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gossip girl 2 英文-第3部分

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Latin tests like they always did—amo; amas; amat was still tattooed 
on the inside of Serena’s elbow in permanent marker (thank God for 
three…quarter length sleeves!)。 They’d drive around Serena’s 
parents’ estate in Ridgefield; Connecticut; in the caretaker’s old 
Buick station wagon; singing the stupid hymns they sang in school 
and acting like crazy old ladies。 They’d pee in the downstairs 
entrances to their classmates’ brownstones and then ring the 
doorbells and run away。 They’d take Blair’s little brother; Tyler; to 
the Lower East Side and leave him there to see how long it took for 
him to find his way home—a work of charity; really; since Tyler was 
now the most street…wise boy at St。 George’s。 They’d go out 
dancing with a huge group and lose ten pounds just from sweating 
in their leather pants。 As if they needed to lose the weight。 
They would go back to being their regular old fabulous selves; just 
like always。 Serena couldn’t wait。 
“Got you a drink;” Chuck Bass said; elbowing the clusters of parents 
out of the way and handing Serena a tumbler of whiskey。 “Wele 
back;” he added; ducking down to kiss Serena’s cheek and missing 
it intentionally; so that his lips landed on her mouth。 
“You haven’t changed;” Serena said; accepting the drink。 She took a 
long sip。 “So; did you miss me?” 
“Miss you? The question is; did you miss me?” Chuck said。 “e 
on; babe; spill。 What are you doing back here? What happened? Do 
you have a boyfriend?” 
“Oh; e on; Chuck;” Serena said; squeezing his hand。 “You know I 
came back because I want you so badly。 I’ve always wanted you。” 


Chuck took a step back and cleared his throat; his face flushed。 
She’d caught him off guard; a rare feat。 
“Well; I’m all booked up for this month; but I can put you on the 
waiting list;” Chuck said huffily; trying to regain his posure。 
But Serena was barely listening to him anymore。 Her dark blue eyes 
scanned the room; looking for the two people she wanted to see 
most; Blair and Nate。 
Finally Serena found them。 Nate was standing by the doorway to 
the hall; and Blair was standing just behind him; her head bowed; 
fiddling with the buttons on her black cardigan。 Nate was looking 
directly at Serena; and when her gaze met his; he bit his bottom lip 
the way he always did when he was embarrassed。 And then he 
smiled。 
That smile。 Those eyes。 That face。 
“e here;” Serena mouthed at him; waving her hand。 Her heart 
sped up as Nate began walking toward her。 He looked better than 
she remembered; much better。 
Nate’s heart was beating even faster than hers。 
“Hey; you;” Serena breathed when Nate hugged her。 He smelled 
just like he always smelled。 Like the cleanest; most delicious boy 
alive。 Tears came to Serena’s eyes and she pressed her face into 
Nate’s chest。 Now she was really home。 
Nate’s cheeks turned pink。 Calm down; he told himself。 But he 
couldn’t calm down。 He felt like picking her up and twirling her 
around and kissing her face over and over。 “I love you!” he wanted 
to shout; but he didn’t。 He couldn’t。 
Nate was the only son of a navy captain and a French society 
hostess。 His father was a master sailor and extremely handsome; 
but a little lacking in the hugs department。 His mother was the 
plete opposite; always fawning over Nate and prone to 
emotional fits during which she would lock herself in her bedroom 
with a bottle of champagne and call her sister on her yacht in 
Monaco。 Poor Nate was always on the verge of saying how he really 
felt; but he didn’t want to make a scene or say something he might 
regret later。 Instead; he kept quiet and let other people steer the 
boat; while he laid back and enjoyed the steady rocking of the 
waves。 
He might look like a stud; but he was actually pretty weak。 
“So; what have you been up to?” Nate asked Serena; trying to 
breathe normally。 “We missed you。” 
Notice that he wasn’t even brave enough to say; “I missed you”? 
“What have I been up to?” Serena repeated。 She giggled。 “If you 
only knew; Nate。 I’ve been so; so bad!” 
Nate clenched his fists involuntarily。 Man oh man; had he missed 


her。 

Ignored as usual; Chuck slunk away from Serena and Nate and 
crossed the room to Blair; who was once again standing with Kati 
and Isabel。 
“A thousand bucks says she got kicked out;” Chuck told them。 “And 
doesn’t she look fucked? I think she’s been thoroughly fucked。 
Maybe she had some sort of prostitution ring going on up there。 The 
Merry Madam of Hanover Academy;” he added; laughing at his own 
stupid joke。 
“I think she looks kind of spaced out; too;” Kati said。 “Maybe she’s 
on heroin。” 
“Or some prescription drug;” Isabel said。 “You know; like; Valium or 
Prozac。 Maybe she’s gone totally nuts。” 
“She could’ve been making her own E;” Kati agreed。 “She was 
always good at science。” 
“I heard she joined some kind of cult;” Chuck offered。 “Like; she’s 
been brainwashed and now all she thinks about is sex and she like; 
has to do it all the time。” 
When is dinner going to be ready? Blair wondered; tuning out her 
friends’ ridiculous speculations。 
She had forgotten how pretty Serena’s hair was。 How perfect her 
skin was。 How long and thin her legs were。 What Nate’s eyes looked 
like when he looked at her—like he never wanted to blink。 He never 
looked at Blair that way。 
“Hey Blair; Serena must have told you she was ing back;” 
Chuck said。 “e on; tell us。 What’s the deal?” 
Blair stared back at him blankly; her small; fox…like face turning red。 
The truth was; she hadn’t really spoken to Serena in over a year。 
At first; when Serena had gone to boarding school after sophomore 
year; Blair had really missed her。 But it soon became apparent how 
much easier it was to shine without Serena around。 Suddenly Blair 
was the prettiest; the smartest; the hippest; most happening girl in 
the room。 She became the one everyone looked to。 So Blair stopped 
missing Serena so much。 She’d felt a little guilty for not staying in 
touch; but even that had worn off when she’d received Serena’s flip 
and impersonal e…mails describing all the fun she was having at 
boarding school。 

“Hitchhiked to Vermont to go snowboarding and spent the nightdancing with the hottest guys!” 

“Crazy night last night。 Damn; my head hurts!” 


The last news Blair had received was a postcard this past summer: 
“Blair: Turned seventeen on Bastille Day。 France rocks!! Miss you!!!
Love; Serena;” was all it said。 
Blair had tucked the postcard into her old Fendi shoebox with all the 
other mementos from their friendship。 A friendship she would 
cherish forever; but which she’d thought of as over until now。 
Serena was back。 The lid was off the shoebox; and everything would 
go back to the way it was before she left。 As always; it would be 
Serena and Blair; Blair and Serena; with Blair playing the smaller; 
fatter; mousier; less witty best friend of the blond über…girl; Serena 
van der Woodsen。 
Or not。 Not if Blair could help it。 
“You must be so excited Serena’s here!” Isabel chirped。 But when 
she saw the look on Blair’s face; she changed her tune。 “Of course 
Constance took her back。 It’s so typical。 They’re too desperate to 
lose any of us。” Isabel lowered her voice。 “I heard last spring Serena 
was fooling around with some townie up in New Hampshire。 She had 
an abortion;” she added。 
“I bet it wasn’t her first one either;” Chuck said。 “Just look at her。” 
And so they did。 All four of them looked at Serena; who was still 
chatting happily with Nate。 Chuck saw the girl he’d wanted to sleep 
with since he could remember wanting to sleep with girls—first 
grade; maybe? Kati saw the girl she’d been copying since she 
started shopping for her own clothes—third grade? Isabel saw the 
girl who’d gotten to be an angel with wings made out of real 
feathers at the Church of the Heavenly Rest Christmas pageant; 
while Isabel was a lowly shepherd and had to wear a burlap sack。 
Third grade again。 Both Kati and Isabel saw the girl who would 
inevitably steal Blair away from them and leave them with only 
each other; which was too dull to even think about。 And Blair saw 
Serena; her best friend; the girl she would always love and hate。 
The girl she could never measure up to and had tried so hard to 
replace。 The girl she’d wanted everyone to forget。 
For about ten seconds Blair thought about telling her friends the 
truth: She didn’t know Serena was ing back。 But how would that 
look? Blair was supposed to be plugged in; and how plugged in 
would she sound if she admitted she knew nothing about Serena’s 
return; while her friends seemed to know so much? Blair couldn’t 
very well stand there and say nothing。 That would be too obvious。 
She always had something to say。 Besides; who wanted to hear the 
truth when the truth was so incredibly boring? Blair lived for drama。 
Here was her chance。 
Blair cleared her throat。 “It all happened very 。 。 。 suddenly;” she 
said mysteriously。 


She looked down and fiddled with the little ruby ring on the middle 
finger of her right hand。 The film was rolling; and Blair was getting 
warmed up。 
“I think Serena is pretty messed up about it。 But I promised her I 
wouldn’t say anything;” she added。 
Her friends nodded as if they understood pletely。 It sounded 
serious and juicy; and best of all it sounded like Serena had 
confided everything to Blair。 If only Blair could script the rest of the 
movie; she’d wind up with the boy for sure。 And Serena could play 
the girl who falls off the cliff and cracks her skull on a rock and is 
eaten alive by hungry vultures; never to be seen again。 
“Careful; Blair;” Chuck warned; nodding at Serena and Nate; who 
were still talking in low voices over by the wet bar; their eyes never 
straying from each other’s faces。 “Looks like Serena’s already found 
her next victim。” 

Serena was holding Nate’s hand loosely in hers; swinging it back 
and forth。 
“Remember Buck Naked?” she asked him; laughing softly。 
Nate chuckled; still embarrassed; even after all these years。 Buck 
Naked was Nate’s alter ego; invented at a party in eighth grade; 
when most of them had gotten drunk for the first time。 After 
drinking six beers; Nate had taken his shirt off; and Serena and Blair 
had drawn a goofy; buck…toothed face on his torso in black marker。 
For some reason the face brought out the devil in Nate; and he 
started a drinking game。 Everyone sat in a circle and Nate stood in 
the middle; holding a Latin textbook and shouting out verbs for 
them to conjugate。 The first person to mess up had to drink and kiss 
Buck Naked。 Of course they all messed up; boys and girls alike; so 
Buck got a lot of action that night。 The next morning; Nate tried to 
pretend it hadn’t happened; but the proof was inked on his skin。 It 
took weeks for Buck to wash off in the shower。 
“And what about the Red Sea?” Serena said。 She studied Nate’s 
face。 Neither of them was smiling now。 
“The Red Sea;” Nate repeated; drowning in the deep blue lakes of 
her eyes。 Of course he remembered。 How could he forget? 
One hot August weekend; the summer after tenth grade; Nate had 
been in the city with his dad; while the rest of the Archibald family 
was still in Maine。 Serena was up in her country house in Ridgefield; 
Connecticut; so bored she’d painted each of her fingernails and 
toenails a different color。 Blair was at the Waldorf castle in 
Gleneagles; Scotland; at her aunt’s wedding。 But that hadn’t 
stopped her two best friends from having fun without her。 When 
Nate called; Serena hopped right on the New Haven line into Grand 


Central Station。 
Nate met Serena on the platform。 She stepped off the train wearing 
a light blue silk slip dress and pink rubber flip…flops。 Her yellow hair 
hung loose; just touching her bare shoulders。 She wasn’t carrying a 
bag; not even a wallet or keys。 To Nate; she looked like an angel。 
How lucky he was。 Life didn’t get any better than the moment when 
Serena flip…flopped down the platform; threw her arms around his 
neck; and ki
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