Eternal» C. Baizen [2]

THREE

"YOU slept with Nate, but lost your virginity to Chuck Bass? You better be using condoms you slag." Rhea spoke, leaning back on her chair sipping her smoothie. Rhea wasn't serious, that's just how siblings were.

"Shut up Rhea!" Blair moaned, glaring at the older girl. 

"Well, what do you have planned today, threesome?" Rhea enquired, reviving a shove of Blair.

"Daddy is coming home for Christmas Rhea, you're not bailing are you?" Blair asked a slight hurt look flashed over her face.

"Blair i dont want to see him," Rhea replied in a stern tone.

"But he's your dad, yeah i am hurt too but doesn't he deserve to be loved?" Blair asked, this was not how Blair thought but she knew exactly how to guilt her big sister.

Rhea rolled her eyes dramatically standing up, "Well i have to go, me and Lois are going to the Constance for the sale."

"Ugh, what are you going to buy a bunch of old ladies trash?" Blair questioned receiving a laugh from her sister.

"I have to go get ready!" Rhea called walking off up the stairs, changing her attire. When she was ready to go the girl walked down the stairs into the living room finding an abundance of roses and sunflowers, then there was Blair standing looking unbelievably pissed off. "What is this?"

Blair glared as the girl walked down the stairs, "Apparently Carter remembers your faverouits flower, anything i should know? I mean i heard about that dance but i didn-"

"Don't start, your just jealous because Chuck has flown off to god knows where," Rhea spoke checking the tag.

'Merry Christmas Rhe, Carter.'

The girl internally groaned, was that it? No sweet message, but honestly the flowers sent the message to the girl. Carter planned on getting her back, and Rhea would not let that happen. "I dont care about Chuck, and where he is Rhea. I just-" And so it began Blair shouting about how she didn't care about Chuck but Rhea didn't believe her. As Blair spoke, Rhea just headed out the apartment to the charity auction.

She met Lois and walked around, she saw Lilly with Bart Bass shooting him a grin, then she saw Serena and her new boy. "Hey, Rhea."

"Serena," Rhea smiled fakely, "And this is..."

"Dan, my boyfriend," Serena spoke, and he waved slightly.

"we have met before actually, a few times," Dan called, making the girl nod awkwardly.

"Oh, maybe its because of your low status, i mean normally Serena goes for the rich and the famous. Just like mom!" Rhea spoke bitchily, Serena knew better than to get in another war with Rhea. Something about her was different.

Serena just frowned, as Dan raised a brow. "Those flowers sure altered with your hormones Rhe, last time i heard you two were all buddy buddy."  Rhea closed her eyes at the voice of Carter Baizen.

"That isn't how it works," Lois declared, "Maybe she is just fed up of this stalker, you're like a flea Carter."

"Ouch, is that really how you feel about me, Rhea?" Carter asked the girl in question spun facing him. She smirked a side smirk looking him up and down.

"I have places to be," Rhea stated gliding through the crowd being followed by Lois. "He can't take a hint."

"I know, are you alright?" Lois quizzed receiving a curt nod from the girl.

Rhea left the charity auction shortly after the encounter with Carter and decided to head home. When she stepped out the elevator her heart stopped, Carter Baizen sat on her couch as if he was welcome, talking to her dad and Roman. Oh, what a sight. The girl stormed over, "Hey Rhee."

"Stop calling me that why are you here?" Rhea asked him, her eyes looked crazy due to the anger.

"I wanted to apologize," Carter stood. The girl shoved him back down on the couch, turning to her father and Roman.

"and you?" 

"You knew i was coming here Rhea, i thought this would be a good opportunity to bond everyone and Roman!" Rhea scowled at him, "We are actually going ice skating!"

"I can't skate," Rhea stated bluntly. She was awful.

"That's why you got me Rhea," Carter spoke standing up and wrapping an arm around the girl's shoulder. She looked up at him and he shot her a wink, the girl narrowed her eyes at him but didnt deny him. Moments later Eleanor and Blair walked out the kitchen.

The family walked through the park, Blair with her mother, Roman with her father, leaving Rhea Waldorf with Carter Baizen. "You know I have missed us, right?"

"Really? That's so weird," she spoke looking up at the boy who still looked the same as in their teenage years. "I haven't missed you at all."

"Shut up, you know you have Rhea, the lonely nigh-"

"My mom and dad are literally five feet away from us, please don't." Rhea spoke to the man, he smiled simply and shook his head slightly. Rhea had changed, yet she was still the same Rhea he fell for. Carter didn't realise how much he loved her until he left. He lost his baby pretty much. He took his anger out on her, blaming her. He regretted it deeply, but understood why she was mad. Why she was hurt.

"So... are you alright? With your dad and everything?" Carter asked, eyes darting to the short brunette girl. She ran a hand through her hair, biting her lip.

"I'm just angry," Rhea explained, she wanted to pour her heart out to the boy. She had known him since she was little after all. "He hurt me, a lot, I want to forgive him but I just can't."

Carter looked down, thinking of how he hurt the girl. My god, he left her a text. "Maybe you just need time, after all time heals all wounds right?"

"A wound can't heal if it hasn't been stitched together," Carter didn't understand what she meant, but he nodded anyway.

After a moment of walking in silence he decided to speak up again, "Hey Rhee, you- I mean- do you think you could ever forgive me? Can we... be stitched together?"

The girl stopped walking, thinking of his question. She looked up at him, there eyes locked on each other. "Depends..." Rhea spoke, a funny feeling in her stomach.

She looked away and continued walking, "On?" Carter quizzed, hope lacing his tone. If Rhea didn't want to be with him then fine, but he needed her not to hate him. That was all he wanted.

"How good are your stitching skills?"

'Spotted: Carter Baizen and Rhea Waldorf, is this a Christmas miracle?'