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gossip girl 2 英文-第8部分
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Sure; Serena。 Whatever you want。 Call me from jail。 I hear the food
is really good there。 Nate and I will visit you whenever we’re free;
which might be 。 。 。 I don’t know 。 。 。 NEVER?!
I hope the VD gets better soon。
Love;
Blair
Blair handed the note back to Kati; feeling only the tiniest speck of
remorse for being so mean。 There were so many stories about
Serena flying around; she honestly didn’t know what to believe
anymore。 Plus; Serena still hadn’t actually told anyone what she
was doing back; so why should Blair say anything in her defense?
Maybe some of it was true。 Maybe some of this stuff had really
happened。
Besides; passing notes is so much more fun than taking them。
“So I’m going to be writing; directing; and filming this。 And I’ve
already cast my friend; Daniel Humphrey; from Riverside Prep; as
Prince Andrei;” Vanessa explained。 Her cheeks heated up when she
uttered Dan’s name。 “But I still need a Natasha for the scene。 I’m
casting her tomorrow after school; in Madison Square Park at dusk。
Anyone interested?” she asked。
The question was a private little joke with herself。 Vanessa knew no
one in the room was even listening to her; they were too busy
passing notes。
Blair’s arm shot up。 “I’ll be the director!” she announced。 Obviously
she hadn’t heard the question; but Blair was so desperate to
impress the admissions office at Yale; she was always the first to
volunteer for anything。
Vanessa opened her mouth to speak。 Direct this; she wanted to say;
giving Blair the finger。
“Put your hand down; Blair;” Mr。 Beckham sighed tiredly。 “Vanessa
just got through telling us she is directing and writing and filming。
Unless you’d like to try out for the part of Natasha; I suggest you
focus on your own project。”
Blair glared sourly at him。 She hated teachers like Mr。 Beckham。 He
had such a chip on his shoulder because he was from Nebraska and
had finally attained his sad dream of living in New York City only to
find himself teaching a useless class instead of directing cutting
edge films and being famous。
“Whatever;” Blair said; tucking her dark hair behind her ears。 “I
guess I really don’t have time。”
And she didn’t。
Blair was chair of the Social Services Board and ran the French Club;
she tutored third graders in reading; she worked in a soup kitchen
one night a week; had SAT prep on Tuesdays; and on Thursday
afternoons she took a fashion design course with Oscar de la Renta。
On weekends she played tennis so she could keep up her national
ranking。 Besides all that; she was on the planning mittee of
every social function anyone would be bothered to go to; and the
fall/winter calendar was busy; busy; busy。 Her PalmPilot was always
running out of memory。
Vanessa flicked on the lights and walked back to her seat at the
front of the room。
“It’s okay; Blair; I wanted a blond girl for Natasha anyway;” she
said。 Vanessa smoothed her uniform around her thighs and sat
down daintily; in an almost perfect imitation of Blair。
Blair smirked at Vanessa’s prickly shaved head and glanced at Mr。
Beckham; who cleared his throat and stood up。 He was hungry; and
the bell was going to ring in five minutes。
“Well; that’s it; girls。 You can leave a little early today。 Vanessa; why
don’t you put up a sign…up sheet in the hall for your casting
tomorrow?”
The girls began to pack up their bags and file out of the room。
Vanessa ripped a blank sheet of paper out of her notebook and
wrote the necessary details at the top of it。 War and Peace。 Short
film。 Try out for Natasha。 Wednesday P。M。; sunset。 Madison SquarePark。 Park bench; Northeast corner。 She resisted writing an exact
description of the girl she was looking for; because she didn’t want
to scare anyone away。 But she had a clear picture in her mind; and
it wasn’t going to be easy to find the right girl。
Her perfect Natasha would be pale and blond; a natural dirty blond。
She wouldn’t be too obviously pretty; but she’d have the kind of
face that made you want to look at it。 She would be the kind of girl
to make Dan glow—full of movement and laughter—exactly the
opposite of Dan’s quiet energy; which burned deep inside him and
made his hands shake sometimes。
Vanessa hugged herself。 Just thinking about Dan made her feel like
she had to pee。 Under that shaved head and that impossible black
turtleneck; she was just a girl。
Face it: we’re all the same。
“The invitations; the gift bags; and the champagne。 That’s all we
have left to do;” Blair said。 She lifted a cucumber slice off her plate
and nibbled at it thoughtfully。 “Kate Spade is still doing the gift
bags; but I don’t know—do you think Kate Spade is too boring?”
“I think Kate Spade is perfect;” Isabel said; winding her dark hair
into a knot on top of her head。 “I mean; think how cool it is to have
a plain black handbag now instead of all those animal prints and
military shit everyone has。 It’s all such 。 。 。 bad taste; don’t you
think?”
Blair nodded。 “pletely;” she agreed。
“Hey; what about my leopard skin coat?” Kati said; looking hurt。
“Yes; but that’s real leopard skin;” Blair argued。 “That’s different。”
The three girls were sitting in the Constance cafeteria; discussing
the uping Kiss on the Lips benefit to raise money for the Central
Park Peregrine Falcon Foundation。 Blair was chair of the organizing
mittee; of course。
“Those poor birds;” Blair sighed。
As if she could give two shits about the damned birds。
“I really want this party to be good;” she said。 “You guys are ing
to my meeting tomorrow; right?”
“Of course we’re ing;” Isabel said。 “What about Serena—did you
tell her about the party? Is she going to help?”
Blair stared blankly back at her。
Kati wrinkled her pert little ski…jump nose and nudged Isabel with
her elbow。 “I bet Serena is too busy; you know; dealing with
everything。 All her problems。 She probably doesn’t have time to
help us; anyway;” she said; smirking。
Blair shrugged。 Across the cafeteria; Serena herself was just joining
the lunch line。 She noticed Blair right away and smiled; waving
cheerfully as if to say; “I’ll be there in a minute!” Blair blinked;
pretending she’d forgotten to put in her contacts。
Serena slid her tray along the metal counter; choosing a lemon
yogurt and skipping all the hot lunch selections until she came to
the hot…water dispenser; where she filled up a cup with hot water
and placed a Lipton tea bag; a slice of lemon; and a packet of sugar
on the saucer。 Then she carried her tray over to the salad bar;
where she filled up a plate with a pile of romaine lettuce and poured
a small puddle of bleu cheese dressing beside it。 She would have
preferred a toasted ham…and…cheese sandwich in the Gare du Nord
in Paris; eaten in a hurry before leaping onto her London train; but
this was almost as good。 It was the same lunch she’d eaten at
Constance every day since sixth grade。 Blair always got the same
thing too。 They called it the “diet plate。”
Blair watched as Serena got her salad; dreading the moment when
Serena would sit down next to her in all her glory and start trying to
be friends again。 Ugh。
“Hey guys;” Serena said; sitting down next to Blair; smiling
radiantly。 “Just like old times; huh?” She laughed and peeled back
the top of her yogurt。 The cuffs of her brother’s old shirt were
frayed; and stray threads dangled in the yogurt’s watery whey。
“Hello; Serena;” Kati and Isabel said in unison。
Blair looked up at Serena and turned the corners of her glossy lips
upwards。 It was almost a smile。
Serena stirred the yogurt up and nodded at Blair’s tray; where the
remains of her bagel with cream cheese and cucumber were
strewn。 “I guess you outgrew the diet plate;” she observed。
“I guess;” Blair said。 She smashed a lump of cream cheese into her
paper napkin with her thumb; staring at Serena’s sloppy cuffs in
bewilderment。 It was fine to wear your brother’s old clothes in ninth
and tenth grade。 Then; it was cool。 But now? It just seemed 。 。 。
dirty。
“So my schedule totally sucks;” Serena said; licking her spoon。 “I
don’t have a single class with you guys。”
“Um; that’s because you’re not taking any APs;” Kati observed。
“You’re lucky;” Isabel sighed。 “I have so much work to do I don’t
even have time to sleep。”
“Well; at least I’ll have more time to party;” Serena said。 She
nudged Blair’s elbow。 “What’s going on this month; anyway? I feel
so pletely out of it。”
Blair sat up straight and picked up her plastic cup; only to find there
was no water left in it to drink。 She knew she should tell Serena all
about the Kiss on the Lips party and how Serena could help with the
preparations and how fun it was all going to be。 But somehow she
couldn’t bring herself to do it。 Serena was out of it; all right。 And
Blair wanted her to stay that way。
“It’s been pretty lame。 There really isn’t much going on until
Christmas;” Blair lied; shooting a warning glance at Kati and Isabel。
“Really?” Serena said; disappointed。 “Well what about tonight? You
guys want to go out?”
Blair glanced at her friends。 She was all for going out; but it was
only Tuesday。 The most she ever did on a Tuesday night was rent a
movie with Nate。 Suddenly Blair felt seriously old and boring。 Leave
it to Serena to make her feel boring。
“I have an AP French test tomorrow。 Sorry; Serena;” Blair said。 She
stood up。 “Actually; I have a meeting with Madame Rogers right
now。”
Serena frowned and began to chew on her thumbnail; a new habit
she’d picked up at boarding school。 “Well; maybe I’ll give Nate a
call。 He’ll go out with me;” she said。
Blair picked up her tray and resisted hurling it in Serena’s face。
Keep your hands off him! she wanted to scream; jumping onto the
table ninja…style。 Hiyeeh…yah!
“I’ll see you later; guys;” she said; and walked stiffly away。
Serena sighed and flicked a piece of lettuce off her plate。 Blair was
being boring。 When were they going to start having fun? She looked
up at Kati and Isabel hopefully; but they were getting ready to
leave; too。
“I’ve got a stupid college advisor meeting;” Kati said。
“And I have to go up to the art room and put my painting away;”
Isabel said。
“Before anyone sees it?” Kati joked。
“Oh; shut up;” Isabel said。
They stood up with their trays。
“It’s so good to have you back; Serena;” Kati said in her fakest
voice。
“Yeah;” Isabel agreed。 “It really is。”
And then they walked away。
Serena twirled her spoon around and around in her yogurt
container; wondering what had happened to everyone。 They were
all acting like freaks。 What did I do? she asked herself; chewing on
her thumbnail again。
Good question。
Disclaimer: All the real names of places; people; and events havebeen altered or abbreviated to protect the innocent。 Namely; me。
hey people!
WHERE THE BOYS ARE
Thanks for checking in; although most of you had little to say aboutS or B。 Most of you just want to know more about the boys。
Your E…mail:
Dear gg; D sounds sweet。 Whats he so hot for S for? Shes just a
ho。 —Bebe
Dear Bebe; I happen to know that D is not that innocent。 He was
up to some kinky shit back at summer camp in eighth grade。 —GG
dear GG; what does N do at lunchtime?? i go to school near him;
and i wonder if i see him all the time without realizing it。 Yikes! —
ShyGirl
Okay; if you want to know so badly; then I’ll tell you。
St。 Jude’s lets its senior boys out for lunch。 So right now N is
probably headed up to that little pizza joint on the corner of
Eightieth and Madison。 Vino’s? Vinnie’s? Whatever。 Anyway; they
have good slices and one of the delivery guys sells pretty decent
pot。 N is one of his regulars。 There’s usually a group of kids from
L’Ecole standing around outside the pizza place; so N will stop and
flirt with this one girl who I’ll call Claire; who acts all shy and
pretends she doesn’t speak English; but she’s actually really bad at
French and a huge
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