AS FATE WOULD HAVE IT
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In celebration to my first As Fate Would Have It milestone (Chapter 10) I have written an extremely long chapter for you guys. Enjoy :))
Disclaimer: Maybe I could ask for Chuck Bass for Christmas… Yes, Yup, Sippo, definitely on my list. Until then, no Chuck Bass and no Gossip Girl.
Warning: M rated chapter. In one small part.
CHAPTER 10
At four in the afternoon all non-essential Waldorf employees were sent to the Oak Room to finish preparations. The important employees were sent home to get ready.
Jenny had strapped on her beautiful red Valentino gown, it was floor length long from behind, but at the front it was cut above the knee in a layered manner, the bust was gashed from the sides, showing skin but keeping it PG-13, the spaghetti straps worked with her shoulder length platinum hair; she strapped her spiked black Louboutains and went to work on retouching her make-up.
Blair meanwhile stared into her reflection as Dorota fixed her loose hair, when Dorota left and came back with the midnight purple Lanvin gown Blair just stared at her. "I can do it, thank you" and dismissed Dorota as she unzipped the garment bag. She dressed herself and looked at the mirror once more. The strapless Lanvin looked perfect on her, if fell perfectly and the scrunched up material added depth to the dress and gave Blair's hips the right accent. She sighed.
Carefree Serena got home an hour before the gala began, but she wasn't worried, she never took long to get ready. Taking a quick shower and blow-drying her hair didn't take long, her hair took up most of the time but it was worth it as her freshly made curls fell and framed her face. She quickly put the Diane von Furstenburg that perfected her already perfect body shape, a touch of lip-gloss and Serena was out the door.
The gala started at seven pm sharp, not one minute before, not one minute after, Eleanor had made this clear to her staff. It explained why at seven pm sharp there was a line going around the block of all Waldorf employees wanting to get on the boss' good side. Blair arrived when her mother did, ready to greet her guests both Eleanor and Blair had a faux smile plastered on their faces.
At seven pm sharp Chuck Bass exited his suite through the family hallway and knocked on the door of suite 1809, it was immediately thrown open by his sister. "Punctual as always brother," Jenny said with a smile.
"You're excited," he more stated than asked.
"Of course," she said like it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"I'm just saying because you gave me a compliment and you haven't had any scotch," he smirked as she hit his arm, "I'm just saying, it's a nice change of pace."
She smiled, "Come on Basshole."
The Bass limo was waiting inside with Bart and Alison and had yet to make one stop. The children stepped in and greeted their parents coldly, though Jenny and Chuck had a relationship their parents weren't the best parents, they were both pretty ignorant and all children, Dan included, resented them for it, even if Dan didn't show it as much. The limo moved and took them to 300 East 55th Street, where Jenny texted Dan.
Jenny: We're here
Dan: Be out in 5
The Bass-Humphrey clan waited patiently until the door was opened and Serena van der Woodsen stepped in, Dan following close behind. The door shut behind them.
"Mom, Bart. This is Serena, the girl I've been seeing."
Alison extended her hand, "Nice to meet you," she slightly elbowed her husband to do the same, he did, and offered Serena a polite smile.
"Jenny, this is-" Dan was cut off.
"Oh, Dan, we know each other. Hi Serena, I'd hug you but-" Jenny began.
"this limo wasn't made for that" both Jenny and Chuck said at the same time, Jenny giggled while Chuck smirked. Memories of their high school years running through their minds.
"And Serena, this is-" Dan was cut off once more.
"I'm Chuck Bass" and he lifted his tumbler towards her then took a sip.
The limo was full of easy conversation as it navigated the streets of New York. Once at the Oak Room, Arthur opened the door and Chuck was the first one out so he could help Jenny out. Then came Dan, Serena, Bart, and Alison. By the time the last Bass had exited the limo the children were gone.
Jenny and Chuck were the first to enter and were greeted by Eleanor as Blair spied on them from afar. Once Serena and Dan entered Blair made a beeline for them bypassing any encounter with any Bass.
"Oh Serena! Thank God you're here," Blair exclaimed as she threw her arms around Serena in a hug.
Serena hugged back, then freed herself, "Blair, this is Dan my boyfriend. Dan, this is Blair my best friend" Serena was enthusiastic but Blair had other things on her mind.
"Yeah, hi. Serena I need to talk to you, both Jenny and Chuck are here" Blair completely ignored Dan.
"Yeah, I know." Serena said.
"How do you know?"
"We all came here together," Serena's voice was small.
"What? Why?"
"Because my dearest sister works at Waldorf and the whole family was invited" Dan interjected.
"You're related to them?" Blair was hearing this for the first time.
"Blair, Jenny told you this, told us this, yesterday night," Serena said just a tad pissed off that Dan Humphrey was completely irrelevant to Blair.
"Well excuse me if all I heard was 'you broke him' over and over and over again!" Blair stated and stormed off.
"Why don't we get a drink?" Dan said.
"Yes please," Serena answered. And they headed to the bar.
Nate Archibald arrived half an hour later under strict instructions from his parents (who barely spoke with him after the incident) to make up with Blair but Nate came with different intentions. He knew that Jenny worked at Waldorf and was hoping she would be here.
Nate immediately took a champagne glass from one of the waiters and drank it almost in one take. It didn't take long for Nate to spot Jenny and appreciate the dress she was wearing. Had Nate not perfected his self control over the years he was sure he would have a raging boner just by looking at Jenny. However he soon saw she was with her brother, and not the nice one either, no she was with Chuck. Nate swallowed his rage and headed towards the siblings.
"Nathaniel," Chuck was the first to spot him. At the mention of his name, Jenny visibly tensed up and Chuck noticed. "Can we talk?" Nate looked over at Jenny but nodded his head approval.
Chuck moved them farther from Jenny and began, "Look, Nathaniel, I didn't know."
"Didn't know what?" Nate was still staring at Jenny.
"That Blair had ruined your life," Chuck said.
At the mention of her name Nate stopped staring at Jenny and faced Chuck, "And?" Nate forced Chuck to continue.
"I broke it off with her, I'm sorry Nate, I didn't know," the fact that Chuck had actually said 'I'm sorry' and used Nathaniel's nickname told him that Chuck was telling the truth and it was best to put this behind them.
"It's alright man," Nate smiled, Chuck smiled a genuine smile too.
"Now, what are we going to do about you and my sister," Chuck patted Nate's back.
"I don't know man, I love her, but I really screwed up,"
"Well maybe we can fix that,"
XOXO
Nate found Jenny alone in a corner, 'She did always like to people watch' he thought as he approached her. She saw him to late and had nowhere to run, he had her cornered.
"I don't want to talk Nate," she said as soon as he came within earshot.
"Fine, but, can you listen?" She looked at him, nodded her approval.
"Somewhere more private," he demanded.
"Lead the way," she said putting down her empty champagne glass.
Nate found a room where they could talk, granted, it was a closet but it was a pretty spacious closet.
"I'm here Nate, now talk," she said impatiently.
"I made a mistake," he was nervous, "I was told by my family who to be, what to do, who to love. And that's all Blair was, a girl I was told to love, told to marry, though I never did truly love her. I never knew what true love was until you came along. When my family kicked me out onto the street I was no longer tied down to the person who they wanted me to be. I could be myself. And the only person who I wanted to be myself with was you."
He was going to continue but her lips were on his before he could utter a single word. He pulled her closer, refusing to let her go in fear she might leave, she played with his hair as their mouths attacked each other. Lips locked and tongues battling clothes starting to come off. His jacket was first, but the risk of being discovered was too high so they settled with immediate release and that included the unzipping of pants as Jenny hiked her dress up.
Nate grabbed Jenny's ass and pushed her closer to him and lifted her up, at the same time he placed her against a stark wall. Her shoes were left on the ground and her bare feet wrapped around his hips. She ground herself on his hard member and moaned at the feeling. One of the hands she had wrapped around his neck came downwards until she reached his throbbing cock. She covered his dick with her hand and he groaned, he almost couldn't resist himself with her.
She began moving her hand up and down, causing more moans and groans to escape him. She took her hand away and wrapped it around his neck again. She leaned in to be able to whisper something in his ear. "Just making sure you were ready for me" she said. Before she could say anything else she was gasping, needing air to fill her lungs because he'd caught her vulnerable, so she was surprised when two of his fingers found his way into her.
They slowly started pumping in and out, in and out, their slow pace was excruciatingly painful for Jenny as she started moving her hips up and down trying to cause more friction. Too soon they were taken out and she whimpered, his fingers found her clit instead and pinched. She screamed at the pleasure it caused her. He leaned closer to her, "Just making sure you were ready for me," he said.
"Fuck you," Jenny stated.
"No," Nate grinned, "fuck you." And he thrust inside of her at an amazing speed. They both screamed in ecstasy. He began to pump in and out of her, her back moving up and down on the wall, her gasps could be heard as they echoed in the room. In and out, in and out he went and her hips matched his thrusts. One of his hands found her clit again and he began to massage it, this only caused her to scream louder. His mouth found hers to stop her screams from being heard. Soon her walls were tightening around his member and she saw white. He came soon after her, releasing his load into her as he rode the wave off by thrusting into her more.
He pressed his forehead with hers as their panting subsided. Once their breathing was back to normal she unwrapped herself from him, straightened her outfit out and tried to salvage her hair. He fixed himself too. She opened the door to leave and he decided to grab her and kiss her. Wrapping his arm around her hip he tried to pull her closer, but she fought him off. The palms of her hands met with his chest as she pushed herself away. He noticed her tear filled eyes and wet face.
"I'm sorry," she said in a broken voice and left Nate standing inside the closet, worried and confused.
XOXO
Dan and Serena were having the time of their lives. Both tipsy after a few too many glasses of champagne they were all over each other and even though they received a numerous amount of disgusted glances they were too drunk to care. Holding each other's hand they made rounds around the room.
"Dan, this is Mr. Boggart, he works at the Art Institute," Serena said with a purposely funny superior tone while emphasizing 'the Art Institute' as if she were referring to the White House.
"Pleasure to meet ya, ya good ol' chap!" Dan exclaimed in an accent unrecognizable to anyone.
Serena burst out laughing as Mr. Boggart slowly retreated making some lame excuse. Dan looked at Serena and it was as if for a moment he was completely sober.
"You're amazing," he said to her, genuine love and adoration poured out with the words.
"Awww, thank youuu, you're amazing too," Serena said, not noticing the way he said it.
"No, I mean it. Serena, you're amazing," the look he gave her sobered her up too and soon they were staring into each others eyes.
"Everyone always said stuff like that to me, and I never truly believed them. But, Dan, God, I. You make me feel like no one ever has before. You're the first true honest to God relationship I've ever had." She said timidly.
He kissed her and it was as if fireworks erupted in their heads.
"Mmmm," she said nodding her head as she looked into his eyes, "let's go somewhere more private," and she smiled.
She grabbed his hand leading him away, not really looking where she was going, all she could see was him. As a result, she crashed into someone, muttering an apology.
"Serena van der Woodsen," someone called out.
At the mention of her name her blood ran cold and her face turned pale. Any and all happiness that had filled her was replaced with dread and resentment.
"My, my, going somewhere?" a dark haired woman asked.
"Georgina," Serena said the woman's name.
Dan was left forgotten as the two women stared each other down. He made himself noticeable, "Umm, hi," he said with a small wave.
"Oh, what do we have here. Another boy toy? Next time, sweetie, get someone that looks like they shower," Georgina responded to Dan's outburst. "Well," she said turning towards Serena, "aren't you going to introduce us?"
"Dan, Georgina. Georgina, Dan. Now," she grabbed Dan's hand, "we were leaving so, goodbye Georgina. Please make sure to never come back."
Serena turned around with the intention of leaving, when Georgina spoke before she even took a step.
"I'll say hi to Petie for you!"
Serena turned around with amazing speed considering the 7 in" heels she was sporting. "Don't," she warned.
"What, S? Don't want me to tell your boy toy how you killed a man?"
Serena was speechless, Dan on the other hand, "Serena would never do anything like that," he said in a defensive tone.
"How naïve of you, see, not only did she kill him she also made a sex tape with him," a dark smirk grazed Georgina's face.
"Serena?" Dan's voice filled with doubt.
"You know I didn't have anything to do with it Georgina," Serena had come back to her senses.
"Oh, both I and the video beg to differ," Georgina stated.
"I cannot deal with you right now Georgina," and Serena turned around and left in search of Blair.
"Serena! Serena!" Dan kept yelling her name, chasing her through the crowd.
Dan was running after her so fast, he was pushing people around, pushing his way through the crowd when he pushed a man that fell and hit a rolling table filled with cupcakes. Cupcakes flew through the crowd. The cupcakes were ruined and so was the designer outfit of anyone within 10 feet of the display. Blue and white frosting covered the floor and people from head to toe. Dan muttered an apology at everyone and turned to follow Serena, but she was gone.
XOXO
After a while of socializing and the cupcake incident Chuck got bored and tired and headed to a bar, Blair saw this as her chance, he was finally alone. He ordered scotch and was leaning against the bar when she came to sit next to him. He smelled her perfume before she even sat next to him, its like his body was susceptible to Blair.
"Gonna ask me where my blonde friend went?"
"Not today, babe" she emphasized the word 'babe'.
"You know George wasn't too happy I abandoned him that night,"
"But we left him with Serena,"
"Apparently she flaked after five minutes conversation with him,"
"Its not our fault he's boring,"
"He did find this girl, though,"
"Really?"
"Her name's Isabelle, seems nice enough,"
"I guess it turned out for the better,"
"Guess so. Now if you'll excuse me" he said as he got his scotch from the bartender.
"Don't go," she pleaded, "I want to talk."
"We just talked,"
"In a more private setting," he seemed doubtful, "please."
"Lead the way,"
Blair took Chuck to a hallway she found when she was a kid, it was behind some curtains so no one really ever went in it.
"I made a mistake," she had a speech prepared.
"Tell me about it," he muttered.
"This is hard enough without your snarky little comments so if you could keep those to yourself." she breathed out, "As I was saying, I made a mistake, but that's all that it was, a mistake, an accident, I never meant for it to happen and it shouldn't have. But it did, and yet somehow I found my way to you and we spent this incredible weekend together. And you're throwing it out for what? At least tell me why."
"I'm throwing out mere hours because I choose my lifelong best friend. I don't know what this is, what we are." He said.
"We weren't going to tell anyone, no one was supposed to know," she said in a small voice, then in an even smaller voice, "we could still do it you know."
"A secret relationship?" She nodded.
"I couldn't do that to Nathaniel," he said.
"He wouldn't know," she said logically.
"Exactly," he started moving out when she grabbed his sleeve and pulled him towards her. Their lips clashed and fire erupted around them, they were caught up in the moment, his arms pulled her closer, her hands found their way to his hair and their lips wouldn't let go. The need for air broke them apart and it was like cold water spilled on them. They stepped away from each other. And he whispered.
"We're a mistake Blair, we, this, us, it can't happen, we could ruin everybody." Chuck said, a tone of sadness in his voice.
"Who is everybody?" she was genuinely curious as to why they couldn't be together.
"Nathaniel, for one, your mother would have a stroke, my father wouldn't believe me and that would just lead to self destruction and I'd end up hurting you in the process. Besides, weren't you the one concerned with going public?"
She was speechless, because it was true, all of it.
He turned to leave, he pushed the curtains aside and she went after him, her foot caught on something though and she fell, she screamed, he turned and caught her but it was too late. A 'fheush' sound could be heard, then screams and then the sound of glass colliding with wood and breaking into a million pieces. Following the crashing sound only one piercing scream could be heard and then all hell broke loose.
Gossip Girl blast #3923:
Any Upper East Sider would know that when a soiree is being held you must run and run fast. Because, what better place could there be for confrontations, heartbreak, sex, social destruction, and humiliation, than at an Upper East Side party where everyone is there to witness it. The Waldorf Gala didn't disappoint with its intertwined couples and if my sources are right, and let's face it, when aren't they right? This particular event carried more than the usual load. After all, it did end at the hospital. Good night, and may your dreams go wild, like I know a certain someone's will, after being induced with morphine.
You know you love me,
XOXO Gossip Girl
Author's Note: So hey guys, fhew, extremely long chapter, but, hey! It's a milestone. Expect long chapters for important dates or milestones. Tell me how you liked my first Upper East Side party. Thanks.
-M