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uroneandonlysourceintothescandalouslivesofmanhattan'selite.
topstoryonmyhomepage--serenavanderwoodsen,everybody'sfavorite"it"girl,hasjustreturned
fromamysteriousabsence.you'llneverbelievewhat'son"gossipgirl."
someonesawserenagettingoffatrainatgrandcentral.andeveryoneistalking.blair,it'sserena.serena?
andb.'sboyfriendnate--rumorhasit--
he'salwayshadathingforserena.
butyou'rebacknow.
ididn'tcomebackforyou.look,blair'smybestfriend,andyou'reherboyfriend,andshelovesyou.whydidsheleave?whydidshereturn?mustbealotofrumorswhyyou'reback.
yeah,butnoneofthemmentionyou.
hetriestotakehisownlife,andyou'reworried
it'sgonnacostyou,mom?youhavenoideawhatit'sbeenlike.thebestfriend
andtheboyfriend--that'sprettyclassy,s.andnate'sfriendchuckwon'tletserena
forgetaboutherpast.i'mtryingtochange.ilikedyoubetterbefore.
andthenthere'sdan,theoutsider.
lookslikehischildhoodcrushhasreturned.shedoesn'tknowme.
nobodyknowsme.it'scool.no.no,no,no,no,no.uh,serena,um,
doyouknowthisyoungman?oh,fromlastnight.yourememberme?you'dreallygoout
withsomeguyyoudon'tknow?well,hecan'tbeworsethantheguysidoknow.guesswhosedadiscool.it'satrickquestion.yeah,
'causeitcan'tbeours."toptenforgottenbandsofthe'90s."yeah,checkoutwho'snumbernine.he'sveryproud.hey!hey,
waytobeforgotten.whyismydaughter
goingtooneofyourconcerts?well,ourkidswereboundtomeet.it'sasmallisland.areyousureit'snotsomeploy,yourusingmydaughtertogettome
nowthatyourwifeleftyou?serenaandhermysterymanmadeasurpriseappearanceatblair's
kissonthelipsparty.serena'shere?
whatisshedoinghere?shewasn'tinvited.
butserenawasn'ttheonlyonewhomadeanimpression...who'sthenewbie?
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jennymadeanimpressiononchuck.let'sgoandtalksomewherequieter.getoff!stop!
hey!thatismylittlesister!don'tyou
evertouchheragain!hey,yourlifeisover,slut!shebetter
notshowherfaceagain.i'mactuallyhopingshewill.
youthinkigotashotataseconddate?we'lltalkaboutitinthecab.
andnowthats.isback,willtheuppereastsideeverbethesame?we'realljustdying
toseewhathappensnext.andwhoami?that'sasecreti'llnevertell.
youknowyouloveme.x.o.x.o.,gossipgirl.ibetyou'rewonderingwhatgossipgirl
isdoingupsoearly.
truthis,ineverwenttobed.whywasteprecioustimedreaming
whenwakinglifeissomuchbetter?
*ididcauseacommotion*ican'thelp
butmakeascene**ooh
*iain'tlooking
istherereallyanythingbetterthanalazysunday?readingthepaperinbed,sippingcoffee,
scramblinganeggortwo.yeah,right.
weuppereastsidersdon'tdolazy.
breakfastisbrunch,
anditcomeswithchampagne,adresscodeandahundredofourclosestfriends...andenemies.*say,hey,
isitgonnabetonight?**comehitmeup,comehitmeup*
chuck'sdad,bartbass,
ishostingtheannualbrunchforhisfoundation.everyoneisinvited.well,noteveryone.*heldmerightoh.hey,you'reup.andyou're
checkinguponme.i'mokay.
really,i'mokay.
youknow,iwasokay
whenyouaskedmeatthepartyandinthecab,whenwegothome,beforeandafteribrushedmyteeth.look,ijustfeelreallystupid.
imean,howcouldihaveactuallythoughtthatchuckbass
justwantedtotalktome?becauseyoutrustpeople,whichisnormallyagoodthing.yeah,except
whenitinvolveschuck.yeah,prettymuch.sotherealquestionis,uh,howareyou?
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me?
whywouldn'tibeokay?youknow,attheendofthenight,withserenaandthe--the--the...wasitreallythatbad?thisisme.so...goodnight.yeah.yeah.
um,yeah,goodnight.go!walkher
tothedoor.something.go!okay.
oh!oh,god.thathurtalot.
whoa,whoa,stop,stop.sir,stop,stop,stop.aah!
oh,ithink
ihavebraindamage.youknowwhat,dan?ifyouhadbraindamage,youwouldn'tevenknowifyouhadbraindamage.no,let'sgo,please.uh,wi--williamsburg.no!h-hi.
sohewaved?**
no,hewasjusttryingtobefunny.maybehe'sshy.orhehatesme.
noguyinthehistory
oftheworldhaseverhatedyou.sheprobablythinksihatehernow.
i'vewaitedmyentireadolescentlifeforadatewiththisgirl,youknow,
serenavanddsen...andidecidetoclose
theeveningwithawave.itwasanicewave.attheendofadate?
comeon,there'snosuchthing.andyouonlygetoneshotwithagirllikeserena.igotmine,andiblewit.whichmeans
youhavenothingtolose.no,nothingexcept
mylastshredofdignity.oh,no.ithinkthat'sgone.you'reright.
youknowwhat?i'mjust--i'mgonnagotalktoher.i'mgonnaapologizeforthewave.i'mgonnatellherhowmuchilikeher,andi'mgonnaaskforasecondshot.no,i'mgonnagetasecondshot.yeah,youare.yeah.
wait,wait,wait.ilovetheplan,but,uh,youneedabetteroutfit.
andmaybeashower.whatever.
it'sprobablyforthebest.thelastthingineedinmylifeisanewguy.hewasjustsosmart,th
and--andfunny...itsoundslikeyoulikehim.andreallynice.god,blairwas
someantomelastnight.idon'tevenknowwhy.whatever.
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