Nate and Vanessa

The relationship between Nate and Vanessa, also known Vanate, is the friendship and former romantic relationship between Nate Archibald and Vanessa Abrams.

Overview
Nate and Vanessa have a short fling in Season 1, which soon ends. In early Season 2, Nate is entangled with Catherine Beaton but wants to be with Vanessa. Vanessa tries to help Nate distance himself from Catherine, which backfires. Eventually the two get together, but Nate breaks up with Vanessa for Blair Waldorf. Later, after Nate and Blair are broken up, he apologises to Vanessa for handling it the way he did. The two then embark on a summer-long backpacking trip in Europe. In which they hook up, but are just friends from then on out. After their break-up, they don't have many scenes together.

Season 1
In Season 1 Nate and Vanessa begin a friendship which eventually turns into a somewhat relationship after they kiss. But, Nate later breaks up with Vanessa because he feels that he doesn't have time for a girlfriend because of everything going on in his life.

Season 2
In Season 2, in "The Dark Night" Nate struggles with his feelings for Vanessa and his feelings for Catherine. Also, he faces problems between Jenny Humphrey and Vanessa, Nate and Vanessa decide to go on a trip together. Nate decides to take the internship, which results in Nate and Vanessa breaking up.

Nate and Vanessa reconcile and agree to go backpacking in Europe for the summer.

Season 3
Vanessa reveals that Nate and her hooked up one night in Europe but that they decided to only be friends.