gossip girl 2 英文-第25部分
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words。
“That’s not true;” Erik said。 “Hey; what’s up? You sound sad。”
“Yeah;” Serena said。 Her lower lip started to tremble。 “I sort of am。”
“How e? What’s going on?”
“I don’t know。 There’s this party I’m supposed to go to that
everyone’s going to。 You know how it is;” she began。
“That doesn’t sound so bad;” Erik said gently。
Serena propped her pillows against the headboard of her bed and
wriggled under her forter。 She rested her head against the
pillows and closed her eyes。 “It’s just that no one’s talking to me
anymore。 I don’t even know why; but ever since I’ve been back it’s
been like I have mad cow disease or something;” she explained。
The tears began to fall from underneath her closed lids。
“What about Blair and Nate? Those guys must be talking to you;”
Erik said。 “They’re your best friends。”
“Not anymore;” Serena said quietly。 Tears were streaming freely
down her face now。 She picked up a pillow and dabbed it against
her cheeks to ebb the flow。
“Well; you know what I say?” Erik said。
Serena swallowed and wiped her nose on the back of her hand。
“What?”
“Fuck ’em。 Totally。 You don’t need them。 You’re like; the coolest
chick in the Western Hemisphere。 Fuck ’em; fuck ’em; fuck ’em;” he
said。
“Yeah;” Serena said dubiously。 “But they’re my friends。”
“Not anymore。 You just said so yourself。 You can get new friends。 I’m
serious;” Erik said。 “You can’t let assholes turn you into an asshole。
You just have to fuck ’em。”
It was a perfect Erikism。 Serena laughed; wiped her runny nose on a
pillow; and threw it across the room。 “Okay;” she said; sitting up。
“You’re right。”
“I’m always right。 That’s why I’m so hard to get ahold of。 There’s a
huge demand for people like me;” he said。
“I miss you;” Serena told him; chewing on her pinky nail。
“I miss you too;” Erik said。
“Serena? We’re leaving!” she heard her mother call from out in the
hall。
“Okay; I better go;” Serena said。 “Love you。”
“Bye。”
Serena clicked off。 On the end of her bed was the invitation to the
Kiss on the Lips party that Jenny had made for her。 She snatched it
up and tossed it in her wastepaper basket。
Erik was right。 She didn’t have to go to some stupid benefit just
because everyone else was going。 They didn’t even want her there。
Fuck ’em。 She was free to do what she pleased。
She carried the phone over to her desk and shuffled through a pile
of papers until she found the Constance Billard School student
directory; which had arrived in the mail on Monday。 Serena read
through the names。 She wasn’t the only one skipping the party。 She
could find someone else to hang out with。
“Yo;” Vanessa said; picking up the phone。 She was getting ready to
go out with her sister and her friends; and she was wearing a black
bra; black jeans; and her Doc Martens。 She didn’t have any clean
black shirts left; and her sister was trying to convince her to wear a
red one。
“Hi。 Is that Vanessa Abrams?” a girl’s voice said on the other end of
the phone。
“Yes。 Who’s this?” Vanessa said; standing in front of her bedroom
mirror and holding the red shirt up to her chest。 She hadn’t worn
any color but black in two years。 Why should she start now?
Please。 It’s not like wearing a red shirt was going turn her into a
bouncy cheerleader with blond pigtails。 She’d have to be
brainwashed for that to happen。
“It’s Serena van der Woodsen。”
Vanessa stopped looking at herself and threw the shirt on her bed。
“Oh;” she said。 “What’s up?”
“Well;” Serena said。 “I totally understand why you wanted to cast
Marjorie。 You know; for your film? But you seem to really know what
you’re doing; and I really need the extracurricular or Ms。 Glos is
going to kill me。 So I thought I’d try to make my own movie。”
“Uh huh;” Vanessa said; trying to figure out why Serena van der
Woodsen of all people would be calling her up on a Friday night。
Didn’t she have a ball to go to or something? Some fête?
“So anyway; I was wondering if maybe you could help me。 You
know; like show me how to use the camera; and whatever。 I mean; I
really don’t know what I’m doing;” Serena said。 She sighed。 “I don’t
know; maybe making a film is a dumb idea。 It’s probably a lot
harder than I think。”
“It’s not dumb;” Vanessa said; feeling kind of sorry for Serena
despite herself。 “I can show you some of the basic stuff。”
“Really?” Serena said。 She sounded thrilled。 “How about tomorrow?
Can you do it tomorrow?”
Saturday was Vanessa’s vampire day。 She usually woke up after
dark and then went to the diner or to the movies with her sister or
Dan。
“Sunday is better;” she said。
“Okay。 Sunday;” Serena said。 “You probably have a lot of equipment
and stuff at your house; right? Why don’t I e over there; so you
don’t have to lug it around。”
“Sounds good;” Vanessa said。
“Okay;” Serena said。 She paused。 She didn’t seem very eager to
hang up the phone。
“Hey; isn’t that big party in the old Barneys building tonight?”
Vanessa said。 “Aren’t you going?”
“Nah;” Serena answered。 “I wasn’t invited。”
Vanessa nodded; processing this information。 Serena van der
Woodsen wasn’t invited? Maybe she wasn’t so bad after all。
“Well; do you want to e out with us tonight?” Vanessa offered
before she could stop herself。 “Me and my big sister are going to a
bar here in Williamsburg。 Her band is playing。”
“I’d love to;” Serena said。
Vanessa gave her the address of The Five and Dime—the bar her
sister was playing in—and hung up the phone。
Life was so strange。 One day you could be picking your nose and
eating donuts; and the next day you could be hanging out with
Serena van der Woodsen。 She picked up the red shirt; pulled it on
over her head; and looked in the mirror。 She looked like a tulip。 A
tulip with a stubbly black head。
“Dan will like it;” her sister Ruby told her; standing in the doorway。
She handed Vanessa a tube of dark red lipstick。 Vamp。
“Well; Dan’s not ing out tonight;” Vanessa said; smirking at her
sister。 She dabbed on the lipstick and rubbed her lips together。 “He
has to take his little sister to some fancy ball。”
She checked herself out in the mirror once more。 The lipstick made
her big brown eyes look even bigger; and the shirt was kind of cool;
in a loud; look…at…me way。
Vanessa stuck out her chest and smiled invitingly at her reflection。
Maybe I’ll get lucky; she thought。 Or maybe not。
“I have a friend ing to meet us;” Vanessa informed her sister。
“Boy or girl?” Ruby asked; turning around to check out her butt in
the mirror。
“Girl。”
“Name?” said Ruby。
“Serena van der Woodsen;” Vanessa mumbled。
“The girl whose picture is all over town?” Ruby said; clearly
delighted。
“Yeah; that’s her;” Vanessa said。
“Well; I bet she’s pretty cool;” Ruby said; rubbing hair gel into her
thick black bangs。
“Maybe;” Vanessa replied。 “I guess we’ll find out。”
“What fantastic flowers;” said Becky Dormand; a junior at
Constance。 She kissed Blair on both cheeks。 “And what a hot dress!”
“Thanks; Beck;” Blair said; looking down at the green satin sheath
she was wearing。 She had gotten her period that morning; but she
had to wear extremely flimsy underwear with her dress。 It made her
nervous。
A waiter walked past with a tray of champagne。 Blair whisked a flute
off his tray and downed it in a matter of seconds。 It was her third so
far。
“I love your shoes;” Blair said。 Becky was wearing black; high…
heeled sandals that laced all the way up to her knees。 They went
perfectly with her short black tutu dress and her superhigh ponytail。
She looked like a ballerina on acid。
“I can’t wait for the gift bags;” Laura Salmon squealed。 “Kate
Spade; right?”
“I heard they even put a glow…in…the…dark condom in them;” Rain
Hoffstetter giggled。 “Isn’t that cool?”
“Not that you’ll be using it or anything;” Blair said。
“How do you know?” Rain huffed。
“Blair?” Blair heard someone say in a tremulous voice。
Blair turned around to see little Jenny Humphrey standing behind
her; looking like a human Wonderbra in her black satin dress。
“Oh; hello;” Blair said coolly。 “Thanks again for doing those
invitations。 They really came out great。”
“Thanks for letting me do them;” Jenny said。 Her eyes darted
around the huge room; which was throbbing with people and music
and smoke。 Black three…foot…high candles in tall glass beakers
trimmed with peacock feathers and fragrant white orchids flickered
everywhere。 Jenny had never been to anything this cool in her life。
“God; I don’t know anyone here;” she said nervously。
“You don’t?” Blair said。 She wondered if Jenny thought she was
going to talk to her all night。
“No。 My brother Dan was supposed to e with me; but he didn’t
really want to; so I just let him drop me off。 Actually; I do know one
person;” Jenny said。
“Oh;” said Blair。 “And who is that?”
“Serena van der Woodsen;” Jenny chirped。 “We’re making a movie
together。 Did she tell you?”
Just then; a waitress brandished a platter of sushi under Blair’s
nose。 Blair grabbed a chunky tuna roll and shoved it into her mouth。
“Serena’s not here yet;” she said; chewing hungrily。 “But I’m sure
she’ll be thrilled to see you。”
“Okay。 I guess I’ll just wait for her here; then;” Jenny said; snagging
two flutes of champagne from a waiter’s tray。 She handed one to
Blair。 “Will you wait with me?”
Blair took the champagne; tilted her head back; and poured it down
the hatch。 The sickly sweet fizziness of it didn’t exactly jive with the
raw fish and seaweed she’d just eaten。 Blair burped queasily。
“I’ll be right back;” she told Jenny; practically running for the
powder room。
Jenny took a sip of her champagne and gazed up at the crystal
chandelier hanging from the ceiling; congratulating herself on
making it in there。 This was exactly what she’d always wanted。 She
closed her eyes and finished off her flute of champagne。 W