Previously read on Gossip Girl: Prime….
-Dan got voted in as one of New York's Most Eligible Bachelors, which didn't make Blair feel so secure about her place in his heart. It didn't help matter much that Ivy tried to throw in her photo session with Dan, but with a good verbal smackdown, Blair was able to express her feelings to Dan. Dan and Blair have now officially made it official, and are boyfriend and girlfriend.
-To celebrate their progress of getting Dan and Blair back on track, the girls thought they'd get to the bachelorette party sooner than later. With Carter's help and a bit of a challenge from April, Carter set the girls us up with a pretty kick ass party. Only problem is, the girls had a hangover moment and are now stranded in the middle of nowhere and have little clue that Blair knows the truth about their little plan of wedding bells.
-Serena tried to keep her new romance separate from her public, fake romance with Trip for the sake of Nate. While it proved to be harder than she thought, Sean caught on that she wasn't quite broken up with Trip like he had thought. Trip made it clear to Serena that he hoped they would get back together, but Serena shot that attempt down and wants to stand by her man and wanted Trip to do so as well in order to keep the peace. Though Serena had gotten busted, Serena and Sean were able to prevail in this hiccup of their relationship since it was clear she loved him.
-Sisterly rivalry got amped up between Georgina and her not so dead sister, Katie, when Georgina learned that their grandfather was being accused of molestation. Too bad that Katie was actually paying the woman that accused her grandfather. With the web of lies and deceit only growing, Tyler gets insider info from the one time Sparks family church that things weren't as they seemed inside the church and the ledger holds more significance than ever now.
-Marley and Chuck continue to grow and understand each other especially now that homework has entered the equation. Realizing the only way to help Marley is to get in and help her through Jenny's helpful words, Chuck helps Marley build up the courage she needs to realize she's smarter than she realized and maybe he could've been too, if he had tried.
So now, the story begins….
Chapter Seventeen- Blind Loyalty
[Monaco, France]
Clicking on the print button on the screen, Mac leaned back in his chair as he watched the paper slowly but surely come out. Rolling over in his chair, Mac grabbed the paper as he began to inspect the document to its fullest. Holding up against the model law degree that he had taped up, Mac made sure that each detail was correct on the law degree that she had claimed to have had. Using his microscope for the final stage of inspection, Mac smiled on with happiness as his genius only impressed him even more. Making her way inside of the warehouse to see Mac in his stage of marveling, Katie rolled her eyes as she busied herself with mindless texting for her latest Gossip Girl post. Taking a seat beside Mac at the computer station, Katie leaned over to see the finished product that he had been working on before he rolled over to grab the white boxes he had sitting on the sofa.
"It amazes me with how much of a dork you really are" Katie sighed as she put her phone down before she began to load the computer
"You'd be giddy too if you spent your whole day behind a computer" Mac replied as he put one of the boxes on his lap before opening it up to reveal the custom picture frames he had ordered for the degrees "Mommy and daddy spent a lot of money on this" he smiled as he showed off the frame
"Custom frames along with my law degree from….." Katie began to say as she leaned over to see where the location of her degree came from "University of London. How France of you" she said
"You come from a boarding school in Switzerland, you wanted to stay international and correct the injustice of the world. So you go to none other than University of London, where you received high marks and a stellar recommendation from the school counselor" Mac informed her
"Should I even comment or do you just already know what I'm about to say?" Katie asked
"I pretty much know what you're about to say, but I still love that you know I'm the best at what I do" Mac smiled proudly "What's the latest post about?" he asked
"Oh, just the simple and yet so scathing Asher Hornesby tell all book that hit the stands. Don't even know why I have to cover this…." Katie began to say as she sighed
"Uh because that's something that would be relevant in the realm of Upper Eastside" Mac said
"A tell all book? That's beyond common" Mac said sarcastically "I don't even understand why you're hesitant about this" he said
"For reasons you wouldn't understand" Katie sighed as she reached for her phone "But I have to do it anyways….it's what Gossip Girl would do" she said as she began to upload her post.
Tossing the book onto the table, Nate let out a sigh as he ran his hand through his hair. Looking up to see that Serena, Blair, and Chuck were looking on at him; Nate froze for a moment. Accessing the look of concern on each of their faces, Nate could see that they were looking at him as if they thought he was going to crumble before their very eyes. Letting out a bit of a smirk, Nate felt more uncomfortable being around his friend than he would've felt being in public with the news of this book spreading all about. Noticing that Blair and Serena were looking on at each other, Nate could see that they both were trying to decipher.
"Guys, seriously. You don't have to hover" Nate told them as he walked over towards the bar to pour himself a glass of vodka
"We do have to hover, especially if it involves you pouring vodka in the afternoon" Blair said as she quickly got up from her seat to grab the glass out of his hand "Can we make it to at least three before you start drinking?" she questioned
"Is there any way we can stop the book?" Serena asked "I mean surely defamation of character could be used" she said
"Nate didn't want to stop the book" Chuck replied
"Why?" Blair asked "Did Asher ask for your permission to write what he wrote?" she asked
"No" Nate sighed
"Did he send you any warning text about the book?" Blair asked quickly
"No" Nate replied
"Did he happen to mention in any conversation that he might decide to write a book about him coming out and you coming out to join him?" Blair asked
"No" Nate sighed in frustration
"Okay, how are you not going after him?" Blair questioned
"Because newsflash, everyone in the Upper Eastside knows that I'm gay. It may not be on display like some, but I and the world know that I'm gay" Nate replied
"Yes, but this books make you sound like you're in pure hatred of yourself" Blair said
"Thank you for being so blunt" Serena replied sarcastically
"Look, you only have a few options here. You can either make a very public press tour to denounce the book or you could come out with your own tell all in regards to how you met said Archer Hornesby or…" Chuck began to say
"I don't want to go after him" Nate said "Okay, I'm not going to get some thrill of getting him for what he wrote because I just simply don't care that much" he said
"Have you talked to your mom? How does she feel about all of this?" Serena asked
"….I haven't" Nate said "I haven't really talked to anyone but you guys. I just thought I could discuss it with you guys and just move past it. So ask whatever you need to ask but we have to past this" he said
"….I'm not sure what we can ask you" Blair said "I mean is there something that you want us to ask you?" she asked "I mean do you feel upset about this or hurt? It's hard to get the jest of what to ask when you seem so calm about this" she said
"I have thick skin. I don't let the harsh stuff get to me" Nate laughed
"Are you sure that's what it is?" Chuck asked "I mean this isn't going to be something you internalize and then it comes up in some shocking way" he said
"Internalize is something that I don't do. I simply don't care. I have more to worry about than this book" Nate said
"I guess what Chuck is trying to say is….we want to know, will you be okay?" Serena asked as Nate looked on to see the concern on each of their faces. Accessing what he thought and wanted to say, to what he should say.
"It's already past me" Nate laughed weakly as he smiled on at his friends just as Marley made her way out into the living room area to see the gang all gathered together.
"Am I interrupting something?" Marley asked as she noticed that all eyes shifted towards her
"Chuck Bass with kid, teenage kid, still living and breathing. Hm, I'm impressed" Blair said as she looked on at Marley
[Monaco, France]
Looking through the papers that George had sat out for him, Katie scanned through them quickly as every bit of the documents seemed to leave her with no clear answers. Over time, Katie had become used to the language in the church that she knew most of the wording was BS to cover up and make things seem like they were running smoothly. Hearing Christians defeat, Katie looked up to see him starting on another stack of documents while she looked over to see George looking out the window with his cup of coffee in hand. Studying her grandfather for a moment, Katie knew well enough to know that he was deep in thought, probably accessing how he could fix this problem before him. Many times she had seen this look, and like those times, she never quite understood or knew what he was capable of.
"You shouldn't give up hope" Katie told him
"We're searching for documentation that doesn't exist to appease the words of a liar. I wouldn't call it giving up hope, I call it a shame" George replied as he looked back at her
"The more proof, the solid the case" Katie said
"Yeah, thought you'd know that old man" Christian sighed
"I know a lot of things, but I also know that my proof will be in that she has none" George said
"And how can you be sure of that?" Katie asked "I mean you can't just go in there assuming that she isn't prepared" she said
"Because, my money is that she's probably left a few stones unturned" Georgina said making her presence known as Katie quickly looked over to see Georgina. Wearing her usual dark shades, Georgina lifted them to place in her purse as she made her way in to the study towards the rest of the group "I forget your name. Caitlin…Katie….Cat…."she began to say as Katie glared on at her sister
"Catalina" Katie said as she looked on at Georgina
"And I do remember you, many attempts…" Georgina began to say as she looked over at Christian
"And many failures" Christian concluded
"What's going on?" Katie asked "You've called for family members?" she asked
"Of course he has, my grandfather is being accused for something heinous and since family members aren't close enough or care to bother to be close, I had to come to his defense" Georgina said as she took a seat on the edge of the desk
"I take it you all have met my spirited Georgina" George sighed as he knew Georgina was her usual whirlwind of a hurricane
"We've had the unfortunate pleasure" Katie replied
"Good, now that we have the acquaintance meeting out the way. Where's the legal representation?" Georgina asked getting straight to the point as everyone else went silent
"Catalina is the legal representation" Christian stated as Georgina looked on at Katie for a moment before she just laughed
"You're joking right? This has got to be a joke" Georgina laughed
"Georgina can we please take this seriously?" George asked as he walked towards the window
"Can you take this seriously? You have a girl my age wanting to defend you for such heinous accusations" Georgina questioned "Did you even major in law?" she questioned as she looked over at Katie
"Yes, I minored then studied in London" Katie replied as she looked on at Georgina sternly
"….let's hypothetically say that you will be his legal representation. What do you have on this said….Rosa Wilson?" Georgina asked as she looked on at her hand to see the woman's name
"We know that she's an American and has two sons, one alive and the other dead" Katie said
"Clearly a get rich scheme" Georgina concluded "….Rosa Wilson, also convicted of forging signatures at her job as a bank teller. Rosa Wilson, has been legally trying to go after her son's father but hasn't had luck in doing so to collect child's support. Now if I can get that information, surely you can connect the pattern that this woman is a walking scheme. A walking scheme that seems to be egged on by something or someone" she said
"You've got all the conspiracy theories, don't you?" Christian asked with a bit of a smirk
"No, I just know people. I know when people lie, I know when they speak the truth" Georgina said
"By all means, if it was that simple. We should just hold you as the lay of the land, the walking brunette of justice" Katie replied as Georgina and Katie looked on at each other in silence
"Will I be staying here or at your villa?" Georgina asked as she turned to look at her grandfather
"…for the time being, for safety measures its best you stay here" George sighed as Katie nearly lost her cool. Turning to look back at Katie, Georgina smiled once more before her cell phone began to ring
"We'll have much headway to get through, and I must say that I have worked up quite the appetite. So I'll see you all for dinner, I figure I'd take the time to rest and explore the city. Possibly gage what the people feel is going on because I must say that I do have my suspicions on quite a few things. I have to take this" Georgina told them before she quickly answered the call and left the study.
"You sure this is the wisest way to handle this? Inserting Georgina in the mix?" Katie asked as she looked on at George
"She's my granddaughter, she wants to support me" George replied
"But there's a difference from support and possibly hurting you…." Katie began to say
"Do you have a problem with her? Beyond the childish means" George asked as Katie stood in silence for a moment
"I'm almost certain that Catalina and Georgie aren't the best of friends, but I suspect that Catalina doesn't want this to go wrong. Your best interest are at heart" Christian said stepping with the two as he rubbed Katie's back for support
"….I want to make sure you get everything you deserve" Katie said as she looked on at George
"Then you should have no problem in doing so with my family present" George said before he made his way out of the study. Clenching her fist tight with anger, Katie got caught up in the moment as she nearly forgot that Christian was with her until she felt his touch.
"Do you think her intentions are pure?" Christian asked
"It's Georgina, nothing is pure about her" Katie sighed as she broke away from Christian's embrace "I have to run to the city, have lunch with Beatrice. She'll be upset since I'm currently late" she said grabbing her purse along with the files on the desk
"You know, I'm having a bit of jealous woes that I have to fight for your attention with my sister" Christian smiled
"Are you really?" Katie smiled
"….honestly, yes. I miss you. I miss your naked frame" Christian said as he slid his hand around Katie's waist
"Then we should work on that. Possibly….tonight" Katie smiled as without a moment of thought, she had found her reasoning to stay.
Meanwhile….
Being escorted to her room, Georgina reached the final step as the maid handed her the linens for the evening before leaving. Watching as the maid went down the grand staircase, Georgina looked down at the lavish house as it truly felt like she was in a mansion unlike any other. Feeling an overwhelming urge of tiredness, Georgina made her way into her room to see that her luggage was there waiting for her. Closing the door, Georgina immediately laid across the bed for a few moments of silence. Reaching for her phone in her pocket after the realization that she had yet to answer the call, Georgina found this to be better as she had true silence to take the call. Smiling on at her phone as she moved towards the sea of pillows, Georgina began to redial the number.
"Look who missed who first?" Georgina asked as she teased the boy
"I wouldn't go that far. I just find it suspicious that you up and left so abruptly. Where are you? Does it have something to do with your grandfather?" Tyler asked
"It does" Georgina sighed "I'm here to see him. Help him clear his name if that's possible" she said
"How are you going to do that?" Tyler asked
"By helping find the bitch that came up with this plan to go after him. I know my grandfather, I've been bored by him for many years but molestation accusations are far beyond the realm of reaching" Georgina said
"He worked at the church right? All his life, practically ran it?" Tyler asked
"Worked there? He owns the church. He created the freakin' belief and following that people flock to. My grandfather is the church" Georgina sighed
"Churches now don't exactly have a good track record with such charges" Tyler reasoned
"I know him. He wouldn't have done this" Georgina replied after a few moments of thought to herself "He's being set up….and I'm going to find out why" she told him
"….keep me posted. Call me any time you think of me, I guess. That sounded stupid" Tyler said as a smile came to Georgina's face at the thought that in his own little way, he had missed her.
"It sounded honest…and I will" Georgina told him.
Gasping for air as she hid her face in the crook of his neck, Blair bit down on his shoulder as she held on tight to his frame. Loosening up her grip she had on him with her legs, Dan leaned forward a bit before loosening up his grips to the sides of her desk. Realizing that they had just partook in office sex on her desk, Dan couldn't help but let out a laugh. Joining in on the laughter, Blair joined along with him as they laughed for a few moments. Taking in the scent of her, every sense of her, Dan couldn't help but be enamored with the fact that every part of him couldn't get enough of her.
"This was interesting" Blair said with a bit of laughter
"Yeah, uh….I think you get the concept of law of supply and demand" Dan joked as he bent down to pull up his pants while Blair playfully hit him. Reaching over the desk to grab he underwear, Blair quickly began to put them on
"Funny, funny" Blair said as she got off the desk "Sorry about this morning, things got a little crazy and stuff just came up. I just grabbed whatever was in my path" she said as she began to fix her hair
"No problem" Dan replied as he fastened his belt "What stuff?" he asked as Blair froze for a moment
"Business, it seems the girls have gotten themselves in to something and I'm on the warpath to figure out what they've done thus far" Blair sighed as she walked over to take a seat behind her desk
"So this is a business thing?" Dan asked as he buttoned up his shirt "Anything involving Nate?" he then asked as Blair looked on at him
"You saw?" Blair asked
"Alessandra mentioned it to me. Says that the book is saling out like crazy" Dan said "I figured that you'd be with Nate since he seems to be the star of the book. How is he dealing with it?" he asked
"I'd love to answer that with a he's sad or he's doing better, but I can't gage him. I can't figure him out like I used to" Blair said
"What is he saying?" Dan asked
"Nothing. He's saying he's past it, so I can't really go against what he's saying because it could genuinely be how he feels. I have to take his word, take at face value" Blair said
"Maybe it hasn't really sunk in yet. I mean I never thought that Nate Archibald would be gay, but it seems like from the excerpts that were put out, it seemed like they were heavily involved with each other. Seemed like they were both trying to navigate it through with each other, this whole coming out" Dan said "It's like the one person that understood him, got him; had betrayed him, so it's just numbing" he said
"I just wish that I could understand him. I mean yes, I don't understand what he's going through but it's not likely he freely puts it out there for us to. He opens up, then closes down. He opens up and then closes down. I feel like I'm just waiting for him to mess up again because it seems the only time he opens up is when he's messed up" Blair said as she took a moment to calm down "I shouldn't be boring you with this. We should be talking about other things that aren't so depressing or sad…."she began to say
"I really don't have a problem with talking about you or Nate for this case" Dan said as he walked over towards her "You're my girlfriend, I'm supposed to know what's going on with you. It kind of goes along with the territory" he smiled as he kneeled down to take her hand in his
"I like hearing that" Blair smiled
"What?" Dan asked
"Hearing that I'm your girlfriend. Seems like I haven't heard it in years, to where I truly appreciate it now. You should say it in different phrases, test it out to see if its real" Blair laughed softly as Dan shook his head
"Seriously?" Dan asked with a bit of a laugh
"Yes" Blair quickly replied
"I can't go out tonight Carter, I have plans with my girlfriend…."Dan said
"Love that one" Blair laughed
"I have to figure out what to get my girlfriend for Christmas. I absolutely adore my girlfriend's parents. My girlfriend likes when my hair is short. I just had sex with my girlfr…." Dan began to say before Blair hit him
"Okay, point proved" Blair said "Now go. You need to get to work so you can get this movie going" she said as Dan leaned forward to kiss her just as a knock came to the door. "You can come in Dorota" she said after breaking the kiss while Dorota made her way in, smiling happily to see the couple together
"I'll see you possibly tonight" Dan said as he made his way over towards the door "Hi Dorota" he smiled at her before he left
"Mr. Humphrey and you have made much progress" Dorota smiled
"Much" Blair replied as she got up from her seat at her desk while Dorota couldn't help but notice that Blair's desk was a mess and that her dress was a bit disheveled
"Has Ms. Blair partook in shameful sex?" Dorota asked as Blair quickly fixed herself
"Dorota!?" Blair said "I didn't ask you here to judge. I asked you here because I can't quite seem to get ahold of Jenny, Justine, and April. Since you guys seem to be buddies, I figured maybe you knew where they were" she said leaning up against the desk
"Why would I?" Dorota asked as she became nervous
"Because, they like you. They seem to gravitated towards you whenever I'm not around or so" Blair said "But it doesn't matter. I would just like for you to find them because I have other things to sort through, I was just hoping that you could help me. You know like you used to. Blair and Dorota times of mischief" she smiled
"But in those usual times, we mostly did one of Ms. Blair's schemes" Dorota said after a few moments of thought
"Dorota, do you honestly think I have the time to reform back to my high school self? I run a business Dorota not a hierarchy" Blair replied "Just find them and inform them that skipping work is not something that should be a regular" she said as Dorota nodded in agreement
"Yes, Ms. Blair….I will help you because it's clear to see you have much to enjoy with Mr. Humphrey" Dorota smiled
"Thank you Dorota" Blair smiled as Dorota was relieved to get back to the old time of Dorota and Blair. Torn out of thought by the sounds of her phone going off, Blair quickly reached over to grab the phone. "I've got a meeting to get to" she sighed as she put pressed a button on the phone then put it down before she reached over to grab her laptop before heading over towards the door "Thanks once again Dorota" she said before she left the office. Not wasting any time, Dorota immediately began to dial.
Meanwhile….
Jenny's eyes began to flutter open as the sun burned down on her. Looking out to see that they were still surrounded by water, Jenny slowly sat up to take in the full effect of it all. Noticing that Justine was at the bow of the yacht, holding up a pillow case as he form of a rescue signal, Jenny slowly rose to her feet. Hearing the sounds of a phone ringing, Jenny and Justine quickly looked over at April as she lay asleep. In a mad dash, the girls quickly ran over towards April as they began to go through her pockets. Feeling hands roam about her body, April did her best to fight them off but found their strength to be too strong for her.
"Got it!" Justine declared as she held up the phone
"You hid the fact that you had a phone?!" Jenny questioned April
"…..Jesse was texting me…." April began to reason
"We're stranded on a yacht, and you lie about a clear mobile phone for the sake of your boyfriend?! Who does that?" Jenny questioned
"A virgin!" April declared "I just figured if we were to die….I'd have a boyfriend. I sent him dirty texts so at least he could've descriptively known what I would've been like in bed" she said
"Okay, you have problems. You need to eat, pray, love your ass some common sense. We don't use cell phones as artifacts to a non-existent sex life" Justine said before she answered the phone
"Wait, just use one bar…." Aprile began to say
"I will use however many bars that will get our asses home" Justine quickly replied "Dorota, hey. It's us" she said with hope
"Ms. Blair is on to us" Dorota quickly replied "She asked for Dorota and Blair time, which only means….she's up to something" she said nervously before Justine looked over at Jenny and April
"I think the whole one bar thing could be manageable" Justine said "We might me living on the land for some time" she said
"Why?" April and Jenny asked in confusion
"Blair, she knows" Justine said before April quickly grabbed the phone to hang up
Heading inside of the hotel, Dan still found himself getting used to the lavish setting that Carter had set up. Greeted by the staff as Mr. Humphrey, Dan swore that this was a dream coming to life as his career along with the success of his friends were getting him respect from people he thought would always turn their nose up at him. Directed towards the lounge area, Dan thanked the receptionist before he began to walk over. As he walked closer, Dan spotted Carter and Chuck finishing up their meeting with their investors. Closing up his files, Carter groaned in frustration as he leaned back in his chair while Dan took a seat across from them.
"I hate when their suggestions sound more like demands. We own the hotel, not them" Carter stated
"They own a percentage, which means they get a say so in the fact that the toilet paper gets paper seals on them" Chuck replied
"Who wants to crack a seal when they're about to take a shi…." Carter began to say
"I get the point. It's minimal and it's not costing us anything. Do it, and get over it" Chuck reasoned
"Is this how you guys typically handle business?" Dan asked
"Yes" Carter and Chuck both replied in unison
"The dysfunction lets me know he cares for me" Carter replied as Chuck rolled his eyes
"And on that note, this is the part where I leave to do homework" Chuck sighed
"Excuse me, what?! Did you say homework?" Carter asked with laughter
"Yes, I said homework" Chuck replied as he got up from his seat
"The last memory I have of you doing homework or any form of participation in school was…..I have no memory of that" Dan said as Carter laughed
"Well let's just say pay back has come in the form of a teenage girl" Chuck said
"That I remember you doing" Carter quickly added as Dan and him laughed before Chuck walked off "Aw, teasing my business partner. Always a good thing. So what brings you to my realm of the world Humphrey?" he asked
"Because I come to you with gracious thanks and because I need to get a few of my things out of your suite" Dan said
"She's hooked you in, hasn't she?" Carter asked
"No, not necessarily" Dan said "I'm swimming to find the hook and put myself on it" he said
"Getting lost in the hypothetical. What are you talking about?" Carter asked a bit confused
"I'm talking about that I'm possibly or hopefully, finding my way back in to the home of where I originated" Dan said
"Understandable. But why are you swimming towards the hook? You should be on the hook and filet'd by now" Carter said
"Not this go around. I don't want to press about moving back in, I kind of want to ease in and be like oh, I've seemed to move back in" Dan reasoned
"So you're sneak moving in?" Carter asked
"Yes" Dan quickly replied "Through little ways, I've managed to get Blair in the process of thinking and seeing that my stuff is her stuff, it's our stuff" he said as Carter looked at him in confusion
"Amazing" Carter said "She's managed to get you in the thought process of her way of logic and thinking" he said as Dan gave him a look "I'm being serious. I mean who comes up with that process of thought, other than a diluted Blair follower. You're trying to sneak move in, and I'm assuming there is more to go with this plan" he said
"….possibly. I may have purposefully broke a pipe or so" Dan revealed
"So basically you pulled a guy move, to entice…..you relying upon Blair to use your guy like prowess in the realm of fixing all things to fix her pipes, therefore seeing how valuable you'd be in staying….oh, my God, I speak diluted and crazy" Carter concluded
"Welcome to the land of reasoning" Dan smiled
"That's not reasoning, it's called extra work" Carter said as Dan just laughed
Meanwhile…
Walking towards the elevator, Chuck waited for a few moments before he leaned forward to press the button to go up. Once the elevator doors opened up, Chuck breathed a sigh of relief as the timer in his head began to go off. In his head, Chuck calculated that he'd have enough to finish up enough work before he'd eventually have to run by Victrola for the final inventory of the night then head home. Typically he'd feel as if going home was an opportunity wasted on something he could've been doing productively at work, but now it felt like going home wasn't a bad thing. With the elevator doors opening up, Chuck stepped off and began to make his way towards his office before he realized that the door was opened. Cautiously and skeptically walking up, Chuck looked in to see Bart sitting in the chair in front of the desk so casually with his newspaper in hand. Shocked and surprised that his dad was sitting there so casual as if he had no care in the world, Chuck stood in the doorway a bit stunned.
"You going to stand there or are you planning on entering?" Bart asked breaking the moment of silence between them, proving that he didn't need to look at his son to know he was there before putting his newspaper down.
"I'm a bit stunned that you find it's your duty to enter so casually in to my office" Chuck replied
"Is there a reason that I shouldn't?" Bart asked not aware of what he had done
"Uh, this is my office" Chuck replied hoping that his father would get the point "What are you even doing here? Does this have to do with Jack because I particularly don't feel…."he began to say
"The last thing I want to talk about is my conniving brother" Bart sighed as he put his paper to the side
"….have you finally realized that you've lost your mind? I don't know, I'm going to need you to help me out here…." Chuck began to say
"Who do you have living with you?" Bart quickly asked
"…Nate?" Chuck asked in confusion
"No, the girl. Quite the intriguing one…." Bart began to say
"Oh, that's disgusting…" Chuck said grimacing at the thought that his father had an interest in Marley
"Get your mind out of the gutter" Bart replied "….taking in a kid isn't exactly your usual for you? Is this some sort of repent for all you've done?" he asked
"Because I need that, right?" Chuck asked sarcastically
"You have a teenager living with you, excuse me if I find that to be out of the norm by the likes of you" Bart said "What trouble are you in?" he asked as Chuck looked on at his father for a moment with pure disbelief
"Does any part of you believe I'm capable of good?" Chuck asked
"….you don't use teens to prove your good, you use them in other forms, that is what I'm trying to get to. If you're in trouble then it's best to tell me now" Bart said before a moment of silence came between. Just as Chuck began to answer, his phone began to vibrate. Groaning in frustration as he walked towards the window while pulling in pocket to get his phone out, Chuck answered without looking.
"Hello" Chuck answered
"Chuck, good, you picked up. I need or well, we need your help" Jenny said in an urgent matter
"Now is not a good…." Chuck began to say
"I'm sort of stranded out in the midst of….nowhere" Jenny quickly replied
"Then call a cab" Chuck replied
"I'd do that if I could see one" Jenny said "I'm sort of in the middle of nowhere, in the sense of water" she said
"Water? You're lost in the water?" Chuck questioned "…give me the jest of what's going on?" he asked as he began to massage his head
"Bachelorette party or an impromptu one on the lower deck of one of Rivers boat…" Jenny began to say
"Is Carter by any means linked to this?" Chuck asked
"Yes!" April yelled in the background
"….as you've heard, yes. Chuck, could you please just get us help? Blair's looking for us and we kind of need to avoid that, which is something else that I will somewhat explain but…" Jenny said
"I'll find you, don't worry about it. Just stay put" Chuck sighed
"Thank you" Jenny said before she ended the call and Chuck immediately walked over towards his desk
"Was that Jenny?" Bart asked
"Yes" Chuck said as he grabbed the office phone, ignoring Bart's concern look
"Is she in trouble?" Bart asked
"Don't worry, I'm handling it" Chuck replied before he put the phone on the loudspeaker that went throughout the hotel building as a P.A. system "Carter, get your ass in the office now. You know what you've done" he said before he quickly slammed the phone down "How's that for professionalism?" he asked his father in a sarcastic tone before he began to dial a number on his phone, not caring if his father was there or not
Flipping through the pages of her book, Marley diligently worked through her problems as she felt somewhat relieved that the end was in sight. Since doing her newfound routine of homework with Chuck, Marley found that she was more eager to prove how smart she was compared to him than focusing on the tedious fact that it was doing homework that made life so miserable. Looking up from her paper, Marley looked out the office window to see the janitor begin to take down the Sadie Hawkins signs as it was becoming more apparent that the long awaited dance that most of the girls in the class were waiting for had been ripped away from them. Letting out a sigh, Marley just looked on for a few moments longer as if she wanted it to hurt, the pain of losing the dance she had wanted to attend. Coming out of the copying room with stacks of paper on hand, Serena quickly put the stacks on her desk as Marley had no reaction to the stacks falling before her. Waving her hand in the girls face, Serena laughed for a few moments.
"Earth to Marley" Serena said
"Huh? What?" Marley asked as she looked on at Serena
"Where were you right now?" Serena asked as she took a seat at her desk
"I was looking at the depressing sight of the janitor taking down the Sadie Hawkins dance posters" Marley said
"Oh, most of the girls have complained about that. I got a spirited letter saying that since I'm the peer mentor, I should stop this from happening" Serena said
"Shouldn't you?" Marley questioned
"I'm a peer mentor for life and school problems, not because you can't have a dance" Serena replied "With parent teacher conferences coming up, which were never my favorite, I feel like all these packets I have to do is my punishment for the hell I gave teachers as a student" she sighed
"But think about how cool you would be if you did help" Marley suggested
"Get back to your homework" Serena replied as Marley sighed while Serena's cell phone began to buzz. Looking on at her phone, Serena hoped that it would be Sean but had no such luck once she saw that it was Trip confirming their plans for the evening. Noticing the look of disappointment, Marley laughed to herself
"I see you can understand my sentiments now" Marley said
"You should be weary of boys. Some are good but then there are those that should move on" Serena said
"So clearly we're talking about your personal life" Marley concluded
"How can you conclude that?" Serena asked
"Chuck says your personal life is good enough to write thousands of soap opera's. That was in comparison to his life, many Bass tragedies that one" Marley said
"Thank you, I at least have some bone in the fight" Serena exclaimed
"So if you're upset with said guy, then what guy has you all nice these days?" Marley asked
"I'm always nice" Serena replied
"You're extra nice. You're nice in the fact that you let me have the last bit of your perfume because you were just so generous" Marley said
"No, that didn't happen. I'm always nice, but if you must know….I am happy these days. I'm happy as a whole not because of one singular reason" Serena then stated
"I knew you'd work in the female empowerment somehow" Marley laughed
"I'm going to a basketball game tonight and lets just say I'm hoping to get a full court press" Serena said as she sent a quick text on her phone
"That I didn't need to know" Marley replied "But let's get back to the true problem at hand. You need to help save the Sadie Hawkins dance" she declared
"Marley…" Serena began to say
"No, listen. This dance is important, this dance is something my dance group and I have prepared for" Marley said
"How do you prepare for a dance?" Serena asked
"That's besides the point, the point is that there has to be something you can do" Marley said
"I could possibly do something…." Serena began to say after a few moments of thought
"Thank you, thank you, thank you…." Marley began to say
"Don't thank me quite yet" Serena replied "You need to ask Chuck" she said
"Ask Chuck what?" Marley asked
"For venue help. If I convince Yolanda to put the Sadie Hawkins dance back on then you'll need a venue and since I'm not a venue expert like him with his business experience…." Serena began to say as Marley caught on
"We could either use Victrol or The Empire. A strip club and a hotel, those sound like logical choices" Marley replied sarcastically
"Hey, there choices that would be covered by the owner and not have the school come out of pocket, which was the issue to begin with the Sadie Hawkins dance" Serena quickly replied
"You just gave me a possible task and mixed it with a impossible task" Marley sighed
"Laws of getting what you want, there always comes a but to it" Serena smirked
Throwing away her bucket of popcorn, Blair quickly wiped her hands on one of the napkins that Dan had stuff in her pocket before turning to throw it in the trash. Walking over to catch up with the waiting Dan, Blair quickly linked hands with him as they began to walk out of the theater. Loving the touch of his hand in hers, the two walked in blissful silence for a moment as they allowed each other five minutes to check business calls. Though they both weren't heavy in bringing business home, with the movie pushing towards production, the final stages of it all was important. Dan and Blair both working on the project only made them more susceptible to being called at any time for it. Putting her phone away first, Dan then followed as he didn't want to be the only one amongst them doing work. Pulling her closer and into his body, Blair snuggled up close to him as they walked.
"I found something interesting today" Blair mentioned
"Oh did you" Dan smiled devilishly
"Get your mind out of the gutter, I'm not talking about that" Blair laughed
"I'm sorry, this afternoon is still playing vividly in my head" Dan laughed "What'd you find interesting?" he asked
"I found that I had your laptop today" Blair said "I didn't log on, but I opened up the screen to see that you had a post it on it, info on painting classes" she said
"Your concise with your evidence" Dan said
"I try to cut to the chase" Blair reasoned
"I….I was looking in to a few classes. Possibly do a few" Dan said
"That's good. Get your painting on" Blair smiled "I could think of a good teacher or a teacher that would serve a purpose" she said
"Could you say Arthur? I want it to be him because then it will be a shocker because I have this feeling that you're going to say…." Dan began to ramble
"David" Blair said
"And that's a feeling I want to get past" Dan laughed
"Just a suggestion, not something that can be taken. I see painting then I think David" Blair said
"Painting with David is what led my mother to leave in the first place, and I kind of want to stray away from certain paths of the past" Dan said
"Understandable" Blair reasoned "Well if you should need…." She began to say
"You will be second behind Carter" Dan said before Blair just gave him a look "He asked first. Even gave me my own special suite with the access card included" he said
"That's because he's trying to bribe you" Blair replied "I'm pure and innocent with my…."she began to say as Dan hunched over with laughter
"Okay, even without the amnesia, I know that statement is the furthest from the truth. Pure and innocent? I think not. You're along the lines of semi-diluted and refreshing" Dan said
"Thank you, I feel like a diet soda now in regards to your reference of me" Blair replied sarcastically
"No, it's just me not wanting to get bored with it all" Dan sighed as he held on tight to Blair's hand
"Uh, okay…." Blair said a bit confused and unsure of how to take what he had said
"No, I mean with the whole script" Dan quickly reasoned
"What do you mean?" Blair asked
"I feel like even though this movie is helping me understand my relationship with my mom, I don't want to stop there. I want to fully understand her, in the way I didn't while she was alive" Dan said
"So you want to take this painting class to get in touch with her hobbies" Blair concluded "Aw, you're growing" she teased him as she playfully pinched his cheeks
"I'm glad you feel that way since I did in fact cause a bit of an accident at your place" Dan said
"Accident?" Blair questioned
"Yeah, it's minor though. I can totally fix it" Dan reasoned
"Humphrey, what'd you do?!" Blair asked becoming alarmed as Dan braced her shoulders, trying to calm her down
"Nothing that I can't fix" Dan told her "It's totally a fixable thing and you won't even realize it. I'll walk you home and get right on it, the thing is it might take some time to fix though….to get it right" he told her
"How much time?" Blair asked "What exactly did you break?" she then quickly asked
"Time that we have plenty of" Dan smiled before he leaned in to give her a quick kiss before he led her along.
[Monaco, France]
Reaching for her glass, Katie sipped slowly on her glass of wine as she looked over at Georgina to see that she was on her best behavior, talking with their grandfather. Being at the Grimaldi's house had seemed to tame Georgina from her usual behavior, but Katie still sat on edge as she wasn't sure what to make of her sister. On occasion, Christian would whisper his affections in Katie's ear, which would distract her from thoughts of monitoring Georgina for the most part. In the back of her mind, Katie eagerly wanted to call Mac to come up with any plan to get her sister to get her out, quickly and abruptly, but with her grandfather's desire to keep her around, it would be hard to do so.
"So I assume that you've come to your grandfather's honor Georgina, your mother would be proud to see such acts" Sophia said breaking the silence at the table
"My mother wasn't one to be proud of much, especially when it came to me" Georgina replied
"Oh, that's a bit far-fetched" George said as he looked over at Georgina
"It's truth. We all know, who is and still is the apple of the eye" Georgina said as she sipped on her wine while Katie grew nervous as she looked on at her sister
"The tales of Georgina Sparks, the black sheep of the family" Beatrice smiled as she sipped on her glass of wine while the others laughed
"B, don't encourage her" Katie replied
"Are you always so uptight?" Georgina questioned "I mean granted my tales are exaggerated, but they do have much merit. That much my grandfather can add" she said
"No, I can't. Georgina likes to spin on things and let them tumble from her mouth" George said
"If you weren't the apple of the eye, then who was?" Sophia asked
"….Katie of course" Georgina replied as she looked on at Katie, watching her sister squirm
"Katie Sparks, do tell? I've only heard little about her" Beatrice said
"Precious little means nothing, it's the overall presentation of who she was that matters. My big sister" Georgina said before she turned to look at Beatrice while Katie felt her heart race "My sister was…..she was always a step ahead of everyone. Just when you think you figured her out, she'd surprise you all over again. She was the pride and joy of the family, there was nothing she could do wrong because she was the freakin golden girl…" she said
"Stop" George said cutting Georgina off
"….point proven" Georgina said with a bit of a grin while Katie looked on at her sister, wondering how far would she take things "Why should I stop? I'm answering the question everyone is dying to know. The truth about my sister" she said
"Maybe it's something you talk about at the table. It's a bit on the depressing side" Katie said
"She's my sister, it'll always be depressing" Georgina said before she turned to look at her grandfather
"….she was….she meant everything to me" George struggled to say as Katie looked at him disbelief for a moment "She….she has always been with me" he said before Katie's eyes filled with tears as a sudden rage inside of her built. Torn between wanting to run or scream, Katie motioned to turn away but found herself knocking over her glass on to the ground, causing all attention to shift to her
"….I'm sorry"Katie said as she began to tremble a bit "I need to…I need to go to sleep" she said rising from her seat
"Oh, okay. You're staying the night, aren't you?" Christian asked
"Uh…yes. I just want to rest" Katie replied to Christian as he smiled on at her, which only made things worse for her
"Then you'll be able to join us tomorrow" Beatrice said "Christian has managed to set up a field day tomorrow. Sporting for all or in his case an excuse to make George look good" she said
"Field day? To help my grandfather?...I meant Georgina's, Georgina's grandfather" Katie said finding her confidence had been shaken
"It's fine. I know my grandfather can tend to be come your grandfather at times….he has that affect on people, with the love and affection he's shown towards you as his gratitude for standing by him in the face of things" Georgina said
"Yeah" Katie said a bit shaky "Field day, can't wait" she said sarcastically before she headed out of the dining area
"I do believe this will be the time I wash up" Georgina said as she got up from the table as she excused herself as she began to walk down the hallway. Heading towards the bathroom, Georgina entered before the door quickly slammed behind her to reveal Katie
"You've got a lot of nerve" Katie said as Georgina turned to face her sister
"And somehow I knew that fake I need to lay down to rest was all a lie" Georgina said as Katie leaned up against the door
"What do you want? Just tell me what situation you've got yourself in to and what you need to fix it because you making it a habit to be a pain in my ass will not work out for you" Katie said as she walked towards Georgina "Do you need money? Do you drugs? What do you need?!" she questioned
"I love how you think that you can control everyone. I mean you really have it in your head that you can do as you want and others will follow?" Georgina laughed with a bit of disbelief as she looked on at her sister
"You're making this personal. You being here, you're making this personal…." Katie began to say
"No, you made this personal!? You did this. You let them go after our grandfather, you fed him to the wolves and you don't seem to have a care in the world about it" Georgina reasoned
"I'm trying to help him…." Katie began to say
"Bullshit, you're behind this. Every fiber in my body knows that you're behind this, so while you think that you play all these games with no one noticing, you forget that I know you best of all" Georgina said "You want to make it your life mission to destroy this unknown target, go right ahead, but it will not involve our grandfather" she said as she tried to walk away but Katie stopped her once again
"If you're in my way, you leave me no choice but to remove you" Katie said
"And what makes you think I won't remove you" Georgina said with a bit of a grin "Bring it on sis" she said before she pushed past Katie and made her way out of the guest bathroom.
Watching on at the game with a smile on her face, Serena clapped excitedly as the announcer mentioned Sean's name once again for a basket made. In the stadium, Serena felt as if her affection for Sean had been met as those around and all over the arena cheered on the shining star of the hometown team. Clapping excitedly before taking her seat, Serena reached over to take a sip from her iced tea while she was once again reminded that she wasn't alone at the game. With their relationship being for the sake of public purposes, Serena and Trip had to always make sure they were seen as the happy couple to keep rumors at bay. Smiling on at the camera's that would eventually land on them, Serena played the part only knowing the true goal was to help Nate out in all of this.
"You're almost starting to look like a cheerleader in all of this" Trip said as he leaned in to whisper as if they were sharing sweet nothings
"You typically cheer on your significant other" Serena replied
"Aw, so this is what we've come here for? Should I remind you that you shouldn't be so reckless with your rendezvous with him" Trip mentioned
"And should I also remind you that Asher's book has managed to make it to print. What's Anne's thoughts on the matter?" Serena asked
"She's busied herself with trips to Connecticut, not much to be done when his own mother doesn't want to deal with it" Trip said
"Then maybe Nate should take a trip up to Connecticut. It'd do him good to get away from the city, avoid the looks and stares" Serena sighed
"Do you honestly think he'll leave?" Trip asked with a bit of laughter
"If he's working on things with his mother, then yes. C'mon, something has to be done in order to get this miracle in progression. Granted, we all have our family dysfunction but if she's showing interest in mending things then maybe he needs an extra push towards her" Serena said as Trip just shook his head "What?" she asked
"I don't see how you can be so optimistic in this. You know as well as anyone that this can and will get complicated" Trip said
"Well, I have vested interest in Nate's happiness because it kind of hinges upon my own" Serena said
"The boyfriend not liking the behind the scenes relationship?" Trip asked with a bit of a laugh
"Don't know but I should ask them that since I fully intend to see him behind the scenes" Serena said as the final buzzer rang and the crowd erupted with chants while the team ran off the court
"….are you serious?" Trip asked in disbelief
"Dead serious" Serena said assisted Trip up from his seat and they began to make their way out of the press box they were sitting in as they headed out to the general area. Escorted through the crowd by their security team, Serena and Trip were lead down a private hallway to where they were alone before Sean made his way in to the hallway shortly after. Quickly greeting him with a kiss, Trip gritted his teeth as he watched Sean and Serena show their affection towards each other while all he could do was look on.
"I assume that I will be taking the car back on my own" Trip said breaking the awkward silence as they continued to kiss
"Yeah….I'll make sure she gets home" Sean said in between kisses before he eventually led her into the vacant arena offices so that they could be alone. Standing along with the security team, Trip just stood in silence as he truly felt what it was like to be left.
"I'll be taking the car" Trip said breaking the awkward silence as he quickly motioned to leave amongst the sea of security that he found himself surrounded by.
Meanwhile….
With her mouth attached to Sean's lips, clothes began to fall to the wayside as they walked backwards in the room with no direction of where they were going. His tongue searched and reached inside her mouth, and she sucked his tongue greedily. Serena moaned deep in her throat from his deep erotically-charged kiss. She opened her eyes blearily to look at his face, and met his eyes, also open slightly. She sighed, closed her eyes and concentrated back on their kiss; the feeling of their mating tongues between their mouths drove all thoughts out of her mind. Lifting her up, Sean pressed Serena up against the cold brick wall as they continued their kiss. Pulling down her pants, while lowering his shorts and boxers; Sean wasted no time in satisfying the urge inside of him. Serena's heavy and erratic heavy breathing joined with Sean's in a harmony of music. Sean pushed in faster and harder into her, long fast stroke with his desire growing. At last, Serena's orgasm erupted into a crescendo. Her body shuddered and quivered, her body tightened up from the power of her climax. Serena closed her eyes and arched her body and her neck went backwards as her orgasm radiated throughout her body.
Putting her hair up in to a sloppy bun, Blair let out a yawn as she walked over towards her book. Looking on to see that she still had some bit left to read but enough to survive knowing the topic of lecture tomorrow, Blair sighed as she agreed to power through the rest of the reading. Torn out of her compromise by the sounds of banging going on in the kitchen, Blair quickly grabbed her book and head out of the bedroom. Walking down the hall to see that Dan had dismantled pieces left and right of the sink, Blair looked on in confusion with every step that she took. Getting up from the floor with another piece in hand, Dan gave a half smile once he saw the look of worry on Blair's mind.
"What the hell are you doing to my sink?" Blair questioned
"I'm getting to the root of the problem" Dan told her as he got up from his spot on the floor
"And this required you taking it all apart?" Blair asked
"Well….yeah. I figured if I reconstruct it all then troubleshooting the problem should be easy" Dan said
"Troubleshooting sounds like a computer thing" Blair quickly replied "You sure a plumber can come in to do this? I mean I appreciate your help but this looks very….very plumberlike" she said
"I can fix this. I've done this so many times" Dan laughed nervously
"In what alternate world? I mean in the Dan of the future, you did nothing of this sort. In the Dan of old, possibly but nothing of this magnitude" Blair said
"Have a little faith" Dan said before he leaned in to kiss her on the cheek "Everything can be done by tomorrow" he said
"Tomorrow? Humphrey, I have no sink" Blair said "What do I do without it?" she asked
"The bathroom. Trust me, once I get up in the morning and run down to the hardware store, it'll all be taken care of" Dan said
"And you're sure you can do this?" Blair asked "Because I can't exactly watch you to make sure put it back together correctly with work and all. I have an early appointment tomorrow" she said
"And by the time you get back in, you will have a brand new sink that works properly" Dan smiled
"I didn't even know something was wrong with it the last time" Blair reasoned
"….that's because it's a guy thing" Dan laughed nervously "So since I plan to get up so early to tend to the sink, I guess I should probably crash here" he said
"….yeah. I mean you don't have to, I trust that you will take care of everything" Blair said
"No, I just….I just feel like since you're closer to the hardware store then it'll be easier" Dan lied
"Okay, it's up to you" Blair said "You can help me read" she said as she turned to walk back towards the bedroom
"Help you read?" Dan questioned
"You read it to me while I relax" Blair smiled "Sounds like a fair trade" she said
"In what world?" Dan asked with a bit of laughter "Do you think once we stop with the reading…" he began to ask
"Focus on the reading, then possibly" Blair told him as she smiled at him devilishly.
Meanwhile…
Quickly opening up the door to the motel, Jenny rubbed her hands together as she shivered. Following behind the blond, April quickly ran into the bathroom to grab a towel but found that the towels were not that desirable to wrap around herself. Coming in last, Justine grabbed the sheets off the bed and wrapped around herself while Dorota made her way in. Looking on at each of the girls, accessing just how freezing cold they were from their rescue adventure, Dorota could see that they had been through an ordeal. Walking over to turn the heater on, Justine cranked it all up to the highest degree possibly while April and her huddled around to warm up.
"How exactly did this happen again?" Dorota asked just as Carter made his way in to room while he was talking on the phone
"Him!?" Justine declared as she motioned to approach Carter before April quickly tackled Carter back on the bed. Surprised by the action, Carter did his best to avoid the hits for the most part but the swinging hands that April was throwing his direction had made things a bit hard to do so
"What's wrong with you?" Carter asked
"Are you serious?!" Jenny questioned
"You got us stranded on a damn boat!?" April exclaimed
"I didn't get you stranded" Carter said in between hits
"Then what do you call us being stranded in the middle of nowhere?" Jenny asked
"You not paying attention to what I told you" Carter said
"You didn't say anything" April said as she hit him on the arm
"Okay, that's starting to hurt" Carter told her
"Good" April replied as she motioned to him again before he stopped her from doing so before he was able to pull her off of him "Ugh!" she groaned in frustration
"If you would've listened then you would've known that entertainers could only work to five the next morning" Carter reasoned
"Then how do you explain us floating out to the middle of nowhere?" April reasoned
"Well for starters, I have video surveillance of you releasing the ropes from the dock, which means that you've stolen a big ass yacht in your night of being drunk" Carter said
"Which may a good thing due to circumstances" Dorota said as the girls grew silent
"What circumstances?" Carter questioned
"Nothing" Jenny, Justine, and April quickly replied
"Hey, your little call to the Basstard got me yelled at, so I deserve to know" Carter said
"We were stranded!? Does everyone seem to forget the fact that we were not too long surrounded by nothing but water and passing birds?" Jenny questioned "I'm sorry if my get out water hell was to my ex-husband, but I kind of like to be on dry land and in some form of way he has this knack for solving problems….well some, striking the clear divorce from that list of problems he can manage" she said
"I'm glad you stated that because I had it in the top of my mind to say" Justine said after a few moments
"I guess the bigger issue is what do we do about Blair?" April asked with a bit of a sigh
"What about Blair?" Carter asked "Just tell her you got in a drunken stupor and did something stupid as to get stranded….yeah, you should worry about Blair" he said trying to reason a way out of the scenario but couldn't "….look at it this way, you can't do anything worse to piss her off" he said
"Oh, but they can" Dorota said as Carter looked at the them for a few moments with intrigue
"What'd you do?" Carter asked
"…..we maybe, sort of….lied about Blair and Dan getting married to one of our biggest clients. Then we may be possibly planning a secret wedding in hopes that they get it together and get married" April reluctantly told him before Carter just laughed
"….oh how she will kill you" Carter laughed
"But how did she find out? I mean we didn't leave any stone unturned" April reasoned in disbelief
"She knows, that's all you should focus on. It doesn't matter how she got to the point, it's the end conclusion that she knows" Carter said "To be honest, I'm surprised she hasn't come to decapitate you guys yet" he said
"That's because Ms. Blair doesn't know about this location. She would never look to motel to find you guys, you will be safe….until pending doom" Dorota told them as each of the girls had a bit of a fear in them
"So safe bet or alive bet, you guys should stay here for the night" Carter said
Making his way out of his bedroom, Nate let out a yawn as the morning was beginning to weigh on him. It felt strange that even though he hadn't drank too much the night before, it still felt like he had a bit of a hangover. Massaging his head as best as he could, Nate headed down the hallway to hear that Chuck and Marley were up. Surprised that his friend was up so early, Nate was beginning to see that changes were happening with Chuck that even Chuck didn't realize. Heading right in to the eye of the conversation, Nate knew that in order to get through this debate it would have to involve some bit of coffee.
"It's not like you would have to supervise" Marley reasoned
"Oh, how false you are. I would have to supervise because they'll be little kids running around with a mixture of my normal clients, and that is a recipe for disaster" Chuck said
"We'd have it in a room, you have numerous rooms at the Empire" Marley stated
"Yes, and that brings me to another point. I don't want any of those said rooms used for sex or whatever teens do now these days, it seems more advanced the mischief you guys get in to" Chuck said
"Do you forget that you were just as bad, if not worse under the helm of those teenager years?" Nate asked
"Precisely, I know exactly what teens do" Chuck said "The Empire isn't a place to hold the Sadie Hawkins dance" he said
"Sadie Hawkins? Isn't that when the girl asks the guy?" Nate asked
"Yes…but we don't need to discuss that" Marley quickly replied
"And why not?" Chuck asked as he caught on to the fact that she wanted to gloss over that fact
"It's the tradition of the dance but it's a minimal tradition" Marley said
"A minimal tradition or a loophole that you can use to invite your date in, and possibly use said room?" Chuck asked
"Thank you, you've become so helpful" Marley said sarcastically as she looked over at Nate
"Then my answer stays the same. No Sadie Hawkins at the Empire or for you" Chuck said as he began to walk out of the kitchen
"You can't ban Sadie Hawkins?!" Marley stated as she followed behind him
"I really can" Chuck replied as he began to gather his files
"You're just taking the guy aspect and running with it. I'm not dating anyone…." Marley began to say
"That's great to know, I never had a fear of that" Chuck said
"….are you having me followed again?" Marley asked after a few moments as Chuck tried to play if off "Oh, my God!? You're still having me followed!" she stated
"I'm not…I simply make sure that you are where you say you are" Chuck stated
"It's called you trust me then" Marley said "C'mon, let's call this what it really is, you don't trust me. You think I'm going to have the Empire turned in to some madhouse of loose hormones" she said
"I wouldn't go to that extreme" Chuck replied
"Then what? What extreme would you go to?" Marley asked
"….to be helpful, what can she do to help you see that she's capable of having and running this party?" Nate asked as he walked out with a cup of coffee in hand
"No boys" Chuck muttered
"Dilusional" Marley quickly replied as Chuck just gave her a look
"….a business plan. I'm talking a full layout of the facility spaces you would use, a budget of money, parental consent for other kids, and a plan to keep alcohol out…." Chuck began to say
"Then we can't have at the Empire, you're basically ruling out your own business" Marley said
"If you give a well presented idea, then I will allow you free reign of what you need or want at the Empire. That's if you give a well presented idea. Anything less than that then you're back to no go on the dance" Chuck told her before he grabbed his suitcase and left the penthouse, leaving Marley to feel some bit of victory.
"I can do this. Momentary victory. I can do this" Marley nodded to herself as Nate looked on at her while sipping his coffee
"You have no idea what a business plan is, do you?" Nate asked
"None whatsoever" Marley quickly replied as she continued to nod "But I can do this. I will navigate my way through this" she said trying to convince herself
Clenching on tight to her pillow, Blair slowly began to stir awake. Opening her eyes, Blair expected to feel the warmth of his body beside her in the bed but felt no such thing. Rolling over to see that his space beside her in the bed was empty, Blair sat up for a moment and took it in. Knowing that he was still very much present in her life, Blair couldn't help but think back to a time where waking up to an empty spot beside her was all she knew. Staring at that empty spot, Blair just sighed as she feel the once pains of loneliness she'd felt night after night as he was away both in physical and mental state. Torn out of her thoughts by the sound of a pipe busting, Blair immediately got out of the bed and ran into the kitchen to see Dan trying to stop the rush of water coming from every corner of the kitchen.
"Humphrey, what the hell?!" Blair asked as she tried covering a hole
"I was trying to rebuild the pipes, make it more classy" Dan reasoned
"How do you make pipes more classy? They're pipes" Blair replied
"It's fine. I can fix this" Dan said as another blast of water came from another point, making a significant amount of water build up. Entering the house in a hurry, Carter held up the bags of supplies
"Okay, I had to run a quick food errand. But I'm ba….Blair!?" Carter said surprised to see her
"Of course, Carter and Dan. Creating the mini Titanic in the house" Blair concluded once she saw Carter
"I was just buying supplies. I don't do the full on manual labor" Carter said "I bought Plumbing for idiots" he said showing off the book from the bag
"I thought you could fix this?" Blair asked as she looked over at Dan
"I can and I will, I now know where the problem is" Dan replied
"Yeah, it's called too much water coming out" Blair stated "Humphrey, I'm calling a plumber. This is ridiculous" she stated
"No!" Dan exclaimed immediately
"Why? Why should I let you continue to destroy my kitchen?" Blair asked
"Because…because I know what the problem is. Your outvalve was pressurizing your invalve, to where it was blocking the interstate travel of the water. It's all quite simple once you get in there. Now that I know I need a….I need a…." Dan began to lie but struggled to find the right word
"Toll road" Carter quickly exclaimed "Everyone or all valves need a toll road" he then added as Blair looked at him suspiciously "I got it from Chapter One of the book, very insightful" he added
"Fine, you have until tonight. I want to use my sink and wash a dish…." Blair began to say
"You wash dishes?" Carter questioned in disbelief
"Tonight or the both of you get it!" Blair scolded them before her phone began to go off "Now I've got to get ready for and hopefully manage to stay dry" she said before she stormed out of the kitchen, kicking up water as she walked
"How did I get looped in to your mess?" Carter questioned
"At this point, I really don't care. We've got to fix this" Dan sighed as the water continued to come out
"You know, Carter was doing a nice job of staying out of trouble. I dropped Monkey off at his aqua fitness class, thinking I was going to have a good day but it's just chaos all around me" Carter said
Reaching over to grab her bra, Serena quickly began to put it on as she buckled up the bra from the back. Leaning over in the bed to give Serena a quick kiss on her shoulder, Sean couldn't help but want to touch every part of her at any chance that he got. Tilting her head back a little, Serena leaned in to kiss him before he quickly broke the kiss. Getting out of the bed, Sean began to put his boxers on as he looked on at the clock to see that he still had two hours to go pick up Michael from his aunt's house. Sliding in to her pants, Serena got up from the bed as she couldn't help but hate that they had to get out of it for the sake of returning back to the real world.
"What's on your agenda for today?" Serena asked as she reached to grab her shirt
"Uh, pick up Michael and hang with the family for a bit. Then I have to go with Michael for baby and me class session for the week. He's supposed to be getting a mini report card today, so praying for good grades in eating and crawling" Sean said as Serena laughed
"I wish I could see him" Serena sighed as she walked towards him
"You can. You can always see him" Sean said
"Not in that way though" Serena said "This whole stupid charade that we're putting on, it makes any ounce of what we have too risky to put out in public" she said
"So how exactly did you manage last night then? I mean not that I'm complaining" Sean asked
"Trip wanted to make a public appearance, so I figured nothing is more public than to come and support Brooklyn's very own Sean Anderson. Had our own separate security team escort us in and out of drinks earlier to get the apparent look that we wanted out privacy, then when the time came we took a secret entrance where I then met up with the guy I really wanted to be with" Serena smiled "The room was comp'd, under Trip's account but I still got a great benefit out of it" she laughed
"While I do enjoy that, I fear that this may get a little too tedious to plan out like that" Sean said
"I know, I've thought about that" Serena said
"I mean don't get me wrong, I like the whole sneaking around and having sex in odd places, but I don't want us to get used to that. I don't want us to be based on sex" Sean told her
"Which is why I love you" Serena smiled as he leaned forward to give her another kiss "I'm working on getting things right with Nate and his mom. This book may have been a setback but I feel like if I can force the issue between the two, get them to realize that the progress thus far is worth pushing through to a full on reconciliation then everything will be good" she said
"And why again is Nate problem your problem? Outside of your concern for him as a friend, what's stopping us from being together fully" Sean asked
"Because Anne wants to preserve the family image. If she finds out that I'm leaving her nephew for the very guy that I was linked to before, Nate will have to defend me then it'll bring this whole scandal onto the family" Serena sighed "I know it sounds like nothing but an overthought mess, but in the Upper Eastside, that's a scandal that could last a lifetime" she said
"So get mom on board with him being gay takes that much work? Sounds like….sounds messed up" Sean reasoned
"I know" Serena said "In my mind, I think that Nate should just say screw it but Nate has always valued his family. His dad was his everything and losing him….I think he lost himself, and at this point, I want to help him in any way possible. I want my best friend to be happy again, I don't want him to feel like he has to always fight to be happy" she said "Once this is all over, I can be with you in public and hold your hand or kiss you, but with him….that's another battle that he'll have to fight because of his family and who he is. I know it sounds crazy, but I just want to take away one less battle for him, one less opportunity for him to get hurt and wounded forever" she said
"It's not crazy" Sean said as he tucked a strand of hair behind her ear "It's why I love you" he said before he leaned in to kiss her on the cheek "….so do you think next time you can wear the…."he began to say
"Not a chance in hell" Serena quickly interjected
Getting out of the taxi, Dorota reached inside to grab her bags of food as she gathered them up before closing the door behind her. Looking around the area for a few moments, Dorota made her way towards the motel room as she put the food down for a moment to do the secret knock they had all agreed upon. Waiting for a few moments before Jenny opened the door, Dorota gave her a look to let her know that the coast was clear. Making her way inside the motel, Dorota put the food down on the table while she looked on to see the girls were just waking up. Letting out yawns as they tried to wake up, the girls were more than thrilled to get some of Dorota's home cooking.
"I smell pancakes. You have no idea how good that smells now" April said
"Food smells good" Justine agreed "We've bee stowed away in this room, afraid to step out in fear of her coming after us when we least expect it" she said
"Well it's like I said, Ms. Blair would never think to find you here. I told her that you all went to do work in California with many male models" Dorota said
"Many male models? Note to self, we have to find male models to take pictures of for proof" Jenny stated
"That may not be a bad thing" Justine stated
"Forget the male models, I have text Jesse or received a text. My phones about to die because we're in the middle of nowhere on land as well as on the boat" April exclaimed before she slowly began to panic "What if he's dumping me? What if this is his way of testing if I'm truly committed to the relationship…." She questioned as she began to panic
"Oh, shut up!?" Jenny and Justine both replied
"What? I can't talk about my guy problems now?" April asked
"You can, just not when you talked about him the whole damn night. Truth or dare is supposed to be truths we want to know, and trust me, your truths are by far the one's that I didn't want to know" Justine stated
"That was absolutely the worse game of truth or dare, I have ever played in my life" Jenny added
"Well note to self, never invite you guys to any of my slumber party" Justine said
"And P.S. to the note, find new topics to talk about at this imaginary sleepover of you" Justine added as a knock came to the door, causing each of the girls to get silent
"Relax, it's Vanya. He called to remind me I left the potatoes" Dorota smiled with reassurance for the girls as she walked over to answer the door
"I do love your potatoes" Jenny said breathing a sigh of relief as Dorota opened up the door to find Blair standing on the other side
"And in this moment, you should know, you all are screwed" Blair stated after a few moments of shock came over the girls before she entered "….right now, you're probably wondering how?" she stated as the question
"….I don't want potatoes" Jenny muttered in fear
"Potatoes were never coming, I had Vanya call so Dorota would expect him" Blair replied
"So wait, there was no Blair and Dorota time?" Dorota asked a few moments of thought
"There was, it was just you leading me to my trusty and deceiving co-workers" Blair said as she looked on at the girls
"You were set up" Justine concluded
"Right you are, and if I can find out about that, you can bet your ass that I know about this so called wedding that you've all promised" Blair said as she pulled the chair out from the desk before she took a seat, eyeing each of the girls "Who wants to go first because I'm dying to know why you guys would promise such a thing and then for the better part of the past months, lie about it" she said
"….it was all sort of an accident" Jenny reasoned "One thing leading to another…."she began to say
"Yeah, it just morphed and took on a life of its own. Then it was like, we want you two to get married and so in our minds we allowed it to happen, so why not make it really happen" April reasoned "….you really can't be mad, I mean we were proactively fulfilling our dreams" she said
"I can and I am mad at each of you" Blair said "Do you know the position you've put the company in? do you know the position you've put me in?!" she exclaimed
"We know, we just….we couldn't back out. We had to keep up the lie" Justine reasoned "It was wrong, but it was also so right" she said
"Now is not the time to make a play on lyrics, this isn't funny" Blair said
"We know, but what makes it right is that this is how it was supposed to be" Jenny stated "You were supposed to be with Dan. You were supposed to get married. You two were supposed to be the fairytale come to life. That's how it was all supposed to be" she said
"And it didn't pan out that way, but I'm happy in my relationship with him now" Blair said "A lot of things are supposed to be but they don't end up that way" she sighed as a silence came between them
"So what now? Now that you know, what are you going to do with this information?" April sighed asked
"The only thing I can do, inform Sarah and clean this mess up. Then I have to tell Dan the truth as to what was promised…I just have to go back a clean this all up" Blair sighed as a silence came between them all
"…I know this was wrong, and I'm sorry for that but you say you're happy, right?" April asked after a few moment
"I was happy, I'm not happy that my co-workers and friends would keep this from me. Something this personal, something that deals with my life from me" Blair stated "Being happy has nothing to do with this. It's about being honest now" she said
"Then maybe you should apply that to yourself" April said
"Oh, and she went there" Justine muttered to herself as her and Jenny listened on
"Excuse me?" Blair asked in disbelief
"Can you honestly say that you were happy before all of this? That you were content with not knowing if things with Dan would get better?" April asked
"It was and is my life" Blair stated
"It is your life, but ever since we've stepped in, you've been happy. You've been the happiest since the whole accident" April reasoned "I don't want you to be sad, no friend should want that…."she began to say
"And you think lying about me being married or getting married makes me happy, because it doesn't" Blair replied "There is a natural progression to all things, you don't just surpass one step because you figured you'd cover it along the way" she said
"No, but its faith that this is where you're supposed to be. Yes, we screwed the natural progression, but it doesn't mean we changed the results" Jenny stated "He's falling in love with you, anyone can see that" she told her
"One lie, one single lie doesn't get you happiness. It gets you another one, and another, and another until there's too many!?" Blair scolded them
"And you're right but I know that you deserve to be happy. We all do" April stated "Yes, we messed up, but can you really go back to how things were before with Dan and you? Can you really say that things aren't progressing to the point where marriage isn't possible" she questioned
"This isn't some fairytale, this is real life. People don't just up and get married on whims all the time" Blair stated
"Maybe not for everyone, but what's wrong with believing in them" April stated "It can happen, it will happen with you and Dan" she told her
"Have you even told him? I'm assuming you've known for a while but have you told him?" Justine asked
"I haven't told him" Blair replied
"Why not?" Jenny asked "I mean you've known apparently if you can have Dorota lead you to us, so why not tell him?" she asked
"Because he's currently busting up sinks and doing plumbing" Blair stated "I don't know, but that's not the issue…."she began to say
"It is the issue" April laughed in disbelief "….deep down, you're afraid that by you telling him about what we've done then none of what you guys had would be true, that it was all engineered" she said "Can you go back to that uncertainty? Can you really just risk it all? We lied but that was our lie, doesn't mean it can't happen" she said
"I can't bank on getting married by the time Fashion Week rolls around. That's unrealistic and pathetic. I can pressure him in something as serious as this…." Blair began to say
"You wouldn't be pressuring him. You'd be allowing the natural step to happen because at the end of the day, my brother loved you and you love him. That's fact. At the end of the day you two were going to get married, that's fact. So why not let it happen?" Jenny reason as Blair grew silent with their persistence
"We may have engineered the scenarios, but the falling back in love was you and Dan" April said as Blair just sat in contemplation before quickly rising to her feet
"I assume that you…." Justine began to say
"Don't assume anymore. Just stop meddling in my life. I appreciate that you care, but you overstepped. You really overstepped this time" Blair told them as the room got silent for a few moments "You should've told me because now you place me in this position to question everything…."she began to say
"Which you have every right to do but all we did was set up the scenario, you two made the rest happen" Jenny said "It's real. All of it is real. I know it may seem like it because of all the lies and schemes, but that we never orchestrated. How my brother feels about you, is how he feels about you" she told Blair
"I'm fixing this. A mess I shouldn't have to, I'm fixing this" Blair said before she quickly got up from her seat "Stop with the games and start doing your damn jobs, which starts with us explaining to Sarah Myers that you have lied and that we will do whatever means possible to rectify the situation" she said sternly as she made her way out of the motel, leaving the girls in silence for those few moments as they weren't sure what to make of it.
"And somehow, her plotting to kill us felt a bit better than how I feel now" Justine said as she couldn't help but feel guilty as the silence weighed heavily between them before Jenny walked over to begin gathering her things.
"C'mon, let's go home" Jenny sighed as Justine followed suit while April reluctantly did so
[Monaco, France]
Adjusting her gloves that were on her hands, Katie reached over to grab her gun that was laid out for her in the collection. Looking out to see that Georgina was already firing off shots at the clay discs being thrown up by the groundsmen, Katie groaned in frustration of having to play along with her sister. Putting her glasses on as she headed out towards the field, Katie smiled weakly on at Christian as he galloped around on his horse out further in the field while Beatrice rode the circuits with her horse. Firing off her last shot, Georgina laughed excitedly as she looked over at the groundsmen helping her for the day before she looked back at Katie. Walking towards her sister, Georgina handed her gun over to be reloaded while she smiled on at her sister, knowing that she was getting under skin.
"Lovely day out, luckily I wasn't too tired to enjoy a few good rounds of skeet shooting" Georgina smiled
"Oh, shove it" Katie muttered as she walked up to her station to get her gun loaded
"Shove it, how foreign of you" Georgina laughed as she followed her sister "I can actually see the appeal of Monaco now. Great pad, cute guy, and naïve people that don't seem to question you all too much. You've found the perfect landing spot to live off of this new persona you've created" she smiled "Granted the food has quite the peculiar smell to it" she said
"Glad you approve, now you can go home" Katie replied as she was handed her gun "Up!" she called out for the groundsmen before she fired off a shot, hitting the clay disc
"Not until you call off these accusations against our grandfather" Georgina said
"Up!" Katie called out again before firing off another shot "You're crazy to think that I'd do such a thing" she said
"I'm not them, you can't fool me. I know you and I know that you don't give a damn about grandpa or else you would've squashed this…" Georgina began to say
"And how exactly do you propose I could've squashed this without implicating myself" Katie quickly replied "Up!" she called out again before firing another shot, impressing the others with her shot
"You're freakin' Gossip Girl!? I can think of numerous ways you could handle some opportunist trying to collect off our grandfather" Georgina muttered angrily as she didn't want to display the exchange they were having "If I can get the run down on her in the matter of hours, surely you could've done your own damage to get rid of her. That's less in case you just simply didn't want to" she stated
"I'm not here to appease you" Katie replied as she fired off another shot at the disc to finish off her round before handing the gun off to be reloaded "You want our grandfather to saved, then let me do my damn job to do so. I don't need you to monitor me by creating more problems" she said
"Clearly you do because again I state, why haven't you handled this?" Georgina questioned "I mean it makes sense to me, you have no communication to let him know you even exist or that you even want to establish a relationship under this new identity. Your about as distant as it comes with him" she stated
"I'm dead. I have to uphold certain conduct by me being that, which includes not running up to the nearest person to say 'hey, look at me. I'm alive', it doesn't work like that" Katie muttered angrily
"He's family!?" Georgina scolded her angrily "You let this happen, I know you did….and the why is something I guarantee I will figure out" she said
"How? How are you going to fix things? There's nothing you can do but let the courts decide his fate and if you keep pissing me off, it might end up guilty" Katie stated as Georgina glared on at her sister before grabbing her gun. Noticing the muddied surroundings and her surrounding in general, Georgina brought her gun up
"Up!" Georgina called out after she tossed her gloves to the side then quickly fired off a shot, destroying the disc
"Up!" Katie called out as she fired
"Up!" Georgina said as she fired
" Up!" Katie yelled before she got off two shots to obliterate the disc, each girl taking out their frustration while putting on a show for others to see "You're out of your league and in over your head" she stated
"Two up!" Georgina called out as she requested for two discs to be thrown as she fired off two shots, hitting each dish "Step up, sis. I know you're not going to let me beat you in a game of marksmanship" she said as she reloaded "Three up!" she called out as three discs were thrown up
"Four up!" Katie called out as everyone began to cheer with the anty being risen while Katie fired off four shots to hit each clay
"You know the difference between you and I?..." Georgina asked "Four up!" she called out before hitting each of the discs
"I have common sense and you don't" Katie replied "Five up!" she stated
"Bare hand it, if you're the better marksman" Georgina yelled at her sister while she kept her concentration on her discs "Five up!" she yelled as cheers were heard about at the level of competition
"What no difference? No remark to meet the question?" Katie asked as her breathing became heavy from their level of competition "Six up!" she called out as she fired off her shots, hitting each disc at their highest peak
"Difference is…." Georgina began to say before her shot trailed off "I can hit the targets that matter in destroying this façade you have" she said before fired off her direct line shot towards Christian before she forced herself to slip "Clear!" she yelled as she slipped. Immediately looking on at her sister, Katie wondered what Georgina meant by her comment until she heard a fuss being had from the field. Looking up to see that Christian had fallen off his horse, Katie began to panic once she saw blood.
"Someone get an ambulance, we have blood!" George called out as he tended to Christian while Katie looked back at Georgina as she was laid out on the mud. Torn between what to do, Katie groaned in frustration as she put her gun down and ran out towards the group.
"Yep, I know you" Georgina said to herself as she put her glove on before reaching to grab the gun that Katie had used before rising to her feet, stopping one of the staff members that walked along hurriedly with Sophia "Here, take my gun. Have it brought in for clarification" she said
"There's no need for that, you slipped" Sophia said trying to remain level headed once she saw that Christian was able to stand
"It was an accident but I want it to be stated so….political upheaval, you want to make sure you question even those who say it was an accident" Georgina sighed as the staff member took the gun while Georgina grabbed the other gun "Handle with gloves, you want the prints to still be on there" she said scolding the staff member before he began to put on his gloves then headed inside with the gun "….now that that is cleared up, I believe I'm in need of a nap" she sighed as she headed towards the house while Sophia shook her head in confusion by Georgina's insensitivity towards the matter.
Waiting nervously as she sat at the table, Marley looked on at her watch as she hesitated for a few moments. Getting the occasional look from onlookers in the fancy restaurant, Marley would just roll her eyes as she had to constantly remind herself that she wasn't of the norm for them. Grabbing the menu, Marley read through it for the sake of passing time as she waited, finding the menu to be funny and disgusting at the same time. Growing bored with the menu, Marley put the menu down before she once again let out a sigh. Grabbing her phone, Marley looked on at the once more, realizing nothing had changed between one minute ago. Walking up towards her, the waiter came up with the glass of water to put in front of Marley before he just stood by the table.
"Yes?" Marley asked as she noticed the waiter didn't leave
"Will you be ordering something?" The waiter asked
"I ordered water" Marley replied
"….you need to order something" The waiter replied
"….nothing looks good….or appealing in the case of the baked duck" Marley replied
"You can't sit at the table if you're not going to order anything. There's a thirty dollar charge that must be met just to sit here" The waiter said
"So I have to spend money on this food, even if I don't want to, just to sit?" Marley questioned
"What will you be ordering or what bus line are you looking for will be my next question" The waiter replied as he pulled out his notepad to prepare to write
"….I don't have that type of money" Marley reasoned as she felt embarrassed with the eyes that were shifting towards her
"Then maybe you should go" The waiter told her as he put his notepad away while Marley looked on at the eyes looking back at her, feeling completely horrified
"I'll take a big, fat juicy steak. Asparagus on the side and your finest red wine" Bart said as he walked up to the table to take his seat "What do kids eat these days? Grilled something with the cheese or cider?" he asked as he looked over at Marley
"….none. We prefer soda" Marley laughed nervously
"She'll have cider with your best cake" Bart said as he turned to look at the waiter "Then once you get those orders in, I would like to speak to your manager. I do believe we have much to discuss in regards to your manners" he said giving the waiter a stern look
"Mr. Bass….." The waiter began to say
"You should get my order, it'll be your tale of your last day at employment. To serve Bart Bass, that'll count for something" Bart said before the waiter reluctantly turned to leave, letting out a few cries here and there as he walked off while Marley just sat in amazement
"How did you do that?" Marley asked as she looked from Bart to the now sobbing waiter
"It's called being successful. Do that and you get permanent people that kiss your ass" Bart replied "So what was so urgent that you have requested me?" he asked
"And I can clearly see how you and Chuck are related" Marley sighed "Can we at least marvel in the fact that you made a grown man cry?" she asked
"I've seen it enough, nothing new" Bart replied "Now on with my reason for being called? Are you trying to collect ransom or something? State your demands of any sort?" he asked
"Uh, no. If I was, I would've got the grilled cheese sandwich in the process" Marley replied as Bart just gave her a look
"Then what?" Bart asked
"I need your help with your son" Marley said as Bart looked at her skeptically "I'm trying to convince him to throw a kick ass Sadie Hawkins dance…"she began to say
"Does this really require you having to say kick ass?" Bart asked
"No, but….I'm supposed to come up with a business plan and I have no clue on how to create or start such a thing" Marley said
"So you come to me, why?" Bart asked
"Because you know what he expects because I'm pretty sure instead of singing lullabies, you were probably spouting out business phrases and having him write business proposal while everyone else was learning ABC's" Marley reasoned
"You call me, request lunch at a place you can't afford for help with a Sadie Hawkins dance?" Bart questioned
"I could afford it, I just choose not to….okay, me on my own can't afford this. I only get a sparing amount of spending money from Chuck and I only use that for school purposes, I wouldn't dare give him the satisfaction of letting him know I'm spending it on other means. My pride won't let me do so" Marley babbled on
"And why exactly should I help you?" Bart asked
"Because I figured that if I got you to help me with this business proposal then it would be a sure fire win to get my yes to have the dance at the Empire" Marley said as the food was brought out to the table. Inspecting the food, Bart looked up from his plate to see the waiter was watching
"You can go now" Bart told him as he reached for his fork and knive while the waiter quickly walked away
"So what do you say?" Marley asked
"….I say that I see no purpose in a dance" Bart said as he began to cut up his stake
"Clearly, you cracking a smile or any facial expression might make you bleed" Marley replied as Bart looked up at her "It's sarcasm, always included" she quickly replied "Don't make me pull out the pretty pleases, they're guaranteed to work on just about anyone" she said
"If I say yes, will you stop talking?" Bart asked
"Most likely not, but I'll attempt to" Marley smiled as Bart sighed
"Do you know anything about my son? I mean do you truly know who he is and what he's done?" Bart asked
"You mean from the likes of Gossip Girl?" Marley asked "Yes, I've taken a few glances at the archives of stories" she said
"So then what exactly is this deal between the two of you?" Bart asked
"….uh, well he lets me stay at his penthouse, which is….nice. He's sort of uptight but I'm….understanding where that comes from and he's recently become my homework warden slash partner" Marley said
"Homework? Chuck doesn't do homework, he pays people to do it" Bart replied
"You know, I think you'd be surprise to know that he's actually quite responsible" Marley replied
"Why would I be surprised?" Bart asked
"Because you don't seem to think he can be anything else" Marley told him "He could surprise you, maybe even prove you right….but I think you can't really tell yet" she said
"You seem to think highly of him, is this the perks of being in the Upper Eastside talking?" Bart asked as he sipped on his glass of water
"No, it's the perks of reluctantly having to live with him. I say reluctantly loosely because it makes no sense for him to have so many suits or be so rigid for his age, sort of like a buzz kill without the buzz" Marley said "Not that I know how to get buzzed or have ever been" she quickly rambled
"Fair enough" Bart sighed as Marley just looked at him "Well get the paper and pen out? We'll need to start off from the beginning" Bart sighed
"Yes" Marley said as she reached in her book bag to grab her notebook in paper
"I assume you will type this up?" Bart asked as he cut up another portion of his steak
"I'm not from the prehistoric times, yes" Marley replied "One more thing….excuse me waiter" she said as she called the waiter over and he walked straight over towards her "There's too many crumbs on my plate, can I get another slice?" she asked as she handed the plate over to the waiter. Looking over at Bart, the waiter stood in confusion
"You heard her" Bart said before the waiter quickly dismissed him
"Sorry, had to do that. I figured that's what rich people complain about, so why not take a stab at it" Marley laughed
Sitting in the car, Blair found herself lost in thought as she could help but think back to what the girls were telling her. In that moment, Blair was furious that they would go behind her back to do such a thing and although she knew they didn't do it with malicious intent, Blair still couldn't believe they had made such a promise. In those quiet moments, Blair found herself thinking about that month that Dan and her had spent apart, how difficult it was to even get out of bed or to even stay alone. Without the help of Serena, Blair wasn't sure that functioning was possible alone. Torn out of her thoughts by Henry's sudden opening of the door, Blair gave a weak smile as she began to head towards the condo, thanking Henry in passing. Opening the door to see Dan finishing up with the plumbers, Blair looked on at the mess that had been created while Dan signed off on the estimate work that was to be done. Waiting until the plumbers left, Dan sighed as he walked over to Blair with the invoice in hand.
"They have to re-do the pipes, possibly rip up the floor since so much water damage beneath. I paid for it, and I got you a hotel room for the week…." Dan began to say
"Empire, I'm just going to guess that's the hotel you got for a convenient price of nothing" Blair replied sarcastically
"Yes, just about that. Apparently instead of making things better, I made them worse….plus stuffing socks in pipes wasn't exactly the smartest idea" Dan sighed
"Why? I get the why because Carter was with you, but why do such demolition on my kitchen?" Blair asked in confusion
"Can we sit outside?" Dan asked as Blair looked around to see that all of the carpet in the living room was wet, along with the sofas
"Is there any part of the house that is dry?" Blair asked before Dan led her outside towards the steps to take a seat
"I don't think there is a dry part in the house" Dan sighed
"I can see" Blair said "Why? Why say you can fix something, when you can't?" she asked
"Because I wanted to show you that I was necessary" Dan replied
"That you're necessary? Dan, you're always necessary to me" Blair reasoned
"I know but I wanted to be so necessary that you'd need me twenty- four seven" Dan told her
"As in what? To stay there?" Blair asked as Dan just nodded "Wait, you wanted to move back in? you wanted to live with me again?" she asked
"Is that so wrong?" Dan asked
"No, I just thought you liked how things are. I thought that us moving in together again would be too fast since you wanted out so badly" Blair said "We barely just started calling each other boyfriend and girlfriend" she stated
"I didn't want out so badly, I just wanted to get out the fixed bubble that was a version of Dan that I knew nothing about and you" Dan said "Now….now I like where we are. I like us" he said
"And the sex?" Blair asked
"This has nothing to do with sex…..okay, maybe a tiny part but not the sole reason" Dan admitted as Blair just laughed
"Then why not tell me that Humphrey?" Blair asked
"Because I was dead set on getting out, I thought you wouldn't want me back" Dan said "I'm crazy about you, that much you pretty much know. I know we've had bad times and I've given you reason to question where my head or heart is, but now….I want you. I want to be with you and I want to live with you, I want to spend every moment with you because….I don't want to miss the possibility of having another memory with you" he said as Blair just smiled
"So you destroy my house, stuff socks in my pipe….were my pipes even broken to begin with?" Blair asked
"No" Dan replied hesitantly "But I did find that cricket you were talking about, clever little guy" he said as Blair just laughed while she leaned in to kiss him
"If you wanted to move in, you should've just asked" Blair said after she broke the kiss "No need to scheme" she smiled
"Well any sense of logic seems to escape me" Dan laughed as he pressed his forehead up against hers "The sex is that good" he laughed as Blair joined in on the laughter
"I bet you were all gung ho for the hotel room" Blair laughed
"I was, I was viewing this hotel room as practice of living together. I'm thinking sex in the morning, afternoon, and night. Perfect roommate set up" Dan joked
"Uh, we do have jobs Humphrey. We can't just go at it like jackrabbits, a girl needs romance" Blair replied
"We could try. In my mind, I'm still quite the virgin and I've heard that romance is overrated" Dan laughed as Blair kissed him once more
"From who? Carter Baizen? Because that's a reliable source" Blair laughed hysterically "If you want any part of sex, then you should definitely romance me in to it" she told him as they laughed
"I do intend to" Dan said before he leaned in to kiss her "Anything can happen, right?" he said as he broke the kiss to look at her while Blair just looked at him for a moment, thinking over in her head while he just smiled at her
"We'd have to go over household responsibilities, at the top would be no doing the plumbing, hire one. Next would be that you're required to cook every day when you're not tired from work…" Blair told him as they went on to plan out their living arrangements.
[Monaco, France]
Letting go of his embrace of her hand, Katie tucked a strand behind her ear before she leaned forward to kiss Christian on the cheek. Though he wasn't injured by any means, the doctors wanted to air on the side of precaution and not release him so late. With news picking up that Christian had been shot, the media circus picked up so much so that the hospital had to enforce their security for the sake of Christian. Not wanting to stay in any hospital, Christian fought it as long as he could but eventually fell asleep while Katie just sat bedside. Once asleep, Katie made her way out of the hospital room to see Georgina making her way in with George to greet the family. Standing in the hallway, Katie watched her sister for a moment as she so casually stood by her grandfather's side and in that moment, she could feel the anger build inside of her that it was nearly blinding. Looking around to see that the family was out in the waiting area, talking with reporters, Katie walked over towards Georgina while she stood off by herself for a few moments.
"You've a level below me, but you're an excellent marksmen. Sniper quality on your best days, so I know that you intentionally hit him" Katie said
"You do?" Georgina asked "I just slipped and the gun pointed randomly. You sure, I mean that's what Sophia is saying" she said as Katie looked on at her sister, knowing that Georgina had brought her best game to match her
"Did you get what you came for?" Katie asked as she stood next to her sister, looking on at the family from the outside along with her sister
"Not by a longshot, but I got enough" Georgina said "….you give me honesty, I leave you alone. It's as simple as that" she said
"And this is about him again" Katie laughed to herself in disbelief
"It will be about him until you get that what you're doing is wrong" Georgina said
"Since when do you become a champion for the family? Since when do you give a damn about him?!" Katie questioned "You are aware of the fact that you were supposed to be an abortion. This family, our parents, they had little to no loyalty to you. So why? Why care so much about protecting him?" she questioned
"….you think that's supposed to make me emotional. The whole mentioning of the abortion. Yes, I'm very aware of the fact that our mother didn't want me but at the end of the day, the regrettable fact is that this is my family. I don't get to pick another one, this is it and in some sick point of view, Grandfather's shame over our mother allowed her to give me life. So yes, I'm fully aware that I will and will forever be the black sheep of the family…." Georgina said
"Blind loyalty, that's pathetic" Katie laughed
"Yes, blind loyalty, the same thing I give to you" Georgina said "The loyalty I've always given you, so I'm asking you to do the same. Do the same for me. Whatever you're up to, just make sure it doesn't involve him" she said
"Who are you protecting these days Georgie? You protect Boy Waldorf and now him…." Katie said
"You may be willing to self- destruct, but you're not taking anyone else with you" Georgina replied "It's funny how everyone thinks I'm the reckless one, but if they only knew….you leave a path of destruction at every point you come to….and I can't let you anymore" she said
"Let me?" Katie asked in disbelief "I think you're a bit full of yourself sis" she laughed
"No, not really" Georgina said "You see, I have your prints. Those lovely little prints that can be put in a database and to determine that you aren't who you say you are. Those lovely little prints that could possibly be the ticket to him finding out that his pride and joy is still alive" she said as Katie looked on in disbelief while Georgina looked over at their grandfather. Turning her attention towards her grandfather, Katie couldn't help but feel the pangs of panic "It'll be like his faith will be restored even more, knowing that the great man above brought his precious granddaughter back to him. You're right, I don't have his loyalty, but you sure did" she said with a smirk before Katie looked on at her "Fix this, and I mean really fix this or the next thing I shoot at will be this fake persona of yours" she told
"You don't want to do this" Katie said as that was the only thing she could think to say
"You have no idea what I want to do, but you should probably underestimating me because I assure you, I can and will take you down" Georgina said "I've had enough, hospital seems to make me queasy. I've definitely got what I came for. We should catch up again sometime sis. Oh, and remind Christian to take it easy; grazed wounds can be a bitch compared to the real thing" she said before she turned to leave, sporting her signature smirk while Katie just glared on angrily.
Looking through the pages that were in his hand, Chuck looked over at Serena and Nate skeptically for a moment. Putting his attention back into the pages, Chuck flipped through once more just as Marley concluded her final point. Putting his packet down on the side of the chair, Chuck looked on at the detailed presentation for a few moments as he couldn't help but feel like it was familiar to him. Moving around in his seat, Chuck tried to find some bit of a flaw but found no such thing. Looking on at anticipation, Marley bit down on her lip as she just tried to gage Chuck for those few moments that he tried to process.
"It was perfect" Serena stated to break the silence
"It really was" Nate laughed "I mean it was like an actual business presentation" he said
"If only you could apply this much effort in all things" Serena said
"….what'd you think?" Marley asked
"….this looks familiar" Chuck stated
"Yes, but the material is different. I did actually do this. I sat at the computer and everything to do this" Marley said
"Chuck, I'm sure she didn't cheat on this" Serena said "She's actually put in the work on this" she said as Chuck continued to look on at the presentation
"But you think I cheated" Marley concluded as she felt a bit of sadness that he would believe such a thing
"No, I don't think you cheated" Chuck quickly replied as he didn't want her to think that he thought that about her
"Then what? You said you wanted a well put together report and I did that. So what?" Marley asked
"I give you that, I give you that you made a perfect presentation…." Chuck began to say
"But?" Marley asked
"Oh, c'mon Chuck" Nate quickly replied
"There is no but. I'm amazed, I'm shocked that you care so much…..and in that, honoring my word, you can have the dance at The Empire" Chuck said before Marley jumped up and down with celebration
"Yolanda okay'd it, so I guess I will be chaperoning the event but we just need another person to" Serena said
"Chuck could…." Marley began to say
"No, Chuck provided the place and service. Not chaperoning" Chuck quickly replied
"I'll do it" Nate offered as Serena and Chuck looked at him with a bit surprise "What? I can watch teens" he said
"Watching and chaperoning are different" Serena said "You have to be on it Nate" she told him
"I am on it" Nate replied "How hard can it be? I mean Serena will be there, so its not like I'm doing this on my own. I'm just helping out and making sure that Marley gets her dance" he said
"See, everything is coming together. So you all should be happy and look forward to the spirit of Sadie Hawkins" Marley smiled
"I guess so" Serena sighed "Well I have to get going and I believe you have to come with me" she said looking over at Nate
"I do?" Nate asked in confusion
"You do, it's another public event" Serena said as Nate just nodded before getting up with his seat
"Congrats on the dance and business thing" Nate said as he followed behind Serena while they walked towards the door
"We'll start planning tomorrow" Serena called out before Nate and her left the suite
"Conquered and succeeded" Marley smiled, still celebrating her victory while Chuck rose to his feet
"You did good. You did better than good" Chuck told her
"Well, it's nice to work for something. Kind of made me feel like some corporate worker or…you" Marley said "Not that I want to wear the suits all the time or get upset about numbers on a page, but I guess I see that what you do takes a lot of work and requires a lot of respect that people aren't quite eager to give you" she said
"You know the best way to get respect in the Upper Eastside?" Chuck asked
"Be successful. Then you get people who will permanently kiss your ass" Marley smiled as Chuck looked on at her "I'm going to call the friends, get the buzz out, which is a good business technique" she said before she turned to walk back to her room
"….was he a stickler for the margins?" Chuck asked after a moment of thought while Marley stopped dead in her tracks
"Grammar and margins, that seems to be the key things we both struggled on in his eyes" Marley said as Chuck let out a weak smile "He knows you well. May not seem like it, but he does" she said before she made her way into her bedroom. Walking over towards the packet that was on the chair, Chuck looked on at the work she had put in to the packet as he couldn't help but shake his head in disbelief. Pulling out his phone, Chuck thought for a moment as he looked on at his phone before he eventually followed his instincts.
Chuck: She got her dance. Thanx to you of course. Just thought you would want to know
Meanwhile….
Taking a sip of his glass of bourbon, Bart finished it off quickly before sitting it down on the counter. Letting the taste linger a bit, Bart put his money down on the counter before he proceeded to head towards the locker room to prepare for his round of golf with Rufus. Just as he headed into the locker room, Bart felt the vibration of his cell phone in his pocket before he could even manage to get to his locker. Grabbing his phone, Bart looked on at the caller identification to see that it was Chuck that had text him. Opening the phone, thinking that this was Chuck's confession of what really going on, Bart opened it to read the message.
"She got her dance. Thanks to you of course. Just thought you would want to know" Bart read to himself as he just paused for a moment, thinking about how it was to work with Marley. Though he knew there was no ill intentions in regards to Marley, Bart couldn't help but think that maybe this teenager could allow Chuck to better than he originally thought.
I'm waking up to ash and dust
I wipe my brow and I sweat my rust
I'm breathing in the chemicals
Staring out the window, Katie gripped on tight to the window seal as she felt her mind going in to overdrive. With all that she had put in place, Katie never felt anymore under attack than what she felt now. It wasn't enough to warrant panic, but it was enough to know that Georgina was turning in to far more of an enemy than she thought. Knowing that Georgina held the keys to her truth, Katie knew that in order to go after Georgina she'd have to go to her sister's major weakness. No longer willing to hold back in hopes that Georgina would understand, Katie knew that now was the time to fight back and get her point across to her. Walking over towards Mac's workstation, Katie looked on as Mac did his work, typing away on the computers, rolling around from one screen to the next.
"What do you have for me?" Katie asked as she folded her arms, looking on at the screens
"Bank accounts, emphasis on the plural. Flight info. Drug preference. Just about every sick detail on your dear sister" Mac sighed "Problem is, it's nothing that people don't already know or suspect" he said
"Did you release the payment into our accusers account? I don't need her freaked out by Georgina's presence?" Katie asked as she sighed, taking her seat in front of one of the screens
"All five hundred thousand including the hundred thou bonus" Mac replied as Katie looked on closely at one banking account of Georgina's "What? What do you see?" he asked
"…deposit, a recent one. It's from Blair Waldorf" Katie said as she looked even closer
"Is it someone you know?" Mac asked
"It's…a best friend or was" Katie said "What's the description on the deposit?" she asked as Mac clicked on the deposit link
"Miscellaneous" Mac told her "Why?" he asked
"Because Blair and Georgina would never happen in reality or in nightmare. Georgie's up to something in the homefront" Katie concluded as she thought for a moment "Track how the money is spent, then get access to Blair's. We need to figure out the connection. For that type of money, there's sure to be betrayal lurking in the shadows" she told him before she got up from her seat
"Okay, what are you going to do?" Mac asked "I mean is this is for plot on Georgina? She got away with some pretty hefty evidence. Evidence that will blow your whole being dead thing to smithereens" he asked
"No" Katie replied "I have something special in regards to my little sister, only the lessons of life can give her the pain I'm about to give her" she said
"And that would be?" Mac asked
"Affairs of the heart" Katie replied before she turned to leave
I'm breaking in, shaping up, then checking out on the prison bus
This is it, the apocalypse
Whoa
Getting out of the car, Nate looked on his cell phone as he didn't pay much attention to Serena. Heading inside of the building, Nate did his best to finish up with his plans for the night as he didn't want Serena to see his planned intake of a new drug that was going around. Though he wasn't completely distraught over Asher's book, Nate still felt as if numbing himself from the possible pain was the best way to go. Stepping on the elevator, Nate put his phone away as he looked over at Serena to see that she was glad that he had done so. Realizing that his surroundings didn't seem familiar to him, Nate began to look on skeptically before the elevator doors opened up. Stepping off the elevator to see that they were in boardroom setting, Nate looked over in shock to see Trip sitting in his chair alongside Anne, Nate's mother. Looking back at Serena in confusion, Serena put her purse down before she walked to the head of the room.
"What is this?" Nate asked
"This is the final hash out" Serena said "I've invited your mom and you because I feel there is much to discuss on top of the progress you've already made" she said
"And I insisted that I be here" Trip said giving Nate a look that gave his cousin some bit of hope that the mess would be managed somewhat
"You should've told me about this Serena. I don't exactly have the time to just do as you want" Nate said
"Make time" Serena replied "I put my life on hold for you, the least you can do is give me this" she told him as she turned to face him
"You're being a bit modest" Trip replied
"What do you mean?" Nate asked as Serena groaned in frustration with Trip "What's going on?" he asked nervously as he looked from Serena to his mother before Serena walked over towards the side door to open it up, to reveal Asher to Nate's surprise.
"Let's start from the beginning, then maybe we can correct this mess you've made Nathaniel" Anne said as Nate looked on at Asher in complete shock.
I'm waking up , I feel it in my bones
Enough to make my systems blow
Welcome to the new age, to the new age
Welcome to the new age, to the new age
Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh, oh,
I'm radioactive, radioactive
Turning the lights out in the restroom after she finished getting dressed for her meeting, Blair headed back into the bedroom of the oversized suite Carter gave them, to see that Dan was still knocked out asleep. Taking a seat on her side of the bed, Blair played with his hair for a moment before she couldn't help but think to herself. Watching him sleep so peacefully, thinking how she thought this would never happen again, Blair couldn't help but go back to those months of pure agony that her heart had gone through.
[Flashback]
"Can you honestly say that you were happy before all of this? That you were content with not knowing if things with Dan would get better?" April asked
"It was and is my life" Blair stated
"It is your life, but ever since we've stepped in, you've been happy. You've been the happiest since the whole accident" April reasoned "I don't want you to be sad, no friend should want that…."she began to say
"And you think lying about me being married or getting married makes me happy, because it doesn't" Blair replied "There is a natural progression to all things, you don't just surpass one step because you figured you'd cover it along the way" she said
"No, but its faith that this is where you're supposed to be. Yes, we screwed the natural progression, but it doesn't mean we changed the results" Jenny stated "He's falling in love with you, anyone can see that" she told her
[End of flashback]
Staring on at him for a few moments, Blair grabbed his hand as she couldn't help but let the linger of their touch last a bit longer. Leaning forward to kiss him on the forehead, Blair slowly backed away before Dan reached up to pull her close. Not fully awakened, Dan gave her a quick kiss on the lips. A kiss on the cheek. A kiss on the forehead and then on her nose.
"What are you doing up? Come back to bed" Dan said still half asleep
"Wish I could. I have to get to work" Blair laughed softly
"All right, if you must" Dan said before he gave her another quick kiss before he rolled over on to his side
"Goodbye to you too Humphrey" Blair laughed as she slowly let go of his hand
"I'll miss you Waldorf" Dan muttered in his sleep as he clenched on tight to his pillow. Smiling on at Dan, Blair quickly turned to gather her things as she headed out of the room. Walking towards the elevator, Blair stopped short of the elevator before she detoured and walked towards the window. Letting out a deep sigh, Blair leaned up against the window seal before she reached to grab her phone. Dialing the familiar number, Blair put her phone up to her ear as it didn't take long for her to get an answer.
"Do you forgive me Ms. Blair?" Dorota asked immediately as she answered the phone
"….I know why they did it. But why you?" Blair asked as a few moments of silence came between them "I don't know why I'm even entertaining this because what you guys did was wrong, and now I'm going to rectify it…."she began to say as she took Dorota's silence as uncertainty
"I want you to be happy. I know what it was like for you to be sad, I've had the unfortunate privilege of seeing it on numerous occasions in your life" Dorota told her
"Right, because my life has been quite the tragedy" Blair laughed through the tears that she was trying to keep from falling
"No, not because of that. You're strong enough to be on your on your own, you like your mother in so many ways. But you're a hopeless romantic like me, and sometimes falling for the romance of life makes the pain in between worth it. I just wanted it to be worth it" Dorota said as Blair let out a sigh as she looked out
"….I have to go" Blair sighed "I have to make this right" she said before she ended the call
I raise my flags, don my clothes
It's a revolution, I suppose
We're painted red to fit right in
Whoa
Sipping on his bottle of beer while she just danced, Tyler brought his hand over to Georgina's to hold. Laughing and listening to the music that played in the back ground, the two enjoyed just hanging out at the park. Swaying along with the music, Tyler couldn't help but laugh as Georgina seemed to be enjoying herself more than he thought. Though he hadn't exactly gotten used to the concept of them being together, much less getting to the point of saying they were dating; Tyler liked that she wanted to be that girl for him. Regardless of her reputation, Tyler was noticing that Georgina was far from her persona that people knew her as. Feeling the vibration from his cell phone, Tyler finished up his drink before tossing it in the trash can while Georgina stayed to listen to the music.
"I'm going to take this call really quick" Tyler said as Georgina continued to listen
"I'll be here" Georgina smiled as she continued to dance while he stepped away
"Hello" Tyler answered the phone as he heard silence on the line "Hello" he said once more as he looked around
"…did you find anything else out about the task I've assigned you?" Katie asked as Tyler was in disbelief to hear an actual voice "Now before you go racking through your head, wondering as to who this could possibly be and if you should play coy to see what I know and what you shouldn't say, I will let you ask the million dollar question that is on your mind" she said as the silence came once more
"….is this…is this Gossip Girl?" Tyler asked as he felt the world come to a standstill of this legendary moment
"You have guessed correctly" Katie replied "You're about the only person I can trust, so consider yourself lucky Boy Waldorf. You and I, we're going to solve this mystery together" she stated so casually
"What happened to Katie Sparks" Tyler stated as he looked over at Georgina
"I need you. I need you more than ever" Katie said desperately as Tyler couldn't help but feel for the girl on the phone. Even though he could put no face to the girl, Tyler felt some bit of a connection to her through means of communication they had thus far.
"What do you need me to do?" Tyler asked
I'm breaking in, shaping up, then checking out on the prison bus
This is it, the apocalypse
Whoa
The girls gathered in the boardroom, all unsure of what to do or say while Blair just sat in her seat. Playing with her pen mostly as she waited, Blair made her silence be known to each of them. On occasion, April would try to be the bravest of all of them but Jenny and Justine would ultimately prevent her from doing so. Each waiting for Sarah and her assistant to show up, they each were expecting a fierce blow to the company with a lie such as this. Seeing Sarah being escorted in, Blair got tense for a moment before she slowly rose to her feet. Looking on at the girls, Blair remained calm and put her best fake smile on as Sarah entered the room.
"Good afternoon all" Sarah said as she took her seat at the table
"Thank you for coming on such late notice" Blair said as she greeted Sarah
"Well it's to my understanding that we still have much to work through in regards to the spread" Sarah replied
"Yeah well, there's something that you need to know. Something that has been brought to my attention…." Blair began to say as the girls grew tense
"Something that we should explain" Jenny quickly said as she stepped in, not wanting Blair to take the fall for it all
"Now you choose to speak" Sarah's assistant said
"Kiss ass" Justine said as she fake coughed
"Blair, if I may. I would like to explain to Ms. Myers the new information that has been brought up" April said realizing that she needed to step up and take responsibility
"How would you know what to discuss? When you seemed to have failed the first time around" Blair said as she looked on at Jenny and April
"What new information?" Sarah asked
"The information that apparently y co-workers have no idea of the venue I would like to get married in" Blair stated "I believe with a spread like this, the grander the better. It's a fairytale, so it needs to have the fairytale look" she said surprising Justine, April, and Jenny with her sudden change of heart
I'm waking up , I feel it in my bones
Enough to make my systems blow
Welcome to the new age, to the new age
Welcome to the new age, to the new age
Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh, oh,
I'm radioactive, radioactive