AN: School is really starting to get to me! But I'm working on fics you guys don't worry. There's a flashback and a reference to another flashback I did in a few chapters back. If you want to read it, it is in chapter 5. This chapter has two parts so they won't be long as I wanted them to be (not very fond of them either), Part 1 is DS talking to others alone part 2 will be all them. Review =)
"B! I have some great news." Serena announced as she stormed in.
"You and Humphrey sealed the deal. Yawn!" Blair replied flipping through a magazine.
"No, we didn't."
"I heard Tiffany left town though."
"She did, and me and Dan had a date last night."
"So you and Humphrey are giving it another go?"
"Yeah, I guess we are."
"How easy you can forgive...and forget."
"What does that mean?"
"Well." Blair began as she sat up on the bed. "He was still going to marry Tiffany, wasn't he?"
"Yeah."
"Meaning a lifetime of no hanky panky for you two. Dan's honorable."
"He just felt bad, that's all."
"Just be careful S."
"Coming from the girl who told me to get Tiffany out of the picture?"
"Well blackmail is always fun for me, so any chance of ruining a life is what I'm game for. What I mean is your last breakup was really ugly, it took me forever to get you to smile."
"We said a lot of things we didn't mean that day, but we were still friends after....and I never told you the whole story B."
"So, what happened then?"
"It was right before he went back to college and we just couldn't agree on anything except that we wanted to try again one day. I wanted to take the year off to find my dad, he wanted me to stay in college. He was worried that we wouldn't make it again."
"But you did leave. Right after the carnival."
"And that night he told me that he'd wait."
"And he didn't."
"That's where the story gets tricky. We broke up while I was in Europe, not before I left."
"When I visited you, you said you guys decided to stay a part. That he said it was better to find yourselves because of your parents and then you left to find your dad."
"I lied. I never told him why I was going to Europe and he found out I was with Carter...it's messy."
"I'm not ready to come home yet Dan."
"You told your mother you'd be gone a year and you'd come home, that was the deal."
"I don't want to miss out on what life has to offer me. New York is old news, there's more here for me."
"What about me, huh?"
"Dan..."
"You promised me that we'd try again after freshman year. That we need a year of college to grow and see where our heads were at."
"And we did grow."
"Yeah, a part. I'm left here with this ache in my heart."
"Maybe..." Serena tried to reply before Dan cut her off.
"Just stay. We know it's what you want. Just, don't expect me to wait around anymore."
"I focused all my time on trying to find my dad, that I let my boy slip away."
"But why lie to me."
"When was the last time you could keep a secret?"
"Point taken."
"I'm sorry B, I just wasn't ready for all this to catch up with me."
"Hey Jenny." Dan said as he strolled into the loft. "What are you are to?"
"Packing away all my material from you're aborted wedding."
"Laying it on thick there, huh?"
"I was excited to make dresses."
"Next wedding I promise I won't screw things up." Dan laughed.
"That's not funny."
"I need humor to help mend."
"I read on Gossip Girl...that you and Serena were at your hotel the other day."
"Yeah, I asked her to stop over."
"Did you two......"
"No we didn't."
"Look, I'm the biggest Dan and Serena supporter, but just take it slow."
"I thought you liked Serena?"
"I do. But I liked Tiffany too. You would of been on your honeymoon right now. Your whole life would of been different if your pathes hadn't crossed again. I'm not saying you made the wrong choice, it was pretty clear you and Serena would go back to each other."
"What does that mean?"
"It's like gravity or something, it always pulls you guys close or something."
Dan looked down at the counter. There was nothing else he could really say to that comment, but that it was right. It always felt different with Serena.
"This letter came for you while you spent days sulking. I tried to reach you."
Jenny handed Dan a white envelope with a weird seal on it. Dan tore it open leaving small scraps on the floor. He revealed the letter that stated:
Dear Mr Humphrey,
We are pleased to inform you that we have received your submission for the Young Authors of New York Internship, and would love to meet with you. We feel that you have great promise and would be a great asset to have on our team. Please contact us to set up and interview and you will be placed with one of our on staff writers.
Sincerely,
Administrator.
"What is it?" Jenny spoke up and she say Dan's face widen.
"Its an offer to work with a writing team."
"That's great news Dan."
"Well, it kinda is."
"You've wanted your big break for a long time. You were afraid Tiffany would have to get you the job."
"That's the thing. I applied for this postion when I thought me and Tiffany would be married living in Detroit."
"What are you going to do?"
"It's a great offer, but I can't take it, not when I told Serena I love her. It wouldn't be fair."