The next day, Katrina woke up after a drama-filled night. First was the incident at the party, then the drama that happened when she arrived at her place with Nate. Her parents saw a picture of her and Nate at Chuck's club on a blog similar to Gossip Girl, and they were not happy that she was seen with socializing with Chuck Bass. Walter and Nate had a heated argument until Donna stopped them and asked Nate to leave and come back the next day until he cooled off.

"Katrina!" she heard her mother call her from downstairs. She wasn't upset so that was a good sign. "could you come down for a moment?"

"Okay, I'll be down in a bit." she called down as she got out of the bed.

When she walked downstairs, she saw her mother and father sitting at the table and she joined them. Her father wasn't as forgiving as her mother, but she wasn't surprised about that.

"Katrina…we need to talk." Donna began. "Your father and I…had this for a while and we wanted to share it with you, now." she said holding up an acceptance letter to Columbia University. "You were accepted." Donna said smiling.

"Really?! Oh my god! I can't believe it!" she said as she bolted up from the chair and began jumping up and down. She had always wanted to go there ever since she was in middle school, but she had another reason to go…Nate Archibald.

"Congratulations, baby!" Walter said as he hugged her and, for once, it was a genuine moment between them that didn't involve an argument.

"Dad…I'm sorry about…everything."

"Well, yeah…I'm sorry for being so hard on you. I really am proud of you. And…I'm sorry about last night. However, I still don't like you dating Nate, but…you're a woman and your mother reminded me of how much he really likes you. Besides, the kid's got balls for arguing with me after taking a punch to the face. I got to admire that in a guy. So, date him if you want…" he said reluctantly.

"Thanks, dad." Katrina said feeling happy that he was at least trying to cope with her relationship with Nate. Suddenly her phone rang, and she answered it. "Hey."

"Katrina…is it safe for me to call you?"

"Yeah, it's safe…guess what…I got into Columbia!"

"Really?! That's great!"

"Katrina, we're off to work." Donna said and Katrina nodded. "Could you apologize to Nate for us…well, me mostly, but yeah the both of us?"

"Sure! Have fun at work!"

"What was that about?"

"My parents are going to work leaving me here alone…wanna come over?" Katrina said with a suggestive tone.

"I'd love to come over. When?"

"Now would be nice. Martha is leaving in about an hour, my parents are gone, and we have to celebrate my acceptance…"

"Well, I'll be over there. I just have to take care of my busted lip. It's still swollen."

"I'm sure a kiss from me would help."

"It would…Oh, I have some news."

"What?"

"Jason's dad has been taken into custody as a suspect for the murder of the real David Cromwell. Chuck told me about the Cromwell heiress, and the missing person's report. Nothing new has come from that and Jason's not a suspect. Sorry…"

"It's okay. How bad is his reputation suffering?"

"Well, Gossip Girl posted a story about what happened at the party and the secret…and I just heard that he lost an internship. Chuck's very pleased."

"I'm sure he is…" she said rolling her eyes. Of course, Chuck would like to see Jason lose everything. She, however, didn't want to see him fully destroyed…just enough to make him lose the respect of the many people he tried to control. Not that she was saying that she was better than Chuck, because, after all, she did want the revenge.

"Yeah…well, he had his issues with Jason before you had. It was Chuck's fault anyway that you ended up in that mess. If Jason wasn't trying to get to Chuck, you wouldn't have had to go through all of that. And…I'm really sorry for what happened afterwards. I know you told me to stop apologizing, so I'm apologizing for Chuck since won't do it."

"That's very sweet of you, Nate. Well, I think I should go and get ready. I just woke up like minutes ago. I'll see you later."

"I can't wait. Bye." he said as he hung up and Katrina went into the kitchen

"Martha," Katrina began. "Do you mind leaving a little early today?"

"Of, course I don't mind…you know me. Anytime to I can leave early is a good time. Would you like me to do anything before I go?"

"You could prepare lunch. A nice pasta salad would do."

"I can do that."

"Great! I'll be in the shower while you prepare lunch. Oh, and prepare it for two. I have a guest coming over today."

"Okay. Enjoy your shower."

Katrina went upstairs to her bathroom, and turned on the shower. She undressed and stepped into the tile stall letting the water hit her back. She was still happy about getting into Columbia, and even happier that she was going to be there with Nate. She didn't know if their relationship would survive, but it was nice for the moment. She turned off the water and heard the radio in the kitchen blasting the Beetles, and she chuckled at Martha getting into the zone. She wrapped the towel around her and stepped into her bedroom to her closet trying to find something she would wear. She found her Thomas Wylde top and Alexander McQueen jeans. She knew that even if she was a better person, she couldn't give up her designer labels. Suddenly, she heard the music being turned off and she knew that Martha was leaving.

"Martha? Are you leaving?"

"Yes, Katrina. Was there anything else that you needed?"

"Uh…I don't think so…Enjoy your day."

"The same to you darling. Goodbye." Martha said as she left and Katrina sat at her vanity putting on makeup and put her hair into a simple ponytail. She went downstairs and smelled the pasta salad sitting on the counter. She loved Martha's cooking, though it didn't compare to her grandmother's. She sighed thinking about how much she missed her. She had learned a lot from her, and she promised herself to visit her more often. She also needed to visit Latoya and see how proud she would've been at the way she handled the situation, though she did it without violence.

Suddenly, there was a knock at the door, and she looked at the clock. That was fast, she thought as she went to the door and opened it.

"Jason?!" she said feeling shock and rage as she saw Jason standing in front of her.