Chapter 9
There are plenty of upsides to being the spawn of the fabulously wealthy, but the downside? Super successful parents expect nothing less from their offspring. And when it comes to college that means the Ivy's. It's more than just getting into college. It's setting a course for the rest of your life. And for those few who aren't legacies, the pressures are no less. When parents have sacrificed for their children's futures, what kid would want to let them down?
As the Constance madrigals performed up on stage, Blair sat in the fourth row from the front, half paying attention. Her thoughts going over and over how important this week was and what she needed to do to insure her place at Yale. There was no reason for her to not get in, she had a 4.0 GPA, she was the Queen of Constance and, according to Chuck Bass among others, an overachiever; she was the leader of every committee available at this school that mattered. Her resume was absolutely perfect.
Yes, it was perfect, just like her life; she reflected on how much has happened over this past week with her and Nate. It seemed that they were finally back on track after talking last night and they were moving forward. When they saw each other in the courtyard not 30 minutes ago he smiled at her the way he used to before this whole mess started a year ago.
As the headmistress took the stage after the Constance Madrigals finished and took their seats, Blair took quick attention, feeling almost desperate to get all the extra information she could get about Yale and their representative that was coming to the mixer that she and her committee was hosting on Friday. Blair made sure to smile politely when it was mentioned.
She glanced at her minions as they sat tall beside her at semi full attention, catching Iz taking a slow blink obviously on the verge of falling asleep. Blair rolled her eyes internally at the sight, making sure to properly scold Iz later after the assembly.
As the headmistress continued on and the headmaster from St. Judes gave his joke of there being no pressure this week, she had to refrain even more from rolling her eyes. "Does he honestly think that's funny?" she thought silently as she was reminded of how much pressure there was on her to get into Yale.
She may put on this façade of it being a lock for her to get into Yale, but she was constantly worried on if she wasn't good enough to be accepted to her school of choice. Even Dorota believed her as she casually talked of her future at Yale and how daddy would come visit her at the campus, how Nate would be going to Dartmouth and coming to visit her on the weekends.
At the thought of Nate she glanced across the pew at her beloved, she frowned briefly as she saw him and Chuck making to leave the assembly early. "What is he thinking?!" she thought as she followed him with her eyes before abruptly turning to the front of the room at the sound of her name being called with a ready smile on her lips.
She felt relief at not being caught not paying attention and her smile grew more genuine when the headmistress was just announcing that she would announce the foundation that the school would be honoring at the mixer.
She vaguely heard Iz began to speak quietly when the headmistress continued on with her speech, "Have you seen Serena?"
"I wonder where she is," Kati responded as they both look around for the blonde.
Blair cut into the conversation, irritated, "And you know what I wonder; How am I supposed to hear anything about Yale with all this talk about Serena?" After effectively scolding them she looked back at the stage to listen to their headmistress.
When she finished with her speech and proceeded to pass it on to the headmaster of St. Judes to say what he needed to say, Blair leaned over casually to her minions allowing them to speak, "So Serena's really not here?"
"That's what I said," Iz said oblivious to her faux par from earlier.
"When you weren't supposed to be talking," Kati scolded as she sat next to Blair.
Blair rolled her eyes at the two as she took in the room to confirm that Serena wasn't there, not sure how she felt about the blonde missing in action at this point in the game, but knew she had to stay on her toes.
After finally being dismissed from the assembly, Blair led her minions from the auditorium. They talked and laughed at some of the events that happened over the past weekend and this morning while they held court in the courtyard; not showing any urge to rush to their class since the teachers were very lenient on the juniors because of Ivy Week.
As Blair stepped out of the auditorium she easily spotted Serena talking to that Humphrey guy in the hall, obviously just arriving. Never one to miss an opportunity to kick someone when they were down, Blair walked over to her as she threw her first hit of the day, "Aw, too bad you missed the assembly. Not that it matters," she shrugged with a smirk before continuing, "Brown doesn't offer degrees in Slut."
With a light laugh she passes by, cutting in between Serena and Dan with her minions and head to the stairway leading to their lockers, giving a final look over her shoulder at Serena with a look of smugness.
Spotted: S, not so fashionably late and dressed down by B.
Game on ladies
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After arriving home from school, Blair quickly delegated to her minions to go get her an ice pack for her leg and headed upstairs to change out of her uniform and put on something presentable. She decided on a black, spaghetti dress and a red, long sleeved jacket to go with it before picking up her cell phone and heading back downstairs. Being sure to send out a quick text message to Chuck to call her immediately, she got comfortable on the lounge in the sitting room area just when Kati and Iz made their reappearance and began icing her leg with a look of sympathy on their faces.
"Good, there wouldn't have been a point in faking an injury if people didn't believe it was real. We can't have the masses siding with Serena during this time of war." She thought silently as she reflected on the day's events after the assembly. She had to admit that she could see the appeal in field hockey, especially in times of war such as this.
One of things she couldn't believe was that Serena tried to make it seem that what she did with Nate behind Blair's back was even close to being on the same level as to Blair's small sabotage of her potential relationship with that Brooklyn rat! Not to mention what she was most surprised about was when Serena tackled her to the ground as if she were some heathen from Brooklyn herself!
Blair was humiliated that, when it came to actual fighting, Serena had won. But fortunately, she made it work in her favor and got her kicked out of class for the rest of the day and she received a pass as well on account of her injury. She was done with the small battles, she wanted to win this war and get rid of Serena for good, but Blair knew that in order to do that she was going to need some help and the only one who had shown true loyalty was Chuck, hence the text message.
"I can't believe Serena did this," Iz said in disbelief as she iced up Blair's leg with one pack while Kati iced the same with another.
"Yeah, such a cheap shot," Kati added as they looked to Blair with sympathy, just when Blair's phone went off indicating she had a phone call.
Without saying anything to the two she picked up her phone and answered, "Finally."
"Hello to you too," Chuck responded from the back of his limo with a smirk, "heard about the field hockey throw down. All those mouth guards and short skirts, I hope somebody filmed it."
Blair rolled her eyes and scoffed, exaggerating her disgust as she responded, "You're heinous."
"Which is probably why you messaged," Chuck answered without missing a beat.
"You know me well," Blair smirked.
"Women like to pretend they're complicated but I know better," Chuck shrugged lightly as he looked out the window of his limo as Arthur drove through the city.
Blair put her phone on her shoulder, not wanting her minions to hear the remainder of the conversation, "My leg is numb now, how about a heating pad?"
Without question, Kati and Iz agreed and got up from their spots beside Blair's leg and left the room. After insuring that she wasn't going to be overheard, Blair sat up as she swung her legs off the lounge and began to speak with purpose, "Serena came home for a reason."
"One could only guess," Chuck stated, sensing that playful banter has been set aside for now.
Blair stood up and walked around the sitting room, "I'm done guessing. I want answers. And no one likes to be on the ground floor of a scandal like Chuck Bass," she smirked as she purposely stroked his ego.
Chuck found him smirk at the truth of Blair's statement, "I can be a bitch when I want to be."
Blair leaned against a nearby column as she offered to him, "Opportunity to cause some trouble, uncover a secret?"
"Take yes for an answer," Chuck answered, intrigued at what he may find on this mission as they both hanged up their phones.
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After having Arthur go back to school, Chuck was fortunate that he didn't miss Serena leaving school grounds. He made sure to have Arthur linger a bit, not wanting to get caught, but it appeared that Serena was too wrapped up in her music as she walked without any indication that she was being followed.
Knowing that Arthur wasn't going to lose her, Chuck let his mind wander to the events of the day. That interview to be an usher was basically a joke; it was never a question of if he was going to become an usher it was a question on if he wanted the position or not. He considered it one of the many perks he received on being Bart Bass's son as well as being Chuck Bass in his own right. He smirked as he thought of his response to why he wanted to be a Yale rep in the first place, "I'm Chuck Bass," that in and of itself answered it all and the interview was done.
The only reason why he went was because he figured Blair could use the extra leg up on being able to make a good impression and as her friend he was aware how important this week was to her. He figured she had enough on her plate to handle without having to overstress about Yale too.
Seeing that they have finally stopped, Chuck snapped out of his thoughts, not wanting to delve too far into them, and rolled down his window as he took in where he was and laughed to himself, "Oh this is way too good."
He took out his phone and called Blair immediately, unable to keep this to himself for long. She answered after a couple of rings with, "Mom! How's Paris?"
Instantly he knew that Nate was there with her, he was always so negative about this aspect of Blair. Her schemes and manipulations always caused him to voice his disapproval to the point that Blair just stopped sharing that part of herself with him and kept that aspect of her life in the shadows, away from Nate's prying eyes. It was one of the things that Chuck disliked about the whole Nate and Blair thing, Blair had to pretend for so many people, she shouldn't have to pretend with Nate too.
Shrugging off his thoughts he responded with glee, "You're not going to believe where I've found our little princess," shaking his head at the sight before him, "I'll be by tomorrow with the information you require after school."
"Really? That's great, I'm glad that everything's going well. I'll see you then, mom," Blair wrapped up the conversation and hanged up causing Chuck to smirk.
He made sure to take a few pictures for proof in case Blair decided to send it out on blast to Gossip girl, or to use for something far more devious. Hoping it's the latter; he continues to hang out outside of the Ostroff Center, wanting to get as much information as possible.
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The next day of school the battle between Blair and Serena continued, people were still whispering over what had happened on the hockey field the previous day and the masses seemed to have chosen sides. Blair was happy to notice that majority of them were on hers. Other than that the day was uneventful as Blair waited with anticipation for after school when Chuck would tell her what he saw the previous day.
Nate was extremely busy with prepping to being an usher to the Dartmouth rep, and Blair couldn't be more proud that he was finally taking their future seriously. She continued to be supportive of him as he read the Petting Zoo while she was getting everything prepared for the mixer in a few days, she almost didn't have time to stress about impressing the Yale representative. Almost.
When she got home she didn't even have time to change out of her school uniform before her elevator announced she had a visitor. She smirked at Chuck as he walked in and motioned him to follow her upstairs to her room. She couldn't have been more surprised at what he showed her.
She tilted her head to the side with a smirk "Perfect!" she thought to herself as Chuck praised himself, "Admit it. Even for me this is good."
She clicked through the pictures of Serena arriving and leaving the Ostroff center before she complimented him on his work, "If you weren't such a perve, I'm sure the CIA would hire you in a second."
Chuck looked over at her at the suggestion, finding himself smile at the idea, "Defending my country…there's a future I've never imagined."
Blair quickly turned her head slightly towards him and cut him off before he even could consider it fully, "With good reason," she sighed as she continued on with their previous conversation, "What is she doing there?"
"What's anyone doing there?" Chuck stated as he stood from his hunched position and walked over to her window as he continued talking, "It's a facility for the disturbed and/or addicted."
Blair smirked as she slowly turned her chair around towards him, "You must have your own wing."
Chuck chuckled as he looked back over at his friend, "You don't get nearly enough credit for you wit."
Blair simply smiled back at him, accepting the compliment as she moved her chair from side to side as Chuck asked his next question, "So the question is…What do you do now?"
Blair sighed and looked up to the ceiling as she pretended to think on it before standing up and going over towards him, her smile never leaving her face, "I was thinking…total social destruction."
Chuck quipped back with a smirk of his own, "And here I thought you were getting soft, Waldorf."
Blair shrugged one of her shoulders lightly as a plan began to form with the new information presented to her. She watched Chuck carefully as he walked towards her slowly; feeling a tightening in her stomach as he wrapped an arm around her waist and pulled her into a brief hug as he whispered to her in her ear, "You can repay me another time."
With a light kiss on her cheek he released her and took his leave of her. Blair took a very deep breath and looked over her shoulder at him as he left the room, dismissing whatever that feeling was she felt in her stomach moments ago and proceeded to prepare her plan of take down.
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Blair decided to lay low, in regards of taking down Serena, for the rest of the week focusing all her attention on her committee and Queen duties, wanting everything to be perfect. And finally the day had come, the day that she would make her first impression on the representative of Yale as well as the day that she destroyed Serena Van Der Woodsen. She would call this a potentially victorious day as long as everything went according to plan.
When she arrived at the mixer, she smiled at how everything was situated, "Lily really outdid herself this time," she thought silently as she ran her hands down her perfectly pressed navy skirt and matching jacket. After spotting the Yale rep talking with Chuck and insuring that she looked perfect in her Yale colors, she began to circulate around the room, not wanting to appear too eager.
After a significant amount of time had passed, Blair decided it was time to make her move. Before she could leave from her spot she heard her name being called from behind her. She turned, a bit annoyed at being postponed from her plan, with a polite smile.
She paused for a second as her mind tried to process what was happening. Here was Chuck Bass and he was introducing her to the Yale representative; she felt her smile grow more genuine as Chuck, once again, anticipated what she needed and did it without question or asking for anything in return. As she began making conversation with the rep, Chuck made his excuses and excused himself from them, allowing her to have time alone to really shine.
"My father would never forgive me if I didn't at least meet you, so I'm so glad that Chuck was able to introduce us," Blair stated graciously after Chuck went to get a drink, "He said that you and he used to do crew together?"
"Crew?" Blair stiffened at the voice that interrupted the conversation she was having and turned head towards the voice, finding Serena as she kept her smile on her face as Serena continued, "Oh! Hi, I'm Serena Van Der Woodsen," she introduced herself effectively dazzling the Yale rep with her dazzling smile, "Blair I didn't know you were interested in doing crew."
Blair couldn't believe that Serena was doing this. "She was seriously going to try to ruin Yale for me too? Hadn't she taken and hurt me enough!" Blair thought silently to herself as she responded, "I'm not," turning her attention back to the Yale rep, "I was just saying that there was a family connection because of my father-"
Serena interrupted her again being deliberately obtuse, "You know, I never knew you were ever interested in athletics at all. Especially the ones that would get your hair wet," Serena continued on as she too turned towards the Yale rep, "She's really more of an indoors kind of girl."
All Blair could do was smile as Serena effectively took over the conversation, "Oh! My goodness your glass is almost empty! Let's get you a drink."
Blair felt her anger grow and tried her best to save the situation by trying to casually push Serena back, "No, I'll take him."
Serena brushed her off with ease and with a simple, "Don't worry about it," before sweeping the rep away in her charming way off to the refreshment table, leaving Blair alone to stew in anger.
Seeing Chuck across the courtyard she made her way over to him as he stood there drinking his scotch, which was not offered at the refreshment table, "Can you please explain to me, how Serena is commandeering the Yale rep when you're supposed to be his usher?"
Chuck looked at her and smirked, feeling a bit bad that he left her high and dry, but he figured he could make it up to her with his next surprise, "I switched," he stated as he looked off towards the other side of the room as he continued, "I'm trying to get into Princeton."
He continued to smirk as he brought Blair closer to him and gave her a side hug, "Oh don't get your La Perla's in a bunch! Look who has arrived." He motioned over to the newest guest and lead Blair over to him to make the introductions.
"Doctor Ostroff!" Chuck reached and shook the good doctor's hand as he continued, "Blair, Dr. Donald Ostroff."
Immediately recognizing the name, Blair smiled once again at the introduction made by Chuck and considered him forgiven for switching his duties with someone else. "Such a pleasure! I've heard such wonderful things about you." She smiled as she led him away over to the refreshment stand to get him a drink.
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Chuck smirked into his glass as Blair stood on the stage, calling everyone to attention. "Here comes the show," he thought to himself as he stood with Kati and Iz and watched the performance.
"May I have everyone's attention please?" Blair called out again with a charming smile, "Welcome again to the Constance Billiard and St. Judes Ivy week mixer. I'm Blair Waldorf, chair of the community outreach committee."
She paused for the respectful applause to her position calmed down before she continued on, "Every year our school chooses to support one local institution that we feel benefits our community. This year, our schools have chosen to honor the Ostroff center." Blair smiled as everyone applauded, feeling a sense of glee at the sight of fear in Serena's eyes at her announcement.
She continued on with her speech, "This semester, our choice is a very personal one, because the center has helped one of our own. It's because of their excellent program which aid so many young addicts and alcoholics that a student here with us today is clean and sober. At least for now. Can I please have Serena Van Der Woodsen join me on stage?"
As Serena slowly made her way up onto the stage, Blair whispered to her in warning, "Don't try to deny it, Chuck saw you," as she stepped aside to let Serena speak.
She led the applause for Serena as she stood in the background, waiting to see what she'll do this time as Serena began to speak, "Hi. I'm Serena Van Der Woodsen. I just want to thank my friend, Blair Waldorf, for recognizing the Ostroff center and all of the good things that they do. Thanks Blair," She led to applause before continuing on, "At the center, one of the main things we learned is forgiveness. I've learned how in order to move forward with our future, we must forgive those who have wronged us in the past. And we must ourselves ask for forgiveness from those whom we have wronged," She looked back towards Blair trying to her best to reach to her former best friend to hear her, "Without this forgiveness, innocent people get-,"
By this point Blair had had enough of listening to Serena go on and on and interrupted her with a smile, "Alright, thank you Serena! Thank you!" She watched as Serena took her walk of shame through the crowd as they applauded half-heartedly for her before introducing Dr. Donald Ostroff to the stage to speak.
Honesty may be the best policy in some zip codes, but not this one and not this week. Cause "I was a teenage drug addict" is not exactly a winning college essay.
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After the speeches were done, Blair made her way back to the Yale representative, "There's still time that I can still leave a good impression for the day and consider this a win all around!" she thought silently as she smiled and began conversation again. Once again she was interrupted not too long later by the same blonde, "Blair? What the hell was that?"
Sensing a scene about to be made, Blair smiled politely at the Yale representative and said sweetly, "Will you excuse us please?" and led Serena along to a private corner of the courtyard so they can get this conversation over with.
"So we good now?" Serena asked, not mincing words, "We're squared?"
"No, because nothing I do will ever be as bad as what you did to me," Blair stated as she looked Serena dead in her eyes.
Serena's eyes began to tear up as she begged, "Look, I'm asking you, please? I'll stop, if you will."
Blair rolled her eyes at the supposed threat, "You're just saying that because today you lost. And you're going to keep losing," she said with an affirmative nod. Feeling her emotions get the better of her at the sight of Serena's tears she quickly excused herself, "Now, if you'll excuse me? Unlike you, I have a future to get back to."
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Not even bothering to go find the Yale representative again Blair saw that people were preparing to leave and took on her responsibilities as hostess and began to say goodbye to the people as they made their way out of the courtyard. As she was waving goodbye to the Dartmouth representative, Eric came up to her, "Blair can I talk to you? For just a moment?"
Blair paused and figured that Eric was just there to protect his sister like the good brother that he was and decided that she owed it to him to hear him out. Eric was like a little brother to all of them after all. She smiled politely before answering, "Sure."
She followed after him calmly into the hallway, nodding with a smile to passing guest as she went, always the perfect hostess with the perfect smile until she was behind closed doors. When she arrived where Eric was waiting for her he immediately started talking, "Serena's not a patient at the Ostroff center."
Blair tilted her head a bit and smiled indulgently at him, "Eric, you've always been a sweet kid and I can understand you're trying to protect your sister-"
Eric interrupted with the simple truth, "I am."
Blair rolled her eyes at his dramatics, "I've never even seen you take a drink."
"I'm not an alcoholic," he stated as he pulled up his sleeve showing her the angry pink scars on his wrists, "I did this. And today Serena protected me."
Blair stopped as she took in what she was seeing, immediately feeling horrible for what she had done to a person who has never done anything to her. It was fine when it was her minions or the girls at Constance, it was expected even, but never had she ever done what she done to someone who didn't, in some way, wronged her.
She didn't even know what to say by way of apologizing to Eric but she attempted, "Eric…I, I didn't-"
"See that coming? Yeah," Eric interrupted, obviously angry as he continued on, "Well it must be a shock for someone who thinks she knows everything." With those words hanging between them Eric left Blair standing there, passing by Chuck on his way out to go meet his mother.
Chuck strolled over to Blair, glancing briefly over at Eric as he walked passed him, before asking, "What was that all about?"
Blair closed her eyes and took a deep breath as she answered quietly, "We messed up…"
Chuck frowned, not liking the tension in her shoulders, "What do you mean?"
"Serena isn't a patient of the Ostroff center," Blair stated as she turned towards Chuck, feeling her eyes fill with tears of shame, "She was a visitor."
Chuck quickly put two and two together as he glanced over his shoulder after Eric before looking back at Blair, "Little Eric?"
Blair nodded softly as the tears began to fall, suddenly feeling very tired, as Chuck released a breath of disbelief, "Wow."
At the sight of Blair's tears he pulled her towards him and held her, just like he did in that hotel room just last week.
"I can't believe I did that to him," Blair berated herself.
"Hey! You didn't know," Chuck whispered as he tried to comfort her.
"But I should have. I should have gotten more information, I should have just posted it to Gossip Girl and leave it up to her to interpret what was going on. I'm such a horrible person!" Blair rambled.
Chuck held her face with both of his hands, "Hey. You are not a horrible person. You were hurt and you were angry. If anyone in this conversation is a horrible person, it's me as we both know," Blair shook her head at the last part of his statement, but Chuck continued on, "It was a mistake and all we can do is try to move forward. What do you want to do now?"
Blair pressed her lips together as she looked at Chuck, closing her eyes as she answered, "I want it be over."
Chuck nodded, figuring as much, "Then it's over. Go make up with your best friend and wave the white flag. We've all hurt each other in this and, ironically like Serena said earlier, all we can do is forgive and ask for forgiveness in return in order to move forward."
Blair opened her eyes at his words and gave a watery smile, "When did Chuck Bass become the smart one in this conversation?"
Chuck smirked at her before kissing her forehead gently, "When you started to get all weepy," he teased her as he pulled her back into a hug, tucking her head under his chin like he has done so many times over the past year.
Blair laughed once as she hugged her best friend, the only good thing that has happened this year with the result of the whole Serena and Nate scandal. She got to see this softer side of Chuck that barely anyone got to see and he got to see her at her most vulnerable that barely anyone got to see either.
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The next day, Blair went in search of Serena. She tried to call yesterday, after Chuck dropped her off into her car before going off with a girl from Princeton for the evening, but was not surprised when she found that Serena wasn't taking her calls. Knowing that she wouldn't find her at the hotel she was currently staying with her mom, and that Serena was pretty upset after their last conversation at the mixer, she knew exactly where to find her. In spite of what happened last year between her and Nate, Serena has always been predictable with her hang outs when she wanted to be alone.
Ignoring the rain, Blair made her way through Central Park to where the fountain was, it was there, under the awning, that she spotted the familiar blonde haired girl sitting on the bench reading a book. Blair took a deep breath before calling out to her, "Whenever something's bothering you, I can always find you here."
Serena looked up at her before taking a deep breath and standing up, "You here for another cat fight?"
Blair looked at her for a moment before digging into her purse, taking out a filled out envelope addressed to Serena at her boarding school address in Connecticut. She wrote it before Chuck told her of the reason why Serena left and after she was told, she didn't see the point in sending it.
Serena looked at the envelope and asked, "What's that?"
Blair opened the envelope and took out the paper inside, "A letter? I wrote it to you while you were away at boarding school. I never sent it."
Blair looked down at the letter before she started to read it out loud to Serena,
"Dear Serena,
My world is falling apart and you're the only one who would understand. My father left my mother for a 31 year old model. A male model. I feel like screaming because I don't have anyone to talk to. You're gone, my dad's gone, Nate's acting weird,"
Blair laughed once as she looked up at Serena as if to say now we know why before continuing on as she felt the tears coming again,
"Where are you? Why don't you call? Why did you leave without saying goodbye? You're supposed to be my best friend. I miss you so much.
Love Blair"
Blair sighed as she put the letter away, a tear falling down her cheek that she wiped away as Serena asked, "Why didn't you send it? I would've-"
Blair looked at Serena as she interrupted, "You would have what?" her voice breaking as she continued on, "You knew Serena. And you didn't even call!" Blair shook her head at the absurdity of it.
"I didn't know what to say to you," Serena started as her eyes filled with tears too as she continued, "Or even how to be your friend after what I did. I'm so sorry." Serena voice broke while she apologized to her best friend.
Blair took in Serena's words, and this time, they were enough. She nodded in acceptance as she finally forgave Serena for all the things that happened this past year and her not being there for her when she needed her the most.
"Eric told me what happened," she started, "I guess your family has been going through a hard time too." At the sight of Serena's nod and eventual smile, Blair felt a heavy weight lift from her shoulders. She was ready. She was ready to put the past in the past and to have her girl best friend back by her side.
Spotted in Central Park: two white flags waving, could an Upper East Side peace accord be far off? So what will it be: truce or consequences? We all know one nation can't have two queens. What happens next? Only time will tell.
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Gossip Girl
A/N: Decided to put the entire episode in one chapter, the episode isn't my favorite but I took it as an opportunity to stretch out my writing experience a bit and put a bit more Chuck and Blair interaction. Frankly, I should probably mention that I'm not Serena's biggest fan for two reasons. 1) she doesn't take responsibility for her actions until she's called out on it and still expects instant forgiveness no matter how bad the crime and 2) Is her inability to not be involved in a relationship lol The girl just needs to take being single for a season or two and get to know and love herself before expecting someone else to.
I think I'll take this opportunity to change her for the better in this story…change up who she ends up with...I like it! I'm not a fan of Dan anyway so this can be very interesting. But in order to keep everyone focused, since this is Chuck and Blair time, and I'll simply bring this story idea into focus for a sequel…of course it would have to be well after I'm finished with this one because I need time to figure out how I'm going to write this out. :D
But I'll only do it if my fellow readers want me to. So I'm going to need you guys to review so I can hear what you think of the idea, okay? I would think that it would take place during season 2; we'll get some Chair in the background and see how they're doing, but the focus will be mostly on Serena. Sorry to all those who just adore Serena and Dan and them separately if I offended. I don't hate her, let's just make that clear, she just sometimes doesn't think things through on the consequences of her decisions. I love all my readers equally no matter who you ship, including the Dair fans…yes, including you too. lol
But I digressed majorly, what did you think of this chapter? Did you love it, did you hate it? Did I do the story justice? Next chapter will be Bad News Blair and even though there won't be any Chuck and Blair scenes (on account of the episode also including the Lost Weekend), there will at least be some developing feelings and thoughts to help them find their way towards each other soon.
Don't forget my Beta's, EvelynBass, story Return Someday which I beta for.
I love you all and I'm so grateful for the amount of followers and reviews I receive for this story and I hope I didn't lose any with my rant earlier because I have a dream! That one day Dair fans and Chair fans will hold hands together Derena fans and Serenate fans and just enjoy Gossip girl, up until halfway through season 4 in my opinion or until the very end if that's your cup of tea (seriously writers?! Seriously?), together! :D Happy Black History month and belated Valentine's day/singles awareness day! I like to call it I heart me day ;)
-Plei4fun