Blair stepped onto the subway with hesitation. She had watched the way that Dan and Vanessa had walked down the steps and through the crowd of people as if it wasn't unsanitary. This place had to be one of the most disgusting places she had ever been to, and they were treating it like it was an everyday thing to visit a place as terrible as this. But then she had to remember, for them, it was.
"You okay there Waldorf," Dan asked looking the expression of disgust on the brunette's face.
"I'm fine," she snapped, "it just better not take long to get there."
Vanessa watched amused from one of the seats, rolling her eyes. A man, not too far from Blair, was eying her and she turned and looked at him, turning her nose upwards in revulsion.
Dan chuckled beside her and grabbed her wrist pulling her closer, "you don't fit in quite yet Waldorf," he told her, "so it's better if people in Brooklyn think you have a man by yourself."
A smirk curled across her lips, "that's great to know, tell me when one gets here."
But none the less she moved closer to him, hating that she actually feared the people that surrounded her, all but the two she had come with.
When they got of the subway, they headed back up to the streets and started to walk towards one of the bar's.
"So, I take it from the way you dressed me, you're sister isn't exactly in an orchestra," Blair asked, actually causing Vanessa to snort with laughter.
"I dressed you like that because anything you were to wear down here would make you stick out like a sore thumb. You think that the people around here can't tell Prada from Payless, but for them honey, it doesn't matter. Whether it's real or fake, if it looks expensive, then they look at you like a viral disease," she paused in her speech as they continued walking, "and as for my sister and the kind of music she plays…have you ever listened to a lesbian punk band?"
Blair's eyes widened slightly as the back door of a club was opened and Vanessa stepped inside, slowly Blair followed, and Dan took up the rear.
"Ruby," Vanessa called out with excitement as she saw her sister, going over to embrace her.
"Hey little sis, I was told you were coming tonight by some hoighty toighty woman," looking past Blair she smiled at Dan, "and I see you brought that Dan. I'm not going to catch you two in the bathtub again am I," she asked with a laugh.
Blair watched in amusement as both Dan and Vanessa's cheeks burst a scarlet red. Ruby's eyes then landed on Blair, "and who is this beautiful girl," she asked looking her over.
"Back down girl," Vanessa said with a smirk, "Blair is taken."
"Aw, sis, you following in my footsteps and land yourself a hottie," her sister asked looking at her.
"Um, no actually…" Blair said finally speaking up, "I'm with an Archibald actually…Nate Archibald."
Ruby paused and stared for a moment. She didn't know the name so it had no meaning to it, "bummer. Well if you and he ever break up, I'm a great shoulder to cry on."
With that, Ruby disappeared and Vanessa looked back at Blair.
"You see how saying Nate's name got you no where here, well expect that even more tonight, so I suggest you just offer first names unless you want these people to come looking for you."
Vanessa turned and headed out to the already growing crowd and Dan started to push her towards it, "do me a favor and keep that bathtub bit quiet. We don't exactly like to relive that memory."
Blair nodded, "don't worry Humphrey. I didn't even want to know it was a memory you two had."
He chuckled and grabbed her hand, so she wouldn't get lost, and led her out into the crowd. The concert started and Blair watched as the people around her sang along, jumped along, even Dan whom she giggled at the way he acted every now and then. Vanessa she wasn't all that surprised at, especially considering this was her sister's band. For the first half of the concert, she just watched the band and the people in the crowd, not moving herself, and when the band took a small drink, Dan took her back to the bar to get them water.
"So having fun yet Waldorf," he asked looking at her, panting slightly as he took a large gulp from his water bottle.
"It's not half bad, but this isn't exactly my scene…I kind of feel like…Jenny."
He raised an eyebrow, "what do you mean?"
"It's just that when your little sister hung around with me, she was always out of her element because she wasn't like everyone around her, and well, now that's me. I don't fit in here."
Dan grinned and took another chug from his water and then grabbed her hand when the band took the stage, "well, the assignment said to make you fit in, so I'm going to do just that."
He led her to the middle of the floor and looked at her, "have you ever just let loose, and not in a way that involves sex with Chuck Bass."
Blair pursed her lips and glared, folding her arms across her chest.
"There, you see that, you are too high strung," he said pulling her arms away from her chest, "you need to relax. Think, there are only two people here that know you and do you really think anyone on the Upper East Side would believe us if we told them you rocked out to a lezzy punk band?"
He had a point, but she knew that she would feel silly doing it, "what do I do," she asked quietly.
He grinned as the music started again and he started to bob his head, "find the beat," he said watching her slowly bob her head in sink with his.
She giggled slightly as he watched her and Dan started to bounce on the balls of his feet. She followed in suit. In moments Dan had her jumping with the rest of the crowd. By the time the second half of the concert had ended, Blair was laughing and breathing heavy with Dan.
"I have to admit it Blair," he said with another laugh, "you pick up on things pretty quickly, but it was cute to watch you in the beginning."
Blair's laughing slowly faded as she looked at him, "did you just use the word cute in the same sentence as my name Dan?"
He paused and nodded slowly, "yeah, I guess I did."
Neither of them knew what was happening next. She, maybe in the adrenaline rush of not having to be so uptight for once, had pulled him outside and pushed him up against the wall. Blair's lips were on Dan's passionately, and she could feel the same heat coming from him. Both of their hands were running wildly up each other's bodies.
The door that they had come up suddenly opened and Ruby looked at the two that had quickly broken apart. For a moment she stared and then she spoke, looking directly at Blair, "you know, I've never met this Nate Archibald, but I'm pretty certain that's not him."
Blair looked down and stepped away from Dan, who was silent himself.
"Have you seen Vanessa? We have a party to get to."