperate to know what the hell was making her cry. He led her over to his bed and put his arm around her. She pulled herself together and smiled up at him, embarrassed. "It's your mom and Bart. Come here." He murmured kissing her softly on the lips. Serena's eyes lit up again. Nate felt satisfied that at least she was smiling again; it made him feel like a good boyfriend. "Listen. It's not your fault, it's hers. Who knows, they might even work it out." He said assuring. Serena clasped his hand and looked at it.

"She suggested me getting back together with Dan." She said. Nate's heart skipped a beat. He had just gotten Serena, and no fucking way was Humphrey getting another chance.

"You're not going to, are you?" He asked with a mix of anticipation and dread. Serena chuckled.

"Nathaniel Archibald," she began, "here's the thing. I love you. I've always been in love with you. I was in love with you when you were with Blair, I was in love with you when I was with Dan and I even loved you when had that…thing with Vanessa." She said and let out a laugh.

It was pretty much everything Nate wanted to hear. He sat her on his lap. She whispered, "You know you love me." In his ear and it drove him wild. Everything else faded away. All those times when he was with Blair and Serena tried not to notice their quick little kisses and hand squeezes suddenly felt like someone else's memory.

Nate couldn't stop, he had to have her – now. Instinct stronger than reason and knowledge born of experience told him that he always was and always would be in love with her.

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As Chuck made his way to the Van der Bass residence, he ran into Serena at the doorway. They refrained from entering for a while to catch up.

"So how was your day?" Serena beamed at him. After "cashing in her v-card" again, she had spent the rest of her evening in Nate's, eating brownies for dinner and in his arms It was pretty much how she planned to spend the rest of her days.

"I had sex with Blair." He announced. Serena rolled her eyes. Well Chuck wasn't exactly subtle now, was he?

"So you two are back in business then?" She asked.

"You better believe it, S." He said, opening the door, knowing that whatever Bart and Lily threw at them next, nothing was going to ruin this day. After all, you don't need to rearrange the alphabet to put B and C together again.

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I know I went cheesy on that last line lmao.

Up next; will Serena do Lily a favour? Or will she become a Humphrey?