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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
Tango in D Minor - Part 7
Tango in D Minor - Parts 8 & 9
Part Ten
Two hours later …
Serena looked up and into the eyes of the man opposite her holding his gaze unflinchingly.
“Vodka tonic,” she said a moment later, her tone bored before a weary sigh emerged from her throat a moment later.
He stared at her for a moment longer and Serena placed her elbow on the bar and rested her head in her palm gazing back at him blankly until he nodded his head and went to fetch her drink.
Serena scrubbed her fingers across her face and then pinched the bridge of her nose.
‘Get up and leave, get up and leave, get up and leave,’ she repeated again and again in her mind willing her body to move but it would not.
She looked up when the bartender returned and placed the drink down in front of her, a wane smile touching her lips before she tossed a few bills down on the bar.
“Rough day?” the bartender asked.
Serena turned her head to glance out the window. “Yeah,” Serena muttered smiling up at him though it didn’t reach her eyes. “And it’s not even close to being over.”
“Work?” he asked resting his hip against the bar, settling in.
If she had wanted to be alone Serena would have been annoyed by his presumption but she didn’t want to be alone.
“That’s always a bitch,” Serena responded rolling her eyes and shaking her head a bit. “Guess again?” she offered smirking a little.
“Love life?”
Serena snapped her fingers and shot the bartender the finger guns. “The only thing that can cause that deep down pain that only vodka seems to heal.”
“Dumped?” the bartender asked sympathetically.
Serena wondered if she’d be able to get a free drink out of him if she made herself seem pathetic enough.
“Not really,” she said using her straw to poke at the lime in her drink. “Let’s just say that a third party has entered the picture and it’s definitely a crowd,” she went on her finger tracing the edge of the glass.
Serena looked up suddenly.
“Why can’t people mind their own business?” she asked staring in the direction of the bartender though he didn’t really think she was seeing him. “I mean, everything is going fine, it’s all sunshine and lollipops, and raining iPhones and then … someone has to take an interest,” Serena continued picking up her glass.
“I know me,” she said poking her finger in the bartender’s direction. “I know what I want. I know who I want,” she went on lifting the glass to her lips as if to take a sip before lowering it again. “I mean what the fuck? Why does everything in life have to be so goddamn complicated? Why does my life have to be the sweeps week episode of The O.C.?”
Serena paused then, still for a moment before she blinked, focusing on the bartender once more.
“Could you make this a double?” she asked suddenly.
“A double vodka tonic?” he asked.
“Yeah, you’re right, that’s stupid,” Serena muttered her brows knitting together in thought before she focused on him again. “Just bring me another one with just vodka … and ice.”
Serena began to play with the lime in her drink again. All she needed to do was lift the glass up and by the time it was empty all of the tension in her body would gone. And when the bartender brought the next one, all she had to do was lift that to her lips and her mother’s self-righteous, hypocritical pronunciations would be nothing but a distant memory.
All she had to do was lift the glass to her lips and take a sip, just one little sip. The first sip would be the hardest but once it was over with, once she felt the burn begin to settle through her and the delightful feeling of lightness in her mind it would be so easy to continue. She knew that for a fact. It had always been so easy to just order another until nothing mattered anymore.
She’d had lots of fun drunk. Alcohol made it so much easier to do everything. Everyone loved her even more a few drinks in.
She was the life of the party.
She’d danced on table tops, and ran in the rain. She’d sung Arabic Karaoke and traipsed barefoot in a fountain in
Blair …
Serena felt her heart clench and straightened up on the bar stool, her eyes wandering around the bar as if she expected to find the brunette glaring at her from a table across the room.
Blair would kill her if she found out that she’d had a drink. In fact she wouldn’t just kill her she would make her watch a marathon of A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila and The Flavor of Love just to torture her before killing her.
Serena sighed and shook her head at the thought. The truth was that if Blair found out reality would be far worse than the scenario she had just imagined. Blair wouldn’t kill her, she would just be horribly, heartbreakingly disappointed in her, and to Serena that would be far worse than any MTV reality TV marathon.
Serena breathed in deeply.
She really wanted a drink …
She really, really wanted a drink …
Serena looked up as the bartender returned with her drink and then reached into her purse.
A few seconds later Serena pulled out her cell phone and deposited enough bills on the bar for her new drink plus a generous tip. She then stood up, her fingers already dialing her cell as she moved away from the bar.
“B,” Serena said stepping out into the evening air.
“Miss me already?” Blair asked. Serena could hear the smile in the brunette’s voice and found herself smiling as well.
“Always,” Serena responded heading down the street. “Are you and Eleanor bonding?”
“Hardly,” Blair responded. “She’s not even here.”
“I thought her flight got in an hour ago,” Serena said wrapping her jacket around herself as she stopped at a crosswalk; the traffic going by too hectic for even a native New Yorker to attempt jaywalking.
“She’s taking a later flight. Most likely she found a few more asses to brown her nose in at the last minute,” Blair responded dismissively.
“Feel like some company?” Serena asked. She knew she shouldn’t be happy that Eleanor was the most unreliable parent on the planet, but she was glad that Blair was alone. “I was thinking Audrey and snuggles.”
“I think I can accommodate you,” Blair responded happily. “Where are you?”
“About ten minutes away from your place,” Serena responded. “Why?”
“No reason,” Blair said in a tone that Serena knew meant there absolutely was a reason.
“I know that tone. Should I be scared?” Serena asked laughing lightly.
“I thought you liked being scared? It’s an aphrodisiac. Isn’t that what you said?” Blair sassed arching an eyebrow Serena couldn’t see.
“I hate it when my words come back to haunt me,” Serena muttered. “Alright, I continue to walk towards my uncertain fate.”
“I’ll be waiting,” Blair said laughing.
To be continued ...
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Date: 2007-11-22 05:05 pm (UTC)What a lovely Thanksgiving present. Considering that I'm hungover and my house is crawling with relatives.
Happy American Thanksgiving!
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Date: 2007-11-23 09:07 pm (UTC)Of course she does, she's Blair and Blair is god, lol.
And kudos to S for pulling through and not falling off the wagon.
That's what a new leaf and love will do for you. Go S!
Considering that I'm hungover and my house is crawling with relatives.
Glad I could give you a little Waldsen infusion!
Happy Belated Thanksgiving :D
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Date: 2007-11-22 05:46 pm (UTC)maybe Blair's got a few surprises for Serena when she gets there? *fingers crossed for Waldsen hotness*
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Date: 2007-11-23 09:08 pm (UTC)Aww, thanks so much. I'm glad that you're enjoying it. And I promise it won't be long until the next update :D
maybe Blair's got a few surprises for Serena when she gets there? *fingers crossed for Waldsen hotness*
Yes, and yes *nods* I guess you'll like the next part :D
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Date: 2007-11-22 06:35 pm (UTC)“That’s always a bitch,” Serena responded rolling her eyes
True words.
For the slightly moment I thought that Serena could fail on the drinking thing, yeah...shame on me. But go S! she didn't. Love that was Blair and the simply thought on dissapointed her that stopped her. Oh Lily! if you had only seen that :(
and God, The Flavor of Love def could be the worst torture ever, in any level.
Still loving your fic and I was SO glad to see an update on it, thanks a lot for that. Great work like always
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Date: 2007-11-23 09:11 pm (UTC)Isn't it though? *sighs deeply* Work *shakes head*
Love that was Blair and the simply thought on dissapointed her that stopped her. Oh Lily! if you had only seen that :(
Their love is so awesome. Serena is go totally wrapped around Blair's little finger, but you know Blair won't abuse that power ... too much ;)
Aww, don't hate on Lily too much ... she's not so bad ;)
and God, The Flavor of Love def could be the worst torture ever, in any level.
Oh, I know. Like 5 minutes of that show was enough to make me want to renounce humanity and go live in a shack in the woods somewhere.
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Date: 2007-11-23 10:30 pm (UTC)Oh no, I didn't mean to bash on Lily at all. I like her a lot actually, only that her point of view in this situation is very "parent like" lol Obviously yeah, but still... :)
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Date: 2007-11-22 06:41 pm (UTC)LOL...it's so true. Poor Serena.
In fact she wouldn’t just kill her she would make her watch a marathon of A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila and The Flavor of Love just to torture her before killing her.
Ah a fate worse than death. Those shows are just awful.
I'm so proud of her for not drinking. She deserves a gold star and all the rainbow sex she wants.
I can't wait to see what Blair has planned.
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Date: 2007-11-23 09:14 pm (UTC)Woe is her. Wait ... she's rich, beautiful, and has a gorgeous girlfriend *takes it back* Woe is ME!
Ah a fate worse than death. Those shows are just awful.
Those shows are everything that is wrong with the world. Seriously, like 5 minutes of each of them was enough to make me want to write a crazy manifesto of some sort and move to the Galapagos Islands to dedicate my life to the study of rare turtles or something.
She deserves a gold star and all the rainbow sex she wants.
Rainbow sex is totally like the best incentive ever (well, next to Blair sex of course, lol)
I can't wait to see what Blair has planned.
I promise, you won't have to wait long ;)
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Date: 2007-11-22 06:52 pm (UTC)soon?:Dno subject
Date: 2007-11-23 09:15 pm (UTC)So tempting, and yet so bad *shakes finger a vodka* But S's love for B was more powerful than the allure of Russian water, lol
I'm curious to see what Blair is doing it seems like it's a good surprise..
... I think Serena will enjoy it ;)
More coming soon :D
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Date: 2007-11-22 08:28 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-11-22 08:42 pm (UTC)Oooo good observation :) *nudging Janine for that plot*
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Date: 2007-11-23 09:17 pm (UTC)Goddamn Gossip Girl, always up in Waldsen's grill! But, yeah, Gossip Girl is going to me stirring up some shit ... that's what Gossip Girl does best after all :D
I'm curious to see what Blair has in store for Serena and if Serena will mention that her mother knows about them.
I promise, you won't have to wait long to find out ;)
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Date: 2007-11-23 12:35 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-11-23 09:18 pm (UTC)A little angst is necessary every now and then, isn't it? lol
Oh boy..I can't wait for the next chapter.
lol, you won't have to wait long, I promise :D
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Date: 2007-11-23 12:21 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-11-23 09:44 pm (UTC)P.S. Love the icon, Blair looks so fierce!