It Had To Be You

Jenny Humphrey was outside also and got to witness the arrival of the new It couple with her friends Erik and Jane. She hoped that one day she would be able to arrive with someone she loved just like Serena did with Nate. She sighed her day unfortunately felt like it would never come, that was until she laid eyes on him.

She, Erik and Jane began to walk towards the doors of the school when another limo pulled up and a bunch of gossiping girls around her age and a little younger ran up to it. It was as if a rock star or celebrity were inside or something. Eager to see what the fuss was all about she and her friends walked a little closer towards the limo. Sure they would be late for homeroom but if the crowd was this big she was positive that missing the class would be totally worth it.

They stopped in a particular spot where the gate was and a girl pushed pass Erik just to get a closer look as the door to the limo opened. He rolled his eyes and rubbed his shoulder. He turned to his two best friends and saw that they too were in awe. He wondered just who the hell this kid was. Well he was about to get his answer. The driver stepped back and opened the door all the way and out stepped someone he hadn't seen in a really long time.

Jenny was staring at him with her mouth wide open as were other girls drooling and such. He was about 6 foot even. He had perfectly brown shaggy hair, gorgeous blue eyes and a smile that would make any girl go weak. Jenny knew from experience because for a millisecond he flashed a smile her way and her knees started to give out. She leaned on Erik for support who was at this point less than impressed by the so called Adonis.

"OMG who is that" said Jenny when she regained her balance. Erik scowled as the new boy started to walk away from his limo as the giggling girls followed him.

"Richard Arthur Van der Bilt the 3rd" said Erik the scowl never leaving his face.

"Wait did you say Van der Bilt" asked Jane Erik nodded in confirmation as Richard started walking towards them. "Then that means he's related to Nate" said Jane.

"No wonder he's so gorgeous" exclaimed Jenny as he slowly made his way over.

"Jenny trust me on this one ok, Richard is not someone you want to get involved with, he's self-centered, egotistical and idiotic" said Erik trying to get the girls to walk away. He grabbed Jenny's and Jane's arm but they both refused to move, too late Richard was already stopping in front of them.

"Hello Erik long time no see" said Richard looking at the girls. Erik saw this and the scowl grew even wider on his face.

"Not long enough" Erik mumbled. Richard apparently didn't hear him or didn't care.

"Don't be rude Van der Woodsen, introduce us" said Richard smirking at the girls in front of him.

"Right, this is Jane and Jenny" said Erik rolling his eyes once more. Richard took the back of Jane's hand and kissed it. He did the same with Jenny's but not before saying.

"So this is your new step sister huh?" Erik nodded. Richard bought her hand to his lips and kissed it softly Erik thought that Jenny was going to faint all the other girls that had crowded around were starting to get seriously green with envy. "Almost makes me wish I were a Van der Woodsen, almost" he said never taking his eyes off of Jenny. He let her hand go as they heard the first bell ring outside. "Well I must get going, Ciao Bella" he said kissing her hand once more and then leaving.

Erik shook his head in disgust. "He's an ass"

Jenny who still looked after him star struck said "He's the one" Erik looked at her as if she had just grown two heads and Jane smiled clapping for her friend softly.

Chuck Bass was a very busy man that's why he only stayed for the first two periods of class and lunch that day. He got received an anonymous tip about a man who was looking for a business partner to go half in on a building that he wanted to purchase. He decided that it was worth looking into, he would get Lily to look at the building when she got back but there was no guarantee that she would see things as he saw them, so just in case she fell through he would have this person as a back up plan.

He stepped outside of his limo and told his driver to circle the block until he was done here. His driver got back into the drivers seat and did as he was told. Chuck walked inside and went straight to the elevator, a beautiful young woman got on with him, she smiled at him seductively and he smirked to himself as he pushed the button for the 11th floor.

"Which floor" he asked

"Oh no, I'd prefer to go down" she said flirting with him.

"And so you shall" he answered before pushing the stop button on the elevator door. About an hour later after he straighten up his suit and the young lady left giving him her phone number he went up to the eleventh floor. The elevator stopped and he got off. He walked to room 1125 and pushed in the code number, then he walked inside.

He sat down in the lobby and waited for the secretary to call his name. Once she did he walked into the office and greeted the man he was going to purchase the building from. There was another man sitting inside the office but Chuck couldn't see his face because his back was to him. He shook the owners hand.

"Chuck Bass nice to see you again, so soon" said the owner

"Yes well you know that I couldn't pass up an opportunity like this sir" said Chuck

"Well I must admit that I am glad that you came to your senses Mr. Bass, but as I'm sure you know that we have another offer" he asked. The other man still remained where he was sitting in the spinning chair.

"Yes sir"

"Well I think that you two would work well together, don't you" he asked the man sitting in the chair. The man in the spinning chair turned it around so that it was facing Chuck and the owner.

"That I do sir" he said getting up. The smirk on Chuck's face turned into a scowl.

"Carter Baizen" said Chuck angrily "What the hell are you doing here" he asked as he started to move toward him like he wanted to fight.

"Whoa Chuck, before you do whatever you're about to do, just hear me out, I think that you might like what I have to offer" said Carter calmly while motioning to the other chair.

"Well I'm going to give you two some time to talk, I'll be back when you've both reached a decision" said the owner. Chuck had yet to move from his spot something in him told him that this was very wrong it felt like making a deal with the devil. But still his feet stayed rooted to his spot and Carter began to talk.

The first day of school was over and Dan was walking Vanessa home. The thing that happened this morning with her homeroom teacher was still fresh on her mind and it was bugging her to no end. She wanted to ask about it but she didn't want to be wrong. After all she could've just been seeing things but then again maybe she really did see it. They arrived at her sister's apartment before she could think on it any further and she invited Dan in for coffee.

They walked inside and she put her book bag down. Her sister's apartment looked a lot like the old Humphrey place. Too Dan it sort of felt like home. Vanessa put the coffee on and took a look at the mail. She got a letter from her mother but put it aside for later. When the coffee was done she poured herself and Dan a cup and sat down next to him in the living room.

"So V" said Dan using her Gossip girl name. Vanessa rolled her eyes and smiled. "How was your first day at school on the upper east side" he asked.

"Better than I expected actually, and you were right once Serena got there it actually got comfortable, I even held a conversation with Blair for more than two minutes, so I think I'm adjusting a little better"

"Hey that's my girl" when he said this she blushed, drinking her coffee quickly.

"What about you, how was your day" she asked changing the subject.

"Oh you know same old same old, although I heard a rumor that Nate's Cousin Rick, or Vick or something is at school with us now, apparently he caused some sort of up roar this morning after Nate and Serena's arrival" he said drinking his coffee

"That is interesting" said Vanessa taking a big gulp. "So you seem to know Ms. Carr pretty well" she said trying to ease it in the conversation.

"Yeah I interned for her this summer" he said starting to get uncomfortable. Vanessa saw this change in attitude.

"You never told me that you worked for her" she said a little hurt that he didn't. Dan shifted on the couch and looked around the room.

"Yeah well it really wasn't that important" he answered. Vanessa was going to press the issue even further when her phone started to buzz. She looked at the screen and saw that it was Owen from the coffee shop the other day.

"It's Owen" she said, She'd told Dan about Owen during the walk home from school he really didn't have anything to say about the guy seeing as he didn't know him. He would never admit this but he actually thought that Vanessa was making it up.

"I have to take this, I'll be right back" she said hurrying off the couch and into her bedroom. Dan sat uncomfortably on the couch for a while. About five minutes later Vanessa came out of her room with a huge smile on her face.

"What?" asked Dan smiling too, she had that type of effect on him.

"Owen, he asked me out, I said yes" The smile fell from Dan's face, but he forced one back up. He had no idea why the thought of Vanessa with this Owen guy got to him, but he shrugged it off and said.

"Good for you" Vanessa smiled.

(A/N: I suppose this story would be a mix of season 1 summer and season 2 plus some things from season three will be in here also, hope that answers your question.)