A/N: Sorry for the long delay once again, but I couldn't figure anything to write about. But I brainstormed today and I finally thought of something. So I hope you all enjoy.
The Westhampton Day Spa was supposed to be relaxing. Relieving you of stress and clearing your head, if only for a few hours. But that was next to impossible if Georgina Sparks was there the same day you are.
Serena and Blair followed the spa employee and Georgina to a changing room. The employee handed all three girls their very own white plush robes. There were two dressing rooms. Blair walked into one and changed into her bikini. Serena waited outside to guard their purses. She didn't trust Georgina near them. She didn't want to find an illegal substance in her purse when she got home. Blair came out a few moments later in her white robe, which covered her bikini. Serena walked into the dressing room. Blair looked around the small changing room.
There were off white walls that seemed to make the room a little more spacious. A set of lockers were set against the far side of the room. Blair noticed Georgina stuffing her belongings into one of the lockers. She was already on her white robe. Makes her look like a cow. Maybe she should lay off the Cosmos, Blair thought to herself. The sound of one of the dressing room doors opening broke her thoughts. Serena stood in front of her sporting her white robe. The two best friends folded the clothes they had been wearing earlier and placed them in their own lockers. Once Blair had checked for the fourteenth time that the locks were secured, they stepped out.
Georgina was already outside talking with the employee they had met earlier. The two stopped their chatter as Blair and Serena approached them. The employee smiled at them and cleared her throat before she began to speak.
"Now, I see all three of you signed up for mud bathing. Please correct me if I'm wrong." she said.
Blair couldn't help but roll her eyes. Typical of Georgina to sign up for the same thing they had requested. I wonder how much she paid to find out what we were going to do, thought Blair. Georgina flashed a perfected faux grin at the employee.
"That is correct." she said in a sickly sweet voice.
"I'm sorry but we only have two mud bathing tubs. One of you will have to sit out." the employee explained in a small voice.
This is perfect! Now Georgina can leave us alone, thought Serena. She nudged Blair lightly. Blair smiled at her blonde comrade. Of course she knew what Serena was thinking of. They came here to get away from their stress and this might be their last chance of having it. Georgina stood calmly. It didn't take a genius to know what the other two were thinking of.
"Have you girls decided?" asked the employee.
Blair smiled and nodded her head, causing her brunette locks to shake. She was about to answer when Georgina's voice filled the room.
"Yes, me and Blair will be using the mud baths first. It was actually something we both have wanted to do for a long time." Georgina said.
Blair was about to say something but restrained herself. Her mother had always taught her to keep her angry words to herself. So Blair simply crossed her arms and held them out in front of her.
"Alright. If you two could follow me." the employee said, directing her voice at Blair and Georgina.
Blair couldn't say anything. The lady had already walked away, with Georgina trailing behind her. Blair quickly looked over at Serena. Her body was stiff. Blair managed to give her a small smile.
"Don't worry, S. I'll be fine. It's only Georgina. She couldn't have forgotten that I'm the crazy bitch in the state of New York." said Blair, hoping to lift Serena's spirits up.
Serena looked at Blair. She knew Georgina was no match for Blair Waldorf. She gave Blair a small smile. Blair smiled back before walking away, in the direction the other two had gone. Serena watched as Blair's retreating figure disappeared, leaving her alone. Serena bit her lip and wished the best for Blair, and the worst for Georgina.
Blair found the mud bathing room in no time. The employee, who's name tag stated that her name was Mary, hadn't even noticed that she had been gone. Mary gave a few instructions before leaving the two girls to relax. Blair stood patiently and looked at the big tub of mud in front of her. There was an identical one right beside it, where Georgina would be.
Georgina started to take off her robe. She tossed it over to one of the benches. She stood standing her royal blue one piece. She walked over to the small set of stairs on one side of the tub. Her feet sunk into the mud. Pretty soon her entire body was in the mud. She leaned her against one side of the tube. Her body lay out in the mud. She closed her eyes briefly but opened them quickly. Georgina looked over at Blair. A smirk crept onto her face.
"What's the matter, Snow? The mud's just great." Georgina said, the smirk never wiping off her lips.
Blair ignored her and took off her own white robe. She neatly folded it before placing it on the bench nearest to her. She took a deep breath before walking up her tub's own flight of stairs. She tired ignore Georgina's gaze on her. A gaze of evil. Blair slowly got into the tub of mud. She positioned herself and closed her eyes, hoping to get some relaxation.
"Isn't it great that you, me and S are all here today? I mean if S was here right now, then this would be perfect. Don't you think so?" asked Georgina.
Blair let out an annoyed sigh. She looked over at Georgina. Her doe eyes became hard and cold as they met Georgina's.
"You must have some nerve." Blair snarled.
"What are you talking about?" Georgina asked.
"Do you honestly think that either me or Serena want to have you around? I don't know how you got out of reform school and I don't care, but just stay away from Serena. Just because your partying days are slowly dieing down, doesn't mean her's are going to come back to life." Blair spat out.
Georgina just smirked.
"Well maybe Serena shouldn't be the one that's approaching me." she lied.
"Do you ever stop lying? Is that all your life is? One big fat lie after another. First your supposed to be in Switzerland, but you were actually in Utah rehabilitating. Then your Sarah, and now you're the victim of Serena? Can't you ever just tell the truth." Blair hissed.
Silence filled the room. Blair looked away from Georgina. She would never be fond of her. Even as children, it would be Blair and Georgina getting into arguments. Georgina would be the troublemaker and Blair would be the one that cleaned after the mess of Serena Georgina caused. Blair hated her with a passion.
Georgina sat peacefully in the tub of mud. Mud. That's what her life was. Mud. Sure, fun to play with when your younger. You get lost in it. You never think of the consequences. It's just mud. Mud's harmless. Not until you find the stains on your new Chanel white blouse and your maid says there's nothing to get rid of them so you'll have to throw it away. Georgina was mud and she sure knew it. But eventually, mud becomes boring. It's a pest and there's no need for it. Because sooner or later the sun comes out and the only thing that's left is a patch of dirt.
Georgina looked over at Blair, who was still looking away from her. There was nothing more that pleasured her than making Blair Waldorf as uncomfortable as possible.
"So, how's Chuck?" she asked, breaking the silence.
Blair stiffened, but didn't look at Georgina. She didn't have to answer her. And what did Georgina want to know about Chuck for anyway? He obviously didn't need her, or want her, in his life. Blair rolled her eyes. She's just trying to make conversation. Just ignore her, Blair. You can do it, she said, smiling to herself. Georgina smirked as she saw a small smile forming on Blair's face.
"Something must be up with Chuck, then." Georgina said in a sly voice. "Snow White and the poison apple. What happened, B? Prince Charming not work out."
Blair remained silent. She didn't want to say anything that would hurt her but help Georgina. Too bad that wasn't working so good right now.
"Well if there's nothing going on, that would explain why he tried to sweet talk me last night." Georgina said, lying casually.
Blair sighed and turned to look at the other bitch in the room. Georgina flashed a fake smile in her direction. Blair flashed one back.
"That must feel awful." Blair replied.
"And may I ask, why?" Georgina asked.
"Lying about Chuck hitting on you to make yourself feel better. He may have lost his virginity to you in the sixth grade, but that doesn't mean anything now. Chuck is my friend and the last thing he wants is to end up in bed with you, again." Blair hissed.
Georgina was taken aback. Just a slight mention of Chuck, she honestly hadn't been expecting much from Blair. Blair smirked at her. At least she'll shut up now, she thought.
"Now if you don't mind, I'd like to relax." Blair said, not even bothering to look at Georgina.
Georgina looked away and stared out in front of her. She couldn't help the small smirk from appearing on her face. Relax all you want, but you'll be running scared in no time, she thought.
In the meantime, Serena lay on a massage table in a light pink coloured room. The masseuse's hands gently going over her back. Serena closed her eyes and tried to relieve herself of the stress that was currently situated in her life. But as much as she tried, it simply wouldn't go away. Serena let out a small sigh. Why can't it just all go away, she thought to herself.
"Miss, you are very tense." the voice of the female masseuse broke Serena's thoughts.
"Yeah, I figured that." Serena said in a small voice.
The masseuse sighed and continued to rub Serena's back, trying to ease the stiff muscles. Serena tried to close her eyes again, but images of Carter and Georgina kept filling her mind. Serena opened her eyes, wishing she could close them and at least try to relax. The masseuse felt the muscles stiffen more.
"This is a lot of stress that I'm feeling on your muscles. Young ladies should be carefree. It is summer. Joyous and stress free." the masseuse said.
Serena bit her lip. She felt like she needed to tell someone everything. Someone she wasn't sharing a summer home with at the moment. Some she probably wouldn't see again. Someone who was too old for Gossip Girl, or didn't even know what Gossip Girl was. Someone who was just a person that could listen. Serena sighed.
"Well stress comes to people like me." she started.
"Well if you don't mind me saying so, at first glance you seem like a very free spirit. Someone outgoing and ready for what life throws at you." the masseuse said in a small voice.
"I can be free spirited. I mean more than anything I just like to be free. No boundaries, just free. It's just this past year has been a whirlwind. I met the greatest guy that I have ever met. We were in love, but then the past comes back to haunt you. And it comes in the form of my former best friend. Well a couple months ago, we broke it off. It's just, he was the first guy I was in love with and then things just went bad." Serena said, trying to contain the tears that were starting to form in her eyes.
"My motto has always been, the past is the past for a reason." the masseuse said.
"I wish I could say that about my past. My life is a mess. My mother's having marital problems with her latest husband. I just feel so guilty. My mother would be happy if I hadn't been so selfish. I always wonder if I hadn't asked her to go for the guy she loves and marry the one that will never make her truly happy, then maybe my family wouldn't be a wreck. Maybe my brother wouldn't be running away from home because he couldn't take the yelling anymore. Maybe then I wouldn't have an ass for a stepbrother." Serena said, her voice becoming smaller and smaller.
The masseuse stayed silent. She had never dealt with someone who was so upset and slowly letting it out.
"So why didn't you want your mother with the man she loved?"
"If she was with him, it would ruin everything for not just me but someone very important to me as well. I just feel like whatever I do recently always hurts someone. My life seems to be spinning out of control. This was supposed to be the summer where I just relaxed and didn't have to deal with anything, but that won't be happening anytime soon." Serena said.
"Well what's wrong with making the rest of your summer relaxing?" asked the masseuse.
"That's pretty much impossible. Seems another piece of my past is also here. But thankfully, he should be spending less time around my summer retreat."
"See, things do seem to be getting a little better." the masseuse said in an encouraging voice.
"I guess they are. Now I'm just left hoping if this summer will get any better. And maybe then maybe my life will just be a little better." Serena replied.
"So what are you going to do?" the masseuse asked.
"Excuse me?"
"I said, what are you going to do? Things don't just become alright by themselves."
Serena bit her lip. The masseuse did have a point. Thing don't just become alright by themselves. If she just sat back and did nothing then her stress would probably just add on. But what was she going to do. Was there anything for her to do. She turned her attention back to the masseuse.
"I have no clue." she replied.
Meanwhile, Nate, Chuck and Eric were just leaving the pool hall. Nate had decided to keep the run in with Carter a secret from the others. He wasn't so much worried as to what Eric would do, seeing as though he wasn't the strongest guy in the world, but more worried for what Chuck could and probably do. They walked down one of the quieter parts of down. Many women were out shopping at the boutiques. Eric tapped Chuck's shoulder. Chuck turned to look at him.
"Why the heck are we here?" asked Eric.
"I just need to get something." replied Chuck.
Nate smiled to himself. It was obvious that Chuck was going to buy Blair a gift. Why else would he be going to women's boutiques? The three walked into Tiffany's. Chuck immediately went to look at the large selection of necklaces. Nate hung out around the rings. He leaned up against the counter. Eric joined Chuck. There are so many. Which one will she like?, Chuck mentally asked himself. He was about to ask Eric for help, when one caught his eye.
"Hello sir, may I help you?" asked one of the sales ladies.
Chuck nodded his head and pointed at the necklace he wanted. The sales lady took it out from under the glass display and gave it to Chuck. He held in gently in his hand. Hanging on a thin silver change, was a diamond encrusted butterfly. He needed to have it. He didn't care how much it cost, he needed her to have it. He looked up at the sales lady.
"Yes, I would like this gift wrapped." he said.
The sales lady took the necklace back to get wrapped while Chuck got out his platinum card. After paying for the necklace and receiving it wrapped up, the three guys walked outside. Chuck quickly called his driver to meet them outside the famous jewellery store. As they waited, Eric looked at the bag which held the necklace.
"So, why did you buy Blair a necklace?" he asked curiously.
Chuck looked over at his younger step sibling. He didn't want to come off across as some guy who was hopelessly in love. Because he was not hopeless. He turned his attention back to Eric.
"Well she's been going through a lot right now. So I thought I might cheer her up. She is my friend after all." he said.
"Or, your just in love with her." Nate stated.
"I hardly think that buying someone a necklace to make them feel better means your in love with them." Chuck replied.
"Chuck and Blair sitting in a tree. K-I-S-S-I-N-G." Nate sang.
"Real mature, Nathaniel." Chuck said as the limo pulled up.
The guys piled in and drove off to their summer getaway. Chuck couldn't stop from thinking of what the necklace would look like on her. How she would react to it. He smirked. The last time he worried about jewellery was on her seventeenth birthday. The necklace had looked perfect on her and he hoped this one would too.
Back at the spa, Serena and Blair were walking out. After Blair had finished her un-enjoyable mud bath with Georgina and Serena's massage had been relaxing enough, the two best friends spent the rest of their spa time together. So after a day of facials and body wraps, they were ready to go home. Too bad their relaxing day was once again interrupted.
"Serena! Blair! I'm glad I could see you guys before you left." hollered Georgina.
Serena and Blair turned around. Georgina stood in front of them with a huge grin on her face. Blair's eyes became cold. Serena played with her purse strap.
"We have to go." Blair said in an icy tone.
"But I really wanted to talk to you too. Look, I'm sorry. And I know you won't ever forgive me for the stuff I've done, but S I really am sorry." Georgina lied.
Serena looked at her. Things don't just become better by themselves, thought Serena. Serena managed to give her a small smile. Blair, however, wasn't so kind.
"That apology is as fake as Heidi and Spencer's relationship. Come on S, we don't need to be near a downer." Blair spat out.
She grabbed Serena's arm and started to lead them away, but Serena didn't budge. Serena was looking at Georgina, with sympathy in her eyes. They had been friends for so long. Blair cleared her throat.
"S, come on. She's not trustworthy. Have you forgotten what she did to you and Dan? She's a psycho." Blair stated.
"But I really, really, really am sorry for what I have done, S. I don't know how to prove it you without you giving me a chance." Georgina said through her fake tears.
Serena couldn't bear to watch. For as long as she could remember, Georgina and her were always friends. And Georgina was right, how could she prove anything if she wasn't given a second chance? If things were going to be better, then Serena would have to do some forgiving. She smiled at Georgina.
"We could try to be friends." Serena said in a small voice.
Blair's jaw dropped. Had she heard right? Serena had the biggest reason for hating Georgina, and she wanted them to try to be friends? Georgina's squealing cut into her mental questioning. Georgina raced over to Serena and wrapped her in a bear hug. Blair watched, restraining herself from kicking Georgina in the leg, which was half a foot away from her foot. Serena hugged Georgina back. She felt like she was doing something right. The two separated.
"We have to do something fun." Georgina said giddily.
"Um, yeah. What do you want to do?" Serena asked.
"How about a movie night?" Georgina suggested.
"Sounds like fun." Serena said.
"Great. How does seven sound?"
"Um, great."
"I'll see you then. I'll bring the movie. Something fun and jaw dropping." Georgina said slyly. "Bye, S. Bye, Snow."
Serena waved goodbye, while Blair didn't bother to do anything. She simply held her arm up and hailed them a cab. Once both girls were inside the cab, Blair turned to Serena. Her doe eyes gave her the what the hell were you thinking? look. Serena sighed.
"Come on, B. In order to make my life better, I have to forgive others."
"But it's Georgina Sparks! She's crazy. She's like Naomi Campbell on steroids. She shouldn't even be here." Blair said.
"But Blair, I feel like this is the right thing to do. To forgive and forget."
"You can't keep doing that."
"Doing what?"
"Always looking for the best in people. When are you going to figure out that not all people have something good about them. Some are just bad and one of them is Georgina Sparks. Scratch that, she's their leader." Blair said.
Serena sighed and chose to ignore her. Sometimes looking for the best in people could bring out the best of them. The cab stopped a few minutes later in front of the summer house. The two walked inside. Serena went straight to the kitchen, while Blair went upstairs for a short nap before Georgina's unpleasant visit.
Blair opened the door for her bedroom for the remaining summer. She tossed her handbag on top of the vanity. Her shoes came off and went in opposite direction. She closed her eyes and fell backwards onto the bed. It would have been perfect if she didn't feel something sharp poke her back. She instantly sat up and looked behind her. There lay a small wrapped box with a small piece of paper attached. Blair picked it up and read the note scrawled on the paper.
From one friend to another.
-C
Blair smiled before carefully unwrapping the present. She gasped as she realized that it was a jewellery box. She opened it and her doe eyes grew wide. She carefully picked up the butterfly necklace. Her fingers carefully grazed the butterfly pendant. She walked over to the vanity and put it on. She smiled as she saw it resting against her neck. I have to see him, she thought to herself. She immediately ran out of her room and towards Chuck's. She didn't hesitate as she knocked on his door.
The door knob turned slowly, but before long the door opened and there stood Chuck. He rubbed his eyes as if he had just woken up from a nap. His eyes snapped into focus as he saw a smiling Blair in front of him.
"Hey Waldorf. Nice necklace." he said with a smirk.
Blair let out a small laugh before walking into his room. He closed the door behind them and turned to see Blair sitting on his bed. He put his hands in his pockets and walked over to her.
"I just came to thank you for the necklace. You really didn't have to get me it. I don't even know why you gave it to me." she said.
"Well like I said, from one friend to another." he said.
"But seriously, Bass. Why did you buy me this?" she asked.
Chuck sighed. What was he supposed to say? He looked at the necklace that lay upon Blair's neck before locking his eyes with her's.
"Well you had to suffer through Carter, you need something to lift up your spirits." he said.
Blair smiled at him. She got up from the bed and wrapped her arms around Chuck. He stiffened at first. Chuck Bass wasn't one for hugging, but something about Blair made him try new things. He felt his arms hug her back.
"It definitely lifted up my spirits. Thanks Bass." Blair whispered into his ear.
"Just don't forget the butterflies." he blurted out.
What the hell did I just do!, Chuck mentally criticized himself. Blair bit her lip. She hadn't been expecting that but it made her calmer. She didn't want to admit it, but she never forgot the butterflies.
Ding Dong
The two separated. Chuck looked at Blair in confusion.
"Do you know who that is?"
"Unfortunately yes. Careful Bass, evil has entered the house and it's name is Georgina Sparks." she replied.
Great, Chuck thought sarcastically.