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There was a screen shot of a Gossip Girl article announcing Serena and Noe's return and Noe's amnesia, with a picture of them at the Ivy League Party in 1.03.

Gossip Girl: (voice over) "Gossip Girl here. Your one and only source into the scandalous lives of Manhattan's elite."

From 1.09 "Wyatt Waldorf Must Pie!", in the loft, Rufus looked at Lily. "You're one of my oldest friends."

"That's certainly not how it felt when you kissed me at Eleanor's," Lily told him.

From 1.11 "Holiday Hope", in the VDW apartment, When Bart was proposing to Lily, Serena, Eric, Noe, Brooklyn and Dylan looked at them and each other in shock. Bart opened the box to show the engagement ring.

Lily: (voice over from 1.12 School Lies) "He proposed before we left. I'm going to say yes."

From 1.16 "All About My Brother", in the bridal shop, Lily was trying on the wedding dress, looking ravishing. Rufus was stunned.

Rufus: (voice over from 1.16 All About My Brother) "I'm sure you'll make a beautiful bride."

From 1.13 "A Thin Line Between Chuck and Nate", at school, Noe smiled, laughing, happily hugging Nate. Nate smiled, picking her up and spinning her around, causing her to laugh, putting her down. They both laughed.

Noe: (voice over from 1.15 Desperately Seeking Serena) "Just feels familiar."

From 1.01 "Pilot", in the flashback to Shepherd wedding, Nate and Noe were hooking up.

Noe: (voice over from 1.15 Desperately Seeking Serena) "You said something happened between us before I lost my memory."

From 1.15 "Desperately Seeking Serena", outside the VDW/Bass apartment building, Noe and Nate were facing each other.

"One time, yes," Nate answered.

"Well, let's make this kiss something that I can't forget," Noe told him.

They smiled, kissing passionately and deeply. Noe wrapped her arms around his neck as he led her inside.

Noe: (voice over from 1.16 All About My Brother) "Would love to know what went down between us before the accident."

From 1.16 "All About My Brother", in Noe's room, Noe was remembering the kiss between her and Nate at the Shepherd wedding, but not yet remembering that they had hooked up that night.

Nate: (voice over from 1.16 All About My Brother) "I'll let you remember that on your own."

From 1.15 "Desperately Seeking Serena", outside the school, Serena looked at Georgina in shock. "Oh, my God, Georgina. What are you doing here?"

"Well, I told you I was coming," Georgina told her.

From 1.15 "Desperately Seeking Serena", in the bar's bathroom, Serena was on the phone with Chuck. "Noe doesn't remember her, and I want to keep it that way. Noe cannot party like she used to otherwise she could get seriously hurt, and Georgina would just make her party hard like she did with me tonight, and she'd get hurt. And Dan and Hope of all people cannot know Georgie."

From 1.16 "All About My Brother", in the school, Serena, Hope, Alex and Dan were talking.

"How about, um, dinner tonight with Sarah?" Dan asked.

"Oh, Sarah again?" Alex asked.

Hope smiled. "She's new in town, and she does want to meet you two."

From 1.16 "All About My Brother", in the coffee shop, Serena and Dan sat at their table.

Georgina walked up to them. "Hi. I'm Sarah."

From 1.16 "All About My Brother", in the street, Serena and Georgina were talking.

"Why do you keep bringing up Alex and Hope?" Serena asked. "You got to Dan to toy with me, but why bring Hope and Vanessa into it?"

"I don't really care about Vanessa," Georgina admitted. "Getting to Dan is a good way to get to you, and getting to Hope is a good way to get to Alex."

"What do you care about getting to Alex?" Serena asked.

Georgina smirked. "Honestly, I didn't even care about getting to Alex until you told me that Dan's sister Hope was dating Alex, and getting to Dan got to Hope and got to both you and Alex, so I decided to go with it, because I was bored and thought that getting to Alex and Hope could be fun."

Serena glared at her. "What do you want from me?"

"I want things to go back to how they were before that night, before things got so screwed up," Georgina answered. 

From 1.15 "Desperately Seeking Serena", in the Bass suite, Serena, Brooklyn, Dylan and Chuck were talking.

"What's Georgina got on you?" Dylan asked.

From 1.16 "All About My Brother", in Serena's room, Serena looked at the package and the USB from Georgina.

Chuck: (voice over from 1.15 Desperately Seeking Serena) "What's so bad you can't even tell me, Dylan and Brooklyn?"

Serena was watching the video.

Georgina: "If you put the camera over there, she'll never know."

From 1.16 "All About My Brother", in the VDW/Bass apartment, Noe, Serena and Brooklyn were talking.

"You can tell us anything," Brooklyn told her.

Serena hesitated a long time. "I killed someone."

In the closing, there was a screen shot of the Gossip Girl website, there was a picture of Serena and Dan in the street after their argument in 1.16.

The headline read: Trouble in paradise?

The caption underneath the picture read: Is the honeymoon over for our famous lovebirds? They've recently been spotted arguing on several occasions. What's the deal? Did Serena finally wake up and realize she was dating Lonely Boy? Is Dan totally fed up with Serena's recent wild girl actions? We hope they'll bounce back from the rough patch because, surprisingly, Gossip Girl thinks they're a pretty cute couple (even though he's from, ugh, Brooklyn). But being from Brooklyn doesn't disqualify the potential to be a cute couple. Just ask Brooklyn's Juliet Hope Humphrey, and Upper East Side's Romeo Alex Archibald. We're hoping at least H20 and AA will be the star crossed lovers that last.

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Worlds Colliding (Gossip Girl)

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Day One

Morning - Street

(Song:) Cities In Dust - Junkie XL

The song playing during the opening playing over the montage of the city was Cities In Dust by Junkie XL.

Gossip Girl: (voice over) "In our modern age, when you can call someone and can't find them, you can pretty much be sure they'll get the message."

Georgina walked through Manhattan, making call after call. "Hey, S, it's Georgie. Listen, I know it's early, but I thought I'd... so this is my third call. Where are you? It's me again. I've left you a couple messages, and you haven't called me back. I think we should hang out today. Friends hang out. Maybe you've lost your cellphone. Can't wait to see you."

Gossip Girl: (voice over) "But if they don't call you back, it usually means they don't want to be found."

(Song Ends)

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Humphrey Loft - Living Room

Rufus was strumming on his guitar, when Hope and Dan walked out of their rooms.

"Hey, do you think 'Track Me Down' should come before or after 'Everytime'?" Rufus asked.

"Is the Rolling Stone thing tonight?" Hope asked.

Rufus gave them an amused look. "I guess I really am in one of the Top Ten Forgotten Bands of the '90s."

Hope nodded, sheepish and guilty, apologetic. "It's true. I forgot. I'm sorry."

"Yeah, but a lot of people remember," Rufus told them. "There's a reason that issue was one of the highest selling of the year."

"And we're proud, Dad, we really are," Dan told him. "You got your follow up article and a concert, surely followed by an overpriced CD sold at corporate coffeehouses for Gen Xers without taste buds or taste."

"Hey, it's gonna be cool," Rufus told them. "I mean, they're even filming it for VH1."

"VH1 Classics," Hope corrected. "The 'classic' is kind of important."

Rufus smirked. "I'm classic." Hope smiled. Dan was disinterested. "Uh-oh, no retort. Signs of a sleepless night. Disinterest in making your father feel old and irrelevant. That can only mean on thing. Girl trouble."

Dan nodded. "Yeah, Serena and I, we had a fight last night. This new kind we keep having where she says something, and I know it's not the whole truth."

"Well, have you asked her what's really on her mind?" Hope asked.

"Only about ten thousand times, yeah," Dan answered.

"Yeah, but did you really mean it?" Rufus asked. "Most times, when people don't offer the truth, it's because they're afraid of what someone might think."

Hope gave Dan a look. "And I don't know if you know this, but you can be a pretty judgmental guy."

"So you're saying that I should learn to be someone else around her so she can be herself around me?" Dan asked.

Rufus nodded. "Couldn't have said it better myself."

"Thank you, Dad," Dan told him sarcastically. "I'm gonna go find her right now."

"And I've got a breakfast date lined up with Alex," Hope added. "See you, Dad."

Rufus nodded in agreement. "See you tonight. Both of you."

Hope and Dan both gave him a thumbs up before leaving the loft.

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VDW/Bass Apartment Building - Outside

Noe walked outside, looking like she was still reeling from the night before and the alcohol that Georgina gave her, not drunk, but out of it. She walked toward the gates, but she stopped when she realized something, patting her pockets, realizing she had forgotten her keys. "Sh..."

Nate walked through the gate, toward Noe. "I hope that's not a word not meant for five year olds to hear. And here I thought you hated living here and tried to spend every waking moment not in this house."

"I forgot my keys," Noe told him. "Like a complete idiot."

Nate gave her a look. "You're not an idiot."

"What are you doing here?" Noe asked.

"I got worried after we hung up last night," Nate answered. "You said that you got really dizzy after drinking something Georgina gave you and that you remembered something."

Noe nodded in agreement, kinda nervous. "Yeah. Yeah, I did. But it's okay. I'm okay."

Nate looked at her in concern. "You don't look okay."

"It's just because I'm out of it," Noe admitted. "And I'm trying to find Brooklyn and Serena. And after that, Hope wanted me to come to her dad's concert tonight. Like you said, finding any excuse imaginable to get out of this place I can manage."

"I thought that started at 8:00," Nate told her in confusion.

"It does," Noe answered.

Nate looked at the time on his phone. "It's 4:19. Wait, isn't your mom's wedding rehearsal tonight?"

"Uh-huh," Noe answered. "Your point being?" Nate chuckled. Noe managed a small smile. "Thank you for coming to check up on me. I don't mind the concern, but when are you gonna ask me on a real date?"

Before Nate could answer, both of their phones started to ring, causing them to look at each other in surprise and amusement.

"Uh, hold that thought," Nate told her. 

Noe nodded in agreement. They both turned away to answer their phones.

Noe spoke into her phone. "Brooklyn? Did you find her?"

Nate spoke into his phone. "Hello? Yeah, yeah, okay. I'll be right there." They both hung up. "That was Thyra, asking me to come to meet her, Brooklyn, Blair, Wyatt and Dylan at the Waldorf apartment. Thyra just said she called Alex, too. Brooklyn called you?"

"Yeah," Noe answered. "Yeah, uh, we've been looking for Serena, so Brooklyn said that she would call me after she found her. She didn't want me to leave the apartment until we were sure that I was okay from last night."

Nate nodded in agreement and understanding. "Right. So you coming over to the meeting, I guess?"

"Yeah," Noe answered. "Kinda have to."

Nate walked Noe to the gate, looking at her, chuckling. "But... after... we can go to the concert, or if your mom makes you go to the rehearsal, I'll meet you there, too."

Noe smiled. "Okay."

Nate smiled, nodding. "It's a date."

Noe raised her hands in the air. "Finally!"

Nate smiled in amusement, as they both walked out of the gate.

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Inside

Lily and Bart were with wedding planners.

"The guests will be checked into their suites as soon as they arrive," the planner told them. "The walk through is at two, and the rehearsal dinner starts promptly at 7:00 PM n the Reid Salon. Oh, and don't forget, you have your interview with Rolling Stone in one hour."

"The interview," Bart repeated. "How could we forget?"

Dan and Hope walked in.

"Hey, uh, excuse me," Hope told them. "Mr. Bass? Ms. van der Woodsen?"

"Not for long, thank you very much," Lily told them.

"Morning, Hope," Bart told her. "Morning, Daniel."

"Morning," Dan agreed.

"Good morning," Hope greeted. "Um, I just wanted to check in on Noe. Last night, Nate, Alex and I were on the phone with her, and she seemed to get dizzy after a little drink, and she said that she remembered something, and I just wanted to make sure that she was okay."

Lily sighed. "Yes, Serena's friend gave her that drink, whatever it was, but Nevaeh just left. She seemed perfectly fine. I checked in on her myself. Thank you for your concern, Hope."

Hope nodded.

"Have either of you seen Serena?" Dan asked. "She's not upstairs."

The planner checked his watch. "Uh, ticktock, ticktock, ticktock, ticktock, ticktock."

"No, Dan," Lily answered. "Sorry."

Dan nodded. "Okay, and her bed hasn't been slept in."

Chuck walked in, seeing Dan and Hope, giving Dan a rude look. "Well, I knew housekeeping was hiring, but I had no idea their standards for butlers were so low." He looked at Hope, smirking. "Though if Hope ever decided to become a maid..."

"Keep dreaming, Chuck," Hope told him. Chuck smirked. Dan glared at him. "I just came to make sure that Noe was okay after last night. And Dan's here to look for Serena. Have you seen them?"

"Oh, I've seen lots of Nevaeh and Serena," Chuck told them. Hope and Dan rolled their eyes, walking away. Chuck's phone rang. He saw that it was Brooklyn calling, answering. "Brooklyn, where are you and Dylan? No, Nevaeh just left. She said something about you looking for Serena? I'll be right there."

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On the Road

Alex was in a car, in the back, on the phone with Hope.

Hope was walking out of the apartment building. "Are we still on for our breakfast date?"

"Uh, might have to be later," Alex admitted. "Thyra called to say that she, Brooklyn, Dylan, Wyatt and Blair need help with Serena. I guess Nate and Noe are on the way over too."

Hope frowned. "Is everything okay?"

"I don't know," Alex confessed. "That's why I gotta go over to make sure. I'm really sorry, Hope, but..."

"No, it's okay," Hope assured. "If there's something wrong, you should go. Um, we can meet later. I mean, I'm one of the roadies for my dad's concert tonight. So tonight's gonna be me, Lincoln Hawk, a dirty van and a lot of cables."

"Can I meet you at the concert?" Alex asked. 

"Can you be there at 7:30?" Hope replied.

"Absolutely," Alex answered. "Text me the address."

They both chuckled, hanging up.

Dan walked up to Hope, frowning in confusion. "What was that about?"

Hope frowned. "I don't know. But Alex just said that Thyra called him, something about her, Brooklyn, Dylan, Wyatt and Blair helping Serena, Noe and Nate coming over, and we just heard Brooklyn call Chuck. I don't know what's going on because Alex doesn't know yet, but I don't think it's good."

Dan started to walk away. "I'm going over there."

"Dan, if it was something serious, don't you think that Serena would have called you?" Hope asked.

"It's something serious if Thyra, Brooklyn, Dylan, Wyatt and Blair are calling Chuck, Noe, Nate and Alex for help with Serena, Hope," Dan told her. "I'm going."

Dan walked away.

Hope groaned, tilting her head back, walking after him. "Just give them time, okay? I'm sure they can handle it. And I don't wanna go barging over there. And don't wanna let you do the barging thing."

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Waldorf Apartment Building - Elevator

Nate and Noe were in the elevator.

Alex walked in. "Hey, just got here."

"Yeah, so did we," Noe told him. "Hey, Alex."

"Noe," Alex replied. "You okay? After me, Nate and Hope heard you on the phone last night..."

Noe nodded. "I'm fine."

Chuck got into the elevator just before it closed, seeing Nate and Alex there, awkward because the two brothers still hadn't forgiven him yet. "Hey."

Nate and Alex were awkward too. "Hey."

Noe looked between them, just as awkward.

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Waldorf Apartment - Living Room

Noe, Nate, Alex and Chuck walked in.

Dorota was waiting for them. "Miss Blair, Miss Thyra and Mr. Wyatt ask that you should wait here. They are on their way home with Miss Brooklyn, Miss Serena and Mr. Dylan."

"They're not even here?" Alex asked.

Chuck sat down. "Well, this oughta be good."

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Street

Georgina was carrying coffee toward the VDW/Bass apartment building, on the phone. "You're not calling me back, and you're not picking up. I thought you understood me, but maybe I should make myself a little more clear and come to you. We can talk about it over coffee. I brought it just the way you like it. Dark but sweet." She saw Dan and Hope walking away from the building. "Oh, no."

"Hey, Sarah," Hope told her.

Georgina faked a laugh. "Dan! Hope! Hey, oh, my gosh. What a coincidence."

Hope smiled. "Yeah. What--what are you doing here?"

"Oh, um, I actually have an old friend from Portland staying here," Georgina told them.

Dan nodded. "Oh, okay."

"What are you doing here?' Georgina asked.

"Oh, Hope came to check on Noe, and I came looking for Serena," Dan answered. "But she, uh, apparently didn't come home last night, and Chuck, Nate, Noe and Alex are on their way to Blair, Thyra, Wyatt, Brooklyn and Dylan, something about helping Serena. So we're just... I don't know. We're trying to figure out what to think. She's been... well, let's just say she's not been herself lately. So I--I don't know. I don't know. I don't know what to do exactly."

"Why don't you try giving her a call again?" Hope asked. "I don't wanna go over there, unwelcome, because we don't even know where there is, it could be anywhere."

Dan gave her a look. "Hope, you and I both know they're all most likely over at Blair, Thyra and Wyatt's place."

"Just call Serena first," Hope told him.

Dan's phone rang. He took it out, showing the Caller ID said Serena calling, answering. "Hey. Hey, I've been looking all over for you?"

A man named Drew's voice was on the other line. "Hey, is this Dan?"

"Who's this?" Dan asked.

"My named Drew," Drew answered. "I'm the bartender at 1 Oak. Some girl left this phone here last night, it's been ringing off the hook all morning. You were the first number on the speed dial."

"Some girl?" Dan repeated. "What--what girl?"

"Tall, blonde, left here around two with three guys," Drew answered. "Skipped out on her tab, which was pretty substan--"

Dan hung up.

Hope frowned in concern. "Hey. What is it?"

Gossip Girl: (voice over) "Spotted; Lonely Boy with G and H20 on the Upper East Side, learning the lesson that nothing stays missing for long."

Dan shook his head. "It's nothing. Nothing."

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Waldorf Apartment - Living Room

Noe, Nate, Alex and Chuck were waiting. Blair, Thyra, Wyatt, Brooklyn and Dylan stepped out of the elevator.

Gossip Girl: (voice over) "Things always turn up, for better..."

"Well, is something actually wrong, or is this just some ploy to get us all here?" Nate asked.

"We meant what we said on the phone," Thyra told them. "We need your help."

Brooklyn nodded. "She needs our help."

They walked toward the elevator. Serena was in total shambles on the floor.

Gossip Girl: (voice over) "Or for worse."

Noe knelt next to Serena worriedly. "Oh, my God. You okay?"

"What happened?" Alex asked worriedly.

"Take her upstairs," Blair told them.

Dylan helped Serena up, with the help of the other boys. "Get her upstairs."

"Dorota!" Wyatt called. "Coffee, fast."

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Blair's Room

Noe, Blair, Thyra and Brooklyn were trying to get Serena out of bed. Nate, Alex, Dylan and Wyatt were on standby for help.

"Come on, Serena," Noe told her. "We have to get her in the shower."

"No, I just want to sleep," Serena told them.

"Here," Thyra said. "No, come on."

"Why won't you guys let me sleep?" Serena complained.

Blair looked at the girls. "We have to keep her talking and awake."

Brooklyn pulled Serena up. "Come on, come on, let's go, let's go."

Wyatt called downstairs. "Dorota, will you please get her a fresh change of clothes and a bathrobe?"

"Of course, Mr. Wyatt," Dorota answered.

Chuck walked in with shopping bags. "So we have every hangover cure known to man, plus bagels. They should help soak up the alcohol and whatever else she took."

Dylan took the bags. "Thank you, we'll take it from here. Come on, come on, come on, Serena, help us out."

They finally got Serena into Blair's bathroom. Noe, Blair, Brooklyn and Thyra were in the bathroom with Serena to get her to take a shower, while Nate, Alex, Chuck, Dylan and Wyatt were standing in Blair's room on the other side of the door. Nate closed the door. They heard the shower turn on.

"Noe, it's cold!" Serena complained to her sister. "It's cold!"

"Just like old times, if Noe was the one getting sick and drunk with Serena, and from what I hear, she came close to it last night," Chuck told them.

Nate was very annoyed. "You know, why do I get the feeling you're actually enjoying this?"

They heard Serena barfing loudly inside the bathroom.

Chuck shrugged. "Call me sentimental."

Noe, Blair, Brooklyn and Thyra stepped outside of the bathroom.

"Ugh," Blair complained. "We may not need those bagels after all."

"What's going on with her?" Alex asked.

Brooklyn sighed. "She came home last night, scared."

"Wait, nobody else saw her," Dylan told them.

"Because when Brooklyn was trying to make sure that I was okay after whatever was given to me, Serena bolted the second after she--she told us something totally crazy, but was too freaked out to find the words to explain it," Noe explained. "Brooklyn took me upstairs so that we could get Mom's Valium to calm us both down, but when we got back, she was gone, and Brooklyn told me to stay home until we were sure that I was okay. She asked Dylan, Thyra, Blair and Wyatt for help in finding her."

"Yeah, and it took us all night to find her," Thyra told them. "Noe, Brooklyn, you two still haven't explained to us fully."

Wyatt sighed. "Noe, Brooklyn, what exactly did she say to you two?"

Brooklyn and Noe exchanged a look.

Noe shook her head. "That's... beside the point. We're here to help Serena, no matter what the problem is."

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Street

Vanessa and Rufus were unloading a van, and another guy was reading the post, headline reading "Beauty Bags Bass" with a picture of Lily.

"Hey, could you maybe read that somewhere else?" Rufus asked. The man walked away. "I don't like the Post.'

"Is that why you subscribe?" Vanessa asked sarcastically.

Rufus smirked sarcastically. "Another thing I don't like. My son, depressed, and my daughter, worried. I don't know if you've talked to them recently."

"We've talked," Vanessa answered.

"Dan and Serena, and Hope and Alex..." Rufus trailed off. "Should I be worried?"

"It's been a little bumpy lately, sure," Vanessa admitted. "But Hope and Alex seem to be doing fine, despite everything Alex went through with his dad. And I think the most recent bump for Dan and Serena is our friend Sarah. Serena's a little jealous, but Sarah's cool, so as soon as Serena gets to know her, everything will be fine." A giant poster of Rufus unfurled down the building. "I love that picture of you."

Rufus had a bittersweet smile. "Yeah. Me too."

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VDW/Bass Apartment - Living Room

The Rolling Stone reporter was interviewing Lily, taking out the same picture of Rufus. "Tell me where you took this photograph, what undoubtedly could be called the band's most well known image?"

"Uh, well, I wouldn't go that far," Lily told him.

"Well, I would," the reporter told her. "It's positively iconic. Were you and Rufus Humphrey already involved when you took it?"

Lily looked at him in surprise. "Excuse me?"

"Rufus Humphrey, lead singer of Lincoln Hawk," the reporter told her. "Or... was this before or after..."

"Oh, well, I simply don't feel comfortable discussing anything other than my work," Lily told him.

"I was talking about your work," the reporter told her. "Why'd you give up photography? Was it too hard to continue shooting after you had broken his heart?"

There was a knock at the door.

Lily looked relieved by the save. "Um, just--just a moment, please."

Lily went to see that it was Dan and Hope at the door.

Hope saw the reporter. "Oh, you know, I see we're interrupting, so we'll--"

Lily shook her head. "No, I have to say, I have... never been happier to see you or Dan, Hope."

"Oh, well, we heard that Alex is going over to meet Serena, Noe, Nate, Chuck, Blair, Brooklyn, Thyra, Wyatt and Dylan, but they didn't say where," Dan explained. "And we got worried about Noe and Serena, so..."

"Well, I know that I'm worried about Nevaeh as well after last night, but Charles, Brooklyn and Dylan promise me that she's fine," Lily explained. "Have you tried calling Serena?"

Hope sighed. "Pretty sure she lost her phone."

"Well, Charles said he was going over to Blair, Thyra and Wyatt's to pick Noe, Serena, Dylan and Brooklyn up right after you left earlier," Lily explained. "Maybe try there."

Dan nodded. "Ah, yes. Of course. We thought that they might be there, but Hope didn't want to go barging on since we weren't invited, in case there was nothing wrong."

"Well, actually, Hope, I would like you to go, because Nevaeh isn't answering her phone either, and I need to make sure that she comes back here for a check up after what happened last night," Lily told her. "So if you two could go over and tell her to come back soon to make sure that she's..."

Hope nodded in understanding. "Yeah, we'll deliver the message."

"Thank you so much," Lily told them. After Hope and Dan left, Lily turned to the reporter. "Listen, I really appreciate your coming all the way to the Palace to conduct this interview, but I'm simply going to have to ask you to leave, because I have a wedding to attend. My own."

"Do you think you were able to take such incredible photos of Rufus Humphrey because of how much you were in love with him?" the reporter asked.

"Well, I wasn't in love with him," Lily lied. "Um... that much."

The reporter nodded. "Thank you for your time."

Lily was clearly left rattled after the interview about Rufus so close to her wedding day.

X•O°X•O

Waldorf Apartment - Living Room

Dan and Hope stepped out of the elevator.

Hope winced. "If it wasn't for Lily asking us to come over here to give a message to Noe about a check up to make sure she's okay..."

"Yeah, I know, Hope, you wouldn't have barged in," Dan told her.

They walked further into the living room, seeing the other teens except for Serena.

Alex walked over to them. "Hope, Dan, what are you doing here?"

"Uh, Dan's looking for Serena, and Lily asked us to come over here because she wants Noe home before the rehearsal dinner," Hope answered. "After she drank last night, whatever happened while we were on the phone, she has a check up before the rehearsal to make sure she's..."

Noe sighed. "I'm fine, Hope, but thanks for coming to tell me."

"Yeah," Hope agreed nervously.

"Dorota, can you bring the towels upstairs?" Wyatt asked.

Nate walked downstairs. "What's taking so long?"

"Huh," Dan said. "Guess we missed a chapter." Chuck walked in with a platter of bagels. "Or four." Dan pointed between Blair, Chuck, Alex and Nate, and from Blair to Noe. "Don't, uh, don't all of you hate each other?"

Blair said, "Yes," the same time Nate said, "Absolutely," the same time Chuck said, "No."

Alex sighed. "It's complicated."

"Blair no longer has a problem with Noe, Noe no longer has a problem with Blair, Nate and Alex still haven't forgiven Chuck and Blair for what they pulled with Noe, Nate, Brooklyn, Thyra, Wyatt and me," Dylan explained.

"And the Chuck, Blair, Nate, Noe relationship drama is pretty much resolved, but Chuck's relentlessly messing with Noe since she's becoming one of the Bass's stepsister, and Brooklyn and Dylan have been trying to keep that to a minimum," Wyatt added. "At least besides getting dragged into Blair and Chuck's drama with Nate, Noe and Alex, Brooklyn, Thyra, Dylan and I've been mostly able to avoid the drama."

Hope nodded, somewhat amused. "Right."

Dan gave them a weird look. "Well, that's fascinating and ripe for Noe's psychiatrist's case study." Noe rolled her eyes. "But, um, Hope came to tell Noe that Lily wants her back to your guys's place for the check up or whatever, but I am looking for Serena."

"She's not here," Brooklyn told them.

"I think she is," Dan told them.

"No, she just left," Thyra lied. "You must've crossed paths."

"I don't believe you," Dan told them.

"Fine," Wyatt told him. "I--I didn't want to have to tel you this, but... she doesn't want to see you."

Dan gave them a seriously look. "Come on. Really?"

Dylan nodded. "Yes, really."

Dan headed for the stairs. "Serena!"

"Dan, stop," Hope told him.

Nate stopped him. "They're telling the truth."

"Are you really gonna stop me from seeing my girlfriend?" Dan asked, trying to get past them.

"Whoa, man," Chuck told him.

"Stop," Blair told him.

"Trust me, Dan, you don't want to know," Noe told him.

Serena walked onto the stairs. "What are you doing?"

"Serena?" Brooklyn asked.

"It's okay," Serena told them.

"You sure?" Thyra asked.

Serena nodded.

Alex sighed. "Okay."

Dan and Serena stepped aside to talk alone, even though they remained in the room with everyone else. Alex led Hope aside to give them some space.

"What's happening?" Hope asked.

"Hope..." Alex trailed off.

"Something's going on, and I don't care if you guys are keeping us in the dark, but I'm worried, okay?" Hope asked. "And Noe almost got hurt last night, and you're all here to help Serena, and I'm just worried about my friends."

"Noe and Serena are fine now," Alex told her. "I don't know what's going on, but as soon as I know, we'll talk, okay?"

Hope sighed, looking toward the others. "Okay. I just... Alex, if it's something dangerous, or... or if you guys need help..."

"We're handling it," Alex assured. "Don't worry. I'm just not sure what 'it' is yet."

Hope sighed, nodding. "I didn't want to barge in here, you know. I was trying to talk Dan out of it, even though I was worried and wanted to know if I could help. And then Lily said that she wanted us to come over."

Alex nodded. "So your need to not push into things got outweighed by Lily telling you that you could help Noe by getting her a message. Sounds like you. I get it, Hope. And it's good you came to tell us, okay? Just a lot is going on that I don't know about, and I'm just trying to figure it out too, without pushing, just trying to help my friends."

Hope nodded in understanding, using his words. "Sounds like you."

They both managed to chuckle, though things were tense for everyone in the room right now.

Serena was speaking to Dan. "It's hard to explain."

"Well, why don't I make it easy for you?" Dan asked. "I know you're keeping something from me, and I'm sick of being the only one besides Hope that you don't talk to about it."

"I'm not talking to anyone," Serena denied.

Dan pointed to the others. "Then what are they doing here, while--while I get a call from a bartender who says you left a bar at two in the morning with a bunch of guys? What guys, Serena? Who--who were they?"

Serena mumbled to herself. "I don't know."

"Did something happen last night?" Dan asked.

"Please don't," Serena told him.

"Is that... is that what you're so afraid to tell me?" Dan asked. "That you cheated on me? Did you cheat on me last night? All I need is a yes or a no. Did you sleep with someone else?"

Serena didn't look at him. "Yes. Yeah."

Dan had tears in his eyes. "I'm done. I'm done. Hope."

Dan walked away to the elevator.

Hope sighed, looking at Alex and the others. "I'm gonna go. I don't wanna intrude. But if you need help..."

Alex nodded. "We'll let you know."

Hope nodded, walking into the elevator. Serena looked like she could cry, while Alex looked confused and sort of exasperated with not knowing what was going on and all the tensions between everyone, but also concerned and more worried than anything.

X•O°X•O

Elevator

The elevator took Dan and Hope downstairs.

"Dan..." Hope trailed off.

"Don't wanna talk about it, Hope," Dan told her. His phone rang. He answered. "Hey."

Georgina was walking in the park. "Hey. Did you and Hope find your friends?"

"Yeah," Dan answered. "But I--I, uh, kinda wish we hadn't."

"That doesn't sound so good," Georgina told him. "I'm just in the park. Wanna meet me? Maybe talk about it. I'm a pretty good listener. Dan?"

Dan nodded. "Yeah. Yeah, I'd, uh, I'd like that."

"Like what?" Hope asked.

Dan hung up. "I'm gonna meet Sarah in the park to talk."

"Well, you do you," Hope told him. "I'm gonna go help Dad with the roadie thing like I said I would."

X•O°X•O

VDW/Bass Apartment Building - Outside

Lily, Bart and the wedding planner walked outside.

Lily looked at Bart. "Well, I wanted cymbidiums, not hyacinth, and why did we choose fish? It's unseasonably warm. You know, I knew we should've gone with the Limoges instead of the Lenox."

"What's the matter?" Bart asked. "You were fine this morning. Now you're finding fault with everything."

Lily shook her head. "Nothing. Nothing at all. I'm just... I've had three perfect weddings, and I want this one to be more perfect than perfect, that's all." Her phone rang, and Lily saw that the call was coming from the Waldorf Apartment. Thinking it was one of her daughters, she answered. "Oh, finally. So why are you still at Blair, Thyra and Wyatt's? You're supposed to be here."

"Ms. van der Woodsen, it is Dorota," Dorota told her. "The Waldorfs and Miss Diamond's..."

"I know who you are, Dorota," Lily told her. "But this is not a very good time."

"Oh, the wedding, I know," Dorota told her. "Miss Noe and Miss Serena are here."

"Oh, yes, I know," Lily told her. "I've heard several times today. I told Hope and Dan to go over to tell Noe to come home for a check up. Did they tell her?"

"Miss Hope told Miss Noe about your message," Dorota answered. "I know it's not my place, but Miss Serena is... like the old days."

"What are you trying to say?" Lily asked.

"I think you should have worry about her," Dorota told her. "Worry like before she went away."

Lily was worried more. "Well, um, thank you, Dorota. I'll take care of it." She hung up, looking at Bart. "I am so sorry, but I'm gonna have to go."

"Where do you have to go?" Bart asked.

"To do something I've done too many times before," Lily answered.

"Can I help you?" Bart asked.

"No," Lily answered. "Thank you. I'll have to do it alone."

Lily gave Bart a kiss on the cheek.

X•O°X•O

Inside - Serena's Room

(Song:) Cities in Dust - Junkie XL

Lily walked through the room, searching Serena's room, eventually finding the USB drive in her dresser, and Georgina's note with it saying "Memory fades like with Noe, but a video is forever! Watch Me".

(Song Ends)

X•O°X•O

Waldorf Apartment - Living Room

Serena turned to her friends, crying. "I can't believe I just did that."

"Then why did you?" Noe asked. "I mean, did you cheat on Dan?"

"No," Serena answered. "I remember last night. I didn't do anything."

"Then why would you say that to him?" Blair asked.

"Because I would rather Dan think I cheated on him than know what I really did," Serena answered, looking at Noe and Brooklyn.

"What you really did?" Nate repeated.

"Dan puts me on a pedestal," Serena told them. "If he knew the truth, he would never look at me again. And all of you, Hope, all of you are my friends, and if you knew..."

"You're starting to scare even me," Chuck told her. "What did you do?"

"Come on," Thyra told her. "You can tell us."

"We've seen you with vomit in your hair, making out with investment bankers in the men's room at PJ Clarke's," Brooklyn told her. "You don't have to hide anything from us."

"Brooklyn's right, Serena," Dylan told her. "I mean, none of us are saints."

"Nate and I turned our dad into the police and started this whole trial thing," Alex told her. "Basically put our dad in prison on accident."

"That was because he hit Alex, and we were trying to help his drug problem, but still ended up starting the downfall of our dad and our family in general," Nate told them.

Blair pointed at Chuck. "Yeah, I had sex with him in the back of a limo."

"Several times," Chuck told them.

"I take pleasure in punishing those who have done us wrong and have to prove who's on top every chance I get with a scheme that likely gets somebody hurt," Brooklyn told them.

"Brooklyn, Blair and I did not get to the top of Constance's royalty standing by being saints," Thyra told them. "Schemes is just the beginning. You know that we've hurt people to get to where we are."

"I might be the golden boy of the Upper East Side, but even I'm not a saint," Wyatt agreed.

"It's the Waldorf genes, Wyatt," Blair told him.

"Don't be embarrassed, Wyatt," Alex told him. "We know you're good."

Wyatt had to come clean in a moment like this, closing his eyes. "I planted drugs on Sara Bane's purse and sent a blast to Gossip Girl and a tip to the police because she had a five percent chance of winning against me in a competition."

The others looked at him in complete shock.

"What?" Thyra asked.

"Wow, the truth does feel better," Wyatt told them in relief.

"I think my brain just exploded," Noe told them.

"Again?" Chuck asked.

"Bite me, Chuck," Noe replied.

Chuck smirked.

Nate looked at Wyatt. "You're kidding, right?"

Wyatt winced. "Nope."

"She got sent to rehab, Wyatt," Nate told him.

"Yeah, well, she is not gonna get a five percent chance of beating me in anything anytime soon, is she?" Wyatt asked. "Plus, she was doing drugs, just not at the time."

Blair smiled. "I don't think I've ever been as proud of you as I am right now."

"Same," Dylan agreed. "How come I didn't know that?"

Thyra held her hand out to shut Dylan up. "Calm your ass, Romeo." She gestured between her and Blair. "Blair and I are his sisters. Real question is how come we didn't know that, Wyatt?"

"I stole the drugs from you, Thyra," Wyatt told her.

Thyra was surprised by that. "What?"

Brooklyn looked at Thyra, smirking in amusement. "I'm so proud right now."

Chuck smirked in approval. "I really do believe there is no one better for my brother and sister. Dylan, Brooklyn, I really think Wyatt and Thyra are the ones for you."

Wyatt and Thyra looked at Chuck in surprise for the approving of them, and Dylan and Brooklyn raised their eyebrows in surprise, but smiled slightly at Chuck, who returned with a smirk/smile.

"Can we move on, please?" Noe asked. "Dylan, your turn."

"I secretly ruined one of Dad's million dollar deals because he pissed me off," Dylan explained.

"That was you?" Brooklyn asked. "Dylan, I blamed Chuck for that."

"Yeah, she did," Chuck agreed.

"No, it wasn't Chuck," Dylan answered. "That was me, Brooklyn."

"Great, I'm not the center of attention anymore," Wyatt mumbled.

"We'll talk about you later, Wyatt," Dylan told him. 

"Let's move on," Noe told them. "Chuck?"

Chuck smirked, saying his name as if that alone spoke volumes of every bad thing he had done, which it did. "I'm Chuck Bass."

They all looked at Noe, waiting for her to say something wrong she had done.

"What?" Noe asked.

"You remember anything bad you've done, Noe?" Thyra asked.

Noe pointed at Nate. "I kissed him at a wedding when he was with Blair."

They all looked at Noe again, this time in surprise, startled once again.

"Noe..." Nate trailed off.

"What?" Noe asked.

"Did someone tell you that?" Alex asked.

"No," Noe answered. "I remembered kissing Nate when I got that memory last night. When you, Nate and Hope all got worried about me. It's okay, Alex."

"That's what you remembered last night?" Nate asked. "Why didn't you tell me before?"

Noe gestured around at their situation. "Just everything going on with Serena, I was a lot more worried about my sister than getting back a memory of getting drunk and kissing you at a wedding while you were with someone else. Sorry, Nate."

Dylan raised an eyebrow, smirking. "Is that all you remembered? Kissing Nate?"

Wyatt gave him a look. "Dylan."

Noe looked between them in confusion. "Why? All we did was kiss. Right?" The others reacted hilariously in awkwardness, not sure how to answer. Thyra looked away, swinging her arms lightly. Serena looked down, making a face. Blair rolled her eyes. Alex scratched his head with a little awkwardness, but amused and glad that Noe was remembering that so she and Nate had the chance to be together. Wyatt pressed his lips together, looking away. Chuck, Dylan and Brooklyn smirked, laughing a little at everyone's reactions, and the fact that everyone had been waiting for Noe to remember, and now she finally did, and was about to know the full truth. Blair, Wyatt, Thyra, Serena, Nate and Alex gave them a look. Noe looked at Nate, who had a small, awkward smile, looking concerned and worried yet relieved that she was remembering, but was sympathetic for what she was going through and that she was just remembering. Noe looked between everyone, noticing everyone's reactions, and because of the reactions, she realized that it was a lot more than a kiss, her mouth hanging open slightly as she took a deep breath in surprise. "Oh, my God. We..."

Nate nodded, speaking softly. "Yeah."

Serena reached out to Noe, taking her hand.

"It's okay, Noe," Brooklyn told her. "You and Nate were drunk off your asses, and like we all said, none of us are saints."

"Yeah, exactly," Alex agreed. "You can tell us anything."

"We don't judge," Wyatt told them. "We're the Non-Judging Breakfast Club."

"Noe's your sister, Brooklyn, Chuck and I are gonna be your step siblings, Serena," Dylan told her. "Blair, Wyatt, Thyra, Nate and Alex are your best friends."

"Dylan's right," Blair agreed. "Anything you do is something we did, too."

"If I tell you, it can never leave this room," Serena told them.

They all nodded in agreement.

X•O°X•O

X•O°X•O

Everyone was talking.

"You all know Georgina Sparks," Serena told them.

"Some of us better than others," Blair agreed.

"And then there are those who wish to forget ever meeting her," Brooklyn told them.

Dylan chuckled. "Like Noe did."

"Yeah, after last night, I'm glad that I actually did forget meeting her," Noe told them.

Thyra gave Noe a look. "Lucky."

Noe smirked.

Nate looked at Alex. "It's not like you didn't lose your virginity to her in seventh grade."

"Sixth, actually," Alex corrected. "And I've been avoiding her ever since. The bitch is a psycho."

Everyone looked at Alex in surprise.

Thyra looked at them in shock. "Whoa, wait, back up. Hold the hell on." Nate chuckled. Alex shook his head. "Nate, seriously? You're saying Alex slept with Georgina?"

Dylan smirked. "Well, looks like the mostly good Archibald got down with the devil. Nice going, Alex."

Chuck smirked. "Nice indeed. You've surprised even me, Alexander."

"Really?" Wyatt asked.

"It was the first time that I got wasted at a party, and she held it over my head ever since," Alex answered. "She kept bothering me after but I tried to avoid her as best as I could. Luckily, she left, but now apparently she's back."

Serena realized. "That's why she wanted to get to you and Hope."

"What?" Brooklyn asked.

"Start at the beginning," Wyatt told her.

Serena nodded. "Well, something happened the night of the Shepherd wedding."

Blair looked from Nate to Noe. "I think we're all aware of what happened that night. Even Noe now."

Nate gave Blair a look, before looking at Noe, who pressed her lips together awkwardly, a little overwhelmed, though Brooklyn and Serena both held one of her hands, keeping her calm, while Noe was also keeping Serena calm.

"No, something else, something I've tried to escape, but Georgina won't let me," Serena explained. "And now she's blackmailing me."

"Black mailing you?" Nate repeated.

"With what exactly?" Chuck asked.

"Well, it started when Blair and I thought that Nate and Noe had too much to drink," Serena explained. "We told them to go outside, get some air, sober up."

Noe gazed off, remembering the beginning of the memory that started to come back to her.

X•O°X•O

Flashback - One Year Ago

Day - Bar

A very drunk and happy Noe was dancing on the bar bench, holding a bottle of champagne.

Nate was also drunk, but not as drunk, trying to stop her. "Noe, you know we are not supposed to be here."

"Oh, well, if the happy couple didn't want to put up the cash for the premium bar, they should have made their wedding BYOB," Noe replied. "I get my drinking habits from my dad." Noe sat down in front of Nate. They both pulled on the bottle until it opened with a loud bang and champagne poured out. Noe squealed in surprise. "Nate!"

Nate laughed. "That never happens to me."

Noe smiled, her fingers in his hair. "It's okay. You're still a man in my eyes."

Nate lifted her off the bar. Noe and Nate were about to kiss.

Serena: (voice over) "Instead, they went into the empty bar, and they, well..."

Noe and Nate were making out heavily, undressing each other. Chuck and Dylan were on the balcony, smoking a joint together, when they heard them, looking down to see.

X•O°X•O

Now

Day - Waldorf Apartment - Living Room

The NJBC (Non Judging Breakfast Club) were talking.

"We can skip that part, okay?" Blair asked.

"Yeah, since Noe doesn't really remember that part anyway," Brooklyn agreed.

"Go ahead," Chuck told her. "I'll fill Noe in later."

Noe scoffed. "No, you won't."

"Chuck, leave Noe alone, before Brooklyn and I do something about it," Dylan told him.

Serena sighed, taking her sister by the hand. "Noe, I know you don't remember the next part, either."

X•O°X•O

Flashback

Night - Wedding Location - Outside

Noe walked outside, redressed in her outfit from the Shepherd wedding, still drunk, looking so guilty.

Serena walked closer, also a little drunk. "Hey, sis. Georgina's waiting for us to party after the wedding."

Noe shook her head. "I can't go, Serena. I, uh, I did something bad. Something really, really bad, and now I feel so bad. So terrible."

"What did you do?" Serena asked.

"Who," Noe corrected.

Serena raised her eyebrows. "Okay, who did you do?"

Noe swallowed, licking her lips. "Nate." Serena looked at her in shock. "And I know that Nate's your best friend's boyfriend, and I don't want to hurt Blair, Serena. I--I just have to get out of here. Dad's supposed to be picking me up soon anyway."

"Noe..." Serena trailed off.

Noe shook her head in guilt, walking away. Serena watched her go, sighing.

Serena: (voice over) "Georgina and I had plans to meet up after, so I headed straight to her. Little did I know she had a surprise waiting for me."

X•O°X•O

Now

Day - VDW/Bass Apartment - Serena's Room

Lily was plugging the USB drive into Serena's laptop.

Georgina was shown on the video. "She's gonna lose her mind. A genuine Serena van der Woodsen sex tape."

Pete: "How are we gonna do this, exactly?"

Georgina: "Well, if you put the camera over there, she'll never know."

Pete: "Are you sure she's gonna be down for this?"

Georgina chuckled: "It's Serena. She goes down for anything." In the video, Serena walked into the hotel room. "Hey, baby. So how's the new Mr. and Mrs. Shepherd? Where's Noe? I thought she was supposed to come."

Serena: (on video) "Noe did something at the wedding, and she felt so bad that she didn't wanna come for more partying."

Serena: (voice over) "I didn't know it at the time, but she was taping me. Lucky for me, I was--I was too stuck on what just happened to be much fun for anyone."

X•O°X•O

Flashback

Night - Hotel Room

(Song:) Off the Wall - Cham Pain

Serena was fretting while Georgina and Pete wanted to party. "I can't believe Noe and Nate hooked up. Blair's my best friend, but Noe's my sister. What am I supposed to do?"

Pete tilted his head back in annoyance. "All right, this is a therapy session, G. You promised a party."

"So break out the favors," Georgina told him, laughing.

They pulled out drugs.

(Song Ends)

X•O°X•O

Now

Day - VDW/Bass Apartment Building - Serena's Room

Lily was watching the video of Georgina and Pete about to do drugs.

Serena put her drink down. "Oh, I don't--I don't feel so good."

In the video, Serena walked toward the bathroom.

Georgina: "She always gets frisky after she hurls."

Lily fast forwarded the video, stopping when she saw Pete and Serena on the bed.

Pete was trying to kiss Serena.

Serena: "No, Pete, I'm not in the mood, okay?"

Pete: "Come on."

X•O°X•O

Flashback

Night - Hotel Room

(Song:) Hook and Line - The Kills

Serena pushed Pete off. "I'm hot, okay? I'm too hot."

Pete still tried to seduce her. "Oh, you are too hot."

Serena sat up to unbutton the shirt she had over her camisol. "No, it--it's hot. Why is it so hot in here?"

Pete pulled the shirt away, starting to kiss Serena's shoulder, neck and cheek, holding her by the head as he kissed her on the lips. Despite not being into it before, Serena started to kiss him back.

X•O°X•O

Now

Day - VDW/Bass Apartment - Serena's Room

Seeing Serena kiss Pete, Lily looked away in disappointment of her daughter, closing the laptop.

(Song Ends)

X•O°X•O

Waldorf Apartment - Living Room

The NJBC was talking.

"What is it?" Thyra asked.

Serena was crying, shaking her head. "I can't."

Alex nodded reassuringly. "Hey, yes, you can."

Serena sobbed. "I'm scared."

"It's okay," Wyatt told her.

Noe wrapped an arm around Serena comfortingly. "We're right here."

Serena looked up, looking from Noe and Brooklyn on either side of her, to Blair, Thyra, Dylan, Wyatt, Nate, Alex and Chuck, slowly nodding.

X•O°X•O

Flashback

Night - Hotel Room

Serena and Pete were laying down, making out.

Serena came back to her senses. "No. you know, I can't. I can't. I can't do this, Pete. Okay? I can't. Yeah, how about, um... how about we do a couple lines first, okay?"

Pete chuckled. "Whatever, baby."

They sat up to prepare to take a line of drugs.

Serena handed Pete a small straw. "Here, go ahead." Pete used the straw to inhale the line of coke into his nose. At first he seemed fine, but then he started to gasp and choke. "Pete?" Serena stood in concern, confusion. "Pete, are you okay? Pete, what's happening? Are you okay? Georgie." She ran toward the door. "Georgie! Georgina!"

Serena went to grab her phone from her purse, knocking over the camera that was in hiding as she did, not noticing it.

Georgina walked in. "What? Why are you screaming?" She saw Pete shaking and convulsing on the bed, in shock, noticing that Serena was trying to make a call. "What are you doing?"

"I'm calling 911," Serena answered.

Georgina put down her drink to grab the phone. "You--you can't!" She hung up. "There's drugs everywhere. We could get in so much trouble. We can get arrested. We have to go."

"No!" Serena protested. "We can't leave him!"

"We have to," Georgina told her. "Get everything out that has you on it. Go."

They started to get their stuff.

Serena was freaking out. "Oh, my God. Oh, my God." Georgina was able to grab the camera and put it in her bag without Serena noticing. Serena was checking around Pete. "Where's his phone? Where's his phone?"

Serena found his phone.

"What are you doing?" Georgina asked.

"I'm calling," Serena answered. She adopted her Southern accent to make the call to 911. "Hi, uh, we have an emergency. Uh, can you send someone right away to the Eastview Hotel? Room, uh, 1411, please. There's a guy. He's having seizures. I don't know what's wrong."

Georgina took the phone to toss it down. "Get off the phone! We have to go!"

Georgina pulled Serena out of the room so they could run.

X•O°X•O

Now

Day - Waldorf Apartment - Living Room

Serena looked at the rest of the NJBC. "So Georgina told me we had to split up. Then she said that people might be looking for us. But I couldn't go. I--I just couldn't."

X•O°X•O

Flashback

Night - Eastview Hotel - Outside

Serena was across the street from the hotel, watching the paramedics.

Serena: (voice over) "So I--I waited near the hotel, across the street. All I wanted was to see the paramedics helping Pete. But that's not what I saw."

Serena saw the paramedics wheel out Pete's dead body, starting to cry.

Serena: (voice over) "I didn't know what to do. I--I just knew I had to leave right away."

X•O°X•O

Now

Day - Waldorf Apartment - Living Room

Serena looked at the rest of the NJBC. "I took a train heading north, and I got a room and convinced my mom that boarding school was a good idea, and..."

"Never said goodbye," Blair finished. "It makes sense now."

"But what does she even want from you?" Nate asked.

"Well, when she came back, I--I told her about the accident, and how Noe couldn't be part of the lifestyle that she was still in anymore because of the trauma, and I told her that I moved on from it, but she didn't like that," Serena explained.

"So that's why she gave Noe whatever she gave her, claiming to be helping her, but nearly hurting her again?" Dylan asked.

Serena nodded, crying again. "I'm so sorry, Noe."

Noe held Serena in a hug. "It's okay."

"You said that she wanted to get to Hope and Alex, too," Thyra told her in confusion. "I mean, Nate said that Alex and Georgina had a history, if you could call a drunk one night stand and Georgina being obsessed with Alex after that a history, but what does that have to do with Hope?"

"Somehow, she became friends with Hope, Dan and Vanessa and called herself Sarah," Serena answered.

Alex raised his eyebrows in surprise. "Sarah? The girl that Hope and Dan kept saying that she wanted to meet us."

Serena nodded. "She said that she wouldn't normally care about getting to you or to Hope, but the coincidence that Dan is her brother and my boyfriend, and Georgie gets to mess with both of them while she's looking for revenge..."

"She couldn't pass up the opportunity," Brooklyn finished. "Great. Messing with Dan, outing Eric, nearly hurting Noe to get to Serena and messing with Hope to get to Alex."

"Okay, so now that we know, why don't Serena and Alex just tell Dan and Hope about her?" Wyatt asked.

"Because she has that tape of me, and she'll use it," Serena answered. "It's practically a snuff film."

"We need to find her," Chuck told them.

(Song:) Hook and Line - The Kills

Serena looked at them worriedly. "No, please, promise me, please. Promise me you won't do anything, because if you do, then she'll know Dan. If he even ever speaks to me again. And I don't know what she wants to do to get to Hope and Alex, but I don't want to take the risk of someone else getting hurt."

Everyone was processing everything that Serena had told them, completely overwhelmed and not yet knowing what to do, all of them looking at each other, trying to figure out what to do.

Gossip Girl: (voice over) "Watch out, S. Just because you finally tell the truth doesn't mean there won't be consequences."

"God, what have I done?" Serena asked.

No one had an answer.

(Song Ends)

X•O°X•O

X•O°X•O

Lily and Bart's Rehearsal Dinner

(Song:) Fight Song - The Republic Tigers

The rehearsal dinner was in leeway.

Chuck, Dylan, Wyatt, Thyra, Brooklyn, Blair, Serena, Noe, Nate and Alex walked in, all dressed up for the rehearsal dinner.

"Thanks for coming with us, guys," Brooklyn told them. "I'm really not feeling up to being social for once."

Blair nodded. "Of course."

Lily walked toward them.

Thyra sighed. "Incoming."

"Serena, Nevaeh, the two of you were supposed to be home hours ago," Lily told them. "Come with me."

(Song Ends)

Lily hooked her arms with Serena and Noe's, pulling them away.

"I'm--I'm sorry, Mom," Serena told her. "I really needed help and Noe was there to help, and she was okay. And you look beautiful. I hope you don't mind that Noe, Brooklyn and Dylan brought Nate, Thyra and Wyatt as their dates, or that we asked Blair and Alex to come tonight."

"Nevaeh, you had me worried sick after what happened last night," Lily told her. "You were supposed to be home so that we could get you to a check up. Hope was supposed to tell you.'

"Hope did tell us, but, Mom, I'm fine," Noe told her. "We were with our friends. And we were helping Serena."

Lily looked at Serena. "Speaking of, what happened to you last night? Why didn't you come home? Why were Dan and Hope looking for you all morning? Why did Brooklyn and Dylan leave last night looking for you, and why did I get a call informing me that you were on drugs?"

"She wasn't on drugs," Noe told her.

"Don't lie to me, Nevaeh, even if it's you defending your sister," Lily told her. "I saw that little home movie that Serena and her friends made."

"You--you watched that?" Serena asked worriedly.

"Well, only part of it," Lily answered. "I stopped when that guy had his tongue down your throat." Serena and Noe sighed in relief. "But I can pretty much guess how it ends."

"Oh, no, you can't," Noe told her.

Serena shook her head. "No, it--it was just a joke. We were kidding. It's not what it looked like."

"You know what?" Lily asked. "You are out of control. I always knew you had a wild side, but how can you look at yourself? What have you become? I thought we were past all of this, Serena. For you and Nevaeh. I thought you were doing so well. I have nothing left but to send you to reformatory school. What do you think about that?"

"What?" Noe asked in shock. "No!" Lily walked away. "Mom!"

Dylan, Wyatt, Blair, Brooklyn and Thyra walked up to Serena and Noe.

"What's wrong?" Dylan asked.

"What happened?" Wyatt asked.

Serena cried on Noe's shoulder as Noe held Serena for a long moment, both of them in shock.

X•O°X•O

Concert Building

Hope was helping get everything ready for Rufus's show, handing a guitar to Rufus, who was talking to a woman named Lisa Loeb. "Hey, guys. Sorry to interrupt. Tuned to F#m, and Lisa, Sheckman told me to tell you you're almost up."

Lisa nodded. "Okay, thanks."

"Thanks, Hope," Rufus told her.

Dan and Georgina walked in.

Dan walked up to Rufus and Hope. "Hey."

"Hey," Rufus replied.

"This is incredible, Dad," Dan told him. "I hope you're sufficiently nervous, because there's like a hundred people out there. Which is 80 more than the last time you played, I think."

"Lisa, this is my sweet daughter Hope, my sarcastic son Dan, and their friend Sarah," Rufus told her.

Lisa smiled. "Hey, nice to meet you."

"Pleasure," Dan told her.

Hope smiled sweetly. "Nice to meet you."

"I'll see you all later," Lisa told them ,walking away.

Rufus turned to Dan and Hope. "Yeah. Ah, no Serena or Alex?"

"Alex should be here later, but Serena and Dan kinda broke up," Hope explained.

Georgina smirked behind their backs. "I'll take good care of them, Mr. Humphrey. Promise. At least until Alex Archibald gets here for Hope."

"Jenny's already called me about 15 times from Mom's to make sure that I call her during 'Something Like That' so she can hear you mess up the bridge," Hope explained. "So break a leg. We'll be in the front row."

Rufus nodded in agreement. "Okay, okay."

A random girl in the audience saw Georgina. "Hey, Georgina! Georgina."

Georgina tried to ignore her, looking scared that her cover was blown.

"Uh, I think she thinks she knows you," Dan told her.

Georgina shook her head. "I've never seen her before in my life. Um, let's go get a drink."

X•O°X•O

Rehearsal Dinner

Noe followed Lily, interrupting her conversation. "Don't send her away."

Lily gave her a look, trying to get her to stop so people wouldn't hear. "Nevaeh, it--it's, uh, not polite to interrupt."

"I don't care who hears, Mom," Noe told her. "Just don't send her away."

"Excuse me," Lily told her guest, grabbing Noe's arm, pulling her aside. "Thank you, Noe, for being concerned for your sister, but you're both my daughters. If anything, you're one of the reasons I'm having to take such strong actions."

"You have no idea what one of your daughter's been going through," Noe told her. 'She's in a lot of pain, and I don't think the pain's gonna go away if she goes away."

"I don't understand what you're trying to tell me," Lily told her.

"Serena has a secret, and she's been holding on to it for a long, long time," Noe explained. "And now it's finally catching up with her. I--I'm out of my league here. I can't do any more than I've done, and it's not enough. She needs you."

"I saw the video," Lily told her. "She doesn't need me. She needs boundaries."

Noe shook her head. "What you saw isn't the whole story."

X•O°X•O

Elsewhere

Alex was at the rehearsal dinner, calling Hope. "Hey, Hope, it's me."

Hope was still at the concert. "Hey, Alex. You're not calling to cancel, are you? Because waiting 20 minutes before the concert maybe isn't the best way to let a girl down."

Alex chuckled. "No, I'm leaving Lily and Bart's rehearsal dinner right now. Blair, Nate, Thyra, Wyatt and I came for Serena, Noe, Chuck, Brooklyn and Dylan."

"Oh, yeah, I get it," Hope agreed. "So if you leave now, you'll make it in time."

"Well, probably gonna be ten minutes late, because, drumroll please, I'm actually gonna take the subway to the show," Alex explained.

Hope laughed. "Subway, huh? Alex Archibald, man of the people."

Alex smiled. "Oh, well, thank you."

"Uh, and your name's on the list, but if you don't see me, just look for Dan and our friend Sarah," Hope told him. "They'll know where I am."

Alex instantly got worried from hearing this. "Wait, Sarah's there? With you and Dan?"

Hope nodded, confused. "As strange as it may seem, Dan is here too. It is our dad's gig."

"No, no, no, I'm not talking about Dan," Alex told her. "I'm talking about Sarah."

"Now what's going on?" Hope asked.

"Sarah is not her real name," Alex explained. "It's Georgina. She's, um... it's complicated, but she's got history with me and all my friends. Serena just told us this really messed up story about her. Just do not trust anything she says, please."

Hope was completely confused, shaking her head. "Wh--what are you talking about?"

"Listen, I'll tell you what I can when I get there, okay?" Alex asked.

Hope frowned. "Okay."

Alex sighed worriedly. "Okay. I'll see you soon."

Alex hung up, walking through the party to look for his friends.

X•O°X•O

Elsewhere

Chuck discreetly handed Lily a slip of paper. "Excuse me. Here's the address you asked for."

Lily nodded. "Thank you, Charles. Excuse us." Chuck and Lily walked away. Lily walked up to Bart. "I have to go handle this thing with Serena and Nevaeh."

"Now?" Bart asked.

"Yes, now," Lily answered.

"It's our rehearsal dinner," Bart told her. "And you're the bride."

"I know, but I'm also a mother," Lily pointed out. "And that's more important. We're taking Nevaeh to the center, to see about her check up, and then there's something that we need to do for Serena."

"So your problems are my problems," Bart told her. "Let me come and help."

Lily shook her head. "I can't. I, uh... I wish I could explain."

"There seems to be a lot lately that you can't explain," Bart told him.

Lily kissed Bart on the cheek. "I'm sorry, but this is between me and my daughters."

Lily walked away.

Noe was standing nearby the door.

Nate walked up to her. "Hey, Noe."

"Nate," Noe greeted. "Um..."

Nate sighed. "You're pissed at me for not telling you about the wedding, aren't you?"

"No," Noe answered. "No, that's actually... very complicated right now." Nate chuckled in agreement. "And we will have to talk about that, but not right now. Mom and I have something planned to help Serena."

Nate nodded in understanding. "It's okay. Go. They need you."

"Yeah," Noe agreed. "Look, just don't do anything about Georgina until we get back, okay? We should do this together."

Nate nodded. "Okay."

Noe managed a small smile, walking away.

Noe, Serena and Lily left together.

Elsewhere, Brooklyn and Thyra were talking, eating appetizers.

Brooklyn watched Noe, Serena and Lily leave. "I swear, if anyone goes after Chuck or Dylan, or Noe, Serena or Eric..." She stabbed a toothpick into the food. "They're not gonna like what comes next, Thyra. I'll go full on hellion bitch in vengeance mode."

Thyra made a joke to make her feel better. "And how is that different from you everyday?"

Brooklyn smirked as if that was a compliment. "Thank you."

Thyra chuckled. "Things are going to be okay, Brooklyn. I have to believe that, and so do you. We'll get payback on Georgina for targeting Serena, Noe, Alex, Hope, Eric and even Dan. But we gotta be careful while doing it."

"Oh, I'll be careful," Brooklyn assured. "I want this bitch out of our lives for good so she can't hurt Serena, Noe, Eric and Alex again. And doing it for Hope and Dan is just a side bonus. None of us like Dan, but Hope's cool, so..."

Thyra smirked. "Right. But I get the reason why you're so pissed, Brooklyn. If someone did to Blair, Wyatt, Nate and Alex what Georgina did to Serena, Noe, Eric and Dan, and what she's trying to already do to Alex and Hope, I'd be so pissed to. Better hope that Georgina doesn't do it to Chuck and Dylan too, or you'll go on a rampage."

Brooklyn smirked. "So I got my Black Diamond Thyra to back me up because she's trying to protect and avenge Alex Archibald, and his relationship with Hope Humphrey."

"You bet your ass, Princess BB," Thyra replied. "You Basses aren't the only ones in the mood for destruction this time." They both smiled mischievously. "I'm serious though, Brooklyn. Whatever you do, I got your back. Whatever you do, I do. Whatever you did, I've done. Because I love you."

Brooklyn looked at Thyra, completely touched, smiling, but not surprised. "I love you too, Thyra."

Thyra and Brooklyn looked at each other happily for a moment, kissing passionately.

Elsewhere, Dylan and Wyatt were talking.

"So were you ever gonna tell me about Sara Bane?" Dylan asked.

"Can we please let that go?" Wyatt asked.

"I just don't understand why you didn't tell me," Dylan admitted. "I could have helped."

"I kinda was still saying to myself that I hated you, so..." Wyatt trailed off.

"And after?" Dylan asked.

"I guess I kinda liked that I'm so pure," Wyatt answered. "And I don't know, maybe you would like me less if you saw that I can be as bad as Blair or Thyra and Brooklyn. Chuck even."

"I love every part of you, golden boy, so don't ever feel that way again," Dylan told him.

Wyatt smiled. "You're so cheesy, bi playboy."

Dylan smirked. "You love it." He took a deep breath. "Look, Wyatt. I'm glad that you're not just the golden boy of the Upper East Side. You're different, but you're also the same, so I like that. I know Serena doesn't want us do anything, even if t's to avenge her, Noe and Eric, and by extension Alex, Hope and Dan, but Brooklyn, Chuck, Thyra and Blair are all set out for revenge. I'm sure Nate will be too after what Georgina did to Noe and what she's trying to do with Alex and Hope, whatever that is. And I'm out for revenge too."

"What are you getting at?" Wyatt asked.

"If you don't want to have anything to do with it, it's okay," Dylan told him. "Schemes, manipulations, set ups, revenge plans... That's all of us. But it's okay if it's not you. It's okay if you don't want to be part of it. But if you do, if you ever wanna have any schemes, manipulations, set ups, revenge plans... come to me and we'll kick ass together, okay? But if you ever don't wanna have anything to do with it..."

"Who says that I don't want anything to do with it?" Wyatt asked. "Dylan, that may not be me on a daily basis, but Blair is right. It is me, in my genes or whatever, and also, when someone acts my friends, my family like this. Serena, Noe and Eric were all hurt by Georgina, and she's trying to hurt Alex, Hope and Dan. Hope may not be one of us, but she's the only Humphrey that any of us can stand, besides Serena loving Dan. I get that you, Blair, Thyra, Chuck, Brooklyn and Nate would want revenge. And in a not so shocking twist, so do I, because whoever messes with you guys messes with me, too. It's not just about revenge. It's about making sure that Georgina can't hurt Serena, Noe, Eric, Alex, Hope and Dan again. Despite all the bad blood that has happened between us in the 'Non-Judging Breakfast Club', we're all like family, and no one's going to get away with hurting my family."

Dylan was awed by this response, smiling, not shocked, but pleasantly surprised. "Did I ever mention that I love you?"

Wyatt smiled. "You should do it more often, bi playboy. I love hearing it."

"Is that so?" Dylan asked in amusement.

"Yep," Wyatt answered. "Plus, I love you, too."

Wyatt took Dylan by the head, pulling him closer into a kiss, which was passionate but sweet.

X•O°X•O

Elsewhere

Blair was talking with Nate. "So what's up with you and Noe?"

"We've been hanging out," Nate answered. "Not that I owe you any explanation, but I do feel like I should tell you."

Blair nodded sarcastically. "Uh-huh."

Alex walked up to them, calling out to the four younger ones, since he couldn't find Chuck yet. "Thyra, Brooklyn. Dylan, Wyatt, get over here." Thyra, Brooklyn and Wyatt walked closer. "Where's Chuck?"

"I don't know," Dylan admitted. "Chuck told me and Brooklyn that he was getting something for Serena, Noe and Lily, before they left."

"Okay, well, we need to talk," Alex told them.

"Why?" Nate asked. "What's going on?"

"Well, I should already be on my way to Queens," Alex told them.

Brooklyn groaned. "Ugh, gross. Why?"

"To meet Hope at a concert," Alex answered. "Apparently, Georgina's with Dan and Hope."

They looked at him in surprise.

"She--she's there?" Thyra asked.

"Yeah," Alex answered. "And you know Serena doesn't want us to do anything, and Noe told us to wait until they get back so that we can do this together, but since Georgina's been hurting them, Eric, and been going after Hope, Dan and me, I just thought we should all know."

Wyatt nodded in agreement. "Where's this concert? We need to go."

"Even you, Wyatt?" Blair asked.

"Even me, Blair," Wyatt answered. "I know this scene usually belongs to you, Thyra, Chuck, Brooklyn and Dylan, but I think Nate and I'll join in on this for Serena, Noe, Eric, Alex, and the good Humphrey Hope, and bleh, even for Dan."

They all nodded in agreement.

"Hell yeah," Brooklyn agreed.

"You heard Wyatt," Thyra told them.

Nate shrugged. "Looks like we're going to Queens."

Dylan smirked. "Let's do it."

Chuck walked up to them, noticing Brooklyn, Blair and Thyra grinning evilly, and noticing the glint in Nate, Alex, Dylan and Wyatt's eyes as they smirked. "What's gotten into all of you?"

"What if we told you we knew where Georgina Sparks was right now?" Brooklyn asked.

"I'd say let's get the bitch," Chuck answered.

Nate, Alex, Dylan, Wyatt, Chuck, Brooklyn, Blair and Thyra all smiled, walking out determinedly.

Gossip Girl: (voice over) "Spotted. Blair, Chuck, Nate and Alex reunited, working with Brooklyn, Thyra, Dylan and Wyatt to defend Serena, Noe, Eric, Alex, Humble Hope and Lonely Boy's honor. With friends like these, who needs armies?"

X•O°X•O

X•O°X•O

Street

The limo with Lily, Noe and Serena inside pulled over after having finished Noe's check up.

"I told you that I was fine, Mom," Noe told her. "The doctor even said so."

"Well, forgive me for being worried about the possibility of you not being fine after Georgina gave you whatever that was," Lily replied. "Thankfully, you are okay."

Serena gave Noe a hug. "And I'm so glad. Relieved. She could have drugged you like she did with me, but thank God she didn't." Noe managed a small smile. Serena looked outside the window. "So where are we?"

"It's the Fairman's House," Lily explained. "This is where the boy who died grew up, and his parents are expecting you."

Serena shook her head, overwhelmed. "Mom, I can't go in there."

Lily took a deep breath. "Sweetie, if I've learned anything in life, it is that sometimes things get in your path, and you have a choice. You can either smash right into them, or you can adjust and move around, but you have to do one or the other in order to move forward."

"Hell of an analogy, Mom," Noe told her, thinking about the car accident.

Lily took Noe by the hand, reaching out to grab Serena's as well.

Serena looked at the house nervously. "How can I do this?"

"We're gonna be right by your side," Noe told her.

Serena started to cry, nodding.

X•O°X•O

Concert Building

A man spoke into a mic. "Ladies and gentlemen, how about a round of applause for Lisa Loeb?"

Lisa went to take the mic. "Hey, everyone. How you doing? I'm Lisa Loeb, and I'm your host for tonight, and I am so happy you're all here. Thanks so much for coming."

Georgina walked through the crowd, running into Hope along the way. "Hey, Hope. I didn't realize you'd be able to hang during the concert."

Hope gave her a suspicious look. "Do you have something you want to say to me?"

Georgina shook her head. "Not that I know of..."

"You sure about that, Georgina?" Hope asked. Georgina looked caught off guard that Hope knew who she really was. "Alex says that Serena told him some story about you, and he's on his way to fill me in. Unless you want to do that first?"

"I don't know what you're talking about," Georgina lied.

"I"m not a big fan of liars, and neither is Dan," Hope told her. "I'm giving you a chance to explain yourself here." She crossed her arms. "Take it or leave it."

Georgina smirked. "I'm just surprised that Alex didn't explain himself before."

"What the hell are you talking about?" Hope asked.

"Did you two ever have an 'exes' talk?" Georgina asked. "Well, I'm sure that you didn't have anyone to talk about since I'm pretty sure Alex is your first boyfriend, but did he ever mention his exes? Or, well, one ex."

"You?" Hope asked skeptically. 

"Why did you think that I took such an interest in 'meeting' Alex, and 'accidentally' meeting you in the park?" Georgina asked. "And every time we tried to set a meet between me and Alex when you thought my name was Sarah, it always fell through, and now even you say that Alex is acting weird. Why do you think that could be?"

Hope looked skeptical but completely confused and not knowing what to believe from her. "Alex just told me that your name was Georgina, that you weren't really Sarah, and not to trust anything that you say."

"Sounds like a guy telling a story to his girlfriend, trying to cover his tracks with his ex lover," Georgina told her mockingly.

Hope shook her head. "No. I don't believe you."

Georgina smirked, tilting her head. "Oh, honey, I think you should. Did you really think that someone like Alex Archibald could fall for someone like Hope Humphrey? Why would a guy with everything to lose fall for someone who has nothing to lose?"

"You talking about money?" Hope asked skeptically.

Georgina shook her head. "No, not just that. But if he ends up with the girl from the wrong side of the Brooklyn river, if he loses everything, then he's not gonna have much left with you, is he? But if he had someone like me... someone with money and resources and contacts... at least he'll be better off. You should definitely think about how your relationship could hurt Alex in the long run."

Hope glared at her, shaking her head, stepping closer. "I know that you're just trying to hurt him and me for whatever happened in the past, but it's not gonna work. Whatever your real story is, I'm gonna find out. And you're not gonna be able to do this again."

Dan walked closer, seeing the tension between the two. "Hope? Sarah, what's going on?"

Georgina put on a fake look of being hurt and upset by Hope, looking at Dan. "Ask your sister."

Georgina ran off. Hope scoffed incredulously.

Dan turned to Hope in confusion. "Where's Sarah going?"

"I don't know what the hell is going on, but she is definitely not who she says she is," Hope told him. "Alex just called me and said her name is Georgina."

Dan recalled. "That's what that girl... that's what that girl back there called her. Why would she lie about her name?"

"There's some other stuff, too," Hope told him. "Dan, she said a lot of stuff about Alex, but I'm not believing anything until Alex gets here and I talk to him, but I need to tell you what she said--"

A man walked up to them. "Hope, Rufus can't find the set list. Do you know where it is?"

"I taped it into the top of his Gibson case," Hope answered. "Uh, I'll get it." She turned to Dan. "This will just take two minutes, just don't go anywhere until I get the chance to talk to you about what Georgina said. Stay right here. I'll be right back."

When Hope walked away to get the set list, Dan immediately walked away despite the warning that Hope gave him, not giving her a chance to explain. He found Georgina around the corner, having forced herself to cry, and since knowing that Hope hadn't had the chance to explain what had gone down in the confrontation between the two girls, Georgina knew she could convince Dan of another story.

X•O°X•O

Night - Fairman House - Outside

Serena, Noe and Lily were leaving the Fairman house, going back to the limo.

Noe looked at Serena in concern. "You okay?"

"No," Serena answered. "No, I feel terrible, Noe."

"Oh, you heard what they said," Lily told her. "Look, Peter was an addict for ten years. His own parents couldn't get him to stop using, there's no way that a 16 year old girl could have. They don't hold you responsible. You don't need to blame yourself."

"But I am responsible, Mom," Serena told her. "I'm the one that gave him the line that killed him."

"Serena, those were his drugs, okay?" Lily asked. "If you hadn't given them to him, he would have taken them himself."

"Then why do I still feel like this?" Serena asked.

"Because contrary to what I might have said earlier, you are a good person who, since that night, has been living your life with care and compassion and respect for yourself and for others," Lily answered. "I'm sorry I doubted you. I just get so worried about you, and about Nevaeh. Especially after nights like last night."

Serena, Noe and Lily shared an embrace.

"We're okay, Mom," Noe told her.

Serena was crying, but this time in relief since she could now let this go. "Thank you. There's something else I have to do. Will you help me?"

"Absolutely," Noe answered.

"Take me to see Dan," Serena told them.

Noe nodded in agreement.

X•O°X•O

Concert

Lisa was on stage, singing her song Stay (I Missed You).

Hope walked through the crowd, looking for Dan.

Dan and Georgina were in the back of the room where Hope wouldn't find them.

"So your name is really Georgina," Dan told her. "Well, I don't understand why you felt like you had to lie to us."

Georgina was fake crying. "Because... my boyfriend. Well, my ex boyfriend. When we broke up, he wasn't too happy about it, and things got out of control."

"Okay, well, what happened?" Dan asked.

"I came home one day, and my car was broken into, and then a week later, my room was trashed, and I got really scared," Georgina told him. "I changed all my numbers, I moved in with a friend, and yet he still tracked me down. It was my mom's idea to change my name and move out of town. I hate being away from my family, but... it's better than getting hurt, right?"

Dan nodded. "Yeah, right. Then why was Hope upset earlier?"

"I heard Hope on the phone with Alex earlier, and it sounded like they had a fight," Georgina lied. "I'm sorry I didn't tell you. I just... I wasn't supposed to tell anybody."

Dan shook his head. "No, no, no. No, no, I get that. I get it."

"And I also didn't want you to think less of me, because I haven't wanted to admit it, but, um..." Georgina trailed off. "From the moment that I met you, I've been falling for you. Oh, my God, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I don't--I don't know what I'm saying."

The song ended, and the crowd cheered on for Lisa.

Dan looked at Georgina. "You know, um, you know, it's really loud here. Do you wanna go somewhere else, someplace quiet we can talk?"

"But your dad's about to go on," Georgina told him.

Dan led her away. "He'll understand. It's not like we won't be watching this on YouTube for the next five years."

Georgina smiled. Dan took her hand to lead her away. Georgina smirked behind his back.

X•O°X•O

X•O°X•O

Lincoln Hawk was on stage, playing. Hope was watching from the crowd, still not having been able to find Dan since he left with Georgina.

Rufus was singing. "Every time you walk away or run away / You take a piece of me with you there." He repeated the verse.

Alex walked in from the back of the room. Nate, Thyra, Brooklyn, Dylan, Wyatt, Blair and Chuck followed Alex in.

Dylan saw Hope in the crowd. "Hope!"

Hope looked over at the group, sighing, walking closer, looking at Alex sarcastically. "Hmm. Some date we've got here. You even brought your friends."

"Where's Georgina?" Blair asked.

"What are you gonna do?" Nate asked. "You heard Serena and Noe."

"Yeah, like we care," Chuck told him.

"Come on, we gotta do something before she gets away," Thyra told them.

"Georgina left," Hope answered.

"Apparently she already got away," Dylan told them.

Wyatt shook his head. "Not necessarily. She could still be nearby."

"Left for where?" Brooklyn asked.

"I don't know," Hope told them. "She just took off. If I could only find Dan... he's around here somewhere. I told him to stay put so that I could tell him what I knew, which wasn't much, but he took off before I could tell him anything."

"Well, let's go look for him," Alex told her. "Alone."

Alex and Hope walked away to talk alone.

Hope turned to face him. "Yeah, it's a good thing, because we need to talk. Georgina said some things about you and me."

Alex sighed. "Hope, whatever Georgina said, I can guarantee that it's all a big exaggeration."

"So you two weren't exes, and that's what you meant about having history with her?" Hope asked.

"We were never dating," Alex answered. "She was just someone that I got drunk and hooked up with at my first real party, and she held it over my head ever since, and it was kinda like an obsession, but I've been avoiding her ever since."

"Then why did she go through all the trouble of pretending to be Sarah, always talking about meeting you and Serena, and why was she out saying that it could never work for people like us?" Hope asked. "That someone like you would be better off without someone like me?"

"Hope..." Alex trailed off.

"I didn't want to push earlier because it was none of my business, Alex," Hope told him. "But now she's involved me, and I don't even know why. What the hell is going on?"

Alex nodded in agreement. "You're right. You need to know. I didn't know anything until today. But I came here to tell you everything, too."

Serena, Noe and Lily walked in, seeing Blair, Brooklyn, Thyra, Dylan, Wyatt, Nate and Chuck.

Noe and Nate both asked at the same time, "Hey, what are you doing here?" 

Brooklyn smirked. "So cute."

"Right?" Thyra asked.

Blair tried to come up with a lie. "We--we're big Leaky Hawk fans?"

Serena looked around. "I'm looking for Dan and Georgina."

"You're out of luck," Chuck told her. "Georgina's gone."

"And Dan?" Serena asked.

"I'm out of luck," Chuck told them. "He's still around."

"What about Hope and Alex?" Serena asked.

Noe looked past them. "I see Alex talking to Hope. Are you guys telling her everything?"

"Yeah, because Georgina already got to Hope and tried to turn her against Alex, apparently," Nate answered.

"Good luck doing that," Dylan told them. "Hope and Alex are like inseparable."

Wyatt chuckled. "Seriously. Hope's the one Humphrey that we know is not judgy and we actually like her, for herself and for Alex."

Thyra nodded. "Yeah, as far as Humphreys go, Hope's the best."

Noe, Brooklyn, Dylan, Wyatt, Blair, Nate and Chuck nodded in agreement, causing Serena to give them an amused look.

"Well, it's good that Alex is telling Hope everything," Serena told them. "It's all over now. I can finally tell Dan everything."

"Hope said that she was trying to tell him what she knew before he disappeared," Chuck explained.

Brooklyn rolled her eyes. "Freaking Dan. If he had just stayed put like Hope told him to, this wouldn't be a problem."

"Will you help me find him?" Serena asked.

Noe, Blair, Brooklyn and Thyra nodded, walking away with Serena to go find Dan. Chuck, Nate, Dylan and Wyatt were left alone, looking toward where Alex and Hope were talking in the crowd, not fighting, but things were tense after Georgina tried to get between them and with all of the secrets being revealed.

Hope shook her head. "I can't talk about this right now, Alex. If Dan's with that psycho, then I need to find my brother."

Hope walked away. Alex sighed, hanging his head back, not knowing what to do, turning to look at Chuck, Nate, Dylan and Wyatt, who gave Alex a sympathetic look for Georgina meddling with his relationship with Hope just for the fun of it.

Lily was in the back, about to call Bart, but she stopped, hearing Rufus singing.

Rufus was working it on stage. "All you ever promise, everything to me / I'm trying really hard to believe / Every time you walk away or run away / You take a piece of me with you there." Lily was watching him, and Rufus seemed to be only singing for her. "Come back to me / You smile and you make my life complete." Rufus sang softly, meeting gazes with Lily, smiling slightly. "Every time you walk away or run away / You take a piece of me with you there." He started to sing more strongly, playing guitar. "Every time you walk away or run away / You take a piece of me with you there / And every time you walk away or run away / You take a piece of me with you there."

Lily walked out of the building as Rufus ended the song.

Lisa spoke through a mic on stage. "All right, everybody, that was Lincoln Hawk. Let's hear it! Let's hear an encore from Rufus and the band. The--"

Rufus walked past Lisa, running off stage.

X•O°X•O

Outside

Lily walked toward her car. Rufus ran outside, standing between Lily and the car.

"Get out of my way, Rufus," Lily told him.

Rufus shook his head. "No."

"Get out of my way," Lily repeated.

"No," Rufus repeated.

After a moment longer of looking at Rufus and deciding to give in to what she felt, Lily finally kissed Rufus. They continued to kiss passionately, holding each other close.

X•O°X•O

Inside

Hope walked up to Serena, Noe, Blair, Brooklyn and Thyra. "Hey, have you found him?"

"No," Blair answered.

"Hope?" Noe asked. "You okay?"

"With Georgina, a one night stand of Alex's just trying to get between us for the fun of it when she's tormenting you, Serena, Eric and Alex and trying to get to Dan?" Hope asked. "Not okay, Noe, but I can't think about this right now when Dan's with Georgina."

"Understandable," Thyra told her. "Whatever the case, don't blame Alex, Hope. He didn't even know that Georgina was back in town, or that she was the so called Sarah. And they were never even really together. It's just something that she likes to hold over Alex's head."

"I don't think that I can talk about this right now, Thyra," Hope told her. "I'm reeling."

"Obviously," Brooklyn agreed. "But don't worry, Hope. We're gonna take the bitch down."

Blair noticed that Hope's phone was going off. "Uh, Hope. Phone."

Hope pulled out her phone, seeing that it was "Dan" on the Caller ID, answering, putting it on speaker so they could hear. "Hey, Dan. Thank God you called. Noe, Serena, Blair, Brooklyn and Thyra are here helping me look for you right now. Alex, Dylan, Wyatt, Nate and Chuck are here, too. Where are you?"

Georgina was standing on a street sidewalk. "With me. Not only did I get to mess with you and Alex, but I got close to your brother, too, Hope."

The girls exchanged a look, guarded and worried.

"Georgina?" Serena asked.

Georgina was not surprised to hear Serena's voice. "I hear you told our little secret. If that's the way you wanna play it, that's how we'll play it."

Serena shook her head. "No, I'm not afraid of you anymore."

"Oh?" Georgina asked. "You should be. 'Cause all bets are off."

"Why?" Hope asked. "What are you gonna do?"

"It's not what I'm gonna do, sweeties," Georgina told them. "It's who I'm gonna do it with."

Serena bit her lip nervously. "No. I know Dan. He's too good."

"You sure about that?" Georgina asked, hanging up.

On the sidewalk, Dan walked closer to Georgina with coffee. "How did everything go with your mom?"

Georgina removed his phone's battery so no one could call him. "Good. Yeah. She was glad I finally found someone I could trust. Um, are you sure that you don't mind missing the after party to have coffee with me?"

"You know what?" Dan asked. "After the day I've had, there's no place I'd rather be."

(Song:) Hook and Line - The Kills

Georgina smiled, kissing Dan. After a moment, Dan kissed her back. While in the concert building, Serena gazed off, and Hope bit her lip worriedly for her brother.

Gossip Girl (voice over) "If I were you, I'd be worried. In the city that never sleeps, a lot can happen in one night."

Dan led Georgina away.

Gossip Girl: (voice over) "Sweet dreams, girls. XOXO, Gossip Girl."