2 hours later...
"So are you okay?" Dan asked approximately every 10 minutes because he just wants to know what's going on with Serena. She seems at a daze and he can't help if he doesn't know the real reason.
"Do you think I am crazy?" She finally say something, looking at the couple holding hands in front of them, turning to Dan who's at the same time looking at Serena seriously "be honest!"
"Of course, not!" he says unconvincingly.
"But why do you look at me like I am some kind of a crazy girl?" she says folding her hand demanding for an answer.
"Look at them..." he says pointing at the couple sitting on the bench by the river "do you think they are in love?" he asks seriously.
"You're stalling, Daniel Humphrey!"
"Ok...ok!" he laughs "you're not crazy Serena..." he says with a smile "You're just very much crazy for believing that he will come back to you!" he says concern.
"I know" she says sulkily.
"Can I ask you something, Dan?"
"Anything..."
"Why are you still single...?" she asks because it has been in her mind since Paris. Not only that she's here with Dan Humphrey walking by the Highline in the Meatpacking District but also connecting "it's difficult to forget about him, you know..."
"Didn't we talked about this at the Standard Grill?" he says shaking his head with a grin, he turn to look at Serena and touches her shoulder blade "it's difficult, not impossible!" he says looking straight into Serena's eyes "and I am still single because I've been broken hearted before!"
"For real?"
"Yes, a long time ago..."
"What happened?" she asked as she can see that Dan is not comfortable with the question. She can see that he really love this girl, whoever she is. This girl must really hurt him that he is still single because Dan is a nice guy, he is a little weird but he is a nice looking guy too.
"It's a long story!"
"We got time..." she says playfully and checking her watch "Oh no, we don't..."
"What, why?"
"Taxiiiiii..." Serena hailing the cab to get back to the Upper East Side "I'll text you the place okay, please come!"
"I told you, I am not going to sit there and see you make the biggest fool of yourself!"
"I want you there..." she says sulkily, still trying to get a cab.
"Serena, please... I won't!"
"I'll text you. I had the most miserable 3 hours with you. Can't you have 3 miserable hours with me?" she said as a cab pull over by her "please, I am begging you to come and be there for me?" she asks before entering.
"I am not coming!" he said.
"Please!" she says with a sad face "and please wear something nice for a change!".
Dan's apartment, room.
He can't help but to think about Serena. She's a pain for him, he's trying to help her forget about her problem yet now, she's the problem he got to handle. He squeezes the stress ball that she's been bouncing back and forth to the wall.
"I'll text you. I had the most miserable 3 hours with you. Can't you have 3 miserable hours with me?" she said as a cab pull over by her "please, I am begging you to come and be there for me?" she asks before entering.
"I am not coming!" he said.
"Dan, do you want to go to Nobu for dinner?" Jenny knocks on the door to ask Dan if he wants to go to for dinner "are you okay?" she asks as if Dan is not paying attention to her at all.
"Yes, I am okay..."
"So you're joining?"
"I need to go somewhere..." he says standing up while still thinking if what he's about to do is good "I need your help..." he smile coyly.
"I know that smile..."
Daniel's Restaurant.
Dining table.
Serena keep on checking on her phone to see if Dan is coming and he would actually reply her 1000 messages for him to come and join her. Dan was right, this is an awful idea to invite her ex boyfriend and his new girlfriend for a dinner because it is actually killing her softly inside.
"So Serena, how was Paris?" Amanda asks Serena as if there was no other questions to ask. Amanda is the new girlfriend of Nate, she knows it very clearly that Nate broke up with Serena due to the lack of attention Serena is giving him while she was in Paris "I heard you were hanging out with a gay boy?"
"Oh yes, the gay boy that she spent 24 hours with in Paris... the city of love!"
"For your information, he is not gay!" she says with a smile "in fact, he is way better looking than you Nate!"
"Really?" Amanda asks interested in knowing more about this guy because everyone in the Upper East Side knows that Serena has always been smitten with Nate and has been in love with him for god knows how long.
"Where is he then?" Nate asks uninterested.
"He'll be here..." she says taking a sip from her champagne and checking her phone again and only wishing Dan would turn up.
Entrance
Dan arrived at the restaurant in a Mayfair of the event, he doesn't know why he feels obligated to show up at this stupid soiree Serena plan to get her boyfriend back. "It's kind of a small place" he said to himself, adjusting his tie and looking around the hall for Serena and her friends.
"Hi, welcome to Daniel's... do you have a reservation, sir?" the waiter asks Dan as he can see Dan is looking around like a lost puppy.
"I'm here for Serena Van Der Woodsen" he answers sheepishly.
"Please come this way Mr Humphrey..."
"They know my name... wow!"
He glide past more pillars into a softly lit rooms decorated with huge abstract paintings, candles burning in alcoves and only a few linen-covered tables and couples all around the hall, smiling at each other like it's valentine's day. "This is so not my world" he mutter nervously to himself and the sight of Serena make him nervous even more. She's indescribable, she's a tough cookie but she's also soft on the inside. More like a hardcandy when after you chew, you'll get the best inside. That is Serena.
"Dan", she says as she brighten when she sees Dan approaching the table. He changed, he shaved and he clean up well.
"Serena!" he says with a smile and button up his Gucci gray suit.
hey, I will write more but I need reviews because I don't know if there is readers for this :( sadly.