Sorry it's taken me so long to update! It's a little short but something's something. Promise to update soon. Let me know what you think! xoxo

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Serena had been talking to Nate pretty regularly since she left. He sounded much happier but he didn't want to tell her why over the phone. She had only been in town for a day when she got a voicemail from Madeline. She was scared to listen to it but she did anyway.

Madeline stood in the middle of the big ballroom. It was perfect. Her dinner went just like she planned. She saw Serena out of the corner of her eye. Perfect timing. The only people left in the room were her parents, Nate and his parents, Serena's mom and brother, and Chuck and Blair and her family. The people who mattered the most. After their break up, she threw a big dinner and invited Nate and all his friends to show everyone that she was fine. Serena was the one about to be humiliated.

She looked around the room and saw Nate in a corner, talking to Chuck. She walked over to Serena calmly. Serena opened her mouth to say something but Madeline beat her to it, "You whore!"

"I'm so so—" she heard the slap and felt her head turn before she felt her cheek sting. She was stunned.

Madeline felt a lot better. "That's what you get for fucking Nate!"

Serena was still in shock but Nate was there in an instant. "Madeline!"

Blair came behind Serena and gave Madeline a smirk. Madeline reached past Serena and shoved Blair hard. Blair shoved Madeline back and Madeline grabbed on to her arms and they fell on the floor.

Nate grabbed Madeline by the hips and pulled her away but she wouldn't let go of Blair, who was being pulled away by Serena and then Chuck. The parents started crowding around but were too shocked to be of any use.

There was a lot of screaming but Nate's voice made everyone quiet, "What the hell is wrong with you?" He grabbed Madeline hard by the arm.

Madeline broke free from his grasp. "Don't you dare reprimand me! She ruined us!"

Nate had no idea how to react. He could have sworn Madeline and him were on good terms.

Serena felt like she should say something. "Madeline…" Her voice was a little shaky.

Madeline turned to her aggressively. "Don't talk to me!"

Serena just wanted to make it all better. "Look I'm sorry. I wish I could take it back but I can't. Nate and I made a mistake. I'm so sorry."

Nate looked down. He didn't know what to do. Serena walked out of the room silently. He instinctively followed her.

"Serena!"

Serena turned. "What?"

"I just want to make sure you're okay."

She nodded and walked away. "It's been a long day. I just want to go home.

Nate reached for her hand and hailed his car with another.

…

Serena got to her apartment with Nate right behind her. There were still boxes everywhere and her furniture hadn't come in so she sat on the floor where she imagined her couch would be.

Nate sat next to her silently. After a while he put his arm around her and pulled her face to his to plant a kiss on her lips.

She pulled away almost instantly. "I'm not really in the mood for that, Nate. That's the reason we're in this mess in the first place."

"It's different now. I'm not with Madeline anymore."

She got up. "I think you should go."

He looked confused but got up. "You're back. We can be together now."

"I didn't come back for you."

He crossed his arms around his chest and frowned. "Why did you pick a place that is 2 blocks away from mine! I talked to Blair…"

"Blair doesn't know everything about me. I moved back because of my career, that's it. I want to be your friend Nate but…"

"You want to be my friend? I won't be your friend."

"You're being extremely unfair. I made it clear that we should both move on…"

"You also called me everyday after you left. I called off my wedding for you."

"I never asked you to do that!"

"You completely led me on. How can you stand there and pretend you didn't?"

"Nate I'm sorry if you misinterpreted…"

"You're never going to change, are you? Nothing is ever your fault Serena. You're actions have no consequences, at all. Ever. I forgot about that, my bad." He walked out angrily.

Serena yelled after him, "Nate!" He was long gone. She went back in her apartment and slammed the door behind her.