Opposite Sides of the Bridge

Chapter 45: Everything has Changed

Disclaimer: I own Elizabeth, all the rest of the characters unless otherwise noted do not belong to me.

~All I knew

This morning when I woke

Is I know something now

Know something now I didn't before~

(Taylor Swift & Ed Sheeran)

Welcome back Upper East Siders, after a long hot summer away I see it didn't take much time for you to Dirty Up the clean slates I gave you. My inbox is overflowing so let's get to the good stuff, shall we? Spotted Chuck Bass up to her old tricks. Poor B. I guess nothing good last forever. As for a certain leggy blonde by a Hamptons Pool. Looks like Serena left big shoes to fill and finds them the perfect fit. And our Ice Princess filling even bigger shoes following in her has been dad's foots steps.

Drew parked the tour bus right outside the loft. They had just spent all summer across the Southern US doing small shows at small venues but it was all worth it and really exciting. But Elizabeth did miss home. Her siblings, her dad, her friends but mostly she missed Nate. She was a little nervous to see her dad because even though she was supposed to go to NYU she wasn't sure College was for her anymore. After all summer on the road she came to the conclusion that Music was her future and she planned on putting all her focus on it. The only person she had told that to was Chuck. Which was also what was messing with her mind that she told him before Nate.

"Alright um we'll start practice back up next week?" Drew said.

"Thank you" she replied hugging him and grabbing her bags. She ran up to the loft and put them in her room. When she came down the bus was gone so she hailed a cab. She pulled up in front of the Van der Woodsen's building and got out. Vanya opened the door for her.

"Miss Elizabeth, so good to see you. How was American tour?" Vanya replied.

"It was good. Thank you Vanya" she said walking in.

"And when Lily gets back, we'll join you."

"Hi family" she said.

"Rock star" Rufus said hugging her. "How was it?"

"The summer on a bus, clubs and bars every night playing our hearts out. In cities where the people never sleep. It was so amazing. I get why you love it so much." she smiled then hugged Dan.

"Welcome back to the real world. School starts soon"

"Her other love" her dad said.

"Yeah" she replied trying to hide her true feelings about school. She had done a lot of thinking about school during her time away and she honestly didn't want to go. It wasn't because she didn't get into Julliard or couldn't afford Columbia. Just at this point in her life she didn't want to go to school.

"Oh, Mr. Rufus. There are some packages I couldn't put upstairs" Vanya said.

"Okay" her dad said and walked away.

"What was that?" her brother asked.

"What?" she asked.

"You got silent when dad mentioned school. Practically flinched at the word" Dan replied.

"Nothing" she lied then spotted Jenny and Eric. "Hey sis what are you two doing?"

Dan walked over as well.