The Golden Age
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A.N: Enjoy!
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Spotted!
You'll never guess who was spotted at the Monkey Café ladies and gentleman? None other than B herself! My devoted fan base spotted them walking off to a deserted room. Thanks guys for the update. What were they doing in there? Let's just leave that to our imagination for now shall we. If you spot anything don't be shy and call your humble servant.
S spotted with New York's Finest
That's right! Your gossip hungry eyes do not deceive you. Serena was spotted going into the station to report murder but alas when the police got there, there was no crime to be found. Poor S! Is she crumbling under the pressure of Hollywood? Or is there something sinister going on here? I'll keep you posted.
Dan entered his flat in a daze he couldn't believe what had just happened. What on earth was he supposed to do? If he tried to rescue Vanessa his family would be killed. He hates the horrible spot he's been put in. How can he just continue on like nothing happened? Dan knew that it wouldn't be long before they killed her if they haven't already. Why on earth did they let him go? That is something that's been bugging him since he left.
He looked around his flat and saw that it was unbelievably clean. Dan figured they must've cleaned up his place to hide the crime. He let out a long sigh and put on a track called: California Ramblers - Yes, She Do. Then he got out some whisky (that was hidden underneath a loose floorboard) and filled his glass with it and sat down.
Dan has never felt so helpless in his entire life. Then he noticed something, where is his maid? She was there when they attacked. Where was she?
Knock! Knock! Came the sound from the front door. Dan put his drink down and opened the door to find Serena looking so happy to see him. She immediately put her arms around him in a tight embrace. When she finished she looked into Dan's eyes, his very soul and said:
"There is something I have to tell you"
…
Blair has been on tenterhooks since she read Chuck's note. What he would ask of her was keeping her up at night. She started remembering how they met:
Six months earlier
Blair and Serena were at a launch party for Jenny Humphry's new fashion line. Anyone who was anyone was there even the president himself. Serena was currently dancing with John D. Rockefeller III as the band in the centre of the room played a number of fast jazz pieces. Blair was sitting at the bar feeling a bit lonely. When Serena grew tired of her conquests she usually came back.
She looked around the room to see Jenny Humphry getting chatted up by a team member on the Yankee's team while the rest of the team were doing shots in the far corner of the room. Blair also saw President Calvin Coolidge talking to his wife Grace. Then she saw the female gangster Georgina Sparks snogging and dirty-dancing Jack Bass on the dancefloor. Blair hates that family and hopes that one day they are banished from the city.
"You're looking lonely" a male voice observed from the seat beside her.
Blair turned around and saw it was Chuck Bass the famous gangster. She felt scared but she refused to let him see that.
"Would you like me to buy you a drink?" he asked but it was clear he expected much more than that.
"I'm not interested in criminals and I am certainly not that type of girl. So if you don't mind go and stalk someone who will actually give you the time of day. Besides I'm just waiting for my friend to come back from her dance"
Chuck seemed amused by her (he knew who she was because of gossip girl).
"Do you mean the friend who's leaving with one of the Rockefeller's?" Chuck smirked.
Blair looked over to find Serena sneaking off into a deserted room with him.
Huh! Blair hated it when Serena just abandoned her at these parties.
"So you're available then?" Chuck beamed.
"Shut up Bass!" Blair sighed and knocked back the rest of her cocktail.
"How about just a dance then?" Chuck asked.
Blair still looked unconvinced.
"Just so the night isn't a total loss"
"You do realise I am expected to marry someone"
"You do realise I don't care"
"Fair point" Blair shrugged and followed him to the dancefloor.
The song changed to another catchy and fast tune and for the first time since she got to that stupid party she was actually having fun. The dancefloor was very busy and chaotic and filled with dancers who were half drunk already. When they stepped onto it Charleston started playing. The rest of the night was a jazz and alcohol filled blur. Blair barely remembered the rest of the night, she just remembers feeling free and happy. Blair also remembers waking up in a strange room with a hangover that wasn't hers the next morning.
Where am I? Was the first thought that entered her head as she woke up on that hazy morning? She was in what looked like a very luxurious hotel room. It was spacious and filled with just the essentials there was a huge double bed with a golden head board and a leather coffee table next to it. The wallpaper was royal purple which is also the colour of the very expensive looking bed covers.
Where on earth was she?
Then it suddenly hit her like a ton of bricks, she's just slept with the infamous gangster Chuck Bass! What on earth had she just done? If this got out then her whole reputation would be ruined. Her mother barely forgave her for having that fling with Dan Humphry and he was a respected author! What will she say about her having a fling with a criminal? All Blair knew was she had to get out of there as soon as possible.
Before she could get up Bass came into the room wearing a smug expression and a tray with a traditional English breakfast and a glass of orange juice.
"I see sleeping beauty's finally awake" he jested as he put the breakfast tray on her lap.
"Sleeping beauty is leaving" Blair countered as she removed the tray and put back on the bed.
She started getting dressed as he looked at her with an amused expression on his face.
"This never happened! OK" Blair dictated, "I'll be ruined if anyone found anything about this"
"Is that why you're leaving?" he grinned mischievously.
"Yes!" came the impassioned reply.
"Or is it that for once in life you felt free and happy and it terrifies you?" he guessed with an unbelievably smug on his face.
His comment struck a chord with Blair more than she would ever admit. So of course she got dressed quicker. When she's finished she grabbed her bag and slung it over her shoulder.
"I hope this is the last time we see one another"
"No you don't" Chuck said, "I'll be seeing you soon I expect"
"Don't count on it" Blair snapped back before leaving the hotel room.
Over the next week all Blair could think about was that night (not that she'd ever admit that to anyone). Chuck was also thinking of her more than he thought he would. There was something different about her that he couldn't put his finger on. She was beautiful, smart and witty. He knew he had to see her again but he would never admit to her face that he liked her liked her.
Blair was having a very boring dinner with her future in-laws, the USA Secretary of the treasury and Nate. She found herself thinking again of that night a week before. It was then that a very depressing thought came to her. That night was the most happiest she's ever been. She hated the thought of turning into Nate's mum! Blair wanted to be free and anywhere but here.
"So I hear you two are intended for each other?" Andrew Mellon asked.
"We are" Blair confirmed in a faint voice.
"How lovely! So what school are you thinking about for your children? I can recommend some good ones"
Children? They're not even officially engaged yet!
"Well of course they will be going to Yale" Mrs Archibald informed the treasurer.
Breathe Blair! Breathe!
"A fine choice" the treasurer agreed.
"After they are married they will be living in my house in east end. It's very easy to manage so they can raise a family there. The place is just darling" Nate's mum said.
She couldn't take it anymore she had to get out of there.
"Would you excuse me for a moment I need to get some fresh air" Blair blurted.
"Of course dear" Mrs Archibald responded in a barely concealed irritable tone.
"Thank you"
Blair went out to the front of the restaurant to catch her breath. Are these people completely insane? They weren't even married and she wasn't pregnant yet. She might be barren for goodness sake! Blair could see her life now, a bored socialite whose life is filled with looking after children and shallow parties. That thought absolutely terrified her!
"You're not looking so good sleeping beauty" said a voice behind her.
She rolled her eyes at this turn of events. Could this day get any better?
"What are you stalking me now? Haven't you got anything better to do? Go away Bass" Blair responded, "I can't be seen talking to a gangster in the middle of the street".
"First of all, I was having a business meeting with the restaurant manager and I saw you leaving looking upset (Blair scoffed). Second of all, I prefer talking to you then anything I have to do. Third of all, let's fix that"
He grabbed her hand and dragged her into a deserted alley where they were quite alone.
"We can talk now" he smirked.
"What do you want from me?" Blair asked.
"It's not about what I want from you it about what you want from me" Chuck told her.
"And what do I want from you?"
"I don't have to tell you that"
He backed her against the wall by this point and she could smell his scent as he got closer. Blair's common sense evaporated in an instant. All she wanted to do was rebel against everything the Archibald's stood for and from all her expectations. So she gave in and started making out with him in an alley not too far from the Archibald's and the treasurer were having dinner. At this point she really didn't care if she got caught.
He pinned her against the wall as he kissed her passionately and put his hand up her skirt. Blair let out a lustful sigh as she kissed him with just as much passion back. He entered her and started fucking her against the wall. Blair had to tried to quieten her scream but it was hard to as she felt the same pleasure she'd felt that night all over again.
They enjoyed each other for a few more minutes before they decided they'd been gone too long. They both got changed in silence but she knew they were going to do this regularly. Five minutes later Blair was back in the restaurant happy and content. Mrs Archibald gave her an icy glare but she really didn't care.
Over the next months both of them saw each other as regularly as they could. For once in her life she was actually happy. Until it all came tumbling down. One fateful day a gossip girl article revealed their relationship. Blair remembered sitting at the breakfast table drinking some coffee and seeing her mother walking in the room looking at her with a furious expression.
"Is it true?" she hissed.
"Is what true?" Blair asked obliviously.
"Are you sleeping with that nothing gangster Chuck Bass?" she asked her.
Dread and guilt filled her very soul at that question. How on earth did she find out?
"How did you find out?" Blair asked in a stunned tone.
"Mrs Archibald called me when she read it in Gossip girl" Eleanor told her only daughter.
Blair could tell her mother was heartbroken and worst of all ashamed. For once Blair was lost for words. She could tell her mother felt betrayed. Blair felt her world crumble down around her as a stray tear went down her cheek.
"End it now" Eleanor said in an icy voice.
"I am so sorry-"Blair began to apologise but her mother interrupted her.
"What kind of daughter have I raised? You are about to get married for goodness sake! What is wrong with you? Why?" Eleanor paused, "Just tell me why"
There were tears glistening in both of their eyes now.
"I did it because I felt trapped and I just wanted to be free, at least for a while. I didn't mean to hurt you" Blair explain, "I was so miserable that I wasn't thinking straight"
All through Blair explanation Eleanor's expression remained the same.
"You have brought shame and scandal to this household and you did it because you felt trapped? Why did you not just talk to me?"
"I so sorry mother" Blair apologised.
"You will spend the next six months abroad to ride out the scandal and then you will marry Nate Archibald"
"But surely the Archibald's will not want me to marry their son anymore?" Blair asked, confused.
"You are lucky that the Archibald's are desperate to make a deal with me" Eleanor yelled, "Now get out my sight. I do not want to see you until you come back"
She didn't even say goodbye as she strode out of the room.
That moment was the lowest she's ever felt. She's never forgotten the way her mother looked at her. Sometimes Blair wanted to be born into a different family.
Privilege definitely comes with a price. After that Blair had one more meeting before she left for Rome for six months. She'd agreed to meet Chuck secretly in an abandoned alley. Blair knows what she has to do even though it would break her heart to do so. He was waiting for her when she arrived.
"I'm sorry" Chuck apologised, "I will find out who sold the story to gossip girl".
"I'm sorry too" Blair said sadly.
"About what?" he wondered.
"It's over Chuck" Blair told him as her heart was breaking, "I'm so sorry, but I must pick my family first and my reputation. I will be going away for a while and when I come back I will be marrying Nate"
Chuck for once looked stunned and confused.
"You care what the media and other people say about you?" Chuck said, "Who cares?"
Blair refused to listen to his reasoning and charged on with her own argument.
"I have been selfish and I haven't been thinking about my family. Their honour and place in society are at stake"
"Is that why you're leaving? Or is it because you're too scared to be happy? Or to take the leap with someone like me?" Chuck said savagely.
"I've got to go Chuck" Blair told him in a voice that sounded like it was about to cry.
"This isn't over!" Chuck yelled after her as she walked away with tears in her eyes.
End of flashback
…
Blair still felt sad whenever she remembered that (but she would never admit that in front of him).
…
"Are you ready for the responsibility?" asked the head of the FBI.
Agent Melvin Purvis the rising star of the FBI nodded his head. He was to run the investigation to arrest the Bass' and bring down their criminal empire upon their heads. He was in his twenties and this was to be his first lead in an investigation. Agent Purvis was standing in front of his boss J. Edgar Hoover in his huge and luxurious office.
"Yes I am sir" he replied eagerly.
"They have torn apart the city for too long now" Hoover told him.
"I agree sir" he nodded.
"You must be cautious of who you can trust in this place. Who knows how many of them are under the Bass' payroll. I am trusting you to lead the investigation to finally bring them down"
"I am honoured by your trust in me" Melvin told him.
"Now go and pick your team" the boss ordered, "Make sure you pick the best of the best. You'll need men of fine calibre to take down the Bass family"
Melvin was excited and cautious about what he's been told to do. He hated them more than anyone and he will take great pleasure in taking them down.
….
Serena and Dan had talked all night about what had happened and how they felt about it. At the moment they were on Dan's sofa in the living room each with a glass of whiskey in their hands. Dan had not taken the news of his maid's murder very well. He was still very shaken up about it. Serena couldn't help pity Dan but at the same time she still felt a twinge of jealousy when she heard how he spoke of Vanessa.
"I am so sorry about your maid" Serena said at dawn approached.
"How many people do you think they've killed?" Dan asked her randomly.
"I have no idea"
"They've been around for years so I think the number would be pretty steep by now" Dan told Serena in dazed voice, "They murder, rob, bully and goodness knows what and they get away with it"
Serena put her hand on his shoulder to comfort him.
"I think it's time somebody did something about them" Dan told her.
"No!" Serena protested, "Please don't do anything stupid"
"Didn't Edward Burke say 'The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing'?"
"What could you do Dan?" Serena tried to talk sense into him.
"Not nothing" Dan persisted, "I do not know how I am going to do it but I will".
…
Thorpe was standing in front of his men in the great hall of his mansion in the upper west side. His men were all holding guns and waiting for his instruction. Thorpe had been beyond angry and frustrated when he'd heard about the Bass' escape from his assassin's bullets. However he had been heartbroken when he learned what happened to his daughter.
It was time to rescue her…
"The Bass's took Rania from me" he announced to his men, "It's time to infiltrate her prison and kill as many of Bass' men as possible. You can shoot anyone who isn't my daughter"
"Let go get my daughter back" Thorpe finished smirking at what's to come.
…
Blair and Chuck met in abandoned alleyway the next day. She just wanted to get this over with. When she arrived he was already there looking smug beyond belief.
"What is it Bass?" Blair snapped impatiently, "Just come out with it".
Chuck opened his mouth to tell her…
A/N
Thank you so much for reading this and for your follows and comments. I am so sorry that it took so long to update.
Btw Melvin Purvis is a real agent who took down John Dillinger in the 30s and Hoover really was the director of the FBI back then.