A/N: A few things.

1) I'm so, super sorry that I haven't updated in a super long time. I'm very, very, very, very, VERY busy in my day-to-day life and it's really hard for me to even get on my laptop that often. I'm going to have a few days in the next couple of weeks to hopefully update a few times to give you all something to settle some stomachs.

2) I won't be able to update all that much. I'm very busy, as I mentioned above, so updates will be a bit far between. Not necessarily rare, but definitely far between. I do try, though, which is why this is being updated today. And I'll hopefully have another couple chapters up in the next day or two.

3) This chapter is a bit (and I mean bit as in very little) raunchy. There is suggestive themes, but as you all know, I don't write explicit. This is basically as explicit as I'm getting, but it's still up there I guess. Haha. More than I usually do, that's for sure.

4) This may not be the best edited, but I did try to catch mistakes.

"I'm so glad we figured this out," Nate said, falling onto the bed with Jenny and kissing her while working on the zipper of her shirt. Jenny nodded breathlessly.

"Uh-huh," was all she could manage, lifting his shirt over his head and throwing it to the side. Nate pulled back briefly and looked at her, one eyebrow raised up.

"You're sure?"

"Look, Nate, I get it. You just got out of a relationship, I'll give you some time, no worries." Jenny shrugged, pulling him back down by the shoulders and kissing him again. He continued on with undressing her, getting them both down to undergarments. Her legs wrapped around his waist as he moved them further onto the bed, and the kiss looked to deepen, but he broke it again. Jenny sighed.

"Are you sure, really? I don't want to hurt you or anything-"

"Nate, I'm fine. Come on," she insisted, pulling him back down again, but he broke from her grasp and shook his head.

"I'm not. I can't do this." he argued, shifting to sit beside of her instead, making her roll her eyes and glare up at the ceiling.

"What is it that you can't do, Nate? Because the other night, you seemed perfectly capable-"

"It's not that I can't do it, it's that I just…can't… do it. The whole, no strings, just benefits thing." Nate explained, standing up and running a hand through his hair.

"Why?"

"Because-" he broke off, taking in a deep breath and looking in the other direction, looking as though he wanted to make sure this was what he wanted to say. "I…care about you, Jenny. I just can't do something like that to someone I care about."

"If you care so much, than make it more. Let's actually be a couple, Nate." Jenny snapped, sitting on her knees at the edge of the bed.

"It's not just you, either," he frowned. "It's Dan too. I don't want to…lose him as a friend. He's pissed as it is, it would only make it worse."

"You do know that the only reason he hates you so much right now is because you called me a one-night stand, right?"

"Wh-"

"He would have been fine if you'd just told him what you've been telling me. You care about me, you want to be with me. By calling me a one-nighter, it just pissed him off even more." Jenny explained, reaching forward to grab his hands and pull him over to her. She put her arms around his neck, waiting for a reply.

"That…makes perfect sense." Nate told her, shaking his head and trying to turn away, but Jenny held fast to his neck. "How could I not realize that?"

"Because you're an idiot." Jenny offered, smiling. "Especially if you're seriously going to have second thoughts right now, because-"

"Now that I think about it," Nate smirked, sliding his hands under her thighs and lifting her up. "I might have been a bit quick-minded."

"I knew you'd rethink that," she said, kissing him and pulling on his neck so they fell down to the bed again. They repositioned themselves, Jenny now straddling Nate, their passion growing, until once again, Nate broke the kiss.

"God, Nate, it's like you don't want to have sex with me!" Jenny huffed.

"You're wrong on that," Nate chuckled. "I just wanted to say…maybe we could be a couple…if you think-"

"I think that we can talk about this later," Jenny insisted, cutting him off before he could say anything else and going to remove his boxers. Finally, and Nate was relieved himself that he wasn't going to interrupt again, he lost any complaints or problems, and he let pleasure take over his thoughts.

"So, great news, man." welcomed Nate as Chuck stepped out of the elevator in the Empire.

"What's that? Little Humphrey finally give up love?" Chuck smirked.

"No," Nate chuckled, following his best friend to the mini bar. "Jenny and I are officially going to be a couple. And we're 'announcing' at your party tomorrow night."

"By announcing, I hope you don't have a toast prepared, because I'm not calling you up to speak." Chuck said, pouring them both a glass of scotch.

"I mean, we'll show up together, maybe kiss a few times, the usual, elite way." Nate countered, sipping from his cup.

"In this city, the 'elite' way is to be caught having sex in the coat closet,"

"Well, I'll go old-fashioned," Nate smirked. "We'll leave that for here."

"Don't ruin my good coats, Nathaniel, I'd have to kick you out," Chuck said, placing his glass down. "Where is the little Humphrey anyway?"

"Talking to Dan. Now that we're official, she wanted to sit down with him, without me there, so he isn't so angry."

"Smart girl. Trust me, you don't want to be on the receiving end of Humphrey punch, I hate to admit it, but he's not bad off."

"Thanks for that," Nate sighed, setting down his drink and standing up. "I'd better call her, see if she's told him yet. I'll see you tomorrow night, tell Blair I said hey."

"Will do, Archibald." Chuck tipped his glass as Nate went for the elevator, pulling out his phone on the way.

After calling Jenny and getting a place to meet her and Dan for dinner, Nate stepped out of the elevators in the Empire lobby to see someone he didn't expect standing at the counter. She was wearing her best get-up, with her black hair fixed very nice, and if Nate wasn't seeing things, it looked like she had dressed to seduce. It certainly wasn't working on the clerk, which he supposed was a good thing. She looked towards him, and realizing it was in fact, Nate, said bye to the clerk and clicked towards him on her heels. Nate sighed, stepping to the side, though making it clear he wasn't going to offer her a drink at the bar.

"Nate!" Sage cried, smiling happily and throwing her arms around him, giving him a kiss before he could stop her. Gently, he removed her and took a small step back, which made her pout. "I've been trying to get that clerk to let me up, but he says I'm not allowed."

"You're not. You don't rent a room and you aren't a guest, therefore you can't enter." Nate told her, keeping his voice as even as possible.

"I'm your guest though, he's seen me with you before!" Sage argued, giggling falsely and laying a hand on his arm. Nate almost couldn't stop the laughter that threatened to escape at her attempts.

"What do you want, Sage?"

"I thought we'd go to dinner, talk about us." she suggested, straightening up and smiling.

"Sorry, Sage, I have plans." Nate declined, starting to walk past her, but she grabbed his wrist to stop him.

"With who? Chuck? Serena? Dan? Reschedule, I'm sure they'll understand."

"Actually, I'm having dinner with Jenny Humphrey, and Dan."

"See, they'll understand, they know about us-"

"There is no us, Sage. I broke up with you." Nate shrugged. "I'm not changing my mind."

"Come on, you know you were just mad because-"

"I wasn't mad, Sage, I finally realized that we'd never work out. I'm sorry you can't see that too, but I have to go, or I'll be late."

"Nate-"

"I'm seeing Jenny, now, Sage. Please, leave me alone." Nate snapped, jerking his wrist free and leaving the Empire before she could respond. It wasn't as though she was trying to respond anyway, as her mouth was left hanging open, and tears were building in her eyes. Nate just saw a glimpse of her before the door closed and he was walking away.