girl in it。 She played bass。
“And don’t forget my cherry！” Vanessa yelled after her as Ruby left
to get the drinks。
“Your sister’s awesome；” Serena said。
Vanessa shrugged。 “Yeah；” she said。 “It’s a pain in my ass； though。 I
mean； everyone’s always like； ‘Ruby’s so cool’ and I’m like；
‘Hello？’ ”
Serena laughed。 “I know what you mean。 My older brother—he goes
to Brown； and everybody loves him。 My parents are always so into
everything he does； and now that I’m back from boarding school it’s
like； ‘Oh； we have a daughter？’ ”
“Totally；” Vanessa agreed。 She couldn’t believe she was having such
a ridiculously normal conversation with Serena van der Woodsen。
Ruby brought them their drinks。 “Sorry guys； I gotta go set up；” she
said。
“Good luck；” Serena told her。
“Thanks； sweetie；” Ruby said。 She picked up her guitar case and
went to find her bandmates。
Vanessa couldn’t believe it。 Ruby never called anyone sweetie
except for Tofu； her parakeet。 Serena certainly had a way of melting
people’s hearts。 Vanessa was even starting to like her a little
herself。 She picked up her drink and clinked glasses with Serena。 “To
cool…ass chicks；” she said； knowing it sounded seriously gay； but not
really giving a shit。
Serena laughed and tossed back her shot of Stoli。 She wiped her
eyes and blinked a few times。 A scruffy…look