Finally, a new chapter! From now on, I'm going to post my new Gossip Girl stories in the tv/Gossip Girl section. but this one is staying here just to avoid confusion.

And if you're interested. in a day or two I'm going to post a slightly post episode 2x13 fic. about Lily and Rufus (of course) over there.


Chapter 4: Saya Lida part 1

"Thank you everybody! It was good to be back here!"

Rufus, Simon, Sam and Jake walked off the stage, it had only been the first set but the crowd really seemed to enjoy themselves tonight.

"Hey Dad!" it sounded from two voices, Rufus turned around and saw his kids standing right behind them.

"What are you two doing here, shouldn't you be with your mom in Hudson?"

Jenny hesitated, "well, we decided we'd rather come and see you if that's okay. Dan called mom and she said she'd be happy to switch weekends with you."

"But where will you be staying, it's not like I can take you with me on the tour bus again."

Dan interrupted his father, "We already found a place to stay, it's a hotel called Sunset, just outside the town."

"Fine, but.."

"Dan, Jenny." Before Rufus could finish his sentence, his kids were hugged by his friends, who were asking them question after question. Catching up on their lives.

The fifteen minutes they had between the set really passed by too quickly for them, after agreeing to talk after their last set Dan and Jenny went back to the crowd. Watching their father's band was nice from backstage, but the atmosphere of the crowd was so much better.

Suddenly Dan felt two arms hugging him from behind. He was startled for a moment before he turned around, but before he could explain to the person behind him that he already had a girlfriend he noticed that he was looking in the eyes of his beautiful girlfriend instead.

"What are you doing here?'

"Eric really wanted to see Lincoln Hawk, he didn't want to be the only van der Woodsen that hadn't seen them yet. And since Bart and Mom were out of town, it seemed like the perfect opportunity."

Dan looked to the side where Eric was explaining the very same thing to Jenny. The four teenagers continued talking until the first chords of the next song began again.

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Lily sighed as she looked out the window, tonight was the night Lincoln Hawk would be playing in Saya Lida again, the fisherman's town with all those memories.

Good ones, but embarrassing ones too.

Bart had taken her another town on the West Coast, about an hour driving away from Saya Lida, he had a meeting here. With whom she wasn't sure but he'd been in meetings the entire weekend and she was beginning to doubt coming along in the first place. It was supposed to be a weekend for the two of them after the two meetings he would have to attend. But those two turned out to be four and here she found herself for the second night in a row looking out over the water in a town she really didn't want to be in right now.

She gazed into the water, her thoughts miles away. To a place not so far away, but also a time that was more than just a few years ago..

"Rufus I'm not doing this."

"Come on Lil, live a little."

"Forget it, I'm going inside." Lily turned around and started to head back inside, her strappy sandals dangling from her hand.

"Fine. Wimp." Rufus grinned as she turned around. He knew that that would get to her.

"What did you just call me?"

"You heard me, I called you awimp."

Lily walked back over to him, her eyes blazing.

"I'll show you who's the wimp." And she pushed him back, he tripped over his own feet and stumbled backwards, right into the pool.

Lilly lifted her shirt over head head and undressed further until she stood naked on the side of the pool. Rufus was still in it, watching her. He never could take his eyes off her when she undressed herself.

With a silly smiled she jumped in the pool. Shrieking as she made contact with the cold water. Rufus swam over to her and hugged her close as some kind of body heat sharing. She pushed his head under water and he stayed down there. She tried to see what he was doing but the lack of light made it very difficult. Suddenly she felt a pair of hands on her legs, pulling her down. Her scream was shushed by the water as she swallowed quite a bit of it.

Then, the light in the villa was turned on, a man came out, carrying a shotgun. The two made their way to the side of the pool, and Lily threw her shirt over her head and quickly pulled her skirt up.

"What are you doing here? This is private property, not a swimming pool for horny teenagers!"

"I'm sorry sir, I'm afraid we got a bit lost, and then fell into your pool."

The man glared at Rufus, who tried to keep an innocent face on. Lily bit her tongue, trying her best not to die from embarrassment, why did she have to put a white shirt on. She felt the eyes of the man travel over her body.

"I'm really sorry sir, it'll never happen again. Goodbye!"

She quickly pulled Rufus along and the two ran away, back to the tour bus to find some dry clothes to wear.

Lily smiled at the memory. She couldn't remember another scene that had embarrassed her that much. But looking back, it started to get a little more amusing. Her cell phone cut through the silence, she searched through her handbag until she found it and looked at the caller ID. It was Bart again. She let out a deep sigh and picked up.

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"Tiger Lily is that you?"

Serena turned around when she felt the hand on her shoulder, she looked into the eyes of an unfamiliar woman.

"I'm sorry do I know you?"

"Sorry, you just look a lot like a friend of mine, and I half expected her to be here tonight." Anna smiled at the girl in front of her. She could've sworn it was Lily when she approached her, but now she saw that this girl was a lot younger, and had longer hair. But if it had been twenty years ago, no one would've been able to tell the difference.

"Serena? We should probably head out."

"Yeah, okay, sure. Look I'm sorry ma'am."

"Dan? Little Danny? Well I'll be damned."

She hugged Dan close, not noticing the confused look on Serena's face."

"Aunt Anna, It's been so long! I didn't know you were with them on this tour?"

"Well Simon talked to one of the major sponsors, explained the 'situation' and here I am!"

"What kind of situation? Is there something wrong?"

"No, of course not, we just came up with a little white lie, I really didn't want to miss their tour."

Dan smiled at the woman in front of him " You haven't changed a bit." Then he remembered that Serena was still standing next to him.

"Serena, this is my Anna Fountain, Simon's wife. Me and Jenny always called her Aunt Anna. Aunt Anna, this is Serena van der Woodsen."

Serena held out her hand, "it's nice to meet you."

"It's nice to meet you too! I can't believe I didn't figure it out before: you're Lily's daughter!"

Serena looked at the other woman, "Well my mom's name is Lily, if that's what you mean."

"You look just like your mom when she was your age, did anyone tell you that?"

"Really? You knew my mom?"

Anna laughed, "Oh everyone knew Tiger Lily, she was the one told me I'd once marry Simon in the first place."

Dan and Serena spoke up at the same time "That was her?" "My mom is Tiger Lily?"

"She never told you about that? Well why don't we sit down at the bar, I think that there is a lot we have to catch up on."

Still a bit stunned, but also very curious Serena and Dan followed Anna to the bar, when she was about to begin her tale, Jenny and Eric joined them. The introductions followed again and Jenny hugged her aunt.

"Alright, I'll start from the beginning. I met Lily somewhere in the first half of the 80's"

"Anna-belle, what did we agree on?"

The five looked over their shoulder, with innocent looks on their faces.