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Chapter 2
Constance still looked like Constance, no matter what year it was. Dan remembered the hard bricks that he and Serena used to make out on, years of tradition. He sighed. Some things never change, including the type of students that go to the school. Dan noticed the current monarchy talking their seats on the steps of the Met, not letting any lower person sit anywhere near there. He wondered if gossip girl was still around, letting everyone know everything. Oh those were the days, he thought to himself. Dan entered his English class room, the only place where he actually listened to the teacher.
The bell rang and Dan braced himself. He could hear the sounds of expensive Armani and Jimmy Choo shoes walking down the halls, he shuddered. The door creaked open and the students entered the classroom. Dan cleared his throat and spoke, hoping to get some attention. "hey, welcome back students, I'm your new English teacher Mr. Humphrey (he wrote it on the board), I may be new to teaching, but I am certainly not new to Constance." Dan turned around to see Headmistress Queller staring at him, with another student standing next to her.
"Mr. Humphrey and class, we have a new student this year, Audrey Kline, please welcome her in true Constance fashion," Queller focused on a group of girls sitting at the back smirking. "And good luck to you Mr. Humphrey." Said Queller as she turned and left. Dan stared at the girl, she had dark brown hair, green eyes and pale skin. She reminded him of Blair, but that was impossible, they hadn't seen or heard from Blair since they graduated. Dan looked down at his class list and called out the names to check if everyone was present.
"This year we will be studying Shakespeare, Margaret Atwood, Edgar Allen Poe, and some short stories, I would like to begin with Shakespeare's and Romeo and Juliet." Dan went on, and the class listened, well most of them did. By the end of the class Dan handed assigned them to read Acts 1-3 and some questions based on the act. The rest of the day was kind of boring for Dan, watching his 1 year old and 3 year old was far more interesting than a bunch of teenagers who weren't even paying attention to him.
Dan left Constance that day thinking about Blair, what if she was back? What if Audrey was hers? And who the hell was Kline? Though it did ring a bell… Dan rode the subway all the way back to Brooklyn. He knocked on the door of his apartment and heard his son charge his way towards the door to open it, he heard deeper footsteps, which were probably Serena's behind him.
"Who is it?" the boy asked.
"It's daad" Dan cooed. Serena opened the door, as his son hugged him. Serena kissed his cheek and followed him inside. "So, how was your day big boy?" Dan asked his son, who had finally let go.
"It was great, mommy took us to the paak and we had ice kream, and Will and Auntie Vanessa came along too!" said the boy excitedly.
"And What about you princess," said Dan as he took his daughter from Serena.
"Well she's been having a great day, only 5 diaper changes so far!" laughed Serena. The baby cooed at him."So, how was your day, any new gossip girl secrets to dish on?" asked Serena.
"Umm, no, but" Dan wasn't sure to tell Serena about Audrey, especially since he wasn't sure about Audrey himself. Serena looked at him as she cut the potatoes. "Well there's this girl, she is fifteen and in my English class, and she looks a lot like Blair" Serena stopped.
"Your joking Dan, there's no way" said Serena angrily.
"I wouldn't have told you if I thought differently." Said Dan.
"It just can't be, I … need to see her" said Serena still shocked.
"Sure, you and the kids can come with me tomorrow," said Dan.
"But you're sure, it's just that Dan, you haven't known Blair as long as I've known her…" whispered Serena.
"It's Kinda hard to forget the Queen B, that schemed against my little sister" laughed Dan. "Should we tell the others, I mean, I know I'm not sure, but just give them a warning?"
"Maybe we should hold out on telling Chuck, till we're sure" Serena reassured herself. Serena called up Nate and Vanessa.
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Audrey opened the door and saw her mom sitting in the office. "Hey mom!" said Audrey.
"Audrey!" said Blair running to hug her. "How was your day?"
"It was good, Constance was just how you said it would be, the Queen and her monarchy sitting on the steps of the Met, bullying every girl in their path, thought the teachers changed" Audrey sighed and dropped her bag on one of the antique chairs.
"Some things never change hun," said Blair. "meet anyone interesting?"
"Nope, just the same old people" said Audrey. "Well I'm going to do the homework that my English teacher assigned us, its Romeo and Juliet, so it'll be easy, when's dad coming back?"
"Soon" Blair grinned. Audrey got up and left. "Can you check up on your brother please?" Blair asked.
"Yea sure mom," Said Audrey. Blair watched her daughter leave, she was so proud of her. Audrey wasn't like her or her father when they were her age. Well not that she knew of, how many times had she told Eleanor about her parties? But Blair was sure that the relationship between her daughter and herself was stronger than her mother's and herself.