Chapter 5 – Evening

New York – Upper East Side – Private hospital saint Jude – Beginning of the evening,

Eleanor Waldorf knocks on the door of Dr. Sinclair who tells her to enter. The doctor gets up, greets her and invites him to sit down in quoted by his daughter.

"Miss Waldorf, your daughter Blair has asked to friend Serena to accompany her in the differents exams. She can leave the office if you prefer in the name of the medical secret."

"No, she can stay since she knows everything already almost. It will avoid that Blair has passed on the grill later."

"Definitely, I have the first results of the blood and urinary tests. Your daughter Blair isn't pregnant, has no MST or the AIDS. The blood tests show nothing for the moment but a very fast rate of healing. But it will take several days for the full results."

Then, he continues: "But I find significant changes. Her good vision has become very excellent, worthy of a fighter pilot, her audition does the same. Her effort test shows that she is at the level of best Olympic athletes while before, she was a young sporty girl healthy but no more. I regret to tell you that I have no explanation for the time of these changes. I determine them simply. I expect to have full results. A catch of blood, fasting tomorrow morning will also be needed to supplement tests."

"If I understand definitely, my daughter Blair changed for the better. But you don't know why. I think that you have a small idea doctor."

"Really, madam, I think that the suspicion of your daughter Blair was correct. She's doped or poisoned unwittingly. Perhaps also, unknown to all. But I don't know which product is the cause, or even a kind. I know of none that gives this type of result. If it was just for strength, there are several, but no way affect sight and hearing."

" Well, what will be next?" asked Ms. Waldorf.

"Tomorrow morning, Blair must come for a fasting blood test. Then, we wait for the result of all biological tests and we shall do again tests as soon as we shall have results to see if effects persist or not. Then we'll see if there are other tests or to consult other specialists. For now, Blair has something, but we do not know what. The only thing we can do is wait and see. If you try something, for now, there is 99,9 % of chance to aggravate the situation. In conclusion and by exaggerating little, we have an ameliorated Blair, but the cause is unknown."

" I feel that the joke of superpowers will bloom again" replies Blair.

" It is what this idea of superpowers," says anxious, Ms. Waldorf.

"The alternative to my changes is the emergence of superpowers. We're in New York, home of the superheroes. But as we all know, they don't exist", says Blair angry.

She concludes it by knocking strongly the bureau which cracks towards impact. And now, my only power is to bring to light the weaknesses of things.

All the others look with anxiety the small cracks of the bureau.

"So to return to the results", says Mrs., Waldorf, "if I understand definitely, Blair must come back tomorrow morning to do a blood test without having breakfast. It takes it by going out from here before going at the secondary school. It is definitely it. She must eat nothing 8 hours before the blood test. Otherwise results distort. For breakfast, there is a very good Starbuck at the foot of the street. Otherwise, as I soon said, they see again themselves when all results arrived or that Blair's health evolves in a way or other one. It is possible that all that disappears and that we have no explanation of what took place."

Turning to Blair, "You have a date Miss Waldorf, tomorrow at 7 h. The blood test is on the ground floor in a room of samples. I write you right away a prescription to be given in reception for the blood test tomorrow."

"Be able to also I too give a release of sports from 10 to 15 days to avoid any comment on her amazing sports results?" asks Mrs. Waldorf.

"Very certainly, I write it to you for 2 weeks. By then, we shall have all results. I also reach prescription for the catch of blood of tomorrow in the morning".

He writes the two documents, give them to Blair and says:

"If you notice the slightest change, don't hesitate to phone or to come back. I say to you farewell Miss Waldorf."

"Goodbye Doctor", says Blair.

Ms. Waldorf and Serena stand up and say:

"Goodbye, Doctor."

"Goodbye, Mrs. Waldorf, Miss".

They head for the door. Then Mrs. Waldorf turns round and says:

"For next week as soon as you have full results, it would be necessary that you call my secretaryship for a meeting, because I would be very occupied next week and I don't know when I shall be free."

"We are a modern private hospital and we can have an audio or even a video-conference if you prefer it."

"Good idea that it. Even once again farewell Doctor and thank you for having received us immediately so late."

In the elevator, Ms. Waldorf at Serena

"Do we take you home?"

"No thank you, Mrs. Waldorf, I'm meeting with friends, not far away, I'm going to walk. Mom knows".

"Fine, for you Blair, we come back the home. It is necessary that we have a debate and in your state, out of the question that you go out this evening."

"Okay, Mom" answers Blair.

"Then turning round towards Serena, Mrs. Waldorf says to her: you can not speak about Blair's results in your family, your friends and especially on Gossip girl. You can say that you accompanied her to the private hospital for a violent pain felt following sports. And conclusion more for fear that of evil, but you must remain discreet by speaking about the health of others. We thank you in advance."

On leaving the clinic, the Waldorf returns to their limousine whose driver opens the back door. Serena after having greeted them goes on his side walk.

In the car, mother and daughter discuss:

"Blair, seen your medical results, it's necessary that you remain discreet about your situation. As I said it to Serena, you came to the hospital for a muscular pain. We're waiting for all results. And to avoid that it reappears, you have a sport's exemption. If they put me down of questions, I shall say a good crumpling of muscles, but we wait. And you?"

"I shall minimize while saying it a simple straining. But having seen my results of sports of this afternoon, they are going to wonder if it does not hide something else."

"Definitely, they will ask questions which will stay without an answer. You keep a low profile and you don't go someplace to see if you can register for the next Olympic Games and put your name on the different records of athletics or other sports. If it becomes permanent and without risk for your health, they will make perhaps in another way."

"Fine Mum, I don't want to make the headlines of Gossip Girl and other mass media people."

"For Gossip Girl, it's already case too often in my gout. Besides, to know what you make, I'm inscribed to his alerts as besides, many parents of big high schools of New York."

She shrugs her shoulder and looks at the sidewalk in front of which the limousine passes. And there, in the crossroads of a small alleyway, she sees a man with the mask which transformed into dust in her dreams when he hit them in the heart. Taken aback she closes her eyes, shakes the head and looks once again. The limousine advances and she sees only crossroads. She sees there nothing else and tells herself that she made a waking dream.

VAMPIRES DON'T EXIST.

Waldorf's Apartment – Beginning of a the evenning

Some minutes, later, the limousine deposits them in front of the building and mother says to him:

"Certainly, you don't go out tonight. You are at rest."

"I had expected anything like that. In any case, I have an important meeting of the queens tomorrow. They have too many things to be coordinated to avoid that the big secondary schools work on feet for the end of this year."

It's not yet settled, her mother says astonished.

"For a prom, it always has it full of unimportant details which become more and more important as the date gets closer. Last year, the prom theme of Albert Einstein got closer far too much in its treatment of that of our prom of Constance Billard from which theme, however, differed definitely. And a poor answer would have been able to draw away another dispute with another secondary school. It Queen's meetings are made for it. For Fashion Week, you make more or less the same thing between creators of mode to avoid working on feet."

The elevator opened and takes them to the floor.