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Title: Just Friends… Right?

Rating: PG-13 for language, teenagers partying and drinking, and HOT SEX!

Summary: Blair decides to hang out with Nate right after she catches him with Serena. She's convinced she's over him… but is she really? And is he really over her? (Takes place after "Nobody Does It Better")

Chapter 3: B Plays Hard To Get, But It Backfires

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Blair and Serena walked out of Blair's building in their best party outfits. Serena in a pair of Seven jeans and a tank top, Blair in a blue jeanskirt and a peasant shirt. Both had snuck out of Mrs. Waldorf's dinner party, just as Kati, Isabel, Nate, and Chuck had done. There was a party at some junior's townhouse, and everyone who is anyone was going to be there.

"What street was it on again?" Serena asked. Blair shrugged. They saw Nate and Chuck a few blocks ahead of them.

"Should we?" Blair asked. She and Nate hadn't talked to each other since their make-out session in Nate's bedroom a few days ago.

"Sure," Serena said. They ran screaming, "CHUCK! NATE! WAIT UP! STOP!" to catch up. Chuck turned around and smiled his, "Oh, I'm such a pimp," smile.

"Hello, ladies, going our way?" Chuck smirked.

"Ha ha, you're funny," Blair snapped. She really wasn't in the mood for Chuck's shit tonight. She glanced at Nate, whom had his back turned to them.

Nate squeezed his eyes close. He had been ignoring Blair lately because he wasn't sure of his feelings. He felt really strange around her and whenever she smiled at him, his stomach churned.

It's a little thing called being in love, but our darling Nate doesn't know that, and if he did, there would no point in this story, right?

Just don't think about her, he told himself. He clenched his fists to keep his mind off her.

"Nate?" Blair asked. He shuddered.

"Yeah?" he managed to choke out. He squeezed his eyes even tighter.

"Uh, are you coming with us?" Serena asked, as she quirked an eyebrow. Man, Nate is acting strange.

Nate opened his eyes and released his fists. Chuck, Serena, and Blair were a few blocks ahead of him. He cleared his throat, and very embarrassed, walked quickly to catch up with them.

"Here we are," Chuck announced as they came across a very beaten down building. Chuck acted as if he'd been to this girl's apartment many times before. Blair rolled her eyes.

"Can we knock on her frigging door now?" Blair suggested impatiently.

"Sure," Chuck smiled. He walked up the steps and entered the building, the other 3 followed. They got onto the elevator and Chuck pressed button numbered 5, without even looking at the flyer the incoming junior had passed to everyone. Blair, Nate, and Serena exchanged glances that read, "What the fuck?"

When they got off the elevator, Chuck lead them down a hall with scraped champagne colored walls and maroon colored carpet. Blair scrunched up her nose in disgust.

Nate looked at the pink and blue flyer. "We're supposed to go to number-"

"43A," Chuck answered. Nate looked at Blair and Serena with wide eyes.

Serena leaned over to Blair and giggled. "This junior must've been Chuck's little play toys a while back," she whispered. Blair nodded.

"This is the one," Chuck said and knocked on the apartment door. A tall, auburn-headed girl with a brown pancho on and olive green shorts answered.

"Chuck! Darling!" she said in a fake British accent. Nate's jaw dropped. Serena and Blair gave each other, "I told you so," looks. Chuck beamed.

"Oh! I'm so glad you're here!" she jumped up and down. "Are these your friends?"

Blair looked at the girl and noticed the pancho she was wearing had a huge bleach stain on the front, purple flip-flops, orange eye-shadow and eyeliner, and red 99cent lipstick that was missing where her lips chapped.

"Yes," Chuck said smoothly as he put his arm around her shoulder. She giggled.

Whore, Blair thought to herself.

"Kelsey, this is Nate Archibald-" Nate gave a small smile and waved. "-Serena van der Woodsen-" Serena smiled her model smile. "-and Blair Waldorf." Blair gave Kelsey her I'm just being polite so I can get into your party, bitch smile. "Nate, Serena, Blair- this is my old friend, Kelsey Lohnman." Kelsey giggled as if the sound of her name made her instantly ready to screw him.

But that's later.

"Please, come on in!" Kelsey shook her butt and Chuck grabbed it. They ran inside.

"What the hell was that?" Nate asked.

"I don't know, but I'm not going to pass up a party," Serena ran inside and Blair quickly followed, not wanted to be alone with Nate for long.

Blair had decided that because Nate had been ignoring her lately, she was going to play hard to get.

I'll make him want me, she thought to herself with smirk.

Keep telling yourself.

As soon as they walked in, they bumped into Kati and Isabel, who were standing in the living area corner, really drunk, and making out, while some incoming sophomore named John McGee, was screaming "Yes! I like that!" and was obviously really drunk as well and sloshing beer all over the furniture.

"Kati? Isabel? What the hell are you doing?" Serena exclaimed. Kati opened her eyes and broke away.

"Serena!" she slurred. "I'm glad you could come! Drinks are over there- they're great!" She grinned drunkenly then went back to Isabel.

Serena looked at Blair with wide eyes.

"I knew Isabel and Katie were close but that's just… just-" Serena stuttered.

"Wrong?" Blair finished for her. They both nodded.

"Let's get something to drink," Nate said as he walked by them.

They started walking to the kitchen when they passed up Chuck and Kelsey, who were going at it and needed to get a room. Blair gagged and ran to the kitchen. Serena and Nate followed.

"Doesn't she realize she's kind of fucking him in the middle of the dining room?" Blair yelled over the loud music.

Serena shrugged.

"I think that girl was drunk and Chuck being, well, Chuck, is screwing her because he just wants to screw. I don't think he thinks a private place is necessary," Nate explained.

Serena nodded.

Blair looked in the cooler.

"Fuck, all they have is beer!"

Serena's eyes widened and she looked.

"That freaking blows," Serena sighed.

"This party blows," Nate said as he grabbed a beer from the cooler and took a gulp.

Blair nodded, but kept her eyes on her freshly manicured nail so she wouldn't have to make eye contact with Nate.

There was an awkward silence between the three, with the occasional clearing of the throat.

Then suddenly, Serena groaned, "I've got to piss," and walked off screaming, "WHERE'S THE FUCKING BATHROOM?"

Blair chuckled. Nate walked over to her. She gulped.

"Hey, I need to talk to you," he said.

She smiled at him. "Hold that thought, I've got to go to the bathroom." And she walked away. Yes, my hard-to-get-plan is working. Just a little more of this and I'll have Nate begging to have me.

Nate raised his eyebrows. He shook his head and took another gulp of his beer. He walked through the living room and started toward the door.

Serena stopped him.

"Where are you going?"

"Home. Tell Blair I'll see her tomorrow." He looked at her, gave her a small smile, then left.

Serena stood by the door with her hands on her hips. Okay, that was freaking weird.

As Nate walked down the building stairs, he shoved his hand in his pockets. I'm tired of Blair's off again-on again shit. He looked at his watch. 12:34am. He rubbed his face with his hands and headed home. I need sleep.

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Okay, so B and N are having some problems. N's tired of B's indecisiveness, but- wait- isn't N the indecive one? But B has no idea, she thinks she's just having fun! What's going to happen? Find out in Chapter 4! And you have to review to get it!