A/N: Sorry for the delay, I started a new fanfic so I'm doing double duty. I hope you enjoy it and as always reviews are very much appreciated.
One warning though, I have seen a lot of spoilers and while I'm not working off of those some of them may appear in my story because they fit too perfectly not to. But from here on out I am pretty sure my story differs enough that I am on my own.
Disclaimer: I do not own Gossip Girl or its characters
Rated: T mostly for language. This one isn't really M but it is a pretty high T lol.
"You know Blair you wouldn't be under constant supervision if you hadn't been so rebellious." Marcus said in effort to try to get Blair to see that he wasn't the bad guy. He didn't want her to hate him but the thought of her being with Chuck drove him insane. "Now stop giving me so much attitude and make some decisions."
Blair and Marcus were sitting at Tavern on the Green, the location Blair had chosen for the Reception, with the wedding planner, trying to make some more planning decisions. But Blair was obviously not in the mood after the stunt Marcus had pulled last night. If he was going to make her follow his stupid rules she certainly wasn't going to do so willingly. So Blair sat there like a spoiled brat with her arms crossed as both Marcus and the wedding planner stared at her.
Any normal wedding planner would be asking questions but Marcus had hired Audrey Bishop under the pretense that no questions be asked. She was rather known for agreeing to those sorts of terms in her line of work; that's what made her so popular with the wealthy families today. As far as marriages went there were a lot of shady things that occurred. The sheer number of parents who still arranged their children's marriages without the child's consent would astound most people. Audrey didn't know what the deal was this time. The girl was young, possibly still under 18; yes I believe they said that the wedding was going to be the day before the girl's 18th birthday. She had met the mother, who seemed all too eager for this match to take place while the daughter did not. This however is where the puzzle didn't quite fit together. Usually, in cases where the daughter was being married off to a man she didn't love it had something to do with money but the Waldorf's had plenty of money. No there was something even weirder going on here. But instead of blowing the whistle Audrey did what they were really paying her to do and tried to reason with the bride. She did this by following the three basic rules of being an UES wedding planner, let the bride know that you recognize that she is unhappy, allow the bride to believe that you are on her side, and lastly when all else fails appeal to the bride's sense of propriety. "Okay it's clear that you are unhappy about something Blair. I can see by your attitude that this wedding isn't something you want."
At this, Marcus had to pretend to be angry; he knew the plan though. It was all a means to an end to get Blair Waldorf to plan her wedding and walk down the aisle. "Audrey, you have no right to interfere. This is our business."
Blair was smirking as she looked between the young wedding planner and Marcus who were obviously entering into some sort of power struggle.
Audrey continued with the charade. "Now, Marcus I know that you clearly want to marry this girl but it looks to me like maybe the feeling isn't mutual."
Blair rolled her eyes and continued to sit there. There was nothing that this Audrey girl could do to make her want to plan this wedding, nothing at all.
Marcus looked at Audrey in a way as if to say 'I told you so.' He had known that Blair wasn't going to give in just because some wedding planner said that she felt bad for her. No Blair was more stubborn than that.
Great this is one of the difficult ones, thought Audrey. Why couldn't they just let her be nice to them and get it over with? But no they had to be bitches. So she dropped the polite, nice act. "Okay fine Blair, you obviously know that this wedding is happening one way or the other. Either you can plan it yourself with my help or you can sit there and act like an immature child while I make all the plans myself. Trust me, you won't like the circus that I turn your wedding into; I'm sure that society will remember it for years to come as the tackiest wedding they had ever seen." Audrey could tell she had finally gotten Blair's attention but since the girl hadn't said anything she pulled out a folder. "Now I was thinking this neon orange dress with the tiers of ruffles for the bridesmaids." Audrey said as she pointed to one of the most horrendous dresses she had the pattern for.
Blair suddenly snapped into action. "Like hell you are turning my wedding into some kind of circus." She hated that she had caved but really what was her other option.
It was Marcus's turn to smirk, this wedding planner knew what she was doing and it was her turn to turn to him with a look that said 'I told you so.'
Audrey had never once failed when it came to these matters and Blair Waldorf was certainly not going to be the first. The third rule always got the girls in the end.
"Okay fine, if I'm doing this I'm doing it right." Blair said pulling out a folder. The rest of the table could see that she had clearly been planning her wedding since she was a young girl as the first couple of pages were cut out from magazines. "She pointed to a dress near the back, "The bridesmaids' dresses will be a dark brown, like a deep chocolate color. Each dress will be made of the same material yet it will be slightly different in style so as to best suit the girl. My bridesmaids are Jenny, Serena, Iz, and Kati. I'll call today to make arrangements for Kati to be here. My dress will be custom made; Jenny is currently working on the design. The wedding is at St. Andrew's Church, the flowers in the church will be white hydrangeas, the bridesmaids will carry red roses and I will carry white ones of course. This is the playlist for the wedding singer whose name I have listed right here. As for cake, the bakery For Heaven's Cakes, is a block from here on the east exit of the park, I'm going there later this afternoon to choose from my final three. I've been going down there since I was five trying to decide on my wedding cake so that won't take long. Now if there's anything else Audrey," Blair said with a pointed glare, "Feel free to contact me. Otherwise, I think we're done here." Blair said standing from the table and walking out of the restaurant.
Marcus looked at the wedding planner, whose mouth was still gapping open and shrugged before chasing after her.
Spotted: B and LM at For Heaven's Cakes, THE bakery of the UES, choosing a cake for the upcoming nuptials after B told off the wedding planner at Tavern earlier in the morning. With the wedding only a month away, let's hope our B doesn't turn into bridezilla.
Serena walked into school Monday alone. She had been avoiding Dan all weekend and certainly didn't want to see him now. She still hadn't told Blair that it wasn't Vanessa and she knew that if Dan found out that he was going to be angry with her. She had after all promised him that she would tell. Serena had until lunch to find a way to tell Blair what she had done, the problem was that she could never find the right moment. How do you go about telling your best friend that you stabbed them in the back? So the day continued on and Serena kept her mouth shut.
As Serena was walking into the lunchroom, the group had taken to eating in here because of the guys didn't much like eating outside; they actually ate the cafeteria food and to do that they needed a table. The girls had relegated the steps to mornings and afternoons instead.
Dan saw Serena from where he was standing in line and hurried over. "How did it go with Blair?" Dan asked concern written all over his face.
"Well, it went." Serena said looking down.
"Serena, you did tell Blair, didn't you?" Dan said narrowing his eyes a little. He noticed Serena looking at something behind him so he turned. At that moment Dan watched as Blair 'accidentally' spilt cranberry juice all over Vanessa. "Serena, don't make me choose between all of you, because you aren't going to like the outcome."
Serena who had been feeling guilty was suddenly angry. "Is that an ultimatum Dan?" she snapped.
Dan paused, did he really want to do this, he and Serena had only been back together for a little over a month; but he knew it was the right thing to do. "Yeah, Serena it is."
"Unbelievable Dan. Well you can forget it, I'm not telling Blair. I refuse to ruin our friendship for Vanessa."
Dan ran his hand through his short hair before saying in a hushed voice. "I wish you hadn't said that." Dan turned and left the cafeteria, walking out to the courtyard.
He sat down on his and Serena's favorite table and got out his phone. If Serena wasn't going to tell Blair, he knew someone who would.
To: tipsgossipgirl com
V wasn't the one who tipped you off about N's money issues it was S. Same S who tried to tip you off about C and B.
He stared at his phone for a minute. Could he do this? Could Daniel Humphrey play the game that all of those other Upper East Siders had been playing since they were children? Without another thought he clicked SEND.
Chuck walked into the cafeteria to see Blair sitting with Serena, Jenny, and Nate at their usual table. He wasn't quite sure what the protocol was for this, was he suppose to pretend like he didn't see her or something? No, no way, Marcus could go to hell. So instead of going and getting food, Chuck walked straight to the table and took his usual seat.
Blair's eyes widdened and she turned to Chuck. "What are you doing?"
Chuck turned to her and said nonchalantly. "I'm eating lunch with my friends Blair."
"We aren't supposed to talk to each other Chuck, what if Marcus finds out?"
Chuck rolled his eyes. "Yeah because Marcus is going to come into the cafeteria to check up on us."
As though Chuck had made it true with his words, Marcus walked through the cafeteria doors. Blair glared at Chuck and was about to stand up, as the beeping began. The entire cafeteria got out their phones to see the latest from Gossip Girl.
Well, well, well, today we sure do have some exciting news. It seems as though our LM is actually a prince, third in line to the throne after some shady goings on with his uncles, Charles and Andrew. British news stations broke the story about two minutes ago. Seems like our Queen B, really might be Queen after all. In other news, I had an interesting tip today. We all know how every time you tip me it's anonymous, unless you sign it. Well someone has clued me in on where a couple of my more interesting tips came from. It seems like your friends aren't as trust worthy as we thought they were, are they B? Looks like S is the one who exposed N's little money problem and don't feel left out B, she sent some stuff about you too, I just didn't feel the need to post it. With friends like these, who needs enemies?
you know you love me
xoxo
gossip girl
Blair's head snapped towards where Serena was sitting. "How could you S. Nate is supposed to be your friend too?"
Serena looked amongst her friends. "Blair, Nate, I'm sorry, I am. Please just give me a chance to explain."
Nate interrupted. "I can't believe you would do this Serena." The betrayal apparent in his eyes.
"Guys, please, I was hurt, I thought that if there was a crisis . . ."
"Enough Serena," spoke Blair, in a voice that everyone at school had grown to fear. "Gossip Girl was right, with friends like you who needs enemies." With that Blair walked off, towards an approaching Marcus. Who's hand she took as she led him from the cafeteria.
"Nate please, listen to me." Serena said reaching for his hand across the table.
Nate jerked his hand back. "Why Serena, tell me, why'd you do it?"
Serena spoke quickly thinking that this might be her only chance. "I was so alone, everyone was moving on without me. You didn't want me around, Blair didn't want me around, you guys had both replaced me with other people." She said glancing at Jenny and then Chuck. "So I thought that maybe if there was some kind of crisis, like the one I had last spring, it would bring us all back together again. I'm so sorry." As she finished Serena looked into Nate's eyes and knew that her explanation had done little to nothing to keep him from hating her.
"So wait, let me get this straight. You drug my family issues out for the whole school to see, just so that you wouldn't feel 'left out.' That's pathetic." Nate said before standing and leaving as well.
Jenny stood up right afterwards. "You know Serena; maybe if you had just talked to them about how you felt, none of this would have happened. But you know those two as well as I do, so you know that you have probably just lost them for good." Then she followed Nate out.
Serena turned to Chuck. He was the only one still sitting there. "Thank you Chuck. For not just leaving too."
Chuck turned to face her, a look of disgust on his face. "Oh no sister, don't thank me just yet. The only reason I'm still here is because I can't follow Blair out. I feel the same way about you as the rest of them do."
Serena bit her lip. She was trying her hardest not to start crying. Even Chuck hated her. "Chuck, you of all people should understand. After all you set Nate up at Cotillion last year and then you told Gossip Girl about you and Blair . . ."
Chuck held up a finger to silence her. "Yes and I paid for my mistakes. And if I know Blair, which of course I do, now you're going to pay for yours." With that Chuck stood like the rest and sauntered out of the cafeteria; he had better things to do with his time than babysit Serena. If he wasn't going to be allowed to see Blair, then he was most certainly going to look for something to use against Marcus and he knew just where to start.
"How could you Dan?" Serena said walking up to her supposed boyfriend. "I would have told her eventually, I would never have let something serious happen to Vanessa."
Dan couldn't withhold his judgment on this one. "Well that's not what it seemed like to me Serena, not even slightly. I gave you every opportunity to tell Blair but you wouldn't. So I took care of it. Now if you will excuse me, I am supposed to go meet Nate." Dan said, doing what everyone else in Serena's life had done that day, walking away.
Sorry S, looks like C was right, everyone has to pay for their crimes somehow.
you know you love me
xoxo
gossip girl
A/N: I know this one isn't really long but this one and the next were originally the same chapter but I've split them. Hope you enjoyed
Reviews are appreciated.