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Six: Boiling Point

Though Saturdays for most normal people mean not taking off your pajammas before ten a.m, munching down two plus bowls of sugar coated cereal, and staring numbly at whatever cartoons are on T.V. But, for the glamorous brood of the upper east side, things are quite different.

Saturdays mean brunch, a social gathering of a hundred or so of your closest friends and mortal enemies for blood orange martinis and breakfast-lunch banquets.

For D and S, school already proved to be a nightmare. What could possibly happen when they are dragged to the Waldorf family's preferred banquet hall? Will peace finally come between the friends or will it be the scene of world war three?

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"Why does it feel like I'm dressing up to be executed?" Serena asks, slipping into her blue, green, and pink floral print dress. Dan glances up, pausing as he's buttoning his pale blue shirt, a cream colored vest waiting off to one side. A frown overtakes his expression.

"Could be because we're going to end up sitting with Blair, Chuck, and Nate," He says with a sigh, shrugging the vest on and examining his outfit in the mirror. The vest matches his skinny jeans, and the outfit is finished off by bright yellow converse, which he's still unsure whether or not looks weird.

"Maybe she'll have calmed down by now?" Serena says, trying to be optimistic. Dan shakes his head, both his tone and his mood just the opposite. 

"Or maybe she'll find a way to turn Chuck and Nate against us," He retorts.

"Well okay then, take the negative route, why don't you?" Serena playfully scolds him. He shrugs, looking to the girl who is basically his adoptive sister with a softened expression.

"I'm sorry, I just....I know something's going to happen, and I'd really rather our third day back not start with a screaming match, y'know?" He doesn't add the 'especially not if Nate's involved' that comes to mind, but Serena knows him well enough to know that it's implied. 

"Well, neither do I," She sighs. "But, think of it this way...maybe if she has no choice but to talk to us, she'll let us apologize."

Dan gives in, defeated, nodding softly. "Maybe..."

For some reason, as Dan and Serena sit with their 'three old friends', as Lily worded it, Dan finds himself lacking an appetite. Perhaps the tension so thick it could be cut with a butter knife has something to do with it.

He'd seen friendlier expressions on the guards in London.

Blair watches him and Serena icily, remaining silent even as Nate- clueless as he is cute- tries to start a conversation. Chuck simply looks unamused.

"So...you were both at a girl's boarding school?" Nate asks.

"Well, Dan was a special exception," Serena says, trying not to explain that Dan is gay and that was the reason he was allowed at the school. Dan, of course, is prepared.

"They made me wear a chastity belt," He jokes. This makes Nate laugh and Chuck smirks a bit. Blair only rolls her eyes. Picking at his eggs, Dan adds. "In reality, I had a single dorm and private tutoring in the library."

"Perhaps they were worried one of those boy-starved girls might molest you," Chuck jokes.

"Assuming Serena hadn't already," Blair remarks. Dan scowls, suddenly uncomfortable. Serena gives a sharp, surprised sound. 

"Blair, really?" She asks. "Was that necessary?"

"I don't know. Was leaving without warning or even a goodbye necessary?" Blair retorts.

Dan gently interjects, his tone soothing, hoping to calm both girls down. "Serena, maybe we should just go..."

"Oh very good, Dan," Blair remarks in that some sickly sweet tone. "That's the only way either of you face your problems, isn't it?"

"Blair," Nate interjects, sounding exasperated. "You could let Dan and Serena explain rather than making things uncomfortable for everyone."

"Oh, really? Am I making things uncomfortable, Chuck?" Blair asks as Serena starts to stand. Dan inwardly groans. World war three is about to start.