Since Georgina's disappearance, Chuck felt like he needed to get his priorities straight. He walked to the Waldorf and looked around for Blair, he found her standing in front of the mirror.
"You look beautiful, as always."
Blair looked at him. "What are you doing here?"
"I just had to see you."
"Well here I am. You can go now."
"Blair…"
"What?"
"I miss you."
…
Serena felt her jaw drop when she saw Blair and Chuck walk into the room holding hands. She looked at Nate, he was equally as shocked. Blair smiled at them, "Hey Guys."
Nate looked at them. "Uh…hi."
Serena smiled. "So…what's new?"
Blair shrugged. "Not much. Chuck begged me to take him back and I agreed."
Chuck laughed. "That's not exactly how it happened."
Blair looked at him. "That's how I remember it."
Chuck pulled out Blair's chair. "Fine. Whatever you say."
Blair smiled. "He's doing good so far."
Nate patted Chuck's back. "I'm happy for you."
Serena nodded. "Me too. Let's eat, I'm starving."
…
Serena was tired of being at the police station. They'd taken her statement countless times but ever since her one-on-one conversation with Detective Given, he'd been asking her to stop by.
He was much nicer to her than he was before. He'd asked her over and over again where she'd gotten Georgina's watch and she simply said that she left it behind that night.
He walked in and gave her a small smile. "There's no one here. It's just me." He reached over to turn off the camera.
She looked at him. "I'm not sure what you want from me, I've already told you everything."
He lowered his voice and locked his eyes on hers. "When I went to your house you were about to tell me something...then you stopped and said they were watching us. What did you mean?"
Serena looked down, she'd hoped he'd forgotten all about that. "I meant…that my mom and lawyer were watching us."
"That's not what you meant."
"I didn't know what I was saying. I was so tired and I was confused."
"I have to tell you something. Something that no one outside this force knows."
Serena looked at him.
"We found Georgina's body. The coroner is performing the autopsy as we speak."
Serena felt the tears sting her eyes. She was dead. Her voice seemed to be gone because she opened her mouth but couldn't say anything.
He walked to the corner of the room and came back with a cup of water for her. "I don't think you or your friends killed her. But I do think you're hiding something. And I intend to find out what that is."
She buried her face in her hands. She took a long sip of water and found her voice again "I've already told you everything!"
"What was Georgina so scared of? Who is watching us?" He looked at Serena. "What are you so scared of!"
The door opened and an officer let . Lily walked over and put an arm around a now sobbing Serena. "What the hell is wrong with you? She's just a kid! Come on, honey."
…
Chuck burst through the hospital doors as quickly as he could. He felt his heart pound in his head and he could see the room spinning. He had never been so scared in his life. He was usually the one calming Blair and Serena down but when he turned the corner and saw Blair crying in the waiting room chair he felt like he was the one who was gonna need to comforting.
He saw the doctors wheeling the gurney down the hall and the pale arm hung off it. Blair saw him and ran towards him. He felt numb and loosened up his black tie to regain his breathing. He snapped back to reality and grabbed Blair's shoulders. "He's going to be okay. Where is Serena? We have to be strong for Serena."
Blair nodded and wiped away her tears on her black dress. Serena turned the corner and felt her heart stop when she didn't see Nate standing with Blair and Chuck. She looked around and ran towards the doors even though she wasn't allowed to be there. A nurse grabbed her arm to keep her back. He looked at her with worried eyes. "We're doing everything we can."
Serena looked down at her dress. There was so much blood. She didn't even know someone could bleed that much. She sat in the hall and curled herself up in a little ball. Please God. Not my Natie.
She felt a strong set of arms around her and Chuck picked her up and sat her on a chair. She held up her trembling hands to her face. Nate's blood was all over her.
She remembered him lying on her lap in the middle of the street. His eyes locked on hers and she ran her fingers through her hair telling him he was going to be okay.
Serena sat in silence for what seemed like hours until a doctor came out to tell them that Nate was stabilized but still hadn't regained consciousness. Serena didn't understand anything anyone was telling her. Until Blair grabbed her face between her hands. "Serena…Serena."
Serena looked at Blair. Blair smiled. "He's going to be okay. Let's go get changed."
Serena followed Blair and Chuck out of the emergency waiting room out to the hall with Detective Given and a few other officers. Of course they needed to take their statements. They were all split up and Serena followed Detective Given to the corner.
He gave her a concerned look. "Are you alright?"
Serena shook her head. She was not okay, not even a little bit. Her lawyer stepped in between them. "Are you kidding me? They just buried one friend and another one ends up in the emergency room. This can wait. She needs to get home and get cleaned up. We can take them to the station tomorrow. Bye."
…
Serena sat with her hands on her lap. She couldn't wait to get out of here and get to the hospital. "We were at Georgina's funeral. Nate crossed the street in front of me and this car…pulled out and hit him. He hit the windshield so hard that he cracked it and a piece of glass was stuck in his chest…" She swallowed hard and went on. "The driver didn't even look back. And I…I ran to Nate and stroked his head while Chuck called the ambulance."
Detective Given nodded. "What did the car look like?"
"Black. It was Chuck's car. His driver got out and walked around to open the door for Blair and someone wearing all black with a black hood just got in the driver's seat, pulled off and just hit him…like he was nothing."
"We found Chuck's car three blocks away. Why would someone steal a car for the sole purpose of running someone over? Who has something against Nate?"
Serena suddenly realized something. "They did it to send us a message."
"What?"
"Don't you get it? You need to leave us alone!"
"What do you mean?"
"The closer you get, the more we suffer."
"The closer I get to what?"
Serena felt the tears running down her face. "Please just leave us alone."
"I understand this has been really hard for you…just tell me who was watching."
"You don't understand! Do you have any idea what it's like to be so scared all the time?"
He put a hand firmly on Serena's. "Tell me why you're so scared. I want to help." He looked up as the door opened and Blair and Chuck were in the doorway.
Chuck reached over and turned the recording device off. He lowered his voice just in case there were others listening. "Listen to me. You need to stop all this. I won't let them take us down one by one just because of your fucking meddling."
Blair grabbed Serena's hand and they all walked away quickly. "Let's go visit Nate."
