Title: Bass Family Brood

Chapter 6: The Wager

Author: Ellibells

Summary: Post season 3; Bass brood growing up which is based upon my original fic Mr Chuck and Mrs Blair Bass. Chair are married with a full brood of children including Teddy and Evie who are original characters from my Mr Chuck and Mrs Blair Bass: Part 2. Bass Brood central with NJBC… Fluffy, humour, protective Daddy's, fluff, more babies and pure Bass family fun! "And where do you think you are going dressed like that, Evie Grace Bass?"

A/N: Hi peeps! Sorry this update is a little late…I am back at college so it sucks :/ I will still try and update and write as much as I can but this means that I will have to concentrate on my college work rather than writing, that being said, I will still be writing and updating weekly but it will be alternate weeks for this story and Mr and Mrs unless of course I have time to write both. This week it is Bass Brood and next it will be Mr and Mrs.

THANK YOU to everyone who reviews and support me in what I write. I love you all so much and appreciate the time you take to read and review. :D

I have written 2 One-shots lately, 'It Was You Who I Came Fond To Miss' & 'Goodbye My Lover'. I would love some more people to give them a read. Both based in 5; the first one is slightly twisty and the second is based on a song by James Blunt and I wrote it straight down so it is pure me and my emotions listening to the song.

My gorgeous friend, Diana, thank you for all you ideas, opinions and help as always! :D x

I babble! Let's read shall we?...

Disclaimer: I do not own Gossip Girl unfortunately! But I do own Ed Westwick…true fact! ;)

Strolling straight into Mia's bedroom and as elegantly as possible, throwing herself onto her best friend's bed, Evie let out a large sigh and smiled dreamily, waiting for Mia to turn to her attention.

"What are you so happy about?" Mia asked confused as she stopped what she was doing on her computer and stood to look at Evie curiously.

"Life!" Evie replied with a flick of her hair, grinning wider with each second.

"Are you high?"

Inspecting her best friend's expression, Mia had only ever seen Evie use this sort of smiley-happy-satisfied face on a few occasions. Either she had just executed the perfect take down on someone - which would be unlikely because Mia was always involved. Or there was a male involved.

"No. I am not high, thank you! Can't I be happy without cause?" Evie shot almost hurt at the accusation.

Evie was not the type to ply herself with drugs, under any circumstance.

"Erm…nope. You haven't by any chance spent the morning with a certain blonde who is also your date to Cotillion?..."

"Hmmm…yeah, I think that might be it!" Evie announced with glee, sitting up to face Mia more easily.

"What did you do then?" Mia asked, knowing from the look on Evie's face was evidence enough to know she wanted to tell her best friend everything.

"Oh my god! He is so sweet! You have no idea! Well, first we went to his suit fitting for Cotillion…I had to make sure we matched. And by match I mean, not too matchy-matchy so it looks overdone but just so it looks like we fit, although I wasn't totally happy that they didn't have the exact shade of my dress for his bowtie..." she added, frowning a little before continuing more enthusiastically.

"…Anyway, after that he took me for brunch, Russian Tea Room of course! And then we had a stroll through the park and well...we may have kissed…a lot…!" Evie eyes lit up at her admission, eliciting a little scream from Mia who started jumping on the spot.

"Aahh! How was it? Did he ask you?" Mia asked quickly, wanting to know everything as soon as possible.

"He is yet to pop the question…I think he's shy but that's what I like about him. I think he's going to ask me at Cotillion but I don't want to jinx it so shush! And as for the kiss…it was…wow!" Evie replied, not too sure whether she sounded convincing enough about the kiss.

She couldn't tell her best friend that the most perfect guy ever was a shit kisser. I mean, he wasn't a bad kisser but when their lips met, she didn't feel what she expected to. It was flat, lacking excitement…fireworks?... Pushing the thought to the back of her mind, Evie assumed it was just nerves, his personality; soft and gentle without no complications. Maybe that was it, she had expected too much, but then again, how could she not expect a lot when she had on more than a few occasions, locked lips with a certain brunette who kissed her with so much passion she thought she might combust on the spot from the excitement and infatuation.

"I just know he's going to ask you to be his girlfriend at Cotillion. I know it!" Mia quirked excitedly, clapping her hands as Evie concentrated back on the conversation instead of letting her mind wonder off.

xoxo

"Benjamin, nice of you to show your face." Zach greeted as Ben stepped through the door into his suite.

"Afternoon. I'm surprised you haven't got a girl here, unusual for you to spend your weekend alone", Ben replied, stepping past his best friend and into the living area where he took his usual seat, eyeing his friend as he followed him after shutting the door.

"I've been busy…" was the extent to his reply as he sat opposite Ben, gathering the paperwork that littered the coffee table between them.

"When is Zach Baizen ever too busy to entertain?" Ben asked in disbelief, watching his friend before changing subjects, knowing her wasn't about to get anything out of him in this mood.

Shrugging the question off, Zach waited for Ben to continue.

"So…when's the penthouse finished? You have been in this box way too long", he asked referring to the small suite his best friend was currently occupying while his penthouse suite was being refurbished.

Zach wasn't a stranger to living alone. His mother and father had divorced when he was small and after his mother fled the country, leaving him and Carter behind, he was left alone with just his father. It wasn't long after that when Carter decided he wasn't cut out to be the doting paternal type and soon shipped himself off go god knows where while Zach was left with his grandparents.

At the tender age of fifteen, Zach was plunged into life living with the Archibald's. Nate took it upon himself to shelter the Baizen; he couldn't help but feel bad for his son's best friend and Zach wasn't exactly amused at the long commute from his grandparents house to school everyday, spending weekends at the Archibald's anyway, it made sense. That lasted about two weeks and Zach opted to spend his time in a hotel room but before long he had turned sixteen and moved into a penthouse suite provided by his inheritance fund from his grandparents which was more than enough to live off very comfortably for the rest of his life.

"It's imminent actually, I should be all moved back in by tomorrow…" Zach announced, standing to put his paperwork away and then going to the small bar area to help himself to a drink.

"Want one?"

"I'll pass but thanks." Ben replied politely.

"So I notice you've been spending an ungodly amount of time chasing Evie Bass? Looking to be pussy-whipped are we Archibald?..." Zach initiated, taking a swig of his scotch.

Ben laughed with a roll of his eyes, smirking.

"I can assure you that's not were I am going with this. I may have made a little wager concerning the Ice Queen. Tell me, how many people have tried to get a piece of her. She just doesn't crack so a little wager has been set up to see if I can get her in the sac by the end of the months." Ben smirked with a nod, looking pretty pleased with himself.

Clenching his jaw, Zach continued his façade and smirked at his best friend, taking another large gulp of his drink, feeling it burn his throat as his stomach tightened with a twinge of what felt like jealously.

"Wow, never knew you had it in you…but I can almost guarantee your efforts are going to go wasted, she isn't going to let that wall down for anyone, not even for you; polite, thoughtful Benjamin Archibald." He almost laughed at how pathetic his best friend could be sometime, knowing or more so hoping he would be right about this.

"We'll see, dude. I wouldn't hold your breath; she seemed pretty into me this afternoon…" Ben responded, still smirking, pretty optimistic about the wager.

"She's a tease, everyone knows it. It's your funeral." Baizen finished as he emptied his second glass with a vague grin before heading towards the door.

"Although this catch up was nothing if not enthralling, I have some things I need to do, I'll see you at school on Monday." He threw at his unexpectant best friend as he opened the door, inviting him to leave.

"Don't strain yourself too much!" Ben called over his shoulder sarcastically as he left the suite.

Closing the door behind him, Zach wanted to punch something; he was surprised he had managed to stay tight lipped throughout their conversation, just thinking about the satisfaction his best friend would get from deflowering the Queen of Constance and wondering if Evie would actually allow it to happen, considering their last conversation hadn't exactly ended very well.

He wasn't about to admit it to himself, never mind anyone else, but Zach couldn't quite compress the feeling he had when he thought of her. He was not the jealous type, he didn't do relationships and any feels he may have towards her were merely just materialistic.

He was going to make sure his best friend lost the bet, even if it did come back to bite him on the ass.

Spotted: Ben Archibald locking lips with the eldest Bass in the middle of Central Park. It seems our Queen may have found her King. Keep speculating kiddies…

Reading the Gossip Girl blast before looking at the picture of Evie and Ben kissing under a tree, Zach let his phone slip from his hands and fly across the room until it hit the safety of the couch.

Shaking off the sight in his mind, he readdressed his briefcase and looked through his business paperwork, he wasn't about to let Gossip Girl take his mind of sealing his first big business deal in cooperation with Bass Industries.

xoxo

"Girls are you ready?" Serena walked into her daughter's room in effort to see if they were finally ready to go shopping.

"Yeah, we'll be down in a minute." Mia shooed her mother out of the door as her and Evie got their purses before checking themselves in the mirror and leaving the room to join Serena and Blair for some afternoon shopping and a fitting for Evie's dress.

"You ready?" Mia asked Evie who smiled contently before following her out of the door.

"I am so excited to see what your dress looks like! I wish I was going too next week, I don't think I can wait til next year…" Mia moaned with a pout as they walked out of the bedroom and down the stairs to meet Serena.

"It'll be worth the wait, trust me!" Evie reassured, squeezing her best friends arm affectionately.

The pair were slightly put out that they wouldn't be able to share the experience together seen as though Mia was a year younger. Evie would have liked to arrive with her best friend and share the memory but pushing that to the back of her mind, she knew they had plenty of others to share.

It had become a tradition between the Evie and Mia that every third Saturday of the month would be spent with their mothers shopping in the city and having a nice late lunch at one of their favourite restaurants. It was a chance for not only the girls to spend time together but for Blair and Serena to catch up on recent gossip and have a bit of well earned spending and bonding time with their credit cards and daughters.

xoxo

"I forgot to ask you, how are things with Brandon? You've seemed quietly lately…" Evie asked thoughtfully as the pair perused the selection of handbags Bendels had to offer.

Mia shrugged; pleasantly surprised her best friend had actually remembering to ask how her relationship when she was so excited about her own at the moment.

"I don't know…we've hardly spoken in the last few days and when we did, he seemed kinda distant? Uninterested?" Mia answered solemnly, picking up a bag she had no interest in but looked at it anyway in an effort to take the attention of herself, maybe change the subject.

"Have you had a fight? I mean, maybe he's just a bit confused about the whole protocol of a relationship…he wasn't exactly the relationship type when you got together, has he ever had a girlfriend apart from you?" Evie pondered as she tried her best to come up with a suitable solution to why Brandon was acting up.

"I don't think so… and we never fight. I don't know…maybe you're right, I'm probably just overreacting. I'll text him…" Mia said a bit more cheerfully, pulling her phone from her purse and typing her message.

"Let me know what happens, I'm always here for advice and plotting…" Evie assured with a smirk as her friend laughed lightly at the banter, concealing her phone back into her purse as they continued shopping.

"Oh and you never did tell me what happened at dinner the other night with your mom and dad…" Evie asked as they moved around the shop, adding a few items to their shopping list as they went.

Mia smiled a little, before turning away from Evie.

"M. Spill it."

"I am not supposed to be telling anyone so soon but it has been killing me not to tell you! If I tell you, you have to keep it on the down low for now, okay?" Mia said sternly, turning back to Evie who was waiting patiently for the news.

"Promise. Was that even necessary to ask, seriously?"

"Maybe not but anyway…erm…my mom is pregnant! I'm gunna be have a new baby brother or sister!" Mia squealed in excitement as Evie's face lit up with joy for her best friend.

"I am so excited for you! That is so sweet! But in all honesty, I thought your mom and dad were done with the whole babies' thing after Max?" Evie congratulated before following it with a question.

"Well let's just say I was a bit creeped out by the thought of my rents- Ew! No! I don't even want to say it out loud!" Mia outwardly cringed, screwing her face a little before composing herself again while Evie just laughed at her wild actions.

"…It was a total surprise to them too but I am pretty excited that I'm going to have a baby brother or sister! It'll be so much fun!"

"Naaw! You are so good with babies, you and Max will be amazing siblings!"

"Thanks E, hope so. I can't wait; I'll spoil her of him mad! I really hope she's a girl!" Mia added excitedly, pulling Evie towards where their mother's were.

"Me too!" Evie whispered as they neared their moms, giddily linking with one another.

A/N: I know this chapter wasn't very exciting, not my best or favourite but there will be good stuff to come, I just needed to set the foundation for the big stuff which will follow soon! Drop me a review if you enjoyed it and I will be so happy! :D

I will also mention…I have an amazing 'Beta', Diana, (beautiful person that you are! :'))

But she is more of an opinion/ideas collaborator and friend than a Beta. If anyone thinks they can take me on and work with me and my spelling I would love to hear from you, If you fancy being my Beta, just drop me a message with a review or message me and that would be fab! I don't bite! :)