Chapter 12

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Summary: Every story ends with a bang. This one also happens to have no summary.

Disclaimer: I don't own Gossip Girl, but when I take over the world, I will.

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One Month Later

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"Get out!" Blair screamed. "Get the hell out of my house!"

Chuck was completely taken aback. He threw the hydrangeas on her bed and closed her bedroom door.

Blair once again hated closed doors. It kept her from the outside. It kept her from being all-knowing.

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Well, well, C,

Looks like it's hard to be reformed, even by B.

I thought blonde bimbos were no longer on your radar.

I guess some things can never change.

xoxo Gossip Girl

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He said he didn't sleep with her. He didn't kiss her. He didn't do anything. But Blair couldn't believe him as much as she wanted to. He was Chuck Bass.

She cried amongst the candles in her slip, as she did last year with Nate.

Some things never changed. And Chuck was one of them.

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Spotted: N giving J a blow job in Central Park. In streaming video.

I'm heavily disturbed. N doesn't waste any time, does he?

xoxo Gossip Girl

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Serena found out that Jenny and Nate had been secretly dating when she had sex with him. In fact, she found Jenny nearly sleeping with him when she went to visit him one Saturday afternoon.

She confronted Jenny about the relationship. She merely said that Nate wanted to keep it secret so that he could solve his problems at school.

Jenny had no idea about Serena, and once she did find out, it made Nate all the more appealing. It simply disgusted Serena. She wondered if Dan knew. He probably did.

She wondered about him often; she hadn't spoken to him at all since she told him about Nate. He dated Nelly Yuki for two weeks, but she quickly ran back to her old boyfriend Todd when Penelope didn't approve. He was still single, as far as she knew.

Sometimes she'd stand in the courtyard inconspicuously; through her sunglasses she's be looking at him on the steps wallowing in pity. She wondered if he thought about her. She wondered if things would ever be the same again.

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Chuck had been on relatively good terms with Serena by the time he and Blair had gotten serious, and though Blair definitely didn't approve, she tolerated it as long as she didn't see Serena.

So daily he'd come to her room to usually say a few perverted quips, but today he had a solemn face as he walked into her hotel room.

"Blair broke up with me." He had no facial expression, just that emo face that Serena simply hated because he only used it when Blair treated him like crap. She sighed as she opened up a spot on her bed. He sat.

"I heard about the blonde girl at the Palace Bar," Serena whispered. "What exactly happened?"

"I bought her a drink," Chuck rubbed his eyes in concentration. "She's a daughter of one of my dad's clients. He asked me to show around town but gave me specific instructions not to sleep with her."

"But would you have slept with her anyway?"

"Of course not," Chuck said angrily. "You know I care about Blair."

"Can't you just explain it to her?"

"She didn't let me," He frowned as his eyebrows furrowed. "You know how Blair is."

"She believes what she wants to believe." Serena finished.

"Exactly," Chuck agreed. "I don't know what to say to her. She's not going to listen to me."

Serena didn't know how to help him. She wasn't getting along with Blair at all.

"Can you talk to her?" He begged.

"You know Blair and I aren't friends anymore." Serena got stern. "I can't talk to her for you."

"You're my only chance." His eyes got wide. "Serena, please."

"You're writing my obituary," Serena turned away. "But I'll talk to her tomorrow."

All she needed was to know what to say.

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"What are you doing?" Blair sneered as she started to leave. Serena's arm held her back. "Bitch, you will be dead if you don't let me go."

"Fine," Serena's lips tightened as she let Blair go. "But I really need to talk to you."

Blair flipped her highlighted hair and turned around. "Seeing as I don't have anyone to go home to," She got vulnerable at that, "I'm listening."

"I was really stupid when I chose Nate over our friendship again." She was completely lost for words.

"And it just proves that some sluts never learn." She turned around again. Serena grabbed her. She flared her nostrils and turned back around. "Get to the point."

"Chuck didn't sleep with her." Serena said briskly.

"And why would I believe you?" Blair batted her eyelashes waiting for a weak response.

"Because you know that if he asked me to do this for him, then it's the truth."

Serena's word hit like a sonic boom. Blair felt like an idiot.

She turned to leave. Then she gave Serena one last look. "Thanks, van der Woodsen." She didn't call her S or Serena; they still weren't friends as of yet. But she gave the blond a slight smile before she left the courtyard and headed to the Palace.

Serena breathed a sigh of relief. Their relationship would never be the same, but maybe their friendship could be salvaged. And she caught herself with a smile on her face as she hailed a cab.

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A rather depressed Chuck Bass answered the door. He slowly turned to putty when he saw a vulnerable Blair Waldorf at the door.

He was in his pajamas. He felt rather stupid.

But Blair evidently didn't care.

"I'm sorry." Blair Waldorf was actually apologizing for something. Hell had officially frozen over.

"I know you are." Chuck raised his eyebrows.

"Oh, shut up." Blair laughed as her lips landed on his.

Their relationship was definitely not a fairytale. But it was their own story.

And that was just fine with her.

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Spotted: Chuck Bass and Blair Waldorf breaking up and making up.

Looks like these two are here to stay. The Upper East Side should be terrified.

xoxo Gossip Girl

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A rather eviscerated Dan Humphrey answered the door. His face slowly turned to disgust when he saw a vulnerable Serena van der Woodsen at the door.

"What are you doing here?" He was tired of the games the Upper East Side had played against him.

"Look, I know you don't want to talk to me." Serena's blue eyes looked bright with self-pity.

"You're exactly right about that." He started to close the door until he saw her eyes again. He stopped and sighed in defeat. "Come in."

She stepped in cautiously and looked around.

"Jenny isn't here, Serena." Dan rolled his eyes. It was more about his sister than his ex-girlfriend. His sister was going to experience first heartbreak, and he probably wasn't going to pity her considering he was experiencing it himself.

She nodded slowly. They said nothing for a few seconds until Dan got annoyed. Her damn perfume was becoming an aphrodisiac.

"Were you going to say something?" He asked her.

"Not really," She turned bright red. "I'm sorry! I should have thought this through."

He pursed his lips thoughtfully. It was the wrong apology to offer him.

"Dan," She finally broke. "I know you have no reason to trust me."

"And I don't." Dan said abruptly.

"But I really want to try."

"I want to ask you one question, Serena," Dan said angrily. "If Nate wasn't dating my sister, would you have stayed with him?"

A tear slid down Serena's cheek. Dan automatically understood.

"We can't try if you don't think of me as your first choice."

"But you are my first choice." Serena cried.

"How am I your first choice when you could have easily chosen Nate over me and not cared one bit about it?"

"Because," Serena's voice broke. "When my mother was planning to leave with Rufus, I told her that you and I were forever."

He froze. His blood ran cold.

"And I still believe that." Serena was clearly crying now. "Do you?"

And it was time for him to make his decision. It would change everything. Or perhaps, things would remain the same.

"I'll let you know." He cracked a smile.

And then she laughed. He felt relieved.

Serena wiped her tears.

They definitely weren't back together. But maybe, just maybe, they were on their way there.

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Spotted: Serena and Lonely Boy learn the concept of forgive and forget.

Looks like today is a day full of surprises.

xoxo Gossip Girl

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Blair made sure that Chuck's suite door was locked and there was no spare key in the plant pot outside of the door.

It was her turn to live her closed door fantasy.

And for once in her life, Blair Waldorf loved closed doors.

They were where Blair and Chuck's relationship first began, where it would solidify, and where it would never end.

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Author's Note: Yeah, lame ending. But I really didn't want a NS ending; I can not being myself to like them. XD

And I know someone wanted a DS ending. ;)

I'm more interested in what you thought about CB, because I didn't want them to end lame. Was it? I'm sorry if it was.

Feedback! I love it! Please review! It would mean the world to me. Thanks, Cass