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You're Nothing

As Chuck had requested, Dan hadn't let Eric out of his sight. It had been a week and Dan was running out of excuses to keep Eric near by. And Eric was noticing. Eric noticed that Dan always had some excuse to be where ever he was. And it made Eric very nervous. He had been so sure that Dan hadn't believed Chuck. But now Eric wasn't so sure. Eric was at his wit's end. He was freaking out and he couldn't use his usual coping mechanisms because Dan was always on his back. Whenever Eric tried to ask Dan about it, Dan just said he wanted to spend time with his little brother. And Eric wasn't stupid. At least Chuck had managed to keep his mouth shut to the rest of the family. Although that made Eric a little nervous too. He wondered what Chuck was planning and with Chuck Bass, he was always planning something.

Finally, Eric couldn't stand it anymore. The uncertainty. The fear. Being watched all the time. He just couldn't take it. They didn't trust him. When Rufus brought them coffee and stopped to talk to Dan, Eric sneaked upstairs into his bathroom and found the razor he had hidden in his bottom drawer. Just one little cut and it would be okay.

When he got back downstairs, Dan looked at him strangely Eric freaked out a little. Had Dan noticed? But when Dan didn't say anything Eric forgot about the whole thing. He was safe.

Eric may have thought Dan hadn't noticed, but Dan very much had. Dan really wanted to believe Eric. It would be so easy. Eric had always been his good little brother, who never did anything bad or manipulative Then there was Chuck Bass, who was evil and scheming and was out to get everyone. If Eric was the one lying, he'd need to redefine everything. And Dan was just not good at that.

Dan looked at Eric. He looked innocent, but if he look closely he could tell Eric looked pale and upset. Eric also kept looking at his arm. That got Dan very suspicious. Dan then did something he thought would get him to the bottom of things. Not because he didn't trust Eric, Dan told himself, but because he wanted to prove Chuck was lying. Dan spilled his coffee on Eric's arm.

"OWWWWW!" Eric howled, clutching his arm.

"Here lemme get that!" Dan said grabbing Eric's arm and attempting to roll his sleeve back. Eric yanked his arm back. "I got it!"

Eric went upstairs, and Dan waited for him to come back downstairs, but he didn't. Finally Dan climbed up and went to Eric's room. Dan knocked on the door. "Eric! Can I come in?" Eric didn't reply so Dan went in anyway. Eric was laying on his bed reading a book.

"What do you want?" Eric asked, not looking up from his book.

Dan sat down next to Eric and took the book out of his hands. "Give it back!" Eric grabbed for the book, but Dan put it down behind him and out of Eric's reach. Eric tried to reach over Dan but Dan grabbed Eric's shoulders and pulled him back.

"I want to talk to you." Dan said, hands still on Eric's shoulders.

"About what? How you don't trust me? I know that's why you did that! I know that's why you've been practically stalking me all week! You believe Chuck don't you?" Eric yanked his shoulders back, "And would everyone STOP GRABBING ME!"

"I believe you, Eric. I will always believe you. I'm always on your side. Any time. Any where. You're my little brother. And I hope you know you can tell me anything. I won't judge you."

Fire appeared in Eric's eyes, "If you believed me, you wouldn't be treating me like this! You wouldn't even consider Chuck being right! And as for trusting you? I don't trust you as far as I can throw you. You act like you're so understanding, but your the most judgmental person I've EVER met. You judge Serena. You judge Jenny. You judge everyone!"

"Eric..." Dan began but Eric cut him off.

"You're not smarter than us! You don't know better than us! You are nothing to us! Nothing to me! You aren't a part of my world! Do you really think I care about you? I'm just bored. I wanted to piss off Chuck, so who better to hang out with than you? And as for Serena! I hope you know she was just dating you to piss off Mom!You embarrass Jenny. She told me so herself! Nate only hangs out with you to make himself feel better! You know how badly he wants out of the Upper East Side. Does that make you mad? He has what you want but is willingly to throw it all away? You are nothing to any of us! So get a clue and stop embarrassing yourself."

"SHUT UP!" Dan yelled and punched Eric in the eye.

When Eric touched his eye in shock, Dan turned his anger on him, "Do you really think you can talk, Little E? Jonathan broke up with you because you're a horrible person. At first I didn't get it but I do now. You stole your best friends boyfriend and Asher didn't even care about you. You sabotaged her at cotillion Yeah I know how you slept with her date. God, no wonder she dumped yogurt on your head. You're the reason she left time. But hey, I heard she has a new boyfriend. Should I get his number for you so you can do him too? Your own father doesn't even want to know you. He didn't even come back after you tried to kill yourself! Serena doesn't give a shit what you do. Chuck left you! He just turned his back on you! I heard he thought it was pathetic, having some little kid following him around."

Eric spat in his face. "Now if you wouldn't mind getting the hell out of my room."

Dan got up and was almost out the door, when he turned to Eric, "No wonder you're so messed up. Chuck can try and fix you, I'm done. You know before I felt sorry for you, but now I feel sorry for him." Dan slammed the door behind him.

Eric laid down on his bed and started to cry.