Blair POV.
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A month goes by, and Natalie and I are completely fine. I've started to become closer with Emma though. Whenever Natalie is gone or goes to get lunch with Zack, I sit with Emma and her friends during lunch.
I also always gossip with Emma during art. Not that there's a lot going on in my life right now, but she always fills me in with all the latest news around the school or her personal life.
"Oh and then Ashlyn showed up, wearing the smallest bikini top and the shortest shorts. To a kids birthday party!" She laughed. She's telling me about how her mom and aunts don't like Ashlyn. Ashlyn made things worse by coming to Emma's little brothers swim party, dressed in almost nothing.
Oh yea, Grayson and Ashlyn got back together. They got back together a week after Grayson's and my kiss. We haven't talked to each other since the day I bitched him out. He does though, make it a daily thing to send me a dirty look.
"Oh god" I laugh.
"And then they got in a huge fight about something in front of everyone. He was yelling at her and she was yelling back, it was so bad."
"Damn, I wonder what they were fighting about."
"Same, do you want to come over to my house after school?" She asks. We've never hung out outside of school, but I've been meaning to ask her. I agree and we make plans to meet up once school is over.
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School is finally over, and I see Natalie by our lockers. I walk up to her. "Hey, could Zack take you home today?" I ask.
"Yea, but why?"
"I'm going over to Emma's."
"Oh." I could of invited her, but I didn't want to. She's my best friend but I think it's important for us to have other friends too. We talk for a little before walking outside. I see Emma standing alone, texting on her phone.
I leave Natalie's side running up to Emma. "Boo!" I yell and she jumps. She drops her phone and I start laughing.
"Blair Knight you are a mean soul." She scolds but laughs. "So my car is in the shop, is it fine if you drive me to my house too?"
"Of course, we're both going there anyways."
"Great" she smiled, "oh follow me!" She starts to walk away and I follow. I then realize she's waking up to Ashlyn and Grayson. I can't hear what they're saying but I know they're having a heated conversation. "Hey Grayson" she walks up and they stop talking. "Blair is coming over so I'm just going to go with her."
He looks at me, now realizing I'm standing there and nods. "Ok Em."
"Of course she is." Ashlyn looks at me in disgust. "Using her to get to her cousin?" She snaps. Grayson's eyes widen, I'm wondering if he's debating if it's true or not.
"Oh shut up you stupid bitch" snaps Emma. All three of our eyes widen. The sweet Emma, the one who could do no harm, just told Ashlyn to shut up and then called her a stupid bitch. I laugh and pull Emma walking away.
"You did not just say that" we both start laughing our heads off.
"I've wanted to say that to her for so long." She laughed and I laughed harder. We stop laughing finally, until we look each other and make eye contact. Then we just start laughing more and harder.
I turn my head to see Grayson with a small smirk on his face, and Ashlyn with her jaw practically on the floor. I then turn my head to see Natalie staring at us with a slight frown. I know she's jealous I'm hanging out with Emma, and I feel kinda bad.
No matter how many times I tell her we are fine and mean it, she still thinks I'm upset over the Kate stuff. It's been a month and I'm completely over it. I think she's just scared that we are drifting apart. I don't think we are, I just think I'm starting now get closer with Emma.
We get in the car and start blasting music. "Now it's three in the morning, and I'm tryna change your mind" We sing loudly.
"Why'd you only all me when you're high?" We scream. I start laughing. I love Emma, something about her is a breath of fresh air.
We pull up to her house and get out. "Mom! I'm home!" She yells.
"Emma!" She smiles while we walk into the kitchen. "And who is this?" She asks.
"Hi, I'm Blair" I smile.
"Not the same Blair, Emma and Grayson always talk about?" She looks at Emma.
"Mom" she mutters.
"Oh ok! Call me Lisa" she gives me a hug and I laugh. "You girls have fun!" She said when we rush up the stairs.
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We hangout in her room for about an hour before her mom walks in. "Do you girls mind walking some sugar over to Charlotte?" Her mom asks. Emma looks and me and I shrug, not minding.
"Yea we can mom" she says. We put our shoes back on and start to head out.
"Oh, do you have a jacket I could wear?" Suddenly cold. I'm still wearing my school uniform, which is just skirt and short sleeve.
"Yup" she says going into her closet. "Here!" She yells tossing me a jacket. I put it over my head and look in the mirror. The jacket is very oversized on me, just letting only a couple inches of my skirt show. My skirt is mid thigh meaning it's probably like what? Quarter thigh? I don't know.
"Is this yours?" I ask looking at her. She gives me a small smirk and shakes her head.
"No it's a guy's that I borrowed and forgot to give back." She laughs and I join her. We walk downstairs out the house after grabbing the sugar. We walk across the street to a huge beautiful home. Emma's house is also big, but this one seems to be much bigger than the other houses in the neighborhood.
We ring the doorbell, and just a few seconds later it swings open. Opening the door was a gorgeous older woman. My jaw drops at the sight of her. God I want to look like her when I'm older.
"Auntie Charlotte!" Emma hugs her, and my eyes widen. Auntie? Please don't be Grayson's mom. I look at her face and realize they have similar features. She has blonde hair, but she has Grayson's crazy beautiful eyes.
Charlotte returns the hug before pulling away and hugging me. "Hi I'm Charlotte!" she greets.
"I'm Blair" I smile. She quickly pulls away with widen eyes. Her shock expression leaves her face and her smile returns.
"Good to meet you, why don't you girls come in."
"Here's your sugar auntie" Emma says handing her the sugar we brought. We follow her into the kitchen and a wonderful smell reaches my nose.
"Thank you! I needed it for the frosting." I look around to see many treats scattered around around the kitchen. A smile reaches my lips, and I conclude this is Grayson's mom.
When Grayson and I were talking the night of Zack's party, I brought up how I would come home and my mom would always have a treat baking for me. Grayson said his mom was the same way.
"Em, could you go get Grayson for me?" She asked.
"Oh, but I want to help you with the frosting. Blair can though!" She looked at me with laughter in her eyes.
"Yea" I offer. His mom smiles and me and tells me his room is up the stairs to the left down the hall.
I go up the stairs to Grayson's room. I hear him shouting to someone on the phone. "We're not done! Ashlyn please " he begged.
The door is cracked open and I can see him throw his phone on the floor. He's sitting at the edge of his bed this is head in his hands.
This is awkward. I creak the door open more and walk in. "Gray?" I said and he doesn't move.
"I knew it was your voice I heard downstairs." He says, clearly upset. I sit next to him and put my hand on his back.
"I'm sorry" I mumble.
"For what?"
"That you're upset."
"I deserve what I feel, I knew what I was getting into getting back with Ashlyn." He sighed "Fuck, she was right about me always going back to her."
"You deserve a lot better than her."
"No I don't. She might of seemed like a bitch, but she wasn't always. She acted a lot different when it was just the two of us."
"I'm sorry" I say again not knowing what to say.
"Why are you being nice to me?" He asked. "We aren't friends, you made that pretty clear last time we talked."
"I mean, it's been a month since we talked right?" I ask and he nods. "Our deal was that we can be friends once a month, so today can be the day."
He looks at me. "Ok Blair, we're friends for the day." He gives me a genuine smile. And god, that smile, I could swear my heart stopped.
"I'm sorry about what I said you that day" I said. "I was just having a really rough day and I took it out on you."
"I know, sorry I wasn't understanding. I could tell your smile was fake and that you were upset. I was just pissed off."
"Am I not as good as an actor, that I think I am?" I laugh.
"No you are, I wouldn't have know but your smile cracked a little. I was impressed though, no one else seemed to notice, not even Natalie. You're really good at pretending to be ok though, even better at pretending to be a bitch."
I give an embarrassed laugh. He was staring at me with an expression I didn't know. The silence was getting unbearable for me. I look away and then look back to see him staring still.
"What?" I mumble.
"You know, you almost have this whole art of pretending mastered."
"Almost?"
"Almost, you still aren't able to fool me."
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