Chapter 10.

John F Kennedy Airport.

Serena and Jenny walked into the airport laughing, smiling and holding hands while dragging a couple large suitcases behind them. They made their way inside, looking up at the clock to see how much time they had before their flight took off when a man in a business suit walked up to them.

"Hello, my name is Scott Janssen and I'm here on behalf of Chuck Bass. He has offered you the use of his jet and I will personally fly you to Miami and back at the times of your choosing."

Jenny couldn't stop smiling, "Thank you."

"Is this offer for just Jenny and I?" Serena asked, curious as to how Chuck knew about their trip.

"No, I believe there are 4 people in the passenger list Mr. Bass gave me." Scott removed a slip of paper from his jacket pocket, "Blair Waldorf and Georgina Sparks are also scheduled to travel with you. Have you seen them?"

Blair came running towards them, with Dorita following behind guiding Blair's convoy of bags through the busy airport. Blair slowed up as she got close to the small group, "Why are you standing around, we need to get in line."

"You didn't tell Chuck about our trip?"

"No." Blair said sharply, "Why?"

"Somehow he found out and has offered his private jet to us. I thought you maybe you had asked him for a favor."

"I talked to him and did him a favor, but I didn't tell him a thing about our trip." Blair said defensively, before letting herself smile, "You know Bass, he finds things out to. Maybe he's just being nice. Not that I like him knowing our private business though."

Serena turned away from Blair, "Well, I'd like to get going, because the sooner Jenny and I get to Miami the happier I'll be."

Blair looked around the airport, "I don't think Georgina will show up now, not after what she did. I just don't understand why she'd do that. Things were going sort of normal for us."

"Georgina doesn't do normal." Serena said with a wry smile.

As Blair was smiling at Serena's rare show of humor, Georgina came running up to her. She dropped her bags and walked right up to Blair, "Okay, I owe you and everyone here a huge apology. I did something stupid yesterday and I can tell by the way you two are looking at each that you're fighting because of what I said."

"It's not your fault Blair slept with my mom, but what you did was pretty childish." Serena said, much calmer than she was the other day.

Blair glared at Georgina, "You know, any other day I would be scratching your eyes out for what you did, but we'll talk about that later, for now we need to get on this plane and let Serena and Jenny have their weekend together."

Serena shook her head at Blair, "What's going on with you? How can you let her come after what she did? She exposed your lie for who knows what reason and you're acting like it's no big deal."

"Serena, I did something even worse and I am hoping that one day you can find a way to forgive me, so how can I condemn her for the same thing? I'm not saying what she did was right, but I'm going to find out why she did it and she has apologized, so I'm thinking she feels bad about it, so I'm going to do what I hope you can do one day, give her another chance."

"Good luck with that plan." Serena laughed, turning to Jenny and taking her hand, "Let's go. I can't listen to her anymore."

Jenny held Serena tight and followed her and Scott to the private security check point and after the usual delays they were on their way to Miami.

Miami International Airport.

Blair and Georgina got off the plane first, laughing as if they'd been friends for years. They stopped at the side of the limo, waiting for the luggage to be put in the trunk. Blair looked up as Serena and Jenny walk down the long flight of stairs, looking anything like a happy couple.

Jenny stormed ahead of Serena, opened the limo and crawled inside. Blair motioned for Georgina to inside the limo and walked towards a very unhappy Serena, "What happened?"

"Why would I tell you?" Serena yelled, "You're the reason all this happening."

"You fought because Jenny knew about what two other people did? She is not to blame for any of this. What's really going on here?"

"I can't talk to you. Why did you have to do this." Serena said, her voice cracking as she turned away from Blair, "Nothing will ever be the same now. Not for us, not for Jenny, not for anyone. I need you and I can't even talk to my best friend."

Blair gently put her hand on Serena's shoulder, "Please just tell me what happened?"

"It's so stupid. I wasn't even mad at her." Serena said with a resigned sigh, "We were getting our stuff ready to get off the plane and I saw you through the window laughing with Georgina and I just got so mad. I don't know why, but Jenny smiled at the sight of you two laughing and I lost it. I screamed at her and said she was on your side and she didn't care about what you'd done and she was in tears before I could stop myself."

"Oh I'm sorry this happened, but this can be fixed. I promise you it can." Blair said confidently, "I know you're still mad at me and that's fine, but please let me help. This trip is for you two and I'm not going to let it be ruined. Let me talk to Jenny, okay?"

"This is my mess. I need to learn to fix my own problems."

"You can't fix this right now. Jenny is probably fuming right now and if there's one thing I'm good at it's solving problems. Maybe not my own, but I'm pretty good at helping others. I know Jenny will listen to me."

"This won't change anything, I'm still mad at you."

"I know." Blair smiled at Serena and moved towards the limo. She got inside and once again asked Georgina to give her some privacy. After Georgina exited the limo, Blair slid over and sat beside a still sobbing Jenny, "Hey there. I just talked to Serena and she feels horrible about what she did. She wasn't mad at you, she just took it out on you. She wants this trip as much as you do, so will you give her a chance to make this right?"

Jenny wiped her tears away and shook her head at Blair, "I've never seen her yell like that. She was so mad. I didn't do anything."

"I know and that's why she feels awful. I'm the reason she got mad. I'm so sorry that you had to pay for that. Serena will regret this for as long as she lives, but you have to know she didn't mean any of it."

"Okay, I want to make this trip work so I'm ready to talk to her."

Blair gave Jenny a hug and slid back out of the limo. She walked over to Serena, "Okay, she's waiting for you."

Serena nodded and made her way towards the limo, peaking inside to see Jenny looking back at her, "I'm sorry. Can I come in?"

"Yes."

"I have no excuses for what I did." Serena said sincerely as she sat down beside Jenny, "I guess I'm not as perfect as I'd like to think sometimes. I am not mad at you and never was. I'm just lost without Blair and I hate that. I never realized how much I relied on her, but seeing her with Georgina, a woman she should hate, I just lost it. I'm just so sorry I yelled at you like that."

"It's okay. I know you're upset about Blair." Jenny said as her smile returned to her pretty face, "I don't know what to say about it. I want to support you and whatever you think is best, but I also know how important Blair is to you and I really hate the idea of you two not being friends."

"I know you're only looking out for me and I love you for it and maybe one day I'll be able to get past this, but I'm just not ready right now."

Jenny put her hand on Serena's arm, "Okay, are you sure you want to be here? We can do this another time. You don't have to put on a brave face for me. I know this must be so hard on you and I shouldn't have made you feel like you had to come here."

"Don't say that. I'm fine. I'm where I want to be and we are going to have a great weekend." Serena said, doing her best to smile.

"Good, I really hope we can." Jenny said, happy to wrap her arms around Serena again.

Blair walked over to Georgina, "I'm sorry I asked you to leave twice, but I'm just trying make up for what I did to Serena."

"That's fine. I understand." Georgina said softly, "While we're talking about making up for things we did, I'm really sorry about telling Serena about you and her mom. I was an idiot. I saw you with a girl downtown and I jumped to an irrational conclusion and I hurt a lot of people because of it."

"I'm glad you feel bad and you've apologized and hopefully this will never happen again. Anyway, I'm going to change our hotel room as soon as we get there. I want to give Serena all the space she needs. I hope that's okay with you?"

"That's fine with me. I'm just trying to figure what this trips means to you. Why did you invite me?"

"I don't know really." Blair said with a puzzled shrug, "I guess I felt like giving a second chance to someone since I needed one. I think we got along pretty well on the flight over here. I just want us to have some fun, with no expectations and we'll see how the weekend goes."

"I like the sound of that." Georgina said with a smile, "Do you think they've made up yet?"

"Oh yes." Blair smiled, "The question is how far into the making up they are. I better check or we'll be out here all night." Blair tapped on the window of the limo a couple times and stood back.

Serena pushed open the door, "Everything's fine. We're ready to start the weekend."

Blair and Georgina hopped into the limo, sitting opposite Serena and Jenny. An awkward silence filled the air as the limo drove away.

Ritz-Carlton Hotel.

The limo pulled up to the beautiful hotel, coming to a stop just outside the main entrance. Serena and Jenny exited to the limo first, with Blair and Georgina right behind them. The driver was left with the task of bringing in the mountain of luggage that barely fit into the large trunk.

Serena tugged on Jenny's hand, "Let's go."

Jenny looked over at Blair and then back at Serena, "Don't you want to say something to her before we leave? We probably won't see them much until we leave."

"Why should I say anything to her? I didn't do anything wrong." Serena snapped, instinctively getting annoyed at the mention of Blair's name. After taking a breath, she let out a sigh and tried to smile for Jenny, "I talked to her a little when we landed and she said all the right things, but that doesn't change what she did. I don't know what to say to her anymore. I look at her and I get mad."

"Okay, well then maybe it's best we do leave now." Jenny took Serena's hand and led her inside.

Blair watched Serena and Jenny walk away and couldn't help but wonder if things would ever get better.

Georgina tapped Blair on the shoulder, "Hey, why don't we sign in and then hit the beach for the night. I won't be going during the day, my skin can't handle the sun."

"I don't feel much like going out." Blair moaned lightly.

"Oh come on, we need to do something. You can't sit up in the room all weekend moping around." Georgina lifted Blair's up so she was looking her in the eyes, "I know this isn't the best situation for anyone, but I hoped we'd be able to have a little fun at least."

"I know and I thought it would be easier. I really did, but seeing her all sad still just kills me. I know I've ruined her trip with Jenny not to mention her life, so I'm not sure how I can have fun right now."

"Well, I'm sure you know that you can't speed this up. Serena's going to need to time to deal with all this. You can either feel bad all weekend or find a way to move on. I know you won't be able to stop thinking about this all the time, but look around you, this place is beautiful. There's so much we could do. We could go to a movie if you want. Go out to dinner, take a walk on the beach, anything that gets your mind of things for a while."

"I appreciate you trying to help, but I'll be horrible company."

"And what's new about that?" Georgina said with a laugh, "Just say yes to something."

"Okay, we can try dinner and movie. That actually sounds pretty relaxing."

"Great, then let's go find our room."

"Rooms." Blair corrected, "We each have our own room. I just felt it would be better. There's really no need to deal with anything else right now."

"That's fine with me." Georgina smiled and walked with Blair inside the thankfully air-conditioned lobby.

With Serena and Jenny looking out at the beautiful view, Blair walked up to the main desk, "Hi there. I'm Blair Waldorf and I made a reservation for me, my friend Georgina Sparks and another for Serena van der Woodsen."

The man looked at his computer screen and then gave Blair a disapproving glare, "I'm sorry, but you have been red flagged. Your reservations were denied. The woman you spoke to at the time did not do the proper background check and therefore granted you the reservations in error. We have sent you an email and have called the number you provided to inform you of this change."

"What the hell are you talking about? Why am I red flagged?"

"Does that date June 14th, 2009 mean anything to you?" The man asked with a smug frown, "Well, you were in another of our hotels in Los Angeles, the penthouse suite to be exact and it says here you and a man named Chuck Bass were involved in a very heated argument in which you promptly trashed the suite, causing thousands of dollars in damages. While you paid the bill for the damages, you are no longer welcome in our hotel chain."

Blair turned away from the mom and cursed under her breath, "Shit."

Serena and Jenny walked over and stood in front of Blair, "What's going on? Where's our key?"

"Well there seems to be a problem." Blair said in a feint whisper of a voice.

The man behind the counter overheard the conversation and just couldn't help adding his two cents, "Your friend's reservations were canceled. We apologize to you for this unfortunate situation, but we don't want people like her in our hotels anymore."

Stepping up to the main desk, Serena glared at the man, "What does that mean? People like her?"

"It means rich spoiled brats who think they can get away with anything as long as they money. Now, we have numerous rooms available if you'd like to purchase one."

"I don't think so. I'm just like her." Serena said proudly, "Whatever she did doesn't give you the right to talk to her like that. I think I'm going to use my money and influence to get you fired for being an ass."

"Serena, just take a room. All the other hotels were booked up. This is it." Blair pleaded, "Don't let another of my mistakes ruin your trip."

"This isn't right. I don't know what we're going to do, but I'm not staying here now." Serena gave the man another dirty look and then stormed out of the lobby.

Jenny, Blair and Georgina followed. Blair looked at Jenny and Georgina and with them both giving her the go ahead, she walked up to Serena standing against one of the large pillars in front of the hotel, "I'm so sorry this happened."

Serena turned towards Blair, "It's fine. It's one thing for me to mad at you, but I won't let anyone else treat you like that. It showed me one thing, that as angry and hurt as I am right now, I can't stand the thought of you not being in my life. I know it won't be easy, but we'll find a way through this. I'm not ready yet, so don't think you're getting off the hook so easily. I'm going to be a bitch for quite a while, but when I'm done, I want us to start over again."

"Do you really mean that?" Blair asked, not sure she could believe what she just heard, "I will do whatever it takes to earn your trust again. I love you and I'm never going to forgive myself for what I did, but I want nothing more than to be your friend again."

"Well then, let's take this one day at a time and see how things go." Serena said, finding it hard to not smile at how happy she'd made Blair.

Jenny walked up and gave Serena a big hug, "Are you okay?"

"Yes, I think I'm going to be." Serena smiled, knowing she had the two most important people in here life by her side, "Nothing is going to feel right until we have our vacation together."

"I just want to be with you, it doesn't matter if it's here or in NY, as long as I'm with you I'm right where I want to be."

"I really wanted this to work for us, but we're here now, so we should find a way to make it work."

Blair looked out at the marina and a big smile crossed her face, "You know what, I think we can rent one of those yachts for the weekend. It won't be the same as the penthouse suite, but it's something. I know you want your privacy, so I'll take Georgina somewhere else."

"No, it's okay." Serena said, finding it so hard not to smile at Blair, "If you can rent one, we'll find a way to make it work for all four of us."

"I can't do that to you or Jenny."

Serena smiled at Jenny and squeezed her hand, "Look, as long as we have a room together we'll be happy. I don't want to be worrying about where you are the whole time, so you can stay with us."

"Yes, I think Serena's right, it would be better if you were here to." Jenny said with a smile.

"Okay, I'll go see what I can find." Blair said with a big smile, motioning for Georgina to come with her.

Serena waited for Blair and Georgina to disappear from sight and then wrapped her arms around Jenny's neck, "Well, this isn't exactly what I had planned for us, but I agree with what you said, as long as I'm with you I'm right where I want to be."

"Good, but I hope the walls on our room are pretty thick, because we're still going to spend the whole weekend doing every little thing we've ever talked about and I don't care who hears us."

"Umm, I'm starting to think that this trip might turn out even better than we planned." Serena leaned in and kissed Jenny on the lips, beginning what would soon be remembered as the best weekend of their burgeoning relationship.

The End.

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