The New Queen in Manhattan [Based on Gossip Girl - Nate Archibald]

Chapter 10- New York New Years Fashion Show

Let's pick up where we left off shall we?

A rapid knocking on Blair's door, interrupted Nate and Astrid's makeout session, just as a voice called out.

Astrid pulled her fingers away from Nate's head and quickly tucked her blouse into her skirt, while Nate was hastily buttoning his shirt, both of them out of breath.

"Astrid, if you're in there, Eleanor wants to have a meeting with us in 5 minutes. I'm tired of knocking on doors, so please be in here."
"I'm here. I'll be down in a minute," Astrid replied, trying to stay cool.

She turned back around and watched Nate, fixing his hair. She looked at the antique clock on the wall; 15 minutes until midnight.

Nate laughed and then said, "we never did have a breakup kiss."
"We're good right?" Astrid said uncertain.
" Yeah, we're good," Nate replied, with a small smile. "Now I should get back to my 'girlfriend', " he added, his eyebrows jumping at the word girlfriend.
"Yeah, I should go to the meeting, and then back to Carter," Astrid said, opening the room door.
"I'll see you at the fashion show. You're an amazing model," Nate reassured her before she walked off.

Help me out here! Did they just return to being best friends, with a make out session? I'm not sure that's how it works. Hopefully the New Year will be new memories into their lives, so they can forget about the old ones.

Astrid looked at Nate one last time before rushing out of Blair's bedroom and down the stairs to locate Maia. She found her a few minutes later, just as Eleanor was walking in to brief the models about the before the show prep and the times for their arrivals.

They left a couple minutes before the clock struck 12 and gathered with the rest of the family. Everyone anxiously waited for the seconds to go by. 3...2...1

Happy new year Upper East Siders. I'm looking forward to a delightful drama filled year with you all. You know you love me.

"Happy new year!" everyone shouted happily, and kissed their significant other, one of these couples being Nate and Lola.

Carter and Astrid looked at each other and she smiled and hugged him.
"We're not kissing are we?" He asked sarcastically.
"Of course not. I have a show in a couple hours," Astrid replied, laughing.
"Meet me after the show then? We'll see what happens," Carter said, winking and staring at Astrid.
"Depends on how the show goes," Astrid replied.

After a few more drinks and conversations, the Van Der Watts and their partners left the Waldorf's apartment and returned to their own, bidding goodbye to each other on the way. Maia and Astrid said for a while talking about the fashion show and how excited they were to actually do a show together. Especially since it is Astrid's first show and Maia's first major show for a big designer. They decided to call it a night shortly before 2 am.

Astrid woke up the next morning and got ready before heading out of her room for breakfast. She sat by the table with Maia and then a short while after, they left for their pre show photoshoot.
They arrived half an hour later and got seated into their chairs to get their hair and makeup done.

Astrid's long dirty blonde hair, which seemed like the perfect combination of Daphne's blonde hair and Austin's dusty brown hair, was curled and styled elegantly, while Maia's dark brown hair was styled into a messy bun, that somehow looked elaborate.
After this was completed, along with the makeup, they changed into their photoshoot outfits and got ready for the camera.

Maia looked around excited and talked to a few of the designers while Astrid, being the first time that she's partaking in an official photoshoot, stood nervously in the corner, until Eleanor walked up and gathered the models. She briefed them shortly, before some other models walked in and Eleanor paired them with each other.