A/N: here is the new chapter! :) I'm having a hard time writing - well, you can thank my college for that! Anyway, I hope it won't disappoint you :) Enjoy!

Upper East Side

"So that's it? She is coming to us?" Serena whispered to Jenny.

"Yes. She's compatible. She'll fly here next month and give Chuck a piece of her liver, she gave me her assent, I told Dr Stein about it two days ago, I don't if he has already told Chuck or not. She wants to meet Chuck and Blair." Jenny said.

"She will. Chuck won't accept a anonymous donation, he'll want to know who is his donor. She needs to be in the same hospital as he, she will have the best doctors taking care of her – neither Blair nor Chuck would forgive us if something happened to her." Serena told her. Jenny nodded as they heard Chuck's footsteps walking down the corridor. The smile he was wearing clearly showed how glad he was to see them. He liked company – now more than ever, when Death was so obviously making his way to take him away.

"Serena, Jenny, how are you two doing?" he greeted them. He kissed Serena on both cheeks and welcomed the youngest girl with a shy hug – after all, he was the one who took her virginity.

"We're fine, thanks. And you, Chuck? How did your last interview with Stein turn out?" Serena asked. Chuck grimaced, it meant nothing good. Serena started to stress but she soon realized Chuck's grimace was only a way to hide his smile.

"They found a donor. Next month, I'll get a new liver." He said with his low, warm voice that used to send chills down Serena's best friend's spine.

"Chuck, that's amazing! I can't believe it! How did they manage to do it? Who is it so I can send him or her flowers?" Serena screamed out. Jenny smiled, she was happy for Chuck but also amused by Serena's reaction – she really was a big faker and a good actress. She seemed so natural at lying it was almost scaring.

"I don't know, Stein wouldn't tell me. I'll make sure that person gets everything he or she wants because even if it's an anonymous donation, Stein told me that person wanted to give that piece of liver to me and only me. Weird, isn't it?" he said.

"Yeah. We'll find this person, don't worry but now, you know what you have to do, right? You need to rest and be okay until the operation, follow Stein's order and enjoy your life, Chuck, because you have years and years ahead of you." She wanted him not to start looking for Cornelia – his PI was one of the best and he would end up finding her out and her plan would be ruined.

"Why not looking for this person in the mean time?" Serena winced but Chuck didn't seem to have noticed contrary to Jenny.

"Let's not worry about anything. Eleanor sent me back to New York for a couple months, Serena and I were thinking about throwing a party. Do you want to help us? After all, you're the best sinner in New York." Jenny said before Serena could say anything and maybe raise suspicions in Chuck's mind.

He smiled but they could see the sadness in him, he used to be the best sinner in New York – he couldn't even drink a mere glass of champagne. "Call me if you need anything, I have work to do, I'm sorry girls but I have to leave you." They understood very well that he didn't want to be part of it – it would have opened too many not stitched wounds. Serena reached out to hug him but he backed off, he didn't want any of her pity. She put her arms down and smiled to him before leaving with Jenny. He never wanted to hurt Serena's feelings but he didn't need her to soothe him like a baby! He was a grown-up man and he could handle himself and his own troubles. He was sick, there was still a risk he would die before the transplantation next month but today, there was more hope than ever.

"He looked better, didn't he?" Serena asked. She was fidgeting with her phone, she looked pretty stressed. Jenny made her stop and forced her to look her in the eyes.

"Yes, he did. Stop worrying, Serena. Dr Stein takes good care of him, he will get a liver transplant and everything will go back to normal- without Chuck's binge drinking." Jenny murmured to her. She knew there were cameras and microphones in the elevators of The Empire.

"And with Blair back from Monaco." Serena completed. Jenny nodded. She wasn't sure about the last part – she knew Blair and her pride, even if she came back to the Upper East Side, she would never be the same old Queen B and nothing proved she'd come back to Chuck.

Paris

"Good afternoon, Cornelia. Please, take a sit." Eleanor said. They both sat down. Cornelia was very uncomfortable, Eleanor had called her three hours ago to arrange a meeting, she wanted to talk to her.

"I know it must be awkward for you – it is for me too. Jenny told you the whole story, I'm sorry about the part I played in your adoption but as you may know, I wanted to do best for everyone. Blair thought she'd be happier with Louis and having a Chuck's baby would have destroyed everything – Blair's reputation and her relation with Louis. It was before I realized what it would do to her and that in fact, Chuck may be better for her. I guess it is too late for regrets, I'm trying to make it up for my mistakes, but I need your help." Eleanor said. She let Cornelia all the time she needed to think about what she said. She wanted to get to know her granddaughter, after all this time. Harold wanted it too, but he was out of town for the following months for business, they would all meet up in New York for Chuck's operation.

"I'll help you – for Chuck and Blair. I think you still don't deserve my trust because you should have contacted earlier, when Blair had started to get all weak and skinny. You're my grandmother, I want to give you a chance and I want to learn to know you. I read things about you on the Internet." Cornelia made a pause. She saw Eleanor's body stiffen. Her reputation was to be a cold bitch. "But I don't want to give it any credit. I'm a bitch to people in work because it sometimes is the only way to get the job done and well done."

"I see we agree on something. I understand what you blame me for and I want the same as you. I'll do whatever I can to get my daughter back – the one who gave birth to you, not the one you can see on TV." Eleanor tried a smile but it was as if her muscles hadn't smiled for too long. Cornelia smiled back, she really wanted to help them but she didn't know what to do but to follow orders. If she followed her instincts, she would go straight to New York, take Chuck with her and head to Monaco to reunite her family. But they told her not to – and they were right, none of them would have been able to handle the shock because of their bad health.

Monaco

"Mommy? What are you doing?" Henry asked as he slowly opened the door of his mother's room. He found Blair lying on her bed, unconscious, with a this month's Vogue next to her. She was quietly breathing. He entered the room and cautiously closed the door behind him. He climbed on the bed and put his arms around his mother's body, cuddling against her.

Blair was half-sleeping when her son took her in his small arms. She smiled in her sleep, she was glad he was there, her little sunshine. "How are you, sweetheart?" she mumbled.

"Did I wake you mommy?" he genuinely asked.

"No, I wasn't really sleeping." she said. She turned around to face him and saw how worried her little boy looked. She frowned and held him as tight as possible. "I love you, Henry, do you know that?"

"I love you too, mom. But Grandma told me you wanted to leave me and daddy to go living in New York with your friends." he said. Blair winced, what was the Queen trying to do? She was planting those horrible ideas in her boy's mind but she didn't realize she was messing with the wrong person – Blair would never let her destroy them.

"Grandma didn't tell you the truth. Between your daddy and I, it's complicated. We love you so much and we love each other but it is not the same as it used to be. We are not happy together that is why we have decided to part. But we love you, none of us is going to leave you behind: you can choose to stay with me or with daddy and grandma in Monaco but anyway, you will see us whenever you want, do you understand what I say?" Blair wanted him to understand her but she couldn't find the right words. She wanted Henry to go with her in Paris – she didn't want to go back to New York so soon – but she couldn't force him to choose her.

"Is it because of me? I know I shouldn't have provoked a fight with Geoffrey at school but please, mom, don't leave daddy because he taught me to fight." he pleaded.

"No, Henry, don't worry, it's not because of you. Your daddy is leaving as much as I leave him, you know. Anyway, I want you to understand that it has nothing to do with you." she said.

"But mommy -"

"Henry," she cut him off, "I think you are old enough to learn some truths about me." She took a deep breath, she was still sleepy but she knew it was time her son was told the truth. "A long time ago, I fell in love with a man, so in love that it was too intense for both of us to handle it. By the time I met your daddy, I got pregnant of that said man but the baby didn't live through the day of her birth. Then I fell in love with your daddy but the loss of my daughter – your half-sister – haunted me and the memory of the man I still loved too. Then you came into my life and I felt happiness again but here, I cannot be completely happy because I still love him – the man I left behind – and I'm sure you would be happy with us too."

It was hard for the young boy to understand everything his mother told him. He loved her and felt guilty for the divorce of his parents but, he started to realize that they could all find happiness elsewhere. "I understand what you say. But are you sure you have to leave daddy? Do I have to leave daddy too? I want to stay with both of you..."

It saddened Blair to hurt her son that way but she knew there was nothing else to do. She couldn't let the Queen manipulate him or let learn the truth by his father and his future wife – Katerina Petrova. So they kept on talking, mother and son, to understand each other and win their own true happiness.

Spotted – The Phoenix may have risen from the ashes but the path to paradise lost isn't an easy one. Guess that from ashes to Queen, there's only one step that is left to be taken – from across the ocean. XOXO, Gossip Girl.

So I hope you liked it and I'll post chapter 11 next week : a lot of Cornelia and some Blair/Serena :) Don't forget to leave a review!

Nyah-Cullen