When Gossip Girl returns in March, fans who've been campaigning for Nate (Chace Crawford) to hook up with Serena (Blake Lively) will finally get their wish.

So says Chace Crawford himself.

"We hooked up in the pilot and the fans have wanted us back together ever since," Chace tells TV Guide Magazine. "There's a couple gratuitous scenes in Chuck and Nate's suite. Then some stuff happens at a party at the French Embassy."

Their flashback sex scene in the Gossip Girl pilot has become infamous, and the two got back together - albeit mostly as a ruse - at the onset of Season Two.

Last fall, Nate began pining for Serena again, even as she had flings with both Carter Baizen and Nate's cousin Trip, leading many fans to pine for Serenate.

When Season Three resumes, look for Serena to go all out when she puts together Nate's birthday party, involving what Chace calls an "assassin type game."

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