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svanderwdsn‌:

A chuckle threatened to escape the blonde’s throat. It was nice in theory, but Serena knew it couldn’t work, and deep down Nate had to have known the same. “I’m pretty sure you can’t have your cake and eat it too Natie. And by that I mean, you know Blair will make you choose one way or the other: be friends with me, or be in a relationship with her.” Arms folded across her chest as she shrugged. “I missed you too.” She spoke quietly before nodding at his attempt to change the subject. She knew eventually they’d have to talk more about it, talk to Blair about it. But for now they were on the same page, for now she could simply catch up with her old friend Nate. “My mom’s happy, surprised at the timing and lack of announcement, but we’re making it work. Eric is…Eric. I spent the summer traveling. Then decided I did not want to go back to boarding school. Nothing too special. What did you do this summer? This past year?” She inquired. 

He knew he shouldn’t spew what was on his mind, but he wanted to see what her reaction would be. "Is that what we are? Friends?” The word coming from her bothered him in a way that caught him off guard. The two of them went behind Blair’s back, had sex, lost their virginities to each other no less — the word friend just didn’t feel right anymore. Suggesting they switch topics was successful for all of thirty seconds. 

“You were gone for a year and didn’t do anything special? Nothing worth telling? C’mon, that... that just doesn’t sound like you.” He was nearly positive she had a plethora of fun stories to tell. Life was always exciting around Serena. It was one of the things he loved most about being in her presence, about being lucky enough to be in her inner circle. With a smirk, he shook his head. “Anyway, I’m sure they’re both really happy you’re back home.” His brow furrowed, thinking about what to tell her. “What did I do?“ Telling her about all the work he put into his relationship while she was gone seemed like an awkward thing to bring up, so he managed to skip over those particular highlights. He sure as hell wasn’t going to mention all the times he quieted down the rumors going around about her, all the nearly physical altercations he got into because of how defensive them doing so made him. “I don’t know, hung around with Chuck and Blair mostly. Spent most of the summer feeling pretty relaxed,” he said, holding two fingers up to his lips to pantomime smoking. “Wen’t sailing with my father — remember how I used to complain about him always wanting to do that? We used to go when I was a kid and, turns out, I’m an ass because it was actually a pretty good time. Guess I forgot how much I used to enjoy it. Been a while since we had a while to just bond and not talk about Dartmouth or whatever else — made him promise before we went.” Nate’s mouth widened to reveal his pearly whites. It was a good summer, considering. “Other than that, same old stuff. Still run every morning...” he trailed off, his eyes lighting up after a moment. His chest puffed out a bit as he announced a personal triumph of his. “And I’m captain of the lacrosse team now.”

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svanderwdsn‌:

“It is. But what if honesty only causes a bigger mess of things? Then it wouldn’t really be worth it in my opinion. The truth would be out, but nobody would really be happy about it….right?” Serena quirked an eyebrow in Nate’s direction, silently waiting for him to give his opinion. “I mean we would have both lost Blair, my best friend, your girlfriend. She deserves better than the both of us. But she would probably self destruct if she shuts both of us out of her life at the same time. We can’t do that to her.” She sighed once more, attempting to reason with him, to convince him of the words she was saying. Or rather convince herself. Any thought she had of coming forward with any kind of feelings of her own shut down when he started talking about his parents. shame on her for bringing them up in the first place. “Yeah Blair fits right into that mold. Anyone else is simply unimaginable. And why try to fight destiny right? Just like I will probably end up following in my mom’s footsteps. Brown. Multiple marriages that will sustain my luxurious lifestyle. It’s inevitable.”

Again, Nate fell quiet. Facts were facts, and the fact was they fucked up. At a little over six feet, he towered over most people, but in that moment never felt smaller. “I don’t want to lose her. Or you. That’s about the only two things I’m sure about right now.” A sigh escaped him. “And maybe that’s selfish of me, but... I don’t know, I... I really missed you. Things just haven’t been the same without you, Serena.” It had been a long time since he had been face to face with her, staring into her beautiful blue eyes. They were dangerous and he knew how easily he could get lost in them, how alluring they were. The Sheppard wedding proved that. Nate took a deep breath before desperately attempting to change the conversation. “Okay, can we talk about literally anything else? How’s your mom doing with you back? How’s your brother? What have you been doing all this time?” He prayed she would entertain him. Surely, she had to be just as exhausted by the conversation as he was. It might have been exactly what he hoped to talk about with her, but he wasn’t feeling any better or sure about anything — best to take a breather and come back to it another time. Damn, he wished he was high right about now.

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thexxblair‌:

blair sighed as she was listening to him. he was right about the thing and as he suggested to drop this topic, blair nodded but she still knew that she will think about it. serena is - was one of her most closest people and she can’t just sweep it away from the table even thought she had already made it pretty clear to her that they were done. “you are right.” she murmured and reached her hand to him and gently squeezed him. his next words made her cheeks turned red and blair smiled slightly. “no, I’m the one who is lucky here. I’m lucky to have you.” blair emphasized the word ‘you’ and squeezed his hand gently once again. while he was talking about their parents to have a long overdue night out tonight, blair looked at them and then turned her gaze back to nate. “they seemed to be happy. their group of friends seem to be happy.” while their seemed to be torn apart. “my mom isn’t home. she is working so who knows if she comes back tonight and I already sent dorota home. I don’t want to be home alone tonight.” her gaze and her looked made it pretty clear. of course she wanted.               

Nate picked up her hand with his own and brought it to his lips for a kiss. “I love you.” He noticed Blair’s eyes divert over his shoulder, prompting him to turn and look at his parents’ table. Nate laughed. They did seem happy, but didn’t everyone? He was learning not to judge people’s lives based on the looks on their faces or their instagram pages or even the words that came out of their mouths. Still, her comment about their friend group falling apart elicited a sigh from him. Despite him offering up his place, her suggestion was much better.  He tried acting smooth about it and not letting his excitement over the idea show too much on his face.He tried. “You don’t have to tell me twice,” he said, his mouth quickly forming a wide grin. “Whaddya say we get out of here, then?”

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did you see NOAH CENTINEO ?? no, that’s just NATE ARCHIBALD. they were seen all over gossip girl lately. they are a STUDENT residing in MANHATTAN.

ABOUT NATE

Nathaniel Fitzwilliam Archibald is the Upper East Side’s “golden boy” and is the son of Howard Archibald, a business magnate and former Navy captain, and Anne Archibald, a wealthy french Socialite of the Vanderbilt family.

Though his friend group is crumbling at the moment, Nate is confident desperately hoping that they will all work it out — somehow. Chuck Bass has always been his best friend, Blair Waldorf now his girlfriend, and Serena Van Der Woodsen a close friend. 

Nate has a surprisingly high IQ, but is no where near the top of his class at St. Jude’s. In fact, he currently falls more towards the bottom. He has never been the most book smart guy and, coupled with his less than stellar work ethic and frequent marijuana smoking, his grades have suffered. Luckily, as an Archibald, these things can be overlooked in the long run. Though he would deny it, Nate’s sometimes laid-back attitude is a direct result of his wealthy and privilege and how much he’s gotten away with, or had things handed to him, because of it.

When it comes to his family, Nate wants nothing more than to make his parents proud. Despite all his complaining about their expectations of his future, the one they have essentially planned out for him with little to no input from Nate, he mostly makes decisions with them in mind as it’s in his nature to please them. That being said, he definitely feels an unfair amount of pressure to perfectly align with their vision for him and any of his own wants or protests just seem to fall on deaf ears. Most of the stress in his life is from this, not counting his relationship issues.

Nate has always had a small crush on Serena but the two never crossed the line of their friendship until recently. The guilt from it is eating Nate alive, and it’s only a matter of time before he spills the beans to Blair. What bothers him most is the thought of Blair thinking he doesn’t have genuine feelings for her because he really does love his girlfriend. Now, however, he’s coming to terms with the fact that she’s not the only girl he has feelings for. And while, at first, he may not be as forward with Serena about them as he is in the show, he can’t deny them. Still, the battle in his head continues as he thinks about how his parents are his and Blair’s biggest cheerleaders.

& MORE

Nate is the Captain of the lacrosse team at St. Judes, which he hopes to continue playing in college, and is also a all-star cross country runner.

His loves The Sound of Music and thinks that Julie Andrews is really hot in it.

Nate has, more or less, the biggest moral compass out of his group of friends and believes in honesty, which makes him feel like a hypocrite in his current situation with Blair and Serena,

Often goes on sailing trips with is father, an activity he actually enjoys and looks forward to. He would love to take a huge sailing trip after high school graduation, instead of going to college straight away. 

He has a very casual clothing style. Though he wears expensive designer clothes, he doesn’t care as much about them as the people around him.

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svanderwdsn‌:

The blonde resisted the urge to laugh at his statement. His words were true, Blair would have killed them without a doubt, or at least killed them socially. “That’s true. If we had told her back then she would have hated both of us. It’s better this way, that she hates me and you guys are together how it should be.” Serena wasn’t sure how to react. On one hand she didn’t want to give Blair even more of a reason to hate her guts. On the other hand, keeping this lie up was exhausting and she was thinking it was better the brunette knew of their past. If swallowing her feelings meant that one day Blair may forgive her, it’s what she had to do.  “What good would come of telling her?” She was genuinely curiously as she shrugged up at him, blue eyes met brown and damn, he still gave her butterflies. “She wouldn’t talk to either one of us again and she would make our lives a living hell.“ A hint of a sad smile spread across her face as her gaze flickered back and fourth between looking down at her shoes and looking up at Nate. "Not to mention, how your parents would react. They are you and Blair’s biggest cheerleaders if I’m not mistaken.”

Nate fell silent. There wasn’t much more he could say to Serena that wouldn’t make him seem completely in love with her, and he hesitated to put a match to that fire until he could make sense of what was going on in his head. He was stuck in the middle of two amazing girls, something most guys probably would have killed for, and he wished to be anyone else. Just for a little while, at least. “Isn’t honestly supposed to be the best policy, or whatever?” “I’m not saying that I think it’s the right move, but...” He paused, sighing heavily. “I hate lying to her. She deserves better than me.” And as much as he believed that, he also could own that there was a huge part of him that knew seeing her with anyone else would wrreck him. Serena bringing up his parents set him off immediately. “Well, that’s because Blair fits into the perfect future they’ve planned out for me. I don’t even have to do a thing, it’s all there. Mapped out and forced down my throat.” He looked down at his sweatshirt, one his father had bought for him not too long ago. It was green, with letters across that read ‘Dartmouth’. He chuckled at the irony of it all. “Just can’t escape it, I guess.”

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thexxblair‌:

“yes, I have talked to her this morning and I don’t want to talk to her ever again.” well, this wasn’t a truth but this was her defensive mechanism. “why you seem like you are quite okay with this? she was also your friend and she just disappeared and now she is back. how can even think that things will be as much the same as they used to be? how can you even eat?” blair dropped her fork on a table and leaned against the chair as a long sigh escaped from her mouth. “I don’t know, nate. I don’t know if I still trust her.” she murmured and then she filled the silence with a slight laugh. “how could I be beautiful? I’ve been crying almost all day.”   

Nate put his fork down, finished chewing the piece of food in his mouth, and wiped it was his napkin. “Sorry, stress eating,” he said, pointing behind them to his parents’ table. “Look, I think her leaving us without saying a word was shitty, and you know that. But, like you said, she’s back now. And she seemed pretty sorry about the whole thing.” “Why don’t we drop the whole Serena thing?” He outstretched his arm across the table, leaving his hand open for hers to claim. “That’s my point. You’ve been crying all day and you, Blair Waldorf, still look like a million bucks. Your boyfriend’s a really lucky guy.” As he sat there saying such sweet words to his girlfriend, words that he believed, it started to sink in just how messed up the whole situation was. Maybe this was what he was meant to be — not him and Serena. Maybe. His eyes lit up as a thought came into his brain. “My parents are having a long overdue night out tonight, which means we could go back to my place. Uninterrupted.” A night with Blair, without the Howard and Anne peering over their shoulders, imagining what their future babies might look like. It sounded like heaven. “Only if you want, of course.”

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lolarhodesx‌:

Lola sighed as she rubbed her head a little, trying to get rid of a headache she currently was having.  “I don’t know what it is, but today has just been kind of boring…or you know, I’m so fucking hungover from the party last night that happened in town.” She said as she jumped on the couch in the hotel lobby smiling at the person next to her. “ So it’s just painfully boring…and painful!…I’ve also read all the Romeo and Juliet books for the third time- which we won’t even talk about how crazy that is.” She mumbled as she picked up a newspaper of the table and began to fake read it, “ However Netflix is just as good, so I’m skipping school today to binge watch Netflix any show’s you’d recommend?”

Nate didn’t have the slightest idea how he wound up hanging out with Lola, but it definitely wasn’t his intention when he decided to play hooky that day. His hangover had made the day a complete blur, his drinking doing the same for the night prior. “It was a good party — from what I can remember anyway.” He took a sip of the water bottle he had been carrying around with him, before turning his head to her. “I have a few aspirin if you want, you know, for the headache.” The golden boy shrugged, trying not to be too useless. “I haven’t seen it, but everyone’s been talking about that show Black Mirror. Supposed to be like a video game or something, but I think I’d rather just play an actual video game.” 

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svanderwdsn‌:

“I was, but if you’re here to lecture me Blair already told me how naive I was for thinking that in the first place. And how far along are you on the apology tour? Near or at the end I hope.” Her eyes looked up as she spoke. She was hoping at least that Nate would forgive her. He should be more upset with her than anyone, but he was always so forgiving and never one to hold a grudge. She came back solely for Eric, but she’d be lying if she said Nate didn’t factor into her decision whatsoever. “I left because of me, Nate.” She corrected, shaking her head. “I left because of what I did to Blair, to you. I would already be ruining my friendship with Blair, why would I want to ruin you too? What would have happened after, if I had stayed?” She was scared of the answer, but she was more scared of not knowing, so she continued. “We would have told Blair and she would have hated both of us, instead of just me. So yeah, leaving was the best decision. If I had stuck around to say goodbye, there’s no way I would have left. ”

“My apology tour? You mean to Blair?” That was a conversation he couldn’t even begin to wrap his head around having with her. Nate’s feelings for Blair were just as complicated as his feelings for Serena, and yet both were genuine. His head lowered until the only thing in his line of sight was the ground. “It takes two to do what we did. That’s not all on you.” He felt so lame. He was dancing around the subject, talking about what they did without actually saying the words — as if somehow that made it less real, less complicated. “No, we would have told Blair and she would have killed us. And then we wouldn’t have had to worry about any of this mess.” The truth was Nate was more confused than ever — he had no idea what the right thing to do was and he couldn’t come up with a scenario where no one got hurt. He knew it wasn’t fair, but he was already leaning on Serena for some guidance. "So, you don’t think we should tell her?” He folded his arms across his chest. “Even with you back?” 

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thexxblair‌:

“nate,” blair looked at him surprised as she had no idea that he was there the whole time as she was. “what are you doing?” asking, she looked around and as soon as she saw his parents, she realized. family dinner. she gave them a sweet smile as a sign of greeting and then looked at nate again. “of course you can join me.”blair said with a nod and frowned a little bit as he asked another question. ”yeah, everything was fine.” murmuring, she then shook her head. “no, why should I pretend something with you? nothing is alright. serena is back. serena abandoned me and I missed her so much. now she came back as nothing has happened.”        

With worrying eyes, he took a seat across from her. and she opened up to him. Nate was well aware how much Blair missed Serena, that much had been clear. She missed the blonde just as much as he did, if not more. “Yeah, I heard — have you spoken to her yet? Got a feeling the two of you are going to need to have a long talk about this one.” He unfolded the untouched napkin on his side of the table until it revealed the cutlery wrapped inside of it. Picking up the fork, Nate began to reach over the table to help her out with her meal. He had already eaten, but the food on her plate was making his mouth water. Plus, the multitasking somehow made the incredibly complicated topic more bearable. “I’m sure she feels like crap about it — she should, anyway — and you’re allowed to be angry... but you’ll work it out, somehow.” The golden boy took a pause to gaze at his girlfriend. “You look beautiful tonight, by the way.”

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svanderwdsn‌:

“Eric is happy to see me, that I know. And Chuck is…well Chuck. But Blair seems to hate my guts. I figured she would be mad, but the reaction I got was unexpected to say the least. She actually made it pretty clear she wants nothing to do with me. So yes, I had to ask you for confirmation. I figured she had already turned you against me the second I got back.” His harsh tone sent shivers down her spine. He had every right to be pissed, but it didn’t make hearing his words any easier. As much as the truth stung, Serena was still glad Nate was being honest with her. He was one of the few truthful people on the Upper East Side. “I’m sorry I left without saying anything. After that night I had to get away. I-I never meant to hurt you Nate.”

“She’s not mad, she’s hurt,” he corrected her. “Well, maybe a little mad too.” An overdramatic shrug followed. “I know you were probably hoping things would just snap back into place or whatever, but...” He hesitated. “You know Blair — she’s gonna be the hardest one on the Serena Van Der Woodsen apology tour.” He had no plans on getting involved in their friendship, or trying to med fences for them. That was going to have to be left to them. Nate’s fingers made their way through his hair, messing it up as he listened to her apology. A nervous tick of his. “I know you didn’t mean to but... it’s just, the whole thing was confusing enough without waking up to hear.... I guess I thought we would, I don’t know, talk about it a bit before you hightailed it out of the city to wherever the hell.” He forced a smile. “So that was why you left, then? Because of me?” His eyes stayed fixed on hers.

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thexxblair‌:

it was wednesday night and blair was home alone. instead of waiting for her mother to have a dinner together, she decided to send dorota home and go outside to have a dinner alone. it was better than to be locked inside of those home walls which made her sad sometimes. sitting in one of those fancy restaurants, blair seemed to be bored and not in a mood for the dish which she had ordered.     

Nate had been sitting through the longest dinner of his life, filled with non-stop conversations with his parents about his future at Dartmouth — his interjections about maybe wanting to pursue other schools such as USC fell on deaf ears so he stopped pushing it. Spotting Blair a few tables away gave him the perfect excuse to step away and, upon seeing her, his mother even insisted he join her instead. “Mind if I join you?” He stood there with his hands in the his pockets, his smirk fading as he watched her play with her food. “Blair, everything alright?”

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svanderwdsn‌:

The familiar voice made the blonde freeze in place. If anyone had the ability to make her feel like a love sick teenager and the worst person alive simultaneously it was Nate. Her stomach was fluttering as she met his eyes and allowed a smile to reach her lips. “I’m back Nate. For good this time.” Serena nodded her pale head as she fiddled with her thumbs. “I uh-I missed you. You and Blair. You guys.” She felt the need to add, clearly things were as awkward for him as they were for her. “Did you miss me?” Her voice softened, she couldn’t help but asking. Yet she needed to know. She needed some reassurance that she made the right decision in coming back.

She smiled and he knew he was a goner. “Did I miss—” he repeated her question to himself, letting his voice trail off before finishing it. “Are you serious? Of course I did.” He was genuinely perplexed at her question. Did she really have to ask? Nate had a lot of questions. His brow furrowed as he contemplated which to ask, but decided on more of a statement. “That was a pretty damn good disappearing act, by the way.” It came out harsher than he had anticipated, but it didn’t correct it — maybe he needed it to come out that way. As happy as he was to see her, as relieved as he was that she came back, he couldn’t help but linger on the fact that she took off in the first place. Without a single word. After... everything.

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sebastiend‌:

OF COURSE HE RECOGNIZED the latest golden boy on the Upper East Side– Sebastien wasn’t unfamiliar with that nickname from his days at st. Jude’s. “Yeah, you’re Blair’s boyfriend, right? We’ve probably met at some dinner – I’m a friend of the family,” the male shrugged, fingers tapping lightly against the crystal, probably way too expensive for any bar to own. However, it seemed like whenever someone wealthy entered the bar, the VIP treatments never ended. “Should I be worried, though? Finding her boyfriend day-drinking?” Sebastien wasn’t one to stir up drama, and would probably not interfere in their relationship. Shouldn’t you worry about your own day-drinking first, Mr. Durand??

He nodded, acknowledging that the man was probably right about how they’ve met. "Sure am, and lucky to be so — Nate Archibald.” He extended his hand to Sebastien, hoping this meeting might stick better in his mind than the last. With a gesture to the bar, he was brought another drink, which he wasted no time pressing to his lips. “Nah, not here to black out or anything. Just needed somewhere to be for an hour or two, just long enough for my parents to be out of the house so I can relax.” His eyes wandered down to the glass in the other’s hand. “But I’m not the only one with a day-drinking. Doubt your here for the same reason I am. Least I hope so.”

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svanderwdsn‌:

“ surprise bitch ! bet you thought you’d seen the last of me. just kidding. it is good to be back home in the city though.”

The sight of her was a punch to his stomach, knocking the wind out of him for a brief moment. Of all people, it was her mom that had spilled the beans and informed Nate of the blonde’s return. He had gone over this moment countless times in his head, and still he was at a loss for words. After a moment of gawking, he finally managed to mutter something. "...you’re back,” were the only words he could muster up, though he cleared his throat before correcting himself — was she? “I mean, Lily said— But— You really are back?”

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sebastiend‌:

BACK IN THE CITY after a week in Nice, The French Riviera. His grandfather owned a summer house and a boat over there, vacant at all times of the year. A mix of salt water and light beer had given him a soft glow that one could never achieve in New York or the Hamptons. Being back also reminded him how terrible single he was, and craved at least one summer fling before he’d go back to the regular 9´ to 5´.  Where would a man like him go to pick up some women? Well, he soon found himself in some bar that had been trending on Instagram lately, refusing to adapt to the new way of hooking up: Tinder. Come on– his french ancestors would never forgive him if they found out he DIDN’T swoop some girl off her feet the old fashioned way. Pre-occupied by his thoughts, he barely noticed the familiar person walking up to the bar next to him. “Oh— Hi! Sorry, I was day-dreaming,” Sebastien chuckled, innocent smile spread across his face. 

Nate wasn’t the most chaotic of teenagers, especially when compared to the Chuck Bass’ of the world, but every once in a while he indulged in his rebellious side. Okay, maybe more than every once in a while — he was only human, after all. Walking through the bar, he knew he was way too young to be there. His father having gone in business with the owner of the bar — the details of which Nate didn’t care to inquire about — those in charge were willing to look the other way when the son of Howard Archibald wanted a few drinks. Nate had already managed to get himself a little tipsy before his clumsy collision with a familiar-looking man. “Right, and I was day-drinking. No worries, man.” Leaning against the bar, he pointed at the man with slight hesitation. “I know you, right? Seb...astian?”

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lilycvdw‌:

THE MATURE FEMME greeted the other as they walked into each other at the get-together. “It’s great to see you,” she started, anxious about how she’d formulate the news of the return of her daughter.  “How was your summer? Bart and I just got back from a lovely trip to Greece. Such a lovely place!” Truth was, that one week abroad was the only pause she’d gotten from the reality of her life right now. Not only was Serena acting up, but her son Eric was also not doing too great. Your children struggling like that could take a toll on any mother, even Lily. “—Now, I have some shocking news: Serena’s back,”. 

“Relaxing,” Nate bit his lip, before a smirk formed as she recounted her summer. “But maybe not as relaxing as yours was, huh?” As of late, the golden boy had grown tight lipped around his childhood friend’s mother. Lily was someone he had always felt comfortable around, but lately all seeing her did was remind him of Serena — and how she just... left. “I spent most of my time in the Hamptons, though my parents weren’t as modest with their vacationing... they should be around here somewhere.” His eyes scanned the room for them, but Lily had some news that caught him off guard. His eyes lit up. “What? When? Is she here?How long has she been back for?”