Queen of New York

Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. One of our very own UESers engaged? To be married. To a prince. Shut the front door! Beyond jealous. Seething with envy. Coveting her life. Dying. But let me rewind a bit and fill you in on how it all went down!

Unless you’re allergic to the internet or to NYC newspapers, then you know all about Blair and Louis. How they’ve been spending hours and hours together, traipsing around the city as if they were joined at the hip. From premieres to gallery openings, these two were making the most of their new relationship. Blair even went to a pub, a pub!, to watch a soccer game (AND she drank beer!). There was no denying it. Blair and Louis were totally into each other. Unfortunately, Louis’ parents did not approve of the pairing. And when Louis’ mother, Princess Sophie, showed up in the city unexpectedly she rained on their love parade. Louis could absolutely, positively not be with Blair. Blair was just a commoner (um, rude, this is Blair Waldorf for goodness sake!). But that wasn’t the only problem. According to Princess Sophie, Louis was already engaged to someone else. Excusez-moi? Blair could not believe this! That two timing prince!

Louis apologized to Blair for the big shock. The truth was that his parents thought he should be married before he took the throne. So they were intent on finding him a proper wife ASAP. And they had some options ready for him. Royal options, natch. Though Louis had an idea. Even though Blair wasn’t royalty maybe she could still stand a chance. Louis’ mother was flying in her top ten choices for wives for a party. Maybe there was a way for Blair to be on his mother’s guest list as well. Because truthfully, Louis did not care for the other girls. He wanted Blair. He connected with her. Aww. Melting. In order to make the cut to tonight’s party, all Blair had to do was wow Sophie at tea and win her approval. Then Blair and Louis could live happily ever after.

But little did Blair know she had someone working against her. Her very own BFF, Serena. Yep, you read that right. Serena pretended to be okay with fact that Blair had kissed Dan. But in reality she was livid. If S had ever kissed Chuck, she’d be six feet under. So it was Serena who had been in touch with Princess Sophie about Louis’ whereabouts and doings. Bitchy BFF!

Blair met up with Sophie for tea and was prepared to woo the princess. Though B was surprised when Sophie pulled out some very incriminating information about her: posts from this very blog. Oh, they went back pretty far. Dancing in a burlesque show. Pregnancy scare. Getting traded for a hotel. Glad to see my archives in use! Anyway, Blair pleaded with the Princess that she had changed. And all she wanted was Louis. Perhaps B could make it up to her that night at the party. Prove to her the kind of royal lady she really was…

Meanwhile, Dan was hanging out a lot with his new friend/step-cousin/cousin through marriage/who the f knows, Charlie. Though it was obvious Charlie wanted more. Especially after Vanessa caught her reading a book about turning your friend into a boyfriend. Ooh la la. Vanessa told Charlie she wanted to help her. She had recently gotten a scholarship to study abroad so she’d be leaving NY. And the thought of Dan falling into the arms of Blair or Serena terrified her. But Vanessa thought Charlie seemed okay. So maybe V could help the lesser of all the evils win over Dan. That way he wouldn’t end up with one of V’s enemies.

But after some wise words of warning from his father, Dan started to pull away. He liked Charlie but he wasn’t looking for a relationship. And he thought she should know. Ouch!  Charlie told him she wasn’t looking for a relationship either (liar!). She just wanted to be friends (suuuure). Though when she heard Rufus was hosting some business clients at the loft with Dan and Eric, Charlie jumped right in and offered to cook pizza for everybody. Turns out, an old friend called Rufus to see if he’d be interested in producing a new indie band’s album. Rufus was pumped. Fabulous news! No more butlering or playing house husband, this could be a real gig. And Rufus’s dinner at the loft was supposed to show these indie kids that Rufus may live on the UES, but his heart was still in Brooklyn.

Unfortunately, when Dan, Eric and Rufus showed up to the loft there wasn’t any pizza or paper plates. Instead, Charlie had arranged a candlelit dinner catered by Per Se. Not exactly what Rufus had in mind. Indie rockers eating foie gras? Never! This was a disaster. Looked like Charlie had blown it!

Charlie was totally upset. She told Dan that she only threw the fancy party because Vanessa told her to do it. Ugh, that Vanessa! But what Dan didn’t know was that Charlie was totally lying. The truth was Vanessa had told her to throw a nice, low key party suitable to men who wear skinny jeans. Sneaky! But Charlie had the last laugh. Because now Dan thought Vanessa had sabotaged once again and Charlie got to be the damsel in distress. Seemed like V would be leaving town as the villain everyone thought she was. MWAHAHA. Charlie said she’d take good care of Dan while Vanessa’s gone. Ooh, was definitely not expecting that side of Charlie at all.

Luckily for Rufus, he was able to save the day with the band. NY pizza never fails. And Rufus totally got the job! You go, Mr. Humphrey.

In the Chuck of it all, he was depressed. About what? You name it. The fire at the Kinberg building, Blair being photographed all over town with a prince, etc. Things were bad. And it wasn’t helping that Raina was intent on finding her mother. Nate tried to avoid the subject since he knew what might be the truth: that Raina’s mother had died in a fire that Bart supposedly set. Yet Chuck was still holding on to the fact that maybe his dad was innocent. But then Andrew Tyler gave Chuck a letter he found. It was from Avery Thorpe to Bart. She was calling off their affair. Aha! Bart and Avery were fooling around behind Russell’s back. And from the looks of the letter, she was planning on ending things to go back to her husband. Did somebody say motive? Bart the jealous and jilted lover… Chuck couldn’t believe it. His father really was a murderer??

Even though Chuck forbid Nate to tell Raina the truth about her mother, Nate did so anyway. She deserved to know that her mother was dead. Raina was extremely sad. Though now she understood why her father wanted to take down Bass Industries. It was obvious Chuck was just like his dad. While Nate tried to defend his friend, Raina didn’t want to hear it. She gave Nate an ultimatum: it was either her or Chuck. AH! Who do you choose??

At Louis’ pick-your-princess embassy party, Blair was ready to shine. She knew how to do everything and who everyone was (thanks to Dorota for the quizzing!). And Louis’ mother actually seemed impressed. Well that was until Chuck showed up. Oh crap. Chuck had heard from Nate about just how serious Blair and Louis were. And that wasn’t going to fly with him. Chuck even brought the diamond ring (you know, the one he had on him when he was shot in Prague). What should have been some grand romantic gesture turned into a drunken embarrassment. Chuck was waaaasted and made a complete fool of himself. And Blair. Chuck went on and on about how the two of them belonged together. Blair begged him to get out of there but he wouldn’t listen. Chuck just knew that Blair still loved him. She had to, right? But before she could answer, security escorted him out. See ya, Basstard.

After the party, Blair was upset. Duh. Serena tried to comfort her. She told her BFF she kind of felt bad for Chuck. Blair could not believe it! What was Serena’s problem? She knew that it was S who gave Sophie the posts. But why was Serena also taking Chuck’s side? Chuck had brought her into the darkness for so long, now Blair wanted light. She wanted Louis! Fortunately for B, Louis overheard her. And he wanted Blair just as much. Louis didn’t care about his family’s approval. If Blair was willing to fight for her joy, he would fight for his. There was no point of being head of state if he couldn’t follow his heart. Louis said he’d give up the throne if it meant he could have Blair. And with that, Louis proposed to her. OMFG!!!

Blair went over to see Chuck. He was real drunk and mumbling things like he needed her more than he’s ever needed her before. But Blair didn’t want to hear any of it. She told him Louis had proposed. Chuck was livid. Blair was his! And then Chuck got waaaaay scary and even punched a window. And the glass hit Blair and made her bleed. YIKES x a million!

After seeing the Chuck outburst, Nate told Raina he chose her. WHOA! And then Raina called, are you sitting down?, Jack Bass! And it seems like he might be on his way to the UES…

Oh no! Uncle Bass swimming upstream to the UES? Eek. His appearances always bring nothing but trouble. Hope you’re ready for some drama. I say bring it on!

xoxo