For Serena, love wasn't the golden brown haired lacrosse player. It was the dark haired writer that had charmed her with his wit. The one who had stolen her heart. The one that she had lost and probably would never get back.
Serena flicked through Pride and Prejudice absentmindedly and let the sound of rain take over. She sighed. It had only been four days since the wedding and she had been miserable without Dan.
She closed her eyes briefly and titled her head back, letting all the muscles in her shoulders relax. She was so lost in thought, she didn't sense the approaching figure until he spoke.
"Blair told me that you've been spending all your afternoons here." He muttered.
Serena's eyes shot open. "Dan? Wha-What are you doing here?"
Dan scratched the side of his neck. "Well I wanted to talk to you, but if you want to keep reading your book, its fine. I can leave."
"No! I mean, um its alright. I've already read this book so many times now. What'd you want to talk about?"
Dan cast a glance at his ex-girlfriend and took the book from her arms. "Pride and Prejudice. I have to read this someday." He mused. "I, um, actually wanted to see how you've been."
Serena shrugged, disappointed. "I've been fine. How abou-" She was cut off as Dan put a finger to her lips to silence her.
"Shh...come on. I have a surprise for you."
Serena quickly tucked her book into her bag and followed Dan out into the rain.
"Do you remember what we talked about when we watched 'The Notebook'?" Dan said loudly, rain soaking his long sleeved button up.
Serena shook her head and watched as the rain cascaded down his cheeks.
"That night, you said to me you've always wanted to kiss your Prince Charming in the rain."
"Oh."
"For some reason, I kept thinking about that. Then about Nate being your Prince Charming. But I want you to know, in case you ever date him, that Nate could be your Prince Charming."
Serena stared at him, confused. "So you pulled me out in the rain to talk about Nate? Or are you just rambling again?"
Dan smiled for the first time in their encounter. "I dragged you out in the rain to do this." He swiftly took her face in his hands and placed his lips on hers.
Serena stiffened at his touch, but quickly relaxed to reciprocate.
The two stood there, in the rain, kissing. Kissing just to feel what its like to kiss in the rain. Kissing to know how it feels when someone you love makes up with you. Kissing just...to kiss.
Hope you guys enjoyed that, my friend came and took out my hard drive so I should get my files back soon! Yay!! Until then, I am stuck using my sisters laptop which sucks. And it is 1:22 AM here in California. And I'm going to sleep.
G'night and have happy Dan/Serena dreams!! lol
-Stephanie
Oh and one more thing, this chapter is dedicated to: SerenaVDW
Thanks for putting up with my insanity on AIM!