Chapter 14

I walk into Serena's room at my penthouse the next morning.

"You're home earlier than I suspected," she notes.

"Yeah, well, I really want to spend time with Chuck. It was hard to leave. But I want you and Nate to be able to have time with him too…and I also want to spend time with you…it's been a long time since we've been able to talk."

"I know," she sighs. "With everything going on, it's been hard."

"I want to thank you for being here with Chuck. I know I ran away, and I'm sorry. I think you're most of the reason he woke up. Without you, I don't think he would have. You've supported Chuck and me throughout this whole thing. And I want to say sorry for not telling you I was visiting Chuck in the first place. I was afraid it wouldn't go well, and then I'd have to tell you that. And I was ashamed that I'd given in."

"Or course I forgive you, and you're welcome for staying with Chuck!"

We smile at each other for a moment. It feels so good to be back here with my best friend.

"In a completely unrelated matter, I got your message," Serena says.

"My message?" I ask, confused.

"The one about Dan."

"Oh…"

"Thanks for the advice. But do you really think that?"

"Oh, it was nothing," I say. "And yes, I do. I just want you to be happy, S. And for some reason unknown to me, Dan does that. So go, be with him. I'm sorry that I never really gave him a chance. I just didn't want you in a relationship with a married man."

"And I won't be," she promises. "Actually, the divorce went through while you were away. Don't worry-" she says quickly as I open my mouth to speak. "I still didn't make the decision to start dating him again until now, and I barely talked to him while you were away. I kept my promise. And don't worry; Vanessa and him are still on relatively good terms."

"Like I was worried about that," I laugh.

Serena shrugs. "Just in case. I just want you to know that Dan is completely available and ready this time. We're both ready. This time won't be like the others. This time it will work out."

I nod. "I believe you, S. And thanks for waiting."

"No problem. But now that I have your blessing, I'm definitely ready to jump in. Oh, and you have to keep your promise too."

"What?"

"You promised you'd take back everything bad you ever said about Dan if you were wrong about him not divorcing Vanessa and not making me happy."

"Oh right…fine. I take it back," I say.

"What? I can't hear you. Can you say that a little clearer and louder, please?" Serena teases.

"I take back every bad thing I've even said about Humphrey…I mean Dan!" I say loudly.

"That's better," Serena laughs.

I smile. "So, what are you waiting for? Go! Meet up with him!"

She smiles back. "Not right now, B. Right now, I have something more important to do. Actually, we have something more important to do."

"We do?" I ask, confused.

"Yes," she grins. She grabs my arm. "Come on!"

"Where are we going?" I laugh as I follow her out the door.

"We're going to go do something that we haven't done in a long time."

We arrive at The Empire not too much later.

"I thought you said we were doing something we haven't done in a long time?"

"We are," Serena grins. "We're going to get the group back together again, finally. No drama, no fighting…just us again. Hanging out. Like old times."

Serena leads me into Chuck's room, where Nate and Chuck are eating room service on the couch.

"Hey guys!" Serena says brightly. "I brought Blair!"

Chuck and Nate greet us.

I can tell they've made up, and I'm glad. It's good to see that the bromance has been rekindled.

Serena sits with them and I just look at them for a moment, smiling.

It's good to see the whole group back together.

"Are you just going to stand there? Come eat!" Serena encourages me.

I sit down next to Chuck and smile at him.

He smiles back.

"You know, we all still have a lot of catching up to do," Nate says.

We all agree and soon we're all telling stories from the past few years, and that turns into stories of our childhoods and teenage years. We reminisce for what feels like hours. We talk and we laugh and I can't stop feeling amazingly happy and grateful for all that I have. Chuck is alive, Serena is happy, Nate and Serena are still good friends, Nate and Chuck are friends again, and Chuck and I are a couple again. All is well.

"I'd like to make a toast," Serena says. "To old memories."

She holds up her glass.

"And to making many new ones," Chuck adds and we all raise our glasses.

We clink glasses and Chuck and I kiss.

We continue to have a good time and I can't stop grinning like an idiot.

But hey, I can't help it.

Everything is finally back to normal.

And man, it's good to be back.

THE END

AN: And it's over! I can't believe it's the end! I'm sorry I know this chapter was soooo short! I hope you guys aren't disappointed there wasn't more CB interaction…I'm not great at writing that kind of stuff and I just couldn't find a good spot for it here. I wanted to make the main part of this chapter friendship, instead of romance.

I want to thank everyone who has ever even just given this story a try. I want to thank those who have read it from the beginning, and those who started reading it at any point after. I want to thank you for your overwhelming support-when I started writing fanfiction I had no idea people would be this supportive. You guys are amazing! It's been kinda a rough ride. I didn't always like what I was writing. I sometimes wrote things that people didn't like. I took a few risks that may have lost me a few readers. I had some trouble with OOC (I still think I have trouble with OOC, which means out of character if you don't know, but I'm glad I stuck with the story anyways). Through it all, I got great comments and constructive criticism and I'm glad I wrote this story! Thank you so much!

As for what I'm doing next…it's hard to say. I actually have 2 more ideas for a post 3x22 story, but I think people will get a little tired of me writing about that kind of thing. Also, I'm way behind. This fic felt okay to do in the middle of season 4 because it was set years later. But if I did another one set right after 3x22 like Losing and Looking for Love, then I think it'd be weird, even if it was different. I like the ideas, I just have to keep in mind who'd reading it. It's not always about me! And I do think it'll help me become a better writer more if I use a new starting point. Idk. I have a little written of random stuff from the character's childhoods. It's just kinda fun stuff to write but nothing dramatic or suspenseful or anything. Basically a bunch of one-shots. I don't know if I'll finish it or post it. I'm having some trouble thinking of new ideas, mostly because the show is currently airing and I don't want to write something set after an episode because the next week there will be a new episode, and it will throw me off. I could do a future fanfiction again, this time just set in general in the future, not after a certain episode. I'm not sure. I might have to wait until the summer to write a new one, if there's a cliffhanger at the end of the season. I hope I can think of something sooner than that, though. I love writing and getting feedback, so I'll try to think of something soon, but no promises. It could be tomorrow, it could be this summer, I don't know. Check my author's page for updates. I'll try to update it when I start a story or think of an idea. You can also subscribe to author alert, if you want, though if I write a fanfiction for another book/movie/TV show, you'll get updates for that and you might not want that. Of course I'd still love you to do author alert though.

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