Rose of Constance

Chapter Fifty Two - Ring, Ring.

I woke up the next day to my phone ringing. I groaned and tried to find it.

"Ro, turn it off." Dan mumbled from beside me. I sat up and rubbed my eyes I grabbed my phone and answered

"Hello?"

"Finally I've been calling for 20 minutes. Where are you?" Blair huffed down the line

"I'm at home, you woke me up." I grumbled getting out of bed and grabbing Dan's t-shirt slipping it on.

"We need to talk, come over." she ordered me but I wasn't having any of it.

"No, go away." I whine going to make coffee "It's to early."

"It's 10 am what were you doing that made you sleep in anyway?" I started chuckling

"You don't want to know?"

"Eww Rosie do not tell me you spent the whole night with Humphrey." the disgust in her voice seeped into my ear.

"Okay. I won't. Why are you calling anyway, shouldn't you be with Nate or something?" I stick a couple of slices in the toaster

"You were right about him?"

"Who him? Remember I just woke up so the obvious hasn't been switched on yet." I tell her and then grab the butter, a plate and a knife.

"Gabriel, he bailed again. Chuck and I saw him come out and meet up with Poppy." she informed me

"I knew I should have pinned something more serious on her. Wait why were you with Chuck? Have I missed something?" i butter my toast and start eating

"No, he found me outside waiting and we happened to see the two together." she replied off handedly

"Cause that is so normal. Have you talked to Serena about this?" Dan came out of my room and took my second slice of toast.

"I have she's in complete denial."

"I would make some comment about Lily but I don't think that would be  fair." Dan made us the two cups of coffee and sat down across from me

"let her deal with it, if she asks for back up or he's being extra shady then we'll do something. Byyyyyyeeee." I hand up and shake my head.

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I was now sat in the gallery Cafe with Vanessa and Dan who was dressed for work.

"So am I not supposed to mention the outfit?" Vanessa wonders and I giggle

"I'm a cater waiter now, where you been?" Dan replies

"Just working." there was something else "Okay I was hoping to never speak about this but it actually might feel good to."

"Oh, hey there you guys are" Jenny arrived "So have you her about the ring yet?" Jen wonders sitting next to me.

"Ring? What ring?" V asks

"We caught our Dad eyeing one yesterday." Dan informed his best friend

"A 'ring' ring? Oh my god. Wait, this is good news right?

"He looked, he didn't buy?" Dan added

"Too he chickened out. Why?" I snort and she looks at me

"Sorry, I said something similar when he told me last night, we think alike. Carry on." I shrug

"Maybe because Jenny told him she'd never move in with the V.D. Dubs." Dan suggested

"Okay, or he's weird about Dan having slept with his maybe stepsister and is currently sleeping and dating Lily's adopted daughter."

"I hope that's not it, there is zero chance of us getting back together and the two of us don't care to break up besides she's not actually Lily's daughter"

"So you guys are okay with it?" V asks

"Well it'd be weird. Dad marrying Lily. Sharing Bunk beds with Chuck." Jenny and I laugh slightly

"Yeah I  mean it defiantly would be weird. I don't know you should have seen dad yesterday, he was practically skipping. The only person I've seen that happy is him" Jenny pointed at Dan "And that was only so nervous."

"Tell him you support him." I say

"no that's not right. That's not what we discussed." We heard Rufus come in he sounded pretty upset on the phone.

"Dad?" Jenny wondered. Rufus shook his head and turned around leaving us "Though I guess not today."

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I spent the evening alone with Moon. Chuck and  Blair were scheming against Gabriel. Rufus and Jenny were spending time together, Dan was working and I don't even know Vanessa was. Lily and Serena were at this Co-Op thing. Not that I minded it was rare that since I had gotten Moon I wasn't always busy with something..

The two of us curled up in bed together watching Mulan on my laptop