Nate sat nervously in the back of the cab taking him to a motel in the bad part of this not so good town, the name left him as soon as he handed it to the driver to get him there, all he wanted was to find what he was looking for and get back to Manhattan as fast as he could. Unfortunately for him, he was looking for Serena and she was not going to be easily convinced to go back to the city especially if she's in the state he expects to find her in.

The last time they spoke was when they got their invitations for the Shepard divorce party, they laughed through the awkwardness and said they'd have to be there, he never showed up but he heard she did. After that he didn't hear from her or about her, until Chuck called a few days before, Nate could still hear that conversation ringing in his head, the fear he'd felt after he cut the call and let it all sink in.

Nate grabbed his ringing phone off the table and smiled when he saw the name of the caller. "Hey Chuck," he said stuffing his hand in his pocket and looked out the Spectator window into the city.

"Nathaniel," Chuck greeted. "How's the city?"

"Boring man, when are you coming back?" Nate asked and then dropped his voice when he asked. "How's working with Jack?"

"I told you that you should have come with me," Chuck said and Nate shook his head. "Jack is Jack but he is not my only problem."

"He's not?" Nate asked frowning. "You know I could help you out if the gambling isn't going that well."

"No, my problem is bigger than money or even Jack," Chuck said, taking a breath. "Blair's here."

"Wait what?" Nate asked lifting both his eyebrows up. "I thought she was with her mother."

"Jack called her," Chuck said and Nate chuckled, what were the odds of that? "She's going to fight for me."

"Well after everything that happened this year, I think it will do you some good if she makes the effort," Nate said knowing how hard Chuck tried to be a better person for Blair.

Chuck laughed on the other end of the line, "That's not the reason I phoned though."

"It isn't?" Nate asked because why else would he call. "Did something go wrong?" he asked and frowned because he already asked Chuck if he needs help, he didn't say Jack was a problem and Blair was fighting for him not the other way around, Chuck rarely ever called just to talk so what was going on?

"Serena's missing," Chuck said seriously and Nate raised an eyebrow, realizing belatedly that Chuck couldn't see him.

"It's summer Chuck, of course she's missing," Nate said rolling his eyes because he'd wondered where she was before and then realized he wouldn't know unless she wanted him too.

"No, not this time," Chuck said seriously. "This time I have no idea where she is."

"This time?" Nate asked, scratching his head.

"My PI's are always tracking my friends," Chuck said and Nate gasped even though he should have known. "Don't sound so shocked Nathaniel, she's out of their reach as well."

"So you knew where she was when she ran away after the Shepard wedding?" Nate asked feeling a little disappointed that his best friend failed to let him know where the girl he was pining for was, sure this happened years ago and Nate probably shouldn't still feel this kind of sting after he and Serena had a relationship and worked through those problems but every time he thought of the way she left he wanted to punch someone.

"Yes but that is beside the point," Chuck said and Nate could hear him roll his eyes. "I cannot find her now and neither can my PI's."

"So you have no idea where she is?" Nate asked racking his brain to figure out if he had an idea of where she was.

"No, these idiots that work for me let her slip and they don't know where she's gone," Chuck said annoyed. "Did she say anything at all to you about where she was going for the summer?"

"No, I haven't spoken to her since before the Shepard divorce party, I would suggest calling Dan because he was at the party but his number is disconnected, I have no idea where he is either," Nate said biting down on his lip. "Maybe they're together?"

"Serena went to see him at the loft before she disappeared, it seems Brooklyn's hair distracted my guys from following the Upper East Side's golden girl," Chuck said and Nate couldn't help but laugh.

"You don't sound too upset with them for staying with Dan," Nate said picking on Chuck's tone. "What happened?"

"Dan left town with an upper east side lady but it wasn't Serena, he left with Georgina," Chuck said and Nate sighed wondering why Dan would get involved with Georgina again after everything that she did to him. "I don't know why you care Nathaniel."

"He's a friend Chuck, it's sort of in the bro code to care," Nate said cringing at his own words after he spoke them.

"I think you've been watching too much 'How I met your mother'," Chuck said and Nate could hear the smirk in his voice.

"What about Blair?" Nate asked suddenly, he knew the girls were in the middle of a fight but Blair always seemed to know where Serena was especially after boarding school, she never wanted her best friend to slip through her fingers. "Does she know where Serena is?"

"I've tried to ask about my sister and all I got where angry glares and topic changes," Chuck said exasperatedly. "They haven't had any contact since the diary posts stopped as far as I know so Serena is still a touchy subject for her."

"You think she's really in trouble," Nate asked praying that Chuck felt differently from himself because if anyone could really calm his fear it was Chuck

"I don't know," Chuck said as seriously. He sounded like he was going to say more but there were voices in the background that stopped him. "Listen I have to go, Blair doesn't know about this but I will be back in the city as soon as I can."

"Ok man, I'll see what I can find out," Nate said and Chuck thanked him before hanging up. Nate stared for a long moment before the panic started to rise in him and he realized that if Chuck was worried about Serena's whereabouts then he should worry as well.

Nate shook his head and took a breath to calm himself down, he had found her, it took him a really long time and a couple of annoying dead ends but he'd managed to track her down and this time he was going to stay close to her so she couldn't pull this again. She'd done this twice, the first time he was so consumed with guilt over what he had just done to Blair, ecstasy over what he had just done with the girl he was truly in love with and so blinded by it that he didn't realize she was not only gone from the party but from his life.

This time he was so caught up in asking Lola to move in and try to be what no other young upper east side relationship could be that he didn't pay enough attention to one of his best friends so he could offer support, she'd called him once but he and Lola were trying to figure out whether they would last through the summer that he wasn't able to answer and she wouldn't pick up when he called back. He thinks he may have missed one of the most important calls he'd ever get from Serena, one where she allowed him to help her.

After following some of the leads that Chuck's PI's found and getting nothing out of them he emailed Gossip Girl, he figured that since they'd been in contact this year over the Tripp incident and him helping her get her laptop back that she'd help him find Serena. Gossip Girl made a deal with him, he had to erase all evidence of the video that Diana sent him and she would help, Nate didn't even have to think twice about it, he'd do anything even if just to know that Serena was alright.

Gossip Girl finally led him to Damien Dalgaard. Nate threatened his new and very fragile relationship with his father after Damien refused to tell him anything and Damien pointed him in the direction of another guy who was the one delivering the drugs Serena wanted to her. The delivery guy was easier then Damien to get information out of, Nate found he responded well to Nate's fist in his face. Which was why he was in the bad part of town and his cab was stopping at an old broken down motel that looked almost abandoned.

Nate walked into the reception area of the motel and looked around, he and Serena have never been one's to care about where they were staying like Chuck and Blair always did, it didn't have to be five stars for them to step inside the place but this was one of those places that even he would frown upon. Acting as inconspicuous as possible so no-one would talk to him, Nate made his way up the stairs to the room number and key he was given, he took a breath when he reached the door and braced himself for what he was about to walk into.

Opening the door he froze, this wasn't something he hadn't seen before in fact this was a normality with Serena pre-boarding school but every single time he flinched at the sight. Gathering himself up he let go of the door and walked in to help his friend whether she wanted help or not.

A/N : I do not own Gossip Girl

Hey guys I'm back, I've been itching to do a GG story post season 5 but with exams I had to wait a really long time and this is what I've come up with after all that waiting. I promise there is much more to come, I know where I want this story to go and I have a ton of idea's but if you guys have anything you want me to add then please feel free to let me know, if I can't fit it into the story then I will try to do another story on it.

I really really want to do this story right so I may take long to update so this is a warning to please be patient with me, I know this first chapter is a little boring but it gets better and hopefully longer hehe

Let me know what you think about the story and what you think is going to happen next season and enjoy my new NS story. Until next time (^^,)