天锡小说网

第20部分（第2页）

she？d　promised　to　pay　her　taxi　driver　handsomely　if　he　waited　for　her　outside。　Within　seconds；　she

was　hurtling　east　on　Fourteenth　Street；　praying　that　Mrs。　M　wouldn？t　make　her　repeat　her　senior

year　and　realizing　too　late　that　she？d　left　her　shoes　behind。

After　graduation；　over　lunch　at　Tavern　on　the　Green；　her　mom　had　been　more　miffed　over　the

missing　white　Jimmy　Choos　than　the　fact　that　Serena　had　nearly　skipped　the　ceremony。　？What

kind　of　girl　goes　around　barefoot？？　Mrs。　van　der　Woodsen　wanted　to　know。　Then　Ken　Mogul　had

called　Serena？s　cell。

？I　don？t　like　tans　or　freckles；　so　please；　try　and　stay　out　of　the　sun。　We　start　shooting　at　Fred？s

next　month；？　he　announced　gruffly。　Serena　just　sat　there　with　the　phone　pressed　against　her　ear；

trying　to　figure　out　what　he　was　talking　about。　Then　she　realized：I　got　the　part。　I　got　the　part！

Hello？　Can　we　change　the　subject　now　please？

Her　parents　considered　acting　in　movies　somewhat　d？class？；　but　less　than　nine　months　after

getting　kicked　out　of　boarding　school；　Serena　had　been　accepted　at　Yale；　Harvard；　Brown；　and

Princeton　and　was　about　to　star　in　a　remake　ofBreakfast　at　Tiffany？s　：　They　could　hardly

plain。

I　got　the　part；　I　got　the　part！Serena　kept　screaming　to　herself。　Her　first　real　part　in　her　first　real

movie。　For　the　first　time　in　her　life　she　realized　that　this　was　something　she　reallywanted　。　And　it

hadn？t　just　happened。　She？dmade　it　happen。　Good　thing　she　was　now　at　a　party；　because　there　was

an　excited　little　girl　on　a　trampoline　inside　her；　bouncing　and　bouncing　and　bouncing。

Boing！

？I　heard　she　and　Ken　Mogul　went　on　a　drug　binge　last　night　and　she　totally　talked　him　into

giving　her　the　lead　in　his　movie。　He　was　all　set　to　skew　it　older　and　cast　Natalie　Portman；　but

Serena　brainwashed　him；？　someone　whispered。

？She　even　tried　to　get　him　to　cast　Nate　as　her　costar；　but　he？s　always　so　baked；　he　forgot　his　lines

during　his　tryout；？　whispered　someone　else。

？And　didn？t　you　hear？　Nate　totally　didn？t　graduate。　He　got　busted　for　stealing　painkillers　from

the　nurse？s　office　at　his　school；　and　now　he　has　to　go　to　some　drug　rehab　prison　thing　in　thebad

part　of　the　Hamptons；　like；all　summer　；？　Rain　Hoffstetter　informed　all　who　would　listen。　She？d

hooked　up　with　Charlie　Dern　when　their　parents　had　parked　next　to　each　other　at　a　drive…in　movie

theater　out　on　the　Cape　last　weekend。　They？d　been　talking　on　the　phone　every　night　since；　so　she

was　very　up…to…date　on　her　Nate　information。

Nate　was　grateful　for　his　role　as　Serena？s　mute　piece　of　arm　candy。　He　felt　like　he？d　been

encased　in　six　inches　of　clear　plastic。　Everyone？s　voice　sounded　muffled　and　distant。　It　didn？t

help　that　Blair　looked　radiant　on　Marcus？s　knee；　or　that　Serena　clearly　didn？t　need　a　boyfriend

right　now；　or　that　he　was　incredibly　stoned。

？Blair？！　Did　you　hear？　I　got　the　part！？　Serena　threw　herself　at　Blair　and　Lord　Marcus；　dragging