Hi guys, I loved reading all of your reviews, please keep reviewing, it motivates me.

One warning though, I have seen a lot of spoilers and while I'm not working off of those some of them may appear in my story because they fit too perfectly not to.

Disclaimer: I do not own Gossip Girl

Chuck had known the moment that she stepped into the house. The scent of her perfume instantly filled his nose, he heard footsteps so dainty that they could only belong to her, and finally her voice, a voice he hadn't heard in two months, reached his ears. There was no one else in the world as attuned to everything Blair Waldorf as he was.

Right now they were only separated by a wall and a cracked doorway. She was standing in the living room with Serena, Marcus, and Eric and he was just steps away in the media room. Yet he refused to reveal himself. Now was certainly not the time. First he needed a plan. He couldn't have Marcus getting jealous or suspicious around him, so he had to make Marcus trust him with Blair and that would never happen if he barged in right now.

So he would wait, but he couldn't resist peaking through the crack in the doorway at Blair and her company. God she was beautiful. A summer in France had done her well. The natural glow that her skin always possessed was illuminated by a light tan. He wanted to touch her right then and there, caress her skin, run his fingers through her hair, kiss her lips. Just as his thoughts started to become indecent he realized that he had been seen.

"Shit" Chuck muttered under his breath as Eric made up some excuse about playing Guitar Hero and retiring to the media center. Chuck backed away from the door to ensure that no one else would see him as Eric entered the room.

"Chuck! What are you doing here?" Eric whispered as he closed the door behind him.

Chuck decided the best way to deter Eric from the fact that he had just been spying on a roomful of people was to try to change the subject. "No, long time no see bro, how's your summer been?"

"Chuck, really, not that I'm not glad to see, cause I am; but what are you doing here?"

Seeing that there was no way around, Chuck decided that he would have to admit his plan to Eric. It's not like that was the hardest thing to do in the world, Eric was a pretty cool little brother and he trusted him. "Well, if you must know, I am here to win Blair back."

"Yeah, that explains why you are in the Hamptons, but not why you are in our house." Eric who was normally very quick with these things had to take a minute to think about the situation since it appeared that Chuck wasn't going to offer up any more information. Then it hit him, "Chuck, you aren't living here are you?"

As he watched Eric's eyes light up he knew the kid had figured it out. So he just gave Eric a nod. "Don't tell anyone I'm here, okay, they will all find out when I am ready."

"Okay, I'll go along with this, but don't hurt Blair again, she is as much a sister to me as you are a brother." With that warning Eric started towards the door. "I'm heading out to the pool, no one else will be out there because they are all afraid there is something going on with me and the pool boy."

"Thanks man, really, and don't worry, the thought of ever hurting Blair again makes me sick." After Eric left Chuck just kept sitting on the couch thinking about what he was going to do next.

As Jenny and Dan approached the front porch, they were accosted by an anorexic looking girl with a clipboard and a radio.

Her look could only be described as one of disdain, "May I help you? Are you lost?"

Jenny took over immediately "I'm Jenny Humphrey and this is my brother Dan, we are here as guest of Eleanor. I'm her design intern, now if you could show us to our rooms that would be wonderful."

The assistant was surprised to say the least, she was sure that these two kids were just more wandering tourists. "Right this way please."

As she led them to their room a car pulled into the driveway and none other than Serena Van der Woodsen stepped out.

She hated this house, always had because it was full of Eleanor's design team twenty four seven. But Blair needed her favorite Jimmy Choos and they were in her upstairs room. Since Blair was busy unpacking she had agreed to go get them. As she walked up the stairs she couldn't help but feel that the house was more bustling than usually. When she reached Blair's room, she heard sounds coming from the room, like someone was in there.

Bursting into the room Serena saw none other than Jenny Humphrey rifling through the clothes in Blair's closet. "Jenny what are you doing? Blair is going to kill you!"

"Serena! Hey, why would Blair kill me, I'm just here because I'm her mom's intern." Jenny was sure that Serena must be confused about something.

"Jenny, that's Blair's dress you're wearing. It's an original. And this, this is Blair's room. She is not going to take kindly to this." By the look on Jenny's face she could tell that Jenny had had no idea that this stuff was Blair's.

"I didn't know, really, I thought Eleanor had just left me some clothes. Omigod, the last thing I want to do is to make Blair angry all over again."

"Calm down, I'm not going to tell her, just don't wear her clothes. Not that I don't trust you but I am hear to pick some of them up anyway, so I'll just go ahead and get all of them."

"Jenny, did my razor end up in your bag." Dan walked into the room, not having any idea what was going on inside. "Serena?!"

"Dan?! What are you doing here." Serena was just as surprised as he was, completely caught off guard.

"Nothing, I'm just leaving." With that Dan disappeared back through the doorway.

"Wait, no, you don't have to," but it was too late Dan had already left. So, that was him she had seen when she was picking up Blair. Dan was in the Hamptons.

"Serena, I'm so so sorry, I should have warned you, I wasn't even thinking about Dan being here. Really. How about I help you get Blair's things together, then you can get out of here and you won't have to see him any more than necessary."

"That would be great." Seeing Dan had definitely put a damper on her day.

Looks like S and D had a little reunion of sorts, in the Waldorf house no less. You sure send them running don't you S?

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GossipGirl

As Vanessa watched Nate run down the beach she couldn't help but think that the boy was built. She couldn't believe how quickly she was falling for those beautiful eyes and adoring smile. Vanessa really didn't think she would ever get over Dan but she already felt more for Nate than she ever thought possible.

"Hey Vanessa, do you need some more sun screen, I wouldn't mind putting some on" Nate said with a wink.

"Sure, that would be great." Even though she had just reapplied sunscreen she wasn't about to pass up the chance to have Nate's hands on her.

Unpacking was much more boring than Blair remembered, she usually loved hanging up her own clothes but lately every clothing item just made her think of Chuck. Like the slip she had worn that night at Victrola, and the dress she wore on the plane to Europe. So she was trying desperately not to remember how any of these clothes were connected to Chuck.

Marcus gently knocked on Blair's door before opening it, "Blair, I think I'm going to go play tennis, Serena's brother said he take me to the Club."

Blair was so distracting she just answered automatically. "That's fine, be back for dinner."

Marcus walked up and gave her a quick kiss on the lips before leaving.

Blair went back to mechanically unpacking her clothes. She started moving her jewelry from her travel case into the jewelry box on the dresser. When she picked up her Erikson Beamon necklace, she couldn't help letting a tear escape her eyelid before slinging the necklace across the room and into the trash can.

See something you don't like B? One person's trash is another one's treasure.

Chuck was already dressed and ready to go when Marcus came down the stairs. He had to admit, the plan was genius, he would take Marcus to play tennis and they would bond. When Marcus had unpacked Chuck was waiting in the living room. They had talked and Chuck had simply introduced himself as Serena's brother. So when Marcus had mentioned playing tennis Chuck had immediately offered to go with him.

"Hey man, ready to go?" Chuck had to admit Marcus was a fairly nice guy; but that didn't change the fact that he had to get Blair away from him.

"Yeah, lets go, I've already had the car pulled around."

As Chuck started out the door he saw Blair's phone sitting on the table and couldn't resist sliding it in his pocket. He couldn't let Gossip Girl tell her he was making friends with her new fling before he was good and ready. So with Blair's phone in his pocket, Serena's phone dead, and Eric's vow of silence, he knew his appearance with Marcus at dinner would be a complete surprise. Chuck couldn't help the smirk that crossed his face.

Spotted: N rubbing V down with sunscreen, D doing more brooding over his Serena interaction, S and little J loading up a car with Queen B's clothes, B getting some unpacking done, and the most interesting of all, C and LM playing tennis together at the Hamptons's Club. What's up with that? I'll be the first to know

xoxo

Gossip Girl

Authors Note: Please read and review and feel free to let me know what you want to see happen (especially with the Dan/Serena storyline). Sorry this one was shorter than the others but I had told several people I would have it up today so . . . I'll try to make the next one longer. Thanks for reading.