Jenny and Nate had crept away to the bedroom, both of them sick of the constant bickering. Jenny brushed her blond hair over her shoulder as she perched herself on the edge of one of the beds. Nate, not feeling the least bit awkward, sat beside her.
"You know Nate," Jenny said quietly, "I'm not the only friend you have here."
Nate didn't look at her, and instead chose to look at the floor, "but you are the only one who didn't hide anything from me. Even Serena lied to me."
"I think Serena felt that she needed to be a friend to Blair. I know she told Dan because she didn't want to carry the secret just herself."
"The why didn't Dan tell me?"
"Because it wasn't Dan's business to tell you…it wasn't even mine."
"Then why did you?"
"Because you had the right to know," Jenny said hiding part of the truth from him, "and do you really think that either Blair or Chuck would have told you the truth?"
Nate nodded, "you have a point. It just bothers me. Chuck was supposed to be my best friend and he hasn't even made an attempt…"
He trailed off and looked away. Jenny was silent for a minute, "Nate, I know it wasn't you who did anything wrong, but if you want Chuck to try maybe you need to give him the opening to do that."
He looked up and over towards her, "are you actually defending Chuck?"
"No," she said quickly, "I'm just saying that if you want certain things to happen you need to make them happen."
A grin spread over Nate's face as she spoke, "you know that is really good advice, because there is something that I've wanted to happen for a while"
She gave him a confused look as he laced his hand with hers.
"Nate," she whispered quietly as he leaned toward her.
His other hand reached up and stroked her cheek gently, "if you want certain things to happen you need to make them happen, right?"
She smiled and nodded and leaned into him, meeting his lips in a soft, passionate kiss.