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Chapter 2

Blair's blackberry started vibrating from her bag. The caller-id read 'Serena', so she answered immediately, wondering what was going on with her best friend. They hadn't had proper chats since before Bart died, and Blair missed her.

"Hey, S" She said cheerily.

"B," Serena replied, her voice wavering, and she was practically in tears.

"Honey, what's wrong?" Blair might not have spoken to Serena in a while, but she was still her best friend, and didn't like to see her upset. When Serena didn't reply, Blair sighed, "I'll be at the Palace in 10 minutes, k? Don't go anywhere, S." She hung up, and rushed to the lift, grabbing her coat on the way.

After a quick trip to Starbucks to grab Frappucchino's and doughnuts for them both, she took a taxi to Serena's house, whilst texting Chuck and Nate to meet her there as soon as possible. She might not be talking to Chuck, but this was an emergency. After a short but anxious drive, Blair arrived there to see Chuck's limo pull up outside, and Nate climb out of it, followed by Chuck. Blair knew that calling both of them was probably an overreaction, but she was worried about Serena, who was probably wasted by now, and she didn't want to have to deal with it alone. They were the Non-Judging Breakfast Club after all.

As they took the lift up to Serena and Chuck's apartment, there was an awkward silence, and none of them wanted to confront the others. Chuck was furious, his best friend was going out with the love of his life, and they were both lying to his face. He did love Blair, he just didn't know how to tell her, and he was honestly petrified of admitting his feelings. Blair was just nervous, she and Nate were just friends, but she knew Chuck didn't believe her and thought she had just gone running back to Nate because she was mad at him. She couldn't stop thinking about all of the things that her and Chuck had done in this lift, and how much she wished she could trust him. And as usual, Nate was standing there, completely oblivious to all the tension and hoping he was going to run into Dan upstairs.

They arrived upstairs to see Serena crying on her bed, her perfect golden hair a total mess and her face smeared with chocolate. She was quite drunk, but the pain she felt hadn't gone away.

"S!"Blair shrieked, "What's happened?" She grabbed her friend and pulled her into a hug, trying to wipe the tears from her face and find out what's wrong. Chuck stood there uneasy, while Nate sat on the end of the bed and stroked Serena's hand comfortingly, and letting her know that he was there for her.

"Chuck." cried Serena, whilst Blair and Nate turned to him, surprised. "Mum just said we couldn't go to Paris. Either of us. And now..." she trailed off, sobbing, "Now, I have to spend the holiday at home with Dan. Whilst B and Nate get to go to Paris. And we'll be on our own. Christmas has been ruined." She burst into tears again.

Blair rolled her eyes at Chuck, while he tried his best not to laugh. The way Serena had sounded made him think that Georgina was back, or she had been mugged or something serious. Not that her holiday was cancelled. And people said that Blair was the drama queen. But Nate was more concerned, and comforted her saying, "Don't worry Serena. If you and Chuck aren't going to Paris, then neither will we." Blair raised her eyebrows. She had been looking forward to Paris and spending time with her father in France. Chuck just smirked at how much Nate would do to please Serena. "We'll spend Christmas on the Upper East Side together and it will be really fun." Nate continued, giving Serena his best smile.

"Aaaawww thanks Natie! Thanks guys!" Serena squealed, whilst grabbing them all and giving them a group hug. Chuck and Blair smirked at each other, laughing about how quickly Serena could go from tears to the happiest person alive. Despite not going to Paris, they were happy that they would be together for Christmas, and they would get to spend some time together without being interrupted by Vanessa or Penelope and Hazel. And it was the perfect time for Chuck to win back Blair.

Eric burst into the room, with a puzzled look on his face. "Hey guys! What's happening? I heard squeal–" He started, before being squished by Serena pulling him into a hug and kissing his forehead. Eric just frowned and stuck his tongue out at Blair who was laughing at him. Blair ruffled his hair and told him that they were spending Christmas on the Upper East Side with Serena. Eric smiled, Blair was like a big sister to him, and he liked spending time with her. "I guess I'm stuck with all of you then" he joked, whilst struggling out of Serena's embrace and going to stand with Blair and Chuck. "Don't worry Little Van Der Woodsen, Blair and I will be too busy entertaining each other to get in your way. You can come and join in if you like though..." Chuck smirked, wiggling his eyebrows, while Blair slapped his arm playfully and rolled her eyes at him.