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My canon is GOSSIP GIRL

Title: The Truth Hurts

Summary: In this episode, we find out who Gossip Girl really is. Over the past seasons in Gossip Girl audiences have been taunted with false hints on who she is and this fan fiction piece will finally reveal who it really is…

Reference:

Reference: Schwartz, J. & Savage, S. (2007). Gossip Girl. NY, United States: Warner Bros. Television,
         CBS Television Studios, Fake Empire Productions, Alloy Entertainment, College Hill Pictures. Inc.

Blair stood facing the window overlooking Central Park in the master bedroom of the penthouse of The Empire Hotel, which was a part of her boyfriend Chuck’s empire. She was dressed in a gold, full-length beaded dress, which hung from her shoulders like a piece of silk. She looked perfect, and she knew it. Tonight was the Empire Hotel’s New Years Eve party and she was not going to let anything ruin her night. This year had been a long, tiring one and she was looking forward to seeing the back of it. As she watched a helicopter approach the landing pad of the Hotel, she heard the quiet click of Chuck’s front door and knew somebody was trying to discreetly enter the penthouse. Nobody does discreet like Blair Waldorf though. She slipped into the bedrooms connecting en suite and sat on the edge of the freestanding vintage bath. The approaching clicking of a woman’s stilettos stopped short of the en suite’s door, meaning they were directly standing where Blair had been no less than 30 seconds ago. Blair lifted her chin and attempted to portray a look of assurance, then stepped out of her hiding place and approached the intruder.

Serena stood in the elevator, watching the numbers rise as it took her to the top floor. Nate and Chuck had gone ahead to the New Years Eve party while Serena had opted to find her best friend before facing the onslaught of Gossip Girl followers. The site was notorious for spilling secrets of Upper East Siders, and it certainly hadn’t failed to deliver today. The doors to the elevator opened to Chuck’s extravagant entrance hall and Serena stepped out, the train of her Alexandra Wang dress making it through the elevator doors just as they closed.

“Blair, are you here? You’re missing the party,” Serena called out. She moved further into the apartment trying to find her best friend. “Blair?” Her best friend stayed mute, which was puzzling because there was nowhere else she could be; Blair’s Prada clutch had been sitting on the entrance hall table and she would not leave without it. Serena took another step forward, and tripped; someone had approached Serena from behind and stood on the train of her dress. She stood up and turned to face the careless person. Her boyfriend, Dan, was standing behind her wearing a full black outfit, and a balaclava was hanging from his hand.

“Serena, I wish you hadn’t come. Nobody was supposed to know about this,” and Dan reached his hand out to help Serena up. Puzzled, Serena accepted his hand and he pulled her up from the ground.

“Dan, what are you doing here? Where is Blair? What are you wearing? I can’t believe you just stood on my dress like that! Where is Blair?”

“Blair is in the dining room, Gossip Girl just sent out a blast and Blair hasn’t taken it well…” Gossip Girl was notorious for sending out damaging secrets and betrayals on key social dates, but Serena was puzzled that she hadn’t received the blast. She picked up her dress and ran to the dining room to find her best friend sitting calmly at the table, looking at here phone. Blair looked up from her iPhone and smiled at her best friend.

“Serena! What are you doing here?” Blair seemed genuinely surprised to see Serena in the apartment, oblivious to the fact that her presence was being missed downstairs in the building.

“Blair, we are supposed to be at the party! It’s 7.30. Please, lets go?” Serena pleaded. “And can you show me the last Gossip Girl post? My phone is playing up, I didn’t get it!”

“Serena…” Blair, queen Bee, was speechless.

“Why is Dan here, B?” Serena questioned, the strangeness of the situation slowly dawning on her. Serena’s best friend and her boyfriend were sworn enemies, at the least. That was when Serena and Blair’s phones went off in unison. Gossip Girl again…

“Hey Upper East Siders, New Years Eve is upon us and but it seems the belle of the ball is yet to arrive. Looks like Serena Van Der Woodsen will be making a late appearance to the Empire’s event of the year… I wonder if Lonely Boy is going to kick her while she is down? Until next year. XOXO – Gossip Girl.” 

Gossip Girl had referred to Dan as Lonely Boy ever since he appeared on the Upper East Side scene from Brooklyn. Puzzled to see her name in the blast, Serena downloaded the file attached to the message. Slowly her black Christian Louboutin high heels were revealed, and a foot on the back of her dress, and then the image was fully loaded and Serena saw herself fallen over on Chuck’s tiled, Dan’s foot placed directly on the back of her dress, pinning it, and Serena, to the floor. Serena spun around to face Dan once again.

“Dan… How did Gossip Girl get this photo? What is going on?” Serena looked from her boyfriend to her best friend and back.

“Serena, I wanted to tell you but it would ruin everything. Blair was not supposed to be here tonight, you are both supposed to be at the party. You have put me in a really difficult situation.” Dan’s phone was in his hand, and was demanding his attention. Serena snatched it out of his hand and looked at the screen, faced with the Gossip Girl page, as she had never seen it before; from the admin’s home page. She took a step back.

“Dan… What’s going on?” Blair joined Serena at her side and put her arm around her best friend and showed her the Gossip Girl blast Serena had missed.

“Sometimes the partner is more shocking than the crime itself. Don’t let that first flame burn you, it might leave a scar. XOXO – Gossip Girl.”

Blair proceeded to show her best friend a collaged picture of Dan, Lonely Boy, with his phone at multiple different occasions of accidents, betrayals and secret meetings in the same all black outfit, balaclava over his head or tucked under his arm. Serena looked up at her boyfriend to see him on his phone. He looked up at her and her face fell, and Blair’s phone in front of her went off as another Gossip Girl blast came in…