A/N: Sorry I haven't updated this in so long! I was trying to finish my other story before I worked on this, but I already had this chapter basically done. Lol.

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After they finished their junior year at Saint Jude's, Ed and Theo Bass had decided they were going to have a crazy summer. They had completed their SATs and most of their college applications, so they were ready to begin the hardcore partying that would inevitably be occurring throughout their senior year.

On this particular night, Theo had insisted that they go out to an exclusive club at one of their father's hotels. Ed never cared where they went as long as there were hot girls and plenty of booze, so he had easily agreed.

But as soon as they entered the club, Ed spotted Anne Archibald and Emily Vanderbilt dancing on the other side of the dance floor with some of their friends. Ed turned to Theo with an accusatory glare, "So this is why you wanted to come here so badly tonight, because Anne fucking Archibald is here. Why don't you just start dating her? You keep crawling after her like a desperate pansy so you might as well make it official."

"Shut up, Ed," Theo sneered, "I have an extremely attractive girl who is willing to hook up without any of the hassles of a relationship. Why would I do anything to change that?"

Ed smirked and put an arm around Theo's shoulder, "You speak the truth, my brother. I've taught you well. You really are living the good life."

Theo chuckled and shook his head as the two boys walked over to the bar to get a drink and scope out the rest of the club.

Ed and Theo were identical twins and they had identical views on just about everything, including high school romances. They had agreed a long time ago to never get in a serious relationship while they were still in school, if they ever did at all.

Basically, the twins did not want to fall in love. They didn't see the point in it. They thought succumbing to young love was foolish.

While they had spent their whole lives witnessing the love of their parents and they knew how great love could be, they had also heard their parents' story and they knew that Chuck and Blair's youthful immaturity and selfishness had caused a lot of pain and heartache for both of them and had almost driven them apart forever.

The twins had decided that having a relationship or attempting to be in love at their age was stupid. They believed that even if you found the person you were supposed to be with; when you are a teenager you are so young and self-centered that you are probably going to ruin everything anyway, so they thought it was better to just avoid love and romance all together and focus on having fun.

And deep down, although they would never admit it to anyone, not even each other, the twins was scared of love. They had seen their parents together and the love they shared and Ed and Theo did not think there was any way they could ever find something that could compare to what Chuck and Blair had and they was scared to even try.

Even if true love was staring them right in the face.

Even though it was obvious to pretty much everyone that Theo loved Anne, the two of them had never been more then glorified fuck buddies because Theo didn't want to start a relationship only to ruin everything and end up hurt. Plus, Anne was a free spirit and had no desire to settle down. She agreed with the twins that high school romances were pointless and she had no desire to get involved in something serious, especially when she was going to be entering college in the fall.

A few hours after the boys had arrived at the club that summer night, Ed had been abandoned by Theo for Anne, as he had predicted.

He was sitting at the bar talking to a tall, leggy blonde when out of nowhere Emily Vanderbilt stepped in between them.

"Excuse me, Barbie," She said with an arrogant tilt of her chin, "I need to speak with Edward for a moment."

The girl took a step back and scoffed, "My name is Gloria."

"Whatever," Emily rolled her eyes and tossed her strawberry blonde hair over shoulder, barely taking the time to look at the girl, "You can go now. I think Ed is done with you, aren't you, Bass?"

Before Ed could answer, Emily gave the girl a dismissive flick of her wrist, causing the blonde to frown in confusion as she walked away.

Once she was gone, Emily turned her attention back to Ed with a fake, condescending smile on her face.

Ed glared at her, "Thanks, Vanderbilt. You just drove away my entertainment for the evening."

"Oh please, if she was really about to hop into bed with you after that little amount of time then she was either an STD-ridden whore or a desperate clinger who would be calling you day-in and day-out for weeks." She said knowingly, "So I actually did you a favor. You should be grateful."

Ed leaned in so that his face was right in front of hers, "The only way you could do me a favor is by stepping in and taking Barbie's place in my bed this evening."

Emily pushed him out of her personal space but otherwise ignored his comment as she grabbed his forearm and began to drag him across the club.

"Where are you taking me, Princess?" He asked with a smirk, "Are you actually going to give me that favor right here in the club? Because while you know I am a fan of the quick and dirty, this isn't exactly the classiest of my father's establishments and the bathroom is most likely not nearly as clean, or as private, as the inside of my limo, which just so happens to be waiting outside to give us a ride." He had come up close behind her as he spoke and the last words were whispered suggestively against the shell of her ear.

Emily came to a halt and turned around. She gave him a shove and glared, "First of all, you, Edward Bass, are completely vile. Secondly," she said holding up two fingers, "Ew, I would never have sex in a public restroom, least of all with you. Three, it is debatable whether or not your limo is cleaner than any bathroom, even a public one." She had a snide glint in her eye as she raised her fourth finger, "And finally, no, your limo is not available since your brother and my cousin just left in it together a few minutes ago."

Ed groaned, "That little bastard."

Emily snorted as she grabbed his arm once again and continued to pull him towards the door, "That is the reason why you and I are going to share a cab."

Ed's smirk quickly returned, "So we are going home together tonight, Vanderbilt?"

Emily scowled, "No, Bass, we are not. You are going to be the gentleman that I know your mother raised you to be and escort me to my home before you take the cab to your own home, alone."

"Just because you won't come home with me doesn't necessarily mean I have to be alone." Ed said sleazily. But before Emily could come up with a witty retort, a man reached out and grabbed her, pulling her away from Ed and up against his chest.

He was clearly intoxicated as he slurred, "Hey babe, where did you run off to before? Things were just starting to get interesting between us."

Emily tried to pull away from him, "Get your filthy paws off of me. I don't know how many shots you have taken tonight, but there never was, nor will there ever be any sort of 'thing' between us."

Despite Emily's struggle, the man refused to let her go, "Come on, baby, you know you want me just as much as I want you." He said as he leaned in closer to her.

Emily grimaced as his alcohol-laced breath hit her face and leaned as far away from him as she could get. Just then, Ed stepped forward and pulled her away from the drunken man.

He stared at him darkly, "She is with me. Plus, I'm pretty sure the lady said she wasn't interested."

The guy looked him up and down and raised a skeptic eyebrow to Emily, "This guy?" He asked, "Come on, baby, you can do better than that."

Ed's jaw clenched in anger as he caught the eye of security and waved them over. Of course they knew who Ed was, so the guards immediately came over and grabbed the guy to escort him out of the club.

The man looked around in confusion, "Hey, what's going on here?"

Ed's eyes narrowed devilishly, "I'm Ed Bass. And everyone knows you can't do better than a Bass. It is ridiculous for you to even suggest it." He informed him, "And my father, Chuck Bass, maybe you've heard of him? He owns this club. So don't bother trying to come back here ever again."

As the man was led away, Emily rolled her eyes at Ed's over the top antics, but she had to purse her lips together in an attempt to hide her growing grin.

Ed put an arm around her waist, "Come on, Vanderbilt, let's go home." He said as they walked out of the club.

When they reached the sidewalk outside Emily lifted his hand off of her hip and stepped away from him, "We are each going to our own separate homes." She reminded him haughtily, "We are only sharing a cab."

Ed grinned as he opened the door of the waiting cab for her, "That's not what it will look like on Gossip Girl." He said just before she stepped into the vehicle.

She paused and lifted one perfectly plucked brow, "Oh please, that bitch lost all credibility years ago."

Ed's smirk only grew as he responded, "That is true, but you and I both know that people still read what she writes. And pictures are usually considered more trustworthy then simple tips." He pointed her gaze towards the crowd of people outside the club, "Smile, Em."

Emily turned and looked just in time to see some wannabe minion girl from their school take a picture of Emily and Ed standing closely together, about to enter the cab.

"You conniving Basshole," She growled as she stormed into the cab.

Ed was unfazed by her anger and just laughed as he followed her into the car and closed the door.

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A/N: Just a forewarning, I won't be going into that much detail about Theo and Anne. Sorry to anyone that wants to hear more about them. Their story just doesn't have a lot of drama/doesn't interest me. It is mostly just both of them hooking up but never being fully together/running away from anything too serious. But don't worry; they won't just fall off the face of the earth. Their relationship will be dealt with briefly later on.

Also, as some of you have notice, Ed and Emily are very similar to Chuck and Blair. So their storyline is going to contain a lot of C&B flashbacks to earlier in their relationship and marriage, which I think a lot of you will enjoy!