Thank you for the comments and reviews sorry it took a little over a month but here is another one.
Good morning Upper East Siders. Hope you enjoyed your turkey day because the drama's still hot and do I have news to share.
It seems that S and A were spotted around the UES together sharing more than a few cups of coffee. Are our King and Queen back together is all right in the world.
What's this we see Mrs Archibald getting comfortable with Italian Tycoon Angelo Adamo Marchello. For those who don't know Mr Marchello is the best friend of Michael Fallows, Godfather to Alex and Althea Demata-Fallows. Mr Marchello owns quite a bit of land over in France and...surprise surprise has his own private boat. Can we all say it with me; Captain who.
"I swear she needs to get a life."
"Who?"
"Gossip girl she just posted a new blog."
"Oh." Smoothing out her school shirt against her still flat stomach Serena turned around from the full length mirror facing the father of her child; Alex lay across her bed in his uniform his phone in his hand and his fingers moving expertly across the pad.
They had yet to separate since that Thanksgiving day; they both spent their days locked in either Alex or Serena's room talking about their future mainly graduating and college. Serena decided she would continue with school so that she can graduate with Alex even if she was 8-9 months pregnant. After a long talk to both his parents Alex decided that he would turn down Oxford and Harvard and follow Serena to Brown or Yale wherever she decided to go and together they could get an apartment near the campus and be a family. However the one subject they both avoided was their other half Dan and Vanessa, Alex still spoke to Vanessa on a regular basis and made plans with her that he always broke at the last minute because Serena 'suddenly' felt unwell prompting his over-protectiveness to kick in. Serena did feel bad about her interfering with Alex and Vanessa relationship but Alex was hers they were bound to be locked together forever, she was having his kid he shouldn't be making dates with another girl.
Both families the Van-Der Basses and the Demata-Fallows were slowly coming round to the idea that within a short 8-9 months they would forever be intertwined by the baby, Bart and Michael had made arrangements for the baby to have a trust fund and were slowly putting a percentage of their earnings into the fund and Cassandra and Lily were making plans with realtor's to find perfect apartments near the college(s) so the small family could live happily ever after. While the family lived in oblivious bliss there was one member of the Demata-Fallows clan who had grown suspicious of Serena's Pregnancy; Bebe had started to notice small things that has started to make her doubt the pregnancy Serena's lack of morning sickness, tiredness and aches sure she had the famous pregnancy glow but where was the morning sickness that's why Bebe decided to tag along with the parents and expecting couple to the doctors appointment.
"You OK?" Alex tilted his head watching the girl with a odd expression on his face. "You look nervous."
"I am...I haven't spoken to Dan since Thanksgiving and I'm pregnant but not with his child." She expressed but Alex indifferent to the situation sat up shrugging.
"Anyway you ready its time to leave and we need to make sure you eat."
"Umm yea." Serena pulled on her bright yellow woollen trench coat fixed her hair then held out her hand for Alex to hold while he fixed his own hair. "Come on."
Glancing at her hand weirdly Alex ignored it and walked slung an arm around her shoulder pulling her closer to his side and together they left the comfort of the Van Der Bass household into the cold mean streets of New York.
Outside the Penthouse building Bart Bass's limo which was just as infamous as his son's own limo sat, both sets of parents, step parent and grandparent sat waiting patiently. Alex held the door open for Serena to climb in beside her mother then slid in shutting the door while Bart signalled his faithful driver to take off.
"So Lei รจ eccitato il bambino?" Cassandra asked breaking the silence. Both Lily and Bebe looked confused.
"She asked if I was excited." Alex translated "And no mother I'm not."
"Oh."
"Well there is one thing I wish the baby to have, your talent for languages." Lily sighed.
"Mom Alex will be speaking both Italian and English to the baby." Serena informed biting into her warm croissant. "Right?"
"Hmm."
"Your going to have to visit your grandfather with the baby Alexander."
"I know father but right now he's not speaking to me neither is uncle Logan or Lucas. Uncle Stuart planning to send Louis Vuitton baby gear."
"You know I've always wondered how Stuart was the twins uncle." Lily questioned.
"He's not a blood relative." Bebe answered and continued. "When Michael was growing up he had no brothers and sisters but he found them in Angelo and Stuart, When Stuart was cut off for coming out my Max took him in and we raised the boys together. After college Stuart left for Paris and hasn't been back since."
"He came back for the wedding." Cassandra murmured "But we had to fly the twins out when they were a year old."
"Seems to be fashion." Bart said suddenly. "Having a gay uncle I believe this baby will have one with Eric."
Alex rolled his eyes, his phone vibrated loudly in his hands, opening the text he smirked, he was trying to distance himself from the baby talk. Serena rested her head against his shoulder peeking down at his screen reading his message.
SIS JUST LEFT FOR MEET IN BOSTON. APARTMENT TO MYSELF. ANYTHING U WANT TO DO TO ME XxX. V
Looking up at Alex Serena saw the infamous glint reflecting in his eyes as he replied that text's meaning was clear as day. Vanessa wanted to sleep him and by Alex behaviour he wasn't going to disappoint. Sighing heavily Serena leaned off Alex sitting stock still as the car pulled up outside the private doctors clinic and one by one they all poured out and into the sterile, bland clinic. While the adults seated themselves stiffly in the waiting room Alex and Serena checked themselves in then went to wait.
"Gosh I've always hated hospitals." Bebe muttered shifting on the hard uncomfortable plastic chair. "Never have good news."
"Well its good news today." Cassandra said cheerfully "Baby."
"Uh-huh baby..." She trailed off sharing a look with a bewildered Serena.
"When is the last time you were in a hospital?" Serena asked sliding her arm through Alex's.
"Althea pushed me off a balcony and I broke my leg."
"She what!"
"Pushed him off a balcony honey," Cassandra confirmed. "Her's temper's quite disgusting."
"Yet rewarding at the same time." Michael smirked.
"Be a killer in the business maybe I should recruit her for Bass Inc."
"She's going to take over Fallows Inc with Alex." Michael said smoothly. "I believe you have your own prodigy to mould."
"My son's favourite colour is purple not much he can do for Bass Inc."
"You know Mr Bass." Alex stood up swiftly distancing himself from Serena and walking to the window watching the familiar New York Traffic. "Chuck a cold hearted bastard he only has 3 things on his mind, money, sex and Blair. I believe he would do wonders for Bass Inc-"
"Err Serena Van Der Woodsen." A nurse holding a clip board called out standing at the entrance to the waiting room.
"That's me." Serena stood up and as if poetry in motion they all stood up making the nurse laugh "Well I mean us."
"Ok well first I'm going to need you and the daddy-is the daddy here."
Alex sighed heavily "Yea I'm here."
"Ok I need you and daddy to come through so I can ask you some questions then we'll take you through for the sonogram and your family can meet you there."
"Fine thank you."
......
"So Ms Van Der Wooden how are you feeling today." Dr. Copeland was a attractive man who you could tell was ageing gracefully. He sat behind his desk watching the two young teenagers the father not looking very interested but there.
"OK a little tired but OK." Serena answered.
"Ok so your here for a sonogram correct?" She nodded. "Can I ask you when you think the time of conception happened."
"Halloween we was-"
"I don't think he needs details Serena." Alex cut in swiftly "We all know how you become pregnant."
"Err right." Dr Copeland smiled grimly 'clearly the boy has no interest in the baby'. "Well I'll just ask you a few questions." She nodded. "How did you come to discover your pregnancy."
"I took a test and it came out positive."
"Well you know Serena sometimes those tests are not accurate they tend to give false positive."
"Well I know I'm pregnant."
"Ok well why don't you hop onto the bed and we'll have a scan OK that way we can determine how far along."
"Ok, Alex can you go get our family."
Rolling his eyes Alex left the room only to return minutes later with their family behind him. As the family situated themselves around the room the tech strolled in and began turning on the scanning machine before turning to Serena.
"Ok Ms Van Der Woodsen lie back and lift your shirt please." Serena did as instructed and the tech produced a tube of gel "This will be cold." He warned then squirted some on then picked up the receiver pressing it into her stomach.
"Ok." he murmured moving the receiver around spreading the gel, everyone's eyes were glued to the black and white screen.
"Can you see it?" Serena whispered.
"Err...hmm." He began to chew on his lip still moving the receiver around. Bebe frowned the tech's face confirming her earlier thoughts. "Can you excuse me for a sec."
Everyone watched bewildered as the tech switched off the machine and rushed out shutting the door behind him.
"Ok what was that about?" Lily questioned. "Is something wrong with the baby."
"I don't know but I don't like this." Cassandra hissed.
"Me neither." She agreed.
The tech came back in the room but this time he was followed by Dr. Copeland who switched back on the screen and looked at the frozen image before turning to the expectant group.
"Ms Van Der Woodsen and Mr. Fallows can we speak privately." He asked.
"No please you can say it here is something wrong." Serena sat up worried.
"Well," Dr Copeland sat down in the tech's abandoned chair facing the group "I'm sorry to say this but your not pregnant Ms Van Der Woodsen."
"I knew it." Bebe cried joyfully pulling a stunned Alex into her arms "I knew my Alex couldn't get somebody pregnant by accident."
"Mama!" Both Michael and Cassandra hissed surprised at her actions. "Please."
"No she did it to trap him."
"No I wouldn't do that." Serena cried upset, "I've been throwing up and everything. I'm sore and achy and I've skipped a period."
"Ms Van Der Woodsen I'm afraid your experiencing what we call a Phantom Pregnancy, you get all the symptoms but no actual baby. Its uncommon in humans but very common in animals."
"So I'm not pregnant." She whispered confused.
"No I'm sorry." He looked at her sympathetically. "There is no baby."
"But-"
"No Serena there's no kid." Alex cut in "We're both free let it go."
"But I felt it."
"I'm afraid you didn't Ms Van Der Woodsen. See Phantom Pregnancies are physiological you think your pregnant and your body starts to show symptoms but you'll never actually have the baby."
"Are you saying I'm crazy."
"No that's not what I'm saying but they are linked with physiological cases."
Silence fell upon the room as they all took in the news, Alex however shrugged out of his grandmother's arms and fixed his uniform clearly over the disturbing news.
"Right I'm off to school." He announced.
"But you just heard some bad news honey." His mother whispered. "Don't you want to come home and just rest its been stressful."
"Not really it hasn't I've been praying for an out and here it is, I didn't want the kid anyway and I know what you said dad that by the first scan I'd be in-love with it well I'm not because it don't exist. I won't be home tonight." Picking up his bag Alex left the room holding his phone against his ear.
"Your lucky I'm not in class." Chuck greeted through the phone.
"No your lucky your not in class. Why are you not in class anyway?"
Exiting the clinic Alex signalled for a Taxi and climbed in when one pulled over.
"St Judes." He instructed and sat back "So go on why are you not in class?"
"Let's just say I got caught up in something."
Alex nodded even though Chuck couldn't see him and guessed, "Blair?"
"Exactly. So... when's your dooms day happening we need to celebrate it."
"Oh I hope your sitting down for this one Charles," Alex relaxed in the seat and sighed happily. "She wasn't pregnant."
"I'm sorry I think I went temporarily deaf for a second. Repeat that."
"She's not pregnant, I'm not going to be a dad, I'm going to Oxford and I'm going to get in touchwith Vanessa tonight."
There was silence through the line, if Alex never heard Chuck's steady breathing down the line he would have believed that Chuck had hung up.
"...Well." Was all Chuck could say.
"Yes that was the atmosphere I left back in the clinic; Shock. Chuck I'm ecstatic I'm free."
"I can't believe you got lucky. You S.O.B."
"Yes well I've been deemed worse...look you at school."
"No I'm outside waiting for Nate we were going for a relaxing moment if you will."
"Ok I'll see you in a minute." Sliding his phone shut Alex let his head fall back as he sighed happily. His phone clutched in his hand beeped twice, sliding up open he read the text with a slick smirk.
CONGRATS TWIN HEARD THE GOOD NEWS.
"Good news indeed." He murmured closing his eyes, "Good news in-fucking-deed."
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