-3rd Person-

Serena arrived at the hospital and found Nate waiting, he was pacing back and forth, running his hand through his hair stressed.

"my mom just called me, what happened? Is she okay?" Serena ran over

"Well it's not as bad as before." he sighed "She was in a car with Tripp, Serena." Nate informed her.

"What? Why?"

"I don't know but when I arrived at the scene she was the only one being taken away on the stretcher. Tripp was gone." Nate told her in a scared low voice.

"He left her?" Serena's voice broke.

"Yes, he left her. Look, I'm gonna get some air. I told the nurse that your her sister, she'll keep you updated." Serena nodded and Nate went outside. He rubbed his face then he noticed his cousin. Nate grabbed him and shoved him against the wall.

"What were you thinking Tripp?!" he seethed

"Have you seen her. Is Rosalie okay?"

"You left her alone in a wrecked car and you moved her? What happened to you man? You were the good guy. You were the honest one."

"Nate, you gotta understand." Tripp tried to defend himself

"I fully understand."

"I called 911." Nate scoffed at his cousins answer and broke away from him

"Oh come on are you serious? Look, i know we're family but what you did was unforgivable. When the cops are asking questions I'm telling them the truth." Nate retorted

"The truth is that Tripp was with me." Maureen came over

"I told you to stay in the car." Tripp glared at her

"The days of telling me what to do are over. i've spoke to William. He's got Tripp's back on this one. If anyone starts asking questions, we have a statement saying Tripp was with me." Nate laughed

"Really that's your play? What about Rosie's statement." Nate shook his head in disbelief.

"With Rosalie's history of drinking and drugs and her previous accident? You think they'll believe her." Maureen rebuffed.

"Oh it's not the cops you have to worry about. It's Rose herself, she will make it her life mission to destroy you and she will. She's really good at it and not even you can stop her." Nate told them

"Once she's out of hospital she will dismantle your entire world and not think twice, you think your schemes and your threats will do anything. She's Rosalie Bass her fathers daughter." Nate hold out his arms

"I'm not scared" Maureen replied

"You should be." Tripp told her "You weren't there before we got into the car, it's not just us she has dirt on it's the entire family and she told me that if anything happens, everything she has is going straight to the press. I saw the look in her eye I have never seen someone so..."

"Ruthless? You left her to die Tripp, I suggest you turn yourself in or hell hath no fury like a Rose Bass scorned." Nate headed inside.

Serena sat by Rose's side as she came round. She had minimal injuries, nothing that would heal over the next month.

"Rena?" she mumbled. Serena gave a small smile and stroked her hair

"Hey Rosie."

"Where's Mom?" Rose wondered sleepily. Serena's eyebrows furrowed in confusion

"Mom?"

"She's talking about Lily." Nate informed her and she looked back towards him as Rose fell back asleep. "She was asking for her before she was brought here."

"Rosalie" Lily and Dan arrived and saw Serena sitting by her bedside. Serena stood up

"The doctors say she's gonna be okay. They've checked over her previous injuries that's fine." They breathed a sigh of relief.

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Rose woke up a little while later. Lily was sat with her while Dan had gone to get some coffee.

"Mom? You're here." Rose was still in a bit of a daze. Lily smiled softly stroking  her hair back and forth.

"Yeah, I'm here. How are you feeling?" Lily questioned

"Sleepy. But hey I've been worse." Rosie joked, Lily smiled a little. "Where's Dan and Chuck?" she wondered

"Daniel's gone to get coffee and Chuck is on his way." Lily told her and Rose nodded "What happened?"

"I sent Serena ahead and stayed to talk with Tripp." Rose started "I warned him off and was going to find a cab but he insisted he drive me. To where I was going to be picked up. There were animals in the road, he swerved."

"So Tripp was driving." she nodded "It's just the police found you in the drivers seat?" Rose scowled

"I wasn't, I swear." Lily shushed her

"It's okay, i believe you"

-Rose-

Dan came in and he looked disheveled and tired. He came over and i held out my arms, he put down his cup and hugged me

"Thank god you're okay."

"It's gonna take a lot more to knock me down. This bitch keeps on fighting." we laughed and Lily left us.

"When my Dad called me..." he trialled off

"Hey, everything gonna be okay. I'm gonna get out in a day or two. I'm gonna come home and once i'm better the bastard who put me here will regret the day he was born. I'm not pulling anymore punches." I stated.

"But after what just happened."

"Dan, Tripp Vanderbilt left me in a crashed car and framed me. I'm not letting this go. No one can or will make me." I heard more footsteps Nate, Serena and Blair looked relieved

"Rosie I'm so sorry for what Tripp did." Nate was teary.

"Come here, give me your phone." he looked confused but did so. I scrolled through his contacts till I found his Grandfather I hit the call button

"Nathaniel." he answered

"Wrong person. William." My voice was deadly low "It's the remorseful vindictive bitch that your grandson left in a car wreck just calling to say this means war." I hung up and handed the phone back.

"Rosie?" Chuck breathed. Everyone parted as he came over and wrapped me up in his arms.

"I'm okay. I'm okay." I reassured "I'm still here." he pulled away and I saw the tears in his eyes, i wiped them away "You're not gonna lose me, who else is gonna keep you in check eh?" he laughed

"Blair, will you take my brother to get something to drink." Blair nodded and the two left.

-A few days later-

I was brought home after a couple of days. The familiar surroundings of my home.

"So i brought all your favourites I was thinking we would...What are you doing?" he questions me as I go for my laptop.

"Work."

"You just got out of the hospital." he took the device of me "What could you possibly be working on." he closed it and put the laptop on the counter

"Dan I just need to do something."

"No, you need to rest, up. You're going to bed." I sighed and went to bed, he sat next to me and took out the Great Gatsby, I curled up to him as he started to read it out loud.