Chapter 11

I had woken up hours later, in my own bed. Jenny was sitting at my next working on a design and just waiting for me to angrily try to get out of bed. Which I did.

"Why am I not at the hospital?" I had demanded.

Jenny explained that when Mrs. van der Woodsen, Eric, and Blair had arrived they found Serena and I both in a deep sleep. Apparently I had walked out of the hospital, to my dad's car, and into my bed but I didn't remember.

Thankfully I had to do barely any explaining. Nate and Chuck had filled in my dad and though I would normally have wanted to tell him myself, I was glad I didn't have to go through it again.

Anyway, it was now a week and a half later. Serena had been released two days ago but she wasn't allowed to leave her house. I, of course had been spending a lot of time there. But so had Nate, Blair, Lily, Eric, and even Jenny.

"Hey," I said as I walked into her bedroom.

She flashed me her beautiful smile and waved cutely. Serena was propped up on her bed with a blanket lying loosely across her legs. Her cell phone, remote, drinks, snacks, and basically everything she would need were sprawled around her on the bed.

"Is someone else here right now?" I asked, "You've been more popular than usual."

"Nope," she smiled, "Blair just left."

"Good, good," I replied, "I don't like the thought of having to schedule time to be with my girlfriend."

I smirked as I slid into the bed next to her.

"Me either," she replied, "Although Nate did mention something about stopping by so you have to go."

"Liar," I laughed.

"What!" she replied, "I resent that!"

We both laughed and I shook my head.

"I happen to have just gotten off the phone with Nate," I told her, "He's going on a date tonight. So yes, you are a liar."

"I am," she smiled, "Who's he going out with!"

"Why don't you just check Gossip Girl," I suggested, "She'll know more than I do."

Serena laughed again then said: "Well when Blair left here she said something about being with Chuck, so we might actually have a night to ourselves."

I leaned down to kiss her, knowing that we were going to have a night to ourselves.

"Well," I said, "How would you like to get out of your bed?"

"Ooh, a trip to the living room?" she mocked, "Did my mom actually approve of that crazy adventure!"

"Something like that," I replied.

"What, Dan!" she demanded, "Explain yourself!"

"Let me just say this," I replied, "Your mom trusts me."

Serena continued to protest as I pulled her out of bed and grabbed a pair of shoes for her.

"Dan," she chuckled, "I haven't even looked in a mirror today! Are we seriously going somewhere?"

"You look beautiful," I assured her.

Her hair was pulled up and she was wearing stretch pants and a zip up hoodie.

She pulled on the flip flops I handed her and let me lead her out of the room.

"Do you remember what you told me yesterday?" I asked her as we walked to the taxi that was waiting for me, "About how bored you were?"

"Ugh yes!" she replied, "I miss shopping and riding in taxi's and walking places, and eating food from somewhere other than my house and - "

"Sleeping in someone else's bed?" I finished.

"Yes," she said, "I don't know why my mom's acting like I have some kind of contagious disease or something."

"She also doesn't want you to be all over the internet just yet," I explained, "She was hoping this would all blow over before you started going out again so you weren't bombarded by it."

"But poor Nate," she said, "He has been bombarded."

"And he doesn't mind," I said, "He's glad to be taking the attention away from you. He just wants to help."

"So where are we going?" I asked, "My mom wouldn't let you take me anywhere public yet."

"We're not," I said, "But I am going to make all your dreams come true."

We finally reached Brooklyn. I stepped out of the taxi and went to grab Serena's hand. I led her onto the sidewalk and she looked around.

"We're in the middle of Brooklyn," she noted, "What's going on?"

"We're walking to my house," I told her, "Riding in a taxi? Check. Walking places? Check."

"No way," she smiled, "Dan! We're doing all of the things I want too!"

"Yes we are," I smiled, "And we're doing it all here in Brooklyn so no one too fancy sees you."

"That's so mean," Serena said, "I like Brooklyn."

"So do I," I told her, "But your mom approves of a night out on the town as long as it's here, so here we are!"

She stopped me on the street and kissed me roughly.

"So when we get to your house," she mumbled, "Will we be dining with your family?"

"Dad actually has a lot of work to do tonight," I told her, "And coincidently, Jenny is spending the night with a friend!"

We grinned at each other and I interlaced our fingers as we continued to walk down the sidewalk.

When we got to my loft, my dad and sister were, thankfully, already gone.

"Alright come here!" I exclaimed, happily, leading her into Jenny's room, "Time to shop. Anything you want, its yours!"

"What?" she asked, confused again, "But these are all of Jenny's one of a kind designs. I can't take one of those."

I knew Serena wasn't just saying that because she had something against homemade designs, she'd honestly just rather see Jenny put on another fashion show or something.

"Alright," I said, "Then why don't you look over here?"

I grabbed her around the waist and pulled her onto Jenny's bed.

There was a bunch of old jewelry from Jenny's drawer lying across the sheets.

"Hhm," I said, "What do you think about...this one!"

I grabbed a brand new necklace from the pile. It was a beautiful, but simple heart pendant. Not exactly something Lily or Blair would have picked out, but I thought it was perfect for Serena and I.

"Dan, oh my gosh," she breathed, "It's perfect. Did you pick this out all by yourself?"

"I did," I said proudly, "I thought it fit best for us. It's not glamorous, which represents me. It's beautiful, which represents you. It's a heart, which obviously represents how much I love you. And that diamond? Let's say that's for how damn sexy you are."

Serena chuckled and kissed my quickly before I clipped the necklace on her.

"You're adorable," she grinned, "My gorgeous writer!"

I leaned back in for a few more kisses.

"Wait!" she exclaimed, "I feel cheated!"

"Oh yeah," I smirked, wrapping an arm around her again, "Why's that?"

"You gave this to me as a gift, I didn't get to go shopping!"

"Oh no," I replied, "You didn't think this came without a price? Something this amazing costs you at least three kisses and let's say, ten compliments!"

We both laughed some more and she threw her arms around me.

"You're perfect," she grinned, "And I love you."

"We'll count that as two."
As we started kissing again, there was a knock at the door.

"What the hell," Serena mumbled.

I chuckled, "Calm down."

We walked out to the main area and I opened the door.

"Hey Nate," I greeted.

"Nate!" Serena said, "What are you doing here? Dan said you have a date!"

"I'm on my way there now," Nate smiled, "But first I'm the delivery man."

He handed Dan a bag and they shared a knowing look.

"Bye guys!"

"Explain," I demanded.

"Nate just delivered food from Butter," I told her, "He picked it up for me as yet another way to apologize."

"Butter doesn't do take out!" Serena exclaimed, "None of my favorite restaurants do."

"Don't worry," I laughed, "I took care of it."

We sat down and ate and laughed and loved life. When we finished eating we sat down on my couch and cuddled together under a blanket. We kept talking and watched TV and laughed at the Gossip Girl blasts that were sent out while we were sitting there.

It wasn't until late that night that I told her it was time to check off the last thing on her list.

"You know," I said, "I can't help but to notice we still haven't done one thing on your list."

"I've actually been noticing that too," she smirked, "I never realized how bored I get of sleeping in the same bed until I slept in the hospital for that long."

"I never realized," I started, "Oh screw it. I don't even have a sarcastic remark. Come here."

I pulled her to me and we started making out like we hadn't been able to for days. It took us a few minutes to get to my room and it was great that we didn't even have to worry about shutting the door. We landed on my bed, laughing and kissing and I couldn't control my happiness.

"I love you Serena," I breathed.

"Wow, my mom must have really been pleased with the way things went last night," I was saying to Blair as we walked down the street.

"Serena, no pictures of you surfaced, you came home safely this morning, and you haven't looked better all week," she replied, "Obviously it was good for you to get out of your house."

"Wow, B," I replied, "Did you just compliment Dan?"

"He managed to not get you photographed, if you take that as a compliment, that's up to you."

I laughed, grabbing her arm happily as we walked.

"It feels so good to be out here!" I squealed, "I'm so excited to meet with Nate and Chuck."

"I'll bet Dan's overjoyed too," Blair commented.

"Well, he's friends with Nate and he knows you're my friends so he's ok with it," I said, "I think he and Chuck may have bonded in some really weird and freaky way."

"I guess that's what busting some potheads can do to people," she replied, "You look amazing by the way."

"So do you B," I said honestly.

It felt great to be dressed up with my best friend and I couldn't stop smiling as we walked into Chuck's newest club.

Chuck and Nate were waiting for us at the bar.

"Hey guys," I greeted, "What's up?"

"Drinks," Chuck replied with smirk, "All on the house!"
We cheered and ordered and started talking.

I tapped my foot along with the music then jumped up.

"Let's dance!"

They all stared at me silently but I insisted. Nate and I slid onto the dance floor, but Chuck and Blair just huddled closer at the bar.

"It's so good to see you out," Nate said, "I just hope no one makes a big deal out of us being here."

"I'm ready," I told him, "To face it and for it all to be over. Let's just have fun!"

"Whoo!" Nate exclaimed.

We danced and laughed for a few good songs before someone tapped me on the shoulder.

"Do you mind?"

Nate smiled and backed away willingly.

"Hey Dan," I smiled turning into his arms as he started to dance with me, "You're late."

"Hey baby," he grinned, "And I'm only late cause believe it or not, it was hard to explain to my dad where I was going and with whom. And why, actually."

"I know how you guys feel about Chuck and I know he's a dbag," I started.

"But he's dating Blair who's your best friend and I love you and I'm friends with Nate who's been friends with Chuck forever and we just have to learn to live with each other," Dan finished, "I know. And I'm working on accepting it."

"Good!" I smiled, "Because I think it's a new time for all of us."

"We're like all totally gonna be BFF's now!" Dan joked in an obnoxious voice.

I laughed loudly and looked over at Chuck, Blair, and Nate.

"Well, something like that," I said, "But no matter what, it's you and me."

"I'm so glad you knew back then," Dan replied, "You knew all those years ago when you told your mom not to run away with my dad."

"We're forever," I finished.

The End!

aaaah! I can't believe it, but that finishes up anything that needs to happen in this story. Any more would just be rambling, which I could do, but I'd rather give it some finish. And once again, sorry for spelling and grammar mistakes!

sorry it took so long, I was in the musical at my school and for awhile that's all I had time for! Please give me your final thoughts! Thank you so much for reading!