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fembuckTitle: Tango in D Minor
Author: Janine
Fandom: Gossip Girl
Pairing: Serena/Blair
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: I don’t own them.
Summary: Blair and Serena’s relationship continues to grow. Sequel to Audrey Can Wait and Here We Go
Tango in D Minor - Parts 4-5
Tango in D Minor - Part 6
Part Seven
A week later…The Palace
“Stop,” Serena said smiling pushing on Blair’s shoulders lightly as the brunette kissed her neck, slowly making her way up to Serena’s lips. “My mom’s going to be home any minute now.”
“Why do you have to be here?” Blair mumbled her lips still pressed against Serena’s skin. She’d tried to get Serena to come over to her place, but the blonde insisted that she needed to be home.
“I don’t know,” Serena said relaxing into Blair’s touch. She had no will-power when it came to the brunette. She was putty in Blair’s soft, beautifully tapered hands. “Lily just insisted that I be here at three,” Serena went on shifting slightly a moment later so that she could capture Blair’s lips with her own.
Blair’s hand moved to rest on Serena’s thigh, rubbing the denim surface for a few seconds before she raised her hand higher to slip under Serena’s shirt.
Just then they heard a noise at the door and jumped away from each other.
The couch was in full view of the penthouse door and if they hadn’t heard Lily playing with her keys they would have been in full view when she came through the door.
Serena glared at Blair.
Blair smiled and shrugged.
Serena found that insanely cute.
A few seconds later the door to the penthouse opened and Lily van der Woodsen appeared in the doorway tall and slim, looking the picture of wasp-y perfection.
Serena stood at the sight of her mother and began to move towards the door when a second figure emerged from behind Lily.
“Eric!” Serena declared happily seeing her brother smiling at her from behind their mother. “Oh my god, Eric!” she exclaimed again rushing towards the door, hugging him immediately. “Why didn’t you …” Serena began looking over at their mother who was watching them with a soft smile.
“It was a surprise,” Lily responded earning a breathtaking smile from Serena before she found herself wrapped in her daughter’s embrace as Eric had been moments before.
Releasing her mother, Serena turned towards Eric again reaching out for his hand happily, her gaze falling past him into the hallway where she saw two large suitcases. That was enough to hold all of Eric’s …
“Is this for good?” Serena asked suddenly, a hopeful note in her voice that she couldn’t and really didn’t want to control.
Lily nodded. “He’ll continue to see Dr. Stanton as an out patient.”
Serena smiled and hugged Eric all over again, only releasing him when he laughingly wheezed into her ear that he couldn’t breathe.
When Serena released him with a sheepish smile, Eric was finally able to see into the penthouse that would be home for the next 6 to 8 weeks. He never thought that he would be so happy to be moving back into a hotel, but he had totally missed the place.
“Hey Blair,” Eric said a few seconds later spotting the brunette as he carried out his visual inspection.
If he was surprised to see the brunette it didn’t show in his voice. For that matter, Lily looked equally non-pulsed to see Blair hovering at the threshold between the living room and foyer.
The truth was she was more surprised when she found Serena alone in the penthouse these days.
“Hey Eric,” Blair said smiling moving forwards until she reached the congregation of van der Woodsen’s in the foyer. Once surrounded by the blonds she then reached out and hugged Eric, genuinely glad to see him. She’d known him since he was born and, although she’d never admit it out loud, she kind of thought of him as a little brother as well.
“I should go,” Blair said a few seconds later. Despite the fact that she felt quite homey with the van der Woodsen’s she thought that it would be best to let them have some time alone.
Serena looked over at Blair at that, her lips parting and Eric knew that she wanted to protest. Her hand twitched and it seemed to him as if Serena was just barely controlling the urge to actually reach out and grab Blair’s hand to stop her from going.
“No, stay,” said Eric filing his sister’s reaction away. He was fairly sure that she was trying to be polite by not telling Blair to stay, but he liked Blair well enough and if it was important to Serena then it was important to him. “Amazingly I’m happy to see you,” he continued smirking at Blair, earning a big smile from both girls. “It’s fine if she stays, right?” Eric asked turning to look at his mother.
“Of course,” Lily responded knowing that it was pointless to argue. Blair had always been a prominent fixture in their lives, and had become even more so in the past couple months. She could as well have just upgraded to the penthouse on the top floor and gotten Blair her own room. “Blair’s an honorary van der Woodsen after all,” she went on earning a surprised but pleased look from Blair and a bright smile from Serena.
“I hope Ethiopian’s alright,” Lily continued moving further into the penthouse. It was ridiculous for them all to be standing around the foyer. “Eric insists we order from Meskerem,” she continued as Serena rolled her eyes and exchanged a look with Eric before moving into the hallway with him to grab the bags their mother had seemingly forgotten about.
“I absolutely love their qey kik wot,” Blair replied as Serena and Eric re-entered the penthouse, smiling as she met Serena’s gaze.
“Oh, that’s one of my favorites as well,” Lily responded as she rested her purse on a nearby table and turned around to watch the children as they joined her in the living room. “Serena doesn’t care for it,” she continued her brows creasing.
Blair made a face as well and turned to the side to look at Serena with an expression that said ‘Really? And I thought I knew you so well’. Lily nodded at this, seemingly pleased to have someone agree with her that Serena’s attitude towards the dish was completely bewildering.
Serena looked between Blair and her mother and then plastered her brightest smile across her face.
“I’m going to take this to Eric’s room,” Serena said looking down at the suitcase on the floor beside her.
One of them she could deal with, but she knew that together they presented an unstoppable force and it was time for her to leave until they forgot to pick on her.
Eric looked over at her and grinned. He had to agree with her though. Running away was the best strategic option available to her.
“Come on then,” he said nodding towards his room.
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Later that night …
“It’s too bad Blair couldn’t sleep over,” Eric said as he walked into Serena’s room and closed the door behind him.
“She’s meeting Havilland early tomorrow to go shopping,” Serena responded shifting over on the bed to clear a space for him.
The truth was that Blair could have easily stayed and gone to meet Havilland from The Palace. It wasn’t like she needed to go home to change because Blair had almost as many clothes at the penthouse as Serena did, but they hadn’t been able to keep their hands off of each other since the night they made love and Blair was freaked out by the idea of having sex with Eric in the next room.
Serena had insisted that they didn’t have to have sex, but Blair had rolled her eyes and Serena had grinned. With Blair in bed with her it was pretty unlikely that she wouldn’t have tried something, and if she didn’t the brunette certainly would have.
Eric scanned the room before plopping down on the mattress beside Serena. He could see things scattered all over the place that he knew weren’t Serena’s.
“Couldn’t she have met Havilland from here?” Eric asked looking over at his sister.
Serena shrugged. She knew Eric would see through the excuse, it was paper thin, but she wasn’t going to volunteer anything else.
“It’s not like she’d be without a change of clothes,” Eric continued looking over at the couch in the corner of the room by the closet where some jeans that were too short to be Serena’s were flung over the arm.
Serena shrugged again non-committal.
Eric looked at her appraisingly. This was the first time in months that she hadn’t talked at length about Blair when given the opportunity. Ever since they had made up, it seemed that every other word out of Serena’s mouth was Blair, and when his mother came to visit to him all he heard from her was about how Serena and Blair seemed to be joined at the hip.
“So, what’s going on with you two?” he asked a few seconds later.
“Hmm?” Serena asked looking confused.
Eric smiled. He’d lived with Serena long enough to know her expressions and she was faking.
“So,” he said drawing out the word. “You finally given into all of that sexual tension, huh?” he asked a second later lifting his eyebrow playfully.
It had taken him a while, but he finally realized that he hadn’t been wrong about Serena being extra happy he’d just gotten the source of it wrong. When he finally realized that Blair was the one she was around all of the time, and Blair was the one that brought out that extra happy smile and tone of voice on the phone, he realized why Serena had been in such a good mood.
Serena threw her pillow at him.
“Is that a yes?” Eric asked laughing.
“We do not have sexual tension,” Serena declared staring at him.
“Yes, you do. Boatloads of it,” Eric responded meeting her gaze unflinchingly.
Serena studied him silently for a few minutes, and relaxed against the headboard.
“Okay, yes,” she said grudgingly before a slow smile spread across her lips.
Eric smiled.
“I knew it!” he declared a second later. “You always have this look on your face whenever you talk about her. Blair-face,” he went on grinning over at his sister. “Congrats,” he added. “She’s a looker.”
Serena laughed and reached over him taking her pillow back so she could throw it at him again.
Despite the pillow violence she was heaping on him, she was extremely relieved that he was okay with the change in her relationship with Blair. Eric not approving wouldn’t have stopped her from seeing Blair, but it would have upset her greatly. She loved him, and his opinion meant a lot to her. In some ways, it had felt like the two of them against the world for a lot of their lives and she didn’t want to lose him or have their relationship change because of who she was in love with.
“Do I really have Blair-face?” Serena asked genuinely curious, peering over at her brother a few seconds later.
Eric nodded solemnly.
“What does it look like?” Serena asked.
“Try to imagine the expression on a sentimental 30 year old woman’s face as she watched a baby play with a puppy and a kitten under a rainbow. It’s pretty much that exactly … except that sometimes you look like you want to have sex with the rainbow,” Eric responded thoughtfully, breaking out into a huge grin as Serena glared at him and then groaned.
She’d suspected that it looked something like that (but without the rainbow sex part).
“You know, it’s so unfair,” Eric said a few seconds later as he looked around the room again shaking his head.
“What?” Serena asked smiling a little, amused by the put-out look on his face.
“Mom would never let my girlfriend practically live in my room,” Eric commented overcome with the injustice of it all. The ‘bestie’ situation gave them the perfect alibi for all of the time they spent together. It was brilliant, but totally unfair.
“You have a girlfriend?” Serena asked her interest peaking as she turned to look at Eric. “Lil’ J?” she asked smiling lifting her eyebrow. She hoped so. She knew that Jenny had been visiting him at the center and more than once when she was visiting he’d gotten texts from her.
She was happy to see him making a connection with someone, and getting excited about something. It lit him up in a way that she hadn’t seen in a long time.
“You’ve been spending way too much time with Blair,” Eric responded shaking his head. Jenny had told him that only Blair called her ‘Lil’ J’.
“Yeah, we’ve already established who I’m spending my time with,” Serena replied grinning. “But who’s running up your cell bill?”
Eric sighed before beginning to smile a little bit. Fair was fair, it was his turn to spill.
To be continued ...
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Date: 2007-11-11 06:45 pm (UTC)Oh and Serena and Eric have the cutest relationship. I want a bro like him!
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Date: 2007-11-11 07:17 pm (UTC)LOL I can SO picture this scene :D
Love how they are close to each other. The relationship between Serena and Eric always makes me all smiley, they are cute. And I love the fact that Eric knows his sister so well. Ahhh this wasn't enough I need more Waldsen love :)
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Date: 2007-11-11 08:25 pm (UTC)This had me cracking up, love it and I love your Eric too. His relationship with his big sister is enviable. And he's right, Serena totally has it made with her whole bestie cover-up. Anyway, keep up the great work, this fic rocks!
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Date: 2007-11-11 09:00 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-11-11 09:25 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-11-11 09:30 pm (UTC)wonder how Blair will react to his knowing
and heh, that's probably a good a reason as any not to spend the night, not wanting awkward feelings cuz your gf's brother's in the next room after sleeping with your gf *shrugs*
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Date: 2007-11-12 04:21 am (UTC)She’d suspected that it looked something like that (but without the rainbow sex part).
The whole Eric's comment and this part was also my fav, so utterly hilarious. I totally can imagine Serena's face after she hear that. Love the easy relationship the two have...<3
Also Blair teaming up with Lily against Serena was so couple-like and found it so cute I don't know why. Blair is the cuteness walking anyway ;) I'm glad that you updated, can't wait for next part!
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Date: 2007-11-12 04:52 am (UTC)such a cute update
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Date: 2007-11-12 07:03 am (UTC)You made me laugh with this A LOT. It totally made my day, so, er, thank you :D
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Date: 2007-11-12 11:44 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-11-12 07:19 pm (UTC)I love the relationship you're setting up and I'm sure Blair was even more awww about Serena's reaction to Eric coming home than I was.
I love how integrally she's becoming a part of all of their lives even if Lily is still stumped as to why. I like the idea of Lily being the last to know, and this little bubble that Blair and Serena have that only Dan and Eric really know the particulars about.
Also, I am crazy, but are we ever going to see Serena struggling with her need for the sauce? I keep imagining protective!Blair and it's awesome.
Love, your fan
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Date: 2007-11-12 11:00 pm (UTC)Serena and Eric against the world, uh? I can totally see it.
I don't know that the bestie factor is an unfair advantage. I'm sure being Blair's bestie is not for the faint of heart. The way I see it, Serena earned every privilege fair and square :)
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Date: 2007-11-15 05:07 am (UTC)