Author's Note: Well, here is the next chapter- It's Serena's turn now! I absolutely love this girl- she is so much like me in so many ways that it is really fun to write about her. I hope you guys have as much fun reading this as I had writing it. Enjoy and please review. I love to hear your opinions.

Chapter 3: S gets the Scoop…and Falls in Love

"I'll have the triple chocolate with… everything on it" Serena Van der Woodsen looked lazily at the ice cream display and the semi-cute, very dorky boy behind it.

"Everything?" the boy asked- amazed that such a thin girl could really eat that much.

"Everything" Serena said, a sly smile creeping up on her face.

The boy handed her an ice cream cone with…everything on it- including those nasty little rainbow sprinkles that Serena despised. Not like it mattered really. This cone wasn't for her. She paid her money and flounced out the door before the boy could ask her for her number. He was okay looking, but Serena wasn't really interested in people who worked behind the Ben and Jerri's counter. There was something about that stupid little apron/hat combo that was a major turnoff. She strutted down the street, looking amazing in her ratty old jeans and uniform top. She hadn't even bothered with makeup that day, but still managed to outshine every other girl that passed her way.

She stopped in front of the familiar house on 82nd between Park and Lex. The doorman buzzed her in and she took an immediate right to another set of doors. Again, she pressed the buzz button, wrinkling her nose and some of the ice cream started to melt down her hand.

"Hello" a groggy voice came out from the other side. Serena giggled a bit. That was her little Nate.

"Buzz me in" Serena said, waiting to hear that familiar clicking sound. Soon enough, she did hear it and the door swung open. Nate was standing in front of her, wearing a t shirt and green boxer shorts and looking like crap for him- which was still ultra hot.

"Ug, you look terrible" Serena said

"I feel terrible" Nate answered, clutching onto his throbbing head. Serena handed him the ice cream cone.

"The best cure for a hangover" she said brightly as she stepped into the room. Nate took the cone from her gratefully.

"It's really decked out" he said, looking at all the toppings on the cone.

"I didn't know what you got so I just everything" Serena said. Nate grinned at her.

"Crazy" he whispered, but took a bite out of the cone anyways. The sugar was like heaven. He sunk down onto the couch and Serena sunk down right next to him.

"So why did you get drunk last night?" Serena asked.

"Do I need a reason?" he shot back, cocking one eyebrow at her. Serena rolled her eyes.

"You wouldn't get drunk by yourself if you weren't worried about something" Serena said. Nate nodded.

"It's Blair" he said simply. Serena shook her head. She should have guessed.

"What are you guys fighting about now?" Serena asked, ready to hear a long list of complaints and troubles.

"We aren't fighting about anything" Nate said "in fact- we're better off then we have ever been before" he said. He wasn't about to tell Serena he had slept with Blair- it was a bit too soon. The only person he was comfortable sharing that with was Alexia, and he had already told her the day before.

"Then what's the problem?" Serena asked, looking confused.

"Our relationship is so…intense, I don't know if I can handle it" Nate said. In fact, he was almost certain he couldn't handle it. He was the boy that went drooling after every girl who strutted past him wearing a mini. How in the world was he going to stay ties down to one girl? He had tried in the past- and it had never worked out.

Serena sighed and placed her hand on his shoulder.

"Nate- don't worry about it. I am sure that you two will work it out- you always have" Serena said, playing the part of a good, concerned friend when really she couldn't care less. Here she was counseling a boy who was really, truly in love while she herself couldn't find anybody to love.

"So what is all this news about Alexia?" Serena asked, arching an eyebrow at Nate. Blair had told her briefly about the new girl- but she had been too excited to get any coherent words out of her mouth.

Too excited about what? Oh wait…we don't need to ask that, do we?

"She's my friend- my best friend" Nate answered simply. Serena pouted a bit.

"I thought I was your best friend" Serena said.

"You are my friend, Serena, but I've known Lex since I was in the cradle" Nate answered. Serena nodded.

"Fair enough" she said. "But now- on to colleges" Serena had been accepted into every college she had applied to- including Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Brown, and Columbia, and she needed some advice where to go to. It seemed that all her friends, namely Nate and Blair, were going to Yale- which made Serena want to go there but not want to go there at the same time. She loved her friends, but she needed her space. It wasn't like Serena was a shy girl- she could make friends wherever she went.

Yes, but what type of friends would they be?

After an hour of college talk, Serena was even more confused than ever. She decided that she would just take a tour of all the schools and see which one she like better. Meaning, which one had the cuter guys. She left Nate's house a while later, saying that she had an appointment to go to. Really, she just wanted a walk around central park by herself, to clear out her mind. Most native New Yorkers tended to avoid central park- it was always too full of tourists, but Serena loved it. She liked seeing all the different people and imagining the foreign, exotic places they came from. She walked down her usual path, leading to the zoo and back. Serena liked the zoo- the penguins in particular. She decided that one day, when she was a famous supermodel; she would have a huge aquarium filled with penguins. It would be nice.

She was walking down the path, lost in thought, that she didn't even see anybody approach her. Actually, she wasn't pulled out of her little imaginary world until she heard a voice talk to her.

"Um, sorry but do you know Alexandria St. Laurent". Serena snapped back as she heard the voice. The utterly adorable, very masculine voice with the sweetest Scottish accent. She looked up to find Mr. Sexy-voice and what she saw took her breath away. Standing in front of her was a god. Literally. His dark brown, gorgeously mussed hair fellonto his perfectly chiseled face with his faultlessly formed lips and the pair of most gorgeous blue eyes ever seen. You could just loose yourself in those baby blues. His body, Serena noted, was perfectly toned and his candy striped Lacoste shirt and faded Armani jeans showed off his impressive form quite well. He was a few inches taller than Serena and was looking down at her with an utterly heart-stopping adorable grin. Serena felt her heart melt into a little puddle. She was in love- wholeheartedly and she knew it. She would marry this man and they would go live in the Scottish highlands where he would stay at home, writing Nobel Prize winning works of literature while helping her take care of their four beautiful golden brown haired, blue eyed children. It was absolutely perfect.

You would think she would talk to the guy first before falling for him…. Or at least learn his name

"Do you know Alexia St. Laurent" the boy repeated. Serena nodded slightly, before finding her voice.

"Sure I know her- everybody does" Serena said, wondering why he wanted to talk about boring old Alexia. Didn't he see that the love of his life was standing right in front of him? The boy chuckled slightly and it was the most beautiful sound Serena had ever heard.

"Do you happen to know where she lives?' he asked. Serena wrinkled her nose. Again with the whole Alexia talk…

"Yeah- she has a penthouse on fifth. I can walk you there" she said, trying not to sound too forceful or pathetic.

"That would be very nice of you, but I don't want to be a bother" the boy said. Serena almost melted again. He was the prefect gentleman! What more could a girl want?

"Oh no, you are most definitely not bothering me" Serena said turning around, beckoning the boy to follow her. She strutted in her perfect model walk, the kind that made her look elegant yet sexy at the same time. It was an art form that took years to perfect, and Serena had perfected it long ago.

"I didn't even ask your name, I'm sorry" the boy said. Serena giggled.

"It's Serena. Serena Van der Woodsen" she said.

"Serena" he repeated. She loved the way he said her name, in that perfectly lilting accent of his. Was there anything about this boy that wasn't perfect?

"I'm Hunter Remington" he said. Serena nodded. Hunter- a very sexy name.

"Are you a friend of Alexia's?" Serena asked, not really caring. What she really wanted to do was to take this boy home and jump his bones.

"I'm her fiancé" he said, making Serena stop dead in her tracks. Fiancé? The boy was engaged. Damn it, she knew he was too good to be true…or single. Serna frowned and started to start walking again, thinking things over in her head. So he was engaged? Big deal. Engagements got called off everyday. All Serena needed to do was convince Hunter that he should be with her instead of that prissy French Alexia. And Serena knew a few ways how to do that…..