"Do you need a jacket for that outfit?" Jenson said as I picked up my purse from the sofa, I shook my head.

"Lighten up," I told him; it was freezing outside in the September air but I was only going to be outside for a few seconds getting in and out of a car. My outfit consisted of a little black dress – and by little I mean it only just covered what it was supposed to cover – and pair of black stilettos. It maybe wasn't my most tasteful outfit but I could have gone for a lot tackier, this was my happy middle ground. A knock on the door to my suit caught my attention, "That'll be Serena." I said and headed for the door, "Don't wait up!" I called over my shoulder and I vaguely heard him mention my speed dial as I slammed the behind me.

Serena's outfit wasn't too different to mine, maybe a little longer and hers was red but other than that it was pretty similar. We went downstairs and got in a cab, Blair had hired a club for the event. The partied started at nine but it was almost ten so It was in full swing by the time we arrived. Blair came over to us so fast that I was certain she must have been watching the door, waiting for us to turn up. She greeted Serena happily and the two hugged, then she turned to me and greeted me too, the fake niceness of her voice was sickly.

After getting that out of the way I headed straight for the bar and ordered a cocktail. For some reason I wasn't feeling in the party mood, I'd felt fine about it all day until I'd started to get dressed. After that the thought of being here made me feel empty, like turning up was pointless. I drank my first drink by the bar and ordered a second one.

"If you see my glass empty, I want you to replace it with a full one." I told the guy who was serving me, he looked a little sceptical until I handed over a fifty dollar bill.

"You got it sunshine." He told me and pocketed the note.

I surveyed the party around me, everyone was drinking and at least half of them must have been doing it on fake IDs. Serena and Blair were talking with a group of girls over by a table. I didn't know who I was looking for until I found him, sat by a group of girls and Nate was Chuck. Looking at him made me feel a little sick, like he made me nervous but that was ridiculous. Catching my eye he offered me his signature smirk before shrugging himself away from one of the girls and heading in my direction.

Her leant against the bar beside me, "Nice top, couldn't find any bottoms to match?" He asked and I rolled my eyes at him.

"Yeah I had trouble deciding so I opted to come without." I said and took another sip of my drink, the music was loud and had a heavy baseline and I could feel it vibrating the room and my bones. There were people dancing and after two more drinks I would probably join them, I never danced sober. I glanced over to Blair and Serena, they were still talking to the group they had been before but Blair's eyes were on me. They were narrowed and challenging, I raised an eyebrow at her. I wasn't lying down anymore. I polished off the cocktail and as promised the bartender brought me another glass.

"Your girlfriend is beckoning for you." I said watching Blair as she tried to get Chuck's attention, "You better heel, there's a good dog." I said and Chuck narrowed his eyes at me before slinking off to Blair's side. I watched Blair make a show of kissing him, a show meant to tell me that Chuck was hers.

I didn't want to steal him from her, that wasn't my goal. I wanted to show her she couldn't push me around like everybody else, I wasn't one of her minions and I wouldn't bend to her every command. I just wanted my friends back, I wanted a good, last year without all the trouble but with Chuck Bass involved, all I was going to get was trouble.

I talked to a few people as I drank, I was on my fourth drink now and the dance floor was looking very inviting so when a guy, a little older than myself beckoned for me to come dance with him, no wasn't even an option for me. I drank and danced at the same time, my stilettos were killing my feet but it felt good, numbed by the vodka. We tried to talk a little but we had to shout over the music that someone had turned up even louder, eventually we just stopped trying.

Dancing was one of my favourite thing about parties, I always looked good dancing and I guess the guy thought so too since after a few more minutes his hands were everywhere. The bartender came and replaced my empty glass once more. I don't know how many I'd had now but it was definitely over the limit I'd given myself before I'd got here. The said something to me but I couldn't hear him so I just nodded, he took my hand and began to lead me off the dance floor, towards the door. I got the idea of what he must have said.

Just before I could slip out the door with him, a hand grabbed my other arm, jolting me to a halt.

"Not today, buddy." A voice said and I looked up to see Chuck squaring up to the guy who had tried to lead me out. "Why don't you go find some other under-age girl to waste your time on?" The guy didn't put up much of a fight and eventually sauntered off to do just that.

The bar door closed with me still inside, I looked up at chuck, "What do you think you're doing?" I asked, I was angry, I don't know why I was angry, I hadn't even really wanted to go with that guy.

"Saving you," Chuck said, his signature smirk back in place on his lips. I wanted to punch it right off his lips.

"I didn't need saving!" I told him, "I'm perfectly fine!" He looked down at me, his eyes were condescending, looking at me like I was a feeble child who didn't know how to look after herself.

"You're drunk," He commented and I laughed.

"Half the people here are drunk." I told him, "I didn't need saving, you're not some knight saving the bloody princess." I laughed, he wouldn't understand why I laughed but being an actual princess made that sound funny to me.

We fought for a little while, back and forth about me being drunk and how I should probably go home. The door behind me opened knocking into me, I stumbled a little and the room swayed, if I hadn't been drunk I'd have been fine but that wasn't the case. I lost my footing and fell straight into Chuck, he caught me without a moments hesitation and for a second I let myself linger in his arms, he smelled nice, Chuck always smelled nice. Then I pushed him away and went to join the party once more.

I found Serena easily, she always stood out in a crowd. I decided to stick close to her for the rest of the night.

I actually like this chapter so yippee for that. ~RainbowVeins