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
thought about it before—how I should have been joining teams and
clubs。 You know； getting really into the school thing。”
Blair shook her head。 “I feel sorry for your parents；” she said quietly。
Serena’s eyes were getting big； and her lip was trembling。 But she
was determined not to let Blair make her cry。 Blair was just being a
bitch； that’s all。 Maybe she was getting her period。
Serena took a huge gulp of her drink and wiped her m