The Bet

12:20 AM on Emily Waldorf's Birthday

For people who lived in Manhattan the party ended pretty quickly.

It was weird everyone seemed to be in a rush to get out.

There were only a few people left…I think…

I was in a spare bedroom, lying on the bed

Crying

I wasn't sure what about.

Either it had been about:

A) To spend the night with Joseph Bass

Or

B) The fact that my best friend didn't call me on my birthday

When I heard a knob on the doorway I groaned.

"Go Away." 2 Simple words that I said

To my surprise, not, it was Joseph Bass

"I'm truly sorry, Lillian, but I brought you something…for your gift…on your birthday" he said as he opened a jewelry box for me to see.

"The teardrop hoop necklace?" I knew for a fact that I was looking at the store with these 2 days ago.

"Well, something this beautiful needs to be on someone just as beautiful." He said soothingly as he carefully put the necklace on.

My hand found its way down to the teardrop pendant. Then, I looked up at Joe, whose hand was lingering on my shoulder.

I had no idea what came over me then. It happened too quickly.

One second I loathed Joseph, and now…now I was making out with him on a bed…with him on the bottom.

This is the weirdest birthday ever.

For some reason though, his heart was beating faster. Did that usually happen with him? He must've noticed it too because he pulled away and looked at me.

"Why's your heart beating so fast?" I asked, confused, dumbstruck, and amazed.

"I-I-I don't know…it's never happened before" He replied, nervously.

I shrugged it off, kind of smiled, and continued to make out with him.

He flipped us over then, so now, I was on the bottom and he was on the top. He was lifting up his weight though.

And well…I guess you guys can figure out what happened next…

The next morning

I woke up. I had a large t-shirt on. Then, I remembered where I was, I looked in next to me and yep, there he was Joe Bass sleeping soundly. Then, my eyes widened.

You see, there is this website called Gossip Girl that has well…gossip. It's about my friends and I the 'Upper Manhattan classman.' Yeah, well. Gossip girl always had a way to find out who was getting laid by whom, and so on and so forth. I looked at my blackberry phone and went to my inbox.

There was a picture of Joe and I making out on the bed. I almost dropped my phone when I read the caption underneath it.

Spotted:

Jand E making out on a bed exactly 20 minutes after E's birthday party, she seems to be getting older, but not necessarily wiser.

You know you love me,

Gossip girl

I groaned and fell back into the bed and my head hit the pillow. Sending Joseph waking up like a deer caught in headlights.

"What happened?" he questioned.

I showed him my phone that still had Gossip Girl's web page up. He didn't look too happy about it either.

"Everybody knows now." I whispered. I'm not sure if I really cared about that.., or if Joe did either. I just knew that what was on Gossip Girl would be known by all of Manhattan.

"This should be fun…" he groaned.

"I have to go." I said, quietly, "Miley is going to want answers, and I'm not sure if I'm the right person to give them to her."

"Nick is going to want a explanation, too." He said, as well.

I found a pair of my old jeans that I kept here, for reason I don't even know, and slid into those, leaving Joe's t-shirt on.

I smiled to myself before leaving and said, "Thanks for cheering me up last night." I glanced back at Joe and left.

Joe's Point of view

Before leaving Lilly said, "Thanks for cheering me up last night." Then she glanced back at me then left.

I chuckled to myself, and then I felt my cheeks turn red.

Was I falling in love with Emily?

I shook it off. Then, I, finally, made my way to the Humphrey resident's. Nick was my best friend, and I'm sure his sister, Selena, told him what was on the headlines of Gossip Girl this morning.

Emily's Point of view

I cautiously made my way to the Van der Woodsen's condo. I made my way to Miley's room and knocked on the door twice, then went into her room.

"WHAT WERE YOU THINKING, E?!?!?" Miley screamed at me before I was even fully in the room.

"It was just a bet…it'll never happen again." I said, although. I think I wanted it to happen again.

"Nice." She said, in one breath.

"Yeah…" I trailed off.

See here's the other thing; everyone thinks I lost my virginity way before Joe thing. But the truth is, I didn't. So, I lost my virginity to Joe Bass.

A horrible, funny way to lose your virginity, right?

Sadly, my phone received a text. I looked at the sender, and the person who sent the text was…

Gossip Girl

Not what I needed at the moment, but I decided to read it anyway.

It only said 2 words, but it kinda felt weird.

Happy Birthday, Emily

Xoxo,

Gossip Girl

Weirdest. Birthday. Ever.