It came out sooner than I thought. This was supposed to be a side fic but this happened..

Serena van der Woodsen was worried. There were only three things that ever made her worry; first was her family, of course; then there was Dan, but that was a long time ago; third was Blair.

So today, in the middle of a cold January morning, while walking towards the dorms of Yale, she's worrying about the latter. She hasn't seen Blair since Christmas, and she's been going through a tough time the last time she's talked to her. (Ah... guilt of abandoning a bestfriend.)

That's why when she was in front of Blair's dorm with her hand in a fist, ready to knock, she was prepared to see the worst. The worst meaning opening the door to Blair with puffy eyes and messed-up make-up and hair, or with wrappers of chocolate cluttered on her bed and the sound of retching in the bathroom.

The worst NOT being opening the door to see Blair sleeping on the bed with Dan Humphrey. NOT meaning seeing Blair sleeping beside an injured-looking Dan Humphrey. And definitely NOT meaning seeing Blair cuddling with said injured Dan Humphrey. (Did I mention he was shirtless!?)

"Sere-- Serena? Oh hey!" He started nudging Blair, probably unaware on how this situation looks like to Serena. "Hey Blair, Serena's here. Blair wake up."

"What, Cabbage Patch?" she asked sleepily then turned to blonde girl on the door. "Serena!" she got out of bed and darted to her. "Could you please excuse us for a minute?" Blair closed the door leaving a still speechless Serena outside.

"Why'd you do that?" Dan asked still very confused. God... sometimes he's more idiotic than Nate. (no offense to the people who love Nate.)

"Are you stupid!? Get up already!" she all but shouted at him while picking up something from the floor and throwing it at him. "Put your shirt on!"

He stood up only to be greeted by a sharp pain hitting various areas. "Ow! Shit... ow."

Blair doesn't seem to notice.

"You do know what this looks like to S?"

"Yes... I now realize my stupidity but I can't seem to care because my whole body is throbbing with pain." he said while walking (more like limping) towards her.

She placed a hand on where the bandage was.

"It still hurts?" she asks.

"Apparently... Yes."

"I told you that we should've gone to the infirmary." she argued with her hand still on him.

Serena just chose this moment to barge in for answers. Well, she thinks she got it when she was met by Dan and Blair standing, facing each other with an about-to-kiss distance... complete with the hand-on-cheek gesture (courtesy of Blair's hand and Dan's cheek).

"No S! This isn't what it looks like!" Blair jumped away from Dan.

"Well I'm glad you know what it looks like!" she answered (yelled) back then ran off.

Blair slumped on the bed and covered her head with a pillow, letting out an frustrated, muffled scream. Dan sat down beside her put a hand on her back.

"She wouldn't fucking listen." she said to him.

"I know, I know... just wait for her to calm down, then explain to her what really happened." he told her.

'Yeah. I'll just call her later so we could talk. It's not like we did anything. I mean seriously, how could she even think I slept with you." she laughed.

"I know right... I would never sleep with you unless I went insane." he laughed too (and moved a little closer).

"Even if I was a crazy drunk, I would never feel anything for you, much less sleep with you." she replied, their eyes locking (she moved a little closer too.)

"Yeah. If I kiss you now, I'm sure I won't feel a thing." their lips only inches away.

"Same here..." she said and closed the final gap between them.

The kiss was gentle enough to stop them from taking each other's clothes off, but passionate enough to stir up something deep inside them. Something somewhat akin to not hate (wow, that's new) maybe even like... or lo-- nevermind.

"See? Nothing." she said awkwardly when they pulled away.

"Yeah." he laughed nervously "Nothing."

"Hey Dan!" Nate ran after him. "Whoa. What happened to you? Slipped?"

"Oh, hey man. What are you doing in Yale? And yes... I slipped and the floor started punching me across the face." he replied, voice dripping with sarcasm.

"Why would they beat you up? You barely go out, you just study."

"Oh gee, thanks for informing me of my lack of a social life." he glared at Nate who only gave him an apologetic look. "Those guys just started messing with Blair." he said with a sigh.

"And you defended her?" he asked, surprised.

"Of course. But punching the face of a dude with two more drunk friends around... wasn't really my brightest idea."

"Haha. Do you know where Blair's dorm is?"

The sudden change of topic took him by surprise, the last time he checked Nate and Blair weren't exactly in good terms. Did he want to get back with her? Not that he cares... okay, maybe a little bit. But that's only because he's worried that Blair might get hurt aga-- god, who was he kidding? Ever since they kissed he started having feelings for her... which shouldn't be good.

"Uh. Yeah. Why?" he asked nervously.

"It's kind of the reason I came here... I need to talk to her." Nate answered.

"Oh. So you gonna get back together with her?"

"I'm not sure... I first need to clear things up with her."

"Oh." he said half-relieved and hlaf-worried. Relieved because they're not getting back together; worried because there's already an evil plan in his head to stop them from getting together. He suddenly feels like he's losing his morally superior-ness thanks to the Queen Bitch herself. Still not good.

"So that's what happened." Blair finished after explaining this morning's incident to Serena. Although she did leave out the what's-under-that-watch part and the other incident after this morning's incident. The one that involves kissing a certain writer from Brooklyn. The writer that has a certain Cabbage Patch kid. The Cabbage Patch Kid that has a certain name that rhymes with Fredric. (okay you get it.)

"I'm so sorry for jumping to conclusions earlier. It's just that when I saw you and Dan, I freaked." Serena answered.

"Why? Do you still like him?" Blair was surprised at what just stumbled out of her mouth.

"No. Not like that anymore. I mean our parents are like married and they've already sacrificed their relationship once for us."

"Oh." she said half-releived and half-worried. Releived because they weren't getting back together; worried because her scheming head already has a plan to keep them apart. There's something wrong with her and Humphrey is to blame... because kissing him is doing wonders to her brain.

Thank you for reading! Please review.

Tell me also which fic of mine you like better... I dunno... just curious.