no surprise that he seemed unimpressed。 It was also obvious from the way he kept his eyes trained
on his limited edition Stan Smith tennis shoes that he was doing his best to pretend he hadn?t
noticed that Blair?the girl he was supposed spend the rest of his life with but had fucked over only
last week by fooling around with Serena on senior cut day?was standing only twenty feet away;
glaring at him。
After walking in on Nate and Serena; Blair had sworn to herself that she would not freak out at
the sight of them; grab the nearest sharp or heavy object; and hurl it at their heads;
shouting; ?Cheating; horny fuckheads!? But she couldn?t help feeling more than a little pissed off
by how good they looked together。 The natural highlights in Nate?s hair were exactly the same
pale gold color as Serena?s hair; and they both had the same healthy; sun…drenched glow; as if
they?d spent hours together on a blanket in Sheep Meadow; kissing and getting tan。 Serena was
wearing one of Nate?s weather…beaten navy blue short…sleeved polo shirts; its collar faded and the
hem frayed; and Nate?s cheeks sparkled a little in the bright ballroom light from the glitter in
Serena?s pale pink Vincent Longo lip gloss。
Which might have been cute in other circumstances but was definitelynot cute right now。
Still; there was something amiss in their togetherness。 Nate looked thin and depressed; and
Serena looked distracted and spacier than usual。 Blair satisfied herself with the notion that they
were definitely not happy。 Nate was probably always too stoned to pay attention to Serena in the
way that she passive…aggressively demanded。 And Serena probably forgot to call Nate all the time。
He pretended not to like constant calling; but he secretly needed it the way only children always
need to be reminded that they are the center of the universe。 With a private; smug smile; Blair
went back to the rack of Ghost dresses she?d been sorting through in a halfhearted attempt to find
something original and irresistible to wear for Constance Billard?s graduation ceremony; which
was only two weeks away。
Exactly。 Why waste energy on hating them when there were more important matters to attend to;
like buying a dress?
Serena pulled off the hat she was wearing and tried on a black silk one with tiny faux pearls
stitched all over it and a cropped black mesh just…over…the…eyes veil。 She pursed her glossy lips at
the mirror and decided she looked like Madonna inEvita ; or some mobster?s trophy wife。 That
was one of the things she loved about acting so much。 She could bat her thick…lashed; deep blue
eyes at the audience from behind a veil and suddenly she was a tragic figure badly in need of a
little TLC or; at the very least; a stiff cocktail。
This particular hat was very dramatic; which was exactly the way she?d been feeling lately。 Not
depressed dramatic; or ecstatic dramatic; but behaving…in…a…way…that…wasn?t…exactly herself
dramatic。 She stole a sidelong glance at Blair; who was fervently flicking through a rack of dresses;
refusing to even acknowledge Serena?s presence。 Serena exchanged the black hat for a hideous
thick purple velvet headband with fake fruit and leaves sewn all over it。 If only Blair would look
her way; Serena knew she?d pee her pants with amusement。 But Blair kep
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