I'm surprised how quickly I wrote this, so if it isn't good, that's probably why. Anyway, enjoy.

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Present

The dispute with her mom earlier, left her at work on a Saturday night. Dead as usual she considered closing up shop before ten which was the usual closing time. Her grandfather owned the coffee shop and she could usually do whatever she wanted. Any other fifteen year old girl would take advantage of the situation and talk on their cell while on the job, or maybe even leave a few hours early, but Julia had a good work ethic, something inherited from her father. It was only a few hours ago that her mother and her had their clash. All Julia wanted to do was apologize and have her mom forgive her, she only said those things because she was angry with her. Before she left she would buy her mom a cookie and apologize again, her mom loved cookies. Noticing coffee stains down between the grout in the tile beneath her feet she lowered herself down and began scrubbing. She wiped blonde strands out of her face and used some elbow grease before she heard a voice.

"Hello" someone called for service.

"Oh, yeah hi" Julia peered up from the counter to see a handsome boy with a lot on his mind. He couldn't have been more than sixteen, he was wearing a t-shirt advertising a band Julia had never heard of.

"Can I get a coffee?, just black" he asked pulling his wallet out. Julia didn't know anyone that took their coffee black other than her dad, and even he put sugar in it.

"You look like you've had a rough night" Julia said noticing how sad he looked before pouring him a large cup.

"Umm yeah, I'm having a hard time with getting around, I just moved here and not a single person has been nice to me since arriving." he sighed while ruffling up his dark brown hair.

"I just started at St. Judes, it's a private school on the…"

"upper east side" Julia finished. The boy looked at her confused at how the girl that worked in a small Brooklyn coffee shop would know where that school was.

"I go to Constance" she said making him understand.

"So you and I have a lot in common then" Julia looked up at him and he tried handing her money, but Julia wouldn't take it.

"On the house" she smiled up at his smouldering blue eyes before handing his coffee to him.

"Oh, well thank you." he held his hand out and Julia shook it confidently.

"Julia" she flashed her pearly whites while introducing herself.

"Adam" he returned the smile.

"Maybe I'll see you around Julia" Adam said after introducing himself, he thanked her again for his free coffee and headed out the door. Not more than three minutes went by and he was back in the shop as Julia began putting the chairs up on the tables.

"Forget something?" she asked.

"Do you happen to know how to get to Wingate?" Julia smiled and went into a long detail of how to get there, with street names and landmarks while talking with her hands.

"You know your city" he said with a smile. My city? Julia thought for a moment and realized it must have seemed like she was from Brooklyn.

"Oh actually…" she began.

"I have one quick question…what exactly does Dumbo mean? I know it's not a street and I would feel completely idiotic if I asked someone at school, they are all so stuck up and they would ream me out if I asked " he waited.

"Umm,…" she smiled and finished putting a chair on a table. "it's an acronym…down under the Manhattan bridge overpass" Adam instantly smiled thankfully. "Thank you so much, you've been the highlight of my day, really"

"Oh, well it's an honour being the…highlight of your day" she made the same sound that her mom made when she was amused by something.

"It's good to know that the people in Brooklyn are decent. People from Manhattan all seem to be snobs" he laughed.

"It's true" Julia said agreeing, not wanting to explain that she lived just outside of Manhattan in a gated estate. There was something about him that made her wish she really was from Brooklyn, for the first time in her life she wished she was born there instead of Brooke. Adam continued chatting about how he's on a full scholarship, the only way he'd get into a school like St. Judes. Julia was thankful he didn't ask her about how a Brooklyn girl that worked in a small coffee shop could afford to get an education at the most prestigious private high school in New York city. She really wouldn't have been able to come up with a response that wasn't snooty for that question. Adam was about to ask her if she wanted to hangout with him when her shift was over when a tall blonde woman clicked in towards the counter.

"Well, maybe I'll see you at school, looks like you have a last minute customer" he smiled and exited. Julia watched him walk out as her mom sat down on a stool at the counter.

"Well, he's cute" Serena said watching Adam exit herself. Julia continued putting chairs up on tables and proceeded to turn the open sign to the closed side. "Yeah" she agreed with a faint smile.

"Julia, I promised myself I'd never be like aunt Blair's mom, and here I am with a daughter just like Blair" she smirked acceptingly, knowing that Julia did have a point. Even though Serena never discussed weight issues or even hopped on a scale around her daughters, Brooke was still exposed to the life Serena was surrounded by. Perhaps, Serena was part of the problem.

"I'm sorry" Serena said sadly. "I didn't mean to blow up on you today, I was just stressed from everything with your sister, your dad and I had a little fight about Brooke going to the Ostroff Centre and then you told me I was Eleanor Waldorf" Serena laughed a little while excusing her behaviour earlier.

"I didn't say that mom" Julia smiled a little and sat down beside her. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean for it to be an insult. I was just upset that you were cancelling your plans with me to be with Brooke" she said sadly before turning off the coffee machines.

"I know…and I arranged for your dad to stay home with Brooke so you and I can have a spa day tomorrow, that is if you want to" Serena waited for her to respond.

"You don't have to work?" she asked.

"I'm done with working" Serena let her know with a smile creeping up on her face.

"Really?!" she asked shocked.

"I'm focused on our family right now" Julia smiled brightly and Serena stood up and let her know that their driver was waiting outside for them. Julia quickly ran into the gallery and Serena followed her confused.

"Payday" Julia smiled at her mom before she found Rufus.

"Hello" he kissed Serena on the cheek greeting her when he surfaced from the gallery.

"Closing time already?" he asked Julia.

"It's quarter after ten…., and I believe it's payday grandpa"

"No, it cant be, didn't I just pay you two weeks ago" Julia giggled as Rufus quickly ran to his office to get her check.

"There you sweetheart, don't spend it all in one place" he handed it to her.

"Hmm, fifty dollars, I'll try not" she hugged him and kissed him on the cheek.

"I'll see you in a few days, love you" she waved just before her and her mom went and shared an enormous chocolate chip cookie together. "So, who was that boy?"

"Adam…" Julia's face went a little red.

"Do you like Adam!?" Serena popped another piece of cookie in her mouth and waited intently for Julia to respond. "Well?" she waited.

"I just met him today" she shook her head.

"So, I liked your dad the day I met him" she said.

"No, I don't like him" Julia said.

"You should, he's cute. Ask him out!" Julia's eyes bulged embarrassed.

"Mom, are you pregnant yet?" she changed the subject.

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Flashback

Dan sat on the edge of the tub as Serena paced back and fourth with a huge smile on her face. For the first time Dan and Serena waited for the response to a pregnancy test together. This was the first time they were trying to have a baby. When Blair told Chuck she was pregnant with Bradley his response was "pregnant, while on birth control…what are you Serena?" It was true, that's how Julia came about, and that's even how Brooke came about. Serena stopped taking her pill months ago, but still no luck. It was getting to a point where she thought it was some kind of joke. It had all been so easy before and now when it really counted, it was impossible.

"I just know I am" she bounced up and down lightly while waiting to find out.

"Three minutes" Dan looked at the egg timer.

When the timer began to go off Dan stood and walked over. "You ready?"

"Absolutely" Serena took the seat on the edge of the tub where Dan was sitting previously and held her hands tightly together while she waited for Dan to tell her what she already knew. Serena couldn't exactly decipher Dan when he looked down at the test but assumed he was giving her a neutral face so he could trick her.

"So, am I?" she asked with her hands on her knees.

"No" Dan answered looking down at her. Serena cocked a smile, he was obviously playing with her.

"Let me see it" she took it from him not believing the words that came from his mouth. When Serena saw the little minus sign, she realized he was telling the truth. Serena looked up at him confused.

"Okay" she whispered disappointed before leaving the bathroom.

"Serena" Dan followed her into the kitchen.

"Are you okay?" he asked concerned, she stopped and looked up at him.

"No. I'm not" she cried.

"Oh, don't cry" Dan hugged her instantly.

"sometimes these things take some time" he rubbed her back.

"Something's wrong" she cried. "Nothing is wrong" he reassured her.

"Can we please go to a clinic"

"It will happen when it happens"

"No…it wont" she cried harder.

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Dan and Serena's penthouse wasn't by any means small, however with another baby they wanted more room and with Dan's bank account it seemed inadequate for them to live in such a mediocre building, Chuck's words not Dan's. More room must have meant an upscale New York gated home with eight bedrooms and six bathrooms a commute to Manhattan but appropriate for the expanding family. Serena helped decide the layout with a contractor and an architect. She had so much fun doing it that Dan asked if she wanted work with some of the architects that worked at Bass to develop new blueprints. Serena decided she didn't have time for that and she didn't want anyone else to have a house like theirs.

Three Days Later

It wasn't a good day for packing, the air conditioning wasn't working and the apartment was getting unbearably hot. Serena walked around in short shorts barefoot as she collected things from her closet, making piles of things for Blair and another for the trash.

"Why am I helping you?, it is sooo hot up here" Blair said wiping her forehead.

"Because you're my best friend and you love me. But you're right it's getting unbearable." She picked up the phone and called Dan while she continued to sort through her closet.

"Dan, this is ridiculous, I called downstairs and they said there's nothing they can do about it for a few days" she said frustrated.

"Well, they have to start fixing it from the bottom floor up" he told her.

"They should fix it from top floor to bottom,… we are closer to the sun" she said laughing as she picked up a large box and moved it on to her bed with the phone wedged between her shoulder and ear.

"Bring something cold home with you… like popsicles" Serena said excitedly.

Serena hung up the phone and continued to fold clothing, placing it gently in more boxes before she came across a box that made her face light up. It had black permanent marker on it, she called for Blair who was quietly looking through drawers and cabinets in the bathroom, she picked up a small box and crinkled her nose.

"Serena, do you realize your bathroom cabinet has 5 pregnancy tests in it?" Blair asked Serena who was going through her walk in closet.

"Blair, do you realize it's rude to snoop." she walked out of the closet with the box she found in her hands.

"It's not snooping, I'm helping you pack" Blair followed Serena to the living room.

"Well then take this" she handed Blair the box. Blair sat down and quickly opened it, getting excited as she pulled little dresses out one by one.

"S! Where did you get this?" Blair didn't know designers like Valentino and Versace made dresses for babies.

"It was a gift" Serena smiled.

"Aw!" with a smile on her face Blair piled the dresses up looking at each one.

"You can have them if you want" Serena said.

"Why?, I don't have a baby and by the looks of your bathroom cabinet… you are about to" Blair said bluntly still digging through the box.

"Well my baby wont need those dresses because it's going to be a boy…that is… if I ever get pregnant" Serena sighed.

"I cant believe you're still trying, it's been what…five months?" Blair said still gasping at the little designer dresses Serena had boxed away.

"Six!,…I made an appointment at the fertility clinic tomorrow, don't tell Dan he thinks I'm overreacting"

she put her hands on her hips and looked around for her next task.

"S don't worry about it, sometimes it takes awhile" Blair said trying to make her feel better.

"I know, I just cant stop feeling like something's wrong, I was positive I was a couple weeks ago, but the test was negative" Blair frowned knowing Serena was starting to get upset.

"Well thanks for the dresses, but I don't think Chuck will like the idea" Blair said shoving the box towards her.

"You have to Blair, this time around it's going to be a girl, I can feel it" Serena's eyes bulged as she tried convincing her.

"Maybe my baby boy will marry you're little girl" Serena had a wistful, pleased look on her face.

"We already have that, only my little boy is going to marry your little girl" Blair laughed and motioned to Bradley and Brooke who were giggling together while playing.

"So cute" Serena said in a dreamy voice while watching Brooke giggle heartedly at Bradley who was telling her a secret. "God, she looks just like Dan" Blair smiled at the little blonde girl with curly pigtails.

"Everyone says that, I don't know where they get it from, she looks more like me. I guess a little like Jenny"

"Do you think Bradley looks like Chuck?" Blair asked immediately. Serena glanced over at Blair's son.

"No" Serena said truthfully. "He looks like you" Blair ignored her.

"I don't understand why you're throwing so much out…you are moving to a house, ten times the size of this apartment, you have a closet bigger than your bedroom there"

"I'm trying to keep organized." Serena explained herself.

"Ugh, why don't you hire someone?" Blair asked completely serious, Serena ignored her.

"Blair, take the dresses, Chuck will love the idea" A smile came over Blair while thinking about it. Serena knew Blair wanted a little girl desperately and was always a little jealous that Serena had two.

"…Ok, ok, I'll take them"

"really?" Serena shrieked with delight before hugging her. The blonde and the brunette jumped up and down a little celebrating before the door opened and Dan walked in.

"Jesus Christ, it is really is hot in here" Dan said while undoing his tie, not believing how scorching it really was.

"Dan…" Serena said scolding him and pointing to Brooke and Bradley who were in earshot.

"Well, don't worry about him, it's nothing he hasn't heard before" Blair said.

"No that's for Miss -I repeat everything I hear" Serena smiled sarcastically at how difficult it was to shield Brooke from anything she wasn't suppose to hear. Blair quickly took Bradley by the hand and led him towards the door. "Say bye" Serena urged for Brooke to say bye to her friend.

"Bye bye" she waved to Bradley.

"See you" Blair said exiting. "I'll call you later B" Serena said.

"Bye Blair" he said before shutting the door of their scorching apartment. The loudest, high pitched scream came hurdling towards him like a tornado.

"DADDY!" Brooke's world lit up when Dan came home, Serena got a little jealous that she never got such a grand greeting when she walked in the door.

"Hello, hello" he said picking her up.

"Look what I have" Dan showed her a box of popsicles. Brooke gasped dramatically before Serena took one out of the box and plunked it on her forehead.

"I wanna pink one please" Brooke said excited.

"a purple one?" Dan asked her.

"No a pink one" she repeated.

"A yellow one?" Dan asked again frustrating Brooke, it was one of his favourite pass times and Serena got frustrated with him sometimes, telling him to stop.

"Daddy…I want a PINK one" Dan laughed and handed her the pink one she so desperately wanted.

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The very next day

"How was work?" she asked him from the kitchen.

"It was alright" he said as he pulled his tie off and went straight for the mail as usual. Serena peeked her head out of the kitchen door watching him. He held bills and junk in his hands when he came across the last letter in the pile. It was addressed to: Dan and was in a large envelope. Serena bit her lip with a smile on her face as she secretly watched him rip it open. He wasn't sure what was in that envelope but wasn't expecting the black transparency that he found. It took him a few seconds to register what it was. 3rd Baby Humphrey waswritten on the top and made him smile.

"WHAT!?" he yelled. Serena pulled her head back into the kitchen and giggled knowing he would come and find her. When he came to find her with an enormous smile she was giggling like a four year old.

"What's this?" he held it out to her with a grin. Serena smiled at him

"What do you think it is?" she said cheekily.

"Well, I think it's a baby" he looked at it laughing. "but, who's?" he asked still confused.

"Ours!" Serena smiled nodding. Dan couldn't believe it"

"Are you serious?" he looked in her eyes.

"Yeah" her eyes got teary and Dan instantly held on to her.

"What about all those tests you already took? You took one…three days ago" he asked pulling away a little so he could see her face.

"False negatives, I'm six weeks!" she jumped up and down, trying to be quiet and not wake up the two little girls she just tucked in.

"Oh, before Brooke's birthday!" Dan smiled and quickly gave her a kiss. "I told you!"

"and I have no mood swings, no cravings, no morning sickness, the doctor says means the pregnancy is very different from the first two…so" she paused with a huge grin plastered on her face.

"You think it's a boy?" he asked. Serena nodded excitedly but Dan didn't join in her excitement.

"You know, you said the same thing about Brooke…" he said sceptically.

"No, I know this time, call it motherly instincts, I just know this is a boy" she said confidently.

"Alright,…care to make this interesting?" Dan had a sly grin on his face.

"Ok," Serena agreed before deciding her prize when she won this bet.

"If it's a boy, you do everything I ask you to do for the remainder of my pregnancy"

"Ok,…ok" Dan nodded, finding this fair.

"and if it's a girl?" Dan asked.

"If it's a girl, I'll…make you dinner" Serena smiled.

"…That's not fair" Dan snorted.

"Let me finish" she got closer to him and whispered something in his ear that made him laugh.

"You really think you're going to win, don't you?" Dan pulled her into him for a kiss.

"Mhmm" she said placing her lips on his.

"We'll see about that"

Serena called Blair later that night to tell her the good news. Blair told her she wont be needing the dresses since Chuck and her decided they have their hands full with the boys.

"There wont be any additions to the Bass family" she said with a sigh.

"Aww, Well you should keep the dresses just in case, I wont be needing them" Serena said with utter confidence.

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Alright, I know it was shorter than usual but I hope you all like it. Reviews are always appreciated, and thank you again for reading! xoxo

-Faryn Queens