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Helping the Lost

Serena was willing to stand by him through the bad and good, that much she was sure of when she knew she wanted the world to know about them. But when Scott Ronson entered their lives she can admit that it shook their foundation.

"So how was you're winter break?" Serena asks Blair as they make their way through Bloomingdales.

"Father loved Dan, invited him to the trip to the vineyard we had planned for this summer."

"Really?"

"Yep apparently despite Humphrey's lack of style he can still be a gay mans best friend." Both girls laughed enjoying being in each others presence again. "What about yours?"

"Well you can only expect my grandmother to now really hate Rufus, apparently he has corrupted not only his daughter but now his granddaughter which is unacceptable. We left her house about a week after we got there and then headed towards Spain for a week." Both girls smiled at each other before they set out to claim back the store they had abandoned a month ago.

"I'm sorry can you help me I think I'm lost." Serena turns around in the chair she was sitting at while her coffee was ready. She had gone for a coffee run before heading to Rufus' apartment, where he had holed himself up for the past week while he attempted to write a song that an up an coming band had asked of him. She turned to face a boy about her age if not older sitting at the next table.

"Sure, new to Brooklyn?"

"Yeah actually just came up from Boston, my names Scott Peterson."

"Serena Van Der Woodsen. For school?"

"Uh, actually I have… relatives here sort of. Anyways I was wondering if you knew where the closest subway station is?"

"Oh yeah, I can actually just show you I know how easy it must be to get lost here, plus it's on my way." Quickly she picked up her order before heading out the door with him. There was something odd about this guy, it was as if she knew him from somewhere though she was absolutely sure she had never met him. As the talked on the way to the substation they talked about random things, though she couldn't help but notice his nonchalant way of redirecting the conversation to focus solely on her.

"So it was nice meeting you, Serena."

"Likewise." She smiled and with departure of shaking hands she headed back to the loft.

Gossip girl just never had much else to do but follow Serena and Blair around so it wasn't very surprising when pictures of her and Scott were seen only ten minutes after she had entered the loft.

"Really?" She sighed exasperated.

"What's wrong." Rufus asked as he checked on the sauce currently on the stove.

"Oh you know the usual apparently I'm cheating on you with a guy I met like five minutes ago."

"Really, well he must have a lot of charisma five minutes isn't much to win your affections, I should know." Serena laughed as she flit around the counter and showed him the picture.

"New guy in town needed help finding the subway." Taking the opportunity to wind herself around him, she laughed in his ear as his other hand immediately latched onto her hip.

"Hmmm, well I'm very heartbroken Serena." Rufus jokingly pouted, as he placed her phone down next to the stove and allowed her to push him closer to the sink.

"Well I'm sure I can mend it." She kissed him then, long and passionate and could feel her insides yearn for more. She allowed him to switch positions so that she could sit on the counter freeing her to wrap her legs around him. Her hand began to roam to the buttons on his shirt but before she could start unbuttoning any her phone rang, signaling Blair's new text message for her.

"Ugh they're downstairs." Serena pouted, she loved the fact that they could all sit and have a family meal together but sometimes she just wished she could lock Rufus in a room to herself.

"Don't worry Dan's spending the night at Blair's." She smiled before unwinding her legs and slipping off the counter, to check her phone.

Blair: Were coming up, fair warning ;)

Sure Dan was happy for them and was more than willing to be part of this dysfunctional family the four of them had going on. But nobody liked seeing their parents in full out make out session, no matter who it was with, so Serena was very cautious in avoiding making Dan uncomfortable.

"Close call, the sauce almost burned."

"So would have been worth it." Serena lightly trailed her fingers down his back before taking the plates out of the cupboard and heading to set the table.

"We got wine and fresh garlic bread." Dan entered with grocery bags while Blair entered with a vase of flowers.

"Don't forget the centerpiece too, no dinner would be complete without."

"Of course not, I was worried this spaghetti would only taste half as good with out a centerpiece." Rufus joked as Blair fussed over the settings, while rolling her eyes good naturedly.

"Hope we came just on time and didn't interrupt anything." Blair said nonchalantly as soon as the guys were in a deep discussion about the food.

"Of course not." Blair could only giggle as Serena faked innocence and with a smile both girls opened the wine and began to pour glasses.

The second time she sees him she's sitting at the information desk in the Gallery, reviewing the latest design ideas of a new artist planning to do an opening there.

"Serena?" She's startled out of planning how many people she should expect to plan to come to the showing, as she looks up she's more than a little surprised.

"Scott?"

"Hey, you work here?" He seems genuinely surprised and she can't help but wonder if he's lost again.

"Um, intern, but what are you doing here?"

"Oh I'm looking for the owner… Rufus Humphrey?" She notices small signs of anxiousness: the way he doesn't know what to do with his hands, how he seems to run his hands through his hair.

"He's in the stock room, but I can get him anything specific you need him for?"

"Just wanted to talk, I met his son Dan the other day and I can't believe it's the same Rufus Humphrey from Lincoln Hawk." A nervous fan? It would explain his mannerism.

"Lincoln Hawk?" Sure she had met fans of Rufus before but usually they were people around his age or a bit older never someone so young before. "Parents were fans?" After his enthusiastic nod, she just smiled and went to the back room.

"Hey everything ok." Rufus asked as she reached him.

"Oh yeah, just do you remember that guy from the gossip girl blast like from a week ago, well he's here asking to see you says he's a big fan of Lincoln Hawk and that he's met Dan." She should have been more skeptical at first but it was a small social circle she strived in and at the time knowing Dan didn't make the warning signs flash inside her head.

"A fan really, well I shouldn't keep him waiting." With what she could only call a boyish smile Rufus hurried out the backroom with only a peck on her cheek. She smiled after him, happy to see him so happy. But there was something a bit off, shrugging it off she continued the work Rufus left abandoned.

She should have been more wary, listened to the slight discomfort inside of her, but really what would she have done? She never would have imagine just who Scott was in Rufus' past nor what he would become in their future.

A/N: I'm very unsure mostly about my writing style for this chapter it's been so long that I'm not sure if it flows smoothly with the other chapters? Please review I'd love to hear your opinion, how do you guys feel about introducing Scott? I'm not really sure if I'm going to keep his storyline at all similar to what happened on the show so your reviews will probably help me decide where that will end. Hope you guys enjoyed!