nathaniel archibald vanderbilt. heir? check. aspiring heart stealer since age 13? check. upper east side golden boy? check.

father? double check.

who would have thought that among all the women Nate was involved with, from the married ones – once! – even the minors, nate would end up getting one of them pregnant. the fact that there was only one was really impressive, as chuck liked to say.

despite everything, he was a good person, above all, a good man and well, I hoped he could be a good father too. In the world of boys, nate was always a gentleman.

and of course, if he were to choose a mother for his son, the last person he would choose would be Isabel cardo. she was a one night stand in college, they were both drunk, they knew each other since school and one thing led to another, which led to another and ended in pink clothes and size 8 shoes. and to be honest? between attending grueling meetings with business moguls, carrying on his father's company name, and dealing with his conflicted feelings for serena van der woodsen, listening to him two-year-old daughter's impossible-to-understand babblings over the phone was the best thing that a man could want at the end of the day.