Chapter 6

At 7:30, the night of the Kiss on the Lips party, Blair found herself standing in front of her full length mirror and just staring into it as she looked herself over in the dress she had chosen for the night. Sure it wasn't the original dress she was going to wear but, after all the events that had occurred over the past 48 hours, she felt that she needed to wear something a little bit extra.

She wanted to wear something that emphasized her assets, something that will make Nate stop and appreciate what he had. They were still in the recovery stage of the whole "him cheating" thing, no harm in making sure she looked desirable to him.

"Blair, let me see how it looks!" She heard her mother call out as she jiggled the door handle to her room. Blair quickly stood up straight from her slightly provocative pose in the mirror and puts on a polite smile as her mother walks in.

Eleanor pauses at the sight before her and asks, "Why are you wearing that one? Didn't you see the dress that I left on the bed?"

Blair briefly looked down at herself at her mother's obvious disapproval of her choice of attire before looking back at her and simply states, "I like this one."

She watched her mother put on an easy smile as she walked over to her, explaining as if speaking to a five year old, "This one is not as elegant a choice as that one."

Blair began to feel the effect of her mother's words and tried to remain strong as she turned and asked her, "Why do you care so much?"

She turned towards her vanity to pick the few pieces of jewelry that she decided would complement her outfit.

"Because I love you," her mother responded as she slowly followed her, continuing as she stroked Blair's hair gently as she spoke, "Blair, you'll never be more beautiful or thin or happy as you are right now. I just want you to make the most of it."

Blair felt herself smile at her mother's words and for the first time she felt good about herself thanks to her words. Not wanting to spoil the rare moment with her she looked over her shoulder at her mother and responded, "I guess I have time to change." Unaware of the look of triumph in her mother's gaze at her words, it was the same look that Blair had in her eyes so many times when she succeeded in a take down or manipulated others to do her bidding.

The moment was spoiled anyway as her mother lifted some of Blair's hair and made the offhanded comment, "And put some product in your hair, the ends are dry," before walking out of the room.

Blair looked over her shoulder after her retreating mother's figure, looked down at the ends of her hair and let out a short, sarcastic laugh with a roll of her eyes, "I should have known it was too good to be true." She thought to herself as she turned to her bed and changed into the dress that her mother had chosen for her.

xoxo

As Blair walked in on the arm of Nate to her party, she felt as if everything was perfect. Sure, Nate had been a little quiet and distant in the car ride over, but everyone else was having a good time. She could always trust Chuck Bass to keep everything light and cause a distraction.

Blair leaned over and kissed Nate's cheek as they walked together over to the bar for a drink before making their way to the center of the dance floor. She smiled and nodded to her guests as she passed by them as they called out to her. All eyes were on her and everyone was filled to the brim with envy. She had everything they wanted and they were grateful to be here, the place to be and everyone who is anyone was here. And the icing on top of the cake was that Serena was not.

Blair decided to stay with the champagne for the night since that was what her and the rest of her friends drank in the limo on the way over. Kati and Iz were talking and she was genuinely enjoying herself as she leaned happily into Nate's side as he talked to Chuck. It was like nothing had happened. She only hoped that there would be no more bumps in the road at this next phase in their relationship.

"Who's the newbie?" She heard Chuck ask Iz. She looked in the direction that he was indicating and saw that Jenny girl that did the invitations. She looked her over and gave her stamp of approval of her choice of outfit for the night, grateful that she wasn't embarrassing herself with wearing something juvenile, who knows what they consider fashionable in Brooklyn.

Figuring that she'll be Chuck's conquest of the night, she moved Nate towards the dance floor with her, no longer interested in the conversation.

Iz responded with a wide smile at having the information that Chuck needed, "Jenny Humphrey," she loved it when she knew something that no one else did. "She's a freshman," she stated as she turned to Chuck to figure out his interest in the girl.

"I love freshmen. They're so…," Chuck started, pausing as he tried to find the right word he wanted to use.

"Fresh?" Kati responded with a bit of an attitude, irritated that Chuck's sights were on some girl from Brooklyn. She had hope that she would be the one that he enjoyed tonight.

Chuck smirked as he glanced over at Kati and saw that she was on the Gossip Girl website on her phone. He leaned towards her as he asked, "Anything about her on Gossip Girl?"

Kati responded with a shrug, "No."

"Mmmm. Until you're done with her," Iz grinned at him as she spoke, loving where the night is going with the potential gossip she was witnessing right before her very eyes. This is the reason why she enjoyed her place at Blair's side; she was always the first to know about any and everything that happened at their school.

Chuck stood up straight from his place beside the two girls and slowly made his way over to Jenny Humphrey, giving her his signature smile and producing effortlessly the Bass charm. "Hello, I'm Chuck Bass," he states as he offers for her hand.

She smiled so eagerly that she blurted out, "I know! I mean, hi! I'm Jenny." She shook his hand unable to believe that she was talking to the Chuck Bass.

"It's nice to meet you," He smirked as he nodded his head.

"You too," she responded feeling a bit overwhelmed by how the night was progressing.

"Thank you," he said, figuring to keep it simple. She was already so excited to have a conversation with him; he could only imagine how excited she'd be to spend a few hours with him. She was so young and new; he was more than happy to teach her the first lesson she needed to learn in regards to being a part of their world.

Looks like little J might end up with a new boy and a ticket to the inner circle. Or will C end up with another victim? I told you I loved parties…

xoxo

Gossip girl

Chuck spent a good half hour with the girl, sensing that he needed to ease her into what he wanted from her, compared to his usual moves in regards to girls who knew the score. He spent the time giving her champagne and dancing with her on the dance floor; holding her close to make her "feel special" like most virgins want to feel before they let the guy have at them.

He smirked as she giggled at the attention she was getting from him, and he knew that he was going to enjoy himself tonight, "it's been far too long," he thought to himself before he whispered into her ear, "Let's go and talk somewhere quieter."

Jenny looked over at the party going on behind her as she slowly followed Chuck out of the room, "Oh. Okay," she agreed as he led her up the stairs.

Chuck smirked as he picked up a bottle of champagne and a glass for them to drink as he passed the bar, walking up the stairs up to the roof so they could "talk."

Jenny started to get nervous when they arrived at the roof and the door behind them was being propped open with a nearby brick. She started to babble, "Well this is definitely quieter, but do you actually know where we're going?"

Chuck didn't bother to answer her as he pulled her closer to him, "Here looks pretty good." He pressed her against the wall beside them and leaned in to kiss her.

She moved her head away slightly to the side as she began to babble again, "So…uh, you said you wanted to talk. So, what did you want to talk about?" she chuckled as she looked back at him.

Chuck looked down as he put the champagne and glass down on the floor, he felt himself getting bored with this conquest the way she kept prattling on and on. He decided he'll give it another go and responded with, "How into you I am," he reached up and moved her hair to the side, placing a soft kiss on her cheek to calm her down before he moved to her lips.

This time she didn't move away, she even began to kiss him back for a minute before thinking it's probably best that they stopped for a moment.

Chuck, sensing her hesitation, pulled away and smiled at her before putting on his good boy act, "I'm sorry," he chuckled at himself and looked away from her. He looked back at her and gave her the option to stop, "If you don't want to do anything, that's cool. Let's start over!"

Jenny laughed in relief at his words and nodded eagerly, "Yeah, um…you want to start over back at the party?" She motioned over to the door behind him.

"How about a glass of champagne first, please?" he offered as an alternative.

"Maybe one," Jenny smiled, going along with option B, not wanting to completely blow her chances.

Chuck nods and begins to pour her a glass filled with the alcohol before motioning further out onto the roof. She takes it with a smile and takes a sip from her glass and takes a seat on the concrete edge of the skylight; figuring that after she finished her drink they could go back down.

She finished the glass not too long after with a smile on her face as she looked over at Chuck, who was sitting beside her. Chuck took that as his opportunity and leaned towards her again, giving her a gentle kiss on the lips. Feeling encouraged that, after she got passed her timid feelings, she began to kiss him back; he deepened the kiss adding a bit of tongue to the equation.

Jenny was thrilled. She couldn't believe that she was here at the party of the season, making out with Chuck Bass! It wasn't until he moved his hand up her leg and under her dress that her reservations returned. She turned her head away again and tried to push him off of her, "Chuck, stop."

Chuck paused and let out a sigh of irritation. "Seriously?" he thought to himself as he leaned back and looked at her, "What? What's wrong?"

"I'm sorry, I just…I'm not…ready for that…" she stated a little nervous as she bites her bottom lip, hoping he won't be mad.

Chuck just looked at her for a second, feeling his irritation grow to anger before he closed his eyes and took a calming breath. "She's so not worth all this back and forth," He thought to himself as he stood up.

"Please don't be mad…"she begged as she witnessed the change in his demeanor, wanting to preserve some of this night in her climb through the ranks.

"I'm not," He states as he turns to her with a shrug, "it's fine. I guess I'll see you later…" Not sticking around to hear what she had to say, Chuck sauntered his way off the roof giving off the visual that it wasn't that big of a deal.

He heard Jenny breathe a sigh of relief behind him as he walked down the stairs; he paused at the sight of the brick holding the door open. He glanced back at her, seeing that she was still on the skyline where he left her, and made a quick decision. He walked out the door leading to the roof, kicking the brick to the side so that the door shut behind him, effectively locking her up there.

"They don't call me a Basstard for nothing," he thought to himself with a chuckle and headed downstairs to join the rest of the party with a satisfied smirk on his face.

xoxo

Blair smiled at Nate as he left to go get her another drink before making her way over to the girls, glancing briefly over Kati's shoulder to look at the Gossip Girl blog site. She smiled at all of the posts that centered on her party and deemed it as a success.

She felt someone come up behind her and without even looking she knew who it was; with a smirk on her face she turned towards him as she spoke, "I'm surprised you're still down here. I'd have figured you'd be elsewhere, de-virginizing little Jenny Humphrey."

Chuck smirked at her, "She got old very fast. Dance with me?" He asked as he offered up his hand to her.

Blair simply smiled as she placed her palm in his and let him lead her over to the dance floor. She glanced around the room and asked, "So where is she now?" Sensing that there was more to the story as Jenny was nowhere to be found.

"Still up on the roof, I would guess since it's only been 20 minutes," Chuck stated with a smirk as Blair looked up at him.

"You locked her up there. Well, there is a reason why we call you a Basstard," she smirked back, figuring that this was a lesson well learned for the freshman.

Chuck laughed before responding, back to having fun, "My thoughts exactly."

Blair laughed as well as the song ended and motioned to go back to where the girls were as she figured Nate would be wondering where she was too. She took a glance around her party and paused when she saw a familiar head of golden hair. Shaking her head as she quickly made her way over to her minions.

Her suspicions confirmed when they both stated in unison after checking their phones with the Gossip girl Blast, "Serena's here?"

Blair stood beside them, outraged, "What is she doing here? She wasn't invited!" She moved with a purpose wanting to get closer, it was then that she began to hear the whispers about Serena crashing her party, how she was "so brave", and how "perfect" she looked. Blair felt her irritation grow, "This night was supposed to be about ME! Not Serena!" she thought as she began to make her way over to her and kick her out of her party.

She didn't stop until Nate pulled her by her arm to stop her, "Blair come on, are you really going to kick her out?"

She looked up at him and frowned in confusion, seeing that brief flash of emotion on his face when he looked at Serena, and responded, "Did you invite her?"

"What? No! I told you," Nate defended himself before turning away from her.

She quickly stopped him before he left her and gave him a firm warning, "Do not talk to her."

Nate shrugged her off and stated, "I was going for a walk." They shared a look as he left her there. Blair was able feel a bit of satisfaction as she watched him give Serena the cold shoulder as he passed by her towards the exit.

Blair stood there for a moment as Serena turned towards her, deciding to not even bother with kicking her out of the party as she was surrounded by her minions. She just looked at her for a moment before effectively dismissing her as she turned and made her way to the bar without any other form of acknowledgement, followed by Kati and Iz.

Blair watched as Serena and some random guy she was with made their way over to the stairs leading to the roof.

"Looks like that girl called in for reinforcements," Chuck stated as he came up beside Blair, watching the same scene she was. "Who's that guy?" he asked not even recognizing the kid from the other day that ran into him.

Blair shrugged, staying silent as she simply waited for them to come back down. It wasn't much longer until the trio finally made their way out of the party; Blair watched as Serena got the brush off from her minions and walked out holding hands with that random guy she was with and Jenny.

Blair decided she wanted to make sure that she was actually leaving and made her way to the door as well after they made their exit, sensing that Chuck wasn't too far behind her.

She came out in time to see them climb into a cab and drive off. Nodding to herself in acceptance as she wondered where Nate was; she crossed her arms against the brief chill and spoke out loud, "She better not show her face again."

"I'm actually hoping she will…" Chuck stated as she stood beside her. Blair looked over at him and saw the look of anticipation of a potential takedown and felt herself smirk as she thought silently, "This could be fun"

Spotted: Serena making an heroic exit from B's party. Too bad for her there's school on Monday. So, until next time.

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Gossip Girl

A/N: And there you have it! What did you think about the revamped Chuck and Jenny scene? What about the bit of Chuck and Blair time I added. I hope I did the party justice!

I felt so awesome on Friday that I just was inspired to write out this chapter in one setting while I waited for my beloved beta, EvelynBass, to beta chapter 5 and I'm now about 3 weeks ahead of schedule and I love you guys so much with all your support and positive feedback that I decided to post this a few days earlier than plan. :)

Thanks to all my reviewers and favoriters! I feel so loved!

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