impossible not to get kicked out。”
Blair pressed her lips together; measuring her words carefully。 “I
don’t mean that; I mean why you got kicked out。” There。 She had
done it。 She had mitted herself now。 She was going to have to
sit and listen to Serena tell her all about the cults she had joined;
and the boys she’d had sex with; and the drugs she had done。 Shit。
Don’t believe for a minute that she wasn’t curious; though。
Blair fiddled with the ruby ring on her finger; turning it round and
round。 Serena raised her glass at Missy; asking for another drink。
“Blair;” Serena said。 “The only reason I got kicked out was because I
didn’t show up at the beginning of school。 I stayed in France。 My
parents didn’t even know。 I was supposed to fly back at the end of
August; but I stayed until the third week in September。 I was living
in this amazing chateau outside of Cannes; and it was like; a
constant party。 I don’t think I slept a whole night the entire time I
was there。 It was like those parties in that house in The Great
Gatsby。
“There were these two boys; an older brother and a younger one;
and I was totally in love with both of them。 Actually;” she laughed;
“I was even more in love with their father; but he was married。”
The Star Lounge DJ switched vibes and began to play a funky acid
jazz song with a cool beat。 The lights dimmed and the candles
flickered。 Serena jiggled her foot to the music and glanced at Blair;
whose eyes were glazing over。
Serena lit another cigarette and inhaled deeply。
“Anyway; of course I partied a lot at school; but so did everyone
else。 What the school couldn’t deal with was that I didn’t even
bother to show up at the beginning of the year。 I don’t blame them;
I guess。 But to tell you the truth; I really didn’t care about going
back to school。 I was having way too much fun。”
Blair rolled her eyes again。 She honestly didn’t care what the truth
was。
“Did you ever think about the fact that these are like; the most
important years of our lives? Like; for getting into college and
everything?” she said。
Missy brought Serena’s drink; and this time Serena only nodded her
thanks。 She looked down at the floor; her pinky nail between her
teeth。 “Yeah; I’m just realizing that now;” she admitted。 “I hadn’t