Chapter 10: Broken Vow

Serena was walking back and forth her suite in the Empire . "Serena," Dan said as he walked up to her and held her hand, "Come on, come on. Calm down." Nate was sitting in one corner of the room, not saying anything. Blair and Chuck were standing near him, holding hands.

"How can I calm down? I just ruined my own cousin's wedding!"

"Serena, you didn't do anything, it was Georgina who did." Dan said.

"But we could've prevented this," Serena said, "If only we told the truth, we could've." She sat down on bed and burrowed her face in her hands.

"S," Blair said.

"God, why do I ruin everything?" Serena cried, "I come back here and this happened, what kind of person am I?"

"Serena, come on, we all know it wasn't your fault," Blair said.

"It was mine," Nate muttered, "I should've...I should've told her. I thought it would make things better if I didn't but...but I'm wrong—"

"You know what?" Serena said, looking at Nate, "You're right. You know how these things go, Nate. You know that nothing stays hidden in here, and what did you do? You lied."

"I'm sorry," He muttered.

"I shouldn't have come back," Serena said, "This world, it's...it's just crazy." She took a deep breath, "I should've just stayed in Paris."

"Don't say that," Dan said.

"No, really," Serena said, "I've been here just for a few days and everything's gone downhill again."

"Serena, don't let Georgina destroy you," Blair said, "You know how she operates."

"That's the thing," Serena said, "We all know how she operates and yet we still haven't learned."

"We should destroy Georgina," Blair said.

"Seriously, B?" Serena said, "I'm done with all of that."

Blair took a deep breath, "S, I just...Please, just calm down."

"I should talk to Charlie," Serena said, "Maybe she'll listen. Maybe..."

"I'll come with you," Dan said.

"No," Serena said, "I wanna do this alone."

"I should come," Nate said, "I...I wanna talk to her."

"Nate, you heard Charlie. She's angry." Serena said, "Let me just do this first, okay?"

"But she's my fiancée!" Nate said.

"Nathaniel," Chuck said, trying to calm Nate down.

"Fine!" Serena said, "Come if you want to. But Nate, if things get worse—"

"Guys, enough," Chuck said, "We're all coming with you, okay?"

"You can't decide on that," Serena said.

"Serena, for the last time, calm down," Chuck said, "And if you're forgetting, you're my stepsister. So I care, okay?"

Serena took a deep breath," Fine," She said, "Let's go."

And then she went out the door.