"You're late!" Chuck barked at Nate as he walked in to his suit. Chuck had called Nate the second he left Blair's and demanded that Nate met him in his suit. That was an hour ago. "Where've you been?"
"I've been busy. I've been hanging out with-" Nate started but didn't get a chance to finish as Chuck interrupted him, which he was secretly relieved by. He didn't really know how to tell him he was secretly seeing Jenny Humphrey.
"Yeah I don't care. What matters is that you're here now. We need to chat."
"Sorry honey, did I do something wrong?" Nate said, in a sarcastic tone.
"This isn't the time for your jokes Nathaniel. We have a problem."
"We do? Wait, is this about you sleeping with Serena?" Nate questioned. When Chuck remained silent, Nate replied, "I'll take that as yes. Oh god you haven't knocked her up have you?!"
"No! It's worse than that!"
"What could be worse than getting a girl you're "secretly" sleeping with, pregnant?"
"Why do you say it like that?" he asked Nate, who simply rolled his eyes. Chuck sighed. He wasn't one to talk about feelings, nothing but feelings, but desperate times … "It's worse cause I – I-" He couldn't say it - it just wouldn't come out.
"You what? Caught something off her? Please tell me you didn't pass an STI on to her." Nate begged, taking a sip of the drink he was now pouring.
"No! It's nothing like that! I like her okay! I always have."
At Chuck's confession he spat his drink out due to the burst of laughter that was lingering in the back of his throat. "Sorry dude couldn't help it." He said between splutters of laughter.
Chuck looked at him through slits. He couldn't believe his best friend was laughing at him for telling him how he felt. Having said it out loud, it did sound ridiculous coming from him but it was true. "Well I'm glad I can provide you with entertainment for the evening. Maybe when you've stopped laughing you can actually be serious for a minute."
"Ok, I'm sorry. Do you know how she feels about you?"
Chuck said nothing. He never actually asked her but their little arrangement was meant to be on the down low. No one other than Nate knew about it but only because Chuck was the only one who knew Serena and Nate had slept together when he and Blair were a couple and Chuck didn't tell a soul; now it was Nate's turn to return the favour. Serena sleeping with Nate was part of the reason why they started sleeping together in the first place. There were no feelings on her part from the start and she made that perfectly clear. However that was a couple of years ago and she did come back for more when she returned from boarding school. Maybe she felt differently now …
"Chuck? You want to answer me?" Nate asked moving his finger in front of Chuck's eyes, trying to get a reaction.
"Oh erm, no. I don't know how she feels." Chuck responded.
"Maybe you should tell her how you feel and then you'll know. Oh and I'll do it quickly." Nate warned him.
"If you're talking about Humphrey then yeah, I know about him. That's why I've come up with a plan to get rid of him."
"Oh yeah? How are you going to do that? Unless you're going to out you and Serena sleeping together."
"You know me oh too well, Nathaniel." Chuck smirked, pressing send on his phone.
Right on cue, Nate's phone beeped and he got a message from Gossip Girl. Nate looked up from his phone and over at Chuck in shock. "Serena is going to kill you."
There on the screen was a picture of Serena up against her locker with Chuck's mouth hers and his hands wondering up around her ass. Underneath the picture were the dreaded words.
Spotted: Serena Van Der Woodsen and Chuck Bass making out in a so-called empty hallway. Looks like these two need to be more careful to keep their dirty little secret, a secret.