Went a little long on this. But I'm really happy with this chapter and I have a feeling a lot of you will be too. Thanks to my beta for advice and for some of Blair's words.
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"I'm sorry. I'm having what," Blair exclaimed as she looked at her doctor in surprise. She'd gone to her doctor for what she thought would be a routine exam and sonogram only to have it turn into the surprise of a lifetime, even more so than when she learned she was pregnant.
"Twins, Miss Thayer," the doctor looked at her in amusement.
"I can't be. That's-that's," Blair couldn't think of what to say next.
"Two babies at once," her doctor supplied.
"I know that part," Blair snapped as she rolled her eyes. "But-are you sure?"
"Very. Two heartbeats and from what I can tell, one turtle sign."
"A boy and a girl," Blair stared at the image on the machine.
"Yes, indeed," the sonogram technician nodded. "I'll make you a copy for your wall and a copy of the sonogram on DVD."
"Th-Thank you," she stammered out.
"I also have some pamphlets for you about being a first time mother with twins."
"Right," Blair nodded, still staring at the image on the screen.
"You may get dressed and I'll meet you in my office."
"Okay," Blair nodded as she sat frozen in place. Her mind continued to process this new information.
"Miss Thayer, are you alright?"
"A little overwhelmed at the moment but I think I'll be okay."
"Alright then, I will meet you in my office," her doctor repeated.
"I'll be right there," Blair smiled.
The doctor left the room and Blair swung her legs over the side to sit up.
"Twins," Blair whispered to herself with a smile. She could hardly wait to tell-
But Blair didn't know how to finish that thought. Calling Chuck was out of the question as it would just mess up everything she'd been trying to accomplish. Nate had way too much loyalty to Chuck and not enough ability in the lying department to keep his mouth shut. But maybe she could call Serena.
She bit her lip and debated internally before coming to a decision.
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"Miss Serena. Your phone ring," Dorota said as the blonde came down the stairs.
"Thanks Dorota, I heard it," Serena smiled as she pulled her phone free from her bag and answered it. "Hello?"
"S, it's me. If you're around other people, don't say my name."
"Hi. Can you hold on a minute? I can barely hear you. I need better reception," Serena said before she hurried out onto the balcony of the Waldorf penthouse, closing the door behind her so that Dorota wouldn't overhear the conversation. "Blair? Is that really you?"
"Yes, it's me. How are you?"
"How are you? I have been so worried about you since you took off; everyone has."
"I'm sure not everyone has." Blair's thoughts immediately went to Chuck as they so often did.
"Blair, he barely sleeps," Serena spoke her words rapidly. She had so much to tell her friend and not enough breath to do it. "Nate has to force him to eat. My mom is running Bass Industries because all he can do is think about you. He never wants to leave the penthouse because he's afraid you'll call and he'll miss it."
"You told him, didn't you?"
"I had to. He was going to disappear if I didn't."
"So that's why I'm on the front page of the Post every morning," Blair concluded. Everything was beginning to make a little more sense. Chuck's desperation to find her had less to do with being with, but needing to find the children she was carrying.
"Believe me, even if I didn't tell him or you weren't pregnant, you would still be on the front page."
"No, because he would've run off never to be seen again," Blair sighed. "Look, can I trust you not to tell him I called? Because if you do tell him, you will never hear from me again."
Serena sighed. She knew Blair would keep her word on that. But just before she answered a compromise popped into her head. "Okay. I promise I will not tell anyone you called on one condition."
"And what's that?"
"I want to be there when you give birth."
"What?"
"I want to be there when you bring my niece or nephew into this world."
"Well, which one do you want to be there for? The niece or the nephew?"
"What? Blair, you're talking in circles."
"No, I'm having twins."
"What," Serena exclaimed as she nearly dropped her phone off the balcony in surprise.
"Twins. Two babies," Blair said.
"You're kidding me."
"No, definitely not kidding you. I have the sonogram pictures to prove it."
"B, that's amazing. Okay, your secret is safe with me as long as I can be there with you."
"Okay," Blair conceded. "I will call you when it's time."
Serena smiled, "Good. I really miss you."
"I miss you too. Tell me something that's going on there."
"Well, I'm actually enjoying this beautiful late fall day on the balcony of your penthouse."
"What are you doing at my house?"
"Avoiding my house," Serena hedged.
"Why?"
"Because my evil troll of a step-sister is visiting and after the fight I had with our family about her, I didn't want to stay around."
"What is Jenny doing in the city," Blair asked.
"I guess she figured it was safe, seeing as how you were gone and no one knew where you were."
"I don't believe her nerve," Blair seethed.
"I know," Serena shook her head. "Anyway, the guys in our family are so into protecting her that I didn't want to stick around and listen to how Chuck took advantage of poor Jenny all weekend so I called Dorota and asked to stay here this weekend."
"You know you're always welcome to stay there," Blair said.
"That's what she said."
"I can't believe Dan's still defending her after what she did. She wrecked his relationship with Vanessa."
"Blair, what are you talking about?"
"You don't know? Serena, Jenny's the one who sent the picture of you and Dan to Gossip Girl."
"What," Serena screeched.
"Who else would have done it? Rufus," Blair responded with a roll of her eyes. "Jenny would screw over anyone if it meant being able to wrap her skanky, scrawny legs around dimwitted Nate's hips, even her brother. If I were you and had any thoughts of ever having a future with Nate, I'd see to it that Little J finally gets what's coming to her – a one way ticket out of town with no invitation to ever return. Even Brooklyn should be too good for her if you do it right."
"I will kill her," Serena decided.
"Serena, if you kill her, you won't be able to be there when your niece and nephew are born. Go back to your roots."
"What do you mean?"
"Before there was a Queen B, there was a Queen S. Do the legal thing and just crush her," Blair advised.
Serena checked her watch. Jenny should still be at the house. "B, call me later okay? I want to hear more about you and everything you've been doing but right now I have to go annihilate a certain little blonde who's had it way too easy lately."
"Have fun. I love you."
"I love you, too," Serena said. "Bye."
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Jenny zipped up her bag and shouldered it before picking up her jacket. She left her room and went out to the living room to meet her dad.
"Dad?"
"He's upstairs," Serena said from behind her. "I told him I wanted a few moments alone with you before you went back home. I think he was under the impression that I wanted to apologize for the way I acted on Friday."
Jenny turned around, "And you don't?"
"Why should I? It's not as if you've bothered to apologize to any of us."
"What are you talking about?"
"You know exactly what I'm talking about, Jenny." Serena circled her. "It's really interesting. I thought you and Vanessa were best friends."
"We are."
"And yet you want Nate so badly you'd wreck Dan's relationship with her."
"Look-"
"Shut up. Every single guy in this family jumps to your defense any time Chuck's name is even mentioned but I wonder what they'd do if they knew how truly manipulative you are."
"It doesn't matter because they'll never believe you."
"Really? You don't think so?"
"You're Blair's best friend. You'll say anything to make her look better."
"True. But, why don't we ask them? Dan? Nate? Eric? Rufus?"
Jenny turned around to see her brother, father, Nate, and Eric walking into the room.
None of them looked happy.
"Well, I think I'll be leaving because as much as I would enjoy watching you fall, I have some things to take care of."
"Just a second, Serena," Nate said. Then he turned to Jenny, "I have always given you the benefit of the doubt but to know you did this, that you betrayed almost everyone who cares about you, proves what an idiot I really am. The next time you see me, don't talk to me because I promise you, I won't want to talk to you." He turned back to Serena, "Let's go. I think we need to talk."
Serena nodded and she and Nate left.
Eric studied his step-sister who was also his friend, "I love you but I love Serena too and when it comes down to it, before you and I were siblings or friends, Serena was and always will be my sister first and knowing you could do this to Dan and Vanessa just to get a chance at Nate makes me think I never knew you at all. Don't call. Don't write. I won't answer."
Jenny watched him walk away as black tears fell down her face. Somehow, Eric's rejection hurt worse than Nate's.
"I'll be brief," Dan said. "Vanessa's pregnant and she doesn't think she can trust me to be there. She thinks that I will always go back to Serena because you took something that should never have been made public and used it against both me and Serena because of some pathetic never ending crush on Nate, a guy who has never been interested in you that way." Dan didn't bother to tell his sister not to call or write as he walked away, he knew she got the message.
Jenny looked at Rufus, "Dad-"
"I did not raise you to be this person. I raised you to respect other people, their feelings and their privacy. You are my daughter and I will always love you, but right now, I don't particularly like you. Lily called a car for you. It's downstairs waiting. I will be calling your mother and letting her know what's happened here so that if you had any thoughts of coming back because Blair's not here, she knows not to let you. Get yourself together, Jenny. Then come talk to me."
Jenny nodded and walked out of the penthouse.
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"So, are you okay?"
Serena drew her legs up as she leaned back against the chaise lounge she was sitting on and looked up at the stars that she could see quite clearly from the Waldorf balcony.
"Yeah, I'm okay," she told her best friend. "Nate and I had a long talk today."
"And?"
"I don't know. There's someone else in his life right now."
"Of course there is."
"I can hear you rolling your eyes right now, you do know that, right?"
"I just think you and Nate should try and get it together. You really do go nicely together."
"Thank you for saying that but I don't know. I think if it was going to work, it would've by now."
"You can't say that considering that your last roadblock was caused by Jenny Humphrey and her manipulative bitchery."
"I don't know," Serena shook her head.
"Do not give up," Blair ordered. "If you love Nate and I know you do, then you need to get him back."
"And what about you?"
"I don't know," Blair admitted. "I will probably always love Chuck but I just don't know if I can ever trust him again."
"He really misses you," Serena said. "I honestly think he'll look for you for the rest of his life. And while I should probably be sorry for telling him, I just can't be because if I hadn't he'd have disappeared and I couldn't stand it if I'd lost you both at once."
"Take care of them both, okay Serena? I'll call again soon. I miss you."
"I miss you too," Serena closed her phone and wiped the tears that fell down her face away.