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Chapter 3.
Two days since Serena's return, since Serena and Dan's first encounter after two years, she and Blair decided to spend some quality time together, watching 'Breakfast at Tiffany's', having coffee, eating croissants, it's basically tradition. So earlier that morning, Blair was already in front of Serena's door, knocking loudly, hoping that the blonde was awake and would open the door. Of course she had Serena's keys to the apartment but she kinda left it at home.
"Serena!" Blair yelled, still pounding on the door. "God, Serena, open the damn door! Serena!"
Suddenly, the door swung open and revealed a dishevelled looking Serena, standing in the doorway, clutching at the robe and looking surprised to see her best friend at eight in the morning. Without a word, Blair pushed into Serena's apartment, heading straight to the living room.
"What - - Blair?"
Blair glanced at Serena from the couch before pulling the blonde to sit next to her.
"We made plans. To hang out today and meet up with Chuck and Nate later for dinner."
"Oh, right." Serena stood up and started to make her way to her bedroom. She never made it there though because Blair pulled her back on the couch. Without a word, Blair stood up and played 'Breakfast at Tiffany's'. After setting up the movie, she took a seat beside the blonde.
"What's wrong, S?"
Serena sighed. She had spent the last two days thinking about Dan… and Georgina. Thankfully, the wedding planning doesn't require her presence yet. She wasn't sure how to do all the planning with a lot in her mind.
Ever since that day, all Serena could think about was Georgina and Dan together. It was keeping her up late at night, tossing and turning in her bed, thinking of reasons how the two got together. Two years ago, when she left, never would she think that Dan and Georgina would be together. Granted, the two of them hooked up many years ago but still. Serena would've preferred seeing Dan with anyone else – even with Vanessa – than with Georgina.
"Nothing. Just a lot on my mind."
Blair looked at her best friend sceptically before turning to watch the movie. She knows what's wrong with Serena, god, every one of them knows why. Although it was barely noticeable during lunch two days ago, still everyone noticed the change in Serena's demeanor after Dan and Georgina left. So, since then, Blair, Chuck, Nate, Eric and Jenny – seeing as they were the ones who saw the blonde within those two days – restrained themselves from mentioning anything Dan-related.
"Serena, you know you can talk to me."
Serena blinked, dismissing the idea. She did not want to talk about Dan and Georgina and DanandGeorgina.Suddenly, she stood up and went to her bedroom quickly, not letting Blair stop her.
"S!"
Blair sighed. She knows bringing up this topic would not be good but hey, it was worth a try, right? The brunette turned off the TV before heading towards Serena's room. She knocked a couple times but the blonde won't open the door. She tried to shake the doorknob and was surprised when it opened easily. Usually, Serena would've locked the door.
"Serena?"
Blair hears the water running so she knows that the blonde was taking a shower. She looked around and saw the mess of clothes and things Serena has. Guess she's been doing some unpacking, not much progress though. But the one thing that caught Blair's attention was the picture of Dan and Serena at their wedding. The golden dress and the guy waiting for her best friend, the golden girl. Serena finally made it down the stairs and was hand in hand with Dan. Even Blair had to smile at that memory. She remembers taking that picture, seeing the love Dan and Serena had for each other.
"B?"
Blair looked up and saw Serena already dressed. How long was she staring at the picture? The blonde was dressed in a green tank top and denim shorts. Blair hurriedly set the picture down the bedside table and walked over to her best friend.
"S, you want to talk about it?"
Serena shook her head and went over to hug Blair. Blair was surprised at first but eventually hugged her back. Serena's laughing even though Blair's pretty sure she's nowhere near happy. And Blair notices that Serena's eyes are being filled with tears.
Serena mumbled an apology to her, wiping the tears on her face then laughing at how silly she must've looked like. Blair looked at her worriedly, watching her laugh at herself. Serena stops when Blair asked why she was laughing. Serena simply told her that she's laughing at herself, how stupid she's being, being affected by Dan and all. And Blair frowns, doesn't smile at the fact that even though it's been two years, Dan Humphrey still has this effect on Serena van der Woodsen.
"How did Georgina and Dan - -?"
And suddenly the air is thick and it's not even a little bit funny. Not to Serena, not to Blair. Serena knows she opened up a sensitive topic for her but she honestly wants to know how Dan and Georgina got together. She's not really sure she would be able to handle it but she thinks it's better to hear from Blair than from Dan. Or worse, from Georgina.
Serena waits for the answer but Blair's saying nothing. And this maybe is one of the reasons why everyone's been avoiding the subject. None of them really knows how that happened or even why it's still happening.
"Honestly S, we don't know how. One day, Humphrey suddenly showed up with that bitch and was exchanging spits in front of us." Blair exclaimed, even rolling her eyes to show her annoyance.
"So, umm... How serious are they?"
"Uhh... Serious enough." Blair shrugged before rolling her eyes, this time at Serena. "Stop asking me about that. I don't want to spoil our bonding time by discussing Humphrey and Sparks."
Serena giggles at Blair's expression and pretty soon Blair was giggling as well. Since movie time was completely disregarded by now, Blair suggested doing some shopping instead. The blonde immediately nodded before grabbing her purse and pulling the shorter girl outside.
...
Bendel's. Barney's. Bloomingdales. Prada. Chanel. Louboutin's. And about ten other stores later, Serena and Blair finally decided to call it a day. Each girl was carrying at least seven shopping bags on each hand and though they still wanted to check a few more stores, it's already five and they are supposed to meet Nate and Chuck at seven.
As soon as they arrived at the blonde's apartment, Serena immediately went to her room while Blair took over one of Serena's guest rooms – the one closest to Serena's room, of course. Serena dumped her bags on her bed before heading over to the bathroom to shower. She relaxes as the warm water hits her skin and erases any negative thoughts that are currently running in her mind.
She quickly finished showering the minute Blair rapped on her door, yelling for her to hurry up. She checked the time on her phone as she steps out of the bathroom and she realizes that she's been showering for almost an hour.
She gets dressed, wears that green dress from Paris and the sky-high heels she bought from Louboutin's that matches her dress. She applies little to no make-up and when she's done, Blair's yelling for her again. She was about to leave the room when she realizes that she left her phone on her bed.
She rushes towards it, grabs it immediately and she sits on the side of her bed for a minute and her eye catches the frame that holds one of the most wonderful days in her life. The picture of them together at their wedding day. She wonders how that frame got on top of her table, she doesn't recall ever placing it there and she's pretty sure she hid it somewhere deep in her belongings that the only way for her to see that again was if she were to dig up all her belongings in search for it.
She sighs, feels her eyes getting wet because she looks so damn happy and he looks so damn happy and they look so fucking in love and it hurts. It hurts so much and she hates herself for feeling hurt.
She wasn't supposed to be hurt. She wasn't supposed to feel anything.
...
About fifteen minutes later she's still clutching on the frame and she doesn't hear footsteps coming closer, doesn't hear the door opening until she feels a hand on her shoulders. She looks up and sees Blair, a hand on her shoulder, looking at her sympathetically.
Then she realizes. She's been crying. Blair sits down beside her and makes her look at her. Silently, Blair wipes the stray tears on Serena's cheeks and just hugs her. They stay like that for a while and the silence was only interrupted when Blair's phone buzzed. The brunette quickly typed in a reply before standing up and fixing herself up.
"S, you need to fix yourself. You look awful."
Serena laughs at her before pulling herself up, the picture frame discarded and she shoves her face next to Blair's so that she can see herself in the mirror. And god, she did look awful.
A quick touch-up of make up later - making sure she doesn't look like a mess - there's a knock on her front door. Serena squeals and giggles before almost running towards the door.
Nate and Chuck, the other half of the NJBC stood on the other side and Serena literally tackles them both. Chuck, being Chuck immediately pries the blonde off him while Nate simply laughs, squeezing the girl back.
"Where's Blair?"
"Here!" Blair yells, just as she entered the room with two purses in hand. One for Serena and one for herself. She hands Serena's bag over to the blonde before walking over to Chuck and kissing him quickly.
"So, where to?"
Chuck asks and looks at Blair who glances at Nate who nudges Serena lightly. The blonde simply smiles and says,
"Butter! Definitely Butter!"
Chuck nods in agreement then extends his arm towards Blair. Blair grabbed it, lacing her fingers with his before the two of them walked out of the apartment. Nate and Serena looked at each other then laughed. Nate wrapped his arms around her shoulders, pulling her a bit closer.
"You okay?"
"Yeah. I'll be okay."
The two of them slipped inside the limo and Chuck immediately hands both of them a glass of wine. Blair raises her glass and they raise theirs and they toast.
"Butter, here we go."
.to be continued.
A/N: New chapter for y'all. So, it's just two weeks before Christmas break but hopefully I'll be able to update this once before that and hopefully more than once during the break. I'll try my best. I hoped you enjoyed this chapter.
Oh, and there is one line/part here that is important in the future chapters. I don't think it's noticeable, though. Anyways... Enjoy!