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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
Tango in D Minor - Part 10
Tango in D Minor - Part 11
Tango in D Minor - Part 12
Tango in D Minor - Parts 13-14
Tango in D Minor - Part 15
Part Sixteen
Van der Woodsen Penthouse … a month later
Blair shut the magazine she had been reading and quickly hopped off of the kitchen counter as she spotted Lily in the doorway of the kitchen.
“What are you doing?” Lily asked curiously.
“Watching the stove,” Blair responded standing with her back straight, as if good posture would relieve the tension that had been between herself and Lily since Lily’s ‘Yale for-never!’ declaration.
“Why?” Lily asked sounding a little bemused. Things with Serena had been strained as of late and Blair had been walking on eggshells around her as well. The whole situation was starting to get on her nerves but she knew that she couldn’t leave it up to the children to change things so she decided to make the first move.
“Apparently, if no one watches the stove a fire could start and the whole building not to mention the structures surrounding it could go up in a fiery inferno and it would all be my fault, and I wouldn’t want that on my conscience now would I,” Blair responded smiling a little parroting back Serena’s words.
“And where is the Fire Marshall?” Lily asked looking around as if she expected to see Serena pop out from behind the fridge or something. If one of them was around the other one usually wasn’t very far away.
“She went to the store to get frosting,” Blair replied. “We’re baking cookies,” she said making a sweeping gesture with her hand towards the stove.
Lily arched an eyebrow at Blair and the brunette smiled.
“Apparently Eric insinuated that baking was beyond Serena’s ability, so predictably she decided to prove him wrong. How I got roped into the situation remains a mystery even to me so don’t ask,” Blair responded shaking her head before looking at the dirty mixing bowl and making a face.
Lily made her way towards the stove after Blair finished with her explanation and opened the door peering inside for a moment before she closed it once more.
“You’ve done quite well,” Lily said nodding appreciatively. “But if Serena really wanted to show Eric she should have made the frosting from scratch.”
“Made frosting,” Blair said slowly as if the idea of ‘making’ frosting confused her on a deep and fundamental level.
“I assure you, it is possible,” Lily said with a smile.
Blair simply continued to look dubious.
“I’ll show you,” Lily said. “Is there another one of those things around here?” she asked a second later gesturing to Blair’s apron.
“Uh … yeah,” Blair responded still staring at Lily strangely. “Serena was wearing this one,” she continued a moment later moving over to the island and picking up the apron Serena had discarded about five minutes before Lily had come in. “Here.”
“Okay,” Lily began opening up a few cabinets. “Just hand the items to me as I call them out.”
“Seriously,” Blair asked though she moved over to where Lily as standing to assist, “you can bake?”
Lily nodded, smiling a little. “I spent a lot of time in the kitchen growing up. It was pretty much the only place in the house I could find an adult when I was little, even if it was the maid. I suppose I just picked up a few things,” she said looking over at Blair.
Blair nodded slowly. “I did too,” she said holding Lily’s gaze for a few seconds before dropping it again. “I can chop vegetables really well, but I still couldn’t make anything on my own.”
“Well, it’s time to change that,” Lily responded smiling encouragingly. “In an hour you’ll know how to make frosting,” she continued, “and if you show an aptitude for it, we might be able to move on to solid foods.”
Blair smiled and clapped her hands together ready to assist.
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“I can feel your eyes on me,” Lily said softly a few minutes later as she dropped an addition tablespoon of milk into the stainless steel mixing bowl in her hands. “What is it?”
Blair was silent for a moment. Normally she didn’t hesitate to say whatever popped into her mind, but this was important to her, which apparently made her indecisive.
“I love her,” Blair said finally taking a deep breath as she looked over at Lily whose eyes lifted from the mixing bowl even though she didn’t stop mixing. “I don’t expect that my saying that will change your mind about anything but I wanted you to hear it from me,” Blair pressed on. “I love your daughter … more than anything in the world. I feel pity for anyone who would even think of hurting her because they’d have me to deal with, and I promise you it wouldn’t be pretty. I just wanted you to know that.”
Lily looked back down into the mixing bowl, silent for a few moments after Blair finished speaking.
“You’ve always taken excellent care of Serena,” Lily began a few minutes later, her hands finally stopping as she placed the bowl down.
Blair nodded and Lily smiled before shaking her head and continuing.
“Sometimes adults think too much,” Lily began once more.
Blair was silent as Lily spoke, watching her curiously. She wasn’t sure were the older woman was going with her line of thought but she desperately wanted to know.
“I haven’t always been the best mother, but I love my children, I worry about them. I want the best for them. I want to protect them,” Lily continued softly though her voice was thick with passion. “We want to save you all from the pain and the troubles we went through,” Lily went on sighing. “It can colour our judgment sometimes,” Lily said, her eyes drifting off to the side.
It wasn’t love that hurt her in the past it was herself and her bad decisions that did it. She had been in love when she was barely older than Serena and Blair were. She had fallen in true love. And she had given it up for money, and power, and reputation. If she had trusted her heart and stayed with Rufus … well, she couldn’t entertain that thought. The path she had chosen had given her Serena and Eric and so it was unthinkable for her to imagine her life turning out any other way. But it was enough to make her think that maybe Serena and Blair did know, and they were just stronger than her to follow their hearts despite the fact that it was difficult.
The more she saw them together the more she wondered if she was an obstacle to her daughter’s happiness instead of a safeguard against pain.
“Does that mean…?” Blair asked letting the question trail off hopefully.
“It means I’ll give her the opportunity to convince me,” Lily responded looking over at Blair, struggling to keep her expression neutral in the face of the brunette’s grin and only partially succeeding.
“Okay,” Blair said slowly, clearly pleased as she opened the oven door when it began to beep at them. “We can live with that.”
She knew for a fact that Serena could be very convincing.
Things were looking up.
-
Serena stood in the doorway of the kitchen blinking, her mouth slightly agape.
“Serena,” Lily said sharply.
Serena automatically closed her mouth though she continued to stare in fascination and confusion, blinking rapidly as she stared at the strange and endearingly domestic scene in the kitchen.
“I hope the last of the horsemen doesn’t come until after we finish the cookies,” Serena finally managed to choke out. “Those look good.”
“I made frosting,” Blair said crossing her arms and smiling smugly as Serena walked into the kitchen.
Serena looked at her mother. Lily looked at Blair.
“Okay, fine, I assisted in the making of the frosting,” Blair amended. “But I was integral.”
Serena looked at her mother. Lily nodded. Blair looked pleased. Serena smiled.
“Well, what am I suppose to do with this now?” Serena asked holding up the frosting she had bought and pushing it in the direction of the people who had made it obsolete.
“We could bake more cookies,” Blair suggested helpfully.
“Yeah alright,” Serena responded since she didn’t have a better idea.
“We’re out of mix though,” Blair said looking at Serena.
“Can’t you whip some up out of dryer lint and sodium crackers?” Serena asked smirking as she turned to look at her mother.
“Sorry,” Lily responded not sounding sorry at all. “I have an appointment to get ready for. Good luck,” she continued heading out of the kitchen.
“Well, if we’re out of mix I guess we can’t make more cookies,” Serena sighed leaning against the counter next to Blair.
Blair stared at her.
“No,” Serena said shaking her head seeing where this was going. “I just got back,” she continued, something that sounded suspiciously like a whine showing through in her tone.
Blair leaned up on her tiptoes and kissed Serena’s cheek.
“It’s cold outside,” Serena complained.
Blair pushed off of the counter and moved to stand in front of Serena, pushing up onto her tiptoes so that she could kiss the blonde on the mouth, bracing her hands on the counter by Serena’s hips a few seconds later as deepened the kiss, pressing her body against Serena’s.
“When I get back you better be planning on kissing a whole lot more of me,” Serena groaned though there was a smile on her face.
Blair smiled. “S is for Serena, the every chance I can get it snack,” she drawled biting on her bottom lip before reaching up to kiss Serena again. “I promise that no part of your body shall go un-kissed.”
“Then I bravely set forth into nature once more,” Serena said, wrapping her jacket around her body gallantly.
“I don’t know if
“I know, it’s far more dangerous,” Serena responded smiling. “Wish me luck.”
“Godspeed brave warrior,” Blair intoned gravely saluting the blonde.
“I said, wish me good luck,” Serena responded emphasizing the last four words as she shook her head at Blair.
Blair smiled and stepped into Serena’s body, kissing her again, laughing as Serena wrapped her arms around her and pulled her into her body trying to drag her towards the door as they kissed.
“Stop molesting me and go,” Blair said laughing as she pulled back from Serena and smacked her lightly on the ass. “You’ve got your orders soldier, now march!”
Serena grinned and saluted then made an about face so that she was facing the door, but she didn’t go through it.
“What are you doing?” Blair asked her voice part curious and part cautious since she was uncertain what Serena was thinking.
“Oh, I was waiting for you to hit me on the ass again,” Serena replied looking over her shoulder grinning at Blair. “I kind of liked that.”
“And I’m the one with the fetish?” Blair asked arching an eyebrow playfully before smiling mischievously, her hand coming down on Serena’s ass again a second later.
“That didn’t really help your argument,” Serena muttered scowling at Blair, her hand automatically moving to her behind to massage the tender flesh. The brunette had slapped her much harder that time and it was definitely on purpose. “Kiss it better?” the blonde inquired her lips curling as she stared at Blair.
Blair smirked. “That was the deal, wasn’t it?”
Serena was silent for a moment and then smiled naughtily. “I’ll see you soon,” she said turning to the door and reaching for the knob.
“A whole lot of me if you play your cards right,” Blair murmured as the blonde stepped through the doorway.
“You’re evil,” Serena groaned stopping in the hallway to look back at Blair.
“Deliciously so,” Blair agreed smirking. “Oh, and pick up sprinkles. I’m pretty sure not even Lillian Poppins could make that from scratch.”
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Date: 2007-12-23 06:43 am (UTC)Here's hoping that Serena plays her cards right.
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Date: 2007-12-25 12:59 am (UTC)Here's hoping that Serena plays her cards right.
Right cards are the only ones Serena owns, baby! lol.
You totally know Blair would put out no matter what hand Serena was playing anyway, Blair loves to love her shorty.
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Date: 2007-12-23 07:43 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-12-25 01:00 am (UTC)Merry Christmakwanzaakuh to you too!
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Date: 2007-12-25 06:20 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-12-23 07:51 am (UTC)Blair stared at her.
“No,” Serena said shaking her head seeing where this was going. “I just got back,” she continued, something that sounded suspiciously like a whine showing through in her tone.
See, I was confused here, because where I thought "this was going" was Blair using the frosting for less domestic purposes. Mostly for turning Serena into the "anytime I can get it snack." For which I assumed Serena would be more than eager.
But then I thought it through, andmaybe frosting wouldn't work that well for the purposes I had in mind. And you made it better with lovely/sexy banter.
Your walsden is cute. I am delurking to thank you for this wonderful fic :)
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Date: 2007-12-25 01:02 am (UTC)lol. I must have been in an uncharacteristic pure state of mind when I wrote this because the other uses of the frosting didn't even occur to me, though it seems so clear now. You're not the only one to wish that they had something other than baking cookies in mind ;)
I am delurking to thank you for this wonderful fic :)
*waves* Hello! Thanks for taking the time to write, I'm glad that you're enjoying the story :D
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Date: 2007-12-23 08:03 am (UTC)Blair stared at her.
“No,” Serena said shaking her head seeing where this was going.
Serena's the designated hunter/gatherer, uh? I like whipped Serena, she's so cute, in a puppy dog kind of way.
Ah, Waldsen goodness. It's the best :)
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Date: 2007-12-25 01:07 am (UTC)It's getting all daughter-in-law up in the penthouse!
guess everybody knows Blair's the Queen of Waldorfia.
There's really no question. Serena's a really cute Royal Consort though.
Serena's the designated hunter/gatherer, uh? I like whipped Serena, she's so cute, in a puppy dog kind of way.
Aw, that's cute. You know she totally would be though. If they went camping, Serena would be gathering the wood and roasting the hot dogs. And it would be the cutest thing ever, especially when they start sharing the food and then snuggle in their sleeping bag together.
*wants a camping episode of GG now*
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Date: 2007-12-23 12:45 pm (UTC)“Godspeed brave warrior,” Blair intoned gravely saluting the blonde.
This line was my favourite. Why? I have no clue, it may be because i can really see Blair saying this and being all adorable whilst saying it.
I HOPE YOU ARE PLANNING ON CONTINUING THIS SCENE WHEN SERENA GETS BACK! There is only so much Waldsen teasing that you can do. :P
oh also, random thing that happened and made me smile like an idiot. A woman called up at my work and her last name was Waldsen and i had to ask her twice if it was that. ^_^
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Date: 2007-12-25 01:10 am (UTC)I kind of love this line the most too, and like you I can't really explain why. I was just giggling madly after I wrote it sighing "oh, Blair".
I HOPE YOU ARE PLANNING ON CONTINUING THIS SCENE WHEN SERENA GETS BACK! There is only so much Waldsen teasing that you can do. :P
Well, I wasn't going to, but so I think a lynch mob might come after me if I don't, so Part 16.5: The All Sex Chapter is on it's way ;)
oh also, random thing that happened and made me smile like an idiot. A woman called up at my work and her last name was Waldsen and i had to ask her twice if it was that. ^_^
That is the best ever! I totally would have started sniggering to myself. Oh, mysterious Waldsen lady if only you knew how iconic your name is becoming :D
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Date: 2007-12-23 01:22 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-12-25 01:10 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-12-23 06:28 pm (UTC)oh and PLEASE let serena play her cards right! and maybe.. just maybe before christmas?
please
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Date: 2007-12-25 01:13 am (UTC)BFFgirlfriend like Serena.oh and PLEASE let serena play her cards right! and maybe.. just maybe before christmas?
Well, I wasn't going to but so I think a lynch mob might come after me if I don't, so Part 16.5: The All Sex Chapter has been written and is on it's way ;)
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Date: 2007-12-23 06:53 pm (UTC)I totally had other alternatives in my mind for the use of the left over frosting.
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Date: 2007-12-25 01:14 am (UTC)lol, you're not the only one. I must have been in a very strangely pure as the driven snow state of mind when I wrote that scene because it never occurred to me. It has now though and ... ... ... *giggidy*
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Date: 2007-12-23 08:14 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-12-25 01:14 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-12-24 01:00 pm (UTC)I loved this update, it's sexy. But I bet the next scene will be even sexier. Hehe. So pleaaaaaaaaase don't skip the moment when Serena comes back? Pretty please? *puppy dog eyes*
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Date: 2007-12-25 01:16 am (UTC)And how. I love that I didn't even have to fanwank her being whipped because she's totally whipped on the show. Whipped Serena running to Blair's side on Christmas Eve and then sitting with her chin resting on Scheming!Blair's shoulder was the cutest ever.
Don't ever change Whipped!Serena, we <3 you!
So pleaaaaaaaaase don't skip the moment when Serena comes back? Pretty please? *puppy dog eyes*
Oh, how can I deny such a passionate appeal for sexytimes. Part 16.5: The Sexytime Chapter has now been written and will soon be delivered, lol
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Date: 2007-12-24 08:45 pm (UTC)And and please don't skip the scene when Serena comes back?
Puhleaseeeeee
With a Waldsen on top?[pun intended]
:D
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Date: 2007-12-25 01:19 am (UTC)Pretty much everything these two do is the best ever (except for making out with dudes, and even Blair manages to pull that off sometimes). I love everything about them, especially when they are together.
And and please don't skip the scene when Serena comes back?
I was totally going to, the next chapter was going to start a week later, but I can't do that to everybody on the eve of Christmas, so Part 16.5: The Sexytime Chapter is on the way :D